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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25

Brown Bros real estate brokers,
today entered suit against y y.
Wlaner, former owner Of the Stand
~ hotel asking that s2.530 commits.
sion be awarded them by the court
for sale of the hotel, which was
arranged for but which asa not ma
teriallzo. owing 90 q subsequent
aata
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-As tho
first step toward winding up the az.
fairs OF the street railway corpora.
tions IN this city and 70 place them
on a paying basis. Judge Lacomhe
has appointed Adrian Joline receiv.
or for the New York City company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25
GOES TO WEST SEATTLE.

City Engineer Thomson this at.
teruoon visited West Seattle 10 look
over The needs OF the citizens OF
tho west side The engineer will
figure upon the cost OF giving West
seattle city water and light
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25
Cgingon and BmilsOn Took Trunk, With Murdered
Woman, to Parker's Private Wharf al Eagle HarbOr
Was Thrown Into Water al That Point.

+. A, the request Of 81 Police wsppsns,sn Prescott
rc Attorney will the oovarnor
osssr ~aa capture the nurdersrs Of
= Ars ccvngsen
late IF ether cities for
cosnson sulson having committed the
ngrsse made this Mr. Mack
. iatssA agreed 10 make the Recommendation.
Ire eeunp commissioners aso requested oHer
aashefsss pur
pess
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25
CONTRACT AWARDED.

The Jefferson ST. sandstone paw.
ing work was yesterday awarded
60 II r. Johns for SI2S407. The
paving is 20 be done between
Third and Fourth avs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25

over 1000 Chinese employed In
Alaska canneries are returning
from me north The pack this sea.
son has been larger than expected.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25
Hot On the Trail.

The police hot the trail OF Frank Coving-
ton and Charles Burilson the trunk-mystery sus-
poets.
a posse Of detectives left this city early this
morning and believed to have a elew as to the
whereabouts OF the men,
The police are known to have received iniorma-
ton sto recent movements Of pair who answer the
description OF Covington and his pal
As TO the destination OF the officers and the sup
posed location Of the fugtives Chief Of Police Wap-
penstein declined TO say anything.
1--WE are entirely satisfied with the progress Of
the case" he stated, "and believe will soon have
the two men under arrest
In Seattle Last Week.
II is believed that the two fugitives were in this
city up within the past week 1t is known that Cow
ingon was in Seattle First and Pike ST. the
afternoon OF Sept r.
The information which the police working
was received early hour this morning. There is
question but what the officers think they have the
men located.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25
Only Arrest Remains.

With either OF the two suspected men in custody
the detectives believe they will have their case com
plete They regard il than likely that vig-
orous use OF the third degree will lead to con
fcssion
II is the theory OF the police that Covngton, the
younger is under the control OF Burilson. Covingtou
was always more less influenced BY his Older and
more aggressive chum. Even though he committed
the murder whether his companion was an accom-
pice in the actual killing only assisted in disposing
OF the body it is regarded than probable that
he assumed the leadership and dictated the subsequent
movements OF the pair
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25
WHISKY!
THAT'S ALL!

Robbed Young COvngOn Of His Manhood Made Him Murderer Nerved His
Hands He Clicked Out the Life Of His Wife and Kept Up His
False Courage During the Ordeal Of Seueing the Body
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-25


The trunk which contained the body Of Mrs.
Agnes True McCombs Covington was landed al
Parker's Wharf at Eagle Harbor from the steamer
Florence X on the evening Of either Sept or Sept.
This fact which was developed today BY investi-
cations conducted Eagle Harbor adds another link
70 the cham Of evidence with which the police are
tracing the movements Of the trunk after the com
mission oi the murder
A. f Parker proprietor Of Parker's Wharf has
informed the officers that he remembers the trunk.
which exactly talcs with the trunk picked up
At South AK Point being left on the wharf from the
steamer early in the month. While he does not re
member the exact date he is able to place it on either
q the two evenings which the police know that
coVington and Burilson went to Eagle Harbor
Completing the chain OF evidence OF the actions
ofihe two men before finally throwing the trunk into
the sound is the statement Of Parker that the next
morning he saw the tray Of trunk floating near the
dock The tray had evidently been taken out to make
room Tor the rocks which the men expected would
cause the trunk to sink
At Private Wharf
Parker's Wharf is private property and is used
generally Tor shipping gravel and sand. II is sell
dom that trunks left there that Mr.. Parker is posi-
i've about the facts he narratcs.
This trunk not hauled away from the wharf
Inc man who operates the express wagon at Eagle
harbor positive that he did not handle it, lie is
ne more emphatic in this statement because nc OBJ
tains 50 very little business from Parkcrs Wharf that
he insists he cannot be mistaken
wo young men. who tally exactly with the de
*FPhon OF Covington and Burilson, called in at
MeDonalds saloon in Eagle Harbor on the same even
ing TIE trunk was noticed, and purchased flask Of
"aiskey The bartender who was on duty says they
walked away along the beach in the direction Of
Parkers Wharf
Barbee at Eagle Harbor.
Detective Barbee is at Eagle Iiarbor today inves-
uga'ing the trunk incident and picking up any other
information be find The story Of Parker and the
bartender regarding the trunk and the young men
VINO are believed to have been the two fugtives
0O'ained as a result of his efforts.
his additional information leads the police to
nc Delci that the trunk was put into the water the
sane night It was landed. The two men either showed
ron the dock picked up boat and carried it
gu' some distance before consgning the evidence Of
melr crime to the waters
a. y. Cowan, local merchant who knows Gov
"gton we'll says he the young man the street
n 'his city less than two weeks ago and that Coving-
'oh AZ the time had number Of deep scratches his
'aee and neck lie did not ask Covington how ne be
e4ne scratched and the suspected murderer offered
no explanation
complete description OF the two men has been
'sn' 70 every point where it would be possible for
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01
Largest Building Stone.

The walls of the Acropolis at Baalbek
are truly called Cyclopean. The famous
Triithon. the largest stones ever used
in building, measure respectively 60. "a
and 63 feet in length. each block weigh
ing about 750 tons. How these huge
masses were accurately placed in position
twenty feet anove the ground is a
problem which modern science. with all
its appliances leaves yet unsolved.
Above them are Arab Notifications
The quarries whence these gigantic ma
terials were obtained are among the
most interesting features of Baalbek
Here may still be seen the method of
work of the ancient quarrymen. stones
vertically hewn lying almost ready to
the hand of the builder. One of these
stones. to which the Arabs give the
name Hajar-el-Houbla, measures sixty
nine feet in length and weighs 915 tons.
NJ. de Saulcy calculates it would take
the united efforts of 10000 men TO put
this huge block in motion. This quarry
is now used as metropolis by the in
habitants of Baalbek.-Sunday at Home
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The will of the late Miss Eliza 4.
Ropes of Salem, Mass, disposes of an
estate estimated to be worth S1.000,000,
and embodies more than forty requests
to religious, charitable or public institu-
tons. The principal beneficiaries are the
Essex institute of Salem and Harvard
university, with variety of requests
to institutions of the Swedenborgian
church and several Cincinnati institu-
tons. OF special interest Is the giving
of the National Ropes homestead in Sa-
lem to the Essex institute, with the pro-
vision that the house and its contents
shall stand forever as a memorial to
the family. 1t is provided that the home
stead shall be kept open to visitors who
may wish to see the collection of house
hold antiquities. and that custodian
live in HE house to care for it and its
contents
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The Society of Ethical Culture, of
which Felix Adler is the New York lead
er. is evidently to be reckoned with as
one of the religious influences of the
world. There are now eight countries
into which it has spread, Japan being
the latest, a japanese branch having
been established in Toxic. The fortieth
English branch has been started it is
also known in Germany, Austria, Italy
s--yitzerland France and New Zealand
>'-,ere are six societies in New York
aity, and Philadelphia, st. Louis and
'.icago also have societies.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Rear Admiral Caspar f. Goodrich,
who has been on special duty at the
navy department since December, 1906,
will assume command at the navy yard
at New York on the LIST proximo as the
relief of Rear Admiral j. Il. Coghan,
retired, who will be given indefinite
leave of absence. Admiral Goodrich was
graduated from the Naval academy at
the head of his class in 1864 and has
seen much important service. He was
naval attache on the staff OF Gen. WOlse-
ley during the Tel-el- Kebir campaign of
1882, was a member of the Endicott
Notifications board in 1885, was subse-
quently president of the naval war col
lege at Newport, had command of the
cruiser Newark during the Spanish war
and more recently commanded the Pacific
fleet,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01
Romance Of az Invention.

The late Joseph IL. elliott was the son
made steel pen. Whilst seeking his for
tame at Birmingham the latter became
engaged TO a Miss Mitchell. whose broth
ers were employed in making steel pens
by hand. elliott realized that machin-
cry could Ice devised TO do the work. and
he procured press to stamp the blanks.
Secretly developing his project. he event
ually succeeded, with the result that the
steel pen became an indispensable article
of use all the world over. and he made
Il fortune. On the day of his wedding
he made gross of steel pens before he
Went TO the altar, and these were sold
at one shilling each.-London Evening
Standard
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01
Famous Old Fox Hunter.

]. Howard Lewis, president Of the
Rose Tree Fox Hunting club. died 'a-
day. He was 81 years old. Mr.. I.v-~
was one of the most famous fox hunters
in this country. \ few weeks aga A~
was elected president of the hunt 70 sAc-
coed b. p. Saulnier, who died at the --
of 81.
Mr.. Lewis began his hunting career I'D
the winter of 1852 and was one Of ..e
originators of the Rose Tree club. u-
was also its first president No MA
the Chester valley had studied the -
ming and habits of the fox more r.a-
Mr.. Lewis. Near Castle Rocks. the
of many a fox, was the McAfee u
erty, which was owned by john Le)
his father. Reared in such envir.> ".'
it Is not surprising that he ~ l~..
ural fox hunter
For many years Ivanhoe. the fan
thoroughbred. was the favorife
which Mr. Lewis rode. He had Tor
companions on many hunts such
known men as \. J. CasSatt. George ~
Hill and William Corlies Mr.. tIr
said this evening that he was sure
Mr.. Lewis never missed q mecflH-
the Rose Tree club in thirty yea
Media corr. Philadelphia Public l".-
T. A
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01
THE DEEPER NOTE.

Birds of victorious spring,
You know nor grief nor pain:
Sing, sing, sing,
Reiter9te the strain;
To you life doth not bring
Or loss or gain.
Your unforeboding song,
With each returning year,
Is just as sweet and strong,
As silvery and clear,
As when the Attic throng
Stood, husht, to hear.
III.
Yet something do you miss
OF what to us Is lent;
The spiritual bliss,
The whispered message sent
From unseen world to this,
For our ACCOMPLISHMENT:
".
The mystery half OWNED
OF Where" when we depart,
Leaving our loved behind
Alone to bear the smart,
Deep melodies of mind,
And music of the heart.
V.
So would l not exchange
For your my graver lot,
The wider reach and range
Or feelings you have not,
Sensations fresh and strange,
And fondness unforgot.
ALFRED Austin in the National l.eview.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01
No Wonder

Recently a Washingtonian in CONVERSE
ton with Ollie" James. the gigantic
and genial congressman from Kentucky,
made certain inquiries with reference to
a mutual friend whom he had not seen
for a number of years-a Col. T.. of the
state mentioned.
''And how does my old friend. the
colonel. spend his declining years -
a Sked the Washingtonian.
Beautifully, sir. beautifully" an
answered James. He has a fine farm.
sir. And a string of trotters, sir. And
\ barrel of whisky sixteen years old.
and wife Of the same age. strip
pineott's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology at Harvard is making
arrangements to send party this sum
mer to study the Nez Perces Indians in
Idaho The effort will be to learn some
thing of the language and customs of
this tribe. about which very little is
known as they are a secretive people
Ii. J. Spinden, an instructor in the de
partment Of anthropology, will be in
charge Of the work, and will have as his
assistant X. X. Heilman, student III the
medical school. They viii leave imme-
diately after the close of the college year
and will spend about six weeks in the
work, after which Mr. Spinden will go
on to Washington.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The submarines Octopus and Lake
were tested at Newport as to their I'M
der-water endurance, by keeping them
on the bottom of Narragansett bay for
twenty four hours, with full crews
aboard. The crews of both boats eX-
perienced no discomfort, and the test
demonstrated that "in a pinch" the sub
marines can remain beneath the surface
for many days. 1t is evident that the
submarine has reached stage of prac-
teal usefulness, and that she must be
reckoned with hereafter, in estimating
the strength of naYies.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

\ corporation headed by August Bel
mont has secured the contract for the
construction Of the proposed canal across
Cape Cod from Buzzard's bay to Barn
stable bay, at cost of S11 100000
When this short cut by water from New
York to Boston is completed the move
ment for the deepening and widening of
the coastal waterways from New York
to Hampton roads and beyond will gain
fresh impetus. The chain of coast wa
terways is a remarkable one, and there
are commercial as well as naval posi-
blities in its improvement.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The death of DR.. Frank l.. James, a
Southern inventor, recalls the fact that
during the Civil war he was sentenced
to be hanged for making submarine
mines for the blowing up of Federal war
vessels. In the light of modern methods
in naval warfare this incident is decid-
eddy interesting. Submarine attack is
now considered the best way TO repel
sea invasions
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

A resident of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, who
went to New York to take a health-cul-
ture course after he had made an unsuc-
cessful run for Congress, last fall, has
returned TO his home on foot. his tramp
occupying thirty-three days. This is evil
dence not only that the heaith-culture
has been all that the term implies, but
also that the restored politician is fit for
another run
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Tie degree of doctor of laws was con
ferred on DIR. Joseph u. Bryant. profess
sor in the Bellevue Hospital Medical col
iege. AT the last quarterly meeting of the
faculty. Dr. Bryant has been professor.
first of anatomy aud then of surgery. in
the college for thirty-njne years. He has
been president of the New York Acade-
my of Medicine. the New York State
Medical society. and is at the present
time president of The American Medical
association. - 4f-----
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

A japanese fishing boat with crew
of thirteen was blown 10 pieces by de.
relct mine off Toyama. There are doubt
less other relies Of the war floating about
beneath the surface Of the water along
the Manchurian coast, and nothing hut
corrosion and destruction by the pro
cesses of decay will proven, further acct
dents Of this kind. Submarine mines
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Wireless telegraphy demonstrated its
usefulness in the case of the immigrant
steamer City q Naples, 1000 persons on
board, which has called from the sea
for help 10 bring her into port with a
hrok III shaft. \ similar accident before
the days of wireless communication
would have caused delay and placed
thousands Of waiting friends under heart
breaking suspense.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

There is something significant in the
fact that while about 800 British sailors
deserted from the ships which repre-
scented their country at the opening of
the jamestown Exposition, every Japa-
nese sailor who enjoyed "shore leave
when Gen. Kuroki visited New York
returned to his ship. The Jap "jaeky''
is evidently a contented sea-fghter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Sir Benjamin Baker, the eminent engi-
neer, who recently passed away, was the
building of the Assouan dam and the
Forth bridge, both great engineeringmon-
uments. But the achievement which will
keep his name in popular memory longer
than either of these is the pneumatic
shield which has made this an age of
funnelinc
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards, chief
of the bureau of insular affairs, war
department, has been designated to at
tend the unwilling of the LawtOn statue
at indianapolis, May 80, as the represen-
tative of the secretary of war. Gen. Ed
wards was chief of staff for Gen. Law
ton in the Philippines.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The Milwaukeean who is building an
airship has no monopoly on the latest
idea as to practical aeronautics If the
whole truth We're 10 be made known in
regard To the secret aspirations and la
bors of inventors the modern newspaper
would have to give its entire space to
descriptions of queer conceptions COM
prisins wings and wheels and fanciful
imaginingS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The English Winston Churchill's eleva-
ton to the privy council is said to be
mark of royal favor, King Edward hav-
ing been highly pleased with the sons
biography of Lord Randolph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Sweden has sent commissioner to this
country. f. II. Thornberg, who has come
to study the emigration question and at
tempt to stem the tide of young men and
young women who are leaving his coun-
try. Most Of them have money and life
insurance.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The fund of $3536.41 contributed for
the support of the University of Wis
consin navy by the faculty, the students
and the alumni is evidence of the popu-
larity Of sport on the water. Rowing IS
expensive when intercollegiate contests
are INDUCED in, but it is a clean sport.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Gov. Higgins of Rhode Island, the
Youngest official of his rank at James
town. if not in the country, had the dis
tinction of opening the first OF the state
hnildings 10 be completed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

The widow of DR.. James McCosh, the
famous president of Princeton, is still ac-
tive and we'll preserved at the age OF 10,
and continues to live near the college.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

DR.. James NJ. Green, principal of the
New Jersey normal school, has refused
10 allow the girls to wear caps ana
gowns, which he says are wholly wrong
- school below the college rank. The
girls held an indignation meeting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

1t is quite sffe to assume that the pro
notion of Consul James Jeffrey Roche
from GepaFto Berne will be agreeable to
him, Dot/only on account Of the increased
salary but likewise by reason of his
fondness for Switzerland and the Swiss
npOule
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

philadelphia Jack" O'Brien's revela-
ton of fraud in the tight game" should
he a Knockout blow for pugilism in the
Inifnd States.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Augustus Thomas. the playwright, at
his home in New Rochelle, has been ac-
tive in local politics of late and is now
mentioned as the Democratic candidate
fo, t,,nvnr
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01
A Sign That Is Sure.

Maud-no you believe in signs?
lllek-Sure. Whenever | see three
gold balls i'll my path. l know I'm going
to receive money from strange man.
and that he's going to take something
valuable from me. and that I'm liable to
he pointed BROOKLYN Life
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

should never be laid unless they can be
securely anchored so that they may be
lifted after the cessation of hostilities.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Adv .rtise in Your Home Paper.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

It Pays to Advertise.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

After a rough-and-tumble fight in a
Broadway car Mt Chateau avenue with
n man he thought was riding with his
16-year-old wife, George W. Brumley of
921 Madison street. St. Louis. when he
found he had made a mistake and also
injured a woman hystander. attempted
to commit suicide by drinking carbolic
acid on the steps of his home.
When his wife left hime at $50 o'clock
Brumley followed her and saw her board
a ear. He climbed on the rear platform,
and says he thought he saw her convers-
ing with man. After watching for a
few blocks Brumley rushed into the car
and struck the man several times in the
face. The man. lie Hughes. $3.50 Olive
street. defended himself, and the ear was
soon in an uproar.
One woman who got in the way re-
ceived a blow in the mouth which loos-
ened several of her teeth. She retaliat
ed upon both eombatantS with her um-
hrella. The car was stopped and the
fight continued on the sidewalk.
When Hughes finally got opportunity To
explain that he had never seen Mrs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

Brumley before and wasn't even tol.i,,-
with her, Brumley apoIogized. He tLn,,
went to drug store. bought acid ana
attempted to end his life.