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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
2
The Seattle Star masthead lists departments and contact details including Business and Editorial numbers, office addresses in Seattle New York and Chicago, a business manager, and subscription rates. It notes standard newspaper postmark and carrier delivery details.
Senator William Crow recounts receiving a Great Northern annual pass and being pressured to support railroad measures. After opposing them, he repaid the fare, and the editor notes widespread distribution of passes by Great Northern and Northern Pacific. The Star urges an anti pass law and says it will push for action when the legislature convenes.
The city faces a pivotal vote on establishing a municipal electric plant at Cedar Falls. The Star outlines cost analyses showing potential savings on lighting and power, with figures comparing current Seattle Electric Co. charges to projected municipal rates. It notes surplus power could offset costs, and debunks rumors of an imminent labor strike, stressing unions deny any such plans.
Washington February 6 The marriage of Miss Helen Hay daughter of Secretary of State and Mrs John Hay to Payne Whitney son of William Whitney former secretary of the navy was witnessed by the President and Mrs Roosevelt and cabinet families at the Church of the Covenant The couple will honeymoon in Thomasville Georgia after the ceremony
Miss Shank, the general secretary, notes prosperity since reorganization four years ago with membership rising from 92 to 74. Evening school remains strong with trained instructors and new classes start next Monday in anatomy, French and German. A class in English for Finnish girls will open next month and a small monthly paper on interets of the institution is planned beyond Ida K.
The corporations committee briefly considered extensions to Seattle Electric Co. systems. With Councilman Murphy absent from the Ninth ward, no action was taken on extensions through Woodland Park, and the committee adjourned to meet next Tuesday.
A Republican club formed in the Fourth Precinct of the Ninth ward with F. M. Williama named president I. Stummer secretary and J. Fiuron treasurer. A registration committee was appointed to handle voter enrollment.
Movements suspected among Chinese in Victoria and Vancouver press a rush to enter the United States after new restrictions, with talk of smugglers using vessels to ship laborers across the line. A noted shipowner previously berthing risk, and authorities likely to tighten controls as chatter grows in British Columbia ports.
United States inspectors of boilers and hulls, Captain C. C. Cherry and Captain B. R. Whitney, declared the Tyo Maru thoroughly inspected. The triple expansion twin-screw steamship, built at Nagasaki, has a 6510 ton gross register and room for 40 first class passengers. Master is Captain B. G. Parsons.
The street committee of the city council will meet on Friday evening. The finance committee will be in session tomorrow night.
The Queen Anne Hill Improvement Club will meet this evening at o o'clock in the club house to discuss railway service and street improvements.
Pay one third down and the rest at 2 dollars per week to acquire clothing. Prices up this week if you shop for yourself. Visit Seattle Tailoring Co at 10 Fleet Avenue. Fletcher and Carpenter Realty Bar Gains Only.
A bulging classified list offers multiple business openings and investments. Items include DRY GOODS AND GENERAL STORES, LEATHER GOODS FACTORY, real estate chances, cannery locations, DRUG STORE, STEAM DYE WORKS, FISH TRAPS, an investment in machinery, TRUCK FARM FOR RENT, acreage near Green Lake, elegant rooms, an elegant flat, ART STORE, a SALOON, an ESTABLISHED BUSINESS, MILLINERY PARLORS, INDEPENDENT BUSINESS for $5 200, an INCORPORATED COMPANY, and stock investments yielding fixed monthly returns.
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