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VOL. 6. NO. 171

The Tacoma Times.TACXWMA, WASH., THURSDAY EVBN?N«, JULY 8. 1000

JiKT, THE TIM:FOLLOW Ton flf ;•; "\u25a0

g| :VOtr OO CAMPINO OR IF YOU CHAJiGß'^,'ii| YOUR KKSIDKWK; TELL THE :/?

\V CARKIKK Oil PHt)NE MAIN 71W, OR>^INK. AI7BB, AND WE DO THE REST.

B<l (IMS 4 MONTH

WOMAN IS BRUTALLY STONED TO DEATH BY ROBBERRELIEF TRAINMAROONED BYRAGING FLOOD

THE WRIGHTS AND THE WRONGS.

Rescue Party Sent to Scene of Santa Fe Wreck IsStalled Between Swollen Rivers and In GraveDanger — Streams In Missouri and Kansas StillRising and Situation Takes On More SeriousPhase—Death List Grows.

FIRE RACESENTRE

NIGHT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)

Big Factory on Tideflat;4 Is Razed—Still Burning

This Morning—WillProbably Be

Rebuilt

I-'ire which broke out In theemployes' bath room about 6o'clock last night, totally destroy-ed the plant of the Peterman Man-ufacturing company, East O streetand Puyallup avenue. The saw-mill, sash and door factory andother bu4ldlngs of the plant wereall razed to the ground. The(femes raged all night and theruins were still burning this morn-ing.

The loss le estimated at be-tween *60,000 and $75,000, part-ly covered by Insurance. Morethan t. ,000 feet of rough lum-ber and about 2,000 finished doors_ '\u25a0\u25a0 were • destroyed, as 'was : also the

~a"Hb*dy* machinery jof the coni-" \,ju), .—.Tjiie. plant covered about

M two acres of,- ground. •£.{.-*.*'-'.-\u25a0. Firemen Handicapped. - \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0';

Js£f Owing i to •\u25a0 the , scarcity of ; water

< mains In that section. It was neces-•* sary to draw . water., from \ sloughe

and ponds In the neighborhood.The firemen were practically help-

| less after the blaze got under way.; . . . Homes in ; Slough. f*:;ls£s§£

, / While attempting to cross a nar-• row bridge near the burning build-

ings three of,the big horses hitoh--K ed to a flre engine \u25a0 were ; crowded?; offjInto a elough j^iof fmud ; and

water. r The horses were pulled;;; out with considerable \u25a0 jliftlcultyA and one .of *them < was badly cut.

• The, bridge ; over which , the team-!' •ter; attempted '.to drive \the three'•. horses was scarcely wide enough:\u25a0-\u25a0' for- two; and when one jhorse * wastj crowded ,off/. he !milled v the ' other

two In with him.*•".' v*; '\u25a0-•:: • - ;"?::jCottage^rned.; '\u0084-•\u25a0*:i;: A small tottnge /to the ; west of

• the factory, by Mrs. Lund,-, wa» burned, but - the woman • was« assisted by. neighbors In < getting

'.% her most : valuable furniture . out' before f[ the flames *;; reached ; the

'•* house/,\u25a0„ She 1 had no Insurance. \u25a0'*

q^JS Bevent^.flve Out of«Work. X\u25a01 The blaze has put about 76 men. out ;of :'employment. This 3ls jthe

busiest season of the year with thecompany and several large orderswere being filled.

Second Ijosb.

This le the second time withintwo years that this company hassuffered the loss of its plant byfire. The first plant, which waslocated on Cedar street, was razedabout two years ago.

It Is probaWe that, as in thefirst Instance, the plant will berebuilt. '

KANSAS CITY, Mo., July B.—Rescue parties sent to the reliefof the passengers of the wreckedSanta Fe, passenger train No. 5,which yesterday afternoon plung-ed over an embankment Into theMarais de Cynge river near Po-mona, Kas., fifty miles southwestof this city, are stalled near thescene of the wreck, and are ingrave danger.

Messages that reached this citytoday reported that the relieftrain had approached within afew miles of the scene of thewreck, but the rapidly rising wa-ters have cut off immediate ad-vance, and rendered a return tripextremely hazardous.

Four Cars in River.Detailed news from the wreck

is lacking. The report that thefour-year-old daughter of Mrs.Carrie Robes was killed was con-firmed today. Two women areknown to lmve been hurt serious-ly. Four cars are lying in therushing waters of the river, whilea great gap in the track marksthe place from which theyplunged.

The flood sltaution throughoutKansas Is serious. The water inall Kaw river tributaries is ris-ing, and the Kaw is swollen farbeyond Its banks, and is risingrapidly at Topeka.

Death List Grows.ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July B.—Es-

ttmates of the number of deadIn the flood in Northwestern Mis-souri vary today from 15 to 20persons. The fate of five mencarried away with a railroadbridge near Chllllcothe, Mo., yes-terday is unknown, althoughsearch was mad* for themthroughout the night. Motorboats were sent out in pursuit ofthe wrecked bridge as soon as itwas washed away, but darknesscame before they could overhaulIt.

Reports from Pattonsburg,which Is inundated, say that fourmen are missing there, and it Isconsidered certain that they havebeen drowned.

Rescued in RowboatsPATTON3BURG, Mo., July B.—

The flood waters began to fall to-day and it is believed that thecrest has passed Pattonsburg. Afleet of 50 rowboats, manned byrescuers from Kansas City and St.Joseph, is slowly working in thewater-filled streets today, remov-ing .marooned inhabitants fromroofs and trees and landing themat the edge of the flood.

Tents have been erected in thehills and provisions have been sentto the refugees.

"P LL" CASES INSUPERIOR COURTT. E. Snook and J. R. Murphy

who were fined $5 each by PoliceJudge Arntson last week for hav-ing cigarettes in their possession,have carried their case to the supe-rior court. The papers in the casewere filed with the clerk of thecourt today and the trial is ex-pected to take place immediately.The men are under $100 ball each.They declare that they intend tocarry it to the supreme court ifthey lose in the superior court.

TWO ABROP LANE ASCENSIONS AT WASH INGTON.

Sugar TrustGraft IsExposed

Senator .l»s. K. , Brlstow of Kan-sas Shows Trust Control of

'. \u25a0\u25a0 Beet -Industry, and How • theTariff on Sugar Puts Scores of

' Millions Into Pocket* of \u25a0 the'4 Combine. .^:*?;U.-' V :\u25a0:\u25a0; ¥•'*s%.. j 'By"Gllson Gardner. •\u25a0-.;':% WASHINGTON, D. C, r July 8.—"Doea j the sugar | trust controlthe beet sugar industry "in theUnited States?" ;^ v; : r

I put this question to the manwhom *11 considered best -able |toanswer I it. - Senator Jos. L. Brls-tow of Kansas. This new. Kansassenator - has i made . a ifine !recordso . far, and has been , particularlyactive iin > showing % up | the fe| rela-tions of the sugar trust to the tar-iff bill. *•:\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0''^-.'..s <':\^----i^::::-^'f "I don't think ;It will:be seri-ously' denied," > said j Senator .'Brls-tow, "that the \u25a0 sugar « trust jdomi-nates '• the beet | sugar f industry 'ofthe United States. -,;. They admit toa large, Interest in : the \u25a0 industry,and 1 Henry <T. | Oxnard J himself—the [chief; lobby representative !ofthe ' beet' sugar ; people—has I saidto me that . the sugar . trust. ownsat! least 20 per . cent .of the beetsugar • properties, as ./ an Si invest-ment.",-r "What , other Vh indications arethere ' that the Iindustry. Is > con-trolled by the sugar trust?":.-.;' ', • "Well, for one thing," said Sen-ator - Brlstow, "the • same * lobby J\u25a0•* (Continued on ;Page ; Six.) '*' •-'

WILL SOON LETCONTRACT FOR

DEPOTThe last of the old Bhacks that

constituted the N. P. passengerterminals in Tacoma is disappear-ing.

A gang of men today is at workrazing the old office and expressbuilding and it will be down ina few days. \u25a0

In the meantime the steamshovels are gradually pulling theground out and sending it to Se-attle to fill up ten tldeflats there.It is expected the contracts forthe new depot will be let beforemany weeks and work will bestarted on it in a few months.

BRANDENBURGOUT ON BAIL

(By United Press Leased Wire.)ST. LOUIS, July B.—Broughton

Brandenburg, novelist and newspa-per writer, who is accused of ab-ducting his stepson, James Shep-pard Cabanne 111, was releasedfrom Jail on $1,000 bail today.

Brandenburg took his stepsonaway from the home here of JamesSheppard Cabanne IIwhile on hisway to San Francisco, where hewas eventually arrested on acharge of grand larceny in the sec-ond degree.

BANK CLEARINGS.Clearing* $1,080,126Balances ". 106,618

Asia RockedBy Terrific

QuakeMANY BUILDINGS LEVELED

TODAY BY TEMBLOR.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)PARIS, July B.—Dl«patohes re-

ceived here today indicate that aterrific earthquake rooked the en-tire peninsula -and the southernportion of the Asiatic continentearly today.

The flr»t shock was felt about 3o'clock this morning in the vicin-ity, of Rawral Pindl, and extendedinto the Chltral district. Few de-tails are available, although It isknown that many buildings wereleveled.

The succession of shocks thatfollowed the first temblor werefelt throughout the northwestfrontier provinces, Kashmir and'Punjab.

WOULD BOYCOTTPERKINS PAPERS

At a meeting of the CentralLabor council last night a resolu-tion was introduced proposing aboycott against all of the Perkinspapers because the owner of them,it is said, is constructing a newbuilding here with non-unionworkmen. The resolution wasreferred to a committee.

PLOT LI 0TO KILL

TAFT?Strange Man With (inn

Seen Near President—Woman Screams and

He Then Dropsout of Sight

(By United Press I ..\u25a0.«-. .1 Wire.)

NEW YORK, July B.—Fear that a fanatic journeyed

to Norwich, Conn., last Tues-day to make an attempt onthe life of Preeilent Taft, iscausing no little worry in po-lice circles here. The suddenscream of a woman, who sawa man with a revolver con-cealed beneath his coat, ap-proach the president, Is ac-cepted by many as the meansof Tuffs salvation.

THREATEN SEATTLEWOMAN WITH DEATHCITY POWER PLANT

CASE UP AUG. 2PROOKEIMNGB Will BK BR-

&*arNlIN ooraw,To OONTH3MNI,ANO REQUIRED FORPU\NT.

mg&Tb?~% condemnation pro-ceeding* for acquiring J the neces-\u25a0ary land jfor the ?Nlsqually | pow-er plant have been !set; for August

»5,4, before Judge | Eaßterday.l^^¥,ter;lnj the |meantline'ithe^ litigating

companies who I wißh",to crowd ',\u25a0 thecity outfare', trying ,to devise someway to head off\ the imv ndclpali ty.They are talking of appealingfrom the |reJient|dectol6nl of thecourt which Vgave the city | first

Hright* In . the condemnation matter\u25a0 hut. \u25a0' Jttd.ge;Stliea;-.inslßts 'there :la

* no .. provision.; by : which ian )appealcan be taken at this time.

Th* otty attorney Insist* thatthe only on <whdch the at-

r 'torney«; oa the other «lde can ap-peal to pn the aujqunt of damages

;\u25a0• awaiMd^ ffhaa tbo 1e»ee; Is heard.

Itils believed | the supreme fcourttake«;thls view;and that the. opposition will not. be, able to stopthe city frog going ahead with theproject. . •' . ',

CITYPRINTINGAT 16 CENTSTacevma 'will| pay onlyl 16 cents

per inch for, having the leal cityadvertising; j|printed during igthecoinln year,*: a morning paper, puting tin; a ;bid at that ;, figure last

!|s*AJiSafternoonj;paper j,j'bld

17 1cent* !and ithe Times ; o£fered \ to'do It for 82 oents • p<vr. Inch.*3s2Mi| Timea r rate was [doul»l»' thetow jbid but 1tnte paper,' because of1Uitilg;clroulatton; ) could 1not* runthe advertising at muchlower at profit

BT^AOKMATLERS t DBMAND: BIG:. SUM OF MONEY FROM WIFB

iOBC. I>. lIUXMAN,gKNOWN iBKAIi KNTATK MAN.

£ SB3ATTt,H, July B.—Mrs. C. D.Hillman, ,: wife?of J the millionairereal estate man, today turned overto the police's letter received byher last Sunday in which | unknownblackma 11 £$ danded ; ,50 0and, in : case this was | not :,: forth-coming, »he <| her childrenwould be killed or the childrenwould ibet taken | from iher.t^S^: The ';letter / stated 1that anotherwould $ follow; the; flrat'one tellingMrs. Hillman where, to deposit tnemoney.

liUMBERMEN STARTCAMPAIGN AGAINOT PTOP

BFOKANB, July B.—The Spo-kane 5Lumbermen's club todaystarted 'i a '\u25a0• oampaltcn agalnat theUMfoffpulp paper I or,!\u25a0 flb»r boxesand ;ijpackages. It is & estimatedthat fully 30 ! per "c«nt Iof, the lum-•ber manufactured InStates Is u»ad by; the box factoriesaodltheTTObßtitutlontoflsftlji.lifljimode \u25a0 sericmg.- lnroada. •

SUMMERS BETS 13 A SILVER VASE,»p< Secretary ,A. L. Somtners of tHe IChamber of Commerce, this morn- 5ing Jreceived Ia•little-wooden >box Iabout: 3x4xß fjinches, *bearing *\u25a0 in :large figures 127.giItIlooked fsuspicious |as%lf IS it imight be an infernal machine, but /knowing of no enemies who would Ihave designs upon his life the,sec- J':retary opened it' and found a |artistic silver vase of Japanese "de- tsign, as a token jof appreciation Sfrom Dr.l Busaburo : Yogi,' chief "ofthe Japanese Iforestry department, i

Shogoso Hattorl andT. War-nuke, the Japanese who 'vrecently ,•\u25a0visited iTacoraa jand were shown *:,ttie city by tbe MMr«*iutr.j^^^Ls,>' Accompanying the box cam* aletter of ,thanks;*lor^conrt?«f«;'shown the visitor* In city.

CHALLENGE ISSUEDgThe Firewood baseball t«nin,which «' defeated', the ;Clark's; creek Bteam l»yIa sooro of 121to IlOflaßt |8u nday,"; l3Bues ja! challenge ito{ any,-5? team , averaging 1181 years or, under.

Carl Oarleon, R. F. D No. la.Wtmager.of Firewood twkffi,

According to James P. Ward, adetective sergeant who was order-ed to Norwich to aid the police ofthat city In handling the crowdsthat attended the 250 th anniver-sary of Its founding, he rushed tothe side of the woman when shescreamed. The woman fainte<lbut when she was revived, toldWard of the man with the gu.n.

"We were crowding up to get ;>

good view of the president," sh*said, "and were within ten feet ofhim when a man brushed by meOf course, It attracted my attentlon, and I was terrified when 1saw that he carried his hand under his coat, and there was a revolver in it. I screamed, an("when he saw me looking at himhe wormed out of the crowd. Ithought he was going to shooMr. Taft."

Ward, in company with a nuraber of secret service men, searchesthe crowd near the president for :man answering the descriptiongiven by the woman, but were un-succesflful.

Taft refused to discuss the mat-ter.

ENTICED FROMHOME; THEN

KILLEDWife of Wilkeson Miner Is Victim ot Foul Mur-

der—Slayer Escapes With $600

I.ui«-<] from her home at Wllkeaon at midnight by nn nnknovroman, who urged her to lui-i-n with him to Illiirk Diamond, where,he said, her brother had Juat been killed, Mra. Oeorge Hronzo, wifeof a Wilkeson coal mine employe, wa« Ktoued to death within a halfmile of her hiMiie early this morn lug.

WOMAN WITH WHOM PRETTYLAOEMAKER BOARDKD TES-TIFIES \u25a0TO \u25a0'* FINDING * THEYOUNG WOMAN DHUGGED

\ AND.BIiKEDING:; .'; *:.*, 3 j: ,::Zj

(fly United Press Leased. Wire.);.; CHICAGO, July 8. — Evidenceintended . to support Ella Glngles'story that she had been mistreatedby :Miss Agnes jBarret her em-ployer, and ta ;• man :\u25a0 and y: womancompanion, |at different | times jjinthe Wellington hotel was given oyMrs. Sophia -'3 Ldnderman, withwhom the pretty lacemaker board-ed, when she was \u25a0 called jjto thewitness *stand today In ' the ' girl'strial on a charge of grand larceny.?._'-- ''\u0084;: Horrible Cruelty.-o-"^'!'^!.;-';' Mrs. Linderman % then 3 testifiedto having gone to the Wellington

PUSS NEWTAXATION

PLANSenators; Take Final Vote

On Scheme to Levy aTwo Per Cent Tax. on Incomes of

Corporations(By United Prt*» Leaiied Wire.)i WA9HINOTON, D. 0., July —The senate this morning pasaed

the corporation, tax :' amendmentby a viva voce vote. ..;' There '. were(lit few scattering noes. ; . -

The amendment I was s agreed toIn the oommlttec of the whole laatFriday by a Yofce or 00, to 11. . **

The amendueata .. provide vforhe levying of a two per cent tax>n the n,et, tncomas of' all corpora-ions, *excepting .. fraternal i Insur-ince .societies and building. anaoaa v associations.. organized 'formutual benefit only.".- T"'^ ' \u25a0

»f It was agreed that !a : final voteshould be taken on the tariff-billat 2 o'clock thla afternoon. :»*^

; Robbery the MoUveV^SsflteRobbery wan evidently: the sole

motive for the ciimo, for the $COOwhich the Bronco* had saved': tamlßsliiß. Kit Is believed jthat \u25a0 un-:der Borne $jpretext £ the , strangereither Induced the woman to takethe money , with her,: when • he} en-?tlced her to take the midnight tripto Black Diamond, or • that ,he re-turned to the home after the crimeand found the money for himself.;;'V ?i llii-Ikiiml Kinds Body.'kiJ?^

The body of the murdered wbih-1an was discovered at 6 o'clock this ,morning by Mr. Bronzo, who atari-;,ed a search as spon aa he returnedfrom work In, the mine jiat %\ 4 |o'clock. Neighbor* •; told Bronzo:that his wife had left hurriedly,?for Black Diamond... at h midnight >with a stranger, but when th« hu»-band found that their savingswere missing he tfecarae auspicious :and began to .Investigate. ; ,/C< ;V'

Heiid Battered In.T'/.'J- , ':'j?l'.The body with the head : terrl-*bly battered, was: lying ;near {theNorthern. Pacific tracks and, sur-rounding it,' were Beveral| bloody*cobble Btonee spattered with blood,showing plainly that the Bend had >

stoned his victim <to 5 death. tKJ-"fj;;>\u25a0/.:: No One Haw Htranger. ,?&Kibg Mrs. Bronzo wag greatly excited,according to the neighbors, when \told by the unknown man that herbrother had been killed < in a mineat Black Diamond and she did nothesitate to walk the *lxmiles withhim to reach . her brother's f side.Neighbors did not see the Btrangor jand : the i officers i have ?no descrtp-*tlon;oJ7hlmfnorjany^clue|whlchlmight 1 lead f. to ,' his arr«rt.^*«,^JSftThat ' the slayer was t lntlmatoly

acquainted with the affairs of )th«]Brnimo family and that he know?they , had 5 money » Is ; evident,: and fthe j theory ta . that he Is,'*or \ nas |been i an employe of ft tne minethere. ;.V » r v- 'f~-'l'f*?'Mts&&M..,."•\u25a0,.;> In.in. . Bo1uk: neld.'^&^T Word of the , tragedy was sent tto = Coroner Shaver and-tosßh«rllf|Morris t! early this *.; morning and ?the former, accompanied by fDep- Juty Doten, ileft for < the I scene Jofthe ; crime. ;'XAn jinquest \le being :held there jthis afternoon.

Deputy sheriff Doien will prob-ably, stay in Wllkeson for several'days in an endeavor to find some'clue to ; the*flendlsh«layer

k bt, Mr*.Bronzo, and vIt ; Is ( provable a thatother officer's may be sent there. 1!®"£. Mrs.f Broozo >was >about at 4 01years » of i-age *and •\u25a0 had I lived| la %Wllkeson t with her > husfc;-; j£ ._torsome t time. Bronzo |Is f artftnber' \man; in the IWllkeson fcoal , mine,.which «is \ owned' by; Tacoma "capi- Itallsta:;^ :f/%rf*a»*>;;-: -&^jsgo

Precinct IsDivided

As a; result of a Itlon i asking!that !the voting place of Lake City;precinct >be ' changed •'vfrom %'Lake <

City \u25a0to \u25a0\u25a0 Dupone,; the c county com-missioners today decided 'to i divideit:into two precincts.'l- [, In this \ way \all Iparties '.' are J satisfied, as | therewill;be a voting ,place at Lake City iand one atrpupont.^^^^Bj^\;;^'|

MAKKIAGEJ UOEimKß^.:^\u25a0'1 Marriage licenses iwere .;granted" 1

by the ? county auditor today toRichard 1 McPherson J and VerlindaPhllllpa, John Bckert and MildredShear, D. H. Coolen ? and | Nora T.Barrett.f WilliamSC. Wilson % and jEdith A. Carte>4JaSJß3BjiSftSa^a¥a|

Gingles Girl a Victim iof Horrible Brutality,

OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE.

hotel on February 16, when theOingles girl was found bound andgagged in a bath room, and satdthat when she saw the young lace-maker she was tout partiallyclothed and was apparently delir-ious.

She said Ella was waving herhand and crying:

"Oh, Mites Barrette, pleasedon't kill me. Don't giveme any more of that stuff todrink. I'll do what you want,but don't make me drink anymore of that."The witness testified that the

girl wag bleeding from many cutson her arms, wrists and legs andthat there were pieces of rope inthe room.

Prosecutor Short said todaythat he would introduce expertwitnesses to show that the girlIs suffering from mythomanla andthat the startling stories she hastold In court were but (phantomsborn of her own brain.

The cdurt room corridors werecrowded to the doors today by asordidly curious throng.

GETS JUDGMENT.

C. 8. Bristow was given Judg-ment for $85.50 in his suit againstAntonla Carnmarano in JusticeCard's court yesterday. Bristowsued Cammarano, who is a saloonkeepe rat Orting, for the amoutinamed as compensation for repair-ling the latter's automobile. Cam-marano had refused to pay theamount, declaring that the repair-ing had not been done properly.

SHOCKING! DOES SALOMEDANCE BEFORE COURT

(lly \u25a0 United (.Press it^ased Wire.)ijiNEW YORK, July B.—Appear-ing before MSolomon "InJall« hlaglory," whs a trifleIcompared| tothe attempt of Mile. Mllle de Leonto 1Illustrate j> the >/mazy Salomedance before three gray-haired IJustices of the court of special ees-

yesterday, with the \result 'that today |the' d&nseuse Is '.prohib- 1ttedjfroiiiSperformitig^thetdanc^under |"p«naHyTo{iUaprlßbnin*nt."''*j

Th* <iane«r 1has been =before the|at Hurtlg & tin's the-

aterj;.until?tWftfw«ifflOi|iKO,'|irh«i;th4T»'itlM)r|tt«s|lßterfefedxwXtliijgman4itli»tfh*riKyrntiQn«^i»«sreibnt modified twists of.tho so i-ih«o-j

tie©* Deule, Harris and Ob»»te*dto convince them that the d*nc«was not Improper.

"My dance !is 1real J galam*.*'/she fdeclaredv'fe a

4l',llfdo;||iaß|I||;^i^f.CaridHhenUhejjnd.uug'jW^B Hf*«4lher skirts, exposed a patr of rtal-ity ,»nkles and started to aanee.

"Stop ;It!

"^thuud*reil ttbe lourt.The dancer paused. The ei.<-i::

edSJttrt»U>th»olJtprd?lJi«*J*ftSte|Wi|her seal, while \u25a0 they dincuaßwd Iher |jintalshmont JubMc* jHarrte J w«# Jfor sending Ih«r^to|jaO,ll>ut 5 after|

| a lengthy confei-ent^ MAtmen irai\u25a0Fiispcndofl and ~ Ml'<? do L#on ' waia •