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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1906
Page
3
A list of supposed fraudulent voters headed from Detroit Yorkers is circulated with names supposedly registered but missing from the city directory. The tally includes bartenders actors clerks electricians and other tradesmen totaling 69 individuals with varied occupations.
A report details alleged padding of registration rolls to influence the Piper Lawler state senate race. It cites workers from Seattle Electric and hotel registers, with named figures like James T Lawler and Frank Clancy, plus accusations of imported voters and fraudulent participation in the upcoming contest.
The page lists several touring and city attractions. Grand Theatre offers Io the Bishops Carriage with matinee today and eight performances tomorrow. Seattle presents Pete Peterson melodrama by Jules Walters. Third Avenue shows The White Cape by Chan Taylor’s stock company. Loe shows Heon Baxter Cutted In in New York to Beattie. Star Theatre features vaudeville with gymnasts, acrobats, jugglers, dancing, musical acts Bande brothers, Eddie Roesch, and a comic turn Aunt Louisa's Advice. The Devil's Auction opens at the Grand Thursday for four performances with ballet features and The Wild and Wooly West pantomime.
Haniel Fuhrman, the Tailor at 1016 2d Ave, offers a refined line of oxen leather garments for winter wear. The copy touts quality, fit, and durability, inviting customers to visit for inspection and purchase.
Reports indicate fraudulent registration and padding in the Miret ward near the Detroit hotel. Piper’s defeat by under 100 votes is linked to ineligible voters and misregistered residents, with several other areas under review and results expected in days.
The funeral for the late Brother M. O. Rex will be held Wednesday morning October 24 at 9 30 from the family home 724 Stewart Street All members are asked to assemble at Headquarters at 9 o clock Wednesday to participate.
Weat Beattie council hears Beattie Lighting apply for a gas franchise while Seattle Electric seeks a streetcar right of way after purchasing the line. Police arrest clerks PF Gow and J C Hawman for drunkenness on Capitol Hill car. bail set at $20 each.
Nanaimo British Columbia October 25 Robert S Featherstone was sentenced by Justice Morrison to hang for the murder of 21 year old Mary Jane Dalton found with a bullet wound near South Wellington on July 21. Featherstone maintains his innocence and will hang December 12.
CICITY Mo Oct 24 A grain dealer testified he was blacklisted by the railroads and regular dealers for selling grain directly from farmers, hindering trade and causing his elevator to be shunned. He said a price-lowering combine among regular dealers existed. DON Oct 23 Parliament discussed the Irish home rule bill with expectations of passage in Commons by a large majority.
Columbus October 24 The Attorney General Ellie shifts focus to the steel trust and likely to attack the sewer pipe branch fires. He aims to break up the trust as with the bridge trust and is buoyed by an initial success against Standard Oil.
A garbled notice advertises gum and tablets sale at Bartell's Red Cross Drug Store 610 Second. It mentions Reeman's Gardner's Pepin Gum and Ayre's Broncial or Bronze Tablets with unclear quantities and prices, inviting tomorrow purchases.
Eight men described as W C T U opponents were fined or jailed after a Seattle raid on the Mug saloon. Judge Gordon warned saloon loafing would not be tolerated and said convicts must seek work or remain imprisoned after sentence. Chief Wappenstein ordered the raids, the first in a series aimed at eliminating loafers.
A bank official plans an elegant residence costing 15000 dollars by buying certificates that let buyers pay for a lot from secured profits while keeping the investment intact. Visit 117 Cherry Street to discuss details and request illustrated booklets. phone ind. 695 for a special inspection trip of the property.
Laurelhurst on Lake Washington presents a premier residential district ten to twenty nine minutes from downtown Seattle. Developers McLaughlin Mead and Murphy unveil a 65 person yacht Laurelhurt and a yacht house with wharf for residents as street grading and transit enhancements begin. University grounds nearby are seen as a major benefit to Laurelhurst’s future as Seattle’s wealthiest enclave.
Yesterday afternoon at Lincoln Park the Pine at football team defeated Rasselle by a 17 to 5 score highlighting Pine at’s offensive drive and stout defense in a local gridiron matchup.
Seattle agents Geo H Woodhouse Co advertise Buffalo gasoline engine as the world standard. Arcade building listings accompany the promotion.
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