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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1904
Page
7
Mayor Humes defends his administration saying the city gained credit and saw vast improvements with no scandals. He praises Judge Ballinger and criticizes rival candidates while denying any wrongdoing by his own term and eroding the opposition’s public trust.
Die Post reports from Berlin on March 11 that Polish Socialists flood western Russian provinces with anti Russian manifests. The leaflets declare We curse the czar and greet Japan's wartime successes with exuberant delight.
Kisaburo Ogawa, a Japanese laborer, was moved to Walla Walla penitentiary to serve twelve years after being found guilty of murdering his sweetheart in Aberdeen two months earlier. The killing occurred after a New Year celebration when jealousy led him to shoot the woman who spurned him. The jury, noting lack of premeditation, recommended mercy, sparing him from the gallows. Ogawa traveled by train, seemingly resigned to his fate, as others described his somber mood during the transfer.
The Skagway Alaskan will publish an evening edition to join with the Dunvan Dispatch and White Horse tier, as Russo-Japanese War coverage expands. News service is doubled and future papers may launch in Ketchikan and Valdes once justified, with western reports slow to arrive.
A Nome informed list enumerates twenty eight passengers aboard the Discovery when it sank on October 16. Among names are Carl Larsen PF A. Sraberg and Jene Glum. Some escaped death by leaving at Unga Kodiak and Valdes, destination unknown. The vessel left Yukat in October and was never heard from again.
A patrolman found a man lying on the track and, after he rose and moved toward the sidewalk, the officer struggled to escort him to the city jail where he was booked to sober up. The motives for lying on the track remain unclear.
The galleries of the House were filmed during a March U. D. P. session as cameras captured observers and lawmakers. No further details were provided on the event or participants.
An expectant crowd listened as Missouri Representative Cow herd defended the committee’s action in presenting the Bria tow report. He said House members were not responsible for the def pressed allowances now denounced as irregular, claiming Inspector Beavers knew the law was being violated and that Congress members did not.
William Bryning lay across the James Street cable car track between Second and Third Avenues in a wet mud puddle. He moved only as the car approached and was killed. Witnesses say he was intoxicated and in a trance when attempting to cross.
In Justice Cann's court the Merek murder case faced delays as key defense witnesses were absent and a continuance was granted. The state rested after Rasoul Khan testified, with defense hinting he aided the killers to protect himself and suggesting Nassir Khan as a plot instigator.
The Whatcorn bankrupt stock is being slaughtered at Monarch Shoe & Clothing Co. in New York. Men’s two dollar cassimere pants sell for two dollars, men’s nine dollar all wool suits drop to four sixty five, children’s three fifty suits to one twenty five, ladies’ two dollar dongola shoes to one fifteen. Store located at 217-1219 First Avenue half block north of post office.
The sheriff has not yet located the missing person. The case will likely extend for several more days. It has already consumed most of two weeks in Justice Cann's court.
General Western Passenger Agent Yerkes says two overland trains blocked by snow near Skykomish will reach this evening around 6. The Dr Anne McGee party of army sources is expected on the delayed train. Disposition for prompt sailing to Japan remains undetermined and they may wait for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer.
A dainty summer gown described using mull or dimity fabrics with a skirt and puffed sleeves trimmed in narrow velvet ribbon. Velvet lattice yoke and a velvet girdle with lighter matching ribbon complete the design, outlining a refined, lightweight silhouette.
Monarch Shoe & Clothing Co announces a bankrupt sale of children’s suits at 1217 1219 Firet avenue half block north of the post office. The event lists prices and stock to be cleared. Public notice urges shoppers to attend before stock runs out.
Auction notice for Monarch Shoe and Clothing Co showing stock from 1917 1919 on Wiret Avenue half block north of post office and Firet Avenue. Youth suits imported Casal Mere in sizes 16 to 20 priced originally 6 to 8 dollars offered at 2.36 dollars.
Mr Richard H Davempoort of Fayette county Kentucky, longtime storekeeper at the Gleharite Mistillery, marks his 80th birthday as the nation's oldest Civil Service employee. He has served seven decades, working daily despite a hip injury from a winter fall. He recalls Lafayette's Lexington visit of 1824 and being aboard the first Lexington Frankfort railroad train.
A repatch from Port Townsend reports the Valencia of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co seen near the port just before noon. Officials of the Comet Co offered little comment, and the fate of the disabled steamer remains uncertain with speculation it could be the James Dollar of Alaska Navigation.
The city street committee of the new council unanimously voted to indefinitely postpone all pending ordinances on the Third avenue regrade. They also rejected the petition for paving Queen Anne driveway. About a dozen Pine street property owners protest the proposed regrade between Fourth and Ninth avenues, citing land damage concerns. A bankruptcy notice for Whatcom is noted alongside the Big Monarch Shoe & Clothing Store at 1217 1219 First Avenue.
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