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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
3
Bault Ste. Marie Ont reports more rioting potential as six troops arrive on a special train and a second contingent of Attymore Grenadiers and MIghlanders join to guard Lake Superior company property from idle workers. Meals are cut off to force workers back to camps amid pay disputes.
Special to The Star from Davenport reports Rev. George Hod h pastor of the German Evangel church prayed for the Lord to remove his wife and then attacked her when prayer seemed slow. Mrs Hod says her husband attempted to answer his own prayer in a striking scene. The assault charge was dismissed in Justice Court as the plaintiff failed to appear. attorneys said the case was filed to prejudice a divorce action and that any fine would reduce community property before divorce proceedings.
Anna Long Chong, daughter of a local Chinese laundryman, enjoys attention from neighbors in Newcastle as she grows age, with her parents strolling public streets on Sundays. The family plans to send the child to school when old enough and feed her like other American children.
Grand Opera House hosts Warde and James in Alexander the Great with The Hargemarter musical comedy to follow. Chicago cast headlines nightly shows Thursday through Saturday with a Saturday matinee. Beattie Theatre features A Friend of the Family intrigues crowds and Lincoln J. Carter's Down Mobile fills Third Avenue theater all week. Also notices dance at Bypher's Mall Ballard.
Aoudad, native to Africa and resembling a Rocky Mountain animal, has been imported to America and will arrive in a few months. It is extremely rare with few in the United States and is described as a mountain dweller with a dense mane protecting its neck during leaps, giving it a buffalo-like appearance at a distance.
Thomas B. Rhodes, a 45 year old painter, fell from the roof of the Bay View brewery in Beath Seattle while painting. He struck the back of his neck and died instantly. Rhodes leaves a wife and five children and was an Odd Fellow and a Mason. The body rests at Homney-Watgen ton.
Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, begins with services tonight at 7 30 at Temple de Hirech led by Rabbi Joseph on themes Free? Sin to Siniesences. Tomorrow morning services start at 10 and continue all day with sermons Serael the Eternal in the morning and The Star of Immortality in the evening. Hebrew merchants refrain from business tomorrow.
Swedish pianist Herr Pete Storch and London violinist Herbert Nitchte perform this evening with Karl Schwerdtfeger and Mire Marguerite, under the auspices of the First Methodist church, at Christensen's hall.
Washington report states Lamrel Gompers President of the American Federation of Labor was not surprised by President Roosevelts reiteration against discrimination between unionists and non unionists in government employment. Miller was to be retained in the government printing office.
The piece notes bitter sentiment among Germans in America as they abandon ties to Germany. It argues this attitude harms pride in their homeland and hinders education of their children.
Toledo dates Sept. 3 report states the Standard Oil Company announced another crude oil price rise. The increase is two cents in the west and three cents in the east as executives argue the business can bear higher crude costs.
The market notes general price advances and firm hay gains in Puget Sound with hay up to 15 per ton and timothy at 22, alfalfa 15, oats 24 to 25, and chop 24 to 28. Poultry volumes rise. fruit demand dull and stock low. Wholesale figures include butter, pork, and produce with several specific crate and ton prices for apples, oranges, cranberries, and hay.
In Norfolk Virginia on September date the naval officers at the yard announce discharges of non union workers despite Roosevelt open shop policy. Discharged mechanics report appeals to yard officers as investigations proceed into the actions.
The council again showed fealty to Hallard interests by shelving a protest from 1,108 residents and granting a new license to the Grand Buffet. Objections were dismissed as fake, many signed by children, while Councilman Nelson denounced the document as forged and claimed his wife did not sign it.
Local classified listings note multiple business names and locations including drug stores bakeries and pharmacies. Entries mention Mullen at Ballard Ave Fremont Drug Co Ewing and Fremont W A Manefield Graham's Home Bakery CN Lehndroff cigar store Morris Postoffice Little's Pharmacy Carston & Co University Drug Store Howell St Pharmacy and others with street addresses.
A flood of old style money listings shows loans on real estate and personal collateral. Banks and private lenders advertise low rates and easy terms, promising confidential negotiations and quick cash to merchants, jewelers, and homeowners.
Democrats in Allentown announce the opening of the Pennsylvania state campaign with notification of candidates on the ticket. Congressman Marcus Kline will preside, joined by state committee Chairman Hall and Colonel J. M. Guffey. Included ad copy offers wool underwear at 1.25 per garment or 2.50 per suit from W. B. Hutchinson & Co.
Cottage City arrived last night from ay with 147 passengers and 5000 of Klondike ore. She reports 5000 tons of ore piled at Whitehorse awaiting shipment down the Yukon to Dawson. Shave at Shrewsbury's Butler, and you will stand better.
Describes a farm near Kent with cleared fields, pasture and hay land, a modern house, barn, and equipment. Includes 99 tons of hay harvested this year with more to come, a young team of horses, 2 cows, poultry, wagon, buggy, plow, harrow, cultivator, and fruit bushes. Water is year round and soil praised. Asking 61M with easy terms.
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