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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1904
Page
8
William Lattimer of Passaic known as the iron skullet man was laid up with a head injury after Moodlume struck him with a rock and knocked him unconscious. He claims a Mauser bullet once struck him in Cuba but left no lasting harm.
Mike Kukie a lodger at the Great Northern tunnel bunkhouse told police he was robbed of 220 dollars by a supposed friend sharing his room. The thief woke him in sleep, took the money from his pockets and vanished. Police seek Interurban to Tacoma and have a description from Kukie.
A blaze in Nashville Tennessee today destroyed the new freight sheds of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway. The loss is estimated at two hundred thousand dollars. Much freight was burned. Also filed yesterday were articles of incorporation for the Orcas Lime company to manufacture lime.
Sheriff Van Vactor in county records reports the arrest of an Indian man known as War Stockings for killing another Indian during a drunken brawl in Tumwater Sunday night. The Baptist state convention sits in session at North Yakima. Portland prepares a new consolidated street railway company with a $5,000,000 capital. Goods valued at $200 stolen from J C Todd & Co ship chandlery in Tacoma Monday night. Mrs Nancy Fagalde of Walla Walla acquitted after being charged with redding a store. Willie Anderson, Tacoma youth, shot during a Sunday incident while handling a 22 caliber pistol, died yesterday. AH Collins and H Brownell were arrested in Victoria for pheasant hunting without a license. fined $50 each. Mrs Catharine McCarthy of Forest dead Monday night at nearly 106, former oldest Southwest Washington resident.
The Cowboy and the Lady continues this week at Seattle venues featuring James Neill Edythe and a capable stock company. The lively western comedy drama is among the NeiIl repertoire and draws crowded houses. Also listed Ten Nights in a Barroom by the Wiedemann company at the Alcazar with snakes used for realism in the inebriate visions.
The last performance of The Wizard of Oz at the Grand is tonight. Tomorrow evening Glittering Gloria will be put on the boards and comes well recommended.
The Hills of California presents a week long drama set in the Forty nine era. A cow and trained chickens are included in the act.
A brief note records Heady's Turkish Baths operating within the banks of Dexter Horton Bank. The fragment indicates a bath house named Heady's and its association with the Dexter Horton Bank premises.
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