The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 7, 1909, Page 10

. i i ds Working (eo hard. a 100 MUCH EVEN FOR. PRESS MAN “PRETTY PEGGY” HAD THIS WOMAN GUESSING. Funny Story Told About Show at the Lois Theatre. ps 4 it @ ton had faithfulness having been ont In & fi e mands of the 5 ager of the ( to the front ar to be indul ton, a iramatist was overlo by one | woman. Tw embers of the Lots! cotipany were shopping at a Second AY. store when they overheard this cofYorsation *Oh, Mra Jones, have you seen ‘Pretty Peasy at the Lois this; "Of courre, and, do you know, I was never more disappointed in my life. Miss May did not know h part. and the stage manager had fome out and apologize for her, Mre MWhite was there the night before and she said the same pefied that night. I don't It, for Miss May never a! we before But then, I supp But just think | of ft, the stage manager had to apol ogise for her, It was awful.” Don't laugh, ‘cause it's true SPORTING GOSSIP Manager Merritt of the University SCaltfornia has announced that! ley will not come north to race | University of Washington this! The big race is due May 29 California bunch object to the asnociation, They say, however, if rac here dogs not meen coming into the “trust,” they'll be'giad of a three | ‘The preliminaries of the tri-state ik meet were run at Walla Walla jeaterday. Representatives of 26 achools of Idaho, Oregon and ington participated Argonauts race with Sy Hight is off, as the Canadian HOt get into form because cold weather. — | Howard Schitcher was high gun at} the clay pigeon shoot of the Lehigh ae 1a} . Valley Shooting association at Al-| bright’s Tavern, Pa | Pole Vaulter Freney has returned a} to Michigan college and re-entered the dental department. Freney left) the university, intending to return | to his home in Ida Grove, Ia. James Foulis, the Calumet Coun- try ciub, Chicago, professional, en- Joye the distinction of being the first fer of the season to make a hole one. Foulis negotiated the sixth hole, which measures 170 yards, tn a single stroke. Indiana university has been cele- “brating her first athietic vie over Chicago university. The b bali team representing the crirneon went to Chicago revently and de feated the Maroons 1 to'@ in a sen-| fational game. It tx the first time on record that Indiana has won! from Stagg's school in any branch of athietics. Thousands of people assembled in the vicinity of the residence of George Flood, at the southeast cor ner of 224 ahd Diamond ste, Phila- delphia, where, surrounded by & veritable delug flowers, lay the body of Dr, Michael Powers, the pop ular catcher of the Ainintie baseball team. It ni public woul: the body, and lete gathered about the Fle to which place the body wan re TRY TO BURN DRY TOWN (By United Press.) NORFOLK, Neb., May 7.—Fire Started by an incendiary, threat ened to destroy the town of Plain-| view, near here, and it was neces sary to call upon surrounding | towns for aid. A gale of wind car ried burning brands over the entire town. Men women fought the Games for nearly five hours and jn the excitement many of the fire fighters fainted. The Methodiat church, the floor of which had been saturated with gasoline, the par sonage and a number of dwellings Were burned The town recently went “dry,” and # of the pro- hibitionista are used of having started the blaze PROV, LIPTLE'S HIGH CLASS SCHOOL OF DANCING hot . CLAIMS |the position here ts a h sweet poas of & black velvet The fringe of green leaves posed brim of the hat ls made of yellow = CONTRACTOR ASKS WHY MURRAY GETS A SALARY THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR JOB. ved by The Star o the Cham in a letter ree today atid for ber of Cox |taxation which has been | gating conditions and methods at the county hospital, the following question fs asked Why do the King county com missioners pay « salary of $200 per onth to Mr BO OW. Murray as rintendent of , when the pentage for are supposed fo have a man the building once each day? | The Records Show, The records of the mo pended by the King county com missioners in this matter are as follows Barney Murray was appginted n of bullding {napec for the county hospital during Jane, &-year ago, and drew a half month's salary, or $100, Bince that time he has been receiving « Mraight salary of $200 per month His fast warrant was for the month of April and was pald him on the third of this month. It was ap proved by Commissioners Carrigan and Rutherford The contract for the construc tion of the new wing of the hos | pital was given to Wells & FP. W Glanfield, and for thts contract the firm received $45,997.37 of which’ sum the architects, Bebb & Men dell, received & per cent or $2,200.46. | Glanfield Has Contract. The work of overhauling was done by two firms. ne plumbing was given to F. W. Glanfleid for ARCHITECTS | Oo and th team heating in lation wan by H. Sweeney & Co. ata ¢ of $3,550, the architects receiving 5 per cent of these amounts as in the case of the new building Juat when the hospital wing was completed could not be found out Dr, Corson stated over the phone this morning he cou ot remem ber when the wing was ready for occupancy, or when they moved Into It According to the county com mlastoners cupled for about two montha, but nO One seems to know definitely when the work was accepted. All questions of that nature are re ferred to Barney Murray Aske More Questions. Continuing, the contractor writ | ing to The Star asks Why have sot the architects been on the King county hospital more than two or three times during the construction of this work? Do the King county commis | sioners know that the new buliding, for which Mr. Bb W. Murray ts etl) getting $200 per month, wes finished and accepted last Deceny | ber? hauling of the old building when he ta a silent partner of Mr FLW Glanfield, contractor on this work, | furnishing the money to carry on this work, and profitat “Why doesn’t Mr. B. W. Murray walt unt! after he gets through with the coutty before he opens an office in the White building under the name, The Power Con struction Co. ? dividing the ERAN REN RRP ET Ee |BEARING HONORS he| WITH MODESTY ' town! “Aw, quit yer flattery.” HARD FIGHT OF MOTHER BY T. & ALLEN, You, Jimmy Smith, you're the worst; very worst boy in this FOR HER LITTLE SON (Hy Unived Press.) SANTA BARBARA, Cal Although Mrs, Nettle F wife of James F. Shaw, the Boston traction lost her hor 1l-ye from the « of police, er will probably fon for a writ of ha < re the release of old won, Eldridge Shaw a tr " ' Li r of Mr Bha and f the be in porary trustee to nee le fellow ix delivered te er Boston Loul Field the fami butler Shaw's private agents to identity Mra, Shaw here when they were }traced to Santa Barbara, returned yenterday, 0 Marble, formerly Shaw's chauffeur, with whom Mrs. Shaw is alleged to have ped, and with whom she lived here for a year un jer the name of Mra, Marble, has disappeared. ” NEW COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN SELECTED (fy United Pree) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7 It was officially announced today that Royal B. Cabell of Richmond, Vi,, has been selected commis sioner of internal revenue, sueceed ing John G. Capers, of South Caro lina, resigned. the wing has been oc Are the King county commis | | sioners aware that Mr. Bh. W. 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