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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1904
Page
8
New York dispatch describes steerage passengers from eastern Europe aboard the Potsdam. After 11 days at sea amid storms, 700 emigrants endure sickness and crowded conditions. Despite sanitary efforts at Ellis Island, many are detained or deported, while about 40 or 50 may be sent back to Europe.
A $50 reward is offered by The Star for information leading to the arrest of Robert Pe who peddles as a Star solicitor and solicits subscriptions. A warrant was issued for his arrest on a charge of embezzlement. Pe, about 86 years old, 140 pounds, with a black derby hat and brown mustache, was last seen in Bothell around August 23.
Immigrants driven by poverty seek shelter in America amid reports of crowded offices and strained resources. Officials blame steamship agents for pushing paupers and delinquents via paid passages, warning of a critical stage and the need for tent housing and chartered ships if rate wars persist.
TANANA DISTRICT Aug 1. Swiftwater Bill Gates arrives in the Tanana area after traveling downriver on a raft. He wears a yellow mackinaw and moccasins, has grown whiskers, and surveys creeks with partner Mesers LaMere and Samard for a possible new fortune in early spring.
Special to The Star reports Fraviola Mise Ide Allsop of Ban Pranctaeo involved in looping the loop at Mardi Gras. She suffered a brain bleed, an operation removed a clot, and her spinal column remains injured. Plaster encases her body as doctors fight to save her life. Her mother in San Francisco asked for updates.
Charles F. Curties, dean of the Iowa College of Agriculture and director of the Iowa experiment station, is named to the testing committee for the St. Louis dairy cow contest. He will review and ratify all breed contest records. Curties, born in Illinois, grads from Iowa State, long linked to agriculture and dairy work, including roles as farm manager and state agricultural agent.
The coupon entitles two free sittings for one child under six and a free photograph. Present at Herpick Studio, 114% Marien street, between 11 a.m. and 2:40 p.m. on Thursday or Friday. Parents must be regular subscribers of The Star. offer open to all new subscribers.
Deputies Deten and Metullon arrested Bradward Shafer and Wilford Pike Nignhey in Mteila coom after a cabin robbery that injured two woodchoppers near Steilacoom on Wednesday night. A Steila coom butcher wagon driver tipped authorities and named the youths.
The old Ment sor sawmill at the end of the race track near the terminus of Miath avenue burned yesterday afternoon. A large stretch of property behind the wood yard was endangered by sparks from the burning mill.
The AFL executive committee voted to support the Mail River textile workers strike and will solicit contributions from labor movement members.
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Mo Whasit chikow appointed minister of the interior to replace the late M. von Piehve. The move follows the death of Piehve and signals a leadership change within the government.
From Washington and Paris dispatches the notice reports Mrs Nelson A Miles buried in Arlington with civil and military officials in attendance. Mourners included the president cabinet officers and many friends. A Paris dispatch notes a second section of the Clarina expected. A shipyard at Balint Nazaire belonging to Compagnie Generale Transatlantique burned.
Two masked highwaymen stopped a Portland Heights streetcar around midnight. Eight passengers were robbed as the crew fought back with a water glaze, shots fired but missing. The bandits fled into darkness, amid claims Portland Heights is a premier residence district.
Mal Millie of the United States Army Engineers has informed Puget Sound district fishermen that lanterns and fog signals must be placed on their fish traps. The order specifies the required signal types and sizes.
Advert appears to tout One Hundred Dot ware for cough and lingering catarrh. Claims cure by remedies from Malle eterrh r and endorsements by CHEROSCO Telede and Cheney with long list of oblique assurances. Legal and medical names referenced suggest a patent medicine pitch targeting consumers with financial guarantees and family remedies.
Detectives William Cumming Gerald Pitsgerald and Ellison arrested Henry Courter on a Northern Pacific freight car robbery between Portland and Gobel. Chauncey D. Marvell, tied to the crime, was also arrested. Goods stolen included silk, ribbons, shawls, women's underwear, and furnishings.
A special car with 40 men was dispatched by Tacoma Hallway Power Co on receiving word of a fierce forest fire raging in the woods two miles from the main logging line near Johnston's crossing on the Puyallup line. Supt C J Franklin led the response after information from trainmen.
Ed Milne captain of the Beattie lacrosse squad reports Victoria is sending its strongest twelve to face Beattie in tomorrow's Recreation Park match. The Victoria team vows to win and expects to defeat Seattle. Beattie adds Relise of Cornell, now a Seattle president, to the lineup to bolster speed and performance.
Water will be shut off Sunday from morning until noon from Bell Street to Erwepasan and from Third Avenue north to the waterfront to make a new connection.
An advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as a remedy for falling and thinning hair, claiming it nourishes and renews, restores color, and feeds stressed locks. The copy blends confident claims with odd phrases suggesting sensational results.
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