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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1905
Page
7
City council approves a new license for the St Elmo despite a history of vice and proximity to the Young Women’s Christian Association and Seattle theater. Critics call the move discriminatory and warn the hotel’s lodging and saloon link to a web of moral concerns and alleged law violations.
Jan 31 dispatches describe strikers advancing at Kronstadt and clashes with sailors led by Admiral Birfoff Marshal. In Warsaw riots erupt with barricades and looting. Civilians suffer killings as troops fire on crowds and anti Jewish violence escalates amid a rumored ministerial resignation.
Warsaw reports two regiments of infantry and two of draught to aid in suppressing disturbances. Police ban visits and close private houses to nonresidents. In Tiflis, unrest spreads affecting printing works and trades as authorities uncover ar to organize rebellion Caucarus by malcontents.
fragmented dispatch reports no incidents this morning in St. Petersburg. sporadic dis continues but cohesion of spirit shown. about thirteen thousand workers back at work. several arrested since the marted have been released after having been nagmged. in the provinces these arrests
A police chief states the city has 1030 casualties from riots this far. He cautions the figure is conservative, counting only those killed or wounded officially reported.
Reports from Manchuria indicate a major halt in Kuropatkin’s Manchurian campaign as Russian troops retreat from several positions. The Russians are believed to be in a weakened stance unlikely to mount determined resistance for months.
TokIo reports strong Japanese fortifications at Heikoutai after its capture would weaken Russian lines. Ground freezes hinder new earthworks creation. In St Petersburg a report says a Japanese assault on Landeangou was repelled and Russians counterattacked but were forced back by shrapnel and rifle fire.
January 21 report from Field Marshal Oyama states the number of Russian soldiers killed on the battlefield since January 15 is not less than 1 200. The dispatch emphasizes the slaughter as part of ongoing hostilities.
Mukden dispatch reports 3500 wounded are being moved rearward. General Mistchenko’s injuries are not serious. Japanese efforts to sow disaffection among Russian ranks are noted as soldiers read such messages eagerly.
The British steamer Wyefield bound for Vladivostok with contraband was captured. Wyefield sailed from San Francisco December 18 for Comox BC and left January 6 supposedly for Moji Japan. She is owned by J W Lawson of Victoria BC.
General Kuropatkin reports Russians hold all positions captured in the forward movement begun January 25. He notes four Japanese assaults on the Russian right were repulsed.
William Miller proprietor of the Club stables at 2021 Western Avenue was badly injured yesterday while attempting to harness a colt. The unmanageable animal forced him into a stall, injuring his right collar bone and fracturing two ribs. He was taken home and a doctor was summoned. The outcome remained uncertain with potential internal injuries feared.
Sensational breach of promise case between Miss Roseng Grover and Mayor Zook dominates Mallard chatter. Facts conflict over who funded Milas Grover’s Arizona trip and alleged engagement implications amid Zook’s claimed fear of consumption. Norwegian ship Albion labeled in Seattle voyage dispute over alleged insufficient food. plaintiffs John Dams and Chris Jobson.
Police suppressed a small riot on Fifth Avenue South following the arrest of Rey Kemale, Tian Villattos, and crew from Burnside after a cableship incident. Fullpine contingent aimed to clean the Japanese quarter. several belligerents were taken into custody as officers kept crew aboard.
President Roosevelt returned home early this morning after attending graduation at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and speaking at a Union League banquet in Philadelphia. He urged government supervision and regulation of trusts and corporations in his Philadelphia remarks.
Johann Hoch, the Chiesco man dubbed a modern Blue Beard, was arrested at a boarding house last night. He admitted his identity at the police station but denied being a bigamist or responsible for any wives' deaths.
A petition asks annexing parts of the Ninth and Eighth wards to form a new ward with revisions planned before the next election. The Great Northern tunnel nears completion. gravel bed work slows until union stations finish and rails likely lay in spring. Republicans in the Second Ward plan a banquet for Senator-elect Samuel H. Piles next Friday in Fraternal hall. Mrs Edward Faterting hosts Seattle Lodge No. 7 and guests on Thursday February 2 at 701 Seventh Avenue from to 6 o'clock.
In January at Kutth Montana a woman named Madelina Courtney told authorities she was assaulted and that she and an unnamed man fatally harmed her partner Eugene Helbok. She says Helbok bound her for five weeks after the incident forcing self harm and signing a statement implicating him and two other unknowns.
The license and revenue committee refused A. A. Mille’s bid to open a family liquor store at Ninth Avenue and Yesterday. Members doubted the proposal’s safety, postponing further consideration for a week while extending the Third Avenue saloon limit remains under review. Thomas Short of the city was named assistant inspector of bottlers in the local department of commerce.
Dr. Matthews accuses Councilman Gill and others of graft and misconduct amid a tense council meeting. Gill asserts defense of clients and attacks on the minister, while Bowen and others deny graft charges and defend their actions. The session ends with a plan to await grand jury action and no names disclosed.
Chicago markets and New York stocks report a mostly firm day with grain prices mixed. Wheat opened unchanged, closed about 1-8¢ lower, yet the day ended with a stronger undertone as buyers nudged prices higher, signaling a gradual firming trend.
An advertisement claims quick relief from headaches nervous pains and aches using Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. It asserts no delay in social or business engagements and praises the tablet as effective for symptom onset.
An advertisement claims Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills prevent and cure all pain with a soothing effect on nerves and muscles. It features a testimonial from Mrs Gi N in Santa Ana California and notes a money back guarantee if the first package fails to help, with pricing in cents and a warning that pills are never sold in bulk.
A compact market sheet shows beans priced 3.25 to 3.75 per owl, Lima beans 4.75 to 476.00, beets per sack about 1.00, cabbage listed as 14 e2c, cauliflower per doa 1.00 to 61.25, onions and spinach entries incomplete with uncertain figures.
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