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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-22
THREE SHOT TO DEATH.
Italian Family Row in New York
Leads TO Street Fight and Kill
ing of Participa

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Three inmates
of one home were shot to death in a fam
lily row which began In an Italian tene-
ment in East Eleventh street at noon
today.
Antonio Colletti 81 years old, married,
was shot through the lung and died; Cas-
par Coletti, 10 years old his brother,
was shot in the breast and died shortly
after being taken to the hospital, David
Salvatore, 40 years old. a cousin of the
Collettis was shot in the breast and died
shortly after being taken to the hospital
Vfncenzo Spinella and his son Frank, II
years old, have been arrested, charged
with the murder. and the police are still
searching for Frank Spinella who also
played a part in the tragedy.
The tragedy began late last night be-
tween Joseph Colletti and Frank Spinella,
at the Spinella home. Today young Spi-
nela went around to the Eleventh street
tenement house and renewed hostilities
by assaulting Antonio Collett. Colletti
resented the attack and his brother help
ed him. Vincenzo Spinella appeared
OH the scene, and a number Of the Col
letti familys relatives Joined in. This
was the signal for a general riot. and
soon the street was filled with a shout
ing, struggling mob. For while pistol
,shots and the cries of neighbors created
a perfect bedlam. When the police patrol
arrived and after the smoke had cleared
away, one dead and two mortally wound
ed men measured their lengths on the
pavement.
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STUCK VALLEY TROUBLES.
Puyallup Land Owner Tells How 1t
May All he Ended by Union of
King and Pierce Farmers.

Special Dispatch to the Post-lntelligencer.
TACOMA, Jan. 2l-The frosty weather
in the mountains has checked the floods on
the lower Puyallup, though that stream IS
still playing havoc with the gardens along
its banks a.s ao,.;o,
by trying to dam up the Stuck river, SAID
a Puyallup valley land owner today. 'That
water used to run down just that way
thirty-five years ago when L f1rst settied
in TINS part f come o n down lust the as
long as the snow melts off the mountains
and the rain falls.
'The Stuck valley then was full of tall
grass and brush, and there 1 used to hunt
ducks. When there came a rise In the
water the White river would rise first and
the water would run into the stuck valley
and spread out in the brush and tai grass.
1t didn't make such an apparent lake as II
does today, when the ground Is all cleared
and bare, but the water was there Just
the same. Then when the flood got to rum
ming out down the Puyallup the rise would
come on that river and back up the water
In the Stuck still higher.
Joe Deiringer was the smoothest man
UP in the Stuck valley, and he went to
work and made the White river valley men
believe the water always went their way.
He went up to the junction and caved in a
Jam on the Stuck, filled in with brush and
rubbish two or three sloughs on the Stuck
and cleared out the White river channel.
SO as to make nearly all the water run the
other way. When Joe had sold out his
farm at a big price he let the water go,
and everybody let II go, and now the water
is back in the Stuck valley just as 1t
always was, only the valley being cleared
makes the flood not only more apparent
but more destructive.
"The only way the difficulty can be over
come is to make an outlet for the Stuck
this way. This end of the Stuck is good
many feet lower than the other end, and
naturally this way the water will go; par
ticularly as the King county people are so
much more energetic about their interests
than we are about ours.
"Our folks don't seem to see any way to
escape except to rush up to the junction
and try to stop the water coming this way.
They might as well rush out to tae Strait
and try to stop the tide from coming into
the Sound. They don't see that the way
the Puyaliup river has built up in the past
thirty years Is making the floods worse,
and that If they would leave IL alone it
would make its own remedy. See how the
county commissioners have worked TO keep
the river from cutting through into the old
channel up above the Carson place. If they
had let 1t go and let the river run down
that way II would soon cut out a channel
that would take the water out of Stuck
valley
THAT is the real thing to do, but they
don't ha:f see It, They have got that idea
mixed up with Henry Hewitt's scheme for
q fresh water harbor and think it is some
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ELEVEN MEN ENTONBED.
Los ANGELES TUNNEL CAVES IN
WHILE THEY ARE AT WORK.
Inspector of street Department Fa-
tally Injured by Falling Earth
and Timbcrx - shoveIers Are
working to Release the others.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Jan. H-Shortly
after II o'clock this morning the west end
of what Is known as the Third street tun-
mel, which is under construction between
Hill and Hope streets, distance OF
three blocks, caved in and entombed elev-
en- laborers and bricklayers, and fatally
injured w. Il. Lambie, an inspector In the
employ of the street department.
The -entombed men are; jerry NOM
and John Eckhart, brickl .In FRANK
- Kimberly, Max Costello, - Bradden,
John BEIGE, ]. w. Washburn and Bert
Garrett, laborers. Work on the tunnel Is
being done by contract and In order to
hasten its construction a force of men Is
employed Sunday. The men were engag-
ed this morning excavating. 10 rect from
the mouth of the tunnel, which had been
timbered up for a distance Of twenty
eight feet, which was Duddely choked up
by tons of earth and broken timbers The
tfmbers were defective and insufficient 10
support the great weight. and the acci-
dent is thus accounted for.
Inspector Lambie was in the act of
leaving the tunnel when the cave-in oc-
Cured. Three feet. from the entrance
temporarily saved his life. He was
borne to the ground by the falling earth
from the ground to the nail key over the
upper part of his body, giving him suffi-
cient breathing room until the rescuers
arthed him HIS lower ex exit !, was
eight hours before he was extricated,
and then in dying condition.
Twenty-eiSht feet from the entrance of
the tunnel, which has been sunk to a
depth of It's feet, the roof Is bricked over,
and 1t is not thought that any of the en-
tombed men were killed. The tunnel Is
Is feet high and SO feet broad, and con-
tains sufficient air to keep the men alive
for a number Of hours. A shaft is now
being sunk through the roof of the tun-
mel for the purpose of admitting more
air and the entombed men can be heard
digging for liberty by the scores of show
elers who are working from the OUT
side. Barring accidents, it Is thought
the course of twelve or fifteen hours.
Two deaths have already occurred in
this tunnel by previous cave-ins.
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an Incorporation Friday night. Growers
representing 400 of the 300 acres in this
district are in the company. and It is be-
lieved that a majority of the remainder
will join. The association will be known
as the Southwestern Washington Hop
Growers Association, and Is incporated
for $1,000. The association will advance
money to members needing assistance at
picking time and sell the output of the
yards of its members, endeavoring to deal
more directly with the consumers of
hops. Incidentally. It will sell and store
hops for parties not members of the as
ISOLATION, and furnish Its members with
hop supplies when they can be bought
advantageously In quantity. The COM
pany hopes, by harmonious action with
hop-growing organizations in the state
and on the Coast. to he factor In Sc
curing to the growers of hops a fair
price for their goods.
The Patterson crop Of hops at Olequa,
612 bales, was sold Thursday to Ramsay
at Seattle at So cents for the lot Three
hundred bales will be sent to London.
There now remain In this district less
than 1900 bales of the 5000 bales grown
last year.
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HOO-HOOS AT EVERETT.
Members Gather by Boat and Train
and Hold n Session.

Special Dispatch to the Post-InteIIigencer
EVERETT, Jan. 2.-The key to the
gates of the city We're turned over to the
Hoo-Hoo by Mayor James F.. Bell They
came in the morning by boat and train,
with his four-in-hand hitched TO a lum-
her wagon large enough for all, bearing
a banner inscribed "Welcome to the Hoo
Hoo" The evening session was held at
the large Fraternal hall. with the follow
ing officers of the concentration present:
Shark. George w. Reed; junior Hoo-Hoo,
good: bejum, e. Clark Evans; scrivenoter,
F. w. Graham cuslocator, r. b. Falls
ma: arcanoper, w. ]. Morgan; guidon, E.
c: Million; jabberwock,. w. J. Corbin.
after which an elegant banquet was
spread. The visitors returned to their
homes this morning.
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EFFECT of HIGH WINDS.


Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteligencer.
ABERDEEN. Jan. 21-During the win
ter months the high winds have drifted
the sand at the Westport lighthouse in
such a manner that Mr.. Withers has had
to put force of men to work to level off
the grounds and otherwise improve the
appearance of the property. Later the
grounds will all be sown to grass and
fences erected, SO as to protect them from
further damage by the winter storms.
The life-saving crew has also had some
trouble with its clock, which fails to reg
lister correctly some times when the MEM
bers of the crew are making their rounds,
and the department Is very severe in this
matter which causes the men no little
ANNOYANCE
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SENT THE FIRST MESSAGE.
Death of Woman Who Wired s'What
God Hath Wrought

NEW YORK. Jan. 2l.--Mrs. Annie Els
worth Smith, widow of Roswell Smith,
her home today aged 70 years. 1t was
Mrs. Smith who, in 1874 when she was a
girl of II, sent the famous first telegraph
ic message. What God hath wrought"
from the United States supreme court
room, Washington. to Baltimore. Her
father, Henry l.. Ellsworth son Of Chief
Justice Oliver Ellsworth, was the first
commissioner of patents. and has been
called ''the father of the patent Office .
He had been college friend of Prof. s.
f. b. Morse. Together they had endeav-
cred to induce congress to pass a bill
granting $4,000 for the construction of q
trial line between Washington and Balti-
more. Morse had been seeking the help
of congress since 1888. but it was not until
the last five minutes of the session of
1874 that the bill was passed.
1t was Annie Ellsworth who carried the
news of the passage of the bill to Prof
Morse the next morning, and he assured
her that she should send the first message
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BRITISH STEAMER ASHORE.
Stranded OFF Delaware Breakwater
and Crew Brought to Land.

LEWES, Del, Jan. Il. - The British
steamer Sutton, with a cargo of iron ore
from Carthagena, for Philadelphia, strand
eu on Fenwick island shoals, about eight
morning during dense fog. After work.
ing all day to back off the shoal, the ves-
sci, from constant pounding, began to fill
and settle. After darkness had set in.
Capt Pike fired rockets and burned lights
and attracted the attention Of the revenue
cutter Ondaga, which was patrolling the
coast
crew Of twenty-four men. This was diff
cult, as heavy southwest gale was blow
ing at the time, but by the aid of the On
from the stranded vessel at midnight, and
the whole crew were brought to the break
water 1t is feared the Sutton cannot be
saved
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CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Tacoma Man Thought Another Mans
Dog WINS His,

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteligencer
TACOMA, Jan. 2l.--A Tacoma man did
not know his own dog this morning, and
as a result of his mistake had a north
boudn man arrested for dog stealing The
klondiker was going to the wharf with
a string of dogs, when the Tacoma man
rushed out and made an attempt to rescue
his dog. The Klondiker refused to give
fore Justice of the peace and swore out
warrant, which was served just as the
Klondiker was about to take the flyer
for Seattle. He put up $50 bail, lost his
boat and was making remarks anything
but complimentary to the Tacoma man.
when neighbor appeared and announced
that II was case of mistaken identity
The Tacoma mans dog was at home.
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PRAYERS FOR KENTUCKY.
Frankfort C1ergymen Set Aside Tues
day az Day of Humiliation.

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 21-The clergy
men of Frankfort have decided that next
Tuesday shall be set apart In this city as
day of humiliation and prayer. Clergymen
of all denominations announced from their
pulpits this morning that the events of the
last week in Frankfort and continued talk
of the possible repetition of such affairs
had rendered necessary some stress to
awaken the public conscience to dangers
threatening the commonwealth of Frank
fort. Three services will be held on Tues
day at which prayers will be offered ask
ing that men of both parties may be guild
ed to act with wisdom and moderation and
that the danger Of further bloodshed may
be safely passed by.
Attorneys of both sides were busy all day
preparing evidence to be submitted during
the next week.
The Republicans have decided not to
place William T. Clark, of New York, on
the stand.
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CONTRACTED IN PHILIPPINES.
Washington Volunteer Dies of Dis
ease Brought From There.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelllgencer
TACOMA, Jan. 2l.-Edward Marshall
Brown, formerly well-known young sur
veyor OF this city, who was a member of
the First Washington volunteers. died this
afternoon or dysentery contracted in tho
Philippines. At the time of the arrival
home of the regiment the young man was
barely able to walk. and has never recov-
cred.
brother of4Fred j. Brown, county sur
veyor of Tffurston county The volunteers
viii be notified and 1t is probable the flu
neral Is to be held Tuesday afternoon will
be largely attended.
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DEATH OF DIR. DALTON.
Aged Physician Dies mt His Home in
Tacoma,

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, Jan. H--R II. Dalton, re-
tired physician, who has resided here for
four years past, died this morning, aged SO
years and IL months.
DIR. Dalton was a native OF North Caro-
lima, where he practlced his profession be-
fore removing to the West, locating sue
cessively In Alabama Mississippi and Mis-
souri,. where he was well known and a
prominent medical writer in the journals
OF the profession for sixty years, writing
up to within three days of his death.
DIR. Dalton was Mason for seventy
three years. He leaves a son In st. Louis,
son in San Diego, a daughter, Mrs. Alex.
Smith. In Tacoma, and seven grandchii-
dren. one Of them, Mr.. Hunter Dalton, re-
siding In Seattle
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TRAMPs BECOME A PEST.
Vancouver Police Rounding Them
Up i'm Squads.

VANCOUVER, b. c., Jan. 21.--Like a
cloud of locusts, tramps have been swarm
ing into Vancouver during the past week.
They are said to have come from the Puget
sound cities, and they have come with
the apparent intention Of taking possession
of this town. They have scattered through
the residential parts of the city. begging
and stealing as opportunity affords Women
and children have been threatened and the
police department has been devoting its
entire attention to the task of Kidding the
city of such troublesome and dangerous
pests.
The way the police have handled these
the fraternity to give Vancouver a wide
berth hereafter. They have been rounded
up in patches and have been given sem
fences of from one to six months with
hard labor
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Raspberries Are Ripening.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, Jan. AIS. r. Balkwill was
wearing bouquet of ripe and green rasp.
berries on mis- coat today which he saws
are plentiful enough in his garden, so that
they make a taste for the family, though
hardly enough to make a short cake For
ing. There are still ripe and green ber-
ries and blossoms on the bushes
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Coming to the Const.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
ABERDEEN, Jan. 2i.-Mr. George ".
Hauptman and A. p. Brewer. prominent
lumber men and capitalists, of Saginaw,
Mich, have been making an extended tour
of the harbor this week and spent several
days'in this city. These gentlemen are con-
sidering the building of a sawmill for their
sons on the Pacific coast, and were dis
posed to think Aberdeen the most desirable
point they had yet seen. They have gone
to view the Sound country and stated that
1t was their intention of returning to this
city again after they had thoroughly in
vestigated the Sound cities.
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In.taIIation Of 1. O. O. #.

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer.
ABERDEEN, Jan. 21..-The semi-annual
installation of the of /. o. o. F. took
place at their regular meeting Monday
night and the following officers were in
John Greer. vice grand: w. H. Pearson,
recording secretary; F. F. Smith, financial
secretary; b. ]. Garman, treasurer; J. A.
Graham. John Steen, George Fisher, trus-
tees.
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WOODEN MILL BURNED.
Plant Mt Ashland, Or,
Destroyed.

ASHLAND, Or, Jan. 2l.--,The Ashland
wooden mills. one of the oldest industrial
establishments in the state, owned and
operated by F.. X e. G. N. Anderson,
were this morning destroyed by fire which
is supposed to have originated in the
weaving room
Machinery to the value of S, 600 had re-
Gently been added to the plant, and the
concern was in the most prosperous con-
dition About $1,000 worth of blankets
and blanketing in process of manufacture
We're also burned. The total loss Is
S65. 600. The insurance on the building
and its contents amounts to $3.50
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SUICIDE AT ASYLUM.
Manner I'm Which Henry Coates
Ended His Life.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA Jan. 21-Henry Coates, sent
to the asylum from King county last
February. committed suicide Friday at
the asylum by hanging himself to the
wire grating above the door of his room
by means of towel and a piece of wire
He first pricked hole in his neck with a
fish bone in the hope of bleeding to DEATH
but this method proved too slow
Coates was formerly an inmate of an
asylum at st. Louis. His daughter
Emma Coates. lives at Green lake, near
Seattle.
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Department Of Dakota.

CHICAGO, Jan. 22-Gen. James F. Wade,
of the Department Of Dakota, took tenn
porary charge of the Department of the
charge Gen. Wade said: This is only a
temporary appointment, and have no
reason to think 1t will be made permanent.
The department properly belongs to Gen.
Brooke, and 1 cannot tell when he will be
ordered back here"
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WIN Sink Arte.ian We'll.

Special Dispatch to the t-Intelligencer.
ABERDEEN, Jan. 2l.--Ninemire e. Nor
gan, the large wholesale and retail butch
ers of the harbor will soon sink an arte-
sian well at Westport, for the benefit of
their live stock at that place, where they
always have large herds on hand 1t Is
also their intention to put in large n.y.
draulic ram and supply the city of West.
port with q waterssystem.
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officers Of A. o. U. w. Installed.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
ABERDEEN. JAN H--The A. o. u. w.
held their regular annual installation
Friday nigth and installed the following
officers Julius Heyer, past master work.
% +. Rowland overseer. n r. Shelley
recorder; j. d. Moreland, financier; Will
lam butcher, guide: A. A. Brown, inside
Waterman; Q. a. Simms, outside watch
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VIII Remain i'm Tacoma.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
TACOMA, Jan. H.-William La Selle
resigned his position as superintendent
weeks ago. with the intention of Joining
with several Seattle men in the erection
of sash and door factory In that CITY,
Before the plans in that direction were
completed he was made a liberal offer
to become superintendent of the new
plant of the American Woodenware Com
pany here. This offer he has accepted
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To Hold Mini.teriaI Conferences.

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
SOUTH BEND, Jan. H.-The invitation
extended by the South Bend city council
to the Methodist ministers of the Che
halls district comprising most of South
western Washington, to hold their minis
terial conference here. was accepted to-
day by Rev j. Il. Williams, presiding
elder of the district The conference
will be held in June
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New Creamery Building.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
BURLINGTON. Jan. 2l.Messrs. Waugh
and Ford. the new creamery proprietors,
will purchase property located near the
Great Northern depot and Immediately
commence the construction Of new build
ing. They will put in new machinery and
expect to do business on a large scale.
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Montagu white Arrives.

WASHINGTON, Jan H.-Mr. Montagu
White formerly consul of the Transvaal
at London, and who, 1t Is understood, is
in this country to endeavor to obtain rec
ognition as the diplomatic representative
of the republic here, arrived in the city
TODAY from New York.
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CasteiInnes In New York.

NEW YORK. Jan. 21.-La Bretagne. with
Count and Countess Casteuane, arrived at
quarantine this morning.
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DROWNED NEAR BURLINGTON.
Body of John Priest Found in Deep
Hole of Water.

Hole of Water.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
BURLINGTON, Jan. 21.-The body of
John Priest was found in a deep hole
one half mile below Burlington. Life
was extinct. The supposition is that
he fell into the hole by accident while
returning from Mount Vernon last night
Coroner Vercoe has been summoned
from Mount Vernon. The deceased re-
Gently returned from the ISlondike, where
he and his brother made several thou
sand dollars. The brother and family re-
Gently moved from here TO Ballard.
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ORGANIZATION OFF HOP GROWERS.
Perfect Incorporation for Their Mu-
tual ADVANTAGE

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiligencer.
CHEHALIS, Jan. 21.--The hop growers
of Southwestern Washington perfected
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Tried to Hang His Rival.

CHICAGO, Jan. 21-Because he loved
farmer, tried today to hang the man who
stood in his way. In the little cottage of
his rival out near Rose Hill cemetery, the
sef-appointed executioner partially carried
out the murder He would have succeeded
had not his victim fought so hard for life
that he escaped with the moose about his
neck and the rope dragging behind him.
While the hanging was not complete sue
cess. 1t may yet result in murder. for the
victim is in a critical condition.