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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1903
Page
3
Peterin reports in New York that Dowie supporters retreat to Chicago as the restoration effort falters. The movement appears waning and Dowie warns of replacements for the king while noting a flood of bogus checks undermining credibility. Dowie plans to sail with Mrs Dowie to Australia in April.
Thieves targeted unguarded chicken houses clothes lines and hat racks with losses at 421 Euastlake Ave and 1424 Twenty-ninth Ave. A thief entered the Third Avenue Hotel room of H Pohl and took an overcoat. A Heiser clothesline laundry theft occurred during supper. Police have been notified.
Enthusiasm runs high at the University of Washington with a monster rally at Denny Hall. President Kane reads the football lineup for tomorrow as the Whitman team travels to Athletic Park. Band of 16 to perform in a donated car while Seattle Electric supports advertising.
Special to The Star reports Tacoma mayor halted the Ty McClelland bout planned for Beattie last Friday after Beattie authorities refused to permit it amid citizen protests led by local backers. The mayor cited public safety and Beat’s intolerance of the controversy as reasons to stop the event.
From St Petersburg reports say the Czar and Czarina, awaiting a son, may secure a new heir. The Imperial pair already have four daughters Olga 1885 Tatiana 1897 Maria 1898 Anastasia 1901, with no son to continue the Romanoff line.
In a district court session Judge Bell granted a semineal in the state case against Leo Strand and Joe Sullivan charged with holding up Alexander Thomas near coal bunkers. Thomas, who was to testify, is abroad in San Francisco and writes he will not appear. defense attorney Morrie notes the witness friendship and drinking motives.
The Tacoma arrived without serious damage after being over three days overdue, prompting relief that Poston Steamship Company’s big freight vessel Yrn should reach Beattie safely. The ship’s slower pace explains the longer passage and alarms over safety. In London two men jailed at Southampton on murder charges unrelated to the voyage.
The show at No 1829 First av enue features performers about 27 by 29 inches in size, 7 by 9 inches smaller than Tom Thumb. They perform every half hour from 2 p m to 9 p m offering little wonders for visitors before the Seattle engagement ends.
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