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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1906
Page
7
A proposed ordinance would grant a twelve mile right of way paralleling the Cedar River for Milwaukee water use. A subcommittee including Cornell and Crichton will study compensation before council vote. Engineer Thornean opposes two grounds contamination and extra pipeline costs.
A defendant challenges a debt suit claiming the check was invalid and that payments toward the principal were made. Through attorney work, the case cites unclear authorities over the legality of collecting the debt. Justice Davis hears the action as parties monitor the pending outcome.
Reports describe a chaotic clash involving four members of Company B Pivot regiment during May 11 with gunfire and a running chase. Several civilians were fired upon while militia tried to intervene. two foot soldiers jumped clear, others fled with wounded officers.
Cart, manager of the Grand Bowl and Seattle theater, heads back from New York where he presented Roberts to Broadway. Roberts proved popular as a star, while Cart promises next year’s eastern tours and a return to Seattle in two or three years. He will keep Grand and Beano theaters and shift Beano to the Orpheum circuit in vanderville.
Hanford today ordered the music figure known as Carpenter from Listend to provide bonds as the government appeals. The action sets a secured path for Carpenter while the appeal proceeds.
In Gravesend on May 21 Tokalon Be 1 won the Brooklyn handi race. Bedell carried 107 steamer Dumbarten and carried part of her according to relives by Merchents’ reports.
The house today approved the Omnibus Highthewse bill authorizing 1,266,000 in Great sums.
Washington May 11. Serum Toxine company of New York with many branches sold a blow pollen core and recorded $255,000 received from individual patients. W. H. Cooper, founder of Siegelooper stores of Chicago and New York, was president until shortly before his death.
Fifteen street workers tore down a wooden retaining wall on Belmont Avenue North by A Menagen during Saturday afternoon. It marks the first enforcement action by Street Commissioner Walters against retaining walls built on the outer twelve inches of parking strips under city ordinance.
Detectives Adama and Corbett detained five youths on Railroad Ave after a brass robbery at Eagle foundry. Luther Rathborne 12 Louis Kasman 12 Charles Orilek 13 Leo Price 15 Robert Dollar 18 named. Rathborne Kasman and Orilek charged with robbery. the other two with petty larceny. Dollar and the other boy handed to truant officer and police headquarters respectively.
McKnight, a Seattle General photographer, underwent a delicate operation involving rearrangement of the stomach and adjoining organs. Surgeons found full removal unnecessary, instead reshaping the stomach and correcting its outlet. Postoperative reports say he is recovering well after the procedure.
Mrs Harry Carroll, wife of City Comptroller Carroll, was rushed to the hospital yesterday with acute appendicitis. Doctors Dru, Crookes and Raymond performed an immediate operation and by noon today she rested, with her condition described as hopeful though outcome uncertain.
City Treasurer Russell reports bids on delinquent property at auction reached about 940000 overall with bidders driving prices into the hundreds on many parcels. Redeeming holdings will cost owners 169 to 200 dollars to cover the 20 percent penalty plus costs, threatening hardship for several landowners.
In Erie, a fatal automobile crash occurred early this morning when a vehicle failed to negotiate a sharp curve and struck a telegraph pole. Jutta G. Young died and others were hospitalized.
Henry Mauer, carrying a bank book showing over $16,000, was arrested yesterday on a charge of assaulting his wife. The Bauers, recent rivals from Nebraska, live at 22nd Ave and FB Cherry. The complaint prompted the arrest, and Mauer must answer to the charge of assault and battery in front of Justice Devts.
Catherine Allen 64 daughter of Mr and Mrs KE Allen died at the family home 4227 Parkear after a period of illness. The death was not unexpected and follows a long illness.
The San Juan Fish company plans an oyster bed at the head of Hood's canal. Today the sloop Quinalt will depart with a carload of eastern oyster seeds for the site.
A correspondent reports in Jayuya Porto Rico that John Dowie a self styled evangelist commands crowds of the island poor. He is described as unlettered and covered with medals his followers prostrate before him as he rides by on horseback. He preaches denunciations of other religious bodies and promises judgment with threats of hell for many including Masons and Papists.
Director Ira A. Nadeau of the Alaska Yukon exposition argues liquor sales are not essential to the exposition’s success. He favors the state university site and opposes suspending liquor laws during the event, suggesting abstinence could be a unique advertising feature.
The Phoenix Shingle mill began operations after reconstructing following a March fire. Owners expect full staffing within two days as returning workers join new hires. Tensions rose with a crowd harassing mill workers, while talks of an injunction to curb interference circulate. A tragic wagon accident injuring a child occurred nearby, with funeral arrangements noted. The Order of Washington plans a charity event for San Francisco relief at the Fraternal hall.
An offer from Kirkeville Infirmary of Osteopathy promotes drugless care for illnesses. Graduated physicians provide personal attention at the clinic located near Washington and Talbot, with services possibly linked to Mutual Life.
A vivid Sunday meditation contrasts wealth with common ownership of spring. The author urges readers to walk through lush lawns and blooming streets, feeling the country air, hearing birds, and recognizing that the beauty of nature belongs to the people, not Rockefeller or Carnegie.
Milwaukee dispatch reports about 1000 fearing homelessness from a Michigan forest fire. Woodmen persevere with only their clothes, saying the blaze will clear land. Heroic battles against flames are described, and Northland town was thrice threatened, with flames checked mere a stones throw from homes.
May 11 ban frantibaco reports impatient merchants rush to reopen stores on Van Ness and Sutter. About 150 workers labor to complete 50,000 chimneys at a fee of 81. Bread lines shrink with 66,000 rations daily and 4,000 from soup kitchens. Food and clothing are abundant with 14,000 cars of supplies received. The relief fund totals 6,533,247.22.
James McLaren sues C. G. O. Austin of Bornite Copper & Gold Mining in Superior Court for 24125 dollars alleging Austin failed to honor an agreement to buy about 160000 shares of stock.
The Bon Marche introduces a free city bus service from uptown to the union depot and docks for shoppers and train riders. The service is among the first of its kind in the region and aims to attract patrons to the store. A nursery with a matron will care for babies and children while parents shop.
A London report recalls Jabez Balfour a longtime MP and financier who looted millions from depositors including widows and orphans. He faced trial and was convicted in 1995, sentenced for fraud as assets collapsed to 15 million with liabilities over 40 million.
The remains of W R Suddaby who died of apoplexy in the Arlington hotel grill Friday afternoon will be shipped to Toronto Ontario for interment. Bonney-Watson has received word from Ontario relatives arranging transport east. No autopsy will be held.
A tale notes Willie and his father buying Little Acorn shoes from Old Oaks. After school he is seen daily removing dandelions from the lawn per their agreement, highlighting the small size and likeness to papa's shoes. The ad places the shop at 808 First Avenue.
The steam schooner Yonemite, to be operated by L. M. Gray & Co on its maiden trip to Beattie, will enter lumber carrying between Bound and California ports. The collier Eureka has sailed with coal for the P. C. company in San Francisco.
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