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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
5
A Kansas City woman showcases a concealed self defense invention for quick access to a firearm. The device promises rapid readiness as a means to deter highwaymen and protect the wearer in street confrontations.
A man was convicted of burglary yesterday by Judge Frater for breaking into the rooms of Harriet and A L Spear during Attorney Josiah S residence on 210 Beyleten Ave. The burglars fled with valuable silver and other property.
County commissioners awarded several road contracts including $304 feet of macadam paving on a main road for $1 per foot and 7 765 feet of earth work on Rex Rose and Port Orchard routes. Thomas Alexander received a $5160 contract for the Rex Rose road works set to commence August 1.
The board paused on action after receiving one bid for the Green Lake section of the north sewer project. The bid was about 200000 above the engineer’s estimate, so rejection is likely.
William McArdle a former councilman of the JPivat ward and later councilman at large died last night at his home 1400 Horenav He was a native of Ottawa Canada and had lived in Minnesota before moving to Seattle in 1889
United Press dispatch from San Francisco notes monthly reports to union headquarters and the central board show a steady improvement in labor conditions across the state.
The girl believed dead could not be, pointing to Henry Kramer who allegedly induced her to follow a life she led. He later married her to the hospital and the case against him was withdrawn. The girl's home was in Tacoma and her body left Bonney Watson's. County commissioners granted Jane T an extension to file the Renccament roll for the Lake Washington canal assessment district.
An Alaska delegate has blocked the confirmation of James Nheap as United States marshal for the Wilwest district and expressed intent to back James K. Love of Juneau.
The Oklo lower house approved a telephone regulation measure with an amendment setting a fine of 5 to 50 dollars for eavesdropping. The act also requires separate booths for blacks and whites.
An aged community at Artioch California discusses nominating Master Roberts for a Carnegie hero medal after he leaped from a train to save 1 year old Agnes Gollens who fell from a bridge into the San River. The quick action averted a fatal collision as bystanders witnessed the rescue.
Roberts leaped from a car door into the river and saved a sinking child. A boat picked them up as the girl neared her final moment, bringing both to safety.
HM BR Williams, president of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, returned from an inspection along the route from Hutte to Beattie and voiced optimism over the Milwaukee Pacific extension. Separately, Hindus denied the right to stay in Canada hire CP steamship carriers for India, and oil was struck on a ranch near Ellensburg.
Police search for an unidentified visitor who triggered a false fire alarm at the Washburn Crosby flour mill in Minneapolis. The hoax sent 6,000 workers fleeing and mobilized the city fire apparatus, with the prank described as a joke.
Prince Ludwig Menelik a relative of Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, has been expelled from Germany as an undesirable. Previously expelled from Saxony, charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct are cited in several cities.
Mary Kabalek, 18, a Pollah girl, was arrested late yesterday on a shoplifting charge in a Seconday Street store near Pikest. She was with three other women and allegedly took several toothbrushes collars and trinkets of little value before being stopped by a store employee. She gave conflicting stories about her address and claimed she did not know her residence.
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