Sy CARRIER25 CTS. A MOftTH

VOL. 1. No. 8

INDIAN lieATTEMPTS NODE

After a Sleepless Night he Tries toHang Himself in his Cell in

the County Jail

the Agnes, Horeeehoe Basin, sunlight andstorm on Glacier Peaks, Tumwnter Can-yon, and anow and natural scenes in theforest reserve.

The object in placing the paintings onexhibition at this time is to give theteachers of the state who are here in eon- jvention a chance to view them before theyare sent away.

COMMITTEESANNOUNCED

President Everett G. Griggs of the Pa-cific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' associ-ation has announced the standing commit-

A FATAL WRECK

After a night of remorseful brooding

over his awful crime, .Tacky Smokalem,

the Indian murderer, attempted to killhimself in a cell of the county jail this

morning. He was prevented from robbing

Ithe scaffold of another victim or the peni-

tentiary of another ward by the timely

arrival of the jailer and the frailness of

his improvised rope.Since killing his wife on Saturday night

Indian Jack has been taciturn andgloomy. No sooner had the eliects ofthe white man s whisky left him than hewas sorry for what he had done.

For 24 hours he sat by the side of hisdead victim taking neither food norbleep, after he had committed the murder.Since his arrest and incarceration in thecounty jail he has been very solemn andhas said but little. The weight of hiscrime kept him depressed. Yesterday hesaid that he wanted to die for Ins crime,but before doing so would like to see thathis children were well cared for.

All last night the Indian rolled andtossed in his bunk in the tank at thecounty jail. He could not sleep. Hesaid this morning that the figure of hisdead wife was always before him. Hecould not get her out of his sight, no mat-ter how he tried. Sleep was out of thequestion with the crime haunting him.

At 2 o'clock this morning he got outof his bunk and prepared to end it allthen and- forever. He was half crazedfrom the visions he had seen and was pre-pared for anything. All that he wantedwas to die, and by the quickest way hecould use under the circumstances.

One arm of hi« heavy shirt he tied aboutthe bars at the top of the cell. The otherBleeve he tied about his neck. The knotabout his neck was tied in a »Up nooseso that it would tighten and choke himto death.

After he had tied the rope as tight ashe could he let all of his weight reston it. raising his feet from the floor. Hetried his best to strangle himself to death,but before the work was accomplished theshirt gave way and allowed his now semi-conscious form to drop to the floor.

The jailer heard the fall and rushed intothe cell to find the old Indian murdererbreathing what appeared to be his lastbreath.

As quickly as possible the jailer loosen-ed the rope from about his neck and al-lowed the breath to pass into his lungsagain. It was nearly an hour before theIndian was resuscitated. He said afterhe had been brought back to conscious-ness that he wanted to die, and that thebest way he knew was to hang himself. Hetold the other prisoners that there wasnothing for him to live for after he hadkilled his wife and would have to servea long term in prison for the terriblecrime, suffering all the time from thepresence of the hated specter that lastnight kept him sleepless.

To answer the charge of murdering hiswife Jack Smokalem was brought beforeJudge Snell yesterday afternoon. Throughhis interpreter, Tommy Santiago Howard,also charged with murder, he pleaded guil-ty to murder in the second degree. Whenasked whether he would carry out hisoriginal intention of pleading guilty tomurder in the first degree, he said thathe would not. He said his wife was deadand that be preferred death now to any-thing else, but that he wanted to see hischildren provided for first. In the conrversation following this statement he wastold that by pleading guilty ample timewould be given him to arrange affairs forthe benefit of his children. After thedifferent degrees were explained to him heannounced himself ready to plead guiltyof murder in the second degree.

Since the effect of the whisky has wornoff Smokalem has brooded considerablyover the killing of his wife Saturday aft-

ernoon. He is crushed in spirit and ap-pears to be more troubled at the responsi-bility for his wife's death than with fearof the punishment lie knows he shall re-ceive.

I Several times yesterday in hia brokenEnglish he was heard to say, "Me no wife.

1 Wife dead. Too bad, too bad. Whisky,all come from whisky."

I When the charge was read and inter-preted to him before the court, Hmokalemsaid that he was drunk at the time andcould not remember, but supposed hekilled his wife and would plead guilty..Judge Snell asked him what made him

i think that he had killed his wife, if hecould not remember anything about it.Through the interpreter he said that whpnhe woke up Sunday morning he foundher dead, and since everybody told him

I it was his fault he concluded that it wasso.

I To further inquiries he stated that heand his wife had driven home from townin a drunken condition and that on theway his wife had fallen from the buggy,badly injuring her face. With much dim-

\u25a0 culty he had lifted her back into the' bugj?y and driven on home. When they j' reached home, he continued, she was stillalive and he removed her clothing andput her to bed on the mattress on thefloor, covering her as well as he could.When he awoke the next morning heshook his wife to rouse her and foundthat she wag dead.

When asked if he had any trouble withhis wife or had beaten her, he said thathe remembered nothing about it.

He insisted that none of the childrenwere at home when he and his wifereached there Saturday. This contradictsthe story told by Mary Smokalem, whoclaims to have seen her parents quarrelingand that she saw him strike her motherwith a club.

Deputy Sheriff Warren, who made thearrest, was questioned in regard to theappearance of the body, as to evidenceof blows, and replied that there was dnlyone mark which could have been causedfrom a buggy wheel, and that was overthe eye, and that the face and body wasotherwise badly bruised, mostly caused bythe fist.

Judge Snell said that the plea of guiltywould be entered against Smokalem, butnot accepted until further investigation.Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Harvey wasadvised to have all persons best acquaint-ed with the case appear in court asearly as possible. If the evidence broughtout by such witnesses justifies it the pleaof guilty willbe formally accepted.

Smokalem's forgetfulness as to what oc-curred is not given much credence.

Harris Smokalem, held as a witnessagainst his father, will be turned over tothe Indian school superintendent in orderthat he may return to his studies.

No inquest will be held. A post-mortemexamination was performed yesterday aft-ernoon. Coroner Brown, who assisted inmaking the examination, said, concerningthe results, that death was undoubtedlycaused by a blow on the head. Marks ofstrangulation and other evidenced that thewoman had been choked were revealed.Bruises on the chest and face indicatedthat repeated blows were struck. Thereis no doubt, however, about the blow onthe head causing death. This caused a se-vere concussion of the brain, followed by ahemorrhage, which resulted fatally.

The remains were buried this morningin the Hill Indian cemetery on the Puyal-lup road.

The question of whether the case cameunder the jurisdiction of the state or theUnited States court was discussed be-tween Assistant Prosecuting AttorneyHarvey and Assistant United States At-torney Cushman. It was decided finallyto prosecute in the state courts. The fed-eral law provides that when a crime incommitted upon a reservation by a tribalIndian the United States court has juris-diction in the case. The question of whe-ther the old Puyallup reservation is a

\u25a0 reservation any more came up. The stateproceeded on the supposition that the res-ervation no longer existed since the re-strictions were taken off by an act of con-gress.

The Washington State Teachers' aaso- Ieiation assembled at the First M. a. Jchurch at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The iregistration of the members was in prog-ress all morning and the list is not yetcomplete. The convention this'year is thelargest that has ever been held in thisstate.

The music at this morning's session wasfurnished'by the Annie Wright seminary.An instrumental and a vocal solo wererendered.

The lirst speaker on the program wasHon. R. B. Bryan of Olympia. He spoke ;on "Kducational Conditions and Progress ;in Washington." His speech was very ilengthy, but was nevertheless interesting.The speaker told of the development of ,the Washington schools. He traced the jschool work from the early territorial day*down to the present time, giving in de- Itail each step taken to make the system !more complete.

Professor K. A. Bryan, president of theAgricultural college at Pullman, was the inext speaker. His subject was "Teach-ing of Elementary Agriculture." Pro.- .fessor Bryan firmly believes that he who !makes two blades of grass grow wheretwo grew before is a great benefactor.

H. B. Dewey of this city spoke on the"School Lands of the State." His addresswas carefully prepared and well delivered.

The convention opened with the sessionof the educational council yesterday at 2 j

'p. m. in the Central school building. The !agitating question before the council wasthat of examinations.

The following are clauses which wereadopted by the council yesterday from jthe report of the committee appointed last iyear to make a report upon examinations: i

JAPS VOTEWAR CASH

TOKIO, Dec. 29—Practically unlimitedcredit for military defense was voted tothe government last night.

Three other ordinances passed providefor closer official control of the Seoul-Fusan railway, revision of the militaryheadquarters in war time, and the crea-tion of a war council.

Japan is now prepared for all emer-gencies.

BURGLARSBurglars entered the bicycle and cutlery

establishment of F. P. Fentress Sundaynight and stole about $100 worth of knives,razors and revolvers. They made theirentrance through an unused trap door inthe roof. They then broke through theceiling to the floor below. Next door tc

the Fentress store is a hallway, at theend of which is a closet. From the closeta trap door leads to the roof. The thievesfound a step ladder in the closet, by whichthey made their way to the roof; then,prying open the trap door of the Btore,they probably lowered themselves bymeans of ropes. Securing the things whichappealed to them most ,they retracedtheir steps and got away safely.

I When Mr. Fentress opened his storeMonday morning he found a hole in theceiling and at once suspected robbery.The police were notified and detectiveswere put to work on the case. The plun-der must have filled a gunny sack or tele-Cdt evnneliM.( !eflb ,A:\t oinabgkqjffijffi

Iscope, as it consisted of fourteen razors,seven revolvers, twenty-one pocket knives,:razor strops and other articles.

PAINTINGSTOBE EXHIBITED

A collection of paintings of scenes inthe state of Washington, painted by Mrs.Frank R. Hill of this city, will be onfew days, before they are shipped to theWorld's fair at St. Louis. There theywill be part of the big exhibit that is be-ing arranged by the Great Northern rail-road. The pictures are of Index moun-tain, Mt. Peraeus, Sunset Falls, Gorge ofthe Chelan, Chelan Lake, sunset and day-Stehelsin valley. wkStehekin valley, Bridge Creek, Peaks of

POPE ASKSFOR PEACE

ROME, Dec. 29.—The pope is addressingall Catholic crowned heads, asking themto use their utmost endeavors to preventwar in the Far East.

HE OBJECTEDin Till

NORWICH, Conn., Dec. 29—AbbottStoddard of Ledyard, who i*under arrest,charged with stealing $32,000 worth of

The Tacoma Times.TACOMA, WASH., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1903

tees of the association.', The chairmen areas follows: Freight rates '\u25a0 and railroads,Fred % H. \u25a0 Baker, ..i Everett;, k Legislative,George 11. • Emerson, »Iloquiam. Gradesand • values and inspection, N. H. \u25a0 Hamil-ton, Seattle. Insurance, \u25a0 George 8. Long,Tacoma. \u25a0 Labor and statistics** ('. F.White, Coamopolis. .St. Louis exposition,K. I*. Thomas, Anacovtes. Cargo branch,price , Hot and inspection *bureau,' K. • 11.Alexander, Vancouver B. C Membership,Paul E. Page, Buckley. - During the early hours this morning anunsophisticated stranger in Tacoma, who

says his name is Johnson,', wandered intothe Owl theater to, watch the show andincidentally 'to flirt' with ' the short-skirted'soubrettes he knew he; would find.'it Oneblack-haired girl appeared > to, fall in lovewith , Johnson as goon as ,he entered; theplace: The word was passed,that he wasa "live one," and he was promptly \u25a0 takenin hand by two' of the drink tempters,who are hired for the express purpose ofworking unwary: suckers,to buy, drinks. ;.

GALESBURG, 111., Doc. 29.—A Bur-lington freight run into an open switchat Denroek this morning.

Fireman Bancer and Brakeman JohnLong were killed and Engineer Healy seri-ously injured.

The engine and 15 ears were demolished.

WASHINGTON-THE REPRESENT ATIYES OF SEVEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. INCLUDING SPAIN. HAVEADVISED GENERAL REYES IX) THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA FROM ANY WARLIKE ATTI-TUDE. . ..THE TEACHERS IN ANNUAL SESSION

I"County examinations should consist of

three classes: High school, grammargrade, primary. Other subdivisions to bemade at the discretion of the state su-perintendent.

"High school examinations should com-prise the branches taught and a series ofrelated branches; grammar, examinations,the branches taught; primary examina-tions, primary branches and methods, in-cluding ability to sing, play, sketch, readaloud and tell an educational Rtory.

"All teachers, without respect to grade,should present evidences of at least astrong high school course.

"Teachers who have proven their fit-ness should be granted life certificates un-der proper conditions. The same gradeof diplomas issued by other states shouldbe recognized in Washington."

The session in the evening at Whit-worth college was largely attended andwas greatly enjoyed. The evening wasopened an invocation, followed by a violinsolo by Professor Olof Bull. Mayor Camp-bell then delivered the address of welcome.An interesting paper entitled "Tracks.Fundamental and Progressive," was givenby Miss Marie de .Tarnet Norris. MissNorris dealt humorously with the earlyhistory of art. In speaking of presentart she dwelt at length upon cloth tapes-tries.

Two vocal solos by Professor O. M.Schutz were warml encored. PresidentHartranft of the association then deliver-ed his address. The made astrong plea for higher salaries for teach-ers, and for a bettered condition of thecountry schools. The program was con-cluded with a vocal selection rendered byProfessor Schutz and Mrs. Roberts. Allthen retired to the "Residence," where areception was held until 12 o'clock. .securities from the Nornnin estate, brokejail last night, cutting the bara, and es-caped.

GOMPERS TOTHE FRONT

WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 00, Samuel Gomperß, president of the AmericanFederation of Labor, in the American Fed-erationist ; urges all < unions i to .resist . areduction of wages. ,

FORGOT HIS NECKTIE

With a white sheet ; his only covering,J. W. Potter wag found wandering about

| the streets during last night, l'litrolirmn: Hubbell found him and took him to thei police station. After he had been at the

i station a few minutes a telephone messagewas received that Potter had feoaped fromthe county hospi£al. It is believed thatthe man is, temporarily at least, insane.He is being held in the city jail untilhe can be examined by the insanity board.

FRIGHTFULEXECUTION

AUBUKN, N. V., Dec. 29.—FrankWhite, colored, was electrocuted thismorning for the murder of his employer,George Clare, a fanner, September, 1901.Six shocks were neoenary to kill him.The first one carried 1,700 voHi. The headelectrode emitted sparks and there wa»an odor of burning hair.

Just a« the sixth shock was Ix-ing givenDr. Stein of Buffalo fainted and pitchedforward from his chair almost into theelectrical box.

TYRANNYBERLIN, Dec. 29.—Solokoff, a leading

Russian lawyer, and son of the czar'schaplain, ban been arrested on orders ofthe* Hiiswiuii minister of the interior,' I'lev-ne, because Bolokoff represented the .Jewsat the Kishinen* trial. >\u25a0 , \u25a0„) •\u25a0'. .1j Plevne has decreed that Gentile lawyersshall not be permitted to ]represent Jewsin the law courts. ;>•'\u25a0*;' : -,

A QUESTION'-WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. 29.--A caseinvolving J the, right of railways to -chargedemurrage oii private owned * ear* wasfiled today by the Clarke Oil company ofCleveland against the Cincinnati, Chicago& St. Ixiui» railway,' with the interßtatecommerce connnissioD.' The plaintiff was charged $20 per cardemurrage on two private tank cars. Thedecision will- tattle a' question which ha«Ibeen disputed for many year* by shipper*.„, . , '-. .\u25a0 -: \u25a0:.\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0- .- \u25a0 : -.' . \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0

IffnErE/fVEJSfT IJf\yiLL THINGS

ONE CENT

UNSOPHISTICATED STRANGERGARROTED IN OWL THEATER

I ,>Johnson bought until the girl with' the \u25a0 he had lost DO cents.; all ! th« 1money, he i had.'«, Chief i Fackler *, hag i men *workini? on jthe case.

PREPAREFOR WAR

WASHINGTON, D.-.C., Doc. 29.-Oagood; authority :it was:' stated this , after-noon Hint secret orders had bowl iwsuedto ) the commanders'.' of , troops; in; varioussections >of '< the: Pacific, const :, to \u25a0preparetheir, meni for instant !service; ill ; Panamain case necessity arises, J Orders were, senat the iiiHiaiuc of the general staff/,whichbelieves fighting wilt1occur.;: •' ' , \u0084;-,Three 8 transports,"the?Sherman,, Crookand/Buffalo,;: have «been''ordered^ toeholdthemselves \u25a0 in: iT-ailinoMs "at ' San ' Franciscoto carry, soldiers. , ,„ . \u25a0 \u0084'.>,:•-' Preliminary: to the news' in' an order toLieutenant Bnalor, un expert, on fortifica-tions, >to -.. procesd to '}Panama 'to ;' selectstrategic, point* '\u25a0\u25a0 that can s be) ttpoi-ilily s oc- \u25a0cupied.by,American! forces. ..'.,-. :

The force* "ordered". to prepare to: leavefor Panama are the First, Fifty/and Thir-ty-fourth [.batteries! of! field•"nrtillery,:nowat i the jPresidio;* Eighth battery 'of fieldartillery, nt Vancouver; four,troops of. theNinth cavalry.' colored, now. at Monterey;:Nineteenth infantry, I;Vancouver; J one bat-talion of the Thirteenth infantry,' at Fort

Marion,* Fort'McDowell and Benicia bar-racks.,.?, i\u25a0»\u25a0, \u25a0 • '. •- • -\u25a0\u0084 • ;t \u25a0. \u25a0 '*General MaeArthur's recall from: Hono-lulu is Maid Ito be in preparation ;for , thePanama campaign. ,

DIPLOMATIS GRAZED

MADRID. Dee. 28.—Tfce Oubun miniHterto Spain, Senor Merohan, became .'Hiddenly iiiKiine today find in under eonstu.ut Hii-pervision.

Arrangements bava bean owdt to takehim to Havana direct.

HIS BOARDCAME HIGH

;MANCHESTER, N. II.; Dec. 29.—Pre-liminnn papers in a sensiitional euit werefiled' here today. riMio»: Delana; < urliM, aprominent society , 4 woman, Ienters a claimagainst the estate of the. late Frank Jonesfor $400,000, the principal item I being |forthe board '. and :entertainment Jof I Ourtiaand -his friends for a period covering i3Oyears prior to his death.:; ?, \u25a0.\u25a0''\u25a0 i-,:-j:.^^-'-j:;. Jones was a brewer; who left an ea£ai«valued at $10,000,000. He wag an ardentadmirer of Miss Curtis up to the time ofhis death. -\u0084.,