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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-13

Not alone ia the help eomlng
from Seattle. but from several
places outside Of the city have con.
,ributlona been received
The tme spirit of these nffcfinss
ID shown IN many Of the istiefn
which accompany the money Let
icm 70 tho mother aud her childfen
breathing words Of announcement
and cheer for the dreAry months 70
come when the stdcken family will
watch With despair In their hearts
The struggle Of their loved one be
tween NE aud death
= have had aome sliEht dealings
with Jean" said one Of tho letters.
and feel that his wrong acts are
The result u oxeltahlo tempefai
meut. and that At heart he 70 kind
Don't you think such words must
hrlng comfort 70 tho woman who
through all her troubles. loves Yers
dearly the father Of her sin little
fnfa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-13

Almost every letter has some
suggestion for the aid Of the Fur.
tier family, and most Of those who
cali with money send a thoughtful
greeting 10 the woman In her dir
need
Such a dear old lady called early
this morning and left with me a
humble Of clothes tiny little thlnEs
much too small for the youngsters
nov at the foftiar home, but how
welcome they Will prove TO the
mother who has little stranger
10 prepare for. Thore we're tears
In his little whlte-haifcd vomans
eyes "a she told me the clothes had
never been worn, a. both the
mother and child bad passed to the
great unknown
There are plenty of clothes now
for the family. and money 70 pay
the grocer, tho butcher and the coal
man il what ~ needed most And
from the way the men and women
arc responding to the appeal for
ala for The unhappy family shows
that before long. ~ far as their
finances are concerned. the family
viii be out Of trouble
Contributions received up 10 noon
yesterday, $500
Contributions received up TO noon
today. rlremen NJ the fire head
quarters. ~ follows;
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-13

whshNoTon-Formsr Hepburn Of Iowa today told
robbed by Of fraud
ulsni weighing for the 20 to his knowledge
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-13

IN. ,,ere, tunnel leading nom
Az cellar Of The house TO the veil
shcu, which the bodies q several OF
~ victims were buried. was "a.
Ssr,t ana vas found to be a veil
s,ss,rur,et passage lined With
- Il 10 about thfcc feet vide
IA tcur hish, 80 that a man By
Ssrsiux over could make his way
,lrosek n and dfag a body after
M. rudsr direction Of the district
sstcrsey ! careful search n being
- Il DE pfsmiscs The neigh.
m NV laisa ~ the Nprk aud
rsrx 4 ,A>m believe that mafe
si,csvssi-s an certain TO be made
ii ~ srssaneed that the old
heu,, d vklrk Mccoy. the peculiar
rcj,r llsed ior more than half a
o..sry uill b. torn down.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-13
MURDER RANCH MYSTERY
Revealing MORE CRIMES
V0RKMEN EXPECT TO
FIND A CHAMBER
OF HORRORS.
celd Ring Gives a Clue
10 an Unsolved
Tragedy.

ukRlf0eA. Cal, May IL. =
vs,sssn suescd 10 dlssiug Tor
r.ses ca the Mccoy murder
Ss,ss to-day uncartAsd a plain
N Aand ring with a letter w"
Xsuvsd on the inside i was
{,srs near the place where a akSle.
NJ believed to be that q Samuel
n.cn who disappeared AFTER a
rI,,,, wish the late owner OF the
ssaeh. vas found.
IN. discovery convinced the
.u,Icu,isz that At last they have
sma tho explanation Of the myS'
Il 81 Wilson's death, which has
"a hidden nor over thirty ycArs.
usn are ensassd today In digsins
N ,Ae whole place 10 the vicinity
y arch oi more skeletons to add
\ ~ four already unearihcd'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-13

NEW YoRk-Wlisr Ellis Corey the steel mssnst
Nabslis Gilman, the actress sailed for Europe today
atasusnt saying that since early in March there has be-
provement in the steel industry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-13

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in New York has In
t.nt In two years according to assertion made by
on Nsu York read at the fifth annual meeting Of the
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
Japan Quake Fatal,

Toxic. Aug. l6.-Reports of Satur-
days earthquake in central Japan
show that there We're a number of ia
talities and that great damage was
done 10 property. The dead at pres
ent are said TO number 80. and the in
jured so. Thus far 3G2 buildings. in
cluding many temples. are reported to
have been destroyed and more than
1000 others badly damaged
The shock occurred at $3.50 o'clock
Saturday afternoon and affected a
wide area in the Shiga and Gifu pre-
lectures The town of Ozaka in Gifu
suffered terribly. The banks of the
Hida river there broke and the sur
rounding country was inundated. The
people of the district fed to high
ground and remained i'm the open all
night.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
TEN DEATHS RESULT
OF COLORADO WRECK
More Than 400 Passengers ON Denver
4 Rio Grande Trains Which
Came Together.

Colorado Springs. Col, Aug. 16.-
some fatally, as the result of head
on collision Saturday between TWO
Denver & Rio Grande passenger trains
at Hustled. Is miles north of Colorado
Springs. The trains were both run
ming at a terrific speed. and met on
curve. The northbOund train. drawn
by two engines, telescoped the bag.
gage car and smoker. of the south
bound train. and all three engines
went into the ditch.
More than 400 passengers We're on
the two trains. All the passengers
were thrown into a screaming mass on
the floors of the cars. and many We're
hurt in the stampede to escape.
The northbound train was ordered
to meet the other at Hustled, but fail
ed to obey the order.
The revised list of the dead fol
lows:
JAMES ROSEPORKA, Chicago, Ill.
JAMES ]. PARKER. Chicago. Ill.
c. NJ LARKIN, Colorado Springs,
Col
F. w. BELESS, Colorado Springs,
Col
C.. S. BROWN. Jericho Springs, Mo
j A. GOSSAGE, a fireman. Monroe
Neb.
PETER NELSON. Monroe. Neb.
It. f.. MURPHY, Denver. Col.
A. A. DAVIDSON. Mcpherson, Kan
ATTORNEY F. G. FREDERICK, st
Louis. Mo.
Among those injured is:
Mrs ID. X. Seaton Harrisburg. Ill.
suffering a broken back. Her death is
iexpected.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
"COWBOY MAYOR" CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR ON UNIQUE PLATFORM

Omaha. Aug. 16.-James C. Dahlman
the cowboy mayor" of Omaha, has
his candidacy for governor
on the democratic ticket. The main
plank of the mayors platform is home
rule. He said in his speech at pic
mic in Bennett few days ago that
every city and town in Nebraska
would have home rule if he succeeded
in being elected governor He would
make this the feature of his inaugural
message and he would see to il that
the first Legislature after he was in
Quoted into Office passed law carry
ing ont the principles of home rule.
Enthuaes Audience.
The mayor enthused the audience at
Bennett in his discussion of the liquor
question He argued that eating and
drinking is alright given under the
constitution of the United States, and
no legislature national or state. has !;
right to say when or what man shall
eat or drink IF citizen wants to ,eai
his breakfast at noon, his dinner at !
O'Clock at night and his supper at 2 Il
the morning no set of men has d righ
to say that he shall not do so. AS :.
drinking beer and other mtoxicants
the mayor took the position that
imam is free moral agent and II b
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
HASKELL MAKES
SOME ALLEGATIONS
Oklahoma Governor Charges I'M
proper Acts in Securing His
Indictment.

Muskogee, Okla. Aug 16.-Attor-
neys for Governor Charles NJ. Haskell
and five other defendants indicted in
connection with alleged Muskogee
town lot frauds, today filed motions in
the federal coudt here to quash indict-
ments setting forth number of SEN
sational allegations Aside from char
ges against five grand jurors and al
legation of improper conduct on the
part of United States Marshal Grant
Victor. the allegations deal large' /,
with the grand jury's selection and
with especial objections to the eXcl.l
sion of Muskogee county, the home oi
the defendants, from the territory
from which the jury was chosen.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
INTERESTING BATCH OF LAWS GO
INTO EFFECT IN "SHOW Me- STATE

TO fine of $40. and az ne selling 70
such a youth or giving nim cigaret
or the makings,' will liable to II
fine up TO 800, one-ha of which =
to go to the informer.
Missouri Hog Como High.
A hog, no matter he much of a
raZorback, is TO be hell be worth
more than $50 for crimi prosecution
purposes. at least. 1t vi be grand
larceny TO steal one.
A brand new game Ia practically
prohibitive. went into eff C.. The man
who never hunts will fe, it, in that
it is to be a Jail offens, to sell any
game whatever In the ataie. There
will he no more game served in res
taurants. Hunters may eat what thew
kill. or may give it away. but they
may not sell it, No game NAV 5e
shipped into Missouri from other
states.
Bedlaheets. Nine Feet Long.
Travelling men will sleep under
nine foot bedsheets, made that long 50
as to fold back over what in many
rural hotels, are denominations i'm the
shape of antique, unwashed com
forts
Coke fiends may find themselves
deprived of the right to run their owl
business by the appearance OF a guar
dian. After today the probate judg,
may appoint guardians for those whs
use to excess drugs classified a.
coke by the police.
One more law of statewide import
ance limits the working hours fo
| women to 81 In the week.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
BALliNGER AND
PINCH0T AGAIN
Expected to Clash at Trans-Mississ-
iIpi Congress Which Opens at
Denver.

Denver. Aug. 16.-With more than
, 1000 delegates and visitors present
the 18th annual Trans Mississippi Com
merciaI congress opened today. The
congress which considers and acts up
on everything of interest comme"-
cially, industrially and agriculturally
10 the great west, viii remain in sess-
ion five or six days and promises TO
be enlivened by the contest begun last
week at the National Irrigation con
gress between Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger and Chief Forester Pinchot.
Only routine business was transacted
today
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
LOOKS LIKE REAL War in
SUBURBS OF BOSTON TOWN

Colchester brook along the east slide
of the Great Cedar wamp through
Halifax to East Middleb0ro, with the
extreme left resting at Wareham, when
Il detachment of the red army cavalry
appeared and a sharp encounter begun.
The object of the attack was uhuoubt-
edly to draw the blue troops away from
the vicinity of Middfeboro and thus
give General Bliss an opportunity to
push the main strength OF ms red
army up through Lake View ana Mid
dleboro and on to Boston The second
brigade of the blue arm resisted the
attack of the cavalry, /, ever and II
was evident Pew was OF going 10
throw his strength on D extreme left
and allow breach al .eyille.
Another Goes S:,, Way.
The 1st and End Connecticut and
22nd and 9TH New York infantry en-
camped near East Fre' own started
early ON a march toda These regi-
mentS are the main be- of Brigadier
General Tasker H. BIZ red army OF
invasion. and it was eyCent their com
mander wished to strih, the blue army
at Middleboro. He h sent small
detachment of cavalry the blue ar
my's extreme left a. Eareham. hop
ing, it was supposed 70 draw away
from the vicinity OF iddleboro and
Lakeville the main 1Ody of .Pew'S
forces. Finding tina Pew did not
swallow the bait, hiss moved the
strength of his infagrry towards the
blue army right wins and his artillery
force was sent on in advance
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16

Kansas City. Mo, Aug. 16.-That
sentiment in Missouri is drifting to-
ward the puritanical is evidenced by
glance at some of the so new laws
by the state legislature last winter
and which became effective today.
One measure provides that even the
nude in art must go. Another makes
il an oTense. punishable by fine or Jail
sentence. for any newspaper or per
iodical 10 publish scandalOus items.
even though they be a matter Of rec
ord in court.
RevOlvers. "knucks." dirks and all
deadly weapons are practically driven
from the state. dealer may not even
exhibit these weapons in his show
windows and if anyone other than an
officer be found with one in his poss-
ession. its the pen for him.
travelling jag knocked Out.
Except on dining cars no liquor may
be drunk on any train within the bor-
ders OF the state.
Colored and white women are to be
segregated hereafter in the state re-
form schools
Because a Kansas City man covertly
hooked up an electric fan with IN
electric wire passing his lodgings by
means of steel stick umbrella. Il
law was passed making it a felony tc
steal electric power
II will be a misdemeanor TO publish
anything promoting divorces.
Any boy under lS years of ase
caught smoking a cigaret will be liablt
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16

wants to drink beer in the middle Of
the night no temperance cranks shall
say that ne shall be deprived of the
right of buying it after Soclock in the
evening"
Each Town Seif-ResuIated.
AS TO the saloons. the mayor wonid
have them regulated by the voters ce
the towns in which they are located.
If one city or town wants the saloon 10
run "a hours every day they should be
SO run, while if another town wants
them to open at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing and close at 5 that should be the
rule there. Such a plan, he insisted.
would be- home rule according to,the
principles of the declaration of inde-'
pendence. sss
When the mayor declared that
saloons should not have any more res
strictions thrown about them thar
meat or grocery business. he was
greeted with cheers.
| II a man drinks too much. that is his
own business. and so long as he does
not make "a nuisance of himself II IS
nothing that concerns the public. ar
.lgued Mr.. Dahlman.
The mayor announced that later ne
q lwifl state his position with reference
Ito corporations
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
SOUTHWEST HAS HOTTEST
WEATHER IN EIGHT YEARS

Kansas City. Aug. 16.-The last ~
the southwest since 1901. Several tenn
peratures of 105 and many above 100
were recorded. Enid, Okla. reported
los: Fort Smith, Ark. 102; Concordia,
heat continued today. No deaths have
been reported. Last night was the
warmest night in years.
Sleep i'm Parks.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
HARTMAN Gets
THROUGH Line?

New York. Aug 1G-The report that
L. H. Hartman has obtained an option
on the controlling interest in the New
York Central lines. which if exercised
will give him control of the through
route from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
oceans. was circulated on the stock eX
change today.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16

the night in the parks or slept on their
porches or lawns. There was much
suffering in the densely populated dis
tricts. AT 10 this morning the tenn
perature at Kansas City was 50 de-
erees in the government observatory
II stories above the street
81. Iouis Victims Many.
St. Louis, Aug, 1.-TWO men died of
heat today and nine additional deaths
which occurred Saturday and Sunday
became known today by burial per-
mits.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
BIG Liner CUTTED
Fire Partly Destroys the Lu,
cania While Vessel Is at
Liverpool.
FLAMES RAGE FOR HOURS
NecessaTy Finally to Sink fhe Vessel
in Order To Prevent Total
Destruction.

Liverpool. Aug. 16.-The Cunard
lines steamer Lucania lies submerged
at the Huskisson dock. seriously dam
aged. having been almost gutted from
its tunnels forward by fire which broke
out on board the liner at Z o'clock Sat
urday night The flames are supposed
to have originated in the saloon
kitchen
The fire brigade of the vessel, with
two powerful motor engines. turned
ont Immediately at the first alarm and
found the. first saloon burning fiercely
from end to end Despite all their ef-
forts the flames gradually worked for
ward until they reached the steerage,
consuming every article of the wood
work there. and then practically de-
stroyed the forehold.
Thousands View Fire.
At this time the heat was tremen-
dous and the flames. shooting high
from the vessel. attracted thousands of
persons to the side of the river, where
they remained throughout the night.
AT O'Clock yesterday morning il
was decided to food the vessel by adj
mitting water into it from the dock.
Soon ii heeled over and its tunnels
came in contact with the cranes on
| the dock and were badly damaged. A
| half dozen firemen who were on the
| gangway at this time were thrown
| into the water, but all were rescued
A fleet of tugs then was brought into
| requisition and pulled the liner up
right and held it until it settled firmly
ON the mud bottom.
/ Under Control at 10 a. m.
| II was 10 O'Clock yesterday morning
| before the fire was under control and
noon before the fire brigade was able
10 relinquish its task. The second
class quarters and the whole after
part of the boat, including the engine
room, escaped injury from the flames
and comparatively slight damage was
done to the exterior of the vessel. Its
upper part is considerably above wa
ter The first saloon skylights Were
destroyed and the decks forward are
badly buckled. Some of the plates O
the hull were warped by the heat. The
repairs to the Lucania will occupy con
siderable time
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
GAS WRECKS A BUILDING
Several Persons Injured i'm Cleveland
Structure.

Cleveland Aug. 16.-Seven men and
three women. two of whom may die.
were injured early today when an ex-
plosion of natural gas wrecked the
four story building occupied by the
Wirick Moving and Storage company
which caught fire and was practically
all consumed Immediately following
the explosion seven other buildings IN
the neighborhood took fire but quick
work on the part of the firemen saved
them Most of those injured wefa
employed in the storage building. The
loss is 100000.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
MONTANA Man IS
NO. | AT SPOKANE

Spokane, Aug. 16.-Allen Newton of
Helena. Mont. drew No. / in the Spo-
Kane reservation today. Other win
ners include Mabel d. McNickle Of
Chicago. Fay J. Snoddy of Miller s.
d., David MentZer of Springville.
Iowa, Emil Schenaffer of Evansville,
Ill. George H. Tusk of Libertyville,
H., and Claude H. Stein of Mount
Carmel. Ill.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
MODERATE QUAKE
FELT AT CAPITAL
Washington Instruments Record
Shocks at Distance of Probably
$500 Miles.

Washington, Aug. 16.-An earthquake
of moderate intensity was reported to-
day by the seismograph at the weather
bureau. BEGINNING at 2:05 a. M. it
continued nearly an hour. II is esti-
mated the origin of the disturbance
was about $500 miles distant, either
in California or on the Pacific coast of
Mexico or in the vicinity of the
Azores
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
WANT UNIFORM LICENSE
National Pharmaceutical Association
Meets i'm West

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. 16.-The 57th
annual convention Of the American
Pharmaceutical association which be-
gan here today, will urge the adoption
of the uniform license laws which will
enable pharmacists to do business N
any state.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
Arc $8,OOO.O00,O 600.
Worth of Policies
in Force.
MEETING AT BOSTON
President Piper Bitter Against
Alleged Plot of Old Line
Companies.

Boston, Aug. l6.-More than 800 del
egates representing 81 fraternal socie-
ties of the United States gathered here
today at the opening session of the
23rd animal convention OF the Nationsl
Fraternal congress. Two-thirds of the
members are women. The annual re-
port of President Charles b. Piper
showed the congress to be in
.fiourisliing condition. Fraternal insur-
|ance orders with over S,O00 100000 IN
Isurance in force have been able %
maintain a firm and united stand
against the old line companies whose
outstanding insurance last year is re-
ported as totalling little over 81, ,500,-
600, 900.
Although not all the fraternals in
the United States joined members Of
the congress in readjusting insurance
rates TO point OF adeqacy and sound
ness and some of the cheap rate So
cieties are still headed toward disas-
ter" said the report, ''the discovery of
concerted, covert effort of the old
line companies has aroused the frater-
nails 10 a united stand against them"
Minimum Rate Helps.
Concerning The minimum rate ques-
tion Piper says: 1T cannot be con.
travened that the battle for minimum
rate legislation has accomplished much
for the salvation of fraternal socie-
ties The minimum rates made it DOS
sible for all societies to do a safe bus
iness. The valuation would disclose
conditions and furnish opportunities
for a wisely managed company to
show a surplus and either TO give fur
ther benefits to its membership or in
some manner return a portion of the
cost"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
PICK THREE FAST YACHTS
Nineteen Candidates for Contests
With Germans 4

Marblehead. Mass. Aug 1G.-The ar
duous work of selecting the fastest
trio fron a feet of 10 special type of
yachts by putting them through a ser
les of six mile sprints was begun here
today, II is expected Saturday the in
ternational committee Of the Eastern
Yacht elnb will have named the three
which win represent America in the
third telling struggle with Germany.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
New Cabinet Formed.

Copenhagen. Aug. 16.-The minister
ial crisis which followed the resigna-
tion of the Danish cabinet last month,
came TO an end today with the forma-
tion of new cabinet under the prem
iership of Count Holstern Ledrebord
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
TRIES TO KILL ALL FAMILY
Demented Chicago BoOkkeeper Stays
Wife and Self-Son Wounded.

Chicago. Aug 1G-Gustav Herring,
Sr.. book-keeper. shot and killeli his
wife. Louisa. and probably fatally
wounded his son. Herring then killet
himself ut their home today. The el.
der Herring is said to have been
Slightly demented
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
CLIMBING MOUNT
TACOMA, TWO DIE
Rescuers Find Packs of +. Il. Gala
han of seattle and j. W. Stevens
of New Jersey.

Tacoma. Wash. Aug. 16.-T. F. Cal
lahan of West sAue and Joseph W.
Stevens. Trenton, n. J.. are believed
to have lost their lives while endeav-
oring to ascend Mount Tacoma: ID
day rescue party found the Alpine
staffs and packs of the lost men %
feet from the crater.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
NO VACATION TILL
The WORK is DONE
Bump Handed Ont To 1000 En-
pioyes of Department OF Com
merce and Labor.

Washington. Aug. 16.-No vacation
for employees of the department of
commerce and labor until their work is
done is the latest edict of Secretary
Nagle. The. order will affect about
12.O0O employees. Employees have been
notified to this effect.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
INSURANCE
STILL GAINING GROUND.

During the first three days the yachts
will sail three races each day.
The winners in the three divisions n
first sender trial races today were the
Joyette, Ellen and SkeeZix The race
was run in a strong southeast breeze
and heavy sea.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
Tipton Bank Reopens.

Upton, Ind. Aug. 16.-The First
National bank, which closed its doors
July &c. after the disappearance of
Assistant Cashier Noah Marker. was
reopened for business today. There
was no excitement.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
A new CHIEF IN
SHIPPY'S PLACE

Chicago, Aug 16.-The aldermen in
special session today confirmed the
appointment of Leroy T. Stewart as
chief of police to succeed George II.
Shippy. resigned.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-08-16
FIVE DIE ON WAYTO CHURCH
Children of Missouri Farmer Riding
in Wagon Struck by Train.

Kennett. Mo. Aug. 16-While driv.
ing to church at Frisbee Station last
night five children. ranging from 12 to
% years of age. of A. II. Hyde. a
farmer, We're killed when Frisco
train struck their wagon at cross
ing