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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
5
Letter by C. A. Reynolds laments deaths from hazardous rail work and condemns corruption and bribery in courts and juries. He questions why society tolerates maiming and murder linked to unsafe rail practices and calls for action to protect workers.
Prices start at 19 dollars for Talking Machines and instruments like violin mandolin and banjo. The D and Johnston Co advertises large stock, convenient terms, and early holiday set aside payments with twenty two already committed. Open at Johnston and University locations.
The Moore theatre presents The Great vibe this week with a capital performance. Grand theatre hosts Arb fora and a matinee Saturday. Lois theatre features A Contented Woman by Charles Hoyt with comedy. Third Avenue adds A Lost Baby by Alton Curtis Co next Sunday. Beattie and Orpheum offer women suffrage comedy and Savages whirlwind dancers. Star theatre shows Milo and Joyce and Cameraphone at Shannon theatre completes bill.
Madame Camille Gimpel of Paris files suit in San Francisco to recover 894 dollars from R. Jaffray & Co. on a promissory note tied to a wedding trousseau for a daughter of a mining man who married Lieut. Pease A. S. A. The couple is said to be in the Philippines after the great fire.
The state building commission announces that once drawings and specifications from the architects are received a call for bids will be issued for installing electric fixtures in the governor's mansion.
A jury in Kalispell Moot returns a verdict of murder in the first degree in the case of Ine Hob byttas, charged as an accomplice with Lebeau in the January murder of father and son the Yoakums.
Vigorous protest by Portland merchants and shipping interests decries enforcement of the advanced freight tariffs due January 1.
At the annual meeting in Montreal on December 1 the Dominion Commercial Travelers Association rejected a motion to admit women to membership. The decision affects current female applicants seeking full status within the organization.
Judge Griffin ruled that using second hand coffins is against public policy in the Cobline brothers versus Butterworth & Sons case. Coffins brothers had contended that a coffin delivered with a body should be returnable by the undertakers.
Edwin P Jones of Potter Pros on the waterfront seeks a man dressed as a workman. Jones claims the man passed a worthless $52 check, bought $26.70 in goods, ordered them sent to the Stetson Post Milling Co, and gave $15 cash and a $7.90 check for change.
Auditor James P. Agnew releases a financial statement showing a county balance of 683 341 20 and total assets of 2 129 700 09. Cash on hand July 1 stands at 2298 084 4 and warrants outstanding total 219 700.
James A. Murray, Montana millionaire and Seattle banking figure, travels to San Francisco to uncover alleged forgers who endorsed notes totaling about 200000 dollars. He believes the scheme involved bank or banker aid and aims to expose a major financial scandal.
Washington Army dispatch reports Capt. Meniy N. Clark, cartermaster, ordered from Washington to Fort Ward and amended for temporary duty in Seattle in addition to duties at the former post.
Olympia reports state treasurer to pay 5009 in old warrants for Capitol building fund. Decent Great Mitchell tied. New Haven reports Donald Grant Mitchell died at his Edgewood home last night.
London dated Sees 16 reports that Lord Kitchener is expected to be promoted to field marshal in the coming year. The move would elevate his military rank amid ongoing global tensions.
Manager H W S Gardiner runs a holiday string of misfortunes affecting Quak truce staff from Dec 4 to Dec 14 including illness, family emergencies, and a new baby. Most workers did not return after the incidents. A separate meeting of the Restaurant Keepers' association voted to raise meal prices during the exposition with Carl Lehmite elected president of Rath akeller.
G J Yarbrough of Kellogg Idaho describes a woman who was given up as hopeless and then cured through intelligent scientific methods. Doctors caution that the case reflects medical progress rather than miracle.
Mrs Yarborough reports years of suffering and a Spokane resident confirms her cure after four weeks of treatment at the Washington Elanitarum doctors. Dr Harrison says their method combines common sense with anatomical knowledge to restore function and relieve chronic disease through targeted manipulation and blood flow diversion.
Washington dispatch reports Preet Gest Ranedell of the Rivers and Harbors Congress appointing a committee to draft bills for a government bond issue to fund waterways improvements and to create a statutory committee to survey waterways at home and abroad for reporting to Congress. Members include Magge ig Spee BRgg Vania and J N Teal of Portland Oregon.
Washington reports that more than 20,000 U S troops will shift stations within the mainland and to islands over the coming year. General Bell issued orders directing the moves and homecomings include 6,000 troops from Cuba and 8,000 from the Philippines. Additional units will be moved to inland posts to replace withdrawn forces.
Nelson British Columbia dec 16 death tolls in Nakusp area claims Nele Demare a well known figure of the town. The obituary notes his long life and local influence as a predecessor era resident.
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