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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1903
Page
2
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Street Railway Men union, Seattle Electric Co, and city celebrate a swift settlement after a six day pedestrian strike involving 100000. The union remains intact, a board of business men will decide unsettled demands, and both sides gain fairness with no lasting bitterness as Seattle returns to normal.
A reflective piece lauds Senator John Morgan of Alabama as the canal champion for Nicaragua, noting his long service, prolific speeches totaling over 1.5 million words, and opposition to the Panama purchase. It juxtaposes his age with vigor, compares his output to Shakespeare and Gandhi, and comments on broader constitutional questions and current political weather.
Igner Modesti, a renowned guide, survived a severe avalanche in the Grandeana Alps with a broken arm and multiple bruises. His companion Croscioschi is missing, and Modesti recalls being swept off a precipice by snow and debris before being rescued.
The Chamber of Commerce committee on city and county affairs met to review inadequate hospital care for Seattle residents. A special committee was appointed to investigate with city and county officials to find improvements.
A reflective excerpt from Letters from a Self Made Merchant to His Son recounts Jeremiah Simpkins, a New Englander with a knobby forehead who rejects leather work despite family pressure. The narrator notes he is a maverick, uninterested in the trade, and clashes with his father over directions and expectations.
John White an aged resident of Henton was buried there yesterday. The funeral was very largely attended. Deceased was a miner and had lived in Menton for a long time.
A coded notice lists naval gear and fan equipment amid a president's order while Mrs. Ashman reports her 1-year-old daughter Henmett missing from home. Police seek return to 614 Boring Street or the Pitth Avenue restaurant near Pike Street.
Funeral services for the late Mrs K A Bridgman were held yesterday afternoon at Lane Street Presbyterian Church with Rev M A Matthews officiating. Remains were sent to Portland last night for interment. Mrs Switemnan was the wife of B A Bridgman of the Post Intelligencer.
Stockholm April 1 In a plan to expand energy use Sweden will adopt Miedrie Hyle as motive power on wave fralheads aided by an American engineer H Ward Leonard from New York. Along with water power the system will produce electricity.
Samuel Silver, a traveling man, says a diamond stud valued at 1160 was stolen last evening at the Totem while he listened to the Corbett McGovern fight. A stranger he had talked with slipped away with the jewel without his immediate awareness. Go to Spinning for bicycle repairs.
We continue to operate on a larger scale at 909 Second Avenue Gurke Building. Beattie’s, Northwest’s largest general music house for 12 years, was established by Winter & Harper. We bought out their piano and organ business in 1897 and have since owned the stock of small music items. We announce an exclusive general musical instrument house with a large stock of Chickering & Sons Kimball Mobart M. Cable Pease and others. Pianos priced from 150 dollars and up on easy terms. Small instruments also available.
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