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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
5
No excuse for lacking music. Save on pianos and organs from $5 up, with prices from $137 to $19 down and monthly terms. Kimball Fatey M Hammond Burdett Simplex piano players featured, plus Columbia Talking Machine and other instruments. shop now for rare bargains in stock.
In Tokio on March 1 reports from foreign regiments describe Japan's rapid war effort. They cite troop movements of 60,000 to 150,000 and Togo’s fleet operating in heavy weather with torpedo boats advancing under darkness. A craftsman pleads for the gun boat Vinadimir monomach to be captured, claiming his carved image on its figurehead.
Donald Coutts a blacksmith's helper fell from a scaffold at Moran shipyards Nebraska while a co worker jumped to a nearby spot. He clung to a board for about five seconds but lost strength and dropped fifty feet. He died at once and was taken to Bonney-Watson morgue. Coutts, a single man, lived at 44 Fourth Avenue.
Meeting time for the chamber will be 4 p m on Wednesdays due to businessmen complaining that 3 0 pm meetings were inconvenient. The note mentions American vessels carrying shipments toward Da by way of St Michaela and a British Columbia point.
Superior Judge Griffin has taken under advisement the case of W. R. Jamieson versus George Harvey to enforce payment for a dead horse. Jamieson alleges Harvey owes 325 dollars after paying 100 dollars for an option on a team and harness. The horse died of coli within days, and both men blame the other for the animal's death.
Commander Booth Tucker head of the Salvation Army will arrive in Beattle on April 13 with many prominent Army workers from the East. Meetings are planned at the Grand Opera House and the local barracks. He has spoken to thousands in various cities during this tour of America.
The Jackson school building dispute at Everett ends with the Supreme Court affirming the Superior Court ruling that warrants cannot exceed the equitable value of 29536.56 dollars. The court also confirms the restraining order and the $500 attorney fee to A W Criswell is not upheld.
Duncan and C. J. Erickson charged with manslaughter after a dynamite blast on Second Avenue North killed a boy named Terence Scott. Both men posted bonds of 1.60 pounds. A veterans of the Spanish American War smoker will be held tonight at the law school on the old university grounds.
Commissioners of drainage district No. 1 in King County obtained a restraining order in Superior Court to stop A. O. Benjamin from interfering with ditch work he began but did not complete. Benjamin had a contract to dig the ditch, but the Beattie Bridge Company was hired to finish it. He reportedly blocked the dredger and filled the site with debris, prompting bondsemen and sureties to be notified of potential liability up to 12,784 dollars.
A variety theater floor in Berlin collapsed during repairs in the morning, killing 13 workmen and injuring others. The incident occurred as crews worked on the venue's skull. Police and rescuers cordon the site while investigators probe causes and safety lapses.
Lightning struck the Jones & Co. dry goods store in Kansas City burning it to the ground. Losses are listed at 130000 dollars. A spectator, A. V. Morrell, suffered a concussion from a water stream and may die.
Ad copy notes that children with thin bodies will show improvement quickly after taking Scott's Emulsion and even prefer it over mothers' milk, though the passage ends abruptly.
At yesterday afternoons session the Chamber reviewed a special committee report on the need for a city laboratory. The committee noted a city ordinance establishing the department and said it has contacted other cities and gained support from local improvement clubs. The charter will study the ruling by Canadian authorities prohibiting the project.
Colonel William F Cody testifies in a divorce case that his wife threatened to poison him and allegedly attempted to poison him three years ago in Rochester New York after a Christmas dinner. He says her conduct toward guests spoiled his enjoyment of their luxurious home.
In the deposition of Mr Cody he was cross examined by Mrs Cody's counsel about the character of her friends, the aim being to prove they were riotous and drunk assets to the case.
A meeting was held last night by the OGrocers Association of this city and salesmen from Be jobber to devise ways and means to raise funds to send delegates to the National Retail Grocers' Association convention in San Francisco. An executive committee was appointed to raise the money.
Kaiser Wilhelm arrived in Naples and boarded his yacht the Hohenzollern for a cruise through the Mediterranean, starting from this port today.
A thug threatened H Prall on Pitt Avenue opposite Providence Keeplial with a revolver but Prall refused to surrender. The robber fled after bystanders drew attention. A second attack on Charles Madison at Third Ave and University St also failed when Madison struck the assailant and escaped.
City detective Tennant arrived from Portland with stolen silverware taken from Dr. Moore on Capitol Hill last fall. The loot was found in an old stump near Portland, hidden by burglar J H Bell who later served time at Walla Walla penitentiary for the robbery.
Will H Brill reports on a signed protocol between Japan and Korea dated February 24 and published March 2 in Tokio. The pact guarantees friendship, nonaggression, and Korean territorial integrity, with mutual consultation on actions against third powers and possible strategic occupancy as needed.
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