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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1907
Page
7
Postmortem on Charlies B Teale found death Monday evening in Rainiertirand hotel caused by stomach trouble affecting the heart. Attorney and unions reported efforts to consolidate four city driver unions into a single executive council.
Chicago March 27. Rail road managers and employees ended all negotiations at 2 PM and will not reconvene. Union delegates, instructed by referendum to strike if proper, will meet later to decide action.
Scavengers fear the city’s new crematories will force them to resign a large part of their profitable monopoly, believed to be caused by anxiety over future operations and competition.
General Manager Horn of the Northern Pacific set tomorrow as the date to lift the embargo on east bound dead through freight. Local freight men indicated they cannot judge the extent of the order but will strive to comply with it.
The grand jury will return an indictment against Mark Gepatel a Los Angeles Home Telephone attorney and millionaire, with stenographer Nelile Smith said to have provided key evidence. Star witness J C Terrance of Home Telephone is expected to clinch the case as links sought by Heney and Berne are connected.
Four sailors aboard the Britie ship Matterdam escaped while at anchor and swam ashore. Immigration officials search for the men who to avoid penalties. owners face fines if the crew members are not located.
The jury in Judge Tellman s court awarded 16000 to the widow of John Delaski and to five minor children, in the case brought by the widow against Western Improvement Company for damages from a coal gas explosion at the Roslyn mines.
The committee prohibits private use of the . B. monogram and will prosecute infringements. It ordered 1 000 white yacht caps with green vicors and bands inscribed with reception entertainment and messengers names, and 20 000 fags from American Flag company. Downtown booths for convention certificates may sell to locals. closing date set for April 16, may extend to May 1.
Paul C Murphy and Frank P Mead plan no platting of Beattie golfinka before next spring They expect cement walks water and sewer mains parks and fine driveways before selling the property The addition will follow the layout of Laurelituret with similar design plans Also includes unrelated snippets about Miss Robinson and Mr Moseby in a humorous exchange.
United States Marine Inspector Whitney said wreck recovery will start once the Dakota crew is located aboard the Tremont. Passengers, including the Gardner Schoenfeld and Thompson families, proceed from Yokohama to Kobe and Nagasaki, planning to depart April 2 on the Siberia for San Francisco.
Frank W. Cotterill president of the State Federation of Labor and a leading Aniserty union official made an audacious bid to join the Chamber of Commerce. With no current union representation, the chamber referred his petition to the membership committee amid tensions over the Japanese exclusion issue. Cotterill argued labor should be represented within the chamber.
A new plan affects the regrading of Sixth Seventh and Eighth Avenues between Madison and James. Residents want these streets included while a petition is prepared by locals. Proponents argue the three avenues above Fifth can be regraded easily with James Street and at the same time as Fifth.
The board of public works rejected several sewer contracts after peculiar offers and signs of a combine among bidders. Eight inch sewer pipe bids fell at 80 cents per foot while contracts let at 1.10 and 1.96 per foot. Contractors claim it simply happened that nearly half a dozen jobs drew a single bid for each contractor.
From Constantinople on March 17 and London on March 27 reports say P A Jay secretary of the American embassy will travel to Asiatic Turkey to inspect the Bagdad railway linking the Mediterranean with the Persian Gulf. Germans may push for Persian Gulf access and Jay's mission is viewed as vital for Washington.
City chamber committee reports railroad officials favor the creation of an information bureau at the Union depot. Assistant Traffic Manager Adama of Great Northern and Second Vice President Hannaford of Northern Pacific pledge influence. Bureau planned to run annually from May 1 to Nov. 1.
Indictments were returned against the New York Central railroad as a corporation and against Vice President Albert H. Smith and General Superintendent Ira A. McCormick for manslaughter in the second degree over the Brewster express wreck near Woodland on February 16 that killed 24 people. Each defendant was released on 10900 bonds. they plan to plead tomorrow. The maximum penalty is 10 years in prison for individuals, with possible fines for the corporation.
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed this afternoon for Lawrence Dye who faces robbery charges and is held without due process. His attorney seeks release on technical fault in the information failing to name the county of commitment. A new information has been filed.
The grocery and meat market owned by Councilman Murphy at 70% Wing St Fremost was burglarized last night. Thieves cut a wire screen to enter and took $7 from the cash register while the safe remained untouched.
Moy Back Hin the Chinese consul for Oregon Washington and Idaho is viewed unfavorably by many Chinese in Oregon. A Seattle petition demanded his removal for abusing powers. the imperial minister dismissed it. Portland Chinese circulate a petition accusing him of blocking property needs for a Chinese exchange he partly owns.
E Jones 66 died in Portland on March 21 and burial planned in Seattle. Leonora Harrington 66 died at home 721 Denny Way with Tacoma burial. daughters Stella Harrington and Mrs. Hedrick. David Barnett 68 died at Providence hospital. father of W J Barnett and Mrs W Bernard. John Johnson died at Providence hospital. body in Bonney-Watson parlors. John Bullo 18 died at home Bellevue. funeral tomorrow afternoon.
James B. Metcalf, commissioner of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, reports strong Southern support. He visited leaders in Delaware and multiple Southern states and received assurances of substantial aid. Alabama and Mississippi legislatures plan sessions in July and January 1906 respectively, with expectations of appropriations.
The state tax commission contemplates suing insurers to collect a 2 percent premium tax on returned premiums. Insurers have paid the tax on gross premiums in the past, while the commission argues the tax is due on the gross sum of premiums collected. Estimated annual loss to the state exceeds $26,000.
Dr. Allen C. Simonten formerly Northern Pacific surgeon at Rostyn and three years resident of Beattie died yesterday from heart disease. He leaves a widow and a daughter Mrs. Charles Carkeck of this city. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
In Nanaimo British Columbia on March 26 Mabel Bone aged about two from Ladysmith died after ingesting discarded medicine capsules near her home. The child played and found the capsules then died shortly after from poisoning in a sad incident reported by Star Special Service.
Marine inspectors finished examining charges against C. St Claire second assistant engineer of the Minnesota. The official report will be issued within a few days. Also notices offer a five room cottage with a $600 cash price and monthly balance, and a 2130 North Sixty-fourth Green Lake car for sale with phone contact.
Special examiner William E. Valk testified that John A. Henson offered to pay 10 cents an acre for all of Benson's claims expedited in the office. Valk said he received 2500 dollars from Ben ee through December 103.
A reflective remark questions readers about lacking resolve to save. The speaker notes every man should start a savings account, urging personal financial discipline.
The City of Beattie arrives with 120 boxes of fish and 62 passengers and $120,000 in gold dust. The City of Seattle will run the Cottage City repairs, while the Aird will cover Beattie’s route. Northwestern ships report no news of Northwestern wreck. Matterhorn delivers cement from Rotterdam and Wugenie Feutrette from Antwerp reports a rough voyage. Captain Spaulding salvages a buoy after anchor chains failed. Nome mail contract awarded to LL HM Gray Steamship Co. Corwin sails May 10 for Nome with freight and passengers. Totti chartered for Northern China ports sits in San Francisco. Atlas reports storms off Cape Manco. barge 91 to Cape Blanco after line break, Atlas crew set second hawser.
The annual Idaho Washington debate is scheduled for Thursday evening in Denny Hall. The subject asks whether the fifteenth amendment and the second section of the fourteenth amendment should be repealed.
Reports from Riveria say Whitelaw Reid is recovering and will return to his post in London at the end of April. Mr Cadien, longtime manager of the Delmont Co Cafe in the Colman Building, announces he has again opened in the Cecil Hotel building with his past reputation for quality at reasonable prices.
Official notice announces Friday La Gioconda and Saturday La Boheme with a double bill Friday night. Pricing lists sofa seats five dollars, lower floor four, balcony three to four, gallery one to one fifty, with matinee same as night. Mall orders accepted, sale opens Tuesday April 2.
Wack Wren, a waterfront logger, accidentally shot himself in the arm while cleaning a gun. He was transported to Wayside hospital for treatment.
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