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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1906
Page
3
Factions in the south press for annexation while council defers action until a Southeast Brighton alignment is resolved. Officials express satisfaction with current arrangements and signal possible moves if ward councilmen unite, with no immediate decision forthcoming.
Sunday topics list church meetings across Fourth Avenue and Union area. Multiple congregations under Rev staff including Francis J. Van Horne and Rev James Orr hold morning and evening sessions. Proposals include Sunday school at 10 or 11, Christian social focus, and various services at 3 30 pm and 7 30 pm with Baptist and Methodist groups also noted.
A series of meetings and lectures venues include Piret Church av near Pike, Healing circle at 4:30 p.m., Theosophical Society Beattie Lodge 1420 Becond av, and Queen City Theosophical Society Pioneer block. Topics span Cremation, The Secret Doctrine, and Symbetiam led by Mas Heindel and others.
Maj Gen William R Shafter U S A retired to enter premonition at his ranch south of Bakersfield Mint paid 182 cents per fine ounce for 100000 ounces of silver Denver A Hawaiian band fund drive underway in Honolulu A Pacific Northwest NP line train delayed by a landslide near Hoquiam Tide measured 76 feet at the scene Army of the Ten Years Society reelects Gen Dodge president and fixes Vicksburg Miss as 1907 meeting site
Kenne How ard British consul general in Crete is appointed counsellor at the Washington embassy and will act as ambassador during interim before a successor to Sir Mortimer Durand takes the post. In Colorado Mt Culebra near Trinidad erupts with smoke seen from 12 miles away. Everett voters brace for Dec 4 city election as candidates pledge positions.
Local officials urge advancing Everett to a first class city status by adopting a charter of its own. The move seeks greater self governance and fiscal control for municipal affairs.
A Pendleton dispute claims serious charges against May Edwards, agent for the Umatilla Indian reservation, in a letter sent to the Interior Secretary in Washington. The letter was described in reports from the county court of Umatilla.
Twelve councilmen will be elected, along with a governor and collector, a street commissioner, city attorney, and police judge, reshaping city governance according to the plan.
The Goldwater brothers, longtime Seattle jewelers, announce retirement due to high rents. They will auction their stock of diamonds, watches, silverware, cut glass, china, and art goods, with holiday items included. First sale tonight at 7, daily thereafter at 2:90 and 7 p.m. Free gifts at each sale.
The house used by Gen Grant at Vancouver barracks, dating from 1684, will be torn down. Recently it served as officers club quarters and is featured in photographs accompanying a magazine story on Grant's life at the barracks.
North Yakima November 10 Henry H. Wende the newly sworn Democrat county attorney vows full enforcement of liquor and gambling laws. The move unsettles saloon operators and whisky peddlers on the reservation as officials debate sheriff and commissioners pay disputes.
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