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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

ventures. and within a few years he
had amassed a fortune. now placed
At ts00. 600 All this time. however.
a Nemesis was at work. Tho story
differs on this point One version
ls that u was a conscience. the 9th.
or that u was the woman acorned.
the divorced Mrs Lstcher. Leteher
accuses his former wife. but dis
patches from Ohio Indicate hat Il
was the conscience. According 60
these dispatches Wynn confessed
that HIS store was burned for the
insurance and that Lctcher was his
partner in the alleged crime
BE that as u may. Letcher ia In
the tolls.
The accused ia calmly confident
and believes he will easily defeat the
effort to take him back to Ohio.
He emphatieally declares that he ia
innocent. Ills accussrs. or the other
hand. say they viii prove that he
has for 20 years consistently and
continually practiced the crime Of
arson in order TO obtain money
from insurance companies. They
claim 10 have traced the crimes to
various places where Letcher has
resided In Ohio. Alabama and Cali
fornia. There are In all about |
fires for which insurance companies
have paid money. which Lctchera
accusers assert he IL responsible for.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

features are two hospitals on the
maiu deck. cafe entirely separate
FROM the main dining room and "a
plRyroem FOR children. with padded
floor ANA panels for tho protection
of the utlc enaa This roam has
miniature furniture. and tolle,
fenmn for the rhndrab'H special use
are adiaeently located
Each atntcroom has private tele-
phone directly connected with the
central telephone office which com
manda the entire ship.
Great Northern officials are more
than satisfied over the present trip
81 the Minnesota. The monster
liner reached san Francisco On
scheduled time ana has averaged II
knots without bit 81 trouble, shs
has fully come up II the eSpeeta-
fIons 81 the officials and. with the
exception % few alterations Ia the
way q Improvement % her boilers
the big boat VIII reach Seattle Ia
perfcct condition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

the girls father. and asked the girl
IL the note she had given him was
genuine. She admitted was not
and wanted him 20 sive Il back
The girl. said Thomas. accused a
man named Kelly OF putting her
IN 10 il" She said Kelly was
sometimes called Scott. Other parts
OF Thomas deposition tended to
show that Miss Biglsy was on
friendly terms with this Kelly. OF
scott. Later one Adam Scott made
a deposition. In which he admitted
having taken dinner with Miss biE.
ley. In woodstock. Nov ?, but said
he rad not been IN Woodstock with
her after that day. though he wai
In the town Nov. Is. the day be
fore.
rag ALLEGED FORGED NOTE
vas offered u Thomas
TNr name Of Scott Was afterwaFd
uxad a. one OF the aliases % tbs
woman then known as Miss Bigiey,
Iafsr As Lydia Dcvere. Miss Hoover.
etc.
Reuben Kipp. when called 90 tes
tify. said he had known the prts.
ensr since she was a little girl. but
had never signed a note payable 70
her. nor had he ever borrowed
money from her.
Or. l. " Swan testified that ron
the evidence concerning the Eiri
and her actions In court. he believed
she was not Of sound mind.
Scott also testified = have heard
that the prisoner waH heir 20
large sum Of money Did not heal
Il from herself II was n common
report.
Letters we're produced by Thorn
as purportinE 70 be from DAME
Bixiey. the girls father BiEiei
swore that he did not write them.
and be testified that he thought Al
least one OF them was In III
! daughters handwriting
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

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OWENS
BALKED
POLICE BELIEVE THAT WOMAN
WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
HAD SUICIDE COMPACT WITH
HER LOVER
tBy scrIpps News Assn,

PORTLAND, Dec. 15.-Mrs. J. b,
Goggin, who took laudanum, is stun
In precarious condition In St YIN
cents hospital Detectives have dis
covered new feature OF the case
and assert that Mrs. Goggin was In
fatuated with the cook at the Van
couver barracks. John Owens, and
with him entered into a suicidal
compact
The woman kept her part Of the
contract. but Owens baked. lie II
was who gave the first call for a
physician. For his connection In
the case he was yesterday afternoon
arrested
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Elizabeth Bigiey was tried on tho
charge OF forgery at Woodstock.
Ontario. in March. 1879. and Was ae-
Quilted. as the official return OF
the finding states. ION the ground
81 insanity OF the within the Eliza
beth Bigiey at the time Of the COM
mission OF the within offense.
The offensc was the forgery OF
the name Of Reuben kipp. a farmer
Of East Oxford-tp. Ontario. 20 a note
for $500. The following Is a copy
OF the note. a. Il was introduced In
evidence at the trial OF the girl. and
Is preserved In the records OF me
case.
500. 90 Woodstock. Nov. IL. ISIS.
Twelve months after date I prom
ize 70 pay 20 the order Of Miss r.
BiEley al the bank Of British North
America. Brantford. the SUM OF
three hundred per cent net dollars
value received. REUBEN KIPP.
The Information against Miss
piKley was lodged by Edward Geo.
Thomas. an organ manufactures. IN
mis- testimony Thomas said that
Miss Biglsy bought an organ OF him
Oct. S. 1878. paying him So cash on
Oct. 2. She gave a note for the re-
naming sIz3 When the note be-
came due. Thomas said. the girl put
him off several times. and finally
came to his store with two notes.
one for $500. signed by Reuben
Kipp: the other for $3.50. signed by
Chaz Hayward. She wanted Thorn
as TO get the
$500 NOTE cAsHED
for her and take his tie5 out Of u.
He refused. He did. however. take
the note a. security for Miss Big
ley's debt. After = little inyestigA-
ton. Thomas came TO the coneius-
ion that the note was forged, and
caused the girls arrest Three days
before he Ewore out the warrant he
went to the home OF Daniel Blgiay.
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Opened a
Veritable
Volcano

HOUSTON. Tex. Dee. i5.-The
Humble oil fields, II miles north Of
this city. are a total wreck today.
due to subterranean commissions
which turned the deep wells into
veritable volcanoes. Some stones
and mnd-iava were hurled a thou
sand feet into the air and feil over
territory a mile In all directions
from the wells. The destruction OF
the properties viii amount to s50.-
900.
The people fled from the field
when the outbreak began. which
was preceded by terrible rum
bling. They sought shelter as best
they could from the rain Of stones
and mud-lava Clouds Of phospher-
escout yapors enveloped tho field.
giving the appearance OF the whole
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

Talk about the comforts Or home.
what DO YOU SAY TO a btg maEuiu-
cent oeonu liner that provides apc-
ciaIlY constructed aud equipped den
for the benefit OF its Chinese pas
scngersf
The now boat Minnesota. OF tho
Great Northern steamship company.
was evidently designed by "a man
who believes Ia giving passengers
their moneys worth. The Minnesota
will carry thousands OF Chinese be-
tween the Orient and America. and
what more aliuring inducemcnt
could be made to catch their patron
axe than the offer OF a private opium
den.
There the CELESTIAL can hit the pipe
60 his hearts content and la the
Eiyaian dreams produced by the
poppy plant. can forget his pangs 81
mai dc mer.
The Miunesota's opium den Is only
enc Of many innovations that are
found ON the big boat other novel
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15
Carpet Workers
Organize

fuy ScrtupH News ASS NJ
WAaHINGTON. u. C.. Dec Ia
A convention Of carpet cutters. lay
era and meaHurers met In this city
today with delegates present from
various parts Of the United States
and Canada. IL Is the purpose OF
the convention TO organize an IN
ternRtional union OF carpet work
era. with headquarters In Washing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15
Sunshine In California

Now Is the time to visit California
resorts. Take the Famous Shasta
Route. the Southern Pacific Co.'S
Scenic Line. Two trains daily; $40
a. m. and so p. m. Rate 20 san
Francisco $3.50 first class 5000
second. Rates. reservations and CAL
ifornia literature at Union Ticket
Ofnee. SOS First avenue. Z e. Ellis.
Gent Agent go
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Decorations we're like the roar Of
eannons and could be heard ten
miles away. Derricks were torn 70
atoms and machinery shattered
Great fIssurea opened in the earth
near the wells and from them mud
lava and yapora issued.
Work was In progress on i've
wells early yesterday morning when
the upheayal came. The earth
shook and All the holes seemed 70
turn themselves wrong-aide out
The deep wells became veritabie
volcanoes.
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CHRISTMAS TRAVEL

Has been made popular on the
North Coast Limited where eY-
erythinz best IL provided Tor your
comfort. do not start n trip cast
until you talk u over and MAKE ar
Iaih NttNtAAa ~
Seattle
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At Ballard
GROCER ROBBED

GROCER ROBBED
j. ID. Smith. OF the Smith Bros.
Grocery company. was held up last
night by four masked men and rob
bed of 500. a gold watch and ring.
Mr.. Smith was on his way home
from his store about 7:30 o'clock
last night: when he started across
the street at the corner OF Main
and Times he was met in the mid-
die of the crossing by four meR,
who he hclievcs were all masked.
One Of the party demanded smith
90 throw up his hands, but as he
thought Il was only Joke, he
laughed at them When one OF
the men put a gun up in his face.
which Smith says looked like a
cannon" he decided II would be for
the best to do as he was hidden.
Not satisfied with taking all the
money that was taken in at the
store during the day and his watch.
also. but they relieved him of gold
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15

ring he wore on his left hand.
Smith notified the police as soon
as he could and an Investigation
was made. but no trace OF the rob
bars could be found.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-15
MRS. WILSON'S
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has tfnn used By Millions of Mothers for theR
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Her visit to Seattle Is In the ma
tura OF a rare musical treat that
should be appreciated by Seattieites.
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WOODSTOCK TRIAL
OF MISS BIGLEF

SANE METHODS WERE USED AS MADAME oEVERg USED AND
AS MRS. CHADWICK USED.
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eiephone-sunset Main 1859. OF In
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
BUILDING
 DISCUSSED Sky-Scraper Before Com-
 mittee. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN Commercialism Was Arrayed Against Sentiment. Capit.Iists Names, wAe ereDese te Displace Feuntain With oAce Structure, wIn bs DlvulgeA
 h Executive Session.
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN

r,ommercialism against sentiment. on the one side of which the pFoposeo modern office building on Court Sduats was pictured as . thing Of grandeuT and m the other as "a corn.cob set upon fts Dig end" was the theme of argu- ment for over two hours last night before the joint finance and judiciary committee of the City Council In the Council chamber. The argument was spoken earnestly by citizens favortng and opposing the lease or sale Of a portion of Court Square on which 1t is guaranteed that an office structure to cost not less than $15o,0oo will be erected.
 The joint committee of the council which heard the speeches in favor of the proposition and protests against 1t adjourned until this afternoon at o'clock when ai meeting will be held to formulate a report. The committee has only the power to recommend either the acceptance or rejection of the proposition whcih comes from the Modern once Building Committee of the Commercial and Industrial Asso~ citation of Montgomery,
 The report to be formed today by the joint finance and Judiciary com mittee will be presented to the Coun- 
 day night.
 The joint committee of the Council. of whom were present last night Aldermen John P. Kohn. chairman. P. c. Mcintyre, J. L. Holloway. N. Loeb- man. c. Gunter and c. l.. Ruth. lis- tened first to George Jones. chairman of the Modern once Building commit. tee of the Commercial and Industrial Association. MT. Jones alluded to the particular proposition submitted to the council by Brown Brothers. real estate agents of Birmingham. This firm guarantees to purchase the space on Court Square where the fountain now is and build thereon a modern of- flee building to cost at least $l50.o00.
 MT. Jones addressed the committee at the ouset by assuring them they would not be confined to this single proposition. He formally presented 0 petition that the committee recoms mend to the Council to put upon the real estate market a certain porti1p of Court Square. This could be open to Bids from any source and thus dis abuse the minds of many opponents of the idea that the greed of certain
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
INTERPRETING, IF TRUE.

You caa Try It Fer Yeurseis, and
 Prove It.
 One grain of the active principle in stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets win digest 5000 grains of meat. eggs or other wholesome food, and this claim has been proven by actual experiment which anyone can perform for himself In the eggs into very small pieces. as 1t aSuS snS two os or thrss tablet: bottle s seg oF jar eOntainins tTs %sFm wsssI, heated to body), and keep it at this temperature for three and one-half hours, at the end of which time the egg will be as completely digested as 1t would have
 The point of this experiment Is that what Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will the egg or meat in the stomach and nothing else will rest and invigorate the stomach so safely and effectually . Even little child can take stuart's digestion Is weak and the thousands of cures accomplished by their regular daily use are easily explained when it is undersrood that they are composed of diastase and Golden Seal. which min gies with the food and digest 1t thor oughly. giving the overworked stomach d SHdnC0 tO TcCupeT6Le.
 Dieting never cures dyspepsia neither do pills and cathartie medicines' which simply irritate and infame the intestines.
 When enough food is eaten and promptly digested there will be no com stipations nor in fact will there be dis ease of any kind. because good diree- ton means good health in every or- gan,
 The merit and success of stuarts Dys- pepsia Tablets are worldwide and tiey are sold at the moderate price of 50 cts. for full-siEed package in every drug store In the United States and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
.ct11en and Society.

afternoon at taliy-ho ride, in com pliment to Mr. Lowery. The party of fifteen went out nine miles on tho Mount Meigs road. to the plantation of MT. Nose McLemore. where MT. Low srys cotton picking machine is in op- eration. and the pleasure or the time was the watching of the wonderful process.
 The Montgomery Sunday schoo, Teachers Association will meet on Thursday afternaan at the First Pres byterian church. The hour of meeting q Is { o'clock. and all interested are cor dially invited to attend.
 The program will be as follows:
 Primary Lessions--Miss Mable Hood.
 Junior suggestions--Miss Fine Campbell.
 ford
 Tn the half hour previous to the reg ular meeting the normal class viii as- semble. and Mrs. 6. A. Tyson will be the teacher.
 Among the Montgomery women who will attend the sixth Alabama state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which con- venes at Mobile. on the 2nd day of De- cemheT will be Mrs. Phares Coleman. Mrs. F. P. Glass, Mrs. Halls Janney. Mrs. Amelia Wiley. Miss Annie Will. jams. and Mrs. Charles stakely.
 Dr. and Mrs. E. Wagner, entertain at a reception this evening to their daughter. Miss Fine May Wagner. The hours are from to 9. and later the younger set is expected.
 
 Mrs. Charles G. Abercrombie, wfll have as her guest shortly, Mrs Louise Bankhsad Perry. of Greenville. South Carolina.
 Mrs. D. l.. Wiikerson. of Montevallo. Is visiting her parents. MT. and Mrs. F. A. Flowers, at their home on South Perry street.
 The No Name Club will meet this morning at II o'clock. with Miss AL mer Arlington, at her home on Church street.
 Mrs. W. L. Cain. of Bay Minstte, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. J. c. Wilcox. at their home on Clay street.
 Miss Inda Galloway. of Showdown, is the guest of Mrs. William Galloway, at AIS Washington street.
 The Honey Bees will met this even- ing with Mrs Hudson. at her home on Dexter avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
Cbe Cbeatre$
"Kerry Cow"

Joseph Murphy, the veteran actor. who immortalized the part of The Kerry Cow" was unable to appear be- fore the small audience which assem- bied In the Montgomery Theatre last night to witness his production of the old Irish drama.
 Exposure in the cold climates of In- diana told on the constitution of the old player. who has nearly reached his three-score and ten years. He was taken i'll with pneumonia in Chatta- nooga, Tenn, and there he now is in hospital, endeavoring to regain his strength in order to finish the season In the play, that made him famous and perhaps more to be considered, multi i-millionaire.
 To say that the audience, which as- sembled last night was not disappoint- ed when 1t was announced that MT Murphy would not appear, would ne 10 falsify. MT. Murphy has for so many years been associated with The Kerry Cow" that there were many In the au- dience who came there for the express purpose of seeing him.
 Before the rise of the curtain on the first act, Manager George W. kenney' business manager of the attraction. an nounced the fact that Mir. Murphy was i'll in Chattanooga. He said that he had daily expected nim to join the company, but in case of his absence. they had provided an able understudy In the person of MT. James F. Kelley. e young actor, who had shown decided talent in the part. Nevertheless. on behalf of his people and the Hirscher Brothers, he offered any one in the house their money back should they wish to leave.
 Although the audience was disap- pointed in the non-appearance of Mir. Murphy, they probably saw a superior presentation of the character of Dan o'Ifara, the Kerry Cow. at the hands of Mir Kelly, than would have been the case had MT Murphy handled the part.
 Dan O'Hara is represented as young, handsome. debonaire Irishman. and MT. Murphy has lived longer than the majority of men. An old man cannot be made young and the por- trayal of Mir. Kelly was probably more satisfactory than the work of MT. Mur- phy has been in several years. z.
 Mir Kelly Is good looking, his form is not bent with age, he looks the part In addition, this young understudy. is by no means an actor of small abilities
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
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He knows the part perfectly. He has a fine Irish dialect. He carries convic- ton with his work. There Is much promise in Mir. Kelly.
 Second to him in popular favor came William T. sheehan, a character actor, who takes the part of Mir. O'Drive. This man is spontaneously funny. There Is but little opportunity given him in his lines, but Mir. Sheehan does not need much opportunity to make him self noticed. His facial expression and his stage business make up for the lack of lines.
 Donald Weldon, who plays Raymond Drew, the juvenile part, is also . young actor of promise. He Is a handsome striplins and plays his part with enthusiasm.
 Miss Mary Fermier. who plays the heroine, Nora Drew, is a handsome young woman. who has ability. She is given no opportunities except in love scenes. and in these her work Is ac- ceptable.
 The production is adequately staged and costumed.
 "A Message from Mars'' tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-30
Gossip cf men
 and nl alters
nanngereus Cressing.

"I can't understand" said a business man of Montgomery yesterday. why some one has not been killed or in- jured by the street cars passing the corner of Court Square and Commerce Street where the fence built by the new Exchange Hotel contractors projects into the street.
 There Is a side walk. you probably know built of wooden boards that circle the fence and this walk is very close to the car tracks on both streets. A person crossing Commerce. Street from the opposite side to the Moses building corner can not see . car com almost on the car tracks. The high board fence obstructs his view of that direction. have seen several nar- row escapes of pedestrians from being run over just at that very spot and an accident there at any time would not surprise me. It seems to me, hs." he added refiectiveiy. that the street car companies would instruct their motor men to ring their gongs and pass this place slowly or either have q watch man there with flag to warn pedes- trians of danger"
 T do hope they win do something to lessen the danger of this place in question for it keeps me afraid all the time that either I. unthinkingly will corner or that some one I care about will be hurt in that manner"
 'T wish to express in a public manner my appreciation of the patient spirit and uncompiaining manner in which the patrons of the postoffice and all other persons having business in the government building, have endured the inconveniences and disadvantages re- sulttng from extensive changes and inn provements in the building" said Post master c. W. Buckley yesterday. The extension to the building. and other changes are nearing completion. The little annoyances which have been un- avoidabIe will soon be over. Tomor- row the contractor will begin to lay the thing in the lobby. While this is be- ing laid all persons having business with the money order, registry and stamp divisions of the postoffice, or have letters or packages to mail. will please enter the building at the new doorway on the Lawrence Street side of the building. All who rent lock- boxes will enter the building as usual in front from Dexter Avenue. It is the purpose of the contractor to com plete this work without delay"
 Men Who Come and Go.
 MT. l.. O. Dawson, a well known ctti-