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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1904
Page
7
General Kuroki reports two Russian divisions made a desperate attack at Torkio. The assailants were repulsed with heavy losses, and the defending forces held the position amid ongoing bombardment. further details remain unclear due to the fragmentary report.
Reports say Allied forces attacked the Japanese position at Motensing on Monday at dawn and were repulsed. Casualties are not disclosed.
Report from Mollenting says the Japanese pursuit of Russians extended to Punteapadteu after the embassy saved the Russian republic. General Keller directed the attack as part of the ongoing operations around London.
In the forenoon Miss Schram defeated Mina Green 6 2 6 3 in ladies singles and Miss Simuth with Miss Pasehall beat Miss Sehram and Miss Medrath 7 9 6 4 6 4 in ladies doubles. Aldie Jones, 9, is dying from an accidental wound inflicted days ago by a revolver.
The Clerks' Union led preparations for a grand carnival starting tomorrow at 2 PM with a dramatic program. King Rex, a royal procession, and a queen with maids of honor highlight an elaborate parade from carnival grounds to Yesler and Pike before returning to the grounds.
Juneau reports a third miner injured after a timber collapse on the third level of Sheep Creek mine Thursday. Two Slavonian workers died buried under earth and rock while a Finnish machine operator, severely injured, survived after being struck by a rock during escape efforts. The injured man is only known by a timekeeper number. The steamer Charles Lawson, Capt. C H Pierce, arrived from Nome with no cargo and three passengers.
The city must pay nearly 119 to io employees for car fare used in the month of Jane. Engineering, street and law department travel totals exceed this amount. Including water, health and other departments, the monthly car fare reaches about 150.
The city will shut off water tomorrow from 8 a.m. to p.m. on First Avenue South, from Main to Holgate streets, to lay a new water main.
Labor Commissioner Grout seeks council financial aid to improve Seattle’s public employment office. He plans a September budget request for at least one additional clerk to enhance job matching and reduce reliance on private agencies. Civil service support favors improvements, while some council members resist higher costs.
W J Grambe Seattle Electric purchasing agent says rates have not increased and complaints stem from misunderstanding the revised lighting charges. He explains a sliding scale for residential meters with 20 cents per kilowatt for the first hour and decreasing rates for subsequent hours, while large firms benefit from lower costs.
The Democratic presidential nominee Henry G. Davin convened a major political meeting with Sheehan Hill Murphy Hamilton and National Committeeman Head of Tennessee among others. Plans to visit Baopue tomorrow were discussed.
Yv W Cole a drug clerk attempted suicide by leaping into icy Kiliett bay near Yesler wharf at Yester Bay foot. He was found in an alley moaning and shivering and later taken to the police station where doctors treated him as he recovers. He gave no clear motive beyond saying he wanted to clean a bag and hinted at mental imbalance.
Ex Bowery tough Owen Kildare, once king of the prize ring, has written a memoir “My Mamie Rose” about his past and a woman who changed him. Illiterate at forty, he now pens pieces for newspapers and magazines, using his NY life knowledge to aid the poor.
Senator Knox arrived at Bagamore Hill this morning while in New York on business. He said there was no special significance to the visit and would listen to President Roosevelt's acceptance speech that evening as ardent Roosevelt supporters watched the political scene.
Bremerton is the repair site for the armored cruiser Albany now at Pier No 1. Official estimates fix repair costs at 157000 dollars with work lasting six to eight months more. The project includes rebuilding the inner bottom and officers quarters and installing new battery mounts. The Philadelphia received ship hosted a reception for Pacific squadron officers and yard officials and their wives aboard.
The Carpinteria grapevine in California, planted by an early mission father and owned by Jacob Wilson, measures eight feet three inches around the trunk. Its branches cover about half an acre, sheltering 800 visitors under its arbor, and it once shaded Santa Barbara county’s largest election enclosure.
Frank McClellan, a leading city contractor, states he will not employ labor beyond eight hours on city contracts and will dismiss workers violating the new eight hour rule. State Labor Commissioner Pinckman had signaled prosecution of firms flouting the order, but McClellan says he has no plan to challenge the measure.
Wm. Clark Crittenden, 22, of San Francisco, top senior at the University of California, is selected as California’s first Rhodes Scholar. He will study law at Oxford and then pursue advanced studies at Harvard Law School before returning home.
W F Sheehan and John W Kern of Indiana left for New York to attend a Democratic conference. Judge Parker spoke with his aide at the Mary Howells dock as the steamer waited, Kern likely pushing Tom Taggart’s bid for national committee chair. A thunderstorm disrupted travel and cut roads and communications. Mrs Parker drove to Kingston to avoid cameras.
The gun boat Wheeling arrived at 8 o clock from the Sandwich Islands via Honolulu, fired thirteen shots, and was greeted by a battery from New York. Admiral Barclay ordered the Wheeling to Seattle tonight to participate in the Mardi Gras carnival before departing from the Paget Sound navy yard to decommission.
The article notes Charles Hide, former manager of the Syndicat de Lyonaise, shipped from Sixty-mile to his home in Lormes France, after dying October 19 1903. It also mentions a Japanese woman sent to Japan, marking long distances for burial.
Red Front Furniture Co announces the opening of a new branch at Firet Avenue offering $6.00 worth of second hand furniture, carpets, stoves and furnishings at lower prices than ever. The firm proclaims it has come to stay and means what it says with sale prices now.
Charles Mittermeyer, arrested for copper theft from Puget Sound Electric, to appear before Justice Gordon this afternoon after employee R. J. McClellan swears to the complaint. About 70 pounds found on him, with 600 pounds stored at a First Avenue junk shop. Ten Chinese nationals to be tried for illegal entry before Commissioner Kiefer. U. S. Immigration Inspector T. M. Fisher Jr. led the case. They were smuggled from Vancouver in a small sloop. deportation likely to Hong Kong on the next steamer.
An English mel odrama Stricken Blind opened at the Alcasar, continuing to Wednesday. It tells of devotion and misunderstanding, with a villain punished and a blind heroine saved. a six year reunion ends in happiness. A warrant is out for Oscar Johnston of O'Brien on an assault charge against N. V Yamanda, a Japanese resident, causing local indignation.
Isadore Bureau, a fisherman, reported a strange discovery near the trestle off Thomas Street. Today investigators confirmed the object was Manila rope, not hair, ending the days long mystery.
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