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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1901

Page

4

Too Modest to Stand It in Paris Art Festival Row

Special correspondence from Paris reports an uproar during preparations for the American Art Association festival. Bridgman and Macmonnies faced refusals from society women asked to pose in partial dress for living portraits. Modesty clashes with artistic demands, causing tension and public debate in the American colony.

Paris Bridgman Macmonnies American Art Association Tpstreley Mac Moe Fig

Wages of sin end in fatal fall in Indiana

Special correspondence from Napolis Indiana reports Ed Stampese of Cochran Indiana paid a man for wood and whiskey. After receiving a nickel from a boy to flag a Hauser’s horse he boarded a freight train to steal. Stampesie, still drunk, fell from the top of a freight car and died instantly with a broken neck.

Napolis Ind Ed Stampese Cochran Tauser Stampesle

The Highwayman Theatrical Run Ends In Seattle

The engagement of the capable East Coast company ends its run at the Seattle theatre with The Highwayman a breezy comic opera misread as Social Highwayman. Chas Frohman company opens Little Minister tonight and the Frawley company presents strong performances led by Mr Reynolds Mina Alice Johnson and others.

Seattle Chas. Frohman Company England Arthur Grand Opera House Frawley Company Mary Cyrus Bienkam Harrington Ring Cur Bine Reynolds Glaughter Dovo Mr. Reynolds Kr. Reynolds Mina Alice Johnson Nancy Bienkam Mins Ihnson J. KR. Amory Jesse Pegs Ttv

Gas Company Seeks Time in Quo Warranto Case

The gas company seeks an extension from the 17th to the first of next month to allow Judge Burke to prepare for trial. A supplemental answer will cite a recent federal court decision as a bar to the state case, though its res judicata value is debated. The Star asks for a written opinion to be published in full.

Aoan Burke Gass Company Anyman Star

The Girl on Third Avenue Theater Review

A lively critique of a stage show featuring Mabel Hite and Beauty Fairfax at the Third Avenue theater. The reviewer notes mixed acts from singing and dancing to character features, praising Harry Hermeen’s Hans Nix and the novelty of the first act. The piece highlights a risqué second act and predicts continued performances through the week with a Saturday matinee.

Third Avenue Mabel Hite Beauty Fairfax Winifield Margie Ford Toth Douglas M Ford Harry Hermeen Hans Nix New York Third Avenue Theater

Movable Pictures Shown At Searchlight Theater

At the Searchlight on Second Avenue moving pictures of Mrs Nation in her great emashing act are shown this week with views constantly changing.

Second Avenue Nation

Uncle Sam Wants Her Miss Barbara Hoffer Receives Four Indian Service Offers

Salt Lake City April 12 Miss Barbara Hoffer of Utah has received four government Indian service offers. She previously declined positions in Arizona and at Utah White Rock agency and now contemplates a promising post at the Puyallup agency near Tacoma Washington with a $500 yearly salary plus expenses. Local students and patrons await her decision with concern.

Salt Lake City Washington Sam Barbara Hoffer Utah Indian Service Ene Witker Franklin School Mise Hoffer Civil Service Arizona Thiaate White Rock Indian Bureau Puyallup Tacoma Wash Ali Miss Hoffer

Hotel Corridors Guest Lists by City and State

The text lists attendees at multiple hotels including Diller Stevens Brunswick Butler Hearth Northern and others with names such as Otto Standah Woolley Robert Allen Shelton J W Currie Edmonds F K E Gilkey Edison C D Boone Cherry Valley W W Croll Dawson D H Ball Tacoma A W Buddresa Port Townsend W A Ely Tacoma BH Stebbins Big Lake KR W Brown Whatcom A B Savage Victoria B B Johnson Vancouver W B Dickson and family Bedro Wb Woolley S M Austin Minneapolis H W Gowell Tacoma D E Biggs Whatcom D A Brodie Puyallup John Lillie Port Townsend C J Eddy Portland James KE Bell Everett F Greene Port Townsend L B Hastings W B Stratton Olympia Phil Abrama Alaska C King Snohomish H D Merritt Spokane C F Fleming Spokane Joe Davis Spokane plus assorted ads for opaque window shades bicycle repairs and a piano house.

The Diller Otto Standah Woolley Robert Allen Shelton J. W. Currie Edmonds F. KE. Gilkey Edison C. D. Boone Cherry Valley Stevens W. W. Croll Dawson D. H. Ball Tacoma A. W. Buddresa Port Townsend W. A. Ely BH. Stebbins Big Lake Brunswick KR. W. Brown Whatcom A. 8. Savage Victoria B. B. Johnson Vancouver W. B. Dickson Bedro-Woolley 8. M. Austin Minneapolis C. J. Eddy Portland James KE Bell Everett F. Greene L. B. Hastings W. B. Stratton Olympia

Gorgeous assemblage in Vienna for Crown Prince visit

Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia continues his Vienna visit with morning tours of notable sites. An imperial dinner this evening will include Emperor Franz Josef, twelve archdukes, and 200 leading nobles in what officials call a grand royal gathering.

Vienna Frederick Williams Prussia Francia Joseph

Obituary notices from Seattle area families

Mrs Lisaie Barney died yesterday at 0 0 Judkina Street residence. Fred Knonnkovita died yesterday at South Seattle. Naval services for Wm BE Overton were held from the family residence at 3 PM. Cornelian Jones will be shipped to Chicago for interment. Mrs Thomas Brengan funeral held at 11 30 AM from 2814 Second Avenue. Eugene Wrisley funeral held at 2 PM from Butterworth chapel. Martin Dean funeral held yesterday afternoon from the family residence.

Lisaie Barney Second Avenue Eugene Wrisley Butterworthw’ Chapel Martin Dean

A Gala Day at Bremerton

Yesterday was a gala day for Bremerton with nearly 8,000 people from Seattle viewing the battleship Town on the drydock and visitors from other Sound cities joining the event.

Bremerton Seattle Sound

Markets Corrected Daily Green Fruit Prices and Provisions

The market page lists corrected daily prices for produce and provisions. Items include limes at 1.25 per case, apples around 1.76 to 2.50, bananas 2.00 to 2.75 per dozen, lettuce 1.50 to 1.60 per case, and potatoes 16.00 to 17.00 per ton. Meat, butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry prices follow, with rates for beef, mutton, pork, veal, hams, bacon, dairy, and eggs. Additional prices cover grains, hay, and dressed stock on Seattle docks.

California Washington Eastern Lows Elgin Fresh Ranch U@lée Eastern New York iSe Wieconsin Roquefort Limburger Lota Seattle

Squatter Upsets Rail Monument Near Sherman

High on the Laramie range at Sher a Union Pacific station, a stone monument to Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames faces removal after a shabby prospector squats nearby for three years. The rail line must buy the land for 4000 dollars to clear title and keep the monument in place.

Laramie Range Sher MiMi Union Pacific Railway Oakes Ames Oliver Amen Sherman Union Pacific

Steamship City of Puebla Repaired for Seattle San Francisco Run

The steamship City of Puebla has been repaired at a cost of $100,000 by Moran Hires and turned over to the Pacific Coast Co. The vessel will sail the Seattle to San Francisco run starting April 19, replacing the State of California, which moves to the Lynn Canal service.

City of Puebla Moran Pacific Coast Co Seattle

Dr. Cabell Whitehead Arrives in City

Dr. Cabell Whitehead arrived in the city Sunday from Washington. Last year he served as United States assayer of the mint bureau at Nome and will return to Nome on a frat boat this season as general manager of the Alaska Hawking & Battery Co.

Cabell Whitehead Washington Whitehead United States Mint Nome General Mana Alaska Hawking & Bate T Co

Excursionists Escape Disaster on Steamer Dalton

A blaze swept the Dalton near Haynes and Al Ki point as 400 excursionists including women and children fled. Captain F A Wilwon and officers contained the fire in 16 minutes with help from fire brigade, saving all aboard and resuming the trip to Beattie. The company cites a construction defect as the likely cause and confirms ample life preservers and lifeboats.

Dalton F A Wilwon Haynes al Ki Point Beattie The Star Hremerton Drydock Willey Navigation Co Btar Blage

Wooden boiler jacket removed from new boat

The Dalton, a brand new boat, arrived with a wooden jacket around its smokestack. Company officials, assured by inspectors, had the jacket later lined with asbestos on their own risk. The wooden jacket must be removed and repairs cost about 8900 dollars, taking several days to complete.

Dalton Althoug

Heir Receives One Sixth of Irish Estate in England Letter

Robert Campbell in Vancouver reports a relative in England has announced she inherits one sixth of an Irish estate valued at 26 000 pounds. The estate, near Limerick, is described in the letter as attached to the family.

Vancouver B.C April Mee Robert Campbell Thinetty England Limerick

Explosion Injures Three Behind Lisbon Opera House

In Lisbon Nebraska an explosion of Nashlight chemicals behind the opera house injured three people. Reverend J B B McDonald fractured arm, Miss B H Moore city auditor struck by debris, and Roy Heverance county surveyor’s son severely shocked. Ireland ships about 44 000 tons yearly to England in round figures.

Lisbon N. Db Nashlight Lisbonopera House Hev. J. B&b. McDonald BH. Moore Roy Heverance Wan Ireland England

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