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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
3
A local sale draws attention with a Monarch shirt offer priced at one dollar each. BN Brooks & Co advertises a limited selection across multiple styles, signaling a bargain for readers.
A large vote total of 1 195 198 reshapes the teachers contest. Miss Chase of Walla Walla remains in first place after rivals gain a point or more, including Miss McMillan Ballard and Miss Gall Dunlap moving up, with many candidates listed across Seattle towns and schools.
Gladys Wilson of Berkeley aged 14 has written a drama titled Dorothea about an eighteenth century English maiden. She starred and managed the production showing strong talent in dialogue and stage pictures and a keen Shakespearean interest.
In New York on June 13 the district attorney requested the June term of the court be continued indefinitely to allow the public prosecutor to aid the inquiry into Equitable affairs. Jerome said Davy of Rochester would appear at the June term of the criminal branch for a similar purpose. He stated he could say if crime occurred, given the global impact of the Equitable trouble. The motion to continue was granted.
Michael Ily Donnelly, president of the Butchers' and a leader in the stock strike, testified before a grand jury in the labor investigation. He could not identify who assaulted him at a meeting three years ago after opposing the strike plan.
A settlement was offered by John Drisa Coll and R K B Moffett of the Sears Roebuck company and E Felsenthal, a businessman. He stated he had no knowledge of money used in the strike settlement.
A crate containing 400 in gold dust and nuggets and papers was left on a Union depot seat by D H Jackson of San Francisco who had gone to town. Detectives recovered the crate hours later after the owner feared it lost.
Philadelphia reports an arrest warrant issued for John W. Hill former filtration bureau chief on forgery charges. Hill remains free on $8,000 bail on related counts. Chicago notes the federal grand jury beef trust inquiry adjourned without indictments and likely to issue true bills next week. Portland reports the congressional irrigation committee arriving for a two day visit to the exposition and set to depart for Tacoma Saturday night.
Pedestrians watched a midnight pursuit in Seattle as one man with a revolver chased another man. Patrolman Looker joined the chase and captured the target, but the gunman escaped. The injured or threatened man refused to identify his partner, citing trouble over a card game.
In Detroit on June 23 the steamers City of Rome and Lindon collided opposite Tashmoo park in the St Clair river. Both vessels sank. Two Lindon crewmen and Cook and his wife drowned.
John Wallace narrowly avoided serious harm in a Fremont-Ballard street collision on Thursday afternoon at the corner of Second Avenue and Madison. He was knocked down and cut above the eye, with bruising to the body. His injuries were not judged serious.
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