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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
1
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The Seattle contracting combine sent $10000 to Olympia to push anti-labor legislation, including repeal of the eight-hour law for public contracts. Labor leaders accuse lawmakers of breaking pledges and vow a strong lobbying push by the Building Trades assembly and Western Central Labor Union to defeat the measures.
Berlin reports that rioting dead may reach 1000 by February and a Armenian petroleum magnate shot sixty in two hours at his residence. Muslims burned the house with his wife children and ten servants. Politically, officials fear death sentence notices will fuel revolutionary propaganda as leaders face subduing strikes.
In Olympia on March 2, anti law forces push to block the primary reform bill. The measure faces delay as a committee mouthpiece moves it to a special order for Monday. Police report opium and whiskey findings link Marty Watson and three men to a hop joint, with detectives seizing Shakesworks and a grip.
A note in the report indicates a charge of petty larceny will likely be brought against Watson over a bottle described as poppy juice.
J A Moore proposes a street car system as the main topic for the Queen Anne Hill improvement club at the Baptist Mission church Friday evening. Residents foresee transformed home building and faster access to downtown via an elevated line. Club officers for the coming year will be elected.
In Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court a teen couple named Ethel Faucett and Wilbur Thomas wed with parental witnesses present. Both claimed 17 though they appeared younger, and Ethel is noted as daughter of former Tacoma mayor W M Faucett. A separate report from New Orleans notes three children killed by a candle and powder explosion in Palaquemine parish.
Swedish Baptists announce purchase of a 1 1/2 acre Lake Union tract for Adelphia College and Adelphia Educational Society. Land cost $19 000 with initial subscriptions over $11 000. Promoters include C J Erickson August Lovegren and Rev F Linden. Programs will include academic music commercial and English language aid for Swedish emigrants.
Honolulu reports say autopsy on Mrs Stanford was performed and doctors cite tetanus of the respiratory system as the cause, but chemists in San Francisco found strychnine in bicarbonate of soda, suggesting a plotted poisoning traced to California. Police vow a strict inquiry and possible arrests as details from chemist reports come in.
Street Superintendent Walters prepares a city wide card directing all city employees to report and supply information on cases potentially leading to damage suits. The measure follows an injury case where Roberta won $4,000 after a broken sidewalk on Twelfth Avenue and Jackson Street. Employees will be paid overtime for reporting hazards and barricading or lighting defective sidewalks.
At yesterday's chamber of commerce meeting a Spokane chamber communication urged the local chamber to press the Great Northern to use Washington marble in its construction project. The message emphasizes supporting regional quarrying and local industry.
The Seattle depot builder contracts Crystal Marble to furnish interior marble but the supervising architect in St Paul will not allow Stephens county marble. The chamber is urged to influence the decision and a Tacoma chamber letter asks support for a $25,000 agricultural experimental station at Puyallup with Seattle chamber involvement.
The Hoo Hoo club plans a concatinated order gathering in South Bend tonight with kittens to be concatinated. The event draws many Hoo Hoos who watch the kitten eyes open.
Nine of the state’s largest representatives organized a club at yesterday’s meeting. Temporary officers were elected to promote postal welfare and aid mail handling. The first state convention will be in Tacoma on the 30th with a banquet. The National Association of Post Office Clerks will meet in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on September 6.
Trains arriving tomorrow night are packed to the limit with colonists and travelers. Eastern routes from St Paul and other cities report full trains, two to three departures per line, each engine handling maximum cars.
Officials of the North Western Steamship company announce the steamer Olympia will not sail for the Orient. The decision follows instructions from the vessel's charterers in San Francisco.
Fred Stockton an engineer with the reclamation service shot himself in the right temple in Boise at noon and died instantly. He was a graduate of the University of Oregon at Eugene. His parents live in Sheridan Oregon. No motive is known for the act.
Dispatches from St Petersburg and nearby fronts describe persistent heavy bombardment and general engagement along a 100 mile Russian front near Mukden. Japanese attacks, Russian counterfire, and shifting positions mark a fierce, undecided battle with strategic rail lines and supply routes under threat.
J. H. Wilson and Almon W. Fay, grocers, press to oust Mother Ryther and her children, claiming an old corporation owed them a bill. Deputy Sheriff Kelley served the execution but Ryther offered to seek settlement through her attorney. He will not serve unless required.
Resolutions urging the president and secretary of state to curb Japanese immigration passed the assembly unanimously this morning, following senate approval the day before.
In Washington on March 2 the House defeated the Van Diver amendment to the naval appropriation bill, which sought an investigation into the so called armor plate trust.
Horace Channing nine and his brother Cecil plan a solo voyage to New South Wales. They met A B Calder, Canadian Pacific general agent, who arranged care for their journey from Vancouver aboard the first steamer bound for the southern islands.
The Welsh people of Seattle celebrated St David's birthday with a Cymrodorian social at Christensen's hall. The day featured an afternoon social and a splendid evening concert with Welsh hymns national airs poems and recitations.
Fred Norgard aged 15 was arrested for petty larceny, leading to Maurice Levin a second-hand dealer at 2517 First Avenue facing a charge of buying property from a minor without owner consent. Detectives Corbett and Adams report strong evidence and Levin was detained yesterday afternoon.
Taxpayers paid 463654.92 from February 6 when books opened to March 1. Delinquency date is May 31 with a 3 percent penalty added on March 1 if unpaid. Treasurer Gormley notes the amount paid so far is unusually large for the period.
Montana and other states will send witnesses to a hearing under the cumulative sentence law for James LeRoy a negro recently convicted of robbing the Red White and Blue saloon LeRoy has served prison terms and witnesses aim to identify him as the man convicted in other states James Murray to plead guilty to assault and battery alleging he stabbed his landlord while drunk with a knife Prosecution head Mackintosh disclosed the statement last night
A gathering of managers and presidents from various steam ship firms convenes at the Butler hotel to discuss summer excursion rates and festive event pricing. Fred Hall and Gladys Buell, once at the center of a Ross elopement scandal, married last night with Rev Heath officiating and plans for a family feast at the Buell home follow the ceremony.
The Navy Department released a letter from ten prominent Tutuila and Samoa chiefs to the president. They wish him long life and praise the retiring governor Commander Underwood for the good roads and schools established.
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