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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1906
Page
3
The board of works and Mr Blinden will inspect sites offered to the city for a new fire engine house this afternoon. The existing engine house at Vurth and Battery is to be removed as part of the plan.
The council weighs selling the Third and Pell lot with Beattie Electric ownership of the Pront site and Becond and Dennyway power house proposals. Bids for Third and Pell opened weeks ago with BB PF Jamen offering 12000, later raised to 15000 after Board of Works concerns.
Senator Brackett pressed a resolution demanding Senator Depew's resignation in a state senate session. He assailed Depew over links to insurance scandals and criticized the representation of the state in federal office while urging Platt to resign. He cited Depew's $20,000 Equitable retainer as a director’s duty.
Yesterday at Star theater Tida the aquatic sensation headlined with Rus sian dancers and Marshall and Lorraine delivering laughs. Mr and Mrs Young performed a rude sketch to strong audience response. John Peterson a Swede from Marmon y Skagit County is reported missing for five days, believed insane, leaving a wife and two small children, sheriff Harmon reporting.
Nearly 100 members attended the King County Medical Society regular monthly gathering at the chamber of commerce last night. Dr J H Lyons stepped down as president, passing duties to Dr GO H Randell, who announced committees and thanked members. A bylaw amendment to admit AMA certificate holders was debated amid strong approval for Star newspaper’s stance against patent medicine ads.
Fourteen years after taking underwater tidelands from a poor client as payment for a $600 fee, Superior Judge R B Albertson sold forty five lots for $96,000 and still holds three near the waterway and twenty five others worth at least $150,000. Once the contract was worthless, it later cleared by the courts and provided a path to wealth during his second term on the bench. Albertson rose from a struggling lawyer and newspaper reporter to a longtime Seattle jurist.
Paris reports Pallieres, president of the senate, nominated for president by senators and deputies of the republican majority. He secured 416 votes to Doumer 191. In Helena Mons, J. H. Walsh will lecture at the socialist temple on January 6 on The Worker's Condition with illustrated songs and moving pictures.
Investors urged to buy Seattle Boston Copper Co shares at 60 cents each, with 600 shares promising easy profits. Promoters tout known leaders and ready ore on the dump to prove value, inviting visits to offices at 724 Alaska Building and 1114 Second Avenue to view ore samples.
Shipping moves include Bleamer Rainier sailing to Frisco with lumber and passengers, Centratia bound for Frisco, Santa Barbara to San Francisco with Ember, Minnesota due 9 p m from the Orient amid a storm, and a drydock overhaul for Dix Wan in Bremerton. Hertha and Banta Barbara report passenger traffic and turnover. Elwell towed off a beach near Port Townsend. Hammond mill's Japan orders eyed. Nathaniel W. Bostwick dies at 1208 Priest. funeral planned under A O U W lodge. Fred Potter sues Henry Dillman over a $10 loan dispute.
Two thieves shattered a plate glass window in Liebolt and Co Jewelers in the Palmer House block last night and stole about 1500 dollars worth of merchandise. Officers pursued clues as the crime disrupted the Chicago shopping district.
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