The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 20, 1908, Page 1

LAST EDITION vol NO, 210. FRANK E. PURCELL IS | CHARGED WITH BIGAMY P yetKnovn Set Man ‘ “Sued for Divorce by “Woman Who Says He Married Her With Another Wie Living and Undivorced. et on of this firet wife tn with having an Chicago ‘ . ion & charge of bigamy, but she woman Hace explains further that (Ms case was while bis forme ; be ° never tried, Pureell finally secur and wndiv ank ing a diverce from the woman i etn presides eputed while he was residing in this elty Purell, After their marriage tn Boston , he plaintiff says that « and her od husband Mved in Chicago for five alles f e at the Lexington hotel where Purcell was proprietor of the sinet | Kentneky Sales Stables. Then they % are sald to have gone to St. Louis, ho Mieree where the husband engaged tn the nda port | ig business, afierwards golog ! Mra./to Portland, and tn 1904 coming to ‘ «| Seattle to tive } . nian The principal ground named in} “gldow of the mje State : Alike omplaint for the divorce is | Yan de Vanter, © / cruelt The wife a a that 15 as J 1 was addicted to Nquor, and a was generally ughy to the plaintiff, arther alleges that she has un gone untold sufferings at his hands; that she haw been insulted . » by her husband Im the presence of “atte Jecal company © wi pow connected da, and that be has struck her threatened to take her fife arther, she avers that this treat Gate ment ¢ od nervous prostration, as . a renault of which she was compel! ne ed t te the hospital for two . months. The papers recite that fo pow seoking ao oy B.. he couple separated last July, had & checkered carve ‘he since which time they have not; bas pot yet bee ~S lived together mr court, b ““* ‘Two years after thelr marriage, — he aceording to Mrs. Purcell, her hue ere ‘ at and confessed that he had married %, — 7 ber under an assumed name, and Beary W. that hie real name was Patrick Married ip Boston ! Pureell, The latter ts said t recites that on Oc to have recently secured a divorce the wife he married in ire ( the setion plaintiff asks for $20 a week ony, belt of Parcel! # anppored able estate, and her attorney's also that her maiden same of @aintif? claims to bave Pureeli had been pre married to Mary P. Puree a Ireland, in 1885. She va was arrested at the «ea Be is Fanees Conca Drought by Feb Tadreds of Big Corporations Doing Besness «te Afeced. —_—————— | Judge Ball dissolved the tempo rary injunction «ranted Fish, pre venting the Harriman interests from voting contested stock In the sad at the annual eitetion, which (By United Press) - cance, Feb. 2%.—The dong on Wilerly fought jeal cor between BH. Harriman and Sroy THE SEATTLE STAR Mary Agne Doherty be restored Her attorney explains that she and Purce in thin present living [ Bane lived at the Lincoln hotel, city, for three years, At the alleged Mrs. Purcell is in apartments at the Hotel Sixth av. and Pike at GUILTY General Stoessel Blamed for Surrendering Port Arthur—Ten Years in Prison. (By United Press.) ST. PETERSBURG, Feb, 20. Lieutenant-General Stoessel, the Russian commander whe eurrend ed Port Arthur during the Ja © Russian war, was today found guilty of capital misconduct. Instead of sentencing Stoessel to death, the military judges recom mended that he be sent to prison for 10 years, and that he be ex General Fock was reprimanded and vale Smirnoff and Relax Were acquitted. VERDICT AGAINST WAPPENSTEIN A jury to Judge Giliiam's depart ment of the superior court yeater the taking an affidavit to the ef.| day awarded Zeph Cloukie a ver the that she Mved in Philadetphia, t mages agaiuet Chief ef the Holy Cross, on but the plaintiff tsiste that the on & com st, Boston, Mass woman realty Mved In Denver, Colo.,) plaint that the head of the pe Thomas McCormick and that Purcell knew this at the department had illegally arrested Cloukie on a charge of distributing advertining matter without « Heeuse Chief Wappenstein will appeal the ease to the ‘eugeoms ‘ourt [ARRIMAN WINS CASE ‘DAIRYMAN Is FOUND DEAD John W years old one mile Hammer, a dairyman, living with bis family, south of the Meadows, wae found dead in bed early this morning by bis wife He had complained yesterday of @ strange iliness. Coroner Carroll has directed a Pemat Vish, furiner president of the has been postponed from time to postmortem examination tomer Wilasle Ceatral ratios’, for posses time on account of the coutroverss. | t, gyoortain the caure of death fon of that immensely wealthy cor The ruling of the court affects Hamer loaves a wile and two Wee this morning decided nearly @ hundred big corporations | os iarun favor ef Harriman bs Judge Hall. doing business in Mlinols | ‘The decision, which favors the The court held that the Fis) Gus Toler, 82 years old, died Wales Pacific raliread, 4 Harriman Harriman controversy did fot re | within two hours after being taken Wholts the right of semble the Northern Securities com-) fl! at his he ley Tuesday Wiside of Ilincis \o pany, which was knocked out of | night, and ( roll ordered and tote stork in nos existence by a jadicia) blow, be-| a gostmorien mination yester fh #istaining the right cause no monopoly is involved and | day Rew ierees bolting company because no offense against the fod | Paettie eral statutes was committed. It in stated that ptomaine poison ing was the cause of Toler's death. GO VERNMENT | “al SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908 WANT LIFE Morgan Receives Threat | From the “Black Hand” | Others in Danger. (By United Press.) NEW YORK, Feb, 20—On the heels of the report that “black |hand” threats have been made jagainet J. P. Morgan, and closely | of the Stock! becatme threat hurled opte following the closing Exchange visitors’ gallery of a rumored binckwailing that a bomb the floor, Commissioner Hinghan has made public the action he com templates on an inflammatory eit would be Capyrgl 1907 by Voderwad \tanderwnd HE A PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW OF THE HARBOR OF CALLAO. ONE CENT TONIGHT; FR EAST WINDS ER —~FAIR WARMER THE WEA DAY FAIR ANO BOB EVANS’ FLEET ANCHORS SAFELY AT CALLAO Magnificent Seine Spec- tacle Presented as Six- teen Battleships Steamn- ed Single File to Anchorage. (By United Press.) LIMA, Peru, Feb. 2 le file, presenting @ magnificent ma- rine pectacle, Rear Admiral Evans’ fleet of 16 eships teamed into Callao port morn ing. Thousands of people lined the shores, cheering the great squad- j}ron as it approached « were fired by the Peru vinn warships in the harbor, Evans’ ships replying. A holiday has been declared and vities of all sorts in honor of visitors are being held The b of Callao, the largest, best protected and safest on the vian coast, which {* to shelter American fleet for the next 10 s, is the chief shipping port of cular advocating the “slaughter” nation. The $10,000,000 docks of financters and advising the] = ~ = = = permit the largest vessels to ane workingmen to march in fore@! chor right up to the quays The npon Wall st drydock accommodates vessels of | Squads of detectives have bee 500 bene burde fent to trace the elrewar to ite Callao has & population of ap source and make arrests, ‘Tha proximately 20,000, of which 10,600 placard, which ix headed “Worlt fe foreign, It lies six miles ingmen, Help Yourselves,” te the Lima, the capital, and while climas of ¢ ted threats launched lao is only six feet above the seq Aaumnet Wall st. within 24 hours, level, Lima has an altitude of S04 The ctreular calle for the whole There is & marked difference ction of the capltaliats sale and nele without regard to/ thelr prominence or standing fo the community. I urges the work- a ing men to kill tndisertminately, so long as bis vietim ix a w mend *~ ie eer reer ae reee man BANK CERAMINGS, 7 * * * SUDGE 18 TO BE Sco unuen “4 Ciearings today ..$1,069,403.91 & & Balancer re IMPERCHED = | . Tacoma . j per )® Glearings today O06 2) ® na | Balances 58.918 & (By United Press.) * * | WASHINGTON, D.C, Feb, 20-—/* Portignd ° Immediately on the convent ot L¢@ the b& today Hepresentative . Waldo of Now York announced that bd be deaiiet have Judes L. R. Wh fley, of the United States ctreult court at Shanghai, impeached for) Ipractice and corrupt conduet tm office, He sent to the desk articles of Impeachment and plans to have} the bouse instruct the judiciary) THINKS HE IS A | HIGHBINDER ‘Chicago to Take Action to With revolver, handcuffs and) Put Down Crime Wave police whistle, K. Miymoto, a Jap-| a, wae arrested this morning} ° geant Wilkes j The pellce charge that the man/ is & Japanese highbinder, and are (By United Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—To # Ware of crime now sweeping over {é ‘hicage, the police authorities have council to maxing an Investigation ; MUST ~ HANG chicago Murderer to Pay. for Crime With lopeediea to the city raft ordinances covering the sale and confiscation of firearms, The | Seowidl has prepared three bills, one | Soviding for the damping into the \lake once @ year all the flreaems that come into possession of the pallies. ther requires dealers iS pay ae oi $59 @ year, and \ inthe prohibits the carrying of conta by any person, unless he {e & Sheriff, constable, policeman or corner LOG KILLS OF SON’S RELEASE Preliminaries to Secure Hearing Regarding Sanity Chester Thompson Are Successful -Warden of Penitentiary Approves. With a permit for a hearing from the penitentiary warien and a ree ommendation from the prison phy vician in the bands hia attor neye, nothing now stands in the way of a hearing for Chester Thompson but the slight delay nec essary in getting bis cm for trial win u his son at wat Thompson, whose visit to Walla Walla resulted in hie drawing up papers yesterday looking to the boy's release, re turned this morning, successful in all the necessery steps preliminary to the examination before a jury which he confidently believes will rewalt in Chester Thompson being once more a free man 1. L. Lane, physician in charge of the penitentiary hospital ward in which Chester bas been confined ax the result of his acquittal of the murder of Judge George Meade Emory on the ground of insanity has given Attorney Thompson an unqualified recommendation that the boy be discharged, stating that he has entirely recovered his men tal balance and is a safe person to be large Warden Approves. Warden C. 8. Reed, in charge of the penitentiary, has approved this recommendation, and hae granted young Thompson the permit which under the Graves law, is necessary before a court hearing can be ob tained These papers, together with Chester Thompson's personal ap plication, were brought to Seattle oday by Will H. Thompson, and SEATTLE ne temperatures, although both delightful mean temperature along the t is 68 degrees. It fs as war ace, although Jess tha’ oo miles away the mountains the tem perature is ike that of Scotland, is no rain along the coas® but refreshing dews in abume noe at night, Th } fall in Lima is less tt The hottest season « drawing to a@ clone January aud February will be filed with Judge Snell, of pne peat is dry, however the Pierce county superior court | oppressive. After 11 o'clock exeR some time this week. ’ Attorney | qa) when the torrid sun has rate Thompson will for 4s early ®\ tied the air of the iniand desert, heartng as possible: and a* S000 the sea air rushes toward the ares as the case Is net, Chester Thomp-| of tow pressure, furnishing a de son will be taken from W ta lightful sea breeze during the bal to Tacoma. If the pr €0D- | aeee of the @ay vince the jury which his |""in the evening the wind sets to cane that he is safe to be at large. | the sea again, bringing the refrest- it can take no other action than to | ing coolness of the mountains. Be velense him tween the two the temperature is in Good Health. modified and maintained mest The boy's father and his brother | agreeably. It is extremely healthy Oscar, who returned to the city to-/ and none of the dreaded tropleal day, state that he has grown an diseases make their appearance inch in height and is the picture of here health. According to them, he (s ae looking forward wo the » to prove his sanity, and is of the outcome. it ts Wl H. Thompson's inten tion to take his son to Florida if he is released, and there secure him a position with « large tobacco industry operated by a cousin, it being the recommendation of phy sictans familiar with the boy's case BLOCKADE IS LIFTED (By United Pr that he be given outdoor employ- LINCOLN. Neb. Feb The ment in some locallty distant from | iockade on the main line of the the scene of the tragedy which, to | Chicago @ Rook Island railroad gether with the famous trial that |» ween Chicago and Denver, followed, 1s familiar to everyone im | Coisea by severe blizzards in the the Northwest | middle west, was raised today, i wae congue gre’ ar lafter stalling trains for 48 hoars, ARR SHOPLIFTER. | Six trains had been blocked be- }tween the Rocky Mountains and George King, 56 years old, was! ihe Missouri river arrested yerterday on the charge of stealing small articles from the) Mayor H. E. Armstrong, of Cath counter in a Second ay. store. He/lamet, has resigned, giving no rea could make no explanation to the sons, and a successor bas been ap police. ATTORNEY IS potnted — JAILED IN THE SOUTH F Takes Mill eT ecehindwecceee i Cte Takes sue With Jin : :| is Li Richard Eskridge Arrested and Fined, But Mak akes Issue er ON, AMERICAN CAR AHEAD. &| His Life. MILL HAND D LA D ge est es * *! “i j | ican Party Has Al- : (By United Pree : e Mv Money Out of the Deal Just the Same. # The American car, followed #| (By United Press.) A&W. Palmer, a mill band at the} rig. ways for Clean Government. i ae ned he nail a ta 4 | SPRINGPIBLD, "My Bee. ey oe m4 uaet thie 2 hae agg | | reache ‘endalivitie. nd . . i \qmstantly killed this morning, when ° # early this morning in the New #| Herman Biliek, accused of killin® | Oyo. ‘shipping down the incline Senator Latimer Passes| (By United Press.) court. Judge Ruth imposed a fine # York to Paris automobile run. #/ 8X members of o Veen! family | rock him acrose the chest LOS ANC Cal, Fe of $20 which Eskridge promptly “John F. Miller says that « . # Farmers along the route made # | With pols must hang ie ou Palmer had been employed by . Richard 8. Eskrid of Seattle paid. g @ tha ¢ Miller means en he tse he . Party in this Fa Fn weed. pletion ow and Be * paths in the snow for the #| preme court of lilinols affirms the | the firm for nearly two years, and Away Following |rested for speeding his automobile Ainong his change was a $10 gold RSS always stood’ for good |ises to give this elty good govern-|% American car, but refused to #| verdict the lower court, which } was regarded as a faithful employe. | | was fined $20 and made money out piece. When he later attempted ta MME atands for 1. to-| mont 1h eest bo ta lected ‘0 \% touch a shovel for the for- #| sentenced him to dié on the gal} Mehas been living at the mill camp . of the transaction spend the coln he was informed Maid George F. Cotte mecThe leet time Mr. Miller and |* esners # | lowe at Juanita eration. Eskridge arrived here the first that it was one of very rare gold ‘ag mS * * The body will be brought to of the week in a huge automobile. coins minted in California in 1849 Meeting last n the forces with which he stands , on Norman st ~~ Peed Ss ‘ SE tet tT Tt t ttt tk tt) CONTINUE FAIR. Bonney-Watson's tonight | Yesterday he drove out Alhambra aud that its value t any collector F Mite Sites tr that that we | cer me tides ot ae : way and passed beneath the bend. was $80. Eskridge pald for his pur. ten, Ot We commen. Sy ihe. Melee ot aoe | The fair for the benefit of the} VETERAN BURNED TO DEATH (By United Press.) Hun beppen trove ar & rate of speed (chase in Miver aad marched beth a tga when | government ticket was In 1902, Sacred Heart chureh, Sixth av. and - WASHINGTO: Feb, 20.—Bene } which disturbed the classic shadc his hotel in triumph was chai we ndjwhen for the last time they re Roll st, which was to have closed (By United Press.) Hl N, _— of the valley ease city eg the re-elected Mayor Humes, That cam last night, will be continued for} SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb, 20.—| tor Latimer, of South Carolina, died | “4y untutored marshal arrested | Richard 8. Eskridge is a wealthy ties, Sentra) comm! paign was managed by~ George two more evenings, The fair is} William B. Mudge, civil war vet-|in the Providence hospital this! him on the charge of running his lawyer with offices in the Colman the Glancys . a ed by and the ‘ ee and ne | (By United Press.) proving a decided success. | eran, a member of the Sawtelle | norning, following an operation for | automobile above 70 miles an hour building He lives at 1406 Bellevue fo | Miller was the chairman of the; | ste . : Boldiers’ home aged 65, was burned }and haled the Seattle man into av oor {| campaign committee. A campaign) NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20—A| Crulsers at Prisco. fo death inst night. ‘The fire orig. | “PPendicitis 3 renee “- lea fund of $10,000 was subscribed by | $15,000 diamond robbery in broad) gan FRANCISCO, Feb. 2 | inated from an exploding lamp. The res aes Charch i) Latimer wee . ent star arly |the gamblers, and no sooner WAS! dayiight in the heart of New| ‘The crutsers West Virginia, Mary-| only known relative of Mr, Mudge sb rs Pg | ~ ; ,_ | the campaign ec cluded than the Orleans with hundreds of persons | land, Tennessee and Washington | is Mrs. Alice Roosevelt, of Casa bes girs Fao a: Bos» ge - y rd went out from the pollee| soci? at the time was perpetrat.\arrived from Magdalena bay this| nova, N. Y., wife of a cousin Of| ia” was brought up on his ahr ee Oe ee would led here at the establishment of | morning President Roosevelt lag ca, eh ge ager 52 Sete. wae M. Waldron & Co. Two mon drove| eem—= seseisos eo a ery gamblers who had subscribed | ° of his life in active participation up in front of the store in a buggy in agricultural pursuits. He took | I nd|to that campaign fund permitted | ' | ers was chief th . ed ne of them alighted and smashed | an active part in (he memorable | See tows ran wide sc pag thn = Otae “eg Bs one of the large plateglass windows campaign of 1876. seuneniieneandecineencinginaelies Protection of | the Clancys to the extent of 20 Der) in the front of the store. He quick-| Latimer was elected county chair : ethorities, thon’ wo”, . ee r winatnss ar, |1¥ seized two trays filled with dia bk URIE MYSTERY man of the democratic party of his (By United Press.) ador to Japan, who was a pas Aefinition ot what Mr. M days of what Mr. / mondy, jumped back into the bug county in 1890, and reelected in] NEW- YORK, Feb. 20.—Prince | Senger, rushed to her side and de When he says | watt bor ed to term ‘good HOV’) gy and was driven A large 1992 |Nawab Sultan-UlMulk Bahadur, of | cited that he wanted to make her AY go0d govern ga <j Bearer fh og’ eo . a Nao, | erows started in pursuit, but the He Was urged to make the race| Hyderabad Deccan, India, heir to | '® wit Mr, Miller means t the ihie etty 00 way Whether OF tne. ee, and = “te f00M) With the receipt of the telegram ;that another man is floating the |for leutenant ert of his|the richest principality in all the|) It wa then discovered that he Ds Ko0d gove ‘a desire any more of It lost to sight in @ cloud of dust yeuterday from Lox Angeles that {worthless checks there, and It is |state in 1890, but declined. He was| Asian continent, who arriv in | had | nind i toren, ° with Ke ine it last ddressed | Louls R. trie Is not the man |likely that the crook who visited jelected to the Fifty-third, Fifty. | San Francisco last week on a { Two years ago the prince fell a Mr. Cotterill last night addressed LABORER HURT 8 prosec)) 4, , t there o get charge Loe Angele 4 Grand Itstand are | fourth, Fifty-fitth, Pitt and around the world, has ec i an f nh h and was so seriously Mi . ‘ ing in the Second and | wan a th in 4 c . ler as de; warda, the meetin being James King, a laborer at Terry|of forgery, the » declare’ the same Fifty seventh congre elect-| and is now be closely ¢ i | injure that physic said he Pees (8 running wide-open, | attended, also, by the City party|aeand Pike st., was caught yester-|that the Lurie case is ended The case is closed so far as|ed to the United States senate over! on his way to London i woulr er fully recover wiless an Pee 8 town In flooded a | oe eet a with the exception of|day afternoon in a cavein in an| Nothing has been heard from the|{he Seattle police are concerned. | J. G. Evans, to succeed John 1. Mc-) On a train bound from San Fran ) was performed on hie nonde sei Mas loore, who was unable tolexcavation and sustained severe |officers at Grand Island, Neb. re It is the belief of the department | Laurin, and took his seat March 5,| cisco to Chicago, the prince 1 This operation will be per Pitas and sureth hen | gc eee an ae aint ot {iaternal injuries, He was taken| garding the charge there, but it has| that the mystery can now be solved | 1903. His term of service would | seeing pretty Miss Marie De Am-| formed as soon as he feaches Lave MP have another ia: : : ene ‘ \to V le hospit been established at Los Angeles |ou the theory of mistaken identity, | have expired March 3, 1909. bero, daughter of the Aust