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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1905
Page
6
Senate confirms George M. Stewart as Seattle postmaster after a swift move by Senator Foster. Ankeny reacts with astonishment as the action shifts political leverage and grinds a local power dynamic in Washington State.
Reuben G. Collins a Seattle born contractor residing at 1010 East Thomas Street in Uibelty was found unconscious beside the Southern Pacific tracks near four o clock. He died at receiving hospital from a fractured skull with circumstances unclear whether a fall or foul play. The 44 year old widower leaves two sons and a daughter. Mrs. Collins leaves for the scene. Collins belonged to the firm Gerrick Colling Gerrick and had lived in Seattle before moving to Oakland via Anaconda.
The article describes a stalled appointment where a senator refrains from vocal dissent, choosing silence during a critical senate executive session and a failed push to recommit the nomination to the committee. The scene highlights partisan tension and procedural maneuvering without public rebuke.
A bribery investigation led to arrests including Husker and French with warrants issued for Manatora Im mone on Wright. Debate followed on whether the accused senators should testify under oath. Wright urged postponement and due process while Mrs Marmens supported her husband. Wright, the fourth indicted, was arrested and released on a $5,000 bond.
Olympia February 10 The fire department relief appropriation bill was reconsidered in the house at 3 o clock with Poyns of Pierce moving the motion. The quiet opposition allowed the measure to pass and it will be sent back to the judiciary committee for amendments to ease taxpayer burden.
Feb 10 report from Philadelphia says the armored cruiser Colorado left Logue Island navy yard for New York to be fitted with torpedo tubes. It is reported Admiral Dewey has asked for Colorado as his flagship in upcoming naval maneuvers off the Cuban coast.
Reading Pa February 10 Mia Kate Edwards under sentence to be hanged next Thursday with her new paramour Samuel Greason for the murder of her husband made a statement to her counsel last night which, if understood, exonerates Greason. The confession will be reviewed by the board of pardons before public release. Great efforts have been made to spare her, and the confession may save both from the gallows.
Federal authorities plan probes into land frauds as indictments in Oregon proceed. Secret inquiries reveal data on Washington Montana and Wyoming cases, with potential sensational outcomes. The case of M Stafford versus William Keensee spurred swift action over a $100 timber claim fee in Lewis county.
Two room robberies were reported at the Rainier Grande hotel yesterday. A guest vanished mysteriously while police work to connect the circumstances. C. M. Meyer lost a pair of trousers and E. A. Burch a $60 overcoat amid other jewelry losses. attempts to locate the room worker have failed.
Samuel McCue, former mayor of Charlottesville, was hanged at 7:30 this morning in the local jail. He admitted killing his wife, claiming an evil power compelled the act, and helped adjust the noose before ministers accompanied him to the scaffold. The execution passed without incident.
A federal court jury awarded Charles Franson five thousand dollars in the suit against C. H. Nichols Lumber Co doing business at Kingston. The loss of five fingers was caused by defective machinery the plaintiff had complained about to the mill superintendent.
The U S grand jury in Cleveland heard further testimony in the Chadwick case. It is believed authorities seek additional indictments against Mrs Chadwick. President Deckwiths confession was presented to the jury.
Washington February 10 The president sent the nomination of Joseph H. M. Kibbe y to be governor of Arizona to the senate for receiver of public moneys at Meridenville Cok A O Beclawehi in for on oclate Suetice of the supreme court of Ariwane Dugene A. Tyler 4 Nebr see.
At the inquest in Chicago on February 16, testimony focused on the body of Mrs Hoch. Relatives and witnesses described the events surrounding her death and the coroner's role in the inquiry, with emphasis on the morgue examination and burial wishes.
The board of works will decide at tomorrow's meeting how to enforce the council's recommendation to apply the law to city contracts. Contractors, both local and from outside the trust, are said to be pressuring the city, with reports they will harass city operations and have begun discharging workers to the Federal union. The eight hour day appears unlikely to be enforced except by contractors using teams and steam shovels for excavation.
John Swanson, a Kent cannery worker, lies unconscious at Wayside hospital after being struck or shoved at Alki saloon on 16 W street. Police seek a man named Anderson who reportedly fled the scene. Otto Hanson witnessed the incident and said Swanson confronted Anderson before the blow.
Washington committees on ways and means report a favorable bill to reduce tariffs by 150 instances on goods entering the Philippines with machinery engines and steel rails affected. Some rates rise and a prohibition after one year is noted, while Perkins is named to read Washington's farewell in the Senate. Noted violence includes arson in Osage and bank losses in Oskaloosa with four business houses burned and a savings bank damaged.
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