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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
1
A group of about 50 Italians on Rainier Boulevard near Lake Washington threaten to shoot any motorist endangering their families after reporting a woman and three children injured by speeding drivers. Police will investigate and monitor the colony while efforts to curb reckless driving continue.
Mayor Ballinger orders the corporation counsel to sue the Seat tle and Lake Washington Waterway Co to recover 8000 dollars in rental for the Lake Washington pumping station. The company agreed to lease the plant for 3000 dollars a year but used it only part of the time.
In Seattle, L. Fox battles for divorce from his first wife of 30 years, Margaret Fox, while a New Brunswick native travels to court to contest the case. Fox claims he believed his first wife dead after taking a second wife in Nova Scotia, and now faces possible bigamy questions on property transfers.
June 2 reports from multiple fronts describe imperial illness fears in Russia, a planned joint naval assault on Vladivostok, and ongoing battles near Shanghai and Tori jima. Officials claim heavy Russian losses, possible captures, and calls for a national peace or war assembly as censorship lifts.
Reports indicate about 10,000 crew and ships involved with hundreds of bodies washing ashore near the battle area. Count Cassini plans a 2:50 PM visit with the president as the navy department denies orders to release the Russian cruiser Lena at Vallejo.
Five sets of jewels once owned by Queen Isabella of Spain form part of a Stanford collection bequeathed to Stanford University. The items, valued amid other gems at about 1 million dollars, will be auctioned in New York. Mrs. George Perkine Lawton, Stanford’s niece, notes only a few close friends knew of the Isabella jewels and how they came to be acquired.
Rome June 2 Pope Pius X is seventy today born June 2 1835 in Riese diocese of Theresio. He has kept his dignity and adapted to duties of the papal office while relatives visit without impropriety. He will vacation at Castle Gandolfo with three sisters and brother once weather warms. Strawberries ripen and harvest calls for pickers across Washington Island Green Lake and fields with women children and men employed.
On the Kanagawa Maru arriving from the Orient, John Penniall the English naval constructor aboard the Worcester, confirms he instructed Admiral Togo during his training period. The veteran instructor, from Nam King, China, travels toward China while stating his pride in Togo’s celebrated victory.
A Seattle youth, A Biswanger, 16, bought 160 acres at Issaquah with delinquent 1898 taxes cleared. The tract is said to hold the Mata ore body of the Insequali coal company and could be worth over 1 million dollars. Preliminary suit papers filed. the coal company may pay him 10,000 to release the claim but the boy seeks 50,000 or more amid potential fraud and tax-deed rights disputes.
A Seattle physician flavored a prescription with Swiss lilac at a patient’s insistence, claiming lilac taste dictated by fashion. The doctor defended flavor choice as unrelated to efficacy while recalling past season trends from peppermint to lavender.
A clipped discussion notes that experiments on disguising drugs with flavors fail to improve taste. After trials, doctors often revert to lavender and sweet peas and peppermint as their trusted flavor bases.
Shea accused big packers of attempting bribery during the stock yards strike, with Ed Buckley, Jerry McCarthy, Hugh McGee, W J Gibbons, M J Donnell and others testifying before a grand jury. Thorn denied accusations. Parmalee Bug workers demand higher pay and shorter hours. company vows to hire nonunion workers if needed. In London, Tokio reports Rojestvensky surrendered to relatives of Togo and Yamamoto, who received his parole.
Charity Commissioner Chas Beckingham distributed aid after a June 1 holiday delayed payments. A long line of over twenty poor families sought relief at the county arity window. About $600 in cash and provisions is allocated monthly to the poor.
Tragic incident occurs when a reservoir bursts near Natal, drowning two people as waters surge through surrounding areas. Authorities launch rescue and containment efforts while residents brace for ongoing flooding and potential evacuations.
Construction crews on the municipal lighting plant face mass layoffs as New York buyers refuse to accept a $250,000 bond issue. Officials blame legal issues and funding delays, with Halsey & Co. in New York withholding bonds after review. Judge Dillon in New York seeks city financial facts as delays ripple through 50 workers and the project stalls.
Mrs. Harry Thaw and Mrs. Shaw travel from California to Seattle then to Pittsburgh with trunks and aides. Mrs. Shaw, formerly a Broadway actress, is married to a wealthy heir. Thaw complex and scandal surrounds their union. The Thaws faced hotel refusals and a family council before their marriage was completed.
The Duke of Sutherland discusses Sir Thomas Lipton and American yachts with humor on a Canadian Pacific train. He praises President Roosevelt as a sportsman and notes England lacks bears while the king hunted tigers. He backs American athletics for women and mentions his daughters’ hockey and tennis.
A drunken passenger claiming to be President Roosevelts brother caused a ruckus aboard the steamship Olympia as it prepared to sail north. He insisted on not sharing with sheep, argued with crew and longshoremen, and was escorted below after a 16 minute disruption.
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