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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1901
Page
4
Information states the ethna l display will occupy space in the tower building at the job exposition. The state secures about 2 200 square feet in the tower quarter and half of Cirle place near forestry ngs will be allocated to the state.
Several passengers MW arrived on the steamer Fara from Skagway yesterday morning are from interior points. Campbell left Dawson April d started over the trail with a ae hia only means of tranc e. After traveling five days he arrived Horse safe and found J Mignerey also a Farallon. Comes direct from Hoot on the Yukon. He brings omews that Thirty-Cine-Mile riv Open for navigation. FP. F. Heathroath, an aged wae taken in custody by Deigh yesterday. She is in hted condition.
April 22 report says the Playgoers club received over 10 replies to an officer of Geo. Alexander offering a dame theater production from any author. Members from all classes including domestics sent responses. committee faces months of decisions. In London banquet, Alexander pledged to appear if the right guarantee and fete arrangements could be made.
Florence Roberts’s Carmen pleased at times and disappointed at others. Miss Crosby as Mercedes and Miss Roberts had missteps. Don Jose by Henderson and Garcia by Gerson received solid notices. Daniel Frawley’s return highlighted a strong Secret Service. the piece shows high craft but uneven results for the crowd-pleasing opera house bill.
A Seattle theater review lauds Miss Christine Pill as Martha in Secret Service calling her performance unmatched and noting the Southern charm and intelligence. Cast members Clarence Chase Phosa McAllister and Harrington Reynolds receive praise for their roles in The American Girl as the company debuts at Third Avenue theater.
A Sunday morning jail shake down uncovered knives and improvised tools made by prisoners in the north tank. The south tank held lighter offenders awaiting trial. The sheriff's department carried out the search with each tank inspected carefully.
Seattle faces a building boom easing rental scarcity as new home construction climbs. A surge in rental disconnections in April signals citizens shifting from rentals to owned houses, with permits showing sustained activity and rents expected to fall.
The Seattle La Crosse Club is negotiating with teams from New Westminster Nanaimo Victoria and Vancouver B C for a series of international contests. The opening game is expected in Seattle within a few weeks.
Markets opened with strong demand for fruit and vegetables. Three cars of Yakima potatoes and a large Wenatchee apple lot arrived. apples fetch $18 per ton. Poultry trade remained solid with prices steady at 22 cents for chickens, while overall prices show a strong upward tendency.
The Beattie market shows prices for vegetables fruit dairy and meat items. Listings include spinach lettuce tomatoes peppers onions beans and rhubarb with prices per pound case or ton and noted producers from Washington New York Wisconsin and California. Poultry live stock and dairy products are listed with varied rates and terms for buyers in round lots on the dock or in the car.
The steamer Alhion departs at 9.8 and 1.3 for the battleship, leaving Tacoma at 7 3 a.m. and Seattle for Tacoma at 7 15 p.m.
At an inquest in Wellington a coroner's jury found J A McDonald died by suffocation from poisonous gases in the Casecade tunnel. The jury censured the Great Northern railroad for allowing crews to work in a tunnel while trains pass, deeming it dangerous due to smoke and gases.
A chaotic report notes a lover’s vote affecting a Topeka election and a Democratic win, a birth of triplets to Mrs. Lissie Bchmolke with all three dying, and a string of dour items including silk weavers in Wilkes-Barre and a funeral for a pet dog in New York. It also mentions a widow with multiple marriages and a divorce, and ends with a scattered line about brides on an Indian reserve.
A Seattle confection by Haynes earns praise as the daintiest after dinner or luncheon treat, claimed to be unmatched anywhere in the city. It is described as a signature item with exclusive availability in Seattle.
The Corox, sailing between Comox and north coast points, ran ashore at Fredericks Arm 80 miles from here after mistaking a shore light for the wharf beacon. Valued at 50 000, deck cargo loss unknown.
A garbled excerpt mentions Barlington Oklahoma Arapahoe customs maidens and dowry practices. It notes a Denver pastor leaving the pulpit for child rescue work. A mid Atlantic battle experiment is tracked by a Norwegian fisherman who returns a message to an American in Newark New Jersey and earns a reward.
The article portrays Queen Alexandra as a gracious patron of charity, beloved by the British people for her benevolence and public spirit since her arrival from Cornwall as a young princess.
An advertisement announces a fashionable shop arrival from New York to L. Pease Johnson at 1107 Heoonmd Avenue. It promotes up to date fashions and low prices with a variety of novelty textures and papers, at Stags Paint 900.302 Pike Street.
In Dallas area, Henson shot his son Frank with buckshot from a double gun, killing him instantly. He then drank poison, went to the village courthouse to surrender, and died in the justice of the peace office. The family held large farming interests.
Heuben Gilliland, a Delta Idaho resident with mining ties, has built a deer proof fence to protect his garden as deer intrusions become rare yet persistent.
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