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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
8
In Washington Dee 27 John Arkey and George Davis died after Arkey fell into water and Davis attempted a rope rescue using a rope held by Davis' wife. The rope broke and both men drowned. Mrs. Davis was later rescued unconscious by bystanders.
Olympia voices discussion on taxing railways and all public service corporations for state purposes only with a submission of a con.
The state tax commission plans to urge a constitutional amendment before the upcoming legislature. An upcoming annual report will include an exhaustive discussion of the subject.
Deputy United States Marshal Lathe set out to capture John Bhell who faces federal charges for robbing a Spokane County post office. Bhell, recently released from Montana penitentiary, had been at large prior to arrest efforts.
The group plans a rehearsals for The Creation next Tuesday night at Whitsons Modern Business College. The Creation will be performed near the end of January. Applicants for admission should contact the conductor at 49 Holyoke Block near Monday and Tuesday morning.
Gorippe Telegraph Service reports a Southern Pacific fireman was abducted 22 miles outside Ope lousas Louisiana by four masked armed men who nabbed him during a stop and released him after the train was beyond pursuit. No violence occurred and the incident follows a non disruptive fireman strike on the Atlantic division.
The piece notes jackets and suits with strict tailoring featuring double seams and plain box plaits. Designs show clusters of braid and velvet trim, with self straps and varied prices like 86.25 and 87.50, plus other listed figures.
Items from Tacoma to New Orleans report deaths of Walter Stapleton Clark in New York and Mrs Martha Fite Denby in Evansville, Count Eugene Zichy in Budapest, Henry Newman in New Orleans, and Harrison Parkman in Emporia. Also notes Roosevelt family visit in Washington and returning loggers in Hoquiam. Shingle makers in Whatcom County plan a January banquet in Bellingham.
Mrs. Ross L Segur of Toledo dies in Dallas after long suffrage involvement. W A Junker, prominent San Francisco figure, dies at St Luke's Hospital. Friday Harbor founder Reward D Warbase buried. Paul Frank, railroad worker, killed in Northern Pacific yards. Capt William R Seabury, famed Pacific mariner, dies in San Francisco from a fall. Judge Black rules nonsuit in W L La Hee vs Soltan Logging for $20 000 injury claim.
Norwood J. Brockett Seattle Tacoma Power attorney departed to assist his father who was fatally injured in a railroad wreck at Qidicott Minnesota several days ago.
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