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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
6
Fragmented ad lists cheap stock including cress panel doors at 1.55 each and 1.00 for closets or windows. It mentions limited stock and a single price, with partial address 2010 Western Ave. and a generic note of offers on frames and doors.
Daniel Phillips, an accountant with Kilbourne & Clark, was arrested in Washington Park after a drunken incident involving a young woman believed to be from a prominent family. The pair were taken to the police station where she was carried from their car to a cell. Her father, a noted city businessman, was notified.
By telephone Phillips was released on ten dollar bail. He failed to appear in police court and was represented by an attorney. Police Judge John S. Gordon announced a ten dollar fine but warned a heavier penalty if Phillips showed in court.
A United Press report from Lincoln cites a Commoner table showing W. J. Bryan has 620 instructed votes from 1,002 delegates plus 67 pledged by states not bound by unit rule, totaling 697 votes ready to nominate at the Democratic National Convention, surpassing two thirds.
The June flood along the Fraser and Chilliwack rivers swelled Sumas area farmland and Bummers prairie across the border in British Columbia. Fifteen thousand acres flooded, crops ruined, dairy and cattle losses loom as ranchers seek shelter on higher ground amid the highest water since 1804. Further overflow threatens lowlands and Bay crop derailment, with weather conditions blamed for the exceptional flood.
An OCR fragment notes a shift to advertise typewriters including Premier Typewriter and other models. It mentions irrigated lands and Jewell Orchards, with scattered figures and unspecific references to addresses or sales. The readable content is fragmentary and lacks clear context or outcomes.
A large West Seattle delegation led by John B. Bherett demanded nonrenewal of licenses for four West Beattie waterfront saloons. They cited affidavits from Claud Grayson Capt J H Piltz J F Maddox and Mrs Katherine Lee alleging riotous operations and unmanageable conduct with 90 percent of trade from across the bay and patrons described as undesirables.
Dr. L A Parry told the alies committee he believed he was owed fees and thus kept several checks rather than turning them to the city treasurer. Three checks covering milk and death fees had been cashed by Parry with no city record, while Corporation Counsel’s opinion states the money is city property.
Captain Irving Ward is permanently named head of the police department by Mayor John F. Miller. Ward pledges cooperation from the force and declares graft eliminated while vowing to end office politics and office robbery.
The board of public works will likely advertise for bids to install a municipal asphalt plant, with plans completed. The project, funded by a $69,000 appropriation, envisions a plant costing about $30,000 and additional equipment costs to enable in house asphalt pavement.
Mrs Annie Thomas reports an assault by W F Gaitley and his wife over a disturbance with guests. The incident began with a complaint from Mrs Gaitley about abuse, leading to further fisticuffs in the landlady’s room and a paused truce when neighbor William Cooper intervened. Police are expected to be called as tensions resume.
Burglars broke into a grocery store at 102 N. BE late last night and took tools and valued around $50. A passerby frightened them away. owner W. O. Cooper says they would have stolen more if not deterred. He reported the incident to police but says little action followed.
A Japanese Methodist Episcopal institutional church costing 43000 dollars will rise on Spruce Street between 12th and 14th avenues. The 100 room building will include a women's dormitory and a men's dormitory with Semel Yoshioka as supervising minister, based at the new headquarters.
Rev. Edward Lincoln Smith delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Pilgrim Congregational Church. The topic was Power as graduating students and many parents attended the service.
The steamship Troquois of the Inland Navigation Co broke a propeller blade yesterday after leaving Vancouver, delaying at Seattle for about three hours with a leg injury feared from the struck blade. it did not dock this morning.
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