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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1906
Page
5
Fragmented OCR portrays a crime narrative involving Fra nk Tiipp and Segal in a mental struggle over fidelity and fraud. It references a bank note, directors, funds, and a large sum, with hints of a robbery case and moral repercussions tied to modern life.
The Real Estate Trust Company collapses after a $7 million failure. President Frank K Hipple commits suicide by pistol while investigators uncover embezzlement totaling $206,000. Segal and Collingwood are arrested for conspiracy as the city reels from the bank scandal. A widow loses $1,500 in the wake of the disaster.
Three new instructors were chosen by the board of regents Charles W Marries Cornell Charles M Strong and Rev Alfred W Martin D D were secured for civil engineering Spanish and art lecture courses The first secondary will be held Wednesday Sept 9 with Gov Mead delivering the address
An Irish gown blends gray radium silk with gray chiffon for an evening dress. The wide flaring skirt features a seal hem and full pleatings, with shoulder drapery in radium silk and a surplice front. A radium belt completes the look.
Audiences packed the Grand for the season opener The Royal Chef a lively musical comedy with bright scenery and costumes The Whirlwind Brothers perform clever dances Gertrude Hutesson as Princess Teto Mary Herrigan as Lamphauser and Oscar Ragland as Rajah headline a cast praised for character and voice The show features catchy numbers and promises a street chorus in Seattle.
The Hi Henry Minstrels, absent from the city for four years, will perform at the Grand next Friday and Saturday. The act promises high quality entertainment with cornet virtuoso Hi Henry delivering famous solos and selections from his own compositions.
The Taylor company fills every performance this week with The White Tigress of Japan and Escaped From the Harem, a melodramatic tour from New York to India. Laurette Taylor, William L. Raynor, and Baby Edythe reprise their roles, with William Morrin as the Indian prince and Viola Keene as the heroine’s sister. New York by Night will be the next bill.
Marette Smart and the excellent company perform a heat loving piece tonight in Seattle and present Uncle Josh Perkins tomorrow. The show, seen last season, drew strong business as a rural New England comedy with sensational scenes and a lively dialogue. A half dozen special effects are added to heighten laughs.
The Convict's Daughter plays at the Star theater during the week with the Berry Troupe and seven acts in final performances tonight and tomorrow. Ailien May returns to headline at the Lot theater, while In the Bishop's Carriage with Jessie Busley is slated for October 21 in Seattle.
Local note invites all who enjoyed the fine new hardwood at Les Chi Park to return for a dance tonight. The event promotes a social gathering at Spinning’s with an inviting full line of leather engrings and reduced prices.
Port Simpeon is depicted as bound for rapid growth with rail links and shipping lines drawing commerce to a coast city. Advocates cite surging real estate values, rising population, and climate advantages from San Francisco to Alaska as indicators of a forthcoming metropolis in three years.
Describes Port Simpson as the sole deep water harbor on the Pacific coast, deeper than most shores, protected by Dundas Islands, with Dixon's entrance to Work Channel allowing unimpeded access. The landlocked harbor spans a mile and a half by 30 miles, suitable for docks, warehouses, and rail terminals, making it a major future Pacific coast hub.
The Port Simpeon area already hosts 24 canneries and is viewed as the world’s premier salmon fishing grounds. Shipping via eastward routes within three years could shorten delivery to market, boosting profits. Halibut banks near Dijon supply large crews and cargoes bound for Beattie and Vancouver, with faster eastbound transit improving freshness and prices.
The advertisement claims a Grand Trunk Pacific plan to build from Dawson Alaska to Port Simpson then to the Atlantic seaboard. The system would connect Chicago Detroit Oronte Montreal Quebec Portland Maine Winnipeg and Port Simpson with Coast to Coast extension to Dawson. The project envisions Port Simpson as a Yukon hub boosting the region’s trade and growth.
The article argues Port Simpson offers the only natural deep water harbor on the Canadian Pacific coast and would attract railroads, steamships, and vast warehouses. It claims vast agricultural and mineral wealth behind Port Simpson would sustain a future city and drive trans Pacific trade to this port. Millions of wheat, hay, timber, iron, coal, gold, copper exports would travel through Port Simpson to Asia and Europe.
Port Simpson in British Columbia sits on a narrow peninsula with deep harbor water, long tied to the Hudson Bay Company. Visionaries including American railroad interests aim to turn the site into a northwest metropolis, drawing Seattle investors and settlers as the railroad network nears completion.
The Last Notice Lota in Port Simpson will be advanced in price soon doubling from present values. Earlier a fifty percent rise hit a number of iota lots, which sold quickly. Current choice lots fetch 150 dollars but will rise to 6909 dollars after the advance. Railroads plan to begin western-line work within months, spurring investors as Port Simpson lots sell fast. Act now to secure at the present low prices before the first of next month.
Landowners reserve four blocks in Port Simpson for a grand park atop a slight elevation. The view spans the Pacific coast to Dundas Islands and Alaska, with the Work Channel and Skeena river pass providing a water gateway.
The article extols Port Simpson as the sole deep water Pacific coast location unmapped for major development. It urges railroads to build out the harbor to support vast agricultural outputs and future national and imperial significance for Canada and Britain.
British survey activity at Port Simpson British Columbia indicates Canada aims to map the coastline and hazards as far as the Pacific, aiding Grand Trunk Pacific traffic. The HMS Hull or similar vessel anchors with launches and surveyors working daily amid dock speculation and a booming salmon season.
In Port Simpson opportunities arise in many lines from ship chandlery to hotels and banks. The Grand Trunk Pacific road construction will trigger demand for warehousing docks and mercantile stores and thousands of workers will need cloth and food. Start now to position for wealth within five years.
A call urges a dozen healthy conservative young men to form a colony at Port Simpson. They should arrive soon and choose lines of business, work hard, and bring their wives later to build what could become a thriving northwest city. First arrivals will gain the best positions.
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