The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-23
JIMMY SMITH DEAD.
One Of Seaftle's Most Noted
Charactefs Gone.
PROPRIETOR or me OLD ssJov
Pn~umonsa C;ssDs . Maa VIII 9Gsae
Ihousands % Doiiass sDd Gs~e
Mos Of II Away

szre rot hezr1 e Jimmy SzEs.~ .he
rr4a Wa. - Ai< tine made rss-e rzorey-
gave zxsy more zszey, sne Ioa7@d E0rs
money wsraossr rerurr- tssr any ether per-
s5r Ia ne estr. he pezer szz a. eneuay
& the xrrs1 znz Tiers are hzst-@5z o.
pacsse scattered sTer the Iuitec STATS
sho cGuE1 tel r-zry sr1rses CT his free
heart zz1 h<ipsrg har1-
Mr.. Smith had rot se~1 IN y1x1rs1s
health for a year OF rsc-s. bat he DID not
complain. fssts49- be was the sar> gS72zt.
xeot-rztg-eE, ez4Efy Jiumy Smith 90
Old days Last zreek- hovFver. he con-
tracres a severe cold. and before ne re-
Alfred what szs gnsEg on = Sseaz< deep
seated Txzss1sy q TIE fsreSs1- week ne
S&s taker 70 Fruvs1@Ece hospital a79
ssteadess by Dr. Gibson. who declared that
tie passezf was dangerously 81 wssn
pzs znc1iA Despite constant care a1i
medical trearraeat the end approached.
ard a. vzs oTer yesterday norma
The Esws vsns from house % aocse IN
the business portion Il the city with great
rzpi1iry. and II kind words. accompanied
with saEeere regrets. are Of any Sersfs IN
TIE other word he VII have long ac-
count
Jimmy szuish came from sooc ola New
England stock and he was always proud
e hts birthplace East Machsas. Ne Efs
father xzs q fath cutter. who worke3 IN
tire lursbe- mills Ct that section Ore day
she beiE came on tine wheel In the mill.
and the elder Smith attempted 70 put II
or agssr without having the machinery
stopped The result was that his clothes
became caught IN some manner and his
body was thrown against beam The In
tgrses Inflicted proved fatal
As was the rsie in Those days. young
Smith had 70 be satisfied with a common
school education. afforded by that world
renowned little red scaosihouse" After
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cipher.1'" ne vert 20 work in the lumber
mills az had bis father. For fifteen years
he followed this life. and then came his
first departure from home He went 70
Providence. r. J.. and so0n found employ
ruent In a sash and door factory. His at
teation was attracted TO Puget sound
through his knowledge OF lnrrh~r. and In
81 he crossed the continent and located al
Port Gamble For three years he worked
there as Aeorer. making many friends
Occasionally he visited Seat,te and BE-
came Impressed with the idea that IL was
going 70 be the metropolis Of the Pacific
Northwest
The year III saw him pick up stakes
and drive them down agzsn in this CITY.
which. from that day un,n his death. he
called his home. In those days the Ocei-
Dental hotel Was the proper place TO stzS.
50 smith registered with all the ASSURANCE
81 a millionaire. and Clerk ]. H Foster.
after Sing up the newcomer. assigned
hin 70 room Smith appeared very Dig
ni1ed, bat this did not prevent him open
Ing up conversation with Foster which
n1arsed the bes-nn.ng Of a friendship Of
nineteen years duration. When Smith
came 10 Seattle John Collins was propris-
tor 81 the Occidental hotel
After Smith had been in Seattle a while
De went to WORK for Tom Smith, who ran
saloon on Washington street near .ha
cid STANDARD theater After that he workes
IN the Grotto saloon which was located
where the Northern Pacific Express Corn
pany's ofnee Is at present He worsss
aeAtr for Smith. and finally got r,os<essiar
himself 81 the saloon at the southsas, cor
ner az Washington street and S4co-,d are
are south The property was nwnss -,
Ecte Tom Clancy In $50 Smith
conceived the idea Of aiding variety tne-
alter 10 his establishments. So a vnousa,
building was constructed al the south size
o. The saloon The new addition was ia
reef fons oy u wide. two stories high. ana
Vas 49, Up Tor reeIise Western variety
la-3ter- IN order 10 get into the th-a,er
u Was necessary 10 20 through The saloor
ana OF course n those DAYS yhs, -,,ora,-
was not pinchei or fonaled. 4 was a hars
matter Tor the audience, indivtiazliv a.
eoisecsiveiy. TO pass the bar without saw
The grand opening took place July 4 1871
aud the money that yas spent "a, 80,
would make many a rnAn happy- To- ne
smith ran that place two years .-s
eiearef something over ss-ca
ne became DESTROYS q having a he,,s-
shea.er. ard On securing a location q,
eV1tn second street now occ!de--aI ave.
A.s. ,e'seen SeSier way ard washiastnn
street. from Cyrus Walker conra-,.s
TIE erosion % two-sto-r .o,3s- h,,1,s
in< that eventually cos, ~ 10 OF $50 40 "a
nnish. II was very pretty sheate- c,V,.
efin< fun lot. reexse ana proves
fsriaoie golf mine smiths $780,.
brought John cort info tire nesa wi,h .hs
StAnfRrs theatcr. located Al the ,>a-7.-
ei Wsshinw'or ana South Second streets
iiae sisn''srt mentioned here vas =
IRE - '-'s N-s
The res-it o: the opening q. the ~
theafer sas a. intense rivalry which "a
timers Vii rrcsn ss being specially svtn-ea
ey the rival hand concerts IN ptaras-
place the oani 81 each theater making Al;
the noise possible. The crowd TIA. xssh-
ered around them cheering them. Til
there vas an ear-spltti-E babel OF sound.
N i>N there were rival street ra-ssa< ~,
Mo1aay afternoons that reru.-e, an ~
livery carriages and sa8ele horses IN
town Tha rarsaas became a NUISANCE ara
were stepped by the council
when the great fire % June { -SSe
SWIFT the business portion OF the civ
away the rival theAte-s ceased "a exix.
1ort rebuilt the Standard " brick. hu, the
Rjon Was thing % the nsst s-nith
opened the Elite saloon on Cherry $50.
between Second and Third avenues afta-
that ne was with Frank Waaleixh IN .he
hitou saloon on Commercial stree, ~.
tsc~n Wash nEtcn ard Main streets
When CoTt gave up the STANDARD ths-zt4-
N lSS smith tried his hand az The show
business again, bat after three months.
struggle gave Il up as q bad faA His ~sx-
venture MAS az Madrcua Fsrk When The
orpheam azs stAr;et IN the hase-ne-,
q the C'ancy oieck az TIRE corner OF Wash
inEton street and Second aveuae SOUTH
Smith had charge os the advertising On
The dron curtain sud aiSo the programme
IN addition q thss he worked about two
Gtys q each week for the ClAaevs
jimmy Smith was great soke-. ana
raAny stories are tod about HIN ore =
- ne erect ;hst lust after the Willard
boom bad suhsG-d things were a-s,fv
I sulct II Seattle. Smith kept h.s ts4ate-
an ssiaen opsa in hopes q better times
tne a&y STRANGER aaeanderei into thu
io~n AID Dropped irg8 Smiths ~alssgn
where he scent s. Smith 10 sooner saw
the s. CT TIE counter :nan lie S-ahtsSf =
~ ana ran ever - re Csrctso xsls>,-
which vas kept BY J. H. Foster. AID soe-t
! T. TAe7 Foster hassenea over 10 he Par
fheon saloon. wh4ch as kept by ssF,s-'-
! Alien. ard IN company with Saith z7-
away N4th Shs same doliar Then Amen
accompanied by Srnith and Poster. vent
~ u SAITH AID spest the dollar AGAR,
That SiEht there xzs great excitement II
tesn cFSr ere s131ea Increase n ;he
rS'Hg car, "a. sr1 business s-na-oxes.
Smith had 10 idea - the valve e money
s1i = a f-.e-d cane Up ard asked so-
boar Re get i without any gueStsans The
theatrical renp3s Toald yak 70 10 smith