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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1906
Page
5
The finance committee instructed City Engineer Thomson to prepare estimates for a city wide municipal railway system. Plans should be ready for committee submission within four weeks and to the council within six months, with a special election to decide approval or rejection. Construction would begin within 12 months if approved.
Van Biden and others on Lake Washington seek $969 damages after a neighbor cut telephone and electric wires to their houseboats. Court orders retraining B L Muir from further action while disputes over property lines and occupancy continue.
State dispatches report Corporal Willian Jamieson and Private W JL Ste venus of the Eigh teenth battery have been missing since Saturday night with the belief they are drowned. Monitor reports highway bridge construction across the Wenatchee river is assured. Wenatchee notes $4 450 will be spent on the Red Mountain road per state highway commissioner J M Snow. Bellingham officials inspect the Bellingham Bay British Columbia railway. Tacoma plans an electric interurban between Tacoma and Olympia. Castle Neck reports an in cident of hot grease causing severe facial burns to John Hogan. Tacoma Eastern railroad to build a tourist hotel on Mt Rainier slope. Puyallup a North Coast Limited train incident ends with a man leaping across the track. bystanders intervene. Ebensburg case Battista Rigesia accused of killing J Hensley at Roslyn will go to the jury. Ritaville reports a 14 year old boy arrested for assault on Mrs Spiver after church. Sunnyside reengages Miss K L Brown as superintendent. Proster high schools set for North Yakima vs Proster debut.
The Grand hosts Paul Armstrongs comedy The Heir to the Hearsh with Guy Bates Post tomorrow for four performances. The Woman in the Case and Babes in Toyland also appear at the Grand. The Third Avenue Theatre features A Thoroughbred Tramp and next week A Devils Lane, while The Good Ship Nancy Lee and Tip Jim entertain at other venues.
J Rudd Co closed a charter for the Frances Hi Logwatt to handle Kusko k wim business this season. The steamer carries 2600 tons freight and 300 passengers. Watabale shifts Seattle Vancouver run tonight replacing Ramona with drydock repairs planned for Ramona. Dirigo sails today to Skagway with lumber and W B P Y route goods. Meeting of Seattle Freight Agents for uniform wharfage rates. Glory of the Seas bought by Harrison Hibbard Co to be repaired for voyages to Vladivostok.
H C Pigott of the Metropolitan Press sues A B Graham of the Graham Hickman company for 60000 damages claiming misrepresentation of the financial condition led to the consolidation of the Metropolitan Press with Graham Hickman into the Metropolitan Press Printing company. Pigott asserts the new firm with 100000 capital is worth only 15000.
At noon today one of Beattle Star's missing Baater Eyes was recovered by J. K. Withereppon. The two dollar reward was paid. The egg was found on Second arcade between University and Union Street and identified immediately. Seventeen eggs remain missing with rewards offered for various denominations.
Margaret B Busby 85 died at home 1717 Lind avenue after a long coastal residency. Survived by son J W Busby of Millensburg daughter Mrs E K Porter, funeral arrangements pending. Remains under Ronney Watson. Also notes Sarah Virginia Herron death from ptomaine poisoning and Susan Marshall 74 dies at daughter’s home Eagle Harbor with services in Eagle Harbor and Lake View Cemetery.
Dr Arthur Edwards, a Seattle physician, wed Mins Blele Fry in Quebec. A South Park man lost about $24 after being seen drinking at Im Jaffe's and then at Billy the Mug's. A sneak thief took 75 cents and a gold filled watch from Harry Talbot at Leah hotel. W. Higell, missing since March 1, is being sought by Mr Taylor in Seattle. A pocketbook with three checks totaling $49.95 and about $5 was reported lost by George Hartnagie of the Alaska Tent Awning Co. Renton Hill youths damaged new cement sidewalks by trampling before setting. Rocks were thrown at a front door on Second Avenue. Passion week services begin at Trinity church. Rev Francis J. Van Horn will lead Plymouth Congregational Church starting May 15, with his first sermon May 27. The Plymouth Men’s Club held a dinner. George Coleman spoke. The Japan Business Men’s Association elected A Hatter president. a new hall for the association is under study. Ladies Relief Corps trustees report progress on a new children’s home at 16th Avenue and McGraw Street. U S District Attorney Frye filed an amended complaint against George Edward Adams for allegedly stealing from the Seattle post office, with losses estimated from 49,000 to 150,000. Ju Hong, a Chinaman, appealed to the U S District Court after bond was set by Judge Hanford. Fidelity and Guarantee Co appealed a $409.15 cost bond in a suit over the John Sullivan fortune. Realty Security Co sued Victor Hugo Smith for $1,000 over a failed land deal. Renton Issaquah county road discussion noted.
An enterprising thief stole a pair of shoes from Colemans Shoe Store at 1511 1st Ave yesterday afternoon. He grabbed the display pair as pedestrians passed, slipped away through an alley, and likely realized the shoes were not mates after the getaway.
Initial steps were taken by the Harriman and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroads for waterfront improvements. Contracts will be let for waterway work and piling for quays at Salmon Bay and Smith Cove. Surveyors will lay permanent lines for stone quays as Harriman aims to tap the Oriental trade, competing with the Great Northern.
A collection of brief items reports Mrs. Nicholson in critical condition with dropsy in Riverton. Prof A Stanton, schools superintendent for York, Southeast Seattle, Columbia, Brighton and Dunlap, warns merchants to enforce tobacco sales laws and vows prosecutions. K Sturtevant blasts stumps near Merrickham. Funeral held for Mrs Eliza Kennington at Butterworth Son, Lake View cemetery. A Southeast Seattle mass meeting with Judge McDonald Judge Wood Dr Irwin and C N Gill to discuss Seattle stance.
W. S. Wood, president of the Southeast Seattle Improvement Club, will preside as a discussion on annexation is held by the local electric company. The meeting outlines the civic group’s interest in municipal growth and service impacts.
A grass-bottomed boat carrying ten women struck rocks in a La Jolla cave at 11 in the morning. The boatman Tony, an Italian in charge, was killed after being thrown against the rocks. One woman suffered a broken jaw, but all ten were rescued from the water.
Dr. Thomas McCracken of Puyallup was killed in Tacoma this morning when the train struck him as he attempted to catch it. He was hurled across the tracks in the accident.
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