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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1903
Page
4
The Star reports a lively push in the Bell of Moner contest with about thirty candidates gaining ten votes or more. J A Moore leads closely followed by J M Clwe and A J Methen as ballots pour in and rules are emphasized to ensure valid entries from Seattle voters.
Police hunt for George Evel president of American Transfer Company after a report says he killed his wife found dead in bed. Evans had filed for divorce a week earlier. A separate note mentions Ryans found dead at St Mary's cemetery with head injuries in a separate incident connected to a labor conflict.
A jumbled column notes self harm by a Mans traveling man in a Spokane hotel, a mix of aphorisms and jokes about money and stage life, plus brief items on performances by Miss Marguerite Longacre and Bert F. Anderson, an excursion to Tacoma and Olympia, and odds and ends about local offerings and notices.
A notice describes a new tempering method for copper discovered and patented by local makers. A factory at 1249 Firemeouth sells limited quantities of tempered copper, with exhibition information at the offices of Aateo-r Manufacturing in Kurke Building.
Funeral for Minnce Hope and Eunice Faulds, accident ally drowned Wednesday in Sammamish slough, held in Redmond with record attendance. Interment at Tit, pondecowthouse. William Platt died yesterday and will be cremated in Portland tomorrow. he was Hamilton Platt’s brother. Peaward, Beattie resident, died at 1212 Washington Street. native of Cork Ireland.
Dawson reports on a Klondike era gold discovery along the Pelly river where Henderson and a partner claim gold via sluicing, with the first cleanup yielding substantial coarse gold. Also details Elizabeth Anson a known professional beggar arrested at Locksley hall after accumulating 40 to 56 dollars in stowed and recovered funds.
Attorney M A Gorrill of Lawrence Kansas hunts for Alice M C Clark a girl about four years old described as an heiress missing since 1906. A lost letter from Seattle ties her to Miss Isabelle J Beers of Mott Montana as investigators trace movements from Kansas to Denver Butte Spokane and Seattle in a nationwide search for a $90000 fortune.
Reported after the Corbett-Jeffries bout, Charlie Johnson known as Eat ’Em Up Johnson was defeated in the first round by A. W. Beletmer the “Two Story Kid” at Cheeste china on July 72. Gate receipts reached $120 with wagers placed on the fight and a following irrigation dispute in Slate Creek near Tacoma involved Garret Newcomb and Moetice over a contested creek water source.
Ringling Brothers presents a dramatic spectacle titled Jerusalem and the Crusaders a theatre style production with scenic drops border lights calcrums and 1 200 characters including 200 choristers and 200 dancing girls. The show features a large menagerie led by baby elephant born three months ago a first successful captive birth exciting many wild animals including camel kangaroo rhinoceros and several giraffes. The circuit will visit next Wednesday and Thursday.
On the Campania James Willie Bayre a Seattie newspaper tran arrives in New York seeking to break the world circle record Bayre may lower the mark by four days as he sails today aboard Campania Aug 16.
Twenty attractive women sought for a reality contest at the Woodmen Exposition. Apply at the union after the excursion to Olympia and Tacoma on Sunday August 16 aboard the Steamer Elwood. Fare to Tacoma and return 50 cents. Olympia and return 1.00. children free. Tickets at Lee's Pharmacy and Prices Cigar Store. Steamer departs Lilly Bogardus dock at 9 a.m. sharp. Bring lunch.
Special correspondence notes the steamers Sarah and Kerr arriving from St Michael as the first heavy cargo vessels of the year due to low water. The Sarah ascended the river with oil as fuel and marked an epoch in Yukon navigation. Oil sourced from California aboard Rose Crane with more expected on Argyle. Afro-American Republican club to meet August 17 in Union Hall Pacific block. Seattle ticket sales for Northern Pacific travel at low rates via LA Nadeau.
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