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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1904
Page
6
Mrs Eva Muriel Roberts sues Ambrose Roberts in superior court for 329 dollars support from which he has contributed nothing in eight months since their separation in February 1903. The couple signed a separation agreement promising monthly payments.
The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar Washington closes its seventeenth annual conclave at the Masonic Temple and installs officers including Commander Eadwin W Craven and others from Seattle, Tacoma, Bel lingham, Vancouver and Walla Walla. The rest of the item notes steamship delays, a divorce suit, and reduced rates on Diamond storage coupons.
Robert Hahn, owner of a lot at First Avenue and Pike Street, sues the Great Northern Railway Company in superior court for 100000 damages. He claims the railroad tunnel undermined the ground, hindering planned improvements, while a small one story brick block currently occupies the site.
The convention wrestled with Hawaiian representation with Senator Foraker backing six votes for Hawaii but facing opposition from Cannon and others. A substitute by Bingham to restrict Hawaii to two votes while seating existing delegates passed 497 to ? as the proceedings continued with platform readings and a Morocco dispatch.
A clerk read demands for Pordlearia alive or Tinwall dead, triggering a tremendous applause from the audience as the convention adjourned at 4 51 p m until 10 o'clock the next morning.
Customs Inspectors Loftus and Brinker arrested Captain William Raech of the German ship Henerietta for smuggling 1,400 cigars into the country. Cigars were found secreted in the captain’s bunk, and he was brought ashore on the revenue launch Scout under bonds amid a port-wide effort to bar duty free goods from entering.
The Pioneer association's gathering outgrew the hall near Madison park pavilion, so William Steffin secured use of the pavilion. Morning business gave way to a musical and literary program in the afternoon. The group then tours on the lake aboard the King County steamer and plans a theater party in the evening at Fourth Avenue with all pioneers attending.
W. W. De Long, former Vallard Bank president, filed a 26000 damages suit in the superior court against M. H. Shuey alleging misrepresentations when Shuey offered to sell the bank. The case was dismissed by stipulation amid claims of capital misstatements and an insolvent bank.
R. L. Dann, Collier's Weekly photographer, returned from the Far East where he took war pictures. He departed this morning for New York. Alaska Central Railway Chief Engineer Swanis ordered 200 experienced railroad laborers from Beward at wages from 2.60 to 3 dollars daily, with emphasis on experienced men.
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