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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text from Seattle Star showing department contacts, publication schedule, and carrier distribution details. Mentions Star Publishing Co, and mail handling with partial lines about editors and managers. Contains garbled words and stray numbers, typical of damaged page content.
Kansas City manufacturer T. H Prest, a noted philanthropist, secured the pardon of William Deardruff, a jewelry clerk who stole 300 dollars worth of gems and faced two years in prison. Prest pledged employment and supervision to keep him from crime, a pattern that has saved five young men.
A blend of civic pride and social critique fills the page as Seattle faces gas needs and housing costs. The piece praises philanthropy while lampooning smoke and census rivalries, noting four jurors declare Dave Argyle no gambler and drivers of rent protests among readers.
Special correspondence from New York reports Mr Carnegie plans a private park at his new Fifth Avenue home. Twenty eight large trees, mostly elms and maples, are being transplanted including some fifty year olds. An elm with 26 foot branch spread is noted. One old popular tree saved at great expense. Soil prepared by blasting rock seven feet deep and filling with rich earth.
Mrs. Fanny Coney, married 16 days, killed herself by drowning in a 22 foot well in English Indiana. Nine feet of water covered the bottom where her body was found by her husband after a farewell note read I love you with my whole soul but life is not what I.
A dispute between the war and navy departments centers on transferring the Dry Tortugas army post to the navy for a naval station. The conflict hinges on the sale of an old battery of 20 rifles valued at $200,000, with the navy claiming bids were suppressed to a single bidder at $15,000. The navy argues the guns should have fetched $100,000 and notes the $1,000,000 spent to fit the station, urging that Dry Tortugas be replaced by Key West for southern supply operations. The matter has been referred to Secretaries Root and Long.
King and Pierce counties officials plan two baseball match games selecting the heavyweights. The opener is set to be played in Tacoma on the next legal holiday as the managers arrange details.
Billy Wilkins, once manager at Lund's Pike street restaurant, moved to Bremerton and opened a first-class eating house this morning. He predicts Bremerton will outgrow Vallejo, California, once boosted by Mare Island navy yard.
A small party visited the King County Oil Co property at South Park to inspect the first derrick and the nearly completed plant. Superintendent Geo. C. Grimith explained the equipment and site as crews prepare to bore, with oil seepage and off tastes affecting nearby wells and water.
The naval commission spent yesterday examining Lake Washington and Lake Union as fresh water basins for warships. It will meet within a week to finalize its report, with all members individually favorably impressed by the canal scheme. The panel includes Capt Perry and Capt Burwell and others from the Iowa and Bremerton. The group will present its findings to the secretary of the navy.
Jan Thompson pleads guilty in a crime court to forging a deed to obtain a loan from the Society for Savings. His parents in Taunton Ohio are heartbroken as he links with confidence men in Cleveland and allegedly forged documents to secure funds.
Dr Henry Hyron McKellops, long recognized as an international authority on dental surgery, died aged 106 at his St Louis home. A Mexican War veteran, he held gallantry medals and left substantial wealth to beneficiaries.
James M. Anderson who claims to have invented wireless telegraphy was committed to Bellevue hospital by Magistrate Zeller after an October 1999 incident at Mia Helen Gould on Fifth Avenue. He had been arrested for attempting to enter the residence and previously claimed marriage to Gould, dating from a Ben ton Arbor union, with assertions tied to his wireless theories and Heaven communications.
The Northern Pacific Railway Co. sues in federal court seeking tax reduction from the county treasurer. The dispute covers taxes levied on Seattle and International Railway property for 1897, 1898, and 1899, not on the plaintiff. The county seeks 27,782.92. the company says only 19,455.97 is fair and refus es the rest.
Chicago April report notes Newell C. Knight a stock broker proposes to serve as Evanston police chief without pay or rewards. Knight emphasizes he seeks no compensation for himself or friends while offering voluntary police leadership to a city of 20 000.
In Cleveland at the Pike theater Sir Russo and fellow Italian singers demanded back pay. When denied, Russo threatened with a dagger as Stage Manager Burk confronted him. Attaches restrained him. he was imprisoned in his dressing room before the company arranged transport to San Francisco.
The steamship Umatilla arrived from San Francisco last night with two passengers and a large freight load mainly consisting of produce.
Clare introduces a new kitchen department offering rent to own cook stoves and ranges. Customers may rent four stoves or ranges with a small monthly rental and have the option to apply rental payments toward the purchase price.
An assortment of rental and sale notices for Seattle area properties. Listings include 1022 Pine with lake view, farm acreage on Jenkins prairie, Meridian Prairie, and Derby near the 8. & L. A. R. lines. Prices range from 250 to 1300 dollars for lots and 10 to 20 dollars per acre for farms. Also included are lodging house rentals, commercial spaces, and contacts like John J. McGilvra at 52 Boston block and others such as Tate & Co and W. H. Peter & Co with property inventories and installment terms.
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