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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1905
Page
3
Councilman Daniton entered the chamber Monday night without whiskers. Friends recognized him for the first time since returning from Alaska after a week of rugged life with Chauncey Depewside ornaments. He attempted to live the change but returned to the humdrum life.
Surplus stock sale continues this week with new instruments and bargains. Sample prices include pianos reduced from 225 to 146, 275 and 325 to 198 and 264, 375 and 425 to 290 and 250, plus other models at 52 44 78 and 95. Down payments from 5 to 50 plus monthly plans and a guarantee on every instrument.
Assistant City Engineer Jeffrey will now inspect contractor work by buggy instead of rubber tires. Council approved funds to purchase a horse and buggy, deeming saddle horse area too extravagant. George Edward Davie, 17, sues Newell Milling & Manufacturing for 29000 dollars over a thumb and several fingers severed while working in the mill.
The long neglected A A Boschke, engineer who designed the pivotal topographic map of the District of Columbia, supported the Union in the Civil War. Lincoln praised him for his map’s value while authorities seized the plate and map to defend the capital. Boschke later pursued a dredge project for the Cape Cod canal approved after years of struggle, facing financial hardship from lenders.
The St Nicholas roof garden in New York near 66th Street opens with a lively mix of music and beer offerings. Clergy board members including Bishop Potter and Endicott oversee the venue, which mixes refreshments like beer and rickeys with evening garden ambiance and European style lighting.
A section of the Education building on the World’s Fair grounds in St. Louis collapsed in the morning earthquake, pulling down eleven men and fatally injuring several. Rescue efforts and investigations followed as officials assessed the damage and cause.
United States District Attorney Heney, back from San Francisco, declines to reveal grand jury plans. Subpoenaed witnesses from the Williamson, Van Gesner, and Biges trials indicate renewed scrutiny of government land dealings, with a probable reindictment on conspiracy to defraud the government.
Ballard police report six youths rounded up amid a spree of robberies and three more captured Tuesday morning. Names include Robert Vaughn Karl Williams Walter Williams Levi Williams Claude Wheeler Laurie Nelson. loot includes Boston Clothing, with Seattle juvenile court handling. Levi Williams, leader, faces potential reform school term. The six currently in custody will be moved to Seattle Wednesday. The Taft party arrived aboard the Logan with a harbor escort and planned parade races and banquet.
Gill pressed the elections and boundaries committee to subdivide wards and precincts, noting the panel’s hesitation. Mullen said ward representatives must propose ordinances, stressing redistricting is delicate and aimed at clearer voter insight and fewer misfits. The committee was urged to act by September 18 to aid Comptroller Hipsinger before the next election.
Rorton August 22 Several hundred members including Vice President Charles W Fairbanks gather for the Fairbanks Family of America reunion. They visit historic sites in Lancaster Millis Medway Dover Medfield and return to Boston for supper and a lecture on Whitman's Ride. A grand reunion continues Thursday at the Dedham homestead with speakers and a New York family orchestra.
Be L. Swartsell and Lena May Clyce were found dead on the Columbia river bank near Vancouver. A coroner's jury found Clyce murdered by Swartsell, who then killed himself. Swartsell worked at the exposition grounds. Clyce had worked at a Portland telephone office. No motive or acquaintances available to explain the crime.
The Melville Dollar docked Monday night from Nome and St Michaels with two tons of furs from Northern Commercial posts but no treasure. This will be her last northern trip as she heads to San Francisco with a cargo.
Forty launch owners met in the Mutual Life building Monday night and organized a protective association. It will be mainly social with focus on regattas. Originators and backers include Vince Faben H A Chadwick T C Troess and C W Chandler.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a powerful kidney and bladder remedy. It offers a free sample bottle by mail, lists symptoms it treats, and directs readers to purchase bottles at half price from Seattle Daily. The copy emphasizes cures for kidney and urinary issues and urges readers to request the pamphlet and letters from cured sufferers.
The Newport tennis championship opens at the Casino with Holcombe Ward favored for the singles and doubles titles. Notables include A W Dunlop of Australia and H Parker of New Zealand. Portland reports a Colorado excursion train arrival. Newport polo club hosts the Chester and Brenton Reef cups. A Shiloh monument for the Second Tennessee Infantry Regiment is unveiled before thousands.
Bar Harbor hosts the annual horse show at Robin Wood Park, the principal social event of the resort season, opening this afternoon as part of the summer tea circuit.
Nearly 400 delegates from across the country attend the annual convention of the Supreme Council of the Foresters of America in Buffalo New York. About 366000 members are represented as the supreme commander and officers deliver the annual address and committee reports. The afternoon program continues with the convention and the Knights of Sherwood Forest meet that evening.
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