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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1901
Page
4
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At the Western Washington W C T U convention in Tacoma Mrs. Margaret Co Munn reports a year gain in membership of 70 with receipts 1 887 13 and expenses 1 458 70 leaving 478 42 on hand. County president reports follow from Chehalis Clarke Cowlitz King Kitsap Lewis Mason Meroe Skagit Snohomish Inland San Juan Whatcom. Evening program includes a diamond medal contest led by Emma B Page and Frances B E Willard music, with Tacoma admission ten cents.
Peter Wigborg a Dawson pioneer who helped discover gold on Stewart River and held mining claims paid 00 a day on Silver Bow Basin. He spent much time in Juneau where he invested in wells and owned property on Bonanga and Fiderado creeks. The Juneau Skagway cable carried the death notice by his own action.
The attorney general rules that a 19th century barbering act applies to all incorporated cities and towns in the state including Walla Walla. It bars practicing barbering without a valid registration certificate from the state board of barbers' examiners.
The Queen of Hayti continues to draw crowds at the Seattle theater as vaudeville delights audiences. Georgia minstrels perform on Third Avenue to good houses with strong favorites among the acts. Margaret Barry's recital at Seattle theater opens sales for tomorrow afternoon with readings and selections from Twain to Kipling. Webber and Elliot lead Prof Wilson’s Juvenile minstrels at Grand Opera House on Sept 7 and 4. A six day bicycle race ends with Mise Anderson first Roberts second and Freed third after sixty one miles and six laps. Beaton and Morris gave a five mile exhibition before the race. The Searchlight presents a week of strong programming.
At Broadway Improvement Club and Queen Anne Improvement Club meetings, City Engineer Thomson will speak tonight. He will discuss the Cedar River water system and later address street grading and improvements at the Pilgrim Church on Broadway and East Republican streets.
Government grants are to transport rescued seamen home. If they do not leave the Banta Ana they remain as rescued sailors under an international treaty. The final disposition of three sailors Chomateu Obe Kukiohi Yokoda and Chuso Mitsuhashi will be decided in a few days after inquiry with the Japanese minister in Washington.
In the superior court Howard D. Thomas Jr accuses Daniel Holden of gross fraud over a $12,000 furniture business stake worth only $7,500. Emma Pery sues Seattle Electric Co for $10,000 for injuries from a crowded James Street car fall last July. Additional lines advertise Kilbourne & Clark Co and a cryptic local notice about gas electric fixtures and repairs.
A. Erickson, Jersey dairy proprietor, was found guilty by Judge George for the third time in adulterating milk with a substance called Freeaine. Milk samples from the Jersey dairy tested by Milk Inspector Woodcock and State Food Inspector McDonald showed one pure sample and one adulterated sample, leading to a $10 fine.
The page lists upcoming performances and readings at Seattle Theatre including Margaret Barry in Edmond Nostand and Shakespearean works. Also noted are remarks by Hon. Burke Cochrane and Rev. T. De Witt Talmage with a Tuesday morning reservation deadline and gallery closure.
Janior Jas. McLeod has abandoned his job for a two weeks vacation. L. Haney, who has been on one of the night shifts, will attend to his duties during the absence.
A historic list details extensive paving and sidewalk projects across the city. Funds are allocated for planking Main and Pike streets, sewer work along 14th to 16th avenues, and curb and grade work on multiple avenues. New resolutions authorize numerous sidewalk, curb, and paving projects, including Pine Street to Denny Way, Yesler Way to Cherry Street, and Taylor Avenue expansions.
For the first time in local baseball history a professional game was officially awarded to Seattle after Portland failed to reach Seattle in time. The announced score was 9 to 0 with Harmon pitching and Umpire Wheeler declaring Seattle the winner. The Seattle-Portland game is rescheduled for today.
Three sailors from a seal hunting expedition drifted five days after their boat ground at St Pauls Island. They were found by the steamship Del Monte, taken to Dutch Harbor, and brought to Nome aboard the Santa Ana. Japanese consul Hayashi called the law funny, noting escape could change their immigration status.
Local chemist testifies he found milk sample pure at the time. Mr Wood cook’s sample was later found sour on cron examination. Newton admitted souring before his check. Defense claimed foreign substance in bottles but failed. Judge George fined Keen $100 and costs. appeal to superior court noted.
Mrs Mary A Peavy aged 70 died at Arayle Me and will be interred in Seattle after the remary. Olive Barker aged 4 died in a local hospital with funeral plans set at Hutterworth's chapel tomorrow afternoon. Five men with teams and scrapers will assist at the site.
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