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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1904
Page
1
Citizens and officials clash as Beattie residents mobilize against Madison Park liquor license proposed by city council. Debate centers on mayoral veto risk, park use, and looming public protests led by Anti-Saloon League petitions and church actions.
After a sensational escape, a thorough search of prisoners and cells was conducted. Deputies guarded the main corridor while cells were examined. W G Norris of Norris Sale and Lock Co said the tank he built could not be repaired free of charge, noting he guaranteed the tank but not that bars could not be sawed if heated.
In St Petersburg on June 11 many knelt in churches praying for the Russian army as rumors spread of a fast-approaching crisis at Port Arthur. Paris reports Port Arthur fell but no confirmation exists. Tokyo reports Admiral Katioka destroying sixteen more mines in Taienwan Bay.
A 1904 petition to the Seattle mayor and city council protests granting licenses for alcoholic sales near Madison Madrona Leschi or Woodland parks. It cites prior protests of 5 000 and 15 000 people and urges a policy to keep parks and lakeside resorts free from saloons and similar venues for safe public use.
The Washington Anti Saloon League asks Star readers to cut out a petition from the paper, sign it with their own name, gather additional signatures, paste it to blank paper, and mail it to the league at Read Building before next Monday.
A witness recalls inspecting bars claimed to be red hot when men sawed through them. An expert was sent to the county jail to test the steel above the escape point but could not leave an impression, suggesting the bars remained resistant.
City Marshal J. F. Livingstone arrested J. B Slinkey and Harry C. Crowhurst owners of the Manhattan club at West Seattle for running a blind pig. A search warrant yielded intoxicating liquors and a large unlicensed sale. The suspects face city ordinance violations and a state liquor law charge.
Judge Hanford afternoon sentenced several men who pleaded guilty to federal grand jury indictments. William Lewis received two years on McNeil's Island plus a $100 fine and costs for passing a money order not his own. Priest Howe was fined $69 and costs for smuggling potatoes. Howe and Marty Wilson drew one year and costs for smuggling Chinese. N. P. Jensen was fined $100 and costs for assault. Mike Murphy Dennis Sheehan and Lee Sing each got one year in the penitentiary and $50 plus costs. Men indicted for selling liquor to Indians received three months and a $50 fine plus costs.
Superior Judge Tallman issues a writ of habeas corpus directing Sheriff Cudihee to release Mrs. Gertrude Robb from custody. Robb is jailed without charges amid claims the crime was justifiable. Joye, her daughter's betrayer, lies badly hurt and may be paralyzed if he survives, and may refuse to testify.
City labor questions linger as State Labor Commissioner Blackman says he can prove contractors violated the eight hour limit. He told the board he will prosecute McClean and other firms, while city attorney doubts enforceability under city ordinance. He plans arrests once evidence is secured.
Reported movements describe a large cargo from the Orient to St Louis fair and passenger list including 60 Filipino migrants and 16,000 pounds of freight. Separate dispatches detail Colorado Unionists deportations amid martial law and a Cripple Creek inquest into Independence killings tied to the Western Federation of Miners.
W L Johnson, a book keeper, files a suit in superior court against Beattie Electric Company claiming he was run over by a Fremont trolley after an alcohol fueled night. He seeks 8075 dollars damages saying a conductor mishandled him and left him on tracks. He was found in a hospital cot with extensive injuries.
The Democratic state central committee met in J. W. Godwin's office to choose a time and place for the state convention and to arrange details. Bellingham will host the next convention, but the date was undecided at a late hour. The committee split between July 27 and August 8, with some favoring an earlier date to present candidates and the platform promptly.
The $260000 schooner James B Clyde built by J W Clise Co was launched at Ballard. Planned for Nome trade and lumber, she will first make two lumber trips to San Francisco before regular Nome service. J Watkins filed a habeas corpus writ in Superior Court claiming his wife is being prosecuted criminally and that civil courts are the proper remedy for the witness.
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