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ONE CENT MURDERED DV HIGHWAYMEN -mil Desmit.a laborer Was Shot ' Down By One of Two Bandits * J.I_HIMII '* ■' ■—■ ■ ts Whom lie Attacked When They Attempted to hold Up Saloon At Van Asselt Last Night - s 'a_rl________K_*A_______m__ ™*7 _______ta____________\ Emll Desmlt, a laborer, was shot and Instantly killed by two matkrd tan,hit alio attempted to hold Up th* Maple I^-af saloon, at Van As sell last night, Instead of obeying th* order, "Hand* up everybody." 1 Haunt attacked the robbers when thty cam* Into the aaloon and pttld the p. ial. Will hi* life. Th* ban dit* t-e.-.tpe.i ttftcr th* shooting and or* ett it at large. Half a doacu men were in the saloon it th* time. The bandtta entered tb* front door, cf th* .saloon about 1" to o'clock, each holdtng m revolver, and ordered hands up - Cliff Maple, one of th* proprietor* of th* saloon, mad.- a grab for ■ gun, which was kept back of the bar, but could not ren.-h It. . Accordingly he threw up his hands. When he heard th* command. D*» --ml?. t. ho was .seated at a table play- Ing card*, tosr up. and swing hi* chair over hi* hea.l. *tartrd for the bandits. Ills example was followed by Hamilton M .-ugh. and they totrether forced one .if the 1-obbe.rs OOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO S Don't Fail to Read 1 0 A_X *H__ m4__h a a f» A Bottle! S . t .... of J ! Trouble I 0 ' ---V 70 I § 0 0 J It will make you laugh, g o a 00000000000000000000000000000 OLD COUPLE MURDERED " T" J'cJ3= £'"*' ■-i_-__Wr___Ta^___\ Ghastly Find Made by Detective in Search for Missing Man and Wife-Heads Crushed In With Hammer r-\l_n, W. T, Dec. 3 -Th» po- 1 lice thla morning discovered ths bodies of Frana Krehr and wife burled in a shed near the residence from whkh they mysteriously disappeared Novem her 0. Their skulls, were cruitied in j with a hammer, which was afterward found in a nearby shed. A aeareh for Charles Winter who moved Into tb* boua* th* day after the KAISER UNABLE TO OPEN REICHSTAG WHAT PROMISES TO BE STORMY SESSION, BEGUN AND MEAN. WHILE THE EMPEROR MUST GO SOUTH FOR HIS HEALTH nKRM.V, Dec. 1-DeaplU he is- | rial* of alarming reports ..a to MM kaiaer'e condition, h* wilt !»> obliged to upend January and February In the south. ll* wa* unable to attend the ©.penlng of tlie retchstag today, Tha aseaarton of the relchstag,' for mally opened today, I* expected lo 1/e on* of the stormiest In the history of that liody. Th* Hoclalixt* are stronger than ever Before. Further more, th* Social Democratic party l» unquestionably th* best disciplined and most compact political organisa tion In th* empire, and if lv Weill laid plan* do not miscarry, tho gov ernment will gee many of Its r*l maaaurM .balked during U»* present SEATTLE. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY. out of the door. Then the second robber opened fir*. Ills ftr»t shot •truck I ••milt In the tt-mplo over the left eye and ho dro.pprd dead. Ills second •hot-wsa meant for Mc- Cullough. but the bullet hit the chair which he held In li..m of him m»l glanced off. The lobtter* lh. ii ills appeared. News of Ihe affair waa sent by met*. . to Oeoraetown. where It was telephoned to , .'live lirmliituir. lent l'.i'iity Khertff* Jack Williams and s, iimi.lt ami Detectives llur lice and T.'i'ii.int left soon for th* n etie. hut had to walk a mil* from .•orga -1..M11 In Ihe saloon. A motomisti of a Routh Seattle car •aid two men started from Ihs city at about 10 o'clock last night. They got off at I!) ait's croaalng and might have taken » boat ai-rnes the Ihi w-amlsh river. These men were seen returning to the city shortly after the hold-up. Th* Maple Leaf saloon was held up two year* ago. The roblters ere CftUghL ' *••-"» ' ■•■ I Kr.hr>' disappearance, resulted In his or .' nt Erl* this morning. >'r*hr and wlfa were mora than W yean of age., The suppoiltl'ii of the detective* la that Ilonler murdered them lo gain possession of th* property. ' Honler. when arrested, rial- to have bought th* .property from th* old coup!*,- paying H.XA ll* exhibits deed*, bearing Krehr's signature, bat th* money has not been found. I session. A* usual, the government Is obliged to depend lot support on the Center fthe Catholic party), which has always ;,[.'t..,i the So cialists 11 rid which, fortunately for the government of Emperor William, continue* to hold the balance ol ■power In the relchstng. BItrNSWICK. Oa, Dec. i -Th* an nual session of the Savannah Confer ence ef the "' K. church began In Hrunswlck today and will contlnns until the middle cf the coming werk. The steninshlp Dolphin. Cnptnln Hunter, Killed this morning for Mt iif.vny with 60 passenger* nni a full cargo of freight. The Seattle Star ENGINE GOES ! ON A SPREE LOCOMOTIVE RUNS AWAY AND FINALLY WRECKS ITSELF AND SEVERAL FLAT CARS (Special to Th* Star) TAt'tlMA l>e<\ I—A rutisway lo comotive, shrieking up a Bleep grade. Is nil luminal sight, Tucsdsy moitl lug between - and % o'clock a loco, motlva at Klectron mil away, up grade, ' It mil for two mid n lislf tulles from the water tank up to thr powrrhoure and crashed into two freight ,'i. ems.- them and wrecking the locomotive. Tin runaway was decidedly pe culiar. Th* engine crew had Just got up steam In the locomotive for the day's work and left her stand ing on the track near tht water tank white they went In to break* fast. They hsd been away but a few moments when, without m moment's warning, the lor.ill, started off up the track it a il ' ■ d that ws* mo mentarily Increasing, . Two and a half mile* of clear track loomed ahead of the runaway, and •he did the distance In double-quick lime. Then OHM th* powerhouse, Wllh some flatcarg standing on the track. Tb* runaway crashed full lilt Into the ri.ti.-sis and smashed them to kindling wood. QUENAN \ MATCHED _:■• ■ ■ ' Terry Queenan of this city and Fret} \Vt..m have been matched for a a>-.mund contest In New Westmin ster, Friday night, I>*c*tinb*r 11 Th* two Mve fought before and are evenly matched men. Oueenan ha* fought .several »<«>. l goea in British Columbia and I* "becoming » popular favorite there. CHURCH BURNED INDIANA EDIFICE DESTROYED BY FIRE THIS MORNING rOWf WATNK. I-.d. Deo, 1.-Rt. Paul* Lutheran church was de stroyed by fire thl* morning. The loss la estimated at m.mst and la covered only by a small amount of Insurance. AND S TILL THEY COME MORE STREET IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS ADDED TO THE DELINQUENT LIST Three mora contract* for street Improvements hit. become delin quent within lh* last few days, and several more will noon be overdue. Th* time for the completion of t*. J. I'll' kion's i out tn. t for rested - ing Tike and Bast Ilk* streets. *» i apt red N.tv. 10. There it still no tsll. Ing when th* work will be finished. It I- only a matter of guesswork a* tn "hen the Itarber Asphalt com apany 1* n.ntr.n ting for paving Queen Ann* avenue from Itoy to dnlcr eunet. l.h* time for which expired Dec. I. and th* contract of Ilotta A ■ Wagner for grading and ronatruet- Ing concrete walks on Kast it-put.. I lean street, th* time for which ex t-ire.i on the i.ime date, will abe com pleted. . -7 ■■ Tomorrow V, McClellsn's contract for paving Vnlon street expires. The work of laying the brick has jusl be gun. The following day th* time for th* completion of the rontrnrt of O. W. Walker A Co., for planking Tenth avenue south, will run out. NOME MAIL The first mAll of the winter from Nome la egapectrd lo arrive nol later than Chrlstmn*. Hen Pawning, who left I' I'.t.t'.ii three weeks ago, has the contract for carrying the m.ill between Dawson and Itampa,rt. Ho hi »In meet tho Nome carriers on id* arrival at tit* lower 1> tmliiiia nf his route. He will transfer Ihe mall to lh* fsnndlan government *t Dawson and It will deliver It at White Hone, where tho mall will b* placed aboard Urn trains of the Whit* rut* gt Yukon railroad snd forwarded by that route to Rkag way and this city. .-_.- ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. I»ec. l-The Carnegie library, which haa been In course of construction In r* for more than a year. Is now completed and to day the building was forms!!/ dedl cattd. _,-_,.. '._^___,_.. ._., .t..i., —. DECEMBER 3, 1903. THREE NOTORIOUS CAR BARN MURDERERS ARE MERE BOYS ornTAVi: MARX TOM PLATT, NEARLY READY TO GIVE UP POLITICAL RULE, IS NOW A TOTTERING OLD MAN HIS OFFICE. ONCE THE MECCA OF THE GREAT WHO SOUGHT PREFERENCE. NOW DESERTED—FLATTERY OVER HIS SU PREME POWER IS PLATT'S WEAK POINT \ (Spitiil ta Th* fitsr) NEW TtlllK, I>«c. g-ttelle» take a last look it Tom Piatt. In another year he may be Just plain Senator; ri tit. Hi* days as the Easy Itoes arc ■MHbered They've waited th.*c la* years for "Id as. I" I In* the Ire.. grip of the Empire Hint- boss. ll* only went and got married. That ***-. tled that. Now Hen (M«ll-lhe might iest man Ilstt ever rearcd-ta to glee PT.NATOn TOM PI.ATT. his maker iha political coup. They aav the knife t* alrendy turning in lh* ribs of the old brats. So take a look nt Tom Piolt quick. Forty-nine Is Hi* number of all llrosrtway to politicians. There Is Jtut n plain, ordinary express office th«r«. Hut upstairs a Utile shriveled old man Is t>«nt over Ihe prnldent's dctk, 11* has mode It Mecca for a generation. Hi-re ail who would mount tn pollttrul i.l.i,- or power In New York or i.ut must wall on I*lalC"lti the dlrgy rr. try hall outalde I've run across futiim 111. 1 Id i.i- < ' thtk« I'ulUd SUUs, gov AND THE DOG STILL GROWLS. IIAItVHY VAN DIME 'emers, statesmen of highest rai.V. In the i■. nee of th* hut ten yesrs. They xat hunched lip like kept-ln schoolboys on lb* narrow welt.!. »i bench. This week I mounted to this entry again. Tb* bench wbb empty. Even th* fst fared clerk grinned «' me. "No one ur.„mil, affiles* he'll see you now all light." he*said, chuckling. "He's just tie from Washington." > Inside th< shadow y office II HIS Just law HIM as of old. Absolute quiet •arva. every •••nur Of Ihs big room. jTfeer* «... mystery and decorum In |a*eir breath of the close air. From I behind one of the two cavernous desk* j attate silently the sleek *ecrelsry. Every loelr of his carefully dipped Vjtn Dyke iieurd hrlslled caution. . He nodded . with a sad. wan nolle and tip !•■• >t ,eeer the thick carpel to the corner recti la hind thn other drak, "He'll see you," he announrcd. wearily. There, as of old and alwsys, shaded by a beavv window screen of sUlned (lass. * it Tom Piatt. Tou •■■.-. sunk In the depths of a branching swl.•! ilialr. a very old man. The cartoons immediately flash srroas your mind. There urs the stray wisps of hslr. slanting quaintly out from tiehlnd the pear-shaped head. There Is that kern profit., drooping dif fidently over a sunken chest. There ts 'tho bulging frock-coat, the pantaloon flapping over tho lean shanks. Yea, there are the > pi,.i. t.-n| ahnea nod Ihe (law-like fingers. Over all Is tliu 'lnlmlial.lt. gtoop ami hunch lhat the cartoonists iinil.t •!■ i .;,!,* «go. Hut now you limit cloarly niul a. c some thing new nod more Ihun l!n-*c, Ynu see a iniin, nn liHllvlduitllty, lively snd almost lovely. You forget the car toons. A feeling of deference, even Pity fur a brok.ti old man rreeps over you. Deliberately the swivel anlngn to want >ou. With no nppnrnA effort on* bony rlnw rises for a handshake. Limpness Is the di tnlnant feature- of riail's p*r*«n The lntle figure of the man teems to be heldlrsalv l.n.mi. .1 In tlie lilt: chklr. You feet thst someone most hnve dumped It there; murt com* again to th.tki' It up Into nollon, Vbii in 1.,.' ii i hair And ulnars off al tho limp I'KTEII NIUHEIIUEYEIt, tmndle with some ronfldmee. Hut then tbe eye of Tom Piatt rise* upon you It mount* deliberately, cautiously, ft.m the overhanging head It tali • stork of you. Confidence ebh*. The memory of the stories and car* toons ot tl.. political Piatt rush hack. ■'■•■•' ■ the voice. l I'll must bend well forward to catch It. It quaver* and fall* In ini.ini.lirg. Hut don't get confident again This Isn't the dodder ing of an old man. Every word sink* In and cuts like a knife. I hsve Interviewed Tom Piatt for .i great many years. I've seen men, rumors, farts, threats, dentals brought 10 confront the little old man In th* shaded corner. ll* gobbled Ihem up. 11 el ways reminded mo ef Ihs spider silencing tbe Imaging files that hsd strayed Into his t.h. One mumbled phrsi. one quavering lirtamation did for the intruder in an malum, It wilt pay you to sloop and catch every old nf Tom I'latt's linn tiring* Every syl lable hits and count*. And therss the other side. i mi only ; get this if ynu know Piatt. And he's got lo know thst you know. There la no morn genial, amusing companion I that I know ot In this town than this I apparently frihlc old man. As a wit, a satirist, he lias no tyiuul. I'latt's solemn. Inimitably sly wink II he hands out a properly righteous answer Is worth going miles to *cc. And the at.swer will go between his quotes. It will look fine. While the most-back rlllEen Is rending Ihe rlghtet.ua answer that r.lghl Tom Matt will he enter taining the riotous Amen Corner with sly, kirn diss nl the righteous. One cf Hum would double up th* moss back with Indignant apnplcgy. That Is Turn pi.iti .. atrnng aide— ■glira sty wit. ids «r*ah ttd* v reached by flattery. Hint at hb so. prente power and you have him. The man who ran pierce sll other guile wilt fall for thl*. l-i.iit hns lived for pow er. Now he doesn't know Hint It ts slipping from hi* tenacious hands. In anothrr matt Tom I'l,-ttt would sre the situation its a huge joke.. I- O. HEAD. rniri'i.t: ckkek. tvio, Dec s.— Officers or.d Uniting workers of the Young Men's Christian nasi* t.iiii,-i arc lure from Drnve-r, Pueblo ntid numer ous "Vther cities for the annunl con« ference of the state organization. The convention will bo In session three day*. The Only Paper in Seattle That *< Dares to Print the News "^ ' 'li, 5. No, 343. m ims 10111 SHI UNIVERSITY TEAM GOES TO PORTLAND TO DO BATTLE WITH THE MULTNOMAH ELEVEN At »ifl o'elofW tonight the football team nf llie {'Diversity i.f WueliltKlnil will have fir Portland tn inert the I. Bin nf tb* Multnomah Athletic Hull Haiurday. Uru.e Hh'.rtS nf the hist!!* ii,. 1, Hi ihhil faculty attu probaMy »m --pirn tho eitme, Tim line-up nf the Washington lisni wilt he the same us In Ihe Idaho liiitne lute. 'Ihe men did so well til. 11 that Cnlii-h Kl.latit Will MORE SPEED AND LESS BEEP FOR MiN NESOTA'S NEW ELEVEN BT. PAUL* MlTiii,—.Mlmieaota ha* . I allfl'l -in c In Iter foot ball cnai li, Dr, Henry I. llllllla. lie has ( hail (lunge of the team for three years und n contract signed lust winter gives htm three more sea sons to look ttftci Ihe Gopher grid in ii candidates. AS lur na theory goes there lire) few men in Ihe country who know j Ihe game us ell i,'■ William*, but 1 from a practical standpoint, there! has always been eorne doubt. K»' ll j fail he has the advantage of every oilier cos ih In tlie "big nine" us far I as material and i ilmstit nt ccndl-i lions go, but has never turned out v championship eleven. line of William*' faults hits been his tendency to sacrifice speed for weight. Thla year h* started differ ently, li. Is giving the 170-pound men a <tmn<c snd Ihe result I* more nmieiiai ih.,ii ever .unl of a better quality. Williams' first foot boil experience .m.i gained mi the Hartford high i. 1in.,1 team. It.- went from there to Yale, where be played i, i..., kritii position. Ills couching at West I'niiit snd his success at a Philadel phia pi. punitory school won him hi* present position. LANGFORD TO FIGHT COLORED LIGHTWEIGHT WILL GO TEN ROUNDS WITH JIM MY KELLY TONIGHT ROSTOV. Dee. i asm f sag Tart the colored lightweight who haa shown to • dv.it tue In his recent Itouts In this section, will i-e seen tonight in a go with Jimmy Kelly, tbe New York lightweight. The two are scheduled lo enasge In a ten-round bout under the auspices of the Central Athletic club. The colored hoy Is regarded as a I "comer* In the lightweight division and as a consequence ring followers are swaltlng with Some Int. real the showing he will make again*! Kelly, VAN GOES TO FRISCO MANAGER OF "THE MEADOWS" LEAVES FOR TH SOUTH TO MEET HORSEMEN A. T. Van de Venter left lost night for San Kranclaro, where he will ll tend a no. in * of the newly organ it. 1 Western^*«ckey club. Thl* I* an organisation of prominent racing men west ■ f th. Missouri river. Th* ob ject of the tallow la to bring a letter class "of horses out Weal and to bettrr the Interest* of the racing men. It I* probable that neat season's racing program will be outlined st th. m.-ttin*- ot the club. SHORT SPORT V.. K. Rniaihet* I* figuring on a 'round the world tour In an auto. 11. may In thla way discover a way to delrat his enemy, Hillings. The way the Indiana went through the Northwestern was a revelation. It throws water on the caliber of most of the Western teams, Mich- Igand and Minn, sola excepted. Corbett I* 40. He la twice n* old a* Hh.irkt y was when Bharkey won a fight. How ..id it Kits? — And still one, P. H. Tost, wears a smile that won't come off. The ni-. tih ajro game end rd with th Wolverine* having th* biggest score of her history ugulnst the midway eleven. - - . Joe Clrlm, the hum. in punching line, will be men In Chicago thl*. winter. ilmmnna is billed to open a cafe In Chicago this winter. Oardner now knows the difference between a fighter of the ,•*. ■ etas* .nn! tho men ho has been meeting. In th* light of the On.rdner-Flt« etdsode, the Jeff-^lardner talk be i nines a Joke. Jack" McClelland, who will meet Charlie Neory In Milwaukee before the I tv-It, I-1- club, December 4, has been promised it match ugnlnst cith er Kid Dread or Tnnng Muw-ntt tit New Orleans, providing be g»t. aa good ns n draw with Ncary. Mike Hullh'.in, the New England light weight. Is out after n match with Joo Hans. Jack Turner, a Chicago feather who lv United at n comer, has been mntched to meet Toting ti't.eary before tho Bulger athlsttd 'lull De cember 4. Weight It- pound*. Johnny Kelly, the Chicago ban- «5 CENTS PER MONTH tint nnil'e n llisnre. The I'urtli.nd 1.-iim, nro.rdliig 1. rat purls, might Have a term! deal 1... re rnnfldeiicp 111 themselves ihsn in. huve. They know Ihey hsve a hard Itiim tt. It" MaKulnit and have train**] liuld fur 111" I'UltiM. Hi 11 Hie has not inn it gam* this rear mid the ins Will ,-.'.: like -i'i.ii-ii.N to keep i.|, tlm r. < ord. DIL HENRY 1. v. im.iaMH. I tarn. Is anxious to try conclusion*' with Harry farina J.ike I'hulm, . ■nanus'. of Kelly, offer* to pit h>a man .ik.i mil Km lies at 11* pounds, _ weigh i o'clock on the day of tho battle. CHESS CLUB _. A ncpsrate club has been formed .by, the chess ptsyers of the Hmlil. Mils* and it,, is club, wllh rooms In thai l'aclfle block. It Is > ipe. t..l that m toursastcnt will be piayrd thl* winter :. and It Is possible that telegrspliM games may he arranged. i- I, ' * NEW GAME LONDON SPORTS HAVE DIS COVERED A GAME MORE - FOOLISH THAN PING-PONQ la>ndon seeker* after new pastimes have hit upon a foolish game that, through Its fiudiihnese, ha* won lata way to the front The name if tit* new game Is Tambonrello. it derive* it* name from the fat t that It ts played with a tambourine. The game Is sorS of a ernes between a Spanish dsnew si.d a lawn tennis match. It 1* tennis, t only tambourines are used instead of r*. ken There la sort of a ping pat* flavor about lb* new game that savor*, of short life. ' BACK TO THE MOTHERLAND CHICAGO. Dec. 1-Th* annual rtm odu* from the Northwest and Ihe Mid**, •lie West of Scandinavians, who re turn to th* motherland for the Christ- - mas holidays, promises to be unusual- - ly heavy this year. Arrangement*, have been made for special trains next. week 1" carry between Sf) and M* ex*. tmgluitlna -m Chicago to New Torkv where they will, embark for 8 wed rig and Norway, Practically all the ex- j rursiontsU will return to the United I Bute*, and many of them have ar ranged to bring kinsmen with them on. th* return trip. LABOR MEETINGS TONIGHT Brewery l-aborera— NeweH'a hall, South Beattl*. h.ii ers— Room 14. Masonic Tim ple. llulldlng 1-it.oriTi— nlvmpia hall,. 1101',. Clerk* Waitresses' hall. 14* Second ara. Electrical Helper* No. S— _a__\ Husl ri.-t* College. L*ther*—Carpenters* lull 1530 tth ar.; Marine Cook*—Room t, • man dock. -Ship Carpenters-Shipwrights' hall, Kl..r dock. , uB TOM TRAGEY A THESPIAN Th* Well Known Middleweight Fol io/.* Is the Steps of Corl.-ett Tommy Tracey, ■■> middle-weight fighter w*ll known In Beattlc. baa gone on tho stage In Voriland. Tom my will be roiiu mbered ns the man who f"i.;:l.: n clever go with Tommy; Rellly Itr Urrmanbt hall, a year ago. He has "signed" with 'The Bowery After Datk," nnd has already had hi* first rehearral. He really likes the new role* In v. hi. he 1* to ap pear, but '.ink* th* whole business very strange. "It's nil new to me,** i ij -i Tom, "ami I thought I would tile when 1 tnct that prely bunch. They treat ed ni" well, and encouraged me In my part, I feel tli.-u 1 will make v big hit. The introductions to ilia actresses disturbed'm* more than the lightning find thunder of th* piny. I will study every part. In the play, no that It will be Impos sible for ma to forget mine. It M quite novel, don't you know," \ ,