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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1905

Page

5

Acreage for sale near Seattle postoffice area

Real estate notice offers 40 acres of alder land at 5 per acre with good transportation nine miles from Seattle, plus 10 acres for 260 and several smaller plots near Madison Park and Lake Washington. Monthly payments optional. Steamer Acme excursion Sunday March 19 to view the waterfront properties.

Seattle Madison Park Acme Acre Water Front Bates Marine View Lake Washington

Roosevelt Pursues Greene and Gaynor Extradition Case

Washington dispatch outlines President Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox vowing no mercy in pursuing Benjamin D Greene and John F Gaynor. Diplomats and Secret Service aid aim to secure extradition and justice, tracing illicit Savannah harbor funds to conspirators and Capt Oberlin M Carter.

H. Gilson Gardner Gaff Seattle Star Washington, D. C Tve Benjamin D Greene John F Gaynor Department of Justice United States Knox Roosevelt Greene Gagnor Secret Service Wim. HM. Moody Philander Knox Washington Gaynor Hay Foreign Office Great Britain Privy Council

Complex political graft detailed in 1890s New York case

The text outlines a conspiracy involving Greene Gaynor and Capt. Carter to skim public funds through a trio of banks and brokers. Divisions of government payments show consistent extra payments of 76 dollars to Carter, revealing an organized scheme tied to Atlantic Contracting Co. and offset accounts to fund trips and deposits.

Secretar Hay Canada Greene Gaynor Washington Dolly Pitner Shoreham Georgia Oberlin M Carter Miss Pitney New York Dolly U Street N.Y Gaynors Mia Gaynor Department of Justice Savannah Harbor Edward J Johnson Greene, Gayner Carter Johnson Capt. Carter Capt. Oberlin M. Carter Geyner Savannah Capt.Greene Union Trust Co Reed & Flag K. F. Westcott Greene, Gaynor The Atlantic Contracting Co van Deventer Roosevelt

Mead Visited Medical Lake to Scout New Insane Asylum Wing

Governor A B Mead with the state board of control toured Medical Lake to locate sites for a new detached wing for the insane asylum and for a new school for defective youth. He then planned a Spokane return and Sunday stay.

Medical Lake Wash A. B. Mead State Board of Control Insane Asylum Spokane

Died of a Broken Heart Henry H Western Pioneer of King County

Henry H Western a King county pioneer died at the county hospital on Wednesday. Once a property holder near Georgetown he mortgaged his homestead to relaunch a dairy business during hard times, went to Alaska to recover his fortune, and returned to face a divorce suit won by his wife. She held the property, leaving him penniless and the subject of pity. Attorney Walter B Fulton planned to sue the estate for his client. Western died of a broken heart.

Henry H. Western King County Western Georgetown Alaska Walter 8. Fulton

The Earl of Pawtucket at Grand Theater Opens Soon

Creatore and Italian band closed at the Grand last night. The Earl of Pawtucket opens a five performance engagement on Wednesday evening with Lawrence D’Orsay starring as the Earl in A Soldier of the Empire. The Ferris company will present A Soldier of the Empire next week beginning Sunday afternoon. Thelma closes tomorrow night and That Little Swede closes tomorrow night. Virginia Girl opens next Sunday afternoon at the Third Avenue theater. Star Theater bill runs until Monday afternoon then a new vaudeville program. At the High School the 07 Debating club presented a program and Dr Pletcher Wharton spoke on the value of high school students to Seattle.

Spokane Governor Mead Davenport Hotel Victoria RK. Stern Spokane Athletic Club State Normal School Cheney State Agricultural Pullman State Penitentiary Walla Walla the Earl OF The Ferris Company Third Avenue Theater Star Theater Pletcher Wharton First Methodist Church Seattle B. Beams Eliiet Beatrice Austin Walter Anderson Paul Reed Louis Memphries Clee Club Cadet Company

Cadets Form Baseball Team With Bretland As Captain

Quartermaster Bretland named captain of the cadets baseball team. KR P Richardson to address students next Tuesday morning in the assembly hall. Miss Bordéine Janeen to perform soprano solos for the audience. KE Sherrock among board of directors visiting the school yesterday.

Quartermaster Bretland KR. P. Richardson Assembly Hall Bordéine Janeen KE. Sherrock

Clerks Unions Plan Merger Meeting Tonight

Two local clerks unions to unite at a 1420 Second Avenue meeting. Miss Emma Lanphere of the International Clerks union organized the effort to re affiliate the locals and end a long standing split. The union split followed Western Central Labor actions earlier in the year.

Second Avenue Emma Lanphere International Cerkr Western Central Labor Union Wupatreat Mee Gerattie Crewing & Maltty Congmans

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