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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
1
Ezra Meeker once pulled 4600 miles with Dave the dog and a prairie schooner. A pledge to kill Dave sparked protest, but Meeker backed off. Dave kneels by the schooner at Union and Second streets daily, known for meeting President Roosevelt.
Seattle residents object to slaughter of Dave the oxen and Dandy the dog at a mill site. Citizens urge saving the animals with donations and potential public subscriptions to place them in a park. protestors say let Dave live as long as possible and seek humane alternatives.
Six young men were arrested on a warrant charging vandalism in Mount Pleasant cemetery. Those detained at the county jail include H. E. Nelson 21 Earl Thatcher 16 F. Dahlberry 19 N. Nelson 20 C. Johnson 19 and L. Severtson 18 for destroying trees owned by Lewis Kevan.
Judge B B Fisher of Eaton Ohio arrived in Victoria with two Chicago associates to investigate emigration. They represent the Ohio secretary of state in some matters and the Baton Bar association in others as part of a mutual inquiry into legal issues surrounding emigration.
W Kenton superintendent of brick construction for Weetlake Construction was injured by a 2x12 plank that fell from a building at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition grounds. He received treatment at the Emergency hospital from Dr Rinninger and Dr Kampner and there are hopes for recovery. He resides at 4193 15th av N E with his wife and family.
H Muir charged with robbing Albert Frewin, his roommate, in Vancouver British Columbia. He was arrested yesterday afternoon near Fourth Avenue and Pikest after a chase by Patrolmen Phillips and Lee.
Rev Charles Medbury pastor of University Place Christian church Des Moines Iowa will occupy the pulpit of the Queen Anne Christian church at First Ave West and Galer Street at 8 o clock tomorrow evening Rev Medbury is pastor of the largest Christian church congregation and a gifted speaker.
Andy Tonich, a laborer, was arrested in London yesterday after trying to pass a counterfeit looking $50 bill circulated by a business college for advertising purposes.
Bank clearings in Seattle today totaled 1,084,207.42 with balances of 180,262.03 as reported.
Wm F Walker, the absconding treasurer of the New Britain Savings Bank and the Connecticut Baptists' Association, pleaded guilty in Hartford to theft and was sentenced to 16 to 20 years in the state penitentiary. He said wire tappers persuaded him to steal while he speculated on Wall Street. He was kept in a steel cell after arriving exhausted from Mexico.
Entries from every automobile house in the city begin a speed reliability test in the San Francisco Del Monte run conducted under the auspices of the Automobile Dealers Association.
It is believed here that a bout between Battling Nelson and Joe Gane will be staged on September 9 at the Mission arena. Promoter Jimmy Cortth says contracts should be signed in a few days. Gane is reported satisfied with the deal.
G Con rove, Republican governor candidate, builds a strong Pierce county organization in Tacoma on July 26. W B Coiner named permanent chairman and Jesse H secretary. Many county Republicans pledge support while machine politicians stay away.
William Randolph Hearst arrives in New York from Europe and states he will not accept any presidential nomination. He leaves for Chicago where the Independence party’s national committee names him temporary chairman as delegates gather for the convention.
Benjamin W. Ferris a Boston real estate agent is defendant in a divorce suit brought by his wife. She cites repeated efforts to persuade him to retire and seeks support, alimony, and counsel fees while alleging substantial incomes from real estate and the Rose Theatre Co. plus ownership of the yacht Linda in Elliott Bay valued at 3000 dollars. She says he plans to dispose of property and obtained a restraining order from Judge Arthur J. Griffin to show cause by July 31 in superior court.
W. E. B. Lewis reported this morning the theft of a dark brown suit a cuckpin and a silver watch from his room at 316 Pine Street.
In Quebec on July 26 a fleet of eight British warships and two French battleships joined the United States steamer New Hampshire for a review by Prince George Frederick of Wales. A huge crowd witnessed the ceremony on the St Lawrence River and the plains of Abraham festivities planned for the evening include a damageset at the Citadel hosted for representatives of Australia New Zealand South Africa and Newfoundland. Pope Pius X praised Champlain memory and British rule in Canada in a papal bulletin issued to Canadian bishops and people.
Indications point to a prolonged conflict as union longshoremen and steamboat owners organize their forces. Pickets at Pier D were cleared with police help, twenty special deputy sheriffs are in service, and a Cody detective was assaulted at Pier 4 before proving identity. The Pueblo delays sailings and the Buckman faces days of strike-related postponement.
Seattle contractor W. J. Kilburn and a crowd including Tacoma police search for Mia Lena Peterson a rich widow believed hypnotized by a mysterious stranger. Kilburn planned to marry her tonight. she vanished with the man and the pair disappeared after boarding a boat returning to Tacoma.
The Southern Pacific sues the Interstate Commerce Commission in San Francisco challenging new lumber rates from Willamette river points to San Francisco and Bay area. The suit seeks to restrain enforcement and argues the ICC wields unconstitutional powers. Judge Morrow orders ICC to appear August 3 to show cause for a restraining order.
The third class Italian cruiser Puguia, commanded by Marquis Lorenzo Cusani Visconti and a 12 officer crew from Italy's noble families, finishes a seven month voyage visiting ports in Mexico, South America, Central America and North America. She will stay six days in port before sailing to Puget Sound.
Frank H Hitchcock Taft campaign manager held separate talks with state chairmen and national committee men from five midwestern states. They then began a regional conference to discuss state conditions and overall campaign plans in the Midwest.
Washington reports that George Williams, manager of the English Salt and Match company, has been withdrawn from Venezuela by order of the Foreign Office. The move is seen as signaling Britain will press a claims collection for its citizens against the South American republic.
Helen M. Hendrick said a thief snatched $200 from a satchel in her barber shop at 1628 First Avenue after she left the shop briefly Thursday night. The incident was discovered upon her return.
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