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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1904
Page
8
The Mardi Gras king will arrive from West Seattle by illuminated barge with a flotilla of boats and fireworks. He will ascend the Pioneer building to read Proclamation No 1 amid music, crowds, and a water carnival on the bay. Names of prospective queens will be announced next week with ballots to follow.
The setup is in progress for the ble parades with floats being prepared. The first day will showcase between twenty and thirty floats, all handsomely designed.
The Prohibitionists held a convention in Walla Walla on June 4 and nominated A. M. Rodwell for Sheriff G. C. Chefeldt for Auditor Al and Morey for Clerk W. A. Davie for Assessor G. Bond for Superintendent of Schools J. P. Broch for Treasurer Horace Hart for Commissioner of Bece and District Delegates to the state convention were also chosen by resolution.
Seven hundred twenty people boarded the Philadelphia for New York under a new $10 steerage rate offered by the American Line. Most passengers hailed from Manchester and London, with the voyage labeling a mass move to the United States.
News reports from Seoul say about three hundred Russian raiders are in the Ping Yang area, roughly one hundred miles north of the city. Chicago Dwight, June 4 notes California time will be eight hours nearer Chicago with a Rock Island system time card coming into effect tomorrow.
At the next Thursday meeting the First Baptist church will form a committee of twenty to represent the congregation in securing a new pastor to succeed the late Rev. J Rust. The proposed candidate is Dr. Myron W. Haines of Chicago.
The board of park commissioners ordered a band stand at Woodland Park to host a free concert by the post office band tomorrow. They also drafted fifteen workers from Labor Commissioner Grout to build a driveway in Washington Park.
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