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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
1
An elderly German widow and her two children faced starvation when King County welfare failed to deliver a $6 monthly allowance. After weeks with no funds, reporters and the German Consul intervened, securing aid and a shelter arrangement.
Rioting peasants move through the Werra district of Lithuania pillaging estates and demolishing houses of landowners. Police are powerless and troops have been deployed to restore order.
E F Kanen cashier BE D Walker assistant and D Walker bookkeeper of Citizens' Savings bank were arrested after the bank failed due to a $90 000 defalcation. Kanen charged with embezzlement and the Walkers with complicity. All are young men.
Isaac B. Griffith was acquitted of forgery after a second trial, having spent five months in the county jail. He testified the passed check was forged by another and claimed the name Jackson, the signature on the check, until the trial. He said he found himself accused while en route to northern mining interests.
The Citizens' Alliance spreads word of an alleged plot to kill Captain Adolph Eyre of the Nesala to undermine the Longshoremen Stevedores and Riggers union. Union leaders deny any violence and call the report a ploy to sway public opinion against organized labor during the unloading of the Nesala at Oriental dock.
Col A J Blethen editor of the Seattle Evening Times speaks in Los Angeles with a Literary Digest correspondent. He says great newspaper success comes from innate talent and truth telling, credits Horace Greeley and cites favorite authors and quirky hobbies. He humorously notes modesty as a drawback and praises his editorial approach.
John King was sentenced this morning under the cumulative sentence law to life imprisonment.
The Degny Clay works in Renton has been sold. The new company will raise capitalization to 300000 dollars. It includes several stockholders from the old firm and plans to enlarge and improve the plant into one of the coast's finest.
J. Smith an employee of Seattle Electric was crushed between two gravel cars during the Second Avenue regrade near Flint Avenue and Virginia Street. He died Saturday morning after being injured Friday evening while cars were moved.
A man about 25 years old and single suffered severe leg loss and bodily crush injuries. Newman was nearby tending to the injured person.
The steamer Garonne, of the Frank Waterhouse Co., will be refitted in dry dock for cleaning and painting before sailing from Seattle to the Orient. The ship is engaged in transporting prisoners and refugees from Japan and China and is expected to depart Saturday.
Lincoln Nebraska April 1 both houses approve the Jenkin anti trust bill aimed at packers who seek to destroy competition by cutting prices in certain localities. The governor will sign the bill.
The article lists a stalled tobacco trust bill in the senate clerk’s desk, a plan to raze old buildings at Second Street and M Street for a skyscraper with work to start Monday, and a contract to be let Saturday. It also mentions a Sunday service at Grand Opera House in Billdock for Emergency Hospital, led by Mrs B Baxter with Columbia Color Music aiding.
Tonight and Sunday forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and showers with fresh west winds. An April fool theme colors the weather report as the mix of sun and rain remains unsettled.
Paris reports Dr Motono dismisses peace talks and confirms no negotiations exist. Tokyo dispatches emphasize a long, strenuous campaign as the war between Russia and Japan shows no signs of ending. Motono rejects rumors of preconditions and stresses Japan’s ongoing military efforts.
Reports circulated today claim Russia will cede Sakhalien to Japan and permanently exclude Manchuria and Korea from Russian influence. The Eastern Chinese railroad would be turned over to Japan for eventual transfer to China or an international syndicate for $125 million, Japan to accept as indemnity in lieu.
A St Petersburg April dispatch notes an additional internal loan of 100 million dollars will be issued soon to bolster finances. The report emphasizes the scale of state funding and anticipated impact on liquidity.
In Lodzi April, police commissioner Szarbolovicz of the second district was seriously injured when a bomb was thrown at him.
The steamship Arabia sailed from Portland on March 31 with over 600000 dollars in goods. The principal shipment includes 1200 hogsheads of tobacco 20000 barrels of flour 620 crates of printing paper and additional cotton nails machinery and other freight.
President Roosevelt cleared his desk for a southwestern tour. His special train leaves Monday at 9 o clock and he likely will not return until about May 28. In San Antonio preparations for the Rough Riders reunion on April 7 are complete with two sessions and an outsiders ban, featuring a parade and a business men banquet for the president with about two hundred Rough Riders expected.
A massive fire in Cleveland today devastated the immense National Refining Company plant causing about $200,000 in losses. Firefighters fought the blaze through the afternoon, with ten thousand barrels of em he te destroyed and the building left a charred ruin.
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