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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1906
Page
7
A dramatic chase ends with Puter escaping after drawing a revolver on Burns at a branch post office. Officers close in, but the fugitive bolts into the street and disappears amid a dense crowd.
Gratthy will operate a new steamship line on the San Francisco route with KR Caine named as agent. The Buckman schooner and Indiana are to be altered and sailings to Nome. The Whatcom will join the route April 1 under the State of Washington, while repair work keeps Santa Clara in dock for the week.
Maritime notes describe vessels and crews, including the bark Mi rescued to Port after ailment aboard, the four masted schooner W H Wap towed for Philippine voyage, and Fern recovering a body of James Hastai. The steamer Jefferson arrives with passengers and cargo from Skagway while the Alaska Steamship Line ships send crews south. Extensive movement involves Nanaimo, Mistaken, and Juneau operations.
The entry lists tidal extremes with times 12 33 a m extreme high 6 22 a m extreme low and 1 0 p m mean high 7 8 p m mean low indicating a dated chart style without full context.
The headless body of Gus Ret was found beside the Northern Pacific railroad track at Palmer Junction this morning. The coroner has gone to the scene. Hot has been employed by Page Lumber company at Hagle Gorge. He fell ill yesterday and started walking toward Seattle.
March 27 reports discuss merging the Dunlap and Rainier Beach improvement clubs as county growth accelerates. Other notes cover Dunlap water mains, Cedar River piping plans, and transit of a pole line by a rival firm. Short items mention a Sun Set- Citizens dispute over rights of way and street vegetation. In Brighton a typhoid pneumonia outbreak claims Ellen Ward aged 15.
Detectives from the Great Northern Railroad arrested J. J. Hicks and A McDonald in the local yards on charges of robbing freight cars. Officers say the pair may belong to an organized gang, with ongoing thefts spanning weeks. Railroad officials withheld confirmation.
An option was taken on the Harvard flats Secondav and Virginia st for 50000 dollars. Jackson street property near Sixth to Ninth avenue was withdrawn from the market. Sperry bought two late on Fourth avenue Virginia and enora for 11000 dollars. Occidental property deal valued at 790000 dollars expected to be announced within two days. Standard Oil papers show the company assumed control of a subsidiary. An elderly settler Jacob Cowen committed to Steil insane asylum after knife mania development. Judge H G Bond’s condition after a fall from a horse improves with rapid recovery hoped.
A worker named Cedar fell while changing scaffolding on the sixth story of the Lowman building. He was rushed to Providence hospital in critical condition with internal injuries. The accident was attributed to his own carelessness as he stepped back and struck a plank, breaking the timber. Cedar, employed by FE C McDougall & Co, lived at Green Lake with a wife and two-week-old baby. Authorities had no information on his antecedents.
A missing mother Katie Cameron and her two year old daughter vanished from their Beacon Hill residence early yesterday. Husband Mr Cameron, reporting to police, described an empty cold house with doors wide open and no clothing on the pair. He fears foul play.
Milwaukee officials push for swift approval of the pre powered road franchise. Mayor Gore and EC Hughes discuss openings in section four and joint ownership terms to protect future joint owners and ensure city police powers remain broad.
The Sunset Telephone officials push a false story claiming Bell interests control Seattle’s Independent Telephone Company. New York telegraph dispatches labeled the report a fake, and Independent manager Webster called it a Bell trick to undermine local business while denying any intent to sell out.
City notes a Swedish audience interest in the upcoming Grand Opera production Vermiandingarne directed by Anna Pfeil of New York, touted as the finest Swedish American artist in the United States with rehearsals starting last night.
Deaths Roader Mrs Victor March 27 age 21 Providence hospital internment Calvary cemetery oral arrangements not completed Houney Watson company Ward Billen March 25 aged 16 Crighton Mead funeral from Pratt s hell Hillman City March 24 interment Calvary Tipps Dicke aged 64 March 24 Providence hospital funeral arrangements not completed Bonney Watson Hergueen Iowa aged 4 March 27 Providence hospital funeral arrangements not completed Bon ney Watson Hierckmans Jean March 26 Cleorgetown aged 41 funeral service March 28 2 90 p m interment Lakeview cemetery Bon ney Watron
Southeastern Alaska cannery crews mobilize for the season. J T Barron sails 60 men to Hunter Bay and T C McHugh reports Wrangell canneries ready as crews depart within two weeks. Bertha sails tonight with Kodiak-bound workers as Northwestern Fisheries adds men to Orca and other westward canneries. Names listed include Wred Alex Nellis 18 Mayive Anthony 20 Thomas Leroy Redding 21 Verhonteland and Mattie May Bittenger 17 from Vashon Island.
George F. Meacham & Co of New York offers free tickets on the Seattie-Everett interurban to Haller Lake. The trip exposes buyers to a large tract of land for sale in acre sections, drawing many for its scenic route and new country. The lake is described as the prettiest body of water in the northwest.
The steamer Alki of Pacific Coast Steamship aides Wrangell citizens burned out after a Saturday blaze. Relief supplies from Juneau and Douglas soon head for Wrangell with 60 tons of food and bedding while two tugs race to assess needs at Ketchikan. The fire destroyed multiple buildings including Reid’s general store and the Wrangel Sentinel. Wrangell seeks rebuilding while preserving the historic Indian village east of the burial grounds.
Spokane, March 27. Mrs. C. B. Hawkins, a widow, drew a white pine timber claim near Coeur-Alene City valued at $4,000. The story spread widely and she has since received seven marriage proposals by mail, with inventories and pleas of loneliness. she has not indicated any decision yet.
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