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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1905
Page
7
Classified items describe farms and land for sale near Rangain and Riverton, with houses, outbuildings, and timber. Properties include 6 to 60 acre plots, riverfront and beach frontage, road access, and flexible terms, advertised by ROBERT MALTRY and associates in Alaska Building listings.
The Chamber of Commerce again pressed for lower rates to Portland and the Northwest, noting eastern visitors cut back on southern routes to Puget Sound. Many would still like to make the trip but current fares deter them.
Police raided a Baltimore hotel opium joint at Third and Washington at 4 40 Wednesday morning. They arrested N D Pointdexter known as Doc a noted opium fiend after finding seven pipes opium bowls a large bag of opium and related utensils inside room 12 and the hall room 1 1 2. He was released on a 50 bond and to appear before Police Judge Gordon later that day.
Northern Pacific switchman KB Lovejoy and his step daughter Loreta Stark died instantly when an engine overturned in Argo yards five miles south of the city. Fire and steam injured Co. and Hageman, McIntyre, and Lindsley as the locomotive plunged down a 20 foot embankment. Stark, 18, a Seattle Abstract employee, was riding the engine to collect her father's pay and was fatally burned. Lovejoy perished attempting to shield her.
A man identified as Thomas Loeb opened fire from a fifth floor room at the United States hotel on June 21, killing himself after wounding eight passersby and a police officer. Officers searched the room finding $50 bills, a butcher knife, the British counsel address, and a United Brotherhood card.
Our boys and children's department is being closed out with prices reduced to low levels. Visit H. Lewis Co. at First Ave near Cherry, or Dr F M Conn at the Alaska Building to see the deals.
Washington business leaders and the Washington delegation secured a federal agent for the Puget Sound district to purchase supplies for the Panama Canal. FP Haradon, formerly of the O R N railway, is appointed and will base his operations in Tacoma. The decision, welcomed by local merchants, aims to streamline dealings while Washington, D C handles general duties.
The health department will on July 10 destroy 45 shacks on the sandspit. The board has already burned 20 in the vicinity. Notices to the occupants inform them they must secure new quarters before July 16. Shacks on the upper water front in unsanitary condition will next be attacked.
A Seattle citywide critique denounces race track promoters and bookies tied to The Meadows. The piece names G W Dickinson and Captain B K Caine as leaders, plus State Senator A T Van de Vanter, accusing them of profiting from tainted money and colluding with bookmakers to fleece patrons. It argues such ties hurt decency and city interests and questions the wisdom of local gambling ventures.
A pharmacy advertises its graduates in pharmacy leading each department. It promises thorough knowledge and lasting customer satisfaction, emphasizing competence and reliable service throughout the store.
Bartell Stores reduce prices across both locations for items including MENNEN BORATED TALCUM 25c BOXES COLGATE VIOLET TALC 26c TINS COLGATE TOOTH POWDER DAWN and skin care products EASTMAN BENZOIN CREAM 75c BOTTLES MASSAGE CREAM 25c HOOD LIVER REGULATOR Dr PIERCE HERB LIVER OINTMENTS and more. The list highlights affordable toiletries and patent medicines as shoppers save on daily essentials.
The King County Retail Liquor Dealers association ends the conflict over union cigars in boycotted saloons. Dealers will still buy home made cigars if cigarmakers keep from unfair boycotts. Cigarmakers who pushed trade from boycotted saloons are cautioned to ease conduct. Saloonmen object to restricting customers while approving abstention from beer at unfair saloons.
In Portland the Manattan company staged Leah Kleschna at the pire theater on Tuesday night amid rumors of a trust disturbance. The play features a female thief and moral awakening and is said to be the first of its kind on stage. Philadelphia reports the City Trust Safe Deposit & Surety Co closed, A H Taber named receiver. capital 600000, deposits about 2500000.
In Topeka on June 21 the railroad commissioners ruled they lack authority over the Pullman Car company and will not pursue charges of alleged overcharges.
Washington roundly condemns Herbert W. Bowen minister to Venezuela and extenuation of Loom as the Loom–Bowen controversy ends. A Roosevelt letter to Taft, released last night, declares Bowen guilty in severe terms and frames the actions as corrective.
The mayor urges Seattle Day for Saturday June 24 at the Lewis and Clark exposition, inviting a large attendance to showcase the Seattle spirit as a sister-city courtesy and a citywide celebration.
Paris June 21 France’s reply to the German note proposing an international Moroccan reforms conference was handed to the German ambassador this afternoon. The note sets out France’s views and the conditions under which it would participate, reaffirming respect for Moroccan territorial integrity and openness.
Jas. Braid secures his second open golf title on June 10 at historic St. Andrews, following a prior victory in 1901 at Maniifield. The recap notes his standing among British golfers and cites contemporaneous market-price listings and commodities in a single odd, mixed column.
Strawberries arrive on Western avenue while chickens run light with fowls. Oranges, potatoes, beans and a wide range of vegetables and fruits are priced per cwt crate half-dollar per pound and per case. Notable items include Yakima and Greeley potatoes, California onions, native rhubarb, lemons, green peas, cucumbers, grapes, and cherries with varied per unit and per case prices.
Chicago quotations show futures for wheat corn and oats on June 21 with July and Sept contracts. Prices range with wheat at 901-8 to 89 for July and Dec 847-8. corn July 561-2 to 643-4. oats July 315-8 to 313-8. Park futures around 12.60 to 12.87. Liverpool July wheat closed 1-44 lower at 6s 9 3-4d.
The New York Stock Exchange today reported closing quotations for a wide range of securities. Notable figures include U S Steel at 20 29 293-4 and Reading at 547-8 965-8 94 with volumes noted as 479,300 shares.
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