28 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1903
Page
1
The House passed an arbitration bill creating a board of arbitrators to settle labor disputes between employers and workers. A separate irrigation proposal advanced, with committee members involved and opposition noted. The bill goes to the governor for signing while a river dredging proposal awaits congressional action.
In a Superior Court filing C W Heynton accuses Slander about remarks made at a healing mission meeting. The complaint says statements were distributed in pulpit and denounced as improper. Defendants include Reyntern and others with legal action by Reyntern’s group.
A large number of contractors submitted bids for six city street improvement projects at the board of public works meeting. Opened bids covered First Avenue water main, Twenty ninth Avenue south sewer system, Valley Street sewer system, North Avenue, First Avenue west grading, East Republican Street grading, and related paving. The meeting included routine transactions and endorsements from the Seattle Electric Company for pole installations in Fremont and Green Lake areas.
Deputy Sheriff Bowers arrested Epjecial policeman Owen Roberts this afternoon on a grand jury warrant charging him with soliciting a bribe. He was released on $1000 bond.
Meattle Electric employees at Pine Street report a strike over wage changes and reorganization. Howard C. Grant, company general manager, says crews will be cut to fit new orders with overtime reduced, affecting daily pay from $2 to $3 and a plan to release workers after completing current work. The shift begins tonight as crews plan to return to work once new orders are in place.
A logger died after a falling tree struck him near a local camp in the county. Officials and coroners were notified and will investigate details of the accident, which occurred while the man was working at the Miller camp.
Fragmentary weather note reports variable skies and rain totals for February with a mix of averages and comparisons. Names and clear specifics are missing, leaving an unclear forecast and measurements.
The suit in superior court alleges N H Heers the contractor for Trinity church rebuilding incurred a bill of 719 for materials not paid. The plaintiff seeks payment of the liens from the contractor.
Ruth King a 19 year old girl sues the city in superior court seeking 16000 damages claiming she was crossing Second Avenue last August when she was thrown under a circus wagon and badly crushed.
L. W. Gray of the LMW Gray steamship Agency tests for San Francisco today to arrange chartering the Wo sailing vessel for the coming season in the Seattle Nome trade. The schooner Smith, inventoried by Gray, is to be chartered for a Cook Inlet trip and is under overhaul on the Duwamish river. The Tanner, whose Newhall heirs own, is set to sail to Valdez around March 16 and will be overhauled at Marans. The steamer Freer sailed to San Francisco last night with 20 passengers 26000 feet of lumber and 100 tons of merchandise.
A Japanese resident named J. Moshimate was fined yesterday for violating the wire ordinance. The fine was suspended on the condition that the individual rearrange the roof bo in a lodging home at 1447 Western Avenue. The Japanese clee had ignorance of the cry utimce.
Financial data for Seattle reveals a rise in bank clearings for the month and year to date. The five week period ends with $3,459,976 in clearings, compared to $4,599,764 the previous year’s corresponding week, reflecting a net change despite differing bank day counts.
The advisory board meets to discuss issuing bonds for the Cedar River headwaters plant. Officials expect a plan to float all or part of the bonds locally, with a majority approving the idea as feasible.
In Hamilton Ohio on February date, Knapp remains cheerful while investigators search for his wife Hannah Goddard’s body. If the missing remains are not found, Knapp faces possible trial in Cincinnati for the murder of Mary Pekart.
Anton Hemich Jr., a 17 year old Beattie Beattie worker, died by suicide after heavy losses at a Beattie operated poker room above a Seattle bar. Police say forged checks connected to Preston Carr & Gliman were involved in the incident. Neighbors note Hemich was from Beatlie and survived by two sisters. The death stunned local residents and authorities.
Meager reports tell of a passenger train wreck near Knoxville Tennessee. A section foreman says three dead and many injured. another says engineer fireman and several passengers killed. Derailment sent cars into a river run, with rescuers freeing trapped victims.
Fides sues A Carrie Philips for false im thie roar yge Teal of tid alleging damages. The case details and outcome remain unclear in the fragmented OCR text.
A local city chief of police faces criticism as several Pike Street saloons and nearby venues allegedly operate illegal booths and side entrances despite ordinances. Citizens recount lack of enforcement, noting Blue Light and other establishments admit patrons through covert doors and box seating while women and patrons drink and gamble amid disorder.
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