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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement boasts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure dyspepsia across climates and regions. It claims rapid stomach relief, praises global fame, and offers the product at fifty cents a box, urging readers to trust physicians who concur there is nothing better for dyspepsia.
The advertisement urges shoppers to buy pianos from a store boasting durable construction and reliable performance. It promises genuine sacrifice sale prices and suggests customers can secure the lowest nationwide prices on easy terms. More emphasis is placed on exterior appeal versus true quality.
The Philadelphia, the largest and most magnificent receiving ship in the U S Navy, at Bremerton, is to be commissioned as a training ship for recruits and marines. Built as a hospitalized cruiser, it will be converted and hosted at the Bremerton yard as Admiral Harclay reads orders and transfers command from Nipso to Philadelphia.
Will H Brill Special Commissioner of the Newspaper Enterprise Association reports from Tokio on the early Russo Japanese war. He explains Japan holds clear advantages in docking repair and coal facilities at seven navy yards and at Nagamiki coal mines, giving Japan dominance in the Pacific. Russian naval losses in early battles are estimated at 30 to 38 percent by British experts, with likely higher losses if Japanese fleet reports hold true.
A nine year old boy actor on the American stage earns about 100 dollars weekly. The^young performer features in a leading role as productions tour and attract crowds across major theaters.
The Southern Indiana Editorial Association opens its semi annual gathering in Bloomington with a large turnout of newspaper men. Visitors are treated to a campus tour including Indiana University where students stage a mock Democratic convention. Regular business sessions set for tomorrow.
John McCarthy once jailed for a 1963 bank vault heist in Seattle and a November 101 burglary case was arrested last Friday by Detectives Kennedy and Byrnes. He is tied to a Standard 618 Company safe heist and is alleged to have killed a police officer.
George Manderville was convicted by a superior court jury of second degree murder for the August saloon fight in Tolt that killed his brother in law Ed McDevitt. The jury deliberated three and a half hours and cited provocation and self defense claims in delivering the verdict amid long standing enmity.
Traveler Harry De Windt will speak at Beattie theater next Friday about his overland route from Paris to New York. He will illustrate the talk with lantern slides from Siberia trip photographs.
County commissioners defend against John Lynch's $7,000 damage suit over a fall at the county hospital caused by an obstruction. Trial started but was continued due to missing witnesses. Lynch slipped on an iron pipe cover he had stepped over many times and offered to settle for $100, which the commissioners refused.
Danville Indiana March 9 The case of Henry M Benard charged with murdering his wife near Fern in May 1903 was called for trial today in the Hendricks circuit court. The case was moved here on a change of venue from Putnam county. A large number of witnesses have been summoned and the trial promises to be one of the most notable in years.
Lieut Oscar Haines of the revenue cutter Manning was discharged from the service after a court martial found conduct unbecoming a gentleman in dealings with Mrs Faone Fohe The verdict was sustained by President Roosevelt The case arose from allegations Haines had promised marriage and later left for the Pacific Coast after pressuring Fohe into a breach of contract suit now pending in county courts
The King County Nurses Association launched a district nursing project at a meeting. Trained nurses will visit multiple nearby homes, staying one hour in each to care for the sick and provide guidance to families unable to hire private nurses.
A brief notes a nine year old actor Donald Gallaher earning 31 weekly for acting with Maxine Biett. The piece questions his future earning capacity and describes his schedule including half hour evening work plus Saturday matinee. It notes his roles in Her Own Way The Royal Family and The Little Princess and mentions his schooling with his mother acting as teacher.
The Seattle Electric Company faced serious disruption after a generator burned at Encqualmie Falls Power Company Monday evening. Current from that source dropped, forcing Beattie Electric to activate auxiliary plants and switch crews to steam powered operations on the James Street cable until repairs, expected in about two weeks. Service will be reduced after dark for several nights.
In Andover Massachusetts a social wedding united Miss Mary Perley Merrill daughter of Professor James Griswold Merrill and Mrs Merrill with the Rev Charles Stedman McFarland of Maiden. The ceremony took place in the Andover Seminary chapel with many relatives and friends in attendance. In California the Kolighta of Maccabees State Commandery held its annual convention in Los Angeles and will stay in session through Friday.
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