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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
3
A fragment notes a late afternoon Senate canvass where Ohio senators Hanna and another figure may decide the measure. The report mentions a planned committee report nominating Captain for chief of ordnance and promotion to brigadier general, shaping the bill's fate.
The body of Rhodes lies in state at the house today with many passing the hall for a final view. City mourns as services are announced and the body will be moved tonight to the place Rhodes requested for burial.
A partially legible dispatch notes that a committee in Louisiana related to Chalmette mobilization of mules and horses for the British army in the South. The matter concerns a violation of international law and has been sent to the general for an opinion. The British occupation of United States soil is referenced.
Meikle of the chamber today received copter proposals for supplies for the navy yard. The supply bundle is mostly hardware and will run into thousands of dollars. Bids will be opened on April 22.
Katson arrived this Saturday in Shanghai with 1200 bam units. The exact purpose and destination beyond Shanghai were not stated, leaving readers awaiting official confirmation about the mission and its implications.
A meeting of electrical employers and unions is held this afternoon to adjust issues with electricians and resume work tomorrow. The Seattle Electric Co declines to respond to the Employers' action while Union Electric Co hires locked out electricians. Reports say some contractors may assign electricians only to union jobs, signaling a shift away from the employers' stance and possibly triggering broader lockouts if contracting remains.
Clara Bruckhart sues Warren Bruckhart for divorce alleging cruelty and humiliation before their children. She cites limits on social life and gifts given, including 2000 cigars, while Warren accuses her of untruthfulness and demands she stop dancing with other men and writing to a former lover in Pennsylvania. They run a small hotel in Retin and seek the hotel, custody of their children, and a court ruling to resolve the dispute this afternoon before Judge Emory.
Larris Cain was adjudged a bankrupt in a federal court ruling issued today. The decision formalizes Cain’s financial status and triggers proceedings under federal bankruptcy law.
In Maho on March 10, reporters describe Little town swelling into a city as crowds of gold seekers pour in daily. Returning miners arrive by train from Council, selling mines and buying supplies to continue work, all proclaiming the new belt a premier gold-bearing region in the United States.
A discussion of evolving fashion and tableware notes the shift from traditional to revived First Empire styles. Modern porcelain from Sevres features living female celebrities, with a cited service for 12 plates each bearing a different Parisian stage actress portrait.
In Geo Bauer versus Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Co a motion for a new trial was denied by Judge Tallman. The court signed a judgment requiring the company to issue a new telephone directory before April 15.
Vandals stole over 200 flowers from Thomas Haller’s garden at Union avenue and James street last evening. Beds were torn up during the theft, which police suspect was done by youths as a sport. Authorities will investigate to catch the culprits.
P. J. Cowley was tried in police court for distributing obscene literature but the pamphlet was deemed not obscene and he was discharged. Charlies Wollans faces an assault charge after slashing Arthur Schmig in an alley behind police headquarters, injuring him with two deep throat wounds and a narrowly avoided severed jugular.
A lockout and walk-out by union electricians delayed repairs on the steamer Cutch at the Roslyn bunkers. Kilbourne Clark & Co held the electrical contract while J C Menhennott used two nonunion painters. After union managers intervened, Menhennott agreed to hire union painters and electricians returned to work. The union later barred members from dealing with the electrical employers, and best electrical work on the Cutch remained suspended.
Thomas Willson, found half naked and starving on Main Street, is jailed after an injection revives him briefly. Police guard him as physicians plan treatment, but he remains a slave to morphine and likely to relapse. The writer paints a grim picture of dozens in Seattle living on morphine shots.
A busy week features a pong contest at 520 Broadway with preliminary rounds and a final on Saturday night. Julius Webster Augustine and Miss Sara Atkinson wed quietly on Sixteenth Avenue North. The Nineteenth Century Literary Club meeting, a St Mark’s church fundraiser minstrel show, a pink levee at the Buena Tempo Club, and two costume balls highlight the social calendar along with dances at Queen Anne Clubhouse.
A French sailor on the Les Adelphes tripped on rigging Tuesday night and fell 16 feet through a hatch striking the iron keel. He was picked up unconscious but quickly regained footing, suffering only a scalp wound and a bruise on the hip. Thies is visiting day on the battleship Oregon. Fletcher & Carpenter, realty bar gains only.
The jury in Judge Emory's court awarded Harry Rubenstein $200 in damages against the city after he tripped on an exposed sewer pipe on Maina Street, claiming a permanent scar to his hand.
Butterworth tells the court he is a lawyer though he never intended to practice. He was rumored exempt from jury duty yet ordered to defend John Blair, accused of stealing a silver water from D. M. Thorp, with remarks about his distant legal training in Massachusetts and Washington.
Heavy arrivals of California fruit and vegetables stirred Western avenue as two carloads of vegetables and two of oranges arrived. Prices showed little change for spinach celery cauliflower and poultry with wholesale rates and jobbing quotations listed for lemons apples oranges and a wide range of produce.
Mrs M L Lewis of Farrington Minnesota asks Seattle police for help locating her son Albert L Lewis last seen in the city last July. A 34 year old Hecht complexion medium build with a gold fever may have gone to Alaska. The notice mentions Colman dock departures to the Battleship every ninety minutes and references Athion and Inland River.
The Eureka sails from Kakalui with 2000 tons of ice for San Francisco and heads to Beattie after arrival. Faralion sets sail for Alaska on April 6. Garedale reaches Queenstown after 126 days from Puget Sound. Captain King wagers $25 with Captain Chisholm on a Galena race to Queenstown. Three Tacoma grain ships Godiva Saint Munge and Cora near Queenstown. Macdiarmid to load wheat for Balfour Guthrie. Joan Palmer calls for New London with 1 321 876 feet of lumber. Shinano Maru stops coal at Port Townsend and sails to Whatcom. Endeavor breaks Manila voyage record into Port Townsend. Coquitlam arrives in Tacoma with 7732 cases of canned salmon from Steveston. New life saving station planned at Point Arena. Whittierburn loses six hours and keeps $7000 in Canada after charter ends. Dashing Wave arrives in Tacoma to be towed by Tyee to Alaska for the Pacific Cold Storage Co. to haul cattle sheep and hogs to Dawson and return freight from canneries. Guy C Gons sails from Port Townsend to Beattie.
An autopsy on Benjamin F Jones, who died Tuesday night at Providence hospital after being moved there from the Yorker, shows death resulted from natural causes. The brain was congested and a hemorrhage occurred, confirming apoplexy. Mine Trevella was released from custody. her earlier disappearance is noted but not pursued.
Jonas Olson files a suit for 5600 against the city for his 13 year old daughter Emily claiming she suffered a permanent crippling injury after a fall on North Seventh avenue from city property while at play and breaking her right arm.
The Rainier Improvement Club met at J. P. Wilson’s home and elected J. H. Wiles as president J. B. Galbraith as vice president J. P. Wilson as secretary EK. F. Bogardus as treasurer and named trustees Edmund Bowden T. M. Daulton J. H. Perkins F. W. Weat and BR. T. Carr. The group also incorporated with 12000 in capital stock of which 3000 is subscribed, the rest to be sold within two weeks, funding a clubhouse to be built on an Eighteenth avenue site donated by Mrs Campbell.
The Athlon and Inland Flyer will depart Colman dock seven times daily at 6 30, 10 and 11 am, 1 16, 84 30 and ép.m.Fare 60 round trip. The Women's Auxiliary of the First Unitarian Society presents Miss Jeanie J Potter elocutionist tonight at the church with local music. Admission 25 cents.
Advertises a sale on men s working shirts at 40 cents each from M Rosenthal Co located at 1002 Firat Avenue, Firat Door north of Madison Street.
An 1816 Becond Avenue listing described a ladies' heavy black cheviot walking akirta with deep hem and ten rows of stitching sold for $4.25. The ad presents a fashion item with price and location details.
The marriage licenses issued include Cecil M. Tracy 24 and Nabel Bushnell 21 of Beattie Alfred Marsell Kay 27 and Badie Elizabeth Longh tet am 21 of Alsea Or J W August ine legal and Sarah E K Atkinson legal of Beattle Charley Erwin Cook 21 of Columbia City and Josephine Parker 22 of Brighton Reach James E Idelings 27 and Anna d Coleman 19 of Springbrook M Doram 4 and Matilda Garrett 22 of Beattie Lee Olson 22 Tacoma and Marie Wold 4 Tacoma Claude P Haakeman 1 Leadville Colo and Agnes C Couleham 2M of Boulder Colo Ray Blows of Arlington and Marie Ames of Beattie
Senator Foster proposed an amendment to the sundry civil bill authorizing $26,000 for improvements to Mt Rainier National Park and authorizing the secretary of war to detail troops to guard against trespassers destroying game or natural curiosities.
V N Crosby secures a building permit from the city engineer to construct a two story flat at 400 410 Tenth Avenue. The structure will measure 118 by 118 feet and cost $14,000. N H Beer holds the construction contract with plans by architect L T McNabb.
The board of public works received a commendation from F. Mc Ielian & Co protesting the Independent Telephone Co tearing up red streets south of enter way. Mrsilan & Co contractors who paved the district say they must repair under contract and claim the telephone company acts without board authorization. They refuse liability for street damage from the telephone work.
Walter Hart of this city and Marian Halt of Spokane were married yesterday at the United Presbyterian church by Dr. W A Spaulding. The couple plan to make Seattle their home.
For next Friday the sale offers forty five head of horses with ten teams priced from 1000 to 4500 pounds, ages five to eight years. Five teams weigh 2400 to 2800 pounds, six to ten years old. Fifteen mares and geldings 900 to 1100 pounds, six to ten years old. Livestock guaranteed by the auctioneer with 24 hour refund if not as represented. Also single and double express wagons farm wagons carload of new and used buggies and 20 sets of harness. Sale Friday April 4 at 1222 Western Avenue by M J Walker Auctioneer.
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