The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-19
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poRrlAND-secretary OF the
Interior Lane and party departed
at 1880 O'Clock This morning for
Eastern Oregon.
spOkANE.-The Auditorium.
Spokane's oldest theatre. was dam
aged by fire yesterday TO the cx-
tent OF $4,000. The fire was con.
fined to the gallery and the dam
age was mostly done by water.
NEW vORk.-Wish tho Their
mometcr ut 81 degrees above yes
terday afternoon nj ? O'Clock. the
August record for 20 years was
broken.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bros
seau. aged -. kidnapped by gypsles
II years ago. has been restored to
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brosscau OF sissonville. n. Y.
has written q letter to the London
Times. which was printed yestcr-
day. urging England TO participate
In the Panama exposition. He says
tho fair will offer great opportu-
nifty for the Engiish merchant.
KANSAS ciTY.-ktsavy4 showers
throughout a large portion of Kan.
sas and Missouri today lead to the
belief that the long drought has
been effectually broken.
TAcoMA--louis GeisIer. we'll
known rancher. aged 30. was
thrown from horse and killed last
night. mt 25th and jefferson SITS. In
this city. The horse slipped on a
car rail and Geisler was thrown
against a cement retaining wall.
PARiS.-Theodore p. shonts Of
New York. president of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Co. was
badly cut and bruised when he fell
beneath a moving train Mt Lc
Eituis WITS. ~ r. nOpfH RtStilhH
Russcll), who was aboard the train
and had a firstaId outfit. bandaged
Mr.. Shonts' injuries.
MillEN, Ga.-Judoe W. s. God.
bee and his wife were shot and kill
cd yesterday by the first wife of
the judge.
NEW voRk.---Mrs. Leslie Carter
has brought suit against John Cort
to collect ss.242.s7. said to be due
her under a contract entered into
with Cort, September I. 1910.
NEW YoRk.-Henry Lake, a
restaurant chef, killed HIS wife and
four children and then fatally
wounded himself. dying at hos
pital.
VANCOUVER, o. C.--Harry Hoi-
I loway. formerly superintendent OF
the Children's Aid society. Winni-
peg, was arrested yesterday on the
complaint OF an fS-year-old former
ward OF the society on the charge
of seduction.
SANTA CLARA, CaI.--Rev. Fran.
els J. Burke. s. j., OF the University
OF Santa Clara, has been transfer.
red TO the Seattle college, at Seat.
tie.
EvERETT-Georqe A. Daily
wealthy resident of this city, was
killed In n runaway accident at
Douglas, Wyo.. yesterday.
HiLLYARD. Wssh,--Five mem.
bers Of the city council and the city
attorney are said to have gone 10
the Rose carnival at Portland at tho
expense OF the Barber Asphalt Paw
Ing Co. An investigation is now in
progress.
NEWPORT, r. i.--Burgiars en-.
tered the Hermann jewelry store
here and carried away jewels and
silverware valued at $4,000. Ad
ditional booty worth 100000 could
have been taken. but the burglars
were frightened away.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wakefield
was instantly killed and Charles
Mitchell crushed so that he died an
hour later, when they were caught
under a car Of piIing while The bic
sticks were being unloaded at the
Southern Pacific yards yesterday.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. here
are that Germany may reconsider
her determination not to participate
in the Panama exposition.
While Deputy Sheriff WebbeI
was escorting Mrs. Bertha Johnson
who was tried here and acquitted
OF insanity charges. back to hel
home near Tolt, she found bel