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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
7
A chamber of commerce meeting with city officials led to a decision to appoint a committee to investigate the best method to establish an emergency hospital and to move the Wayside hospital to a new gridiron. Resolutions urged the city council to fund the project and consider an isolation hospital.
The city board of health president Dr J B Loughary chaired a discussion with HM Wirt Steele secretary of the Charity Organization Society Councilman J B Johnston Mrs Cahnen manager of the Wayside Hospital and Mrs J B Sanderson and Mrs Hrastus Hrainerd of the Red Cross society examining various varigua aspects of the subject.
The Seattle high school sophomore and junior Debating Clubs will dispute May 26 on the motion That competition of women in the industrial world is a social advantage. The Junior Debating Club chose Mise Iaia Provine Harry Troll and George Wayland as representatives. The sophomores have not yet finalized their champions. The Young Men's Republican Club annual officer election will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in Bik's hall at Second Avenue and Pike Street.
Seattle banking data show April clearances at 176,254,656 dollars, up 946,688 from April 1903. Nationwide gains were mixed, with February down. Seattle rose 6 percent, while New York fell 10 percent. First four months total reached 64,924,055 dollars, up 2,376,560 from last year.
Police report Frank Gardél, an employee at Cepra dance hall, seriously wounded by a cutting. Henry Hill, a Black man, is jailed after the assault. Gardél was taken to hospital. the suspect was arrested by Officer Swanson.
Bright weather calls for children's low shoes in classic Oxford and button styles. Features include heavy soles, neat stitching, pretty bows, and durable workmanship. Prices range from about $1.00 to $1.50 with small quantity discounts.
Nine crack officers from San Francisco form a top Police Revolver and Rifle team. They hold the police championship in both revolver and rifle. Arrangements are under way for a match with St. Louis and a contest with Washington DC teams. The Pacific Coast eleven pride themselves on recent wins across department matches.
Hazel Beaumont alias May Brian alias Rebecca Reed the mistress of George Harrett was sentenced in police court to four days in jail and fined $100 for vagrancy. Upon request to leave the city she was granted a suspended sentence with six hours to say goodbye. Chief Delaney had a detective ensure she boarded a boat.
Glen Salting Shelly Jones Delle Opera and Charten Can ningheam pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands at Portland. Cunningham, the ringleader, was fined ten dollars while the others received ten dollar fines. Mark Shackleford did not plead guilty and Kate James was discharged for lack of probable cause. The defendants testified at Asa Themeen’s receiver trial, supplying evidence against Themeen.
A five story warehouse belonging to the Camden Storage Company in Camden New Jersey was burned this morning causing extensive damage estimated at $750,000. The Westlake Boulevard Improvement Club will meet this evening at Boulevard Hall to discuss speeding up improvements on Westlake Avenue.
In San Francisco on May 6 the fate of Alice Edith Blythe Dickason Blythe is sealed as her life wanes. Once famed for beauty that lit a fortune, she now lies bedridden friendless, a ruined figure of dissipation with a mere pittance from Blythe estates.
The May Holiness camp meeting will rival the General Conference in Los Angeles with sessions at Nasarene Tabernacle May 1 to 31. Rev Bud Robinson, famed Walking Bible of Texas, leads the event, drawing crowds with his tale of humble origins and intense study.
City Hall circles allege a bloc led by J. C. Gill and D. W. Bowen seeks to postpone the Murphy ordinance canceling the Beattle Lake Washington Waterway Co. contract to allow earth removal from the south end and avoid damages suits. The issue has been postponed through joint committee referrals amid investigations by City Engineer Thomson.
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