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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1904
Page
7
City Detective Adama arrested M. Vermont, an Arcade theater box worker, for robbing A. H. Wagner, a government boat steward, of $0. Wagner, in a theater bow, realized his 40 dollars vanished while spending on alcohol described as beer.
Fremont Republicans plan meetings in Foresters hall Humes and Arcannum Hall with speakers Will Morris J W K Merwin Judge Ballinger H G Rathbun C H Burh and H B Wilson Mitchell Gi The Fight ward gathering at the Baptist Church Garfield and Queens Anne avenues lists E C Hughes Dr J Epton John Riplinger and J P er and J B Roberta as speakers.
Frank Waterhouse Company announces the steamship Garonne remains on the Nome run for the season. The vessel has a new hurricane deck at Quartermaster's Harbor and will proceed to Esquimash for bottom scraping before its first trip on June 5. The Veneer is noted as among the largest on the Nome run with 700 passenger capacity.
Ida Clinton reports a man fired a shot into the window of her house at 2 36 in the morning then fled toward the next house. Police have no explanation for the incident.
The report notes Rosemary will be guided in reading by Mr Kyte, with a plan for a pause in Seattle theater. Murray and the company will end engagements, then Haker Stock Company begins a four week run while audiences remain entertained. The Rose Cercetta Shay Opera Company opens at the Grand with Carmen, led by Mise Shay from Cincinnati.
The Third Avenue theater continues Down by the Bea with nightly shows this week and a Saturday matinee. Richards and Pringle's Georgia Minstrels open a week's engagement next Sunday afternoon, retaining leading cast from last year and adding new specialists. A daily street parade and 7:30 band concert before each performance are planned.
In Cripple Creek Colorado March 1 the jury found Sherman Parker and Thomas Foster not guilty of conspiring to blow up Provenco Cripple Creek. W F Davis, charged in the same plot, was discharged. District Attorney later dropped a case against Parker Davis McKinney on train wrecking charges and nolled cases against Adams Davis and Kennetton for the Becks and McCormick mine explosion murder. This closes three major labor leader cases tied to the miners strike.
In Chehalis this week J W Smith, the jail inmate, escaped by digging free at night. A street car worker M Tuttle reported a burglary at 2 20 am with a significant loss of money and valuables. An experimental seed station is planned at Fairfield to become Northwest seed center. Snohomish County teachers plan an Institute on March 14 with 185 attending teachers.
Howard Kylie and his company offered Rosemary at the Grand to a small audience while two Irish comics and a women’s chorus drew a larger Seattle house. The critic praises Parker and the play’s simple, tender charm and Kyle’s Sir Jasper Thorndyke, noting the capable performance of the company and standout actors Frederic Webber and George Gaston.
Kent residents and out of town buyers flocked to H. & H. Chesbro’s at 1207 Second Avenue for a gigantic sale of pianos organs and pianistas. Prominent buyer A N Hertin of Berlin Bros Kent bought a Weber piano for Bertin, with home delivery. Large stock includes Weber Kohler Campbell Kurtamann Wheelock and more with price tags from $176 to $698 and terms 10 down and 7 per month.
Fred Dale Wood challenged any Republican to meet him in a subject of their choice during the week at a Democratic rally. Speakers included H. H. Kulies Eugene Semple Tommy Navin Judge F E Benson J W Godwin Jimmy Fitts Richard Gowan Sheriff Udulhee and M M Lyter. Other Democrats addressed the gathering on Queen Anne hill with George F Cotterill Wilman Tucker and Judge William Hickman Moore among them.
The Yakima Commercial club plans to print 15000 illustrated pamphlets showcasing Yakima valley beauty and resources for distribution at the World’s Fair. Other items note business deals, a postmaster race in Blaine, new Monroe water and light incorporation, and a fatal snowstorm death near Boise.
A renowned physician chemist from the Altenheim Medical Dispensary announces a remarkable compound that allegedly grows hair on any bald head overnight. He offers free trial packages to interested readers who send a 2-cent stamp, claiming universal success across ages and sexes.
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