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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
1
Reverend M. A. Matthews wires from The Star that the glad tidings will bring 390,000 visitors from all parts of the world, ensuring a major convention in Seattle.
Special to the Star announces Seattle will host the 1907 Christian Endeavor Convention bringing 30 000 delegates to the city. Rev M A Matthews notes Seattle’s growth and future benefits from the event and thanks local Endeavorers for securing the opportunity.
A complaint from Pier 1 led to the arrest of First Mate A Hanson of the steamer Whatcom on cruelty to animals charges. Humane officers described severe beatings with a heavy iron bar to 26 head of steers being loaded for shipment, with wounds including an eye gouge. Captain Carter was not arrested after pleading responsibility for the vessel. Hanson faces aggravated cruelty charges with potential full legal penalties.
The Alaska wires of the United States signal corps fail and remain unrepaired isolating Nome and Fairbanks from outside contact. Communication is by boat and news from the north is stalled until a steamer arrives, leaving marine circles uninformed about vessel movements.
George A. Selber sues J. Gardner for 2000 claiming he was wrongfully jailed after Gardners son alerted his father to his presence. Selber says he endured two days in the Starr-Boyd block jail with vermin exposure and disease risk and lost his Seattle Electric job and aid. The case was before Judge Griffin with attorneys Vince Faben and Walter Fulton.
The funeral of Mrs Minnie Mitchell wife of James Mitchell was held in Bonney-Watson parlors and she was buried at Lake View cemetery. H F Gibson was buried after services at Bonney-Watson and Lake View cemetery. Both died by drowning in Union bay a week earlier in an unaccountable incident.
Reports from New York on July 13 say subscriptions for the 4 percent Japanese government loan closed with heavy demand from many, prompting allotments of only about 20 to 25 percent. In Ottawa Ontario on the same date the Victoria Vancouver & Eastern railway bill passed the senate and awaits assent. the road is associated with J. J. Mill.
Three additional deaths occurred today as record heat continues in New York with scores of prostrations. The heat wave is among the worst in years with no relief in sight. yesterday's toll reached twelve.
Eight men die when a mixing house at the Sobrante powder works near Richmond California is destroyed by a blast. Foreman Frank Dwyer and seven Chinese laborers perish. a nearby Chinaman is badly injured but expected to survive. The structure and two outbuildings are razed and a 40 foot deep crater is left where the mixing house stood.
The Standard Oil company purchased two acres of unimproved title lands in Tacoma for 20 000 dollars, about 16 000 dollars per acre. The seller was the Northwestern Improvement company. This sets a record price for the area.
Charles Schwartz a laborer on the Seventh and Madison flats fell from the building’s second floor onto a pile of boards while carrying lime. He was severely shaken and bruised, taken to Seattle General hospital. He is single with no relatives in the city.
In Kansas City on July 13, testimony disclosed that a Cleveland based statement concealed oil from Standard Oil's Whiting refinery. Henry Whalen said prices were manipulated by the local Standard manager and salesmen urged traders to favor Standard over independents. A. G. Shiers testified of rebates to 25 customers totaling six months. Next hearing slated for Joplin Missouri.
Showers are expected this afternoon and tonight with Friday forecast for fair skies and rising temperatures. Winds shift from southwest to northwest becoming breezy through the period.
Judge Beatty in Boise issued an injunction preventing the Shoshone Falls Power Company from diverting the Snake River water to spoil Bridal Veil Falls. The ruling halts plans to alter the river’s flow and preserve the site’s scenery.
Berlin report states Professor Braun of Straussburg claims success in steering wireless electric waves in a single direction. The development promises significant energy savings and could impact long range communication and power transmission research.
R. H. Lilly of Bellevue, crippled by a horse accident and hospitalized, faces a double tragedy as a Thursday fire destroyed his Bellevue home and left his wife and children penniless and homeless. The blaze occurred during a charity dance for the Lilly family, and Lilly cannot aid his family from his bed.
Members of the Green Lake Improvement Club petition the Seattle City Council for a sewer system to prevent seepage and looming epidemics. They argue Green Lake should receive equal treatment with nearby districts Fremont Edgewater and Latona. Reverend M A Matthews will return from Baltimore to lead services with the sermon topics Our Young People on Fire and In Seattle’s Conscience Sleeping.
Justice of the criminal branch announced sufficient evidence to try Attorney Abe H Hummell and Benjamin F Steinhart for conspiring to suborn perjury in an ore case. Trial set for September 14. Hummell is a prominent New York lawyer.
Judge Prater of the superior court will attend a meeting Friday morning in the city to discuss the Rockery for Charity and other programs. Many interested parties and seasoned Juvenile Court workers will be present to hear about youth rehabilitation efforts.
New York July Me Chairman Morton announced Chauncey Depew had not resigned as a director of the Equitable though he planned to resign before Europe. Depew's role with the society on special counsel ends August 1 as the office paying him $20,000 a year is abolished.
George D. Collins the San Francisco lawyer who fled on a bigamy charge faces perjury accusations before Police Magistrate Hall. His wife remains jailed with him awaiting San Francisco officials. Defense by H D Helmcken and Mrs Crowley noted. Seattle car collision injures driver. fruit peddler Vivolo cited. Cottage City and Dollar steamers reported Port Townsend messages.
William Erickson and John Abermack fought with knives in a West Washington basement saloon. Erickson, wounded, is treated at Wayside Emergency Hospital while Abermack is taken to police HQ. Officers intervened as a drunken crowd urged further violence. a Japanese witness Matt Seara is held. Erickson’s condition is serious but not life threatening.
Stephen Pollock of Portland, age 42, a lifelong cocaine addict, has come back to the city to die. He started with opium as a youth, drifted through several drugs, and then fixed on cocaine for 30 years. Despite wealth, his family cut him off. he laments his failed reform efforts and fears death with little hope for salvation.
The Northwestern Steamship Company and owners of the Tacoma reply to crew claims for 5000 dollars each. They admit cargo details but say once the vessel was ice bound and seized as a prize by Japan the crew were transported home, paid full wages, and given captain’s support.
Justice of the Peace Cole targets the Irving etreet gang known as the Irving efreet, active for about a month at the Twenty fourth avenue and Irving street corner, in a bid to curb petty depredations.
Authorities report older Seattle youths corrupting Southeast Seattle lads by teaching theft and property destruction. One leader jailed previously for petty crime. police recaptured rangng beer bottles from a brewery wagon. Warrants issued for petty larceny as Deputy Sheriffenzie seeks the group, likely to face Judge Frater in the next seventh court session. Suspects include Elmer Sutherland Butch Delap and brothers three Spencer boys and two boys named Jeffie and Robbie.
Morris Grozensky once a former subject of the czar had his name changed to Morris Grose in the superior court Thursday morning due to American reception of the name.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Fremont Swedish Methodist church will hold a semi annual festival at the church corner Kilbourne and Aurora streets Friday evening at o clock. A good program will be rendered and refreshments will be served. All welcome.
Patrolman McDonald cracks three watermelon thefts at Western avenue commission houses. Suspects Clarence Brown Frank O’Brien and Elmer Fulton were caught stealing melons and selling them to porters and other railway workers. McDonald sampled the fruits as a reward for the bust.
In Portland on July 138 the defense argued motions to strike testimony and for non suit during the trial of Congressman Wil Hamason et al. The judge weighed the objections as jurors waited for ruling on the motions and the trial proceedings continued.
Paris witnesses a scene of great disorder during the debate on a bill granting amnesty to those condemned in connection with the 1899 revolutionary conspiracy. The bill cleared the senate amid a sensational exchange as Minister Berteaux said he would withdraw his signature and President Doumer adjourned the chamber amid uproar.
Judge Griffin will hear argument Thursday afternoon in the Lake Washington Transporting company versus Bar tock and Tonkina case. The transportation firm contests the right of Bar tock and Tonkina to erect a board fence on the Lake Washington property.
Sheriff Thomas captured Convict McCarthy on Tuesday night and Clyde Castle in a broad roundup of hoboes last night. Castle and McCarthy were identified by Guard Murphy from McNeil Island. Castle initially contested identity but was jailed on vagrancy with other captives. Both men were taken to Tacoma. Wade remains at large, suspected near Vashon Island, with possible movements toward Shelton and Hood Canal.
A 175 member delegation of the National Association of Railroad Agents arrived in Spokane from Butte on a nine coach Northern Pacific special. They will leave for Seattle tomorrow, expect to stay a day in Seattle and another in Tacoma before heading to Portland for the association’s annual convention. The group is led by D A Gardner district passenger agent of the Northern Pacific at St Louis.
G W Lauth aged 23 was hanged at Salem penitentiary at noon for killing his mistress Mrs Leonora B Jones in Oregon City last September. The crime stemmed from jealousy and he confessed to the act.
Report from St. Petersburg states M Bouligan will resign as minister of the interior, to be succeeded by Trepoff. Terrorists renewed threats toward Trepoff, who anticipates death yet maintains calm. A terrorist notice declares his sentence will be carried out in his own room and that he will die in his bed.
Two women guests of the Stander hotel were victims of footpads at the corner of Madison and Summit on Wednesday evening about seven. A thief snatched a purse and fled in the dusk leaving the money and watch behind. One assailant tripped and cried out then recovered and escaped.
Moscow reports the assassin of Count Schoualoff remains undisclosed with police noting the suspect was a top revolutionary. A mob beat the assailant in the prefecture ante room and dragged him into the street. Notices announce the Board of Equalization will convene for three weeks starting August 7 at the courthouse.
Between 9 and 10 on Thursday morning over 250 men filed in at the United States land office in the Pacific block to claim land opened for settlement. The tract lies north of the Quinault Indian reservation about 50 miles north of Hoquiam. 400 names are anticipated on the land office books.
Walter Tornlis was kicked in the face several times as he left the Saratoga saloon at Occidental and Washington. John Bussin attempted to flee but was captured by a patrolman and both men were booked on fighting charges after Tornlis identified Bussin. They had been drinking together before the assault.
County commissioners canvassed the result of South Seattle's annexation vote on Thursday and found it nearly unanimous in favor. The next step is to present the matter to Seattle City Council for approval.
The city council fire and water committee on Wednesday night appointed a special committee to obtain a detailed statement of revenues and expenses of the department to determine if funds cover rental cuts. A Green Lake Improvement club committee attended and questioned whether money from the water fund is used for general purposes. report due in two weeks.
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