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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
6
Classified notice listing job seekers for stenography and office work in Seattle, plus lending offers, private loans, and real estate ads. Mentions wages, interest rates, and properties near interurban lines. includes names such as Alaska Building, Pacific Pinch, and Meadowdale agent references.
Real estate notices describe several plots along the Duwamish valley and Lake Washington side, with terms for cash or installments. Properties include acreages near Weet of the Interurban, close to steel works, and blocks with multiple street frontages, varying prices from modest to high. CORPELLO advertises phone 1088.
MRADE to CANCELLED There will be no parade tomorrow night under municipal ownership campaign committee. A grand rally will be held at the Seattle theater where William Hickman Moore, candidate for mayor, will speak and thank Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh and Walter Fulton among others. The parade was called off after securing Beatthe theater for a mass meeting. the committee failed to secure a large downtown venue but today arranged with John Cort for theater use.
John F. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, was arrested on charges of misappropriating about 1 million dollars. He allegedly falsified reports to the bank examiner to show liabilities as 245000 in November and inflated deposits to 10000000 when they stood at 7500000.
Matthew Kirkwood aged 60 died at Providence hospital after several weeks illness. His home is Sumner where his body will be shipped by Bonney-Watson. He leaves a widow and nephew Dr Wother ex on. He was a Yeomen and a Masone member. D F Feland was convicted this morning of obtaining money under false pretenses, sentenced to 0 days in county jail after pleading guilty for forging a $10 check.
The veteran Washington hotel chef T C Hosmer, 65, announces retirement after eight years in his current post and after feeding President Roosevelt during his visit. A Civil War veteran, Hosmer expects to end a storied career that included stints at the Weet Hotel in Minneapolis and Young's in Boston and seasons at Florida and California resorts. His banquet for Chinese envoys last week is described as his final effort to serve the inner man.
Real estate and goods appear for sale with cash deals and low monthly payments. Listings mention Queen Anne Hill cottage, Madrona ridge property, Eastlake Ave homes, and near University location. Contact Treen Smith at Walker Building for details.
Fragmentary listing from Capitol Hill describes two story house near lath and Mercer with furnishings and mantel. Mentions New York style bikes and a Main Street location with canal access, promising profitable investment and Cary terms.
A fresh proposition on overhead bridges is under discussion in a joint session of the city council corps committee and railroad representatives. The proposal urges fewer bridges than the city demands and a longer construction timeline, with the railroads claiming no obligation to build on certain streets until a commission decides necessity.
A northbound passenger on the Cheyenne & Northern branch of the Colorado & Southern railway went through a bridge near Buckhorn 125 miles north of Cheyenne. Engineer Shorty Donahue Fire man Rex and Mall Clerk Benjamin Guy of Cheyenne were injured Rex may die. A Wheatland special brought the injured as passenger coaches halted on the brink of a deep chasm. no passengers were hurt.
New York March 2 The motion for a new trial of Albert Patrick, condemned murderer, adjourned to April 3. The governor will grant another reprieve with the execution date set for the week of March 19.
Secretary Shaw announced a $16,000,000 temporary public deposit in existing depositories in New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans. The funds will be available for about July 10 and are intended as short term finance.
About 40 former residents of Texas organized the Texas club of Seattle at a meeting in the Terrell-Maverick company office in the Pioneer building. Members from Brownsville to Texarkana gathered, with women adding a dignified touch. Judge Alfred Battle of Waco was elected president for the year, and officers include Lewis Terrell secretary J H Douthitt treasurer Maverick Terrell first vice president Mrs Ada M Lota second vice president and Robert Lee Saunders chaplain. A committee was formed to draft cattle dictionary titles for officials.
Mayor Ballinger lifts objection to parades if orderly and nonobjectionable. Stirrat & Goetz receive a city payment of 108223.24 for the Eighteenth Ave pavement contract, part of a 254000 total. J P Graves in Spokane plans a 20 million corporation to build electric roads and water power. Seattle Tacoma Power begins a three year city lighting contract in Everett on March 1 with a temporary plant in the old nail works building serving until Snoqualmie line completion in a month or six weeks.
Street market notes show prices for Blood oranges at 3.0 dollars per crate or 1.75 per flat, new potatoes 60 cents to 1 dollar, and live turkeys at 29 per pound with demand rising. Vegetables include Yakirr Burbank potatoes, White River onions, cabbages, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, celery, and many fruits with varying per unit or per crate costs. Live stock and dairy items listed with regional origins and unit prices, plus hay, feed, lime, cement, and construction materials and prices for local merchants.
Bremerton residents are unsettled by a domestic elopement involving J. Miller a government works employee. His wife reportedly left with an ex marine taking their four children, leaving a desolate home and an anxious search underway. Authorities and neighbors discuss the motive and whereabouts as Miller contemplates his next steps.
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