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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1901
Page
3
Judge George thn Graoon Seht chine test case rules trade machines not covered by the prohibitory state law. The decision hinges on whether slot machines fall under gambling restrictions and could affect operators and local enforcement.
A bicycle meet at Cycle Palace offers a $1000 prize pool with eight laps and a new track near Heil Street. Australian pursuit teams train for the Fourt Australian event as Hal Crother posts notable times, including a three mile record and a 34 second mile.
A garbled 1898-era note references wartime revenue measures and various financial instruments including certificates of deposit, charter party documents, life insurance policies, leases, mortgages, money orders, and warehouse receipts. It hints at export credits and commercial express receipts though the text is fragmented and partially unreadable.
A morning blaze caused substantial damage to the Columbia Grocery Co hardware store and Simon Clothing Co near Madison Street. Patrolman Wilkman reported smoke from the Columbia basement and alarm quickly spread. By 1 15 a.m. the fire was under control with estimated losses around twelve thousand dollars, most likely insured.
Occasional showers expected with light near shore winds. Fresh west to south winds accent the outlook.
San Francisco reports that civilian volunteers replace regular troops as transports to the Philippines carry educators. The first consignment includes 186 teachers sailing aboard the Pitford, with the Logan and Thomas following later this month carrying even more instructors in government service. The Danube sentence appears as a non sequitur.
Reported March 10 in southern Italy describes a red rain phenomenon blamed on volcanic dust and stirred mass fear across Sicily and the Abruzzi. People gathered drops as lucky numbers, while scientists offered meteorological explanations of red desert sand carried by a Libyan cyclone.
Traveling auditor Wm. P. Aird of the Northern Pacific railway visits the city to inspect company office accounts and then proceeds to Spokane from here.
The Young Men's Institute announces a July 4 excursion from Union Depot ABM to Bnoqualrr Falie and North Head. The event marks the association’s first annual basket ps and annual celebration with games music and dancing.
Advices say the steamer Gardner burned to total loss near Chilkat inlet. Investigations point to possible incendiary action with suspects named among those aboard. Gardner was owned by H. D. Gardner and built at a cost of about $1,000.
The summer school opened this morning in the Tileh school building under J. G. Laurence and Chas. Fagan. Courses extend about several weeks and about 100 teachers attended. Judge Hanford refused a new trial to M. Wilson and T. P. Hodson, recently found guilty of smuggling.
Thousands of Kilinola Central railway engineers firemen conductors yardmen brakemen and other employes gain a liberal pension plan effective today. Eligible workers age 21 to 70 with 10 years service and incapacitation may retire with a pension based on 1/12 of base pay per year of service, with compulsory retirement after age 70. Example: 20 years service at $150 monthly pay yields $90 monthly pension.
Description of a shirt waist dress with fine tok material back, tucked yoke, roselike lace appliqué, pearl buttons, and lace flowers. Also describes a red foulard dress with white pattern, pleated bodice, black velvet pattes, and blond trimming. Weather bulletin reports Seattle weekly temperature to June 4 and rainfall totals through June 24.
Special correspondence from Chicago reports Beth Abbott, father of late opera singer Emma Abbott, seeks 100000 and monthly income to cover living costs and newspaper access. Public Guardian Bartelme petitions court to pay urgent claims and provide Abbott with newspapers as he remains confined. Abbott is described as eight years old in a River Forest conservatory setting.
A business men's committee convenes at the chamber of commerce to press arbitration with the Workers' Association. Grand President O Connell reports 70 percent of Fact firms adopted nine hours and higher pay, while Seattle and Chicago show similar resolve with no shop activity. Union leaders deny any move to arbitration and pledge to stay out until demands are met.
A Building Trades council member states no public action will be taken after July 1 if lumber mill and planing mill men do not grant a nine-hour day. The council rejects entering the dispute publicly and will avoid newspaper battles with employers.
Alec Kopeky, caught stealing a tee at 117 Main Street, fled an officer. Misa Nellie O Brien, a Cascade laundry worker and daughter of an ex policeman, threw a china cup from a window, hitting Kopeky and wounding him. Officer Liner and Sergeant Powers escorted the man to headquarters. Dr Carroll treated the forehead cut.
An advert outlines a physician named Cumyow offering Chinese Root cures for rheumatism. The listing gives a Lyon office located near Columbia Street at Second and Third Avenues with office hours noted in vague terms.
Officer Mefford, suspended by Chief Sullivan for duty misconduct during the Meredith murder turmoil, sought more time. The hearing was postponed and Hughes set Friday at 7 p.m. for the commission trial, amid local proceedings.
A historian laments the decline of imaginative writing in American letters over recent decades. He cites a Harvard English teacher claiming no distinguished writers emerged in 15 years, blaming materialism and the reign of exterior senses. The speaker contrasts past devotion to ideas with present fixation on things.
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