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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-03
Fugitive Walla Walla Banker
Arrested in Idaho.
THE PORT ANGELES LOT SALE.
An Award Of the State Capitol Plans
Expected Soon.
invsiidisy OF Certain San Juan County
Bonds-Mcntetth q seisenbaeh, spo-
kane Dry Goods Merchants. Assixa-

WsrIs W.rrs, Jan. deputy Sheriff
Eiiingsworth returned tonight from Har-
risor. Idaho. having in custody ]. X. Ed
mission, who was arrested there Mon
cay, charged with embexziing about
5000 from the defuncf Walla
Waiia Savings bank, of which he
was president. Edmiston states that he
bad wired his attorney IN Seattle of his
intention to return 20 Walla Walla. lie
was brought here and locked up IN jail.
Tomorrow Fitxhueh will resign rs receiver
and . new one will be appointed.
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The goeghlfn Trial.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2-sevsraI witnesses who
se.tl6ea at the former trial Of Coughlin
we're called today. bat nothing neE vas
elected. Daring the afternoon report
was spreaa that one Of the jurors (. close
trend Of tie prisoners. notwithstanding
she jurors declaration 20 the contrary
when examined Detectives, il is said.
have beea Put ~ worx On tie matter.
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PoRr AssvLss. Jan 2-Ispecisl.-Ths
trial Of the case Of the state against Judge
:. r. Carasi. charged sith the murder Of
Dr. I. r. Herriek in September last. vas
begun today. The day was expended ia
trying ;be iggy. after which seven jurors
sere passes for cause, al the Others exam
inea having formed oplnions a. to the
gait of the defendant It i thought the
case viii occupy about ten days.
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owing 10 the fact that If the committee is
TO be appointed il must be done iInme-
diaseiy. The resolution will BE- given
precedence over other business There is
strong feeling IN favor of the canal in
both houses. and anything taat will help
the matter along is likely to be done. The
principal opposition ia the house comes
from the Pennsyivania delegation and
others who favor the Tehanntepec ship
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suprem. Caurs nsolalan.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 2.-ISpecial.l-T the case
of Lauer Wolferham W. Henry c. Bell.
from Spokane. the supreme court has or
dered the writ Of assistance suspended
and the plaintiff to show cause before the
supreme court January 10 Why the remit
tituer should not BE- recalled and judgment
modified in accordance with the prayer Of
the petition.
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VICTORIA. Jan. 2-Louiss Williams, .
housemaid in the Jubilee hospital, was
charged with stealing small articles Of the
estimated value Of $3.50. and was today
sentenced to . month in jail. She Is 81
years old and says she keeps her elder
sister and . crippled child. who live on .
farm near Seattle. She sends all the
money she earns to them. and Il was in
order to provide comforts for her invalid
nephew that she stole the articles. The
articles stolen are OF no use to . woman.
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Washington Land Selection. Approved.

WASHINGTON Cry. Jan. Especial. +
Several lists of selections of lands in Wash
ington. aggregating $4,000 acres. made by
that state under the act of January %,
1850, were approved today by the secretary
of the interior.
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cA.h.,,. coussy Farmer rurns Preacher

oAKvrLLE. Jan. 2-lSpeciaL 1--Cnrtis
Newton. one of the leading farmers of this
section, left on New Years day for Tacoma
to attend the Puget Sound university.
where he will study theology. His wife
will run the farm and look after the four
children during his absence.
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Wa.hinr,on fosse moss.

WAsHIsaros Crrr, Jan. 2.-[Speciai. T.
Sylvester L. Gulberson has been appointed
postmaster st Pisiche. King county. vice
J. NJ. Thomas, resigned. The commission
Of Levi l.. Johnson a postmaster at II.
waco has been signed.
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SIN conferr,ns on the sehsd aiss.

sr. PART. Jan. 2-The Northern Pacific
firemen's committee had q conference with
the general manager and general superin-
tendent today. aud full details Of the
grievances Of that branch of employees
ssrs discussed. At the Windsor hotel tho
conductors were in secret session, talkin.
over their matters and preparing plan Of
action. The men are pleased with the re-
marks made by Judge Caldwell in regard
70 the attitude Of the court in the matter
of the wages and schedules. and believe
they sili be able TO impress the court with
the tustness OF their position and obtain
the relief they are striving for.
CHICAGO, Jan 2--Ths executive com.
rnities OF the Brotherhood Of Railway EN-
ployes met here in secret session today 20
consider the Northern Pacific labor
troubles. The outcome OF It's deliberations
f.uuGnoxr
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o.n. In s..n Ceer co,..s..

SPOKANE. Jan. "A party Of four, in-
cIuding Charles Colgate. left here today
for the Clearwater country to search tor
George Colgate. cook OF the Cariin party.
They will ascend the river in boat.
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San Lean csunty Bend. Nos e.oa.

oLYvrg.. Jan. Special. "A question
xss submitted To Assistant Attorney Gen
era Halgas by the lAnd commission re-
garding the validity o! the issue Of si5.ooo
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pooIts,i.'. Nicaragua Resolution.

WAsHrSGTov CITY, Jan. Especial. -
DOo.tGtss's S.caragus resolution wili be
taken up this week. There is strong
probability that il viii pass both houses,
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SPOKANE. Jan. 2.-Monteith & Se,ten.
bach. Of the White House dry goods store,
assigned tonight to L. c. Diilman. Seiten-
bach says injurious rumors were set afioaf
and brought sudden pressure upon them
which caused the crash. A number of
judgments were obtained, and the citi-
zen's National bank instituted claim for
$4,000 No statement OF assets and Iiabll-
tiles has yet been made.
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Lessons in French. Music
and German given by
arrangement.

,kkrEREScEs~Rev. David q oafrssA a.
sssseiory. Mrs !. : J. Hunt Sarrcw. Laks
Nehasioa. Rev, Wallace Nutttag $50 TIM
ssrsr street. ana rsrents Of former pupila
.fF tarthsf Information appiy TO the MISSES
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sh.t.-up Among q. N. Trams omelsi..

sr. PAUL. Jan. 2.-Ths new year opens
with stirring up In ths freight depart
rnent Of the Great Northern. A circular.
bearing date January I, has been issued.
appointing g. @. somsfs and W. J. Evans
associate general freight agents. reporting
directly 70 General Traffic Manager fin-
ley. aboiishlng the Office Of general freight
and ticket agent of tbs Montana Central.
thereby iactily accepting the resignation
OF r II. Langley and placing the tFatfic
department. Of the Montana Central d.
rsctly under the jurisdiction Of the Great
Northern traffic department.
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PUBLIC DEBr STATEMENT.
An Increase Of Nearly Seven Million
Dollars During December.

wAsHiSGToS CRY. Jan. 2-The public
debt statement issued today shows the net
increase of debt less cash in the treasury
during December to have been 81, So, ,6,s:a,
The interest-bearing debt increased $50;
the debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity decreased SIS, $50. and the
debt bearing no interest increased g.. 063,-
36i. The reduction in the cash balance
during the month was A,s24.o6l The
statement shows the following items:
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-24
.UA OVER ON WALL STREET.
Little Alfred Buensod Probably
Fatally Injured,
Pushed by q Stranger, He Fell Be
fore a Wagon.

Alfred. the eight year-old son Of Henry
Buenso1, janitor OF the Wilks Building
1t Is Wall street. was run over and prob.
IDLY fatally injured shortly before noon
o-day In front OF the Sub-Treasury.
The boy was crossing Wall street dag
Jnally from the north side, evidently
making a shor. cut to his house. There
is a steep down grade at this point, and
when he was midway across a wagon
drove rapidly down the street.
Coming from the direction opposite TO
that taken by the boy was tall. we'll
dressed man. who gave the boy shove
lust as the wagon came along. The boy
fell. and before the driver could bring his
horse to a halt both wheels passed over
the lads body.
The boy was carried. shrieking with
pain. to Wilson's pharmacy. Wall
street. Among the crowd attracted by
he accident was the little victim $
ather. who at first did not know that
the injured boy was his son: When he
vas then being carried into the drug
store, the father exclaimed:
My boy! My poor, little Alfred, what
have they done to you,
Buens1d fell upon his knees beside his
son, who was sroaning most pltifuliy,
and called to the boy, in cndearing
terms. When the boy failed to recognize
him his grief broke forth I'm fresh par
oxysm of sobs. He insisted upon taking
the boy home, and two fashonably
dressed young brokers carried the lad
there between them, the father follow
ing.
Ambulance Surgeon Cutter. of the
Chambers Street Hospital. made an eX-
ANNA ton of the boy, and found that
he had received a fracture Of the rib
and serious internal injuries.
The driver of the wagon. Patrick
Fahey, pickle dealer at $50 Mulberry
street. was arrested and locked up in
the Old slip station-house. On-lookers alb
solve him from all blame, and say that
1t was all the fault of the well-dressed
stranger. who hurried away in the
crowd after he had pushed the boy.
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TO CHOOSE 4 MAYOR.
Chamber of Commerce Has a Com
mittee of One Hundred Plan.
Modelled After the Brooklyn System
that Elected Schieren.

Mr.. Gustav II. Schwab, of the Cham
Der OF Commerce and the German-Amer-
lean Reform Union. admitted this morn
Ing that an EFFORT was being made by
members of the Chamber Of Commerce
to organize a Committee OF one Hun.
dred to take charge of the Mayor
atty campaign. Further than that Mr.
Schwab would say nothing.
ut IL too early to talk about the mai
ter yet" he answered, when pressed
for details.
The Chamber of Commerce movemen!
IL the outgrowth of a meeting OF tn
Vice Presidents and Executive Commit
tee OF that body held some time ago. b!
invitation OF President A. II. Orr. AM
he IL probably responsible for the suS
gestIon OF a Committee of one Hundred
1T Is a Brooklyn idea. Mayor Schierei
was selected as candidate by Il Com
mittee OF One Hundred Mr.. Orr is
resident of Brooklyn and was prom
nent In the reform movement over there
last year"
A petition is being circulated for tn.
signatures OF one hundred solid men WHIT
will stand sponsors for the political pu
redu of the Chamber OF Commerce. The
names so far obtained are Withheld. but
rumor has II that Cornelius n. Bliss ana
Cornelius Vanderbilt have authorized
their names to be used
TIE entrance Of this new element into
the canvass complexities matters all the
mere. as It is not known what the
plans and objects of the Chamber OF
Commerce political managers are, II Is
uncertain what action the Anti-Tam-
many factions, with organizations at
their backs will do.
The Independent County Organization
Is ready. however. to unite with any
combination that will defeat Tammany
Hall.
In the absence of ex-Mayor Grace in
Europe. none of the leaders of the State
Democracy here Is willing to say what
the organization will do. 1t Is the State
Democracy's intention to send a con
testing delegation to Saratoga, and that
is taken to mean that the Grace faction
will run straight ticket to sustain their
claim of being a regular Democratic or
It is also tolerably certain that Mil
holland. unless he is called off. will run
a straight ticket, If the regular Republi-
cans combine with the anti-Tammany-
ties
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BAUMGART'S UNHAPPY LIFE.
Police Think he Again Attempted
to XIII Himself.

Paul Baumgart was taken to st. Vim
cents Hospital At o'clock this morn
ing from 262 Bowery. The ambulance
surgeon who made the superficial en-
animation thinks that the man Is a
sufferer from heart disease, but the po-
lice are inclined to believe he attempted
to commit suicide.
A ledger rushed out of the house at
262 Bowery just before 5 O'Clock, and
told Policeman Pollock, who was near
by, that there was man in the house
who was very III.
As soon as Pollock saw the sufferer he
exclaimed; We'll, he's done It again,
has he?"
NO." moaned the man, mot done 1t
again. ] am very sick" An ambulance
was then called
Just one year ago Baumgart. who Is a
walter, twenty-cignt years old, was found
one morning in the lodging-hou at 26s
Bowery suffering from a heavy dose OF
laudanum IL was Policeman Pollock
who was called ~ that time too. Baum
CART had written a letter. saying tnat
his wife had deserted him, and he didn' I
care to live any logger. When his case
came up In the rombs Court for he didn I
'Tombs Angel" Mrs. Ellen Foster, spoke
strongly In his favor. She told a pathetic
story OF lonely man mourning for a
truant wife. Justice Martin was affected.
and discharged Baumgart with a warn
Ing. Baumgart went back to live In
the lodging houses
After that Policeman Pollock met the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-24
WILLIE DAY
A SUICIDE.
foor,,nued from Fha Pdo>. ,

Day Olympiad of the New Jersey Ath-
letic Club, and none of his clubmates
could account for his non-appearance al
the trial. as all thought him guiltless.
Willie Days most intimate associates
claim that he was practically bounded
20 death, and that his act of self-destruc-
ton cannot be attributed in any manner
to the financial troubles which culmi-
mated In his recent arrest
About ten days ago Day was shot al
from ambush. He was returning home
at night and heard the report OF re-
yolver from behind a tree. At the same
time he experienced singing sensation
in his left foot and on reaching MS
horne, but ID short distance away. found
the bullet had just grazed his foot. 1t
had broken the skin. and caused the
blood to flow. His friends in the New
Jersey Athletic club were anxious FOR
him to apprehend the person who shot
at him, but he refused.
IT then became known that woman
was at the bottom of the trouble "A
demand vas made that he should marry
the girl but he refused, and the threat
was made that unless he did so he
was arrested on the charges OF embez-
Element mentioned,
A wel!-known gentleman. residing al
Bergen Point, who is an intimate Assoc
ciate of the dead athlete, stated to an
Evening World" reporter that Day
financial troubles could have mad moth
ing to do with his suicide.
?'The boy was bounded to DEATH he
said shortly after he got into the
L.. .lYtt lrt rnI
thing he never did before. The criminal
charge OF embezzlement against nun
couio not hold. There were simply
grounds for civil action;
"In addition to that, whites brother
stood ready to make good the amount
He ran away TO Rockaway after being
shot at, and wrote to me from there that
he would return and face the matter,
meaning the girl trouble, The other
matter never bothered him at all.
What worried him were the contempt
be paragraphs that have appeared IN
one of the daily papers. instigated by
the brother of the woman In the case.
"Wi;lie's father Is eighty-f0ur years II
age, and his mother over seventy years
old His suicide means death to The 81 Ga
away he was feeling very badly over his
difficulty, AMI it was feared then by some
Of his associates that ne might do some.
thing rash but when me. me rse the rou
BILE we all felt that he would atone Tor
anv thoughtiess wrong he had committed
and that would end the matter
Ills brother knew Of his trouble, but
his parents did not Willie was reared
in New Orleans, and has always peen
popular in Bergen Point otwithstand'
ing the persistent notices, that nave APP
peared 10 the effect that he was losing
cast socially and all that sort OF rub
Dish.
willie Days death is directly, due to
the bounding of one man, and ne Is
generally known to the members or the
athletic club"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-24
SALE OF CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
Crowd of Buyers mt the Auction in
COVent Garden, London.

LONDON, Aug. 24,-The first large
consignment OF California fruit brought
to this country. from New York, by the
steamship Paris. has aroused the great
est interest in England.
When y. G. White & Co. commenced
to auction off the California products.
shortly before noon to-day, At covent
Garden, this city, there We're at least
800 buyers present 1rom all parts OF
England.
signmenti showed that much OF II was
picked too late and! consequently, II ar
rived in so ripe condition that II Is
necessary to sell II to the consumer
within forty eight hours.
Other portions of the consigned fruit
were TOO tightly packed and the sides
OF the boxes bulged, in consequence,
when on board the Paris. The weight
tom rows OF the fruit.
The peaches arrived in poor condition,
hut the nectarlnes were In fine shape
The grapes and plums were all right
but the buyers did not want grapes, be-
cause their quality was considered in
ferior to the English article. The plums
were also NOT In great demand, because
the market was already glutted.
The pear shipment also struck a bad
market, as 10000 baskets of French
pears were offered to-day.
The first lot or California pears
fetched four and six shillings per box
ers to be very cheap.
Later the greener pears were offered
and prices stiffned TO II and ~ shillings
per box.
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William d. Day, widely known among
athletes as willie" Day, the crack
runner of the New Jersey Athletic cub,
was born in Elizabeth, N. j., Dec. 20.
1869. He was s feet 1-2 inches In height
and weighed. stripped for contest,
about III pounds
His first appearance on a track r WaS
Regiment, Dec. II, 1888. when he hnishsd
third in one and a half mile race. At
the A. A. L. meeting , IN M sstsrw. S9ua he
hundred yard mark in 4;S7 is; o,,
He finished good third in several
tory was at the handicap run OF the
c raSsst'e FEB. ii. 1855. He then Lecame,
secured the championship on May 4 1SS9
on May II of the same year he won
the three-mile run at the N. D.. A: =.
scratch, and his great two-rnile steepiSi-
at the Staten Island Athletic Club
games. Tho time Of this famous race &c
1889, at the A. A. l; championships, I I,
| ID. Skilman, who won in 10 minutes IL IL
ost. !, 1889, was the date Of his record
steeplechase performance, when he made
a record of ten miles In b2 minutes
3 So 80 SeCOnuS. MS WAS at tlic
Cross-Country Association games A
week later No 2, he ran four miles in
20 minutes u l-5 seconds behind the best
amateur record, held by f.. &. Carter.
His record OF 81 minutes 80 20 seconds
Is l minute Is 2-5 seconds behind the
ten-mile time of w. q. George, the Eng
lish champion. But George himself ad-
mtted while here that his time In Eng
land was not better than Days perform
ance here.
Then Day began attacking records in
earnest. May II, 1880, he ran IL mlles
I'm 1U2 40. the best American time ever
made. on the same day he ran l "a
miles in S.lS rs, which also stands as
the best amateur performance at that
distance. His performances at great ~
records, and are as follows: May II, 1880
miles in 9.32 3-5; May 30. 1890, : IL miles
In 1910 So, and 2 ii miles in 1852 40
| same day, 3 miles in 1889 On Feb. TO-
1896 he had run miles on board floor
! in Brooklyn in 10. II 20. He ran miles
in record time at the club grounds Nov
IL 1889, making the distance in 2O.i5 40
his time al "a miles being 1901 also
a record Days 10 mile time, made at
the Staten Island Club games Oct. &c
1883, Is still the American record. 523s 3-5
Day WAS a young man of apparently
delicate physique, and puzzled athletes
wherein lay his wonderful speed and
! endurance. He was careless in train.
ing, not working faithfully in prepare
ton. even just previous TO his best per-
furmanCes. He was an inveterate
smoker of cigarettes, which, he used tn
say had strangely not affected his
mind
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-24
THE BELASCeS RECONCILED.
David and Frederick Summoned to

David and Frederick Belasco left the
city last night to attend the bedside of
their dying mother in San Francisco.
Yesterday morning David received a
telegram from San Francisco announc-
ing that his mother was dying.
He then thought of Frederick. who
was the youngest son, and a favorite in
the family, and who was confined on
Blackwell's Island for failure to pay s.
per week to his wife.
His heart relented, and he went to
Lawyer Egan, attorney for Frederick S
wife, and arranged terms under which
the prisoner should be released. What
those terms were is not known.
Frederick came over from the island
brothers at David's Office was most af-
fecting. They wept and fell into each
others arms.
The brothers took the six o'clock train
David is widely known as a play
wright and stage manager. Frederick S
prominence is largely due to his do.
mestic troubles. u He is an actor and
prisoner on Blackwell's Island, be-
cause of his refusal or inability to pay
his wife s. week, as the Court had
ordered. His wife is known on the
stage as Grace Wallace, and, accord
ing to common report, she Is not in the
remotest need of the IS week her hus-
band was ordered to pay her
She Is said to have luXurously
appointed fiat in siXty-fifth street. ant
to be passing the Summer at the High
lands of Navesink She has been ire
quently seen among the attendants a
the roof gardens recently.
A short time ago Frederick BelascC
made complaint that his wife was un
duly intimate with IL well-known the
! atrical man. She Immediately retaliatec
by having him arrested on the groun,
| OF non-Support.
She secured the IS weekly paymen
| against him, and as he failed to pay, sh,
| had him sent to Blackwelrs Island fol
/ contempt of Court, under the Jaw.
There Is no doubt that David woul,
| have done something to release him, bu
| about that time the brothers had fall
| Ing out. They met one night at tn
| Casino stage entrance and had a fight
David had somewhat the better of tn
rally. as Frederick carried a black ey
for a while. David Immediately issue
a public announcement that he wa
| through with his brother and would no
be responsible foi any of his obligations
David has been set ON that point, an
offered nothing to arrange terms unde
which Frederick might be released fror
the island until yesterday.
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ONLY PLAYED AT SUICIDE.
hut the Old Farmer Thought She
Meant 1t and She Was Locked Up.

Adolfinc Hyarman. a pretty German
girl of 1904 Third avenue, was arralgned
IN the Morrisannla Police Court to-day
charged with attempted suicide. While
at oak Point with some friends yester-
day, she found an old-fashioned pistol
which, In playful mood, she pointed
at some of her female friends. Then
she pointed 1t at her own head and,
laughingly, called out:
If you come near me, Ill shoot
An aged farmer, who was passing,
thought she mea 1: suicide. and he ran
down the road until he met Policeman
Hefferman. He told the latter such a
thrilling story that in spite of the girls
denials she was arrested and locked UP
in the police station last night.
Justice Burke let her 10 this morning
with the advice not to playj with pistols
in future. whether they were old or new.
She promised.