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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-22
TWILL BIG BREWERY LEAVE GEORGETOWN?
POLITICAL INACTIVITY
CONF RMS THIS RUMOR

Lawlessness of Georgetown Saloons Gives Impetus to
Temperance Wave and Hemrichs VIII Probably
Abandon the State
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-22

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-22

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
TAFT TO HONOR
WESTERN JURIST
JUDGE BALLINGER OF SEATTLE
MAY ENTER CABINET
Reports from Capital That Well
Known Writer on Jurisprudence
Will Be Secretary of
the Interior

SEATTLE, Jan. 10.-Reports re-
ceived here from authentic sources in
Washington tonight state that Judge
Richard A. Ballinger, United States
land commissioner, and one of the
best known attorneys of this city, is
without doubt slated for a portfolio
in the next cabinet.
Dispatches indicate that, although
Mr.. Taft stated yesterday he would
make no further announcement Of ap-
pointees until March 4, the president
elect already has communicated with
Judge Ballinger, and the latter has
consented to accept the position of sec
retary of the interior.
Mr.. Taft and Judge Ballinger are
said to be close personal friends, and
as a local leader in Republican politics
Judge Ballinger has rendered services
of recognized merit to his party.
Late advices from Washington are
to the effect that despite Mr.. Taft's
statement he will not announce fur
ther appointees until his Inauguration
his slate will have been completed and
CONTINUED on Page TwO)
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
SPECIAL CHINESE ENVOY
LEAVES NATIONAL CAPITAL
Tang Shao vi and Many Attaches of
Embassy on Way Home-Ten
Start for San Fran
cisco

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Tang Shao
vi, special Chinese ambassador to the
United States, whose special mission
to Washington has been cut short by
orders from Peking, left today for
Springfield Mass. He will sail on Janu-
airy 19 for home, by way of Europe.
Last night about ten of the attaches
left for the Pacific coast, whence they
will sail for home the latter part of
the month.
BY the end of the week, according
to the present plans, the embassy will
be closed.
On reaching London, the special am
bassador will be met by half dozen
employees in the Chinese foreign office,
who will bring letters accrediting him
to the foreign offices of France, Ger
many, Italy and Russia, and other
countries he will visit.
What his mission to these countries
is officials at the embassy do not
know
1t is stated that Tang is to study
financial conditions. There is a pos
sibility the downfall of Yuan Shi Kai
may interfere in the proposition to
raise the diplomatic rank of the mis-
raise the diplomatic rank of the minis
ter to the United States to that of an
ambassador.
Officials of the Chinese imperial en-
bassy remaining in Washington say
they have no reason to believe the al
legged internal conditions at home will
result in any change in the plan to
utilize the greater part of the $4,000, 600
Boxer indemnity remitted by the
United States as an act of friendship
for the purpose of educating Chinese
youths in this country.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
SAY MINISTER EMPTIED
LAMPS TO BURN BODY.
Motive for Sensational Murder in
Michigan Church Still Lacking.
Preacher Carried $4,000
Insurance

DETROIT, Jan. 10.-Motive for the
killing Of Gideon Browning, whose dis
membered body was almost completely
burned in the Rattle Run church stove.
is still lacking.
Rev. j. H. Carmichael the missing
minister, was reported during yester-
day and last night to have been seen
in Wisconsin and Indiana.
The report that he was carrying
$4,000 insurance has proved incorrect.
He had only $4,000 of insurance and it
is said part of this was fraternal and
void in case of suicide.
One development was that shortly
before the murder the minister had
ordered all the lamps in the church
filled with oil. 1t had been customary
to use only part of the lamps and
those not used regularly had not been
filled for a long time.
His directions were followed, but
since the oil was found to be low in
many lamps.
The lights had not been used at all
in regular service since the last, filling,
the theory being advanced that oil
from the lamps was emptied into the
stove to hasten the cremation of the
body of Gideon Browning.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
SO WORSHIPFRS
BURN TO DEATH
IN SWITZERLAND
CHURCH C0LLAPSES DURING
SERVICES
DEBRIS BECOMES ROARING FUR
MACE WHERE MANY PERISH
Sixty Are Taken Out Badly Injured.
Awful Panic Ensues-Time-Worn
Pillars in subterranean
Crypt Break
ID ERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 10.

u ERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 10.
X During service today an
~ ancient church near Sion
suddenly collapsed, burying the
worshipers in the ruins.
Practically all the members of
the congregation were killed or
injured.
A wild panic followed, those
who escaped rushing through the
fields shouting that an earth
quake had overtaken the village.
Other villagers joined in the
outcry and were with difficulty
calmed.
After an hours exertion the
fire department Of the place ex-
tricated forty corpses, but it is
believed there is still a number
under the timbers. Sixty persons
were badly injured.
The collapse was caused by
the time-worn pillars in an un-
derground crypt giving away.
Scores Die in Flames
Almost in an instant and while sing
ing was in progress the crowd which
| filled the old church was borne down
under the tremendous weight of crum-
bled wall and ceiling, which gave way
without warning.
The weight of the upper structure
bore the struggling worshipers through
the floor, which sank under the massive
| heap into the old crypt, many feet be-
! low the level of the church.
In a second, as if by magic the whole
ruin was roaring furnace the flames
| licking up the crumbled ruins as if
paper.
! A babel of shrieks and agonizng
cries added to the terror of the scene.
as men, women and children went
| down to death in the furnace
| The work of eXtinguishing the fire
was extremely difficult and little pro-
gress could be made for some time
| owing to the poor water facilities.
J Many were rescued and many man
| aged to escape in some marvellous man.
ner unaided from the ruins, but over
| fifty dead has been taken from the
charred debris already and many more
| it is feared, are still buried in the
| crypt under the wreckage.
| Sixty persons were seriously injured
and many of those rescued will die
| before morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
POLICE OFFICER SLAIN IN
SAN FRANCISCO Is BURIED

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1O.-With all
the ceremony befitting his rank in the
department and his long service on the
police force, the body of Police Sergeant
Antoine J. f. Noting, who was shot and
killed and for whose murder Thomas
Jordan, a private in the coast artillery,
is being held by the police, was laid to
rest today.
The funeral was attended by many
members of the police force unofficially,
while a large escort of uniformed Of
ficers formed the guard Of honor.
All the high officials OF the depart
ment were present to pay their re-
spects to the dead officer, to whom
death came while in the performance
of his duty
No formal charge will be placed
against Jordan until after the inquest
unless habeas corpus proceedings are
instituted in his behalf.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
25 MEN PERISH
IN BIG COlLIERY
GAS EXPLOSION
SPARK FROM TROLLEY POLE
CAUSES COMBUSTION
FEARFUL DISASTER OCCURS AT
ZEIGLER, ILLINOIS
Joseph Letter Personally superintends
Rescue of Bodies from Mine a
Where Recent Fires Ragged
FurousIy
IRv Associated Press. ]

~ UQUOIN, ILL.,, Jan. 10-A disas-
trous gas explosion, in which
- twenty men lost their lives, oc-
Cured at an early hour this morning
in Joseph Letters famous collieries at
Zeigler.
A spark from a trolley pole of an
electric motor coming in contact with
a pocket of gas is assigned as the cause
of the explosion.
The Americans killed in the explo-
sion include:
ALBERT KERR, foreman.
WILLIS WARNER.
FRED MORGAN.
JAMES PATTERSON.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON.
GILBERT JONES.
JOE Tact.
JAMES PHILLIPS.
JOHN CASSAY.
AARON JERTOLL.
j. o. EVANS.
THOMAS HUBBARD.
c. P. PUCKETT.
CHARLES SMITHERS.
Eight bodies yet remain in the mine.
Mr.. Letter personally conducted the
first relief party into the mine.
The lone survivor of the explosion
was an Italian youth, who escaped un-
hurt.
An expert who had been experiment.
ing with the gases in the mines at
Zeigler said he had placed the mine in
safe condition to be operated.
The men were engaged in clearing
away the debris caused by the recent
fires in the mine, and it was expected
that operations would be resumed this
week after two months suspension.
Bodies Badly Burned
The bodies taken from the mines are
badly burned and identification is diff
ficult Twenty-siX men entered the
mine on the night shift and the names
of the victims are taken from the pay
roll.
The explosion was peculiar. No noise
or shock was heard or felt at the open
ing of the shaft-only a puff of smoke
was noticeable.
The engineer noticed the puff of
smoke and realizing that an accident
had happened summoned aid.
The mine had recently been on fire
and the flames had been sealed and
confined to workings which were not in
the vicinity of the present explosion.
Mrs Letter assisted her husband in
quieting the widows and orphans Who
crowded about the mine. She furnished
coffee and sandwiches to the men at
tempting to recover the bodies.
The coroner has adjourned a hearing
until tomorrow. The mine was put In
operation in 1903. and soon after trouble
began. In April, 1885, an explosion in
the mine killed fifty-one men.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
SHOT WHILE BEATING HIS
WAY ON TRAIN AT REDDING
Hobo in Serious Condition and Ac-
cuses Brakeman of Having Fired
Bullet-Latter Denies
He Is Guilty

REDDING, Jan. 1O.-While beating
his way on freight train last night
Charles Green of Kennett was shot
through both legs and is in serious
condition at the county hospital here.
Green made a statement accusing H.
B. Hickerson, brakeman on the train,
of shooting him because he could not
open the door of the box car in which
he was riding quick enough when
Hickerson ordered him from the train.
The brakeman denies shooting Green.
The police incline to the belief that
Green was shot by some hunters who
fired on the train.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
SOCIETY GIRL IN VIRGINIA
Is ASSAULTED BY NEGRO
Nineteen-Year-oId Daughter of Busi-
ness Man of Richmond Attacked
in Heart of Fashionable
District

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 1o.-In the
most fashionable district of this city
today Miss Marie Louise Stump, nine
teen-year-old daughter of E. A.
Stumpf, a business man, was attacked
by Charles Gillespie, a negro.
The assailant was arrested and will
be given a hearing as soon as Miss
Stumpf is able to appear before the
special jury.
When the crime became known there
was a demonstration, which was soon
dispelled by the prompt action of Judge
Willie, and he announced that the ne
gro would be given speedy trial.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Court Decision Denounced

DENVER, Jan. 10.-The Denver
Trades and Labor assembly at it's meet
ing today adopted a resolution de-
nouncing the recent decision of the su-
preDe court of the District of Columbia,
sentencing Gompers, Mitchell and Nor
rison of the American Federation of
Labor to fine and imprisonment The
resolution also pledged the financial
and moral support of the local assem-
hlv in continuing the fight.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Take Bodies to Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 1G.-
A special train from Shafter, New,
will reach this city tomorrow with the
bodies of the three men who met death
yesterday under a mass of broken tim
Der in Flower Lake tunnel. The dead
are Frank Becker, Charles O'DonneIl
and William Warren. 1t was learned
today that the two men reported seri-
ously injured have been taken to the
hospital at the construction company's
camp and that their condition shows
decided Improvement
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
WOMAN is. MYSTERl0USLY
MURDERED IN HAY LOFT
Charred Corpse of Timber Buyers
Wife Discovered in Barn.
Two Arrested on Sus-
picion

MARION, Ind, Jan. 1O.-A mysteri-
Gus murder was uncovered here today
when the charred body of Mrs. Rosa
Kicks, aged %, the wife of a timber
buyer for a local foundry, was dis
covered in the hay loft of a barn in
the rear of the residence of Thomas
Wilson.
The husband of the woman, who sep
arated from her a week ago, and Levi
Sutton, who is charged by Kicks with
alternating his wife's affections, have
been arrested.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST

For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Monday, cooler; probably heavy frosts
in the morning; light north winds.
Maximum temperature yesterday, So
degrees; minimum, 49 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
LOCAL

Clergymen and citizens generally indorse
stand against vice taken by The Herald, and
insist immortality must not be sheltered.
Husband tries to kill himself with re-
volver after his wife, who had left him
because of a quarrel, refused to become rec
oncile dand to return to his home: Wound
not serious.
Aqueduct laborer near Fairmont finds
corpse of man, supposed to be that of tun-
mel employe. No knowledge is gained whether
it is a of murder or a natural death.
Coey and bride will take long flight if moth
ing mars attempt to sail balloon across con-
tinent.
Mexican alleged to have stabbed his coun-
tryman is arrested on charge of assault to
murder; his companion at the time of the
alleged crime also under arrest
Big crowds attend convention of Baptists
held in city.
Selections from Wagner's 'Tannhauser' are
rendered in skillful manner by DR.. Kingsley.
Knabenshue at Mt. Wilson, prepares for a
flight frfom Los Angeles to mountain peak.
Family on Bonnie Brae street, clad in night
clothes, escapes from flames.
Chance will be offered anyone who desires
to make ascent in captive balloon.
New pastor at Trinity Methodist church be-
gins his duties
Master mariner arrested charge of lar
ceny of tools, is taken to San Pedro.
Count Van Horst and bride still at large.
Van Horst is wanted at San Diego on charge
OF passing forged checks.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Pic Dies Suddenly

SAN Fl 70 Jan. 10-Raoul
Chartrey, it of the Joshua
Hendy this city, died
Of heart u1seesse-.1 Chartrey was
native of France and a pioneer of
California, arriving in this state in
1856. For twenty-six years he has been
connected with the Hendy company.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
FOREIGN

King Manuel Of Spain rides through streets
of Lisbon to dsprove report he is i'll; but is
exceptionally pale.
over fifty worshipers meet death by crema-
ton when walls of ancient church at Sion
Switzerland. collapse and catch fire during
services: over sixty injured.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
COAST

Funeral Of San Francisco's police officer
slain by coast artilleryman, held with full
honOrS.
Astronomer at Mare island proves he has
already discovered new planets beyond Nep-
tune, which Harvard scientists are still seek
ing.
Hobo probably fatally shot while beating his
way on freight train, says brakeman fired
bullet.
Committee appointed by State Bar associa-
ton of Washington to probe charges against
Supreme Judge Milo A. Root declares he has
been guilty of gross misconduct and hints at
bribery.
Oregon Republicans in legislature forced to
elect Democrat to United States senate as
voted by people under new law at last cleo
tion.
Governor Cosgrove of Washington nearly well
and will return to his home from Paso Robles
as soon as storm subsidies.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
EASTERN

Woman found mysteriously murdered and
burned in hay loft of barn in Indiana town;
two suspects arrested.
President-elect Taft expected to appoint well
known jurist of Seattle to position of secre-
tary of interior
Many congressman and senators dissatisfied
with methods adopted by President Roosevelt
and condemn action in attacking Senator Till
man as he did, claim TiIlman was indiscreet
but guilty of violating no law, even if charges
are substantIated.
First ambassador under constitutional OF
tonan empire arrives in Washington from Con-
stantinople and announces program to be
peace work and progress"
Society women of Washington speculate as
to who will be allowed in Mrs Taft's cab
inet.''
! at famous Letter colliery in Ziegler, ILL., due
to spark igniting gas
Special Chinese envoy and many anbessay
attaches leave national capital for China
National capital this week to be center of
news interest.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
is VICE PROTECTED
IN LOS ANGELES? ?
How r. F. GOings, a Fellow StockhOLder z0th Mayor
Harper, Two of His Police Commissioners and
Chief of Police Ed Kern, Runs His Saloon, Wine
Room and Gambling Place i'm Los Angeles

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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-07-01
BRICK ROAD BUILDING
Methods of Construction Adopted
by an Ohio County.
MACADAM is TOO EXPENSIVE.

Homer w. jackson Tells Why Prop
erly Constructed Brick Highways
Are Cheaper Than Stone ones-Ten
Feet Wide Enough For Country Use.
Washington county, O, has pretty
definitely committed itself to a policy
of brick road building. The county
officials and the different city ana
country organizations are a unit on the
subject. Some work has already been
done, and comprehensive road build
ing campaign only waits on little
more definite knowledge as to what
scheme of road building will best suit
local conditions.
The unanimity of opinion as to the
ing. | attended a monthly meeting of
the Valley Farmers club, social or
ganization which unites the farmers Of
the Ohio valley in Washington county,
where the subject of an afternoon de-
bate was, Shall Washington county
issue bonds for 100000 to build brick
roads? This club has membership
of about 2OO, ana probably 10 were
present at the debate, but if there was
Il man among them who did not favor
brick roads he did not say SO either in
public or private. The member who
took the negative side Of the ques-
tiOn in the debate contendcd that with
their present knowledge of brick road
material aud construction they We're
not yet ready to eXpend large sums.
AS the facts become known about
the relative cost of stone and brick
roads and the enormous cost of main
tanning the former brick roads are
rapidly growing in popularity. While
it is true that brick roads cost more
than stone, the difference is not as
great as is generally thought. In Wash
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-07-01

down of his pedestal and talk in his
ads.
He needn't be hippant--far from it.
but let him not write as if he were adj
dressing somebody afar off, and telling
him about something at even a greater
distance.
The newspaper goes right into its
readers house-goes in and sits down
with him.
1t is on the table when he eats, and
in his hands while he is smoking after
the meal. 1t reaches him when he is in
an approachable condition.
That's the time to tel him about
your business-clearly, plainly, convinc-
ingly--as one man talks to another.
CabvisIt. caA,iHS 4tAsffs BARS. Esv 5swA
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-07-01
Japan's Good Reads.

Japan is peculiarly well off in re-
spnct Of good highways. The Toliaido,
which runs from Kyoto 20 Tokyo, is
over 500 miles in length and is admi-
rably constructed There IS also the
Nakasendo which IS even longer and
pr sses through some Of the finest seen
cry In the world The reason of
Jgpan's excellence o. the matter Of
roads IS that in the old days-no so
very long aEo-the daimioS, or terri
torial nohes. had to Journey to Tokyo
once a year in order to pay their re-
s0ects to the SOVEREIGN. TheYGave!ed
lr road. with great retinuas, ana If
the highways were not in perfect con
Gition faudal justice was meted out 10
the delinquents.