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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

way .nto the good graces Of the
audience ~ her lnimitable manner
Of taking the part Of the Donna
Teresa
Perhaps the best bits Of singing
were the choral numbers BY the
men. particularly tho number en-
tilted We Come u Caatllan
Blood" aud that sung by Vera
Micheiena and the female chorus,
My San Domingo Maid"
Governments option for Wash.
inKton Irrigation company extended
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

OLYMPIA. Dec. 2s.-The supreme
court today dismissed the appeal OF
Oscar Bradshaw. the murderer who
years ago STAYED of n sentence OF
death By giving notice OF appeal TO
the supreme court and then went
20 the peuitentiary, where he was
forgotten until \ few months ago.
He had never perfected the appeal.
but the superior Judge before whom
he swas recently taken 60 be re-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

Il The money SO generously CON
I'trlbused 10 the fund for w. r.
/ bohnnger. tho iHckieas teamstcr
Ewhcte sad story has ben told in The
/ Star. was paid 10 him this morn
ling
The unfortunate man rendered his
thanks 10 the sympathetic public
In the following letter;
We wish 20 extend our heartfelt
thssks 10 the kind friends and
Deighbora who aided us In our mis-
forfune. and TO The Star, for Its In
tfeof
b sincerely hope that We may
b aEls 10 return these kindnesses.
Gratefully,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Bohringer."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

Bert Edwards. the man alleged 4
have beaten his sister In Law. -
arrested yesterday afternoon 4
arraigued thia morning before Judi
Marlin lie was granted a chang
OF venue TO Justice sehneider'H cost
with bail fixed AZ sio personal bong
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29
FORGOTTEN MURDERER MUST
meet DEATH ON GALLONS

sentenced 10 the gaIlows. holds that
nothing could be done until the
supreme court finally passed on the
appeal.
Within about 10 days the formal
order from the Nipreme court viii
be returned to tho county where
bradshaw was convicted aud the
date for his execution viii be fixed.
Bradshaw murdered a Swedish
farm hand three years ago In a
boxear near Pazco.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29
WASHINGTON, o. G.
NEWS NOTES

Thirteen Walla Walla and 10
North Yakima townships ordered
Withdrawn from public sale.
Korea not eOefcod by Japs In re-
cent treaty.
State has no water In lts seiec-
ton Of lands for government irrf-
gallon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

vessel was tied up at pier ID.
IL is the conceusus Of opinion
that the Portland cannot be saved.
Nearly all Of tho passengers are
without ready clothing. except that
which they had on when the vessel
went down.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

A partition IL being built across
the council chamber In the city hall
To provide a new office for the ely
engineer. whose present quarters are
too small The room be vacatez
viii be used as an addition 20 tke
city attorneys room. which Are alte
rather small at present.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29
Should be Returned

Il think that the money which
was taken ont OF the lighting fund
10 pay for oondemnIng land which
IL chiefly Tor the uas Of the Cedar
river water system should now be
returned to the lighting fund. nnt
this matter Il stlll In the hands ul
a committee and nothing definite
has as yet ben done"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29
Money on Hand

Comptroller Riplinger states that
there was On hand Ia the lighting
fund on Dec .. 1905. sSts0tS6. II
which almost the entire amount viii
be used In labor and materials for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29
Petite Mae Botti

but the Yankee Consul" has It's
fine points. too. and ono % them ls
little. cute. coquattiHh. tautalizing
Mae notti. the dancing sunbeam
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

C. c. Eaton. Of Tacoma. a mem
Der OF the Christian Science Board
of Lecturers. viii deliver a lecture
on Christian science at Maecabee
Temple next Sunday afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29
Needs Assistance

L know Of no spe lie acts OF op-
position on the part OF the Seattle
Electric company TO undermine "a
financially. or 20 resort 10 any but
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-29

4 ttktk tAttk 49,
: ~
= BOSTON. Dec. Ell RI
4 Leighton a Co. stock brokerHa
a have assigned for the benefit
4 of creditors. Their liabilities
\ are $500. 600. The failure waa
\ caused by the failure Of debit
4 or to meet his liabilities Theirs !
= Will probably be enough aaate
4 to pay out
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
Casualty.

Mrs. Sarah M. Perkins, a we'll
known Ohio suffragist, was run over
and almost instantly killed by coal
wagon at Cleveland.
A fire of incendiary origin nearly
wiped out the town of Wayne, w. Va,
entailing a loss roughly estimated at
100000 partly covered by insurance.
Alexander Crepka, aged nine, and
Ella Crepka, aged six, were drowned
by breaking through while playing to-
gether on the thin ice on the millpond
at Jackson, Mich.
Willis Lawrence, a prominent citi-
zen, was shot and accidentally killed
at Pittsburg, Kan, by John Graham,
his stepson. Graham was playing with
a target rife when it was discharged.
Two freight trains collided near
Scion, Johnson county. la. A fireman
was slightly injured. No others were
hurt A passenger train later dashed
into the wreckage, but nobody was
hurt.
Harry Williams and Jack Shur were
instantly killed near Carbon, Ind, by
west-bound Big Four passenger train.
The men had taken handcar and
were on their way to Perth when they
were run down.
Thirteen lives were lost in the wreck
of the steamer Lunninburg, which
went ashore off Amherst harbor, Mag
dalene islands The steamer had
crew of seventeen and probably car
ried several passengers.
Shipping and dock property at Wau-
kegan, ILL.,, was seriously damaged by
a tidal wave seven feet in height which
swept in from Lake Michigan. The
steamer Tioga was driven against the
pier and a small hole knocked in its
side Two tugs in the harbor were
also Slightly damaged.
The total number of the dead SO far
this year in Wisconsin and Northern
Michigan is twentysix, and fifty-one
were wounded. More hunters were
killed this year by the accidental dis
charge of their own guns than ever be-
fore. A great number of the dead were
mistaken for deer. by over-anxious
hunters.
Eighteen miners lost their lives in
an explosion. in the Diamond Coal and
Coke company's mine No. | at Dia-
mondville, Wyo. 1t is believed that all
the men who persisted were instantly
killed. The theory advanced by the
miners is that "blown out shot
caused the disastrous explosion which
wrecked the mine. The shock of the
explosion was felt all over the town,
rocking buildings so violently that
their occupants ran out into the open.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
Criminal.

Edward Tomlinson, a distiller at
Keokuk Falls, Okla, was shot and
killed by F. M. Grundy, the result OF a
feud of long standing. Grundy is sur
rounded in a barn.
Frank Krouzelx, a cigarmaker OF Chi
cago, shot and killed Mrs. Antolnette
Iiska. at whose house he was board
ing, and then shot himself in the head,
dying instantly.
After shooting Mrs. Mary Chard,
aged az years, in the neck with re-
volver, at Harrisburg, Pa, Roy G. Nc
Curdy, aged 10, fatally shot himself.
McCurdy died without making state
ment.
Rudolph Leeds, son of William b.
Leeds. a New York millionaire, was
fined S25 and costs in the police court
at Richmond, Ind, for violating the
new Indiana anti-cigarette law. Youpg
Leeds is spending the winter in Rich
mond with his mother. The alleged Of
Tense against the cigarette law was
committed at social function. The
case probably will be appealed.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
General.

Woodbury. Kane, widely known in
suddenly at his home in New York.
The right of a theater manager to
refuse tickets sold by sidewalk spec
ulator was upheld by the New York
court of appeals.
Directors of Swift & Co. have voted
to increase the capital stock Of the
company by S25,OO000O, which will
bring the total up to $60,000,0OO.
Delegates from all parts Of the
United States were present when the
fourth triennial convention of the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women met
in Sinai temple, Chicago.
A. R. Meyer, a widely known capital
ist, one of Kansas City's most prom
inent business men and the founder of
Leadville, Colo, died at Kansas City
of rheumatism of the heart.
Minister Griscom, Americas diplo-
matte representative at Toxic, who ar
rived at San Francisco last week on
the Manchuria, confirmed the report
that Admiral Togo proposes to visit
foreign waters.
Miss Elisa Williams, believed to
have been the Oldest spinster in Amer
lea, died at the home of her nephew,
0. A. Summers, in Kokomo, Ind, at the
age of 101 years. She was born Nov.
1, 1904, at Connellsville, Pa. She NOV
ed with her parents to Indiana when
child.
Bones of primitive giant have been
unearthed by Alonzo Lewis, farmer
living near Sulphur Springs, Ind The
skeleton is more than seven feet in
length and the skull has horns about
an inch and half long projecting up
ward from point just behind the
ears. Several similar skeletons have
been found here in the last few weeks.
All the peculiar bones were found In
gravel pit on the Lewis farm.
A retriever belonging to George
Adams, the alleged embezzling cashier
of the federal assay Office at Seattle,
has led detectives to $4,000 in gold
dust con recalled in his home.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
Foreign.

The Austrian foreign Office expects
that the porte will Immediately acqui-
esce in the demands Of the powers"
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily Telegraph says: '"The
international fleet has occupied the
Island of Lemnos, in European Turkey
The Nobel prizes committee is UNI
derstood to have decided to award the
prize for literature to Henryk Sien-
kiewisz and the prize for medicine to
Prof Robert Koch.
Henry Burnett, representative Of
Chief Engineer Stevens of the Panama
canal zone, arrived at Kingston, ia
maica, to engage several thousand la
borers for work on the canal.
Over a thousand Chinese who are
merchants in a small way at Singapore
attended a meeting at which a consid-
cradle sum was collected for the pur-
pose of continuing the boycott on
American goods.
The Belgian steamer Phillipville,
from Antwerp for the Congo, reports
sinking a steamer, name not given,
southeast of Dungeness. The Phillip
vile picked up seven of the crew of
the sinking steamer.
Gen. Weyler has taken personal of
tense at a speech delivered by Gen.
Luque the new minister of war, in
which the latter said he proposed to
restore discipline in the army. Mill
tary men foresee the possibility of an
encounter between the two generals.
Nine Sarah Bernhart and her com
pany left Quebec recently under police
escort after a mob had made a vicious
attack upon the French players, throw
ing rotten eggs and other missiles.
The attack was the result of uncom-
plimentary remarks made by Sarah
Bernhard about Canadians
and the influence of the clergy.
An official memorandum issued by
the British admiralty states that as
the result of recent reforms the text
estimates for the navy will show re-
duction of $7,5O0,00O, beyond the reduc-
ton of SIT 100000 made last spring.
The admiralty considers that the pres
ent strategic requirements will neces-
state the building of four large ar
mored ships annually.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
Wa shinuton.


Capt. Seth Bullock of Deadwood was
nominated by President Roosevelt Tor
the United States marshalship in South
Dakota.
Representative Bourke Cochran OF
New York introduced joint resolution
providing for an amendment OF the
constitution which will make it possible
for members of the house to be elect
ed for four years.
An appropriation of 100000 for
national tuberculosis sanitarium is
provided for in a bill introduced by
Representative Wiley of Alabama.
Florala, Ala, is designated as the site
for the sanitarium.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of bust
ness Nov. 80, 1905, the debt less cash
in the treasury amounted to 1899, 725,-
S31, which is a decrease as compared
with last month of $685. 94.
1t was stated at the department OF
the interior that F. J. Heney, whose
successor has been appointed as dis
trict attorney in Oregon, will have en-
tire charge of the government in the
prosecution of the land fraud cases.
Congressman Stevenson secured an
order from the Indian office providing
for the payment of 100000 to the Red
Lake Indians under the act of 1904,
known as the Stevenson act, opening
to settlement a portion of the Red
Lake Indian reservation.
Yellow fever is constantly increasing
in Cuba and there is grave danger of
an epidemic there. Minister Squires
has advised the state department that
on Nov. 20 four suspicious cases devel-
Oped, one of which was confirmed. o.!
Dec 1 there were two suspected cases,
one of which was confirmed.
The reported decision of the court
martial tribunal clearing Midshipman
Minor Merriweather of the charge of
manslaughter has won general APPROX
AL The midshipman was found guilty
of conduct unbecoming a gentleman
and an officer, and it is said will be dis
missed from the naval service.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
The News of the Week

Sweet Grass county (Mont) au-
thorities are investigating the death of
Frank Morris, who died of injuries sus-
tanned in fight with William Rankin
a few days ago at Big Timber.
Harry Eldredge, leader of the Fol
som (Cal.) convicts who broke from
the prison on July 27, 1908, and who
was convicted of the murder of Guard
William Cottes, died on the gallows at
the prison.
Henry Linneman, aged seventeen
years, of Alhambra, ILL.,, shot both his
father and mother with shotgun,
wounding each seriously, as the out
come Of his efforts to protect his
mother from the alleged attack of his
father
Henry Yenson Brichong has been
sent to prison from Sault Ste. Marie
for three years and half for the theft
of 800 worth of silver from the local
churches, and jewelry, watches, tools
and clothing from other places. Sew
eral drayloads of goods were found at
his home.
William S. McWilliams has con
fessed to the murder Of his wife and
five children, whose mutilated bodies
were found in their home near indie
pendence, Iowa. McWilliams says that
he committed the act because he be-
lieved his children better dead than
alive and could no longer live with his
wife whom he accused of driving him
to desperation with her demands for
money and her jealousy.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
WANTS JAP COLONY.
Pastor of Baptist Mission at Seattle
Would Convert Orientals.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 13.-Rev. Frank
Okazaki, pastor of the Japanese Bap-
fist mission in Seattle, supported by
leading Christian Japanese residents,
is planning a colony of immigrants
from his country. 1t is planned to es-
tablish the colony somewhere on Pu-
get sound. Okazaki desires to estab-
lish the colony in order that he may
better spread Christian teachings
among his people.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
WiNDFALL TO FARM HAND.
Indiana Laborer Falls Heir to Bavari-
an Estate of Many Millions.

Chicago, Dec. 13.-George Becher, a
young Bavarian living on farm south
of Hammond, Ind, has been notified by
the American consul at Munich that
he is one of four heirs to an estate in
Bavaria said to amount to $14 100000.
The estate was left by the brother of
his grandmother, and there are no
heirs in Europe. Becher is farm
hand and has been in America three
years. He has papers proving his re-
lationship.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

Brother Rockefeller's income this
year will total about 100000. He
must be able to afford to buy a new
hat and a pair of new shoes the same
week. How absurd it is to say he is
not a happy man!
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
SETTLE STATEHOOD QUESTION.
House Will Dispose of Matter Before
Holiday Recess.

washington, Dec IA. - The house
will dispose of the statehood question
before the holiday recess according to
the plan formulated yesterday. The
precise manner in which statehood is
to be granted to the four territories
will be set forth in what is known as
the Hamilton bill, giving statehood to
Arizona and New Mexico as one state
and to Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory as another.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
COLLISION KILLS TWO.
Freight Train Crashes Into cut-oft
Freight Cars.

Bateseille, Ind. Dec. H. - A local
freight train collided with cutoff
freight cars between here and Morris
last evening. Brakeman Charles Bev-
ms was instantly killed. Conductor
James King was so badly injured that
he died within half an hour after be
ing taken from the wreckage. Engi-
neer Fred S. Keen was seriously in.
jured, but it IS believed that he will
recover.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
mo PASSES, NO FRANCHISES"
Pittsburg Councilmen Declare War on
Railroads.

Pittsburg, Dec. IA. - Because rail
road passes have been stopped Pitts
burg councilmen have banded together
and threaten to obstruct all railroad
legislation The Pennsylvania rail
road has several bills for right of
way. The Baltimore & Ohio is asking
for wharf frontage for 100000
depot. The Wabash wants conces-
sions in connection with contemplated
improvements. These bills will all be
iuggled by the councilmen until the
corporations show some sign of favor
ing them. One councilman yesterday
said: mo passes, no franchises"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

A New Jersey man who advertised
for a. wife got thousands of answers
from applicants all over the country,
and then married somebody else.
What charming honeymoon he and
his wife will have reading all those
Ietters!
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

The way in which Boston preach
er characterized the trouble OF the
times: THAT centralized fury OF
money madness that drives every
trace of public spirit from the soul"
He very nearly got onto the idea.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

The revival of the story that the
king of Spain is going to marry Prin-
cess Ena of Battenberg, naturally re-
wives the suggestion that perhaps he
picked her out by saying: "Ena, me-
ma, mona, mi"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

AS viewed by Mrs. Astor's social
set the last census returns giving New
York a population of 1000, 900 are mis-,
leading. The town has population
of 70 persons and 3999,921 nobodies.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

life is like game of football, !"
says an enthusiastic Y. NJ. c. A.
worker Yea, verify. Most Of US are
at the bottom of the scrimmage and
few make a touchdown.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

Another American countess has OH
tanned a divorce from a count who
failed to support her. So runs the
world away. What good does it do
TO preach? 3
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
SEED OF REVOLT FINDS &c
WHERE cZAR'S HOPES ARE
Conferred.
VOTE AGAINST GREAT STRI:
WORKMEN WILL PREPARE re
ARMED UPRISING LATER
JEWS BUTcRERED.

ST. Petersburg, via Eydtkuhne
East Prussia, Dec. 14.-The sentime.
of the workmen's delegates, which
extremely depressed has been som
what raised by the receipt of a d.
patch from Moscow claiming that y
revolutionary propaganda has final
taken root among the Cossacks, t
last hope Of the reaction. The Thu
squadron of the First regiment Of D
Cossacks is reported to have held
meeting and to have drawn up servi
demands, claiming that the men
fed like dogs and shabbily clotht
The government officials were fore
to deprive the soldiers of their riff
and lances. This is the first sign
disaffection on the part of the &C
sacks
No General Strike Vet.
Caution having prevailed over tn
fury aroused by tAe arrest OF tn
strike leaders, the wOrkmen's counc
has rejected the proposition to orde
general strike at present, as untime
ly, and has decided that the wOrkme'
should bide their time patiently unit
all the preparations are complete
The council recognized the weakness
and unpreparedness of the workmer
for a general conflict, and had been in
formed that the railroad men had al
ready decided against a strike.
Armed Uprising Later.
The remnants of the labor and So
called delegates held secret meeting
in the hall of the economic society, de.
clined to accept the challenge of the
government, and adopted resolutions
against the arrest of NJ Krustaleff
the president of the executive commit
tee of the workmen's council, and the
other ST.. Petersburg leaders, which it
was pointed out was only of local i'm
portance and did not furnish cause for
Ia general strike. p The resolution, how
ever. declared that it was the sacred
duty of all workmen to carry on the
work begun by the arrested leaders of
equipping and preparing the fighting
legions of worllmen for an armed up
rising, adding: In the name of the
future proletariat we refuse to make
any active protest at present.,
Mob Killing and Burning.
Vienna, Dec. IA dispatch to the
Neue Freie Presse from Bucharest,
Roumania, says:
Reports received here through ref
.ugees declare that since Sunday the
town of Elizabethgrad, Russia, has
been burning and that mob has been
killing and plundering the Jewish
quarter. A regiment is proceeding to
Elizabethgrad and Kishineff to restore
order there" 3~.9 at
To Arrest Aeitators.
Paris. Dec. IA. - A dispatch to the
Journal from st. Petersburg, dated
Dec. IL, says that Minister Of the In
terror Durnovo has ordered the arrest
of hundreds of agitators in the agrar-
ian districts. The dispatch says that
the installation of wireless biography
between St Petersburg, Moscow and
Wirballen is nearing completion.
The correspondent of the Matin at
st. Petersburg confirms the report of
the mutiny of the Cossacks at Mos
COW. He adds that the peasants ALI
ance has issued proclamation advis-
ing those adhering to the alliance not
to pay taxes and to withdraw their
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

cit was wonderful" said Prince
Louis of the New York horse show
"Such beautiful women and such
magnificent gowns!" The prince evil
IDENTIFY knew where TO look
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

In a New York theater the other
night, a woman in the balcony, in the
excitement of the scene in "Oliver
Twist" where Bill strikes Nancy.
called out in distinct tones: Now
stop that!"-a notable compliment to
the realism of the play.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

The frank admission comes from
Springfield, Ohio, that a child has
written a comic opera. We have sus-
pected for some time that something
of this sort was. going on.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

The announcement of copper lined
train shed reminds one of the man
with a copper lined stomach. Both
are supposed to resist corrosives.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16

Japanese counterfeiters in Hawaii
are turning out American money, and
there is reason to suspect the copy is
more artistic than the original.