23 Apr 1904
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1904
Page
1
A St. Petersburg dispatch cited private messages from Port Arthur claiming 7000 Japanese casualties in the engagement at the Yalu river. The report adds that water-rate accounts total nearly 1600, while City plans propose tripling rent districts to ease quarterly payment congestion.
An explosion at the Weiner Company saddlery factory in Newark New Jersey kills two firefighters and injures twenty. A tank of naphtha caught fire triggering the blast as fourteen engines and four trucks battled the blaze and workers were buried by debris.
City Treasurer Rathbun urges a new plan to collect water rents amid rapid growth. He suggests charging standard rates for all properties with water connections whether occupied or vacant, a move he says would turn water charges into a tax and ease vacancy filings that burden the treasury and owners.
A Japanese man, haunting farms and windows, showered residents with rice for weeks. He was arrested by citizens at Girlen, 16 miles south of Beattie, after deputies failed to find him all day. He caused a minor standoff before being taken to the city jail.
In April banks in New York report intimation from the Russian government of seeking a $100000.00 loan and hope continental, English, and American bankers would favor the arrangement. Inquiries have been made to gauge reception in two places if the loan proceeds.
April unrest looms as Hungarian railway men refuse government terms and plan to employ non unionists. Rioting anticipated amid the dispute over wages and conditions on the Budapest rail network.
Marty Leland and Frank Nome completed two months of continuous mush ing across Alaska snow fields. They reached the Arctic mollepotte in March after departing January 2, information relayed by Corinne B. Leland, Marty's sister in this city.
London crowd surpasses forty thousand as Manchester City meets Bolton Wanderers in a final match at Crystal Palace. Standing room only as fans fill the venue. Paris dispatch notes President Loubet’s move toward Rome to visit the Italian king.
A message to W. T. Perkins and N. B. Soiner says the Arctic Brotherhood hall in Nome has burned down. Members have donated 5000 dollars for repairs and plan meetings in Seattle and other Pacific coast cities to raise additional funds.
The Alaska Fisheries Company mails a protest to the Chamber of Commerce against a congressionally introduced bill by Representative Humphrey and Senator Fultes of Oregon. They claim new limits harm local business and favor Canadian and Russian waters.
The Treasury Department rules that the American vessel Abbey Palmer, while making repairs at Victoria, is not subject to duty upon arriving in Puget Sound. The decision sets a clearance duty exemption for the vessel's port of arrival.
St Petersburgh April 23. Viceroy Alexieff reports another Russian misfortune at Port Arthur. A mine exploded prematurely under a steam launch, killing Lieutenant Pell and 20 men. The incident follows the sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk and casts gloom over the fleet’s fate amid ongoing harbor mining.
Otto Cameron, son of Seattle policeman John L. Cameron, was led to the city jail by his father after confessing to burglary with Hugh Walker at a grocery on Twenty third avenue. The 15 year old planned to run away, and faces reform school_sentence. The same issue notes the Manufacturers' Association of Seattle annual dinner at 7 PM tonight at the Washington hotel followed by the annual meeting.
Judge John F. Humphries the Seattle gubernatorial candidate proposes the county convention delegates select 4 of the 115 state delegates from each senatorial district and three from the county at large to bring selection closer to the people. Constantinople April 83 no mails have arrived due to the Hungarian railway strike.
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