The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-12-28
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS

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The theft Of a purse containing
$40 nc the hon Marche has
been reported to the p0lteA A
woman customer lald Il on the conn
ter while examining some wares and
whea she turned to get It. II had
disappeared.
Chief OF Police Samuel North. OF
Vancouver. has requested the local
authorities To arrest John T., FltE-
gerald, is years. who ran away from
his home there Saturday night The
youth was headed fof Seattle.
A man whose name has not yet
been learned by the police was held
up last night almost IN front Of
his own residence At Second av. and
Denny way and relieved of $3.50
contained In a nockethook.
According to an opinion filed by
Assistant Prosecuting Attorhty
Prigmore with the county como
misGoners. the commissioners can
not legally make the appropriation
az $4,000 towards the construction
OF the new Washington Home for
Homeless children. near Foster.
The BelllnahRm chamber Of COM
morce has secured a large part OF
subsidy OF 81 .0o0. 900 for the build
ing OF a railroad across the noun
tains In a direct route from Bel
llnpham 20 Spokane
local Japanese. as a whole. are
not particularly pleased with the
appointment of Nisrount Shnxu
Aaki as Japan'a first ambassador 60
the United States. They express
themselves as believing Minister
Takahira a much more suitable APP
polntee.
That the city has the power 10
compel the Joint use OF telephone
poles by the companies operating IN
this city Is the opinion OF Corpora
ton Counsel Calhoun. who has 10
informed the beard OF works
Mira NJ NJ baldwin. 6Ja2 East
Greealaks boulevard. died yesterday
afternoon. Deceased was tho
mother OF the wife OF Judge " A.
Mcdonald. Death caused by par
alysia.
The Pacific Northwest Society ~
Engineers viii hold It's annual din
ner tomorrow At the Seattle Ath-
letic club rooms.
Thirty two men from out Of
town registered al the university for
the threa months miners course
which viii start when the unlver-
sity vacation ls ended.
The Washington Volunteer asao-
citation of Seattle held ftn annual
meeting last night and elected the
following officers. President. ]. X
wttharHpoon. vice preaiuent. r. u.
Clark; secretary. W. n coyingtnn:
treasurer. W H. Hicks. historian.
nr. r. W Hsrxert A banquet in
commamoration Of tho battle OF
Santa Ana will be held on February
3
The Seattle Commercial club viii
give q stage banquet at the Hotel
Stander this evening At s 80 o'clock.
More than 100 guests are expected
10 he present.
On New Years eve the Rainier
club will give It's annual reception
and ball At the clubs reception
rooms Nearly 900 guests have been
Invited. which includes only mem
beers and their families.
The uniform rank. X. q. r. NJ.
VIII give an entertainment and
dance az Maeeahee hail. Fourth and
Pine. this sveniuK.
Assistant U. =. Attorney Gardner
and Deputy Z. =. Marshal 14sinsnan
are 81 Blaine before Commissioner
MoisoFi at the hearing Of Fred Jones
who Is wanted IN Vancouver. ~. c.
on a perjury charge.
A decree az divorce. granted on the
ground Of hahiiual drunksnn~nn. was
yesterday filed IN favor Of Anna
a. Shoemaker against Adam ~.
Shoemaker The mother T. award.
ID the custody Of the two minor
children.
Ray Mcdonald. who was shot by
George Heede nearly three months
ago. II Improving - rapidly that
the prosecuting attorney has de-
iayed the filing Of an Information
AAAAasA kHs AAAAefs
Looking into tbs barrel OF
heavy caiibcr revolver thrust into
his face by a masked highwayman.
l.. v. McAdam. cashier Of tho Co
iumbla d Puget Sound railway. was
last night compelled 90 part with his
loose change and Iswelry.
Proceeding homeward about 6. 30
last night. his attention vas called
10 a man following him In tho rear
at a much faster gait than ha him
self WAS walking. Turning. Mr.. Me
Adam gazsd into the barrel Of the
gun. and very readily complied with
the robbers request 20 loosen up.
McAdam gave the police a de-
scriptton Of the thug which will be
decidedly useful In locating the man.
A. Gray. who was supposed 60
have been brutaliy murdered by
Peter Hansen In a downtown iodg-
Ing house Christmas night. met bis
death as tho result of a rupture OF
HIS internal organs due 20 disease
and not as the result of foul play.
Such was the verdict rsturned By
Drs. Cummings and Haniey and
Deputy Coroner Wiltale. who per
formed a postmortem examination
yesterday at the Bonney- Watson
morgua
This clears Hansen OF the charge
Of murder which was hanging over
hfs head for tho past few days
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