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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1905
Page
7
Waterfront merchants plead for relief from a manmade mountain barrier dubbed Mudflat range blocking access to stores and causing delays. They warn lives and business risk due to poor passage, fear wildlife lairs, and channel two by four traffic limits.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck at Glencoe this morning derailed forty cars and killed the entire five man crew. Recoveries and investigation follow as crews work to clear and determine cause.
The war department notifies Major Millis the harbor wharf line petition is postponed until new maps are prepared and sent to the department. A funeral committee meeting for ex mayor Humes is set for 4 pm in the office of H. Piles, with the body expected from Alaska January 10.
Paris reports Gabriel Byveton a nationalist deputy was found dead in his home from asphyxiation blamed on a gas heater. Henri Rochefort asserts Syveton was murdered amid political strife after Syveton slapped Gen Andre in a 6 November clash. Authorities call the death accidental but sensational developments are possible.
James Taylor a Howean, Alaska fisherman, arrived on the Dolphin with a claim of securing ambergris valued near 1 000 000 dollars. Indians reported the find off Howcan and Taylor seeks sample testing after bringing 40 ounces. He allegedly has 1 000 pounds cached nearby for shipment if the sample confirms ambergris. Ambergris then valued about 83 dollars per ounce and thieves may target the hidden treasure.
Tr B Cook a former Alaskan mining man now retired in Laconia New Hampshire has sent for his pet dog that aided him to his fortune in the far north The dog arrived in the city days ago and is in charge of H O Boynton The dog pounds 144 dark gray heavy fur and acts like it knows it is returning to its master The dog led a sled with 1500 pounds of cargo monthly in northern trucking and will be taken to Omaha and then to Crowsheath to meet its owner and homes of its owners
A police order issued by Capt Ward last night pushed out hobos from the Hotel De Laney area. Two wagons removed ragged beggars as city officials claim the city has shed this class according to the annual report. Detectives Hub bard Freeman Kennedy and Patrolmen Peterson Byrnes carried out the operation.
Chief Delaney and detectives raid a north city room aids in gathering evidence from torn letters believed sent by a jailed man. The campaign targets the hobo element, with officers hoping to obtain information to remove the group from the city.
Frederick W. Soper a 60 year old contractor brutal accident fatally injured his four year old son John while splitting wood near a post. The boy’s arm slipped and fell onto a chopping block as an axe struck his head. He died three hours after the wound was dressed. Authorities report the father overwhelmed with grief.
Superior Judge Bell held contractors who sued in the superior court to collect warrants issued for Improvement District work may recover if suit was filed within three years. Warrants outstanding beyond three years are barred by the statute of limitation. The judge also ruled on Will iam Morehouse’s injunction against city interference with his peanut stand on Occidental avenue until his license expires, leaving the ordinance’s constitutionality undecided.
W H Woodman died at his Ballard home from injuries suffered in a November street car crash. Born 1842 in Yorkshire England, he lived in Greenville Michigan before moving to Dakota then Seattle. He leaves a wife five sons two daughters and seven other survivors. Funeral Saturday at Butterworth Sons chapel with interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
The late Andrew Abt's will admitted to probate in the superior court. Judge Bell found the bulk of the estate was the widow's separate property and the will's bequests total about $7,000. Adopted son George Abt received $5, with intentional omission noted. Mrs. Abt's daughter Jennie Hasbrouck holds the remainder in trust for Nellie Hasbrouck until age 18.
Fragmentary text mentions individuals including Gerling, Mary, Snoqualmie names, and Sjostrom. Details of relation or event are not decipherable from the legible fragment.
Police announce the arrest of John McDonald by Detective Wappenstein in a waterfront lock trick case. McDonald was found with money, pawn tickets, a 46 caliber revolver, opium and diamonds. the robbed victim will identify him at the station. A separate note reports The Mug Thief stealing a rug from Dr. Miller’s office amid a string of similar thefts.
An unnamed electrician was killed and eight passengers were seriously injured in a rear end crash on the Ninth Avenue elevated line at Horatio and Greenwich streets at 6 am. The article notes a party of eight travelers, led by Fred T. Congdon, ex governor of the Northwest Territory, left last night for Montreal aboard the Canadian Pacific.
From St Petersburg Jan 6 reports chaos as rioters set fires in prisons and a Warsaw police chief was killed. The czar’s war policy fuels unrest while press calls for a national voice against liberal peace talks. In Balakhan Caucasus six strikers and one Cossack die in clashes.
Mrs Charlotte Thompson was acquitted by a superior court jury of arson for a Yesler Way flat fire tied to an insurance motive. Prosecution failed to prove her involvement while the defense claimed burglars entered during her absence and started the blaze. W C Searhherst, North Pacific coast general agent for New York Central lines, is in the city on business.
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