IS A DISGRACE
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Judge Humphries is Severely
Criticised by Judge Smith
in Interview.
ScalUe, Out. -i.—Superior Judge i
Smith, in an interview printed in
an evening paper yesterday, de
nounced Judge Humphries in I he
strongest manner and said he
was a disgrace l<> the bench and
should he removed.
The criticism of Judge Hum
phries is in connection with liis
recent order causing *the arrest
of one hundred Socialists for cir
culating a petition which he be
lieved l’elleeled discredit on him
as a judge. The arrest of the
Socialists caused several hun
dred others to defy him by sign
ing the petition. The Socialists
were tried before Humphries ami
found guilty of contempt and
heavy lines were imposed. Man.'
of Ihi' accused have refused to
pay the lines and are serving
tliejr l ime in I he local jail.
The opinion of the local press
is divided in commenting oil the
affair. The Times is supporting
Judge Humphries, while the oili
er papers are asking for fair
play regardless of their political
faith. It is generally conceded
that Judge Humphries lias out -
lived his usefulness on Hie bench
and will either resign or he forc
ed to do so. as was the ease with
Judge Hanford.
banditKilled"
OTHER ESCAPES
Seattle Saloonkeeper Wounded
in Revolver Duel With Mask
ed Bandits.
Seal lie. (lei. i.— Masked ban
dits entered a saloon on l.ake
W'asliinplon boulevard and at
tempted lo hold up Ihc proprie
lor. who was alone at the time.
Tim proprietor opened lire on
them when ordered lo hold up
his hands and succeeded in kill
ing one of the bandits, lull was
wounded by Ihe id her before he
made his escape.
The police are roundinp lift the
ioupli characters of the district,
as the wounded man believes he
would recognize his assailant. A
number of robberies have recent
ly fieen reported lo the police
and an eH'ort will he made lo
clear the city of desperate char
acters before the arrival of win
ter makes them active, as in past
seasons.
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Trinidad, Coin., .Oct; 1.—Tin;
powder liotise a( this place ex
ploded last night from some un
known cause and the entire
building was destroyed. It is
feared that the explosion was I he
work of some striker. Tlje loss
will be about $50,000.
Htavlvlalist# Will Hold Services.
Services will lay held tomorrow
afternoon by the Revivalists, lead
by Mrs. Wright, in their new
•piarlers in the Hopkins build
ing, below McKinley street on
lirnadway. Services will also be
held in the evening at 7:30 and
• aril evening' during Hie week at
Hu* same place.
German Vessel Cuts Brazilian
Military Tug in Half and
Troops Are Lost.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. i.—
One of I be large North German
Lloyd liners struck a military tug
here this morning, causing the
death of thirty men, who were on
the vessel en route to one of the
forts down the1 bay.
The big liner cut the small
vessel in half ami both ends sank
in a few minutes. The entire
crew and the detachment of sixty
men on the vessel were thrown
into the water or went In the bot
tom with I lie ill-fated lug.
Boats were launched immedi
ately by the German ship and the
calls for help were answered by
several small fugs, which picked
up Ihirty-live men.
Many bodies have been recov
ered and divers will be sent down
|o recover any that may be in the
hull of the sunken vessel.
OPIlsIilERS
ARE INDICTED
Warrants Are Issued for Seven
teen Members of the Gang
by Grand Jury.
San J-'ranrisrn, (Id .j_Seven-!
lern persons have lieen imlideil
by I lie I'eileral grand jury fur en
gaging in I lie opium Iral'I'ic.
Many nl' llic cuuspiratnrs have
lieen arrested aid warrants an
nul fur I lie nl her niemhers nf I lie
gang.
The arrest nl' Uie smugglers
was caused ny in!'irnial inn gain
ed hy the secret service nll'icials
intercepting a wireleess cnnimun
icaliun In persons on hoard a
vessel recently arriving from the j
Orient l,o throw a shipment ov
erhoard, as I lie oll'irials were on
I,he watch for il„
Tin- investigation has disclos
ed I ha I the fact dial the opera
lions of the smugglers was be
ing carried on extensively.
>3hitish Officer Killed.
I.ondon, (tel. \_Major Mer
rick. one of the leading offi
cers of die British aviation corps,
was instantly killed here today
when lie fell from his machine.
Special Services at Congregation
al Church.
Sern.. will lie preached at
the Congregational churrh Sun
day by Rev. Charles Price at I I
a .in. and 7:30 p. in.
Morning subject. “Pictures
From the Life of Ruth.”
Evening subject, “Christ and
the Lab"'1' Question.”
At the evening service a chor
us choir will lead |he singing and
there will be special musical
numbers. You are cordially; in
vited to attend these services.
Services at the Church of thy
Epiphany Sunday are:
Holy communion 11:00 a. in.
Sunday School i 2 hi. J
Evening prayer 7:30 p. in.
'the newly organized Epiphany
quartet, Mrs. Kunzig, Mrs. Walk
er, Mr. Runnel! and Mr. Howell,
will sing-^at <%»th the inorHiivg
and evening1 services.
Catholio Church.
Confession and communion at
8:3b a. in. Mass at 10:30. Sun
day school at 2:30.
Heads and Heiiediclion at 7:30.
Fine Saturday change of pro
gram nl the Orphetim tonight..;
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GIRL’S MURDERER
RAS CONFESSED
Coroner’s Jury Declares Father
Hans Schmidt Killed An
na Aumuller.
York, Oct. i.—linns
Sehmidl,, the priest, has boon
found guilty by the coroner’s jury
of having caused the death of
Anna Aumuller, the young wom
an whose headless body was
picked up on Hudson beach. The
accused has admitted his crime
and has lold the police all the
horrible details in conned ion
with the murder of the girl.
The nana- of Sehmidl does not
appear in the directory of the
American Catholic priests, as he
was excommunicated before
leaving Kurope. ile was found
to have engaged in making eniili
ferfeit money when investigated
by the police and a considerable
ipianlily of spurious currency
was concealed in bis apartments.
Ilis attorneys have entered the
plea of insanity in the effort to
save him from facing the charge
of murder.
ROOSEVELT OEFIES
POLITICAL FOES
Leaves for Trip to South Amer
ica to Lecture—Fight is
Only Started.
.New York. Orl. i.--K.x-presi
<|t‘lll. HiIIISI'Velf left Imlav mi 1111
steamer for Smilh America. He
lora llu* ship ilcparlcil lie issued
a slalemenl in the newspapermen,
defying his enemies In -destroy
the I'rnfiressisc parly during his
absence.
“'I’he Hull Mouse party has on
ly slarled the lifrlil.” says llieir
leader, “and the recent poor
showing* al primaries and elec-!
linns will he overcome when the
real campaign is inaupuraled
I lii'i i yea1.- hence.'’
Hunseevll said the* Mnnsers will
ha\e a candidate for president,
lull he refused In stale who w. uid
run.
The colonel will make a tour
of South America and will Irr
lurr al many of Ihe larger cines.
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NON-UNION MEN
Stockade Blown Up at Boulder,
Oolo.—Men Injured But None
Are Killed.
Boulder, Colo., Oct. i.—The
non-union .stockade, in which the
strike -breakers were [quarlefted
to protect them from attack by |
the uhion strikers, was dynamit
ed last night, a heavy charge of
powder being -set off, sending
parts of the stockade into the
jjir, htu none^ of I he men inside
were kified, IHTliougfi a number
were injured.
The police will make every ef
fort to locate the perpetrators of
tin*.outrage and a number of the
officers of the union are under
arrest, although they assert their
innocence.
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THE SPOKANE IS
A TOTAL WRECK
Alaska Boat, on Bocks of Van
couver Island— Latouche
Answers S. O. S. Call.
Seal,tie, Oct. i.—The steamer
Spokane, of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company, was wreck
ed yesterday on the shores of
Vancouver Island and the pas
sengers and crew were taken off
the ship by I he steam freighter
Latouche, which hoard the S. ().
S. call sent oul by the operator
on the excursion steamer.
No details have been received
here, hut as the crew lias been
lakeu off llic ship il is believed
that the vessel is a total loss.
Captain I.amio was in com
mand at the lime of the wreck
and lias sent a report to the com
pany Iml il has not bclcii made
public, il is believed the vessel
went ashore in a heavy fog.
This is the third steamer lost
by the I'neilic Coast company
this year in Alaskan waters. The
new ship Curacao was wrecked
at Warm Chuck and the Stale of
California was lost in (famhier
hay. the last named wreck caus
ing the loss of twenty-eight lives.
MURANE REMOVED
BY THE PRESIDENT
Nome Judge Refused to Send in
Resignation Until June, So
Is Helped Out.
Washinplon. OH. >.—.1 udpe
Harnelius I). Murane. of Annie,
was remnveil from oll'icc (inlay by
I’resiilenl Wilson because lie bail
wired lo I lie allorney general Hull
lid would not resign uni iI June
lirsl. Allorney Oeneral Mclley
indils. however, desired that a
new force of public nllicials he
placed iii oll'icc al. Annie iuimedi
al.ely, as much complaint has
been made lo I In deparal men!
apainsl the prescnl incumbents. {
The allorney general will pive no j
oilier reason for the removal Ilian j
‘‘the pood of the service.”
It is expected I hat a successor |
lo Judpe Murane will he named
Monday by Hie president and al
so a district allorney lo succeed
llernard S. Hodncy. who was al
so reipiesled lo resipn.
newIariffTs !
NOW IN FORGE
president Wilson $igns Plow Law
--Withdrawal from Bonded
Warehouses ftarts.
Washington, Oct. i.—The Un
derwood-Wilson tariff oill was
signed by the president late yes
terday and is now in force, mak
ing a large reduction on imports
into tin- United States. The new
law provides for free wool im
ports after December lips I of this
’year and after May lirst, It)Id.
Sugar is to be admitted free. ‘ j
As soon as the president sign
ed the bill and word was sent to
New York and other eastern fit — |
ies, l.hu withdrawal from the i
bonded warehouses of the I
millions of dollars worth of goods j
which hud been stored awaiting;
■the passage of-Ihe law, commen- j
eed. j i • ,
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St. Paul Visited by Fire Which
Threatened to Wipe Out the
Wholesale District.
St. Paul, Oct. i.—'1,’lie union
railway station of this' city was
destroyed by lire last night and
all efforts of the firemen to con
trol the llames were in vain. Ev
ery engine from St. Paul and a
number from Minneapolis re
sponded to the call, as the sin
lion is located in the wholesale
district and il was feared for a
short time that the lire would
sweep up tile hill and along the
water front, in which event the
would have run into the millions.
A number of liremen were ov
ercome by the smoke but soon
recovered and returned at once
lo I lie work of fighting the llames.
The loss is estimated a I *-50.
000 and lln railroads plan the
erection of one of the largest
and linesl union stations in lln1
count ry.
REACHES VALDEZ
Representative of News Syndicate
Investigating Conditions—
Faavorably Impressed.
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K. (). Sawyer. Jr., a special
represenl al i\e nl' I In News Kll
lerprise Assncial inn. readieil
Valdez Iasi niglil nil Hie geodetic
survey Imai McArthur. wliicli
eanie from Seward. Mr. Sawyer,
In a represeldal ive nl' I lie I’l'us
peclnr. expressed liis great Wo||
der al I lie ii nt n I«I mineral wealth
nl' I III lerrilnry nver which he had
I raveled, lie had lirsl visited I lie
(Jiisana reginn and predicts that
the mil Miry in that seel inn will
lie given a llmrnugh prnspecl ing
hy the miners and prnspertnrs
whn are imw I here.
"The wnrk sn far dune has
proven,” says Mr. Sawyer, “that
Ihe ramp has many claims in Ihe
creek beds Dial will pay hig mon
ey, while Ihe value of Ihe bench
es si ill remains unknown.
"The work being done by the
Iteparlmeul of Mines al the Mal
anuska coal fields In mine and
|esl a large shipment of coal from
Ihe (Jiiekaloon seel ion in order
that Ihe olfieials of the Navy de
partment and of other branches
of Ihe governmeiil may form an
..pinion as to Ihe value of Ihe
coal fields and justilical ion for a
railroad, is through and the coal
mined is of the best steaming
iiualily. No doubt exists in the
minds of those who have visited
the coal Helds as to their value
and the high grade coal mined
this summer' will set al rest all
doubts as Lo its duality.”
Mr. Sawyer will remain in Val
dez until the Mariposa sails
soul h.
Emperor’s Cousin Dying.
Tokio. Oct. i.— Peine** Kalsura,
a cousin of I lie Japanese emper
or, is dying. He lias been sick
for some time and physicians
stale dial lie lias only a few
hours to live.
O. Holmes ,who is in charge of
I he Bureau of Airies, .rathe Over
from Seward - Iasi night on the
si earner McArthur, which made
the- special trip into this port to
land the doctor, as he has much
business to nattend In here in
connection with the work in die
Malanuska coal fields. He will
leave for Washington on Ihe
Mari|Hjsa next .Monday.
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P08T0FFICE MAY
RUN ALASKA GABLE
Military Authorities Would Turn
System Over to PostofTice
Department.
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Washington, Oct. i.—The War
department is negotiating the sale
of the Alaska military telegraph .
and cable lines to the Postal de
partment, as the War department
is desirous of taking the men
now used al the dilferent cable
stations and using them al dif
ferent forts.
The shortage of experienced
telegraphers and signal men in
file army along with the constant
complaint of politicians Hint the
arm.' costs the people too much
to maintain, and I Ik* refusal to
give Hie War department rredit
for the many purely civil im
provements done by llie'm iii all
parts of Hie country, especially
the const rucl ion of large public
works, the maintaining of wire
less .telegrapllie anil cable coin
mil nicalai>01 in Alaska and the
Philippines, lias , caused (lie
beads of I lie department to seek
10 relieve Hie army of many of
ils Hill ii• s iml direrll> connected
wil li mi I il ary iipcral ions.
The Posloll'ice depart liienl lias
bedn planning l<>' lake over Hie
telegraph lines in Alaska for
some lime and has bail an audit
or in charge of the expenditures
and receipts of the system in or
der to form some opinion id' the
value of the system and the cost
of opera! ion.
EIGHT DROWNED
| IN TEXAS FLOOD
j Railroads Place Damages to
! Their Property at $4,000,000
—Flood Subsides.
Austin. Tex.. (tel. i.—Tile Mood
caused by the cloudburst lias sub
sided and Ibe work of clearing
the debris from Hie streets of the
city is under way. Kiglil dead
bodies have been recovered and
11 is feared Hint many others have
s u lie red.
Trall'ie will lie interrupted ful
some I ime, as many of t lie bridges
were carried away by I lie Hood.
The railroad ntl'jeials have plac
ed the damage lo their property
al .s l ,0(10.(100. Comniunical ion
lias been restored with many of
Ibe surrounding communities
and il is learned that Hie death
roll will not lie as large! as was
feared, as many of (lie people
were warned in time lo reach
higher ground, although they lost
all their property.
Seattle, Oct. 4_The steamer
Alameda, of the Alaska Steam
ship company, reached here to
day. The next sailing of the ship
will be October 8th.
No Smoker Monday.
The wmoker which the Pio
neers of Alaska, intended to give
Monday night has been declared
off and no smoker will be given,
lit was hoped to have I he l.isucm
j hand over, but as they will be
! leaving on the Mariposa all will
be bustle and bustle I hat evening
; in preparation for I he departure.
| Special Saturday change of
J pictures at I ho Orpheum tonight.