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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-11

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lsb koa<e.
Lsslss' Musicai Club Concert.
fhs Ladies Me~se2l club viii
i've their regular conesft Monday
Sfrnosu al : % o'elook al the Y.
A auditorium.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-11

Fire destroyed the entire ium.
Der plant Of the Washington Mil
company. az Spokane early this
morning The loss n Sip1. coo.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
FATALFIGHT0N US. SHIP
NavoI apprentice Succumbs to In
lures ON the Cumberland.

Newport r l. Jan. 1S.-Fcllowing a fist
fight last Tuesda-- board the United states
training ship Cumberland. at this port. II A
Hartnet. twenty-three years old. OF Phtiadel-
phia. a naval apprentice. died to-day at the
Naval Hospital. D. NJ Manning. twenty years
old. of Mddletown, n. I. also an apprentice
is under a sentry's charge pending an investi-
cation by authorities into Hartnet's death
Hartnet. who had been appointed an acting
master at arms on account of his strength and
ability to handle the youngsters on board ship.
had trouble with Manning, who resented push
given him by Hartnet to enforce an order Ihe
two came to blows. but were separated py one
of the masters at arms. Later. when the days
duties were over for the time being, the two
boys put heavy gloves and began battle
which. by agreement. to go ten rounds
With a crowd of about three hundred appren-
tices and seamen as witnesses. the fight was
hard one from the outset. When the seventh
round was ended both the youths were bleeding
and seemed almost exhausted In the eighth.
however Manning suddenly seemed TO recover
great deal of his vigor and after a little pre-
Iiminary sparring his glove caught Hartnet on
the jaw sending the older boy TO the deck
Hartnet took the count of ten, and when his
seconds went to his side they found him uncon-
scious The usual FIRST aid" employed in sush
emergencies failed 70 bring him to his senses.
and he was removed to the sick bay. There the
ships doctor worked over him until L o'clock
Wednesday morning. when his condition became
SO alarming that he taken ashore to the
Naval Hospital where operation was per-
formed on him without success.
To-day Hartnet died without having gained
consciousness. Death was due to a blood clot
on the brain. His relatives were communicated
with and his body is held awaiting instructions
from them
Commander William F. Fullarn OF the training
station was at the Navy Department at Wash
ngton at the time the incident occurred, but he
has returned here and on instructions from Rear
Admiral John P. MerreII will at once institute
an inquiry.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
DIES TO ESCAPE BEARS.
Bearers Gna1U Doun Tree IN Which
Park Gardener Is W0rking.

Trying to save himself from being carried by
falling tree, whose branches he was trimming.
into pit filed with man-eating bears. Joseph
Maher. expert gardener, working in the
Bronx Park Geological Gardens. was dashed to
instant death yesterday by the side OF the
beaver pond. where he fell from his perch fifty
feet in the air.
The bears had been watching Maher as he
worked all the morning Early in the after
noon the tree. eaten away at the base by the
hungry beavers. began to fall toward the pit.
The gardener hesitated instant and then, as
the tree gained momentum. he jumped for an
other limb, which, the tree fell, would have
carried him into the beaver pond.
He nlisjudged the distance, however, and
struck the limb that he had been aiming for
with the back Of his neck He fell hfeless to
the ground
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
LOEB TO BE PRESIDENT.
Elected Director of Washington
Railzcoy and Electric Com pany.
rFr9r, The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington Jan. 1s.-The friends OF William
Loeb tr secretary to the President, won
victory in the election of directors OF the Wash
ington Railway s, Electric Company this after
noon At the directors meeting. which followed
the election Of the new board. Allan L. McDer-
mott of New Jersey, was elected president, the
place for which. it had been expected, Mr. Loeb
would be selected, but the friends of the sec
retarv say this evening that Mr.. McDermott
will hold the office only until the new officers
have become familiar with their duties. and
that whenever Mr.. Loeb is ready TO sever his
connection with the White House Mr. Nc
Dermott will resign to make room for MI
Loeb as his successor.
Secretary Loeb declined TO make any state
ment this evening. but it is generally under
stood that he will remain al the White House at
least until the President goes 70 oyster Bay
proba bly, about the last Of June
To provide for an active local head OF the
company the directors created the office of first
vice president. electing Clarence F. Norment. OF
this city George II Harries for many years
vice president. chosen second V1ce-presl-
dent Ot the total Of 100000 shares of stock
119 900 we're voted in the election Of directors.
The meeting of the stockholders to-day was the
first of the kind in five years. the stock having
been annually voted in one block under a voting
trust which expired last July
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
ICE BREAKS, SIX DROWN
Result Of Skating accidents IN
Nezcork and TenafY.
The banker-poet- who died yesterda

Six young boys met death in New Jersey yes
terday by breaking through the ice and drown
ing before help could reach them. One boy was
rescued by the heroic work of men who were In
the vicinity In one case twin brothers were
drowned with companion and in the other two
bovs Of the same name, but relation, met
death.
Gustave Hartman. nine years old, OF NO. 4So
South 18th street Newark, in company with
Louis Hartman nine years old Leo Smith, ten
years old, and Edward Bowie. ten years old.
all Of No 43O South 10Th street started to cross
the thin ice on kirschgessners Pond near their
homes when il broke under their weight. Henry
Blacksmith and Thomas Healy ran 70 their res
cue. but II was unsafe for them 10 go on the ice
They obtained a clothesline and threw it TO
Bowie. who grasped il ana was dragged ashore
BY the time the rescuers were able to turn their
attention 10 the others they had disappeared be-
meath the water Their bodies we're recovered
Arthur and Henry Morgan, ffteen-year-old
twins Of Columbus Drive, and Horace Weeks
twelve years old. Of jefferson avenue, Tenafy,
we're skating on a small pond at Grubers Quarry
YESTERDAY afternoon when the ice broke under
them George Wyrnan. friend, who was on his
way 70 Join them and others hurried TO the res
cue but their efforts we're IN vain. The bodies
were recovered
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
RESCUE ELEFEN 1T SEA.
Good HTork' of III FoHe South Of
HdtteYGS

Galveston. Jan. 1S.-The Morgan Line steam
ship Fl Vale arrived here to-day from
New York with eleven men rescued from the
Spanish bark san Jose. encountered in a sink
inn condition in the Atlantic last Monday. Two
members Of the crew were drowned.
The San Jose. Captain Julian Cohue. Uas
lumber laden from Appalachicola. Fla, for Bar
celona. Spain. \ storm which was encountered
on January 1o caused several bad leaks, and for
four davs it took all the Of thirteen officers
and men to keep her afOat. on Monday about
noon the Fl Vale sighted the San JOSS with dis
tress signals up about one hundred and sixty
miles south of Cape Hatteras.
The steamer ran as close 10 the sinking bark
as the heavy seas would permit, but was un-
able to make use Of boats in rescuing the crew
one by one the men jumped from the sinking
vessel into the boiling sea and Srasped life
buovs thrown from the steamer. All but two, a
Spanish lad Of fourteen. named Jose Grau, ana
the harks steward. Jose Mariton. were finally
landed on the steamer and brought to Galveston
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
RUPTURE NOT FEARED.
REL4TTONS HTTH JAPAN.
President Says Negotiations IRE
Proceeding Satisfactorily.
rFrom The Tribune Rurean. !

Washington Jan. 1s--The persistent reports
Of 4 hitch in the negotiations between the
United States and Japan. sometimes accom-
raried by sensational intimations of hostilities
or = least Of q, rupture of diplomatic relations
are inexplicabe 10 the administration. The
President has taken occasion TO assure all who
have inquired for information that the nego-
tiations are proceeding most satisfactorily and
that there is not tho slightest anxiety at the
White House or the Department of State con-
Cerning the result. This assurance has also
heen conveyed To members of the diplomatic
corps IN Washington, and the result of the
information impaired to the French Amhassa-
dor was Immediately noticeable in Paris. where
many of the false reports appeared to orig
mate
4 recent dispatch from Germany to prom
irent German newspaper in this country as
serted that the Foreign Office at Berlin and
the German press regarded the relations be
tween the United States and Japan as preca-
rious, If not menaCing. and considerable sur
prise was expressed here that such view
should be entertained at the Foreign Office.
which is presumably, we'll posted on affairs IN
this country. Inquiry conducted through diplo-
r7atic channels however reveals the fact that
no such view is or has been entertained at the
Foreign Office and that the German press has
treated the subject with an extreme conser-
vstisno in no way warranting the cabled news
paper dispatches
The President was recently asked why the re-
rlv of Ambassador O'Brien. containing, pre-
sun1ably. Japan's latest reply TO the propositions
Of this government. had not been made PUBLIC
President Roosevelt replied by saying II had
heen his experience that in negotiations OF the
slightest delicacv the surest method of defeating
fhe end for which both parties were striving
was 20 make public the plans of the negotiators.
the objections presented. ETC. and he surrnised
trst Secretary Root was far too capable dip
lo-,s+ to pursue a course inirnical 10 the sue
Of his plans.
There are some curious reports in circulation
IN Pekirs regarding the relations Of Japan with
Russia. England and France II appears that
-,Jr1ors have become current in the Chinese cap
its1 to the effect that there are secret clauses
IN the treaties between Japan and the powers
named which definitely provide for the partition
~ China on the death Of the Empress Dowager.
based on the presumption that her death will
be followed by conditions so troublous that for
elgn powers will be warranted in landing expe-
ditions for the ostensible purpose Of protecting
their citizens Il is asserted however. by the
foreign diplomats in Peking that the conditions
~ tfe Chinese court SUCH apparently. as TO
rronote the entertainment Of various hallucina-
+tons. and the rurnors that Russia, England and
France are deliberately planning the partition
Of tle empire ara not regarded as well founded
--tile in Washington such tntirnations are pro-
rounced merely the vagaries cf overstrained
i-rsginations.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
TWO KILLED IN sEABOARD WRECK

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune
paIeigh N c. Jan. 1S-A head-on COLLISION
Ill, today on the Seaboard Air Line Railway
resulted in two being killed and score or more
injured. The dead are E. II. Vaughan, engineer
ON the passenger train. who died at the Rex
uosnital here and Hamp Townsend, negro
oreuan on the same train, who was killed al
most instantly.
The freight train had an order to wait at
Southern Pines. The crew found that the air
brakes were not working properly ana nhoIiis
that Southern Pines could not be reached' uii-
dertook to enter the siding at cameron Inc
messenger train, running thirty miles an hour'
orasbed into the feight Passengers from sew
eraI Southern states and from Pennsylvania and
New York are among the list of injured
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
CLAIMS OF TAFT MEN.
They Say They WiH Haze at Least
5O4 T0tes on First Ballot.
From Th. Tribune Bureau ]

Washington Jan. 1S.-Ever since the Presi-
dent impaired 10 some Of his friends his convic-
ton that Secretary Taft would be nominated on
the first ballot. efforts have been made by news
paper correspondents to ascertain, either at the
White House or from the friends Of Mr.. Taft.
the basis for the claim. but 1t not until to
day that the friends of the Secretary would give
the details of their calculations
According TO Secretary Tafts close friends he
will have not less than 504 votes on the first
ballot with a probable 1o9 more 10 draw on.
and even then the "favorite SON tes will not
have been included. Their calculations may bs
summed up somewhat as follows:
Seven states, they say. are committed 10 the
nomination Of the Secretary. in so far as their
state central committees commit them
They are California. Kansas. Nebraska, Mis-
souri, Michigan. West Virginia and Ohio. Nth a
tc4al OF 80 votes in the convention To this
number the Taft men add Minnesota, North and
South Dakota Montana and Iowa. with = total
Of 70 votes Then thev count on the solid
South. with the exception OF Kentucky and Okla
horna a total of 24o votes. and on the seven
..r-i+ortas with Il votes. This calculation
makes a total Of 50i votes
In the decidedly probable column the Sec
retarvs friends put Massachusetts. Connecticut
Idaho. Oregon ard Washington and half Of the
New York delegation. making a total Of loa
votes which they think will be cast for the Sec
retary.
This calculation omits Colorado. Delaware
Kentucky Maine. Maryland. Nevada. New
Hampshire, New JERSEY. Oklahoma, Rhode ISL
and Utah Vermont. Wisconsin and Wyoming
with total Of 17s votes. II also omits Illinois
PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana with I52 votes al
Of which will be cast for Cannon. Knox and
Fairbanks respectively. on the first ballot. II
does not include half the New York delegation
40 votes II is explained. however. that this
does not mean that the Taft men do not expect
10 CLEAN many votes from this last list. but that
thus far the work has not reached point which
vould warrant their being claimed as for Taf'
ar this date. They working hard in al
these states and say they expect to add al
least $50 votes 10 those which will ne cast toI
Mr. Taft on the first ballot They appreciate
that Governor Hughes may become the favor
ite son" of New York and that thus they must
aim to secure A sufficient number of votes to
nominate without the New York delegation. but
thev profess confidence in being able 10 do this
The next national convention viii have a total
membership OF $50. that it will require i9l
votes TO nominate.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
STATIONS OF JAPAN's WARsHIPs.

Toxic Jan. 1s-Tice-Admiral Saito. Minister Of
The Navy. said to-day:
Ne have no secrets from America concerning the
distribution Of our feet Daily reports are handed
-lla naval attaches showing the location OF every
vessel. which be easily ascertalned-
IN view Of the sensational reports en1anatins from
-.a-olJs quarters desire emphaticallY to say
that no vessel Of the japanese feet IS any nearer
The Pacific coast of America than Tokosuka- Every
ore Of The tatfleshps is now the hc-ne station,
either al Yokosra. kIITe Sasebo, and the entire
Has torpedo boats and submarines are AZ lne
stations.
The only japanese war vessels now outside or
home waters q re one cruiser each Of the follow
ing Chinese ports: Hankow. Foo-C how, Annoy ana
Wing KoH At Shanghai and three small snliS
the Corean coast
! training ship squadron. consisting Of three old
cv1Sers will sail on January % One Of these yes
sells is going in tha direction of Colombo. Ceylon.
~ way Of Manila, where she will call on friendly
visit
Anv statement differing from this is absolutely
-if hour foundation.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
AGaTH CLOSES LETTER
Wilitiaman Takes Louddnum, Then
Urifes Until Poison Ends Life.

-f5oodbv As the pupils Of my eyes are getting
very small know that it is taking quick effect
wrote Samuel X. Ning1eld member Of Company
.. list Regiment yesterday, he sat at his table
ling after drinking a bottle of laudanum in his
Al No. 232 Lexington avenue Winghed was
employed in the Offices of the New York Telephone
Company. in Dey street. Two weeks ago he be-
came ILL., Yesterday afternoon Miss Emma Leger-
bof his IandIady found the door of his room open
and the man lying dead in bed with bottle that
had contained laudanum by his side Dr. Wall OF
Bellevue Hospital. said the had been dead for
two hours. On a nearby table letter ad-
dressed Arthur Lagerhon. d brother OF the land
lady. a part OF which said:
] am compelled to free you from expenses
obliged TO do II. My stomach is now giving me
nell and am sorry 10 throw myself upon you us TS
after taking one ounce of laudanuInl.., l., II IL
could see you in person would SNAKE si I'M yepv
small ! know it Is taking quick effect Remember
in your prayers as long AS you hVe-
. The man must have continued TO write for sew
ersi minutes after this, for the letter continued
Send word 10 CAPTAIN waslin, Company G of
the list Regiment ana zen nm 10 iir % carried
lovers the r,ercentag. Of the company ] want to
, nc nus y; e SePSy TnT l md il viii be- lie has the men
VIII make IL He believes IN nedIirg - on liz h
square There is not one man IN 'ne company WI"
loves him the same asJ 90. -. - ,,,o o,,,, hut
AZ my money has given out. can DO no better
am pretty well g9ae fo WIN me nor INV dear friends
one and all: please pray for me
The letter began in a steady hand and ended in
= seIibble
Later the police found another note in the room
addressed TO the brother Of his landlady- The
suicide said that recently he had stolen bottle OF
.nilk from a negllbor and the act had preYeh Oh
his mind He had never stolen before ne "ro'e'
and This added to his worry
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN NEAR

Paris, Jan 1s.-Baron kurino, the japanese
Ambassador. TO France. who throughout the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS negotiations has expressed
-.ost optimistic views said to-day that settle
r-ent was now not far distant. L share Count
Hsyashts view that a satisfactory solution VIII
soon be reached" he said.
The Japanese Ambassador pointed out that
sensational reports now being printed in some
European papers about q Cabinet crisis in Toxic.
saving that this resulted from the refusal Of Ger
tain ministers TO sanction the new budget be
cause Of the large appropriation for military
PURPOSES were due 10 Ignorance Of the budget
figures which have not reached Paris
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
MOVING PICTURE SHOW PERIL.

LBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Berryville. Va. Jan. 1s--Another came near
being added to the list of disasters in places OF
amusement when, at the performance OF a moving
picture show at the opera house here. the machine
exploded setting fire the draperies surrounding
il. the flames spreading Immediately to other
parts of the building. The excitement caused
a stampede in the audience. and a rush
was made for the doors and windows For
tunately. seriously injured. al
though several persons crushed in the jam
at the doors. Cool heads prevented the stampede
from assuming the form of panic. The fire
extnguished before 1t had done much damage to
the building.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
FOUR CHILDREN DROWNED.
fBy Telegraph to The tribune. ]

Indiana. Penn, Jan. 1S-While skating on the
reservoir of the Joseph Wharton coke plant at
Coral a mining town near this place. to-day
four children broke through the ice and we're
drowned The dead are Sadie kinley. twelve
wears old; Renie Kinley, eleven years old; Char
lotte Kinley. eight and Roy Stokes thirteen
The snow covered the ice to depth OF an
inch and when the four children skated over II
their weight caused 1t to break News OF the
,coident soon spread, and T. q. Murray. super
,n+ardent of the works arrived about twenty
,,,irutes afterward Under his direction a raft
80, nrenared and worl<men with graphing
hooks soon brought the bodies to the surface
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY.
New Drug, Poslam, Now Obtainable in Small
Quantities

NewYork Jan lS.-Since its discovery one year
ago, the drug. posam, has successfully cured
thousands of chronic cases of eczema and other
distressing skin Affections. Heretofore poslam has
been dispensed solely for the benefit of eczema
patients in large jars sufficient for months
treatment. This found 10 be an inconvenience
to many thousands who it for minor skin
troubles such as pimpIes herpes acne. scay scalp.
complexion blemshes, itching feet, piles, etc,
which require but small quantity 10 cure. To
overcome this. and in response to urgent appeals,
the dispensers of poslam have been Obliged 10
adopt in addition to the regular two-dollar pack
age a special 50-cent size, which in future may be
found on sale at Riker's. Hegeman's and other
leading drug stores. may be ordered direct from
the Emergency Laboratories. No. 81 West 18th
street New York City. In all eczema cases poslam
stops itching with first application. and proceeds
TO heal Immediately. chronic cases being cured IN
two weeks. In less serious skin troubles results
are seen after an overnight application.
Samples for experimental purposes may stu De
had free of charge. by writing 10 the laboratories
for them.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
IA FoLLETTE's NOMINATION CLAIMED
Chairman of Campaign Committee Says Sen
ator Will Have 223 on First Ballot.
Igv Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

,s.dieon wis Jan Ex-senator A. w Sanborn,
chairman Of the La Toilette campaign committee
gave out a statement tonight in which he asserts
that Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette will have not
less than a2s votes the first ballot IN me he-
nubIicsn National Convention. Mr.. Sanborns state
ment is as follows ...
According 10 present indications, Senator La
Toilette should have not less than 223 votes on me
first ballot in Republican national convention
He will have solid delegations from many or the
Northwest States. including Wisconsin, Minnesota
- Nehra ska There are other Northwest States
In which the outlook is just ds promising as IN
these states In addition to these solid delegations
more Congress districts in various states from New
Work 10 California and from Michigan 10 tlorida
7 base. this statement information whlch mas
come TO us through La Toilette organizations II
various parts of the country. information Wnich
seems to be reliable and trustworthy. Many things
nav ban between and the time when the
deiepaf.s are elected but Judging by present fndi-
cations Ia Toilette should have not less than 22a
delegates on the ballot If the convention were
held now. When the convention meets in June we
exnect TO nominate candidate
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
R4TSTJLT DEFIES H4FIG.
Bandit HHI Support Abd-ei-A@l9
rs .SuIfGn

Tangier Jan. 1S.-The bandit Raisuh, presid-
ing at gathering of the Ben Iarous. Fahs and
Anieras tribes. and Marabout Mulai-Abd-es-
Salem Governor of Morocco City, yesterday an
nounced that they would refuse to recognize
Mulai Hafg as Sultan, and would uphold ADJ
el-Aziz as the rightful ruler according to the
Koran This is Rasuli's answer to Muai
r4a6e,s letter TO him GernAnding act Of
homage Raisuli has advised the tribesmen not
To follow Mua ldafig,
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
MARIN WAVE AT PORTLAND, ME.

Portland Me, Jan. 1s.-To-day is one Oh the most
remarkable in the history of midwnter IN roI'-
land with the temperature climbing toward 10 ue-
grees the United States WeatheI puIeo0 e at,r n
- unofficial records higher than that figure on
the waterfront it was warm as IL was many
times last summer.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

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