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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-20
LAWYERS WIN THE MATCH.
They Overpower Doctors and Ban kers
at Basket Ball with Ease.

About 300 members of the Seattle Ath-
letic club assembled at the club house last
evening TO witness holly contested game
OF basket bill between team represent
ing the lawyers of the club and a team
representing the doctors and bankers.
The bankers and doctors started in at a
hot pace and in the first half succeeded
In getting a goal. which was thrown by
G. r. Thomas from a foul This was the
only score made during the first half of
fifteen minutes. After an intermission
play was resumed and the lawyers as
sumed the aggressive and scored four
goals in rapid succession, two by J. l..
Waller, and one each by Harold Preston
and q. +. de Stelguer thus winning the
match by a score of four goals to one.
The game was we'll played and called
forth frequent applause from the specta-
tors. The teams were made up as fol-
lows:
Lawyers-G. A. Hurd @. E. De Steiguer.
Josiah Collins, l.. =. Stedman, f. B. In
gersoll, T. y. Halter, j. l.. Waller. II.
Preston. F. ID. Van Waggonen.
Bankers-Fred W. Calhoun, Frank Fred
erick. C. E. Turner. f. Merritt. r. w.
Schoenle. +. r. Van Tuyl, o. ". Rank.
G. Is. McCulloch, c. W. Sharples.
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men; to destroy the PIPES through which
steam was being carried from the boilers
10 ths engines IN the fan houses To
prevent the destruction of the pipes An
derson and the brave fellows assisting
him stood In the midst OF falling tirnbers
within a few feet of the flames. throw
ing water upon the steam pipes. while
their companions kept them drenched
with water from the fire hose Many OF
the workers were burned and scalded
hv heated water, but none seriously.
The fans were saved by their exertions
and the rescuing party enabled to come
out OF the air way in safety. All worked
like true heroes. regardless OF danger
from fire and smoke.
The nine is still burning. though all
openings are closed. Many, including
some officers OF the company, think that
the FIRE can never be put out and cite the
case where fire broke ont in one of the
old workings OF the mine sixteen years
go. This fire is still burning. though
1t has been walled up for years.
Superintendent Corey says that the
slope where the fire started had been in
spected but few days before and was re-
markably free from all accommodations of
coal slack, shavings. etc. in which fire
could have Started.
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HELD or IN TaE DARKNESS.
Yourg Printer Almost Throttled on the
Railroad at. Ross.


Charles f. Head. a compositor for the
Calvert Printing Company. was held up
Tuesday night about 7 o'clock on the
railroad track between Fremont and
Ross. and robbed of six silver dollars
and a fifty cent piece.
Young Head left his fathers home
near the Presbyterian church at Ross
to go down 10 Fremont. and had just
turned or the board walk on To the
railroad track when he came face to
face with "A man who asked him the
distance to Ballard. Being told, he next
inquired the time Of the evening, but
Head had no watch and could not an
swer. The highwayanan had by this
time sized up his man. for he immediate
~ grabbed Head By the ~hroat. at the
same time demanding that he turn over
his money The grip and pressure on
Heads threat forced him down on his
knees and, fearing he was going 20 be
killed. he quickly pulled out his money
and gave il up. The highwayman allow
ed him 10 rise up and gave him warn
ing To clear out. Head rushed toward
Fremont and the highwayman made off
the other way.
Head Immediately reported TO officer
Barr at Fremont and he notified head
quarters. Chief Rogers sent Detective
Barck out. but. owing to the darkness,
the robbar made good his flight Head
only knows the robber was a big man
with "a powerful grip. This is the third
hold up in the three years Captain Barr
has been stationed At Fremont
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Scaled and Abandoned-A New sIope TO
BE Opened.

The Newcastle mine which took fire on
Monday has been sealed up and aban-
doned and the Oregon Improvement Com
pany will open new slope al another
point on the vein. Notwithstanding this
action the companys' loss will not be
nearly SO great as first believed, General
Manager Smith placing Il all told inside
or $4,000. A great many of the miners
viii he thrown out OF work for the pres
ent and the supply of coal will be tenn
porarily limited. Mr.. Smith visited the
mine yesterday and said on his return at
O'Clock. We have decided. as less ex-
pensive and more certain. to open a new
slope al some other place. We have all
the machinery for the work and il viii
not be such great undertaking. We have
a slope down now 500 feet and We shall
push that night and day. There will be
n limited supply OF coal for ten days. after
which the output viii increase constantly
until We have an output equal 10 the past
There is no longer any danger Of FIRE
reaching the surface. as every opening
has been closed up.
The destruction Of property. mules
cars, harness. pumps. etc. viii not exceed
$2o00o. The postpouement of receipts
through cessation OF business is the prin-
cipal damage The destruction OF timber
ing I'm the mine does not count. as the
workings effected would have been aban-
doned within a year or two anyway, The
loss e coal IS not serious. as 81 only
amounts 10 a charring OF the walls The
entire loss OF profits. business, etc. will
faB within Sloo0o"
Further incidents OF the fire are told IN
the following dispatch:
Newcastle Dec. Especial People
are SIN talkjnE about the disaster TO the
mine here and recounting incidents and
escapes Eye witnesses 81 the fire as
sc poured ogt Of tho slope. say that the
flames shot out 70 a height OF 80 feet
with an appalling roar. 50 rapid was
the progress Of thu flames that the man
who discovered the fra the second time
IA the slope between the first and second
. Levels. ha8 barely reached the surface
before the su,oke and flames poured ont
The trestle work ar the moath Of the
slope Simply wlthered before the blast
ard fell into ashes Assistant Superin-
fendent Anderson. with marvellous pres
erce Of min3. rushed n thu telephone
room on tire trestIe ard warned the ls0
men in the mine below urtu he was
driven out by FIRE He had ordered the
running az faIlI speed. fov ne knew that
70 stop meant death 70 those below.
Nlneteen men were stil unaccounte3 for.
They were IN the remote chambers igDo-
rant 90 danger Then the SIX brave res-
e,1ers went down into the mine through
tfe air shaft by which the ether miners
had escapea from the workings the slope
being filled with ere. Tte air shaft "a
very small. crooked. ana through y runs
a srnsH stream of water icy cold. IN
sere PLACES n Is almost perpen3tcnlar.
Yet down - the rescuers went. without
Thought 81 their danger. Had the
fars stopped. they. as well as the nine
teen down In tie mine, wogi3 have per
isAc3
VALE thcV we're underground TIRE tres
re Woyk 81 the top 81 The slope was
eaTa-as EsEeelys threatening every no
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theatrical Mans Unexpected and Joyous
Encounter =. ..Fha snnnsY Fair."

Theatrical Han's Unexpected and Joyous
Encounter =: ..Fh~ county Pair"
as your name Jefferson" was asked
OF a stage hand at the Seattle theatre
the other evening by the property man OF
'sThe County Fair company.
william u. Jefferxon is my name" was
the answer
Then I'm your brother was the quick
and excited response.
"oh. you're joking. You can't be. Ny
brother IS long since dead"
"But I'm not Joking I am your brother.
See here" and the stranger laid bare a
scar on his head.
TIE other gave a glad exclamation as
he recognized a familiar mark. his whole
he recognized q familiar mark. and his
whole manner bore testimony that he had
indeed found a lons-iost brother.
The property man was c. ID. jefferson.
and the boys-or uaen-had been separated
for fourteen years. Each thought the
other dead. They came originally from
Grafton. w. Va. and drifted apart when
the elder. VINO IL with The County Fair"
company. was only II. Since that time
they have Travelled all over the country,
but completely lost track OF each other.
Two years ago one OF them visited the
old home. and about year since the
other Vas there; but, strange 10 relate.
neither was put on the track Of the other
The Jeffersons say they are distant rela-
tives Of the great Joe Jefferson. They Will
remain together henceforward. and the
younger will leave with the company
when IL goes on TO Spokane.
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SPORTING NOTES.

AT the St. Louis races Wednesday the
winners were: Six furlongs, Mohican,
1:19 l-2: five furlongs, Tartar. 1:06; six and
a half furlongS. W. T. Ellis, l:29; seven
furlongs, Robert Latta, | S3 "a; five and a
half furlongs, Duekadoo, f12 -
AT the San Francisco races Wednesday
the winners were: SIX furlongs, Grande
1:24; five furlongs. selling, Monrovia- III;
eight furlongs, selling. Alary. 1:52 ii;
steeplechaSe twelve furlongs. selling, ST.
Brandon. 800 IA: six furlongs, Howard,
1:22
At the New Orleans races Wednesday
the winners were: Five furlongs, Domin-
ion, i:0l st; six furlongs, Herman. l:15 81 !;
six furlongs. Loftin. jr., lis; handicap
six furlongs, Tia Ia lis f-9; six and a half
furlongs. Jardine and Revenue ran a dead
heat. Ia S-4 money divided.
The coroner's jury at New Orleans de-
cided that Andy Bowen's death was due
TO the clubs failure to pad the ring in
which the contest took place. The cor
oner. who attended the battle and is evil
IDENTIFY ring sport, made a lucid explain
alton of the accident to the jury.
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The Embezzler's Deeayed Body
Found i'm the Woods
ne HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Walked Dat of His House 10 End His
Troubles With Death.
The Fugitive Odd Fellow Wandered 60
Lonely spot and snentiy Released
His Bosdsmen-Ihe Body Horribly
Dseayed, bat Its Identity Sure

The mystery surrounding the casapF%ar-
ance Of Robert Hamilton. ex-secretaFy %
the Odd Fellow relief committee. wfo
jumped his bombs during the latter part Ok
sepaefnbeY rather than answer the charge
OF erabezziernenf. was clssre3 away yes
teraay AFTERNOON by the discovery q Ms
badly disaxlreB and decornIosed body ~
the woes9a aboan four blocks east ~
nroasaay and nearly midway between the
public school IN Frank PonIigs adsiition
AMI tfe city park. He had undoubtedly
committed suicide. ard from the failure
60 discover any ~eapon in the vicinity q
h ysresITEasfs thai be took poison. There
is not the slightest doubt abOsst his Aituti-
a. and the only question To be definitely
Settled II the means Of DEATH
The discovery was made by chance and
until Depasty Cororer Greene and Ser
ge1nt willard reached the scene nothing
was known that even suggested the clear
ing uy Of the Hamilton mystery. Peter
Roofnifag. who lives at SA Moltke street,
vert 10 the ridge that runs along the
brow ~ the hfll inst east OF Broadway
for a Christmas tree and was fioumierlng
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said he ~as satisfied as 80 the Identity
ami RAD 10 dosabt about ire case ssei1g
one O. simple susri5e- The eoToner .
srscsinea 20 think Hamilton took dose
OF rnorph1ae.
Robert Hamilton lived IN THIS city for
ab-ost ten years and unfti II was dz<coT-
srd thai he had ernbexzle5 fully $40 Of
ire fsnAs % thu Odd Fefiows' reIsef COM
fnsftae. of wAieh ne was secretary for
three years. Re VAS looked upon as an
honest mar. Many opportunities acre
given hlrs 70 make good hts shortage. but
be Only damned everybody connected win
TIRE committees ard ali he would ''r1aks
II warm for them" After this he lest bis
position a. ball49 IL Judge oSborn's ccurt-
and later was exgslsa from Olive Branch
Io<Ige, No. e. l. .. o. r. In the latter
part % September he was arrested and
after considerable trouble GOT z. c. CFnw-
ford ard George Tsnto % hecouTe his sure
tSes. When the day for the preliminary
exasrag ration came he could not be found
ansz nothing has been heard Of him unta
his body vas found yesterday afternoon.
His wife and two daughters are in Ore
ron
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AHUSEM ENTS.
..The County Fair" Catche. On.


The County Fair was given another
representation at the Seattle theater last
night by Neil Burgess comedy company
to an audience thoroughly in sympathy
with its ever-changing. humorous picture
OF New England country life. Without
question many saw reproduced in the ac-
curate dedneations of the characters.
more than one eccentric parsonage OF their
old New England home. and the play. like
THE Old Homestead" carried them back
to the freedom and pleasures of childhood
days before they thought of coming West
to a country where the pecuiiarities of the
Yankee are unknown. The swe pstakes in
the fourth act. in which the horse Cold
AIolasses carries off the prize and makes
everyone happy by freeing Abigail Prue's
farm of the mortgage held by the hard
listed Scion Hammerhead again captured
the audience and was generously ap-
plauded. 1t is the most ingenious and in
teresting piece of stage mechanism that
has been placed before a Seattle audience
fore. some time and must be seen to be APP
preciated. The star of the company, in
fact. as well as By advertisement, Is cas-
lily Marie Bates as the old maid Abigail
Prue. and she is we'll supported by J. lie
Brace as Otis Tucker. II. +. Robert as
Tim the tanner. F. Leiden as Scion Ham
merhead II. H winchell as Joel Bartlett.
Kitte Beck as Tuggs and Ella Salisbury
as Sally Greenway. The Standard quar-
tette furnished excellent music during the
corn-husklng scene. Tonights perform
ance IS the last.
While the company is named after Nell
Burgess, the author Of the play, he is not
playing with it and has not done SO for
two years.
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Joseph McCabe. division superintendent
of the Northern Pacific, Is in the city.
Thomas A. Graham. district passenger
agent OF the Southern Pacific. left tor
San Francisco last night.
Superintendent Newman Kline or the
Lake Shore road left yesterday afternoon
for Woolley TO pay of the men,
5. G.. Fulton. assistant general freight
agent of the Northern Pacific at Port
land, was expected 10 arrive on a late
train last night
Daniel Mcdonald is constructing a
@rick building on the corner Of South
Fifth and Main streets on lot leased I'M
der a twenty-four years contract.
The resignation of j. u. Farrell as sup
erintendent OF the Western division Of
the Great Northern has been accepted and
j. NJ. Barr VIII succeed him, as pre-
dicted.
G. Z. Brown. travelling freight and pass
enger agent for the Union Pacific, and ].
W. Casey, travelling freight and paSsen-
ger agent for the Chicago, st. Paul &
Milwaukee, are in the city and are the
Butler.
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m. pvk. opera Company.

The PIXIE Opera Company has scored
great hit at Corirays and the new opera
"Arnorita" is much admired by all who
have nightly crowded the house The
company viii give but one morr evening
performance OF the opera and one at the
Saturday matinee, the rest OF the week
being devoted 20 a production OF Nil
loecker's melodlous opera The Beggar
Student" in which Martin Pacae viii re-
APPEAR IN the title role Seats are on sale
for every performance Of the week. IN
Guiding the regular Saturday matinee.
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PERSONAL.

Miss Mckenzie, of Vancouver, is at the
Diller on her way to Los Angeles to visit
friends.
Fred x. Struve. returned home yester-
day from a six-weeks' pleasure trip
through the Eastern states as far as Bos-
ton
t. b. Hite, Of this city. left last Sat-
urday for Chicago. Cincinnati and other
Eastern points, to be absent about two
months.
Secretary of State and Mrs. James H
Price, OF Olympia, came over from Olym-
pia yesterday 10 meet their son BENJAMIN.
who arrived on the Walla WalIa from the
St Mathews military academy in Cali
fornia-
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tlopo Walking

Professor DuEay walked successfully at
5 2. m. dressed as Santa Claus. In order
% give every one q chance to see him
walk. the managers have decided on
II so for today. BE on hand and see him
perform most daring feats. The place Is
corner Marion and Front streets. over
the Golden Rule Bazaar. a good view
can Toe had from the stores OF Toklas.
Singcrman < c.. Goldstein Hat Co. san
Francisco Shoe Store. Louch. Augustine
& Co. Djmock. Bennett & Co. L. s.
Clothing CO. l. NJ Newman. Hyams.
Fauson s Co. and Pacific Meat Market.
Due notice OF the next performance will
be given IN tomornow.s paner.
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The .g,,,y Oh Chnms -

The Jolly ola Chums," play Including
raw songs. dances. medleys. and other
special features. viii be produced at the
seattle theater next saturday. December
.. one night only. The cast IS said 10 IN
clusle some specially fine artists for the
show and Includes Budd Ross. Al ;. Gour-
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Burlington Extension TO Butte.

Butte. Mont. Dec. Ia.-G. A Hoibridge.
general manager of the Burlington sys-
TEN. is here looking over the route for
an extension from Billings TO Butte 1t
is said on good authority that the Bur
hngton has received a proposition from
Marcus Daily TO sell the Butte, Anaconda
& Pacific for the westward extension. The
latter road is being constructed from
Butte northwest to the Great Northern.
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Great slaughter sale

Great slaughter sale of watches and d.
Almonds. Ladies gold-hlled watches from
$50 upwards. Gents gold-flled watches
from s. 80 upwards. Ladies' diamond rings
from $3.50 upwards. Diamond ear rings
from Sc upwards. Solid gold stick pins.
sl.25. Uncle Harris Loan Office, 5I3 Sec
ond street. corner Yesler avenue.
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WALKING oS RAILROAD TRACK
George N. Brayton Killed by Train
Near OriinE.

Tacoma. Dec. 19-George II. Brayton
was killed today by the overland pass
erger train one mile west Of Orting. He
Was walking toward Tacoma and did lot
heed the engineers whistle His body
was mangied and his head crushed. Pa
pers ln his pocket revealed his identity.
There Will be 10 inquest.
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BKEyITIES.

Elizabeth Reign. mid9le-aged woman
VINO has been working at Cameron's dye
ing works at the rear OF the building at
the corner Of Second and Cherry streets.
was arrested yesterday on the charge OF
insanity. She is troubled about religion
so much SO that she prayed while being
taken from her home in the Bell apart
ment house. North Seattle, to the city
Jail in the patrol wagon.
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The u y. Guarding arasn., Slides.

fhs u y. Guarding AGAINST Slides.
The construction OF switch by the
Great Northern at Snohomish, uniting its
tracks with the Seattle. Lake Shore &
Eastern. Is a stitch in time with that
company. In the event of any more trou-
Bile with slides necessitating the use OF
the Lake Shores tracks 20 this city by the
Great Northern, the latter road will not
be compelled 10 make the roundabout
trip over the Monte Cristo road to get
onto the Lake Shore line.
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fought BAnkrnpt stock.

Hardware. crockery and glassware, and
selling same at bankrupt figures. Our
regular stock also selling low. Pacific
Hardware Company, 81 Yesler avenue.
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Until Christmas the Bon Marche. Front
and Cedar streets, viii be open evenings
til $50.
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Fire at the Spring Hill coHieries. Nova
Scotia, Wednesday. throws out OF work
400 men, ami involves a property loss Of
about 500 600.
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Highest all in Leavening Powe-Laest u S Govt Report
RH!a!:'!,!! B BsM5ss,
ABSOLUTELY Pure
ABSOLUTELY PURE

lay, Frank WesSon, LsIlian Sts1fnan, Min
ME Bridges, Lottse Walters and the Lor-
ing sisters
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uoat t9rget Miller Post. C. A. r.
Grand BAH toniEht AZ Armory hall Gents.
soc. ladies. free
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For richness ana beauty. the Xmas
decorations 81 tho Pacific Carpet Co.
rs Front street surpass anything ever
seem in seattle.
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Open Ssh $3.50 evenings The Bon Marohe.
Front ana Cesar STREETS
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Fer Two nar. Only.

AAAA sherry reduced from Sc 20 $50:
AAA sherry reduced from s. to 81 per
gallon Wine Creek Winery. Il9 South
Thiri street. Telephone 5s2
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one dollar only for SOLID gold rings with
rentanc diamonds for children and misses.
az Freiricx & Co. iewelers. Us Second
street. Hiucklcy buaHng
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Breaker Destroyed.

A breaker at Montana, near Centralia,
was destroyed by fire last night. The
origin is not known. The breaker had
not been operated for several years and
no fires were kept up about the place. The
colliery was formerly operated by Childs
& Co. The Norris Ridge Coal Company
purchased it about year ago, but had
not undertaken operations. There was
considerably machinery in the breaker,
The loss will probably amount to O,OOO
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PERSONAL.

Mrs. Max Gladtke gave birth to a son
this morning.
Thomas Waters, Jr., of St. Clair, spent
to-day in town with friends
A bouncing baby boy arrived at r.
d. Hagenbuch's home last night.
Mrs. William A. Gather, Of Blueheld,
West Virginia, is visiting friends in town.
Harry Preston and Fred. Acornley paid
the HERALD sanctum pleasant call this
afternoon.
Miss Katie Haverstock, o Philadelphia,
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. John
Scheihey, of East Oak street.