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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1901
Page
1
A constitutional convention session disrupted by a row over the governor general's departure to Washington with the Maxime Games. The program for the trip was broken up leading to a change in the commission's personnel and a revised agenda to visit the president.
Wank B. Cooper accepts appointment as a Seattle school director. A letter to Banks, secretary, states his resignation from prior duties and discusses arrival, salary, and timing for joining, with a claimed annual salary of 4000 dollars.
The Knights of the Maccabees began their convention in Germania hall this morning. Supreme Record Keeper George J. Leigh called the meeting to order and officers were elected for the next year. A delegate to the supreme tent in Port Huron, Michigan, next June will be chosen this afternoon.
Police raided city mediums, quack doctors, and clairvoyants on Tuesday. Many fled the city leaving money behind. others sought new destinies. Several cases in the police court were indefinitely postponed.
Denver on April 19 reports FE. J. Oak & contract or suffered a deadly accident as loose earth collapsed at Jeride. The unnamed contractor was instantly killed.
York April 19 A dividend may be declared by Standard Oil on stock around May 1. There is a strong possibility the capital stock will be increased to 400000000, making it second only to the steel trust.
A boy with his father’s loaded gun shot his sister in an incident described as accidental. Neighbors and parents rushed outside as the child cried that he did not mean to do it. The sister lay dead with the head injuries described by witnesses.
York April 19 The board decides in the Rus case that the United States government may impose a counter duty on Russian sugar. The ruling confirms a protection measure affecting trade with Russia.
The Western Central Labor union reports machinists may strike if employers do not respond to the demand for an eight hour day to take effect May 20. Memberships total about 125. Other union notes include barbers urging prohibition of unfair shops, Brewers seeking eight hours after May 1, clerks aiming to unionize retail stores, and carpenters near reaffiliation with the W C L U.
Dugdale names a picked Seattle nine for the Pacific Northwest league run at three o clock. Expected stars include Stovall, Hickey, Frary, Stultz, Hodge, and St. John as the drive to field a fast, hard hitting club continues amid fan enthusiasm.
Business leaders and several Beattie companies press Maj. John Mellis to have the Duwamish tide flats draw widened from 46 to 80 feet to boost commerce. If approved, subsequent dredging and possibly an electric line to West Seattle could follow, easing transport and expanding dock space.
Mr Wm A Frisbie quietant manager of The Commercial West stops at Hotel Seattle. The paper, recently formed in Minneapolis, aims to establish a comprehensive news service for Seattle and Alaska through his visit and arrangements.
City officials plan to enforce liquor licensing by restaurants and Turkish baths that sell alcohol without a license. The Hooper case at the Bik baths draws attention as more establishments may face investigation. Debate rages over fines versus revoking permission to sell liquor in any location.
In Omainia Nebraska on April 19 the court sentenced Rev Rowland F Hills formerly of Tacoma to four years of hard labor in the Nebraska state penitentiary. The judge said the defendant must endure the four-year term.
Portland club takes top honors in a fast sight whist event in Tacoma on April 19, finishing with 20 tricks. Players North and South Young Paine of Beattie and others faced Huston and Holmes of Portland in a high stakes match with a 284 score noted.
A C Schroth bookkeeper for the First National Bank of Birmingham in Pittsburg on the south side was arrested at night for defalcation of 4, later released on $10,000 bail.
Great Northern engineer John F. Stevens arrived in Everett to select the site for a two-stall roundhouse to be built in the city. The visit underlines plans for the railway facility as part of regional expansion.
Manila reports Gen MacArthur will release one thousand prisoners of war to mark Aguinaldo's forthcoming manifesto urging followers to surrender to American forces. The move comes with Aguinaldo's call to lay down arms.
Geo Capr, a premier railway financier and former Denver & Rio Grande chairman, died in Coppell. He served as director of Standard Oil and was famed as a leading railway reorganization figure after J P Morgan. A separate report notes Jennie Gangs arrested on a charge of assault with injuries to Byron Reed.
A severe hurricane strikes the Southwestern coast of Spain and the Canary Islands. Tenerife reports 12 deaths and a destroyed block of buildings. Cadiz suspends navigation and several barks are lost offshore.
New York brokers L. Currier & Co. and signed brokers experienced a major failure announced this morning. The collapse is described as large though no official statement has been released yet.
Capetown on April 19. H Mal an editor of Onanda, a leading Afrikandoer newspaper, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for defaming General French Tre Jong Vosloo and other Dutch editors received six months for defamatory libel.
Pekin April 19. In line with an imperial decree ordering Chinese troops to withdraw from the area under control of the powers, the punitive expedition led by France and Germany has been abandoned.
The trial of Robert E. Glaze for the murder of William Trewella ended in the morning with the jury hearing the self defense plea. Glaze shot Trewella outside a bakery shop. A colored man, W. Williams, was arrested after patrolmen found about a dozen bars of solder on him and he could not explain their origin.
Everett April 19 A A Anderson Wenatchee real estate dealer and insurance man and Wenatchee chamber of commerce member is jailed awaiting Chelan county sheriff. He was taken from the Great Northern overland train last night by Everett officers after a telegram from the Chelan sheriff asking his arrest on embezzlement charges. Details of the alleged crime are not known and Anderson refused to interview reporters at the city jail.
The Pacific Steam Whaling Co vessel Excelator arrived from Valdes at 2 PM after facing the worst weather on the Alaska voyage. Snow storms and fierce gales buffeted the steamer nearly the entire trip. Seven passengers were overcome, including two soldiers from Valdes.
Capt. Nelaon faced extreme cold while trekking overland toward Katmai near Nome. He became disoriented in deep snow and nearly perished, highlighting a perilous winter journey and survival ordeal.
Besieging Boera forces press march on Zeeruast in the Western Transvaal not far from Mafeking as April operations continue.
Report from Dawson notes the death of Dr Hettinger a Tacoma physician lost on a hunting trip near White River. His body found partially devoured by wolves with identifying papers. Mrs Bettinger traveled north in search but no additional clues emerged.
The international chess match by cable between the leading players of the United States and England began this morning. The Americans assembled at the Academy of Music in New York, while the British party gathered at Cafe Monico in London.
A cablegram from Washington reports the death of Commander Charles Allibone at Gavite, in command of the Wilmington. He was a native of Jennerivencia and entered service in 1849.
The chamber of commerce committee was to interview Mr James Hill but did not convene. Members J L Goldsmith and J W Clise called on Hill unofficially, and Hill indicated operations would begin soon. J W Chloe left for San Francisco stating no time to assemble the committee.
A fierce wind and rain storm hit Selma and nearby areas. on the Mobile and Birmingham line near Jackson a freight train derailed, fatally injuring two trainmen. Weather damage affected several business and industrial buildings.
BEIMCKPORT Ala April 10 The steamboat City of Keston was sunk in the bay yesterday during a force wind storm. No lives were lost and damage estimates await salvage crews.
The Greater New York Democracy party formed at a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall. About 2000 attended to derate Tammany Hall and its influence on New York City governance, seeking to curtail the city’s annual public expenditures currently estimated around 70 million to 80 million dollars.
Permits issued for three buildings on Becond avenue by the Dennys. Spurr filed for stone brick and iron structures each 108 feet long. 1400 1404 Becond avenue to be built by Sarah L. Denny at 40000 dollars. Adjacent structure by A A Denny estate at unknown cost. Third at 1412 1414 by A L Denny costing 29000 dollars. Plans by Bebby Mendell.
A violent wind storm swept Chattanooga Tennessee causing extensive damage downtown. The Lookout Inn perched atop Lookout Mountain was unroofed during the gale and many other buildings suffered damage across the city.
Arguments in Seattle city gambling case focus on ordinance 5667 prohibiting keeping gambling rooms for profit. Defendants challenge sufficiency of charges while League of Law and Order backers push for conviction. trials set in superior court if needed.
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