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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
1
A commentary using Renton Hill as an example explains taxes on the poor vs the wealthy. It argues valuations burden the poor at higher relative rates while the rich face lighter assessments. The piece critiques the tax system and its impact on everyday citizens.
Eleven properties sold this year in the Renton Hill Addition area at prices from 1,000 to 3,400 with two lots leased ranging 1,100 to 2,600 each. The total assessed value from selling prices is 20,820 dollars, with individual sale prices listed as 2,600 1,900 5,000 1,600 1,150 2,660 1,180 5,000 3,200 26,560.
In the Renton addition between Marion Howell Streets and Fifteenth Nineteenth Avenues seventeen lots sold this year with prices from 2700 to 17600 each. Lots assessed from 600 to 4000 and total selling value of 110500 with assessments totaling 96060.
Analysis compares two Renton Hill additions near Renton with the eastern slope, noting cost contrasts and tax rates. The top hill area with paved streets is valued at 80 percent of property value and taxed at 1 percent, while the Renton addition further east is taxed at 9 percent.
Seattle Electric faces a tax change with next year’s levy set around 2.226 million on old limits while the company’s personal property bill drops to 36,346 or a reduction of 24,703. Assessor Peter Sidestepe attributes the change to state tax commission action led by E. B. Palmer.
The case of Gates versus Gates in the Swiftwater divorce proceeding was postponed to Tuesday to allow Gates to answer the affidavit. The husband seeks $1,500 temporary alimony and $6,000 for attorney fees. the bill remains absent from the court. Gates’s attorney seeks to locate him to obtain documents. Gates is reportedly in Seattle, claiming no knowledge of his whereabouts.
A terse dispatch notes the execution of a convicted murderer after a government bond case. The brief item identifies the act as carried out with official authority, mentioning the date August 10 and the ongoing enforcement of capital punishment.
Henry Hicks Bond was hanged at 6 11 in the morning for the murder of Charles Daly on October 6 1904. Rudolph Wetter, another condemned murderer, received a reprieve.
Springfield Missouri August 10 19 additional men were sworn in to aid during the trials of the Salisbury lynching indictments. State officials plan talks with Governor Folk about sending further militia if needed.
Constantinople reports the illness of the sultan of Turkey has been confirmed by private advices, Aug. 10, according to Scripps News Service.
A federal jury in Jamestown New York returns several indictments against Standard Oil Company Pennsylvania Railroad and Vacuum Oil Company of Rochester as of August 10.
Captain Charles Peabody arrives with word the Tanana district will yield about $15,000,000 this year. He cautions rainfall in the next two months could boost prospecting on Tenderfoot country upper Tanana to a notable gold producer. A $6,400 clean-up from the No 1 claim on Tenderfest near Discovery is reported as the day’s result.
Dan McMillan once a feared criminal, now crippled, was arrested with a woman as accomplice after selling a phony ring to Mrs Olson who roomed on Second Street. Both arrests await full inquiry. McMillan, famed for theft in his prime, has since been paralyzed from the hips down and aided drug addiction while acting as a fence for dope buyers.
James Rolph Jr head of the Hind-Rolph company predicts a record influx of sailing vessels into Puget Sound over the next six months. The fleet will be pressed into lumber carrying, with several of the largest carriers expected to Seattle. Ronald T. Rolph is the local company representative.
Wallace Chapman, a recent ar rival in the city, was yesterday fined $20 by Justice of the Peace Alexander for disorderly conduct and inte with an officer.
Luther M. Walker of the Interstate Commerce Commission completed a local condition report and the hearing on the fee trust was set for August 14 to probe the trust's practices.
The Meadows hosted an attempted fraud where two touts misled Henry Lynch to risk over 6000 dollars by promising tips on races. Lynch cashed a 6000 dollar check later and reported the matter to police. Detectives traced the check to Puget Bound National Bank, suspecting the culprits may not risk cashing it.
In Loveland on August 10 Betella Bloomingdale aboard a Baltimore and Ohio train bound for New York cried I ve been bad I don t want to live and leaped from a window as the train bound 60 mph. She was fatally injured.
Billy Nolan and Gee Gane met in Goldfield and signed articles for a bout. Nelson and Gans share two thirds and one third of the $26,600 purse, with win or lose, and the club receives one third of the moving picture money.
In Leyte near Dulfte Island a hand to hand clash occurred between Pulajanes and U S forces. Lieutenant Jones of Company F Eighth Infantry and two privates were killed during the engagement. The detachment faced numbers far greater than its own. Official confirmation is pending. Lieutenant Jones had served in the Philippines since March.
Secretary Loeb is served with papers in a $60,000 suit by author Madge Doree who was arrested in Washington last winter. Loeb says the case, if any, rests against the police for the arrest made outside St. John's church near the capitol, leaving Roosevelt's church unaffected.
Hundreds of notes with forged signatures circulated in the Milwaukee Agricultural Bank vaults. Authorities say President Stensland planned to mugle the bank for about half again the existing shortage, using copies traced from genuine signatures and inked over.
City Treasurer Russell expects a larger salary roll in 1907 due to major regrade projects and ongoing ones. Additional clerks in auditing, accounting and cashiering will raise expenses and tax rates. About 20 new employees are anticipated with salaries from 66 to 90 dollars, plus a large bill for warrants and bookkeeping noted.
F Goodmurphy and P Coyne of the steamer Dolphin were arrested by Patrolmen Huff, Burkman and Applequist after a morning attack on J D Lewis. Lewis, a Dolphin crew member, recalls a 4 am quarrel sparked by a late night game of ecards. he woke at the Wayside hospital with a jaw injury. Coyne denies involvement. Goodmurphy admits quarrel. Coyne resisted arrest and was jailed.
Remarkable volcanic activity on the northwest side of Mount Baker is reported by the Mazamas. Steam and boiling water issue from crevices in the rocks and sulphur continually deposits on the bare rocks.
San Francisco leaders Thomas Magee and James D. Phelan organize a plan to undercut the lumber trust by importing large quantities of British Columbia lumber in British ships. They would pay duties, sell at modest profits, and use proceeds to back the effort while aiding refugees. The trust allegedly fears price cuts and has already lowered rates in response.
Bank clearings for August 10, 1906 total 1,429,068 66 with a second figure 727,840 86. Increase over the same date last year is 702,119 60. The data presents two totals and a year over year rise.
The New Hampshire Fire Insurance company stated the Frisco liabilities will be settled for about $500,000 as tissue pension on the Pacific coast is due to a desire to let unsettled conditions readjust themselves before taking further liability.
The market heats up with a pending 326000 sale on a double corner at Becond ay and Pike st. Broker Lewis N. Rosenbaum notes several recent deals including 6760 for the Federal ay and East Mercer at corner, and 14000 for an improved lot on Sammit av N. Property values rise amid talk of an electric line.
Freight rate schedule from Beattie Tacoma and Portland to the Orient stays as last year. North Pacific steamship lines held a Seattle meeting at Frank Waterhouse & Co. offices. Flour to Japanese ports remains 14 per ton Hongkong 4.50 Shanghai 8. no reductions on foodstuffs or cotton. minor rates discussed with no changes.
Eight-year-old Stewart Coolin of 2505 Yesterday was teasing a milkman when the wagon stopped at his home. He ran toward the house, stumbled on a stone, and hit his abdomen and head. He was taken home delirious, suspected concussion of the brain.
Due to regrade work on Third avenue the Madison cars will not stop for passengers inward or outward bound until further notice.
The market shows rates climbing to as high as 8 dollars per thousand for lumber shipments. The Globe Navigation Company has chartered the four masted schooners Alex T. Brown and W. L. Smith to haul lumber at 7.75 dollars per thousand. The bark Henry Villard is also chartered for lumber cargo during the period.
King county officials announced a September 12 vote on a proposed 600000 bond issue to fund Lake Washington canal construction. The move aims to end contention by giving residents authority over the project and potential damages to Lake Washington and Lake Union property. Prosecution findings will be shared with the press, and funds from the 500000 bond, if approved, will be paid to Mr. Moore upon government acceptance of the canal.
Judge Gin appoints a three member commission A. E. Parker Ray Crocker and R. A. Wright to assess damages and pay property owners. Establishment of the highway is expected to cost about 11000 dollars.
Heavy freight shipments delayed the steamer Ohio so it did not sail for Nome last night. The vessel finally cleared the harbor this morning at 10 o clock.
A fund drive for the municipal street railway plan is organized with $1 subscriptions. A meeting at the Labor Temple tomorrow night invites all supporters to join, while campaign accounts will be公開 disclosed before the vote, detailing donors and expenditures as a challenge to opposition.
Copenhagen Aug 10 A Finnish governor general orders troops to shoot anyone spreading revolutionary propaganda. Reports recount a trooper killing a woman who resisted arrest as Finnish crowds protest Russian rule and authorities harden garrisons amid mounting revolts.
Isabel Manning reports a dog bite at 2269 Lane St this morning. Police were asked to euthanize the animal. the child sustained minor injuries and neighbors seek removal. The dog is unlicensed.
Capt. John Johnson of the steamer Dolphin states there was no race down Lynn canal with the Princess May. He says the Princess May left Skagway after the Dolphin and passed by quickly, while the Dolphin was not in its usual trim and Briagway gave no indication of a speed test.
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