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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1905
Page
1
Republicans in the legislature are criticized for breaking commitments, with claims they have made the most notorious record in the state's legislative history.
The platform calls for a tax commission with power to value corporate property for assessments. It seeks bans on public officials issuing railroad passes. It urges preventing large timber land acquisitions and advancing irrigation projects in Eastern Washington. It also opposes the current road law enabling county leaders to misuse road funds.
Olympia report by Dan Dean notes the 9th legislature fails to fulfill Tacoma convention promises on tax reform railroad passes land conservation and labor etc. Repeal of the road law and irrigation measures are urged yet likely to fail while anti corporate and taxation bills falter as lawmakers face mixed outcomes in committees and chambers. Also reports expulsions of Senators Wright Emmons and ousters in California.
Readers report provocative pamphlets in Europe age press urging the imperial house be destroyed. The material mixes political rant and rumor, aiming to inflame public sentiment and provoke action against royal authority.
Prolonged negotiations in Warsaw province railways yielded a concession with wage increases and resumed service. Railway Director Iwanhoff stated the czar would grant all demands except one, signaling an end to the strike amid broader martial law across the country.
Corneling J. Burke of Lucia Utah seeks custody in superior court claiming his three children suffer under Albert J. Waddell the stepfather. Waddell has allegedly offered the children for sale for $1000 amid repeated domestic strife and poverty claims.
Mrs Stanford, recently arrived from San Francisco en route to Japan, died after convulsions in a Honolulu hotel room. Coroner notes strychnine likely, police search ongoing, with prior San Francisco threats and a claimed water poisoning attempt against her. No poison found in room.
Palo Alto March 1 News arrives of Mrs Stanford's death prompting campus observance at Stanford University with all work halted. Letters from Mrs Stanford aboard ship to Honolulu report improving health and well being. She was accompanied to Honolulu by her private secretary Miss Hernar.
Tonight and Thursday show occasional rain with fresh south to west winds. The lowest temperature recorded in the past 24 hours was 50 degrees at 2 o clock this morning as reported by the United States Weather Bureau.
A report states KUROPAT KIN has declared his stance on the Shakhe River position untenable, signaling escalating concern over strategic arrangements and possible shifts in approach. The commentary underscores growing pressure around the river boundary and leadership response.
Fighting rages across Manchuria as General Kuropatkin presses from the Bhakhe valley and Putiloff hill area while Russians claim a railroad bridge capture in the Japanese center. The push threatens Kuropatkin line on the Hun river with a possible withdrawal being debated but not confirmed.
In St Petersburg officials stay silent on Manchuria. Kuropatkin’s Shakhe river position rumored untenable though not confirmed. A Japanese crossing raises fears of a larger Russian crackdown at home and a possible Oyama driven assault on Russia’s main line.
General Stoessel arrived in St Petersburg at 9 30 this morning after leaving Moscow last night. He was greeted by War Minister Sakaroff and Admiral Zeller on behalf of the Admiralty as hundreds of people including many women crowded the station to cheer and present flowers. Mrs Stoessel accompanied him.
Kuropatkin reports the Japanese repulsed at Gao Tulin on the Russian left. The Russians still hold Kudiatze and Gao Tulin as military and naval officers attend a reception at a station for Lieuten ant General Prince Viasemky and Stoessel’s hair has turned white. The reception lacked enthusiasm.
A rush of 41 new field deputies swarmed King County Assessor Peters headquarters at 9 A M to join 14 added clerks in tallying taxes. By noon the crowd dispersed after securing three month positions at 8 dollars or 3 50 per day. Assessor Peters expects the assessment to finish by early June.
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