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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-17

Sunday dances were operated a.
Green Lake IN an open aud no
tarloun manner. until the citizens
In mass meeting last week called
upon The Star 10 expose the true
facts. As q result ~ the efforts az
several Green Lake citsens. the
dances have been stopped. hut
through no work on the part Of the
police
Al Hiliman CITY one big gambling
game. run under the guisc of a club.
has been In operation for moutha.
and 10 the definite knowledge ~
the police. Chief Ward offers ~
weak excuse for not interfering the
fact that the place was pulled once
and no convictions we're obtained.
Ballard has its gambling and Sun
day booze-aeiiing. according 70 au
thentic reports. and with a separate
station and squad Of men who have
only that one district 90 look after.
the citizens are trying 90 figure out
why II h 80 hard for q policeman
70 learn 81 facts that are daily Cos.
sip among the residents Of the dis.
fFlff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-17
STORM WARNING.

Southwest storm warnings q
are continued. 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-17
spread ls Rapld.

Never IN the history OF the health
department has such a quick aud
swift spread OF disease followed the
criminal action OF people in break
ing quarantine.
II Is not definitely ascertalned
that the ones now ~ have the
"blsek" diphtheria. which Is gener-
ally fatal, but Ia view Of the fact that
the little girl who was the first vic
tina died with that form OF the dis
ease. the health authorities fear the
worst.
Health Commissioner Crichton
SAYS he can hardly conceive OF the
motive which prompted Gordon. Of
all others. In running away and
leaving the occupants of the dls-
ease-stricken house TO their fate He
Is also az loss TO explain the
reason that Induced the sister and
Mrs. Leigh 20 steal past the quar-
antine guards.
Mrs Danbright. with her daugh-
ter. was AZ the Gordon home when
the latteT's girl was stricken, and,
complaining OF a sore throat. she
hurl1edly left the premises. imme-
diately sending her own daughter
to some place IN Ballard. Until last
evening the authorities had not been
able TO locate her.
Doctor Notifies Authorities.
Yesterday Mrs. Danbnght and
Mrs Stewart. with whom she was
living temporarily In North Seattle.
became alarmed az their condition
and visited a doctor. concealing
their true address. but asking that
an examination be made The doc
tor took a culture and Immediately
notified the health office. BY the
time a man could be dispatched to
take charge Of the two women and
girl they had left the Doctors office.
Later one OF the women became
anxious 10 know the result OF tho
culture. and called the health Off
Ger by telephone. eOncealing her
real name Chief Quarantine Off,
Ger MCGEE answered the telephone,
learned the district In which the
women resided by skillul question
ing. and. after a house-tO-house
search in that vicinity last evening.
located Mrs. DaHbright and Mrs.
Stewart In the latter's home, where
the three girls were also living
The place has been placed under
rigid quarantine and every effort
will be made 10 follow the course
taken by Mrs Danbright and her
daughter. with a view % treating
with anthtoxine every person with
whom they might have come Ia con-
tact. SO as TO stamp ont any further
spread OF the disease N possible.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-17
LIQUOR SELLING AND
GAMBLING ARE
PERMITTED.
No Arrests and No Effort
Made to Enforce
The Law.

Apparently nnfuindfnl ~ The con
slant cumpiaints which have been
made regarding Law yioinfiunH IN the
suburbs. Chief Of Police Ward has
taken no actite steps 20 stamp ouf
gambling aud Illegal liquor selling
In the residence section. Hail
hearted orders we're sent Qua q the
Suburban squads u raid the aames
and arrest the proqriefora ~ the
"bllud.pige,~ bat u the orders were
obeycd The recruits do not show on
the laiiiee blpffnr
Not q single arrest has been made
In the Green Lake district. although
frequent reporta have been made ~
the gambling and bliua pigs which
exist In the dlatgici
ON Saturday ulRht q reporter for
The Star Waited the suburb and
found bunch % men In ! CHAR
store on the main street engaged IN
playing "a This game. which II
operated with dice. - supposed 20
Be rigidly prohibited By the police
" the man on the beat has not Aecn
il in operation the only conclusion
IL that hc must be- blind
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-17
THE WEATHER

RAIN TONIGHT AND pnEsoAYi
srRoNo soUTH WINDS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
CHICAGO

me labor holiday and hot weather to
some extent affected the course of bust
ness. Movements of commodities are seen
10 be comparatively lower and crop mar
ketings disclose a sharp falling off, while
the volume of payments through the
banks makes a low aggregate. Otherwise,
the dominant conditions remain encourag-
ing, the recent improvement being sus-
tanned in the leading industries and distri-
button of general merchandise
Fall buying is now in full swing and
extends to a wider variety of staples and
finished products. Operations in dry
goods, clothing and footwear run into
gratifying totals, with the attendance Of
outside buyers exceeding all previous rec
ordS for the season.
Heavyweight apparel, woolens and
blankets ordered for early forwarding
compare favorably with year ago, and
there is a stronger demand for food pro-
ducts, furniture, leather goods and hard
ware.
The general buying confirms previous
advlces that stocks at most interior points
are low. but the replenishing process pro-
ceeds cautiously, and there is no danger
that anticipations of future requirements
will be overestimated.
Mercantile credits appear to be now in
a healthy position, money is more plenti-
full throughout the agricultural sections,
aud there is growing tendency of buy
ers to secure all possible advantageous
discounts on purchases at this time
Bank clearings. S195, $50, include
only five days, and are 1913 per cent I'M
der the corresponding full week of 1907.
Failures numbered q, against 81 last
week and II a year ago. Those with liza
bilities over $1,000 number 6. against 10
last week and in 190T.-Duns Review
of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
DE4z lAl;2g<[5RS
coz. stGGr

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, 500
to S7.45; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, $1.00 TO $1.02;
corn, No, 2 79c to SOC; oats, standard,
47c to 4Sc; rye, No. 2, 75c to 76c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $11.O0; butter, choice creamery, 19c
to 23c; eggs. fresh, 19ce TO 22c; potatoes.
per bushel, Csc to Toe.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to 500; hogs, good TO choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to 1913; wheat, No. ., CSC to
CSC; corn, No. 2 white, roc to Soc; oats,
No. 2 white, 47c to 4Sc. ~
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 TO 1928; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $500 to $4.25;
wheat, No 2, S1.01 to $103; corn, No. 2,
7Sc to 79c: oats, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c;
rye No 2, 78c to Zoe.
Cincinnati-Cattle, 800 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $7.35; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, s1.01 to $1.02; corn,
No. 2 mixed, SIC to SIC; oats, No.
mixed, sic to 52c; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 79c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to 500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 3
yellow, SIC to S3c; oats, No. white,
SOC to Ole; rye, No. 2, 73c to 75c.
Milwaukee-Whe No. northern,
S1.Of to $1.O5; corn, No. 3, 79c to soc;
oats, standard, Acc to zoe; rye, No. ],
75c to 76c; barley, No. 1, Coo to 66c;
pork, mess, $14.95.
Ruffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
S4OO to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $775; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $3.50 to 1925; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, S1.07 to $1.09;
corn, No. 2, SIC to SIC; oats, natural
white, 53c to 55c; butter, creamery, zoe
to 24c; eggs, western, 19c to 23c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 9Gc to
CSC; corn, No. 2 mixed, Sic to SIC;
oats. No. . mixed, 49c TO soc; rye, No.
2, 75c to 76c; clover seed, October, So.52
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
GIRL BACK; KIDNAPPED, SHE SAYS
Little Laura Williams Asserts ban
Took Her to Pine, Ind.

Little Laura Williams Asserts Man
Took Her TO Pine, Ind.
Laura Williams. Is years old, 1892
Avenue VI, South Chicago. H., who dis
appeared on a recent afternoon. returned
home from Pine. Ind. the following day.
A story of being kidnapped az the point OF
a revolver. hIindfolded at times and forced
to walk with a man TO Pine. Ind, where
he finally left her when detection seemed
certain, was related by the girl at her
home. The girl was found wandering by
Charles Pittman. section foreman en-
ployed by the Baltimore and OHIO rail-
road, who placed her on a train. Her
parents were overjoyed at her return. The
girl said she had left Blanche Stair, a
schoolmate, at Tooth street and Ewing
avenue, and was walking along the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railroad
tracks when a man seized her and, draw
ing a revolver, ordered her to continue
walking. She was too frightened 10
scream, she declared. They walked, she
said, until they had reached the city lin
its. he blindfolded her and made her pro-
coed with bandaged eyes until they reach
ed Whiting. He threatened to kill her,
she told the police. if she screamed while
they were walking through the city, and
when they reached the country again he
again blindfolded her. When they reach
ed another town the bandage was taken
off. This was repeated several times. &C
cording to the girls story, until they
reached Pine, Ind. where her captor got
scared, she says, and left her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Soldiers and spectators ran across
the field and assisted in lifting Mr.
Wright and Lieut.. Selfridge from under
the tangle dmass Of machinery, rods
wires and Shreds of muslin. Mr.. Wright
was conscious. Lieut.. Selfridge was un-
conscious. His head was covered with
blood and he was choking when the sol
diers eXtricated him.
When their wounds had been ban
daged Mr.. Wright and Lieut.. Selfridge
were taken to the Fort Myer hospital.
1t was feared that Mr.. Wright was suf-
fering from internal injuries. He had
lapsed into a state of Semi-conSciouS-
ness by the time he reached the hospi-
tai. Lieut.. Selfridge did not regain
consciousness. He was suffering from
fracture at the base of the skull. At
ter an examination it was announced
that Mr.. Wright was not seriously hurt.
He is suffering from a fracture of is
left thigh and several ribs on the right
side are broken. Both men received
deep cuts about the head.
Mr.. Wright announced several days
ago that he would take Lieut.. Selfridge.
who was secretary of the Aerial EX-
pertinent Association and an aeroplan-
list himself. in his next flight. At IA
in the afternoon the aeroplane was re-
leased. and it was noticed that it did
not rise as quickly as on previous two
men flights. Lieut.. Selfridge weighed
about 10 pounds. making the weight
greater than the machine had ever car
ried before.
After gliding over the ground on its
runners for thirty feet the machine
rose gradually, and had gained a height
starting apparatus for the first time.
There was six-mile wind, and the ma
chine did not run as smoothly as on its
former flights. most of which were
made in calm weather. The aeroplan-
list, however. apparently had control of
the flyer which rose to 4 height OF
seventy-five feet as it completed the
second round. This height was main
tanned on the third round. While the
machine was turning at the southern
end of the field several thousand feet
from the spectators, something fell.
Immediately all eyes were on the
aeroplane and it was seen to turn over
on its left side. and, pausing moment,
made a complete turn and then came
swooping to the earth in a cloud of
dust
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

Fire at Hinton, W. Va, destroyed the
stables of the Hinton Livery Company,
burning thirty-seven horses. Fifty vehi-
cles and other property were also con-
sumed, causing a loss of $4,000, includ-
ing $4,000 on the building.
Jail officials at Poughkeepsie, n. Y,
want Harry X. Thaw removed from the
lookup there. They say his presence de-
moralizes the place and destroys disci-
pline, as he sleeps in the corridor land
has all the fixtures and paraphernalia of a
business Office"
Charles B. Roberts, Jr., victim of mys-
terious boardwalk shooting at Atlantic
City, is recovering from his wounds and
is believed to be out of danger.
The steamer Monteagle has arrived at
Victoria. B. c., ahead of two other steam
ers with which it was racing. A large
shipment of silk had been divided among
three lines and the test of speed was a
race for trade.
John Il. Bapp of Seattle, Wash, car
ried Pearl Ruppell of Portland, Ind, who
lost both her legs as the result of a rail-
road accident. into the marriage-license
Office at Newport, KY, secured license
and the two were married.
The buildings on the famous Method
ist-Evangelistic meeting grounds, or Ken
lucky Parsons Camp Grounds" eight
miles from Russellville, KY, were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss has not been
estimated.
Nels Avidson, aged Sc, and Eliza VIII
rus, aged so, visited the New York City
Hall arm in arm, and obtained a marriage
license. After the couple had been unit
ed BY Alderman Cavanagh, the bridegroom
was taken III, and physician was cali
ed to the brides home to care for him.
Avidson, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall, was
once wealthy, but lost fortune in min
ing ventures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES

Heavy rains in many parts OF Ihe
Northwest have greatly helped corn and
late potatoes.
The Patterson Brothers yellow ware
pottery at Wellsville, Ohio, 'was destroyed
by fire. Loss $4,000.
Sailors from President Roosevelt's
Yacht. the Sylph, were barred from
dance hall at Oyster Bay because it is
alleged they wore navy uniforms.
The biggest suit ever filed in the Ca
madam Yukon country was filed the other
day. A. d. Curtis claiming $17,GO0,0O0
because the governor general Cancelled
mining concession.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
three-story brick building in Portland,
Ore. occupied by Peters & Roberts, fur
niture and mattress manufacturers. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
Plans and estimates for the new Grand
Central station in New York have been
COMPLETED and the total cost will reach
S2OOOO,OO0.
A burglar who had been robbing
Brooklyn saloorkeeper was trapped, and
upon attempting to use knife was shot
dead bv the detective. He proved to be
lingo Sherman, a tenant in the same
building.
Henry Thrap, the Breathitt county.
Kentucky. feudist who created a reign of
terror there recently, when adjudged in
sane, by arming himself and defying ar
rest, was captured and placed in an asy-
lum at Lexington.
A double drowning in Rum river was
averted by the prompt action of half a
dozen boys, none of them over IA years
old, who caught Miss Gael Goeldner and
a young woman friend, who waded be-
yond their depth and were going down
the third time. The young women had
grasped each other in their fright end
were drawn to shore and resuscitated. IL
was an exceedingly spectacular rescue as
the boys handled the affair with the skill
of old swimmers.
The private car of Col. W. Z. Greene,
the copper magnate, was selzed az pan
Francisco in a suit to recover SllZ,oV,
and the trip of the family was delayed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Stuttgart, Germany, on Aug. 3 last, was
one of the severest blows yet struck at
aerial navigation.
A spectacular accident to a mammoth
airship at Berkeley, Cal, on May % last
resulted in serious injury to sixteen men.
who narrowly escaped with their lives.
The airship, the invention of Capt. ]. A.
Morrel, was on its trial trip. In full
view of 10000 people it assembled 300
feet, when it suddenly burst and dropped
to the ground with its crew of sixteen
men.
One of the most remarkable escapes
from death in aeronautical history was
that of Gail Robinson, who sails the
Knabenshue airship, at Springfield, Ohio,
July Is, 1907. Robinson fell 800 feet
the only mark of his experience being a
small scratch. AS he neared the earth
the machine slowed up and he reached the
ground safely. When the people f1ocked
to the wrecked balloon, thinking to find
Robinson a corpse, he was coolly lighting
a cigarette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
WRIGHT FLYER FALLS;
KILLS ARMY OFFICER
Aeroplane at Fort Myer Drops,
Causing Death OF Lieut..
T. e. Selfridge.
INVENTORS LEG IS BROKEN
Aviator's Condition Points to Re-
covery-Propeller Blade Breaks
or Two-Man Flight.

After having drawn the attention OF
the world to his aeroplane ascensions
at Fort Myer. near Washington, and
establishing new worlds records for
heavier-than-air flying machines, Or
vile Wright the other afternoon met
with a tragic mishap while making a
two-man fight. The aeroplanist was
accompanied by Lieut.. Thomas E. Self
ridge of the signal corps Of the army,
In a fall of seventy-five feet Lieut.
Selfridge was fatally injured and died
soon afterward. Mr. Wright was seri-
ously injured, but is expected to re
cover.
While the machine was encircling the
drill grounds a propeller blade snapped
off and, hitting some other part of the
intricate mechanism, caused the air.
ship to overturn and fall to the ground
enveloping the two occupants in the
debris.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
TWO DEAD IN TUNNEL WORK.
Double Fatality Occurs in Construct
ing MICHIGAN Central Bore

ing Michigan Central Bore.
The first double fatality to be charged
to the construction of the Michigan Cen
trail tunnel under the Detroit river occur
red early Tuesday in shaft No. of the
Canadian approach to the tunnel, when
two men were suffocated to death by
smoke from burning timbers and tar paper
in the shaft and two others were tempo
rarily overcome by smoke while attempt
ing TO enter the shaft in a rescue party.
The dead are W. r. Kimball, superin-
tendent of shafts Nos. l and 2, and Bert
johnson. carpenter. In the hospital are
Bert Schuman, shaft superintendent, and
Charles Cakebread, a Windsor city fire.
man. The fire was put out about B a. m,
after the air pressure, maintained con-
stantly for the tunnel work, had been sac
rifced for the blowing out of the smoke
and fumes that hindered the rescue and
salvage operations. The blaze was con-
fined TO the timbers constituting the false
work inside the cement wall and the loss
will probably not exceed $1,000 or $1,000,
though for a time the flames threatened
to extend to the timber work beyond the
cement construction, where heavy loss
would have resulted. About 200 men were
working in the tunnel when the fire broke
out, and there was a panic when the
alarm was given. Despite the danger
from fire, it was necessary to pass the
men slowly through the air lock, as they
had been working under air pressure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
NEW YORK,

The advance of the fall season and the
notable enlargement of the movement OF
cereals and cotton to market at good
prices have made for a further moderate
expansion in jobbing and retail trade and
collections This is especially marked al
western, Pacific coast and southern cen
tiers, but the point is made that agricul-
tural sections have done better relatively
than large industrial centers in the mat
ter of retail trade, possibly because of
warm weather or the reduced purchasing
power of city workers and the high prices
paid for farm products.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Sept. 10 number 191,
against 210 last week, 172 in the like
week of 1907, 164 in 1906. 1SS in 1905
and 1871 in 1904. The total reported this
week is the smallest noted since last
October. Failures in Canada for the
week number a, which compares with
IL last week and % in this week last
year-Bradstrect's Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

A new industry in the western portion
of the upper Michigan peninsula is a
creamery which is being established at
Even. The plant. which is now being
erected. will handle 10000 pounds of milk
a day, making 400 pounds of butter.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association is Sc
lecting locations for the central ware
houses TO be established by the associa-
ton ST Paul. Minneapolis, Denver, St
Joseph. Chicago and Omaha are each bid
ding for the national market.
Under an order from the United States
Court the PillsburyW ashburn grain ele-
vators will be leased to parties who will
keep them in operation during the re-
ownership.
During an electric storm near Crooks
ton. Mimi, lightning struck four stacks
of wheat belonging to John Wagner and
all were burned. The wind moved a
granary on the Thompson farm a dis
lance of ten rods without damaging it at
ALL and Nick Welters' machinery shed
was demolished entirely by the wind.
Farmers were busy for two days moving
wheat shocks from the low places where
water was still standing.
At Fergus Falls, Mimi, reports from
Otter Tail county wheat fields are begin
ming to be received, a little thrashing hav-
ing been done. o. E. Ralstad was in from
Dane Prairie township and reports an
average yield of % bushels to the acre.
Tyler Putnam reports 10, and a farm ten
miles southwest of the city showed an
average of is. Mr.. Borst, who resides
four miles east, reports q bushels of vel
vet chaff wheat per acre, and William
Wastover 81 bushels of the ordinary va
riety.
Lake county, S. D., is claiming an av-
erage yield of fifty bushels of corn per
acre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
BOY TRIES SUICIDE.
Lad Who Failed to Get Into Army
Shoots Himself with Revolver.

Otto Schuchardt, Is years old, son of
Paul I. Schuchardt, owner of book
bindery in Chicago, because he had been
refused enlistment in the United States
army at Fort Sheridan, attempted TO COM
nit suicide at Highland Park by shoot
ing himself in the right side of the head
with a revolver. He is in a serious con-
dition. For the past several weeks the
boy had expressed a desre TO join the
army and become a soldier, telling his
father that he had watched the army men
at Fort Sheridan and that he had become
fascinated with their striking uniforms.
His father sought to convince the boy that
it would be impossible for him to enlist
in the army because he was only 10 years
old, but the other morning the youth left
home, telling his mother that he was going
to Fort Sheridan to try to enlist. After
he had been told by the army officers that
he was too young to become soldier the
boy started back home. Shortly before
noon John Nelson, the marshal of High
land Park, while walking in the railroad
yards, heard four shots and found the boy
lying on the ground.