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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
3
Special guests including the chief of police will visit the Strand to ensure it runs as the new manager promised. Mayors and officials received invitation tickets as the Comique venue closes and is transformed into a first class vaudeville house with no alcohol sales and no memory of the former name.
James White and manager Charlie Mitchell arrived in Chicago en route to the Pacific coast for bouts with Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson. Mitchell said White is in grand form and needs no training. They may depart for the coast tonight.
Rockefeller interests gain control of multiple western rail lines and plan rapid extensions from Chamberlain west to Spokane and beyond. Milwaukee extension to coast spurs connections with Bellingham Bay system and Tacoma Eastern, with Seattle Tacoma and Portland links. Seventeen million dollars allocated for coastward work, aiming to reach Spokane within three years and shift rates against Jim Hill.
Bider appointed Friday as receiver under $6 000 bonds for Holmes Music Co. An information filed against Ed Picard for assault with intent to commit robbery in an alleged March 20 hold up attempt on M F E Sullivan. Charlotte Goodacre files for divorce from Samuel Goodacre on non-support with custody of one child sought. Joseph Connelly suit for $5 000 damages heard in Judge Albertson's court. P H Nelson, 41, granted license to marry Pauline Smith, 31, Friday morning.
James Petigrew was arrested by Patrolmen Burns Peterson and Keefe on a charge of numerous thefts while working for Schuster Co. Draymen. Police will file additional charges once the value of stolen goods is determined. Petigrew allegedly pilfered items from each load over a long period.
Canadian Pacific officials F W Peters and B W Grier arrived Friday morning in the city. F G Donradson of Burlington and F W Parker of Northwestern Linen also traveled in from Vancouver and Victoria. John McLean of Georgetown lost his outfit after visiting sights and sought police help to locate his bag and clothing, claiming sobriety but memory gaps.
William Hurley and Albert Meyers aged 70s and 60s were picked up Thursday and sentenced by Police Judge Gordon to three months in the county jail for vagrancy. Hurley, a Civil War veteran, had long frequented the Dy the Mug saloon on Washington Street as a routine of idle living.
Michael Murphy of the Cudahy Packing company testified as the principal witness before a federal grand jury probing the alleged beef trust. Managers of several other packing concerns are to appear today as the jury questions witnesses on dressed meat prices at retail and wholesale levels over the past three years. Precautions are being taken to prevent public disclosure of progress in the case.
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