27 May 1905
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
1
The Kirkland Improvement club controls land and blocks incorpo ration by opposing the petition. County commissioners deny the request after club opposition and alleged political influence. Citizens warn the move could raise taxes while the club claims benefits of inclusion.
The trial centers on Hillman and Forest accused of luring Nova Scotia arrivals with false work promises at Eden and creating fake warehouses with staged inventory to solicit money. Witnesses describe manipulative hiring scams. Miller defends by attacking the district attorney’s conduct.
A blurred note claims Bessie Baxter hid seven dollars and fifty cents in a Grape Nuts package, intended for an Annie. The accuser vows police force if needed to recover the money and punishes the unnamed maid in a sensational local report.
A Canadian migrant, Ponsonby, left near Lanes town for America and sent money back home. He toiled stumps and farms earning $15 monthly before buying property. After five years he lost track of his family and learned of his father’s death and a $3,000,000 inheritance. The Ponsonby estate near Lanefield is famed as a beautiful country property valued at $3,000,000.
Night prowlers forced an unlocked door on Hill's brick boulevard office and rifled mail for a small haul of postage stamps. The same crew later entered H. C. Bowlen’s coal yard office at Hatnier and Weller but left behind most stamps, making the offices appear as if struck by a cyclone.
A joint invitation from the Tacoma and res h industrial rig and expositions groups invites 26 participants to board the steamer City of Seattle on Friday June 7 for a rip toes event aboard the vessel.
The Boston Steamship company vessel Knight Errant carried 62 Mohammedan sailors on a Yokohama to Seattle voyage noted for religious rites aboard. They prayed in shifts on deck, washed feet before meals, and shared meals from a large bowl with hands, using live sheep, native butchers, and strict dietary rules aboard.
May 27 dispatches say a decisive naval battle between Russia and Japan rages in the Korean straits. Russian forces allegedly lose two ships and a battleship sinks while a Japanese battleship is out of commission. Reports claim Togo and Rozhenvensky fear a war turning point. Crowds await updates as officials relay mixed information.
Seattle will outfit the Lord Wolsey as the first six mast barkentine to sail seas. Renamed Everett G Griggs after Tacoma figure, the vessel was wrecked off Cape Flattery and lies at Esquimalt. New owners sponsor reconstruction with a mid August sea readiness target.
Judge Morris presided as Christopher Johnson obtained a divorce from Edna Johnson on the grounds of infidelity. The case, filed Saturday, was not contested.
In Chicago on May 27 Judge Bren tano ruled against the Chicago Underwriters association holding that attempts to create or enforce monopoly powers and price restraints are illegal. The decision targets the restraint of trade in bid bidding practices and upholds public interest.
In AGO DE CHILE May 27 report the flean cruiser Presidente foundered in the gulf off the southern coast. The commander is said to have died by his own hand. Also from SALT LAKE CITY May 27 the Western Federation of Miners reports progress amid labor unrest and convention discussions.
A dawn attempt to blow up the new Pennsylvania railroad drawbridge over the Hackensack River failed when dynamite on a raft struck a hidden log and exploded at 1:30 this morning. The attacker targeted the center pier after threats against President Cassell over labor matters with Sam Parks' gang.
Frisco officials report a tornado hit Potter Indian Territory last night killing five people and destroying several structures. The Frisco station was razed and all telegraph wires were down.
James Pettigrew returned to Seattle after months missing and faced police headquarters on a charge of stealing bones and selling them to the Alaska Junk company. He claimed he dropped the bones from a wagon and did not steal them, with city officials warning of perjury if his testimony is false.
Blanche Mellee Todd, 16, labeled as Samuel G. Todd’s wife, files in superior court to annul the marriage and revert to her maiden name Day. She alleges a license obtained without her knowledge, coercion, false age representations, abandonment, and that the marriage occurred last December.
An invading Senegambrane army is defeated by Chinese forces in Wa Chong’s tea store on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth. Commanders Charlie Myers and Jack Harris are captured. Myers is released with a suspended sentence, Harris is ordered to leave town. Police resolve after Patrolmen Lillie Carleton and Deputy Lund intervene.
Developments are expected from the bottlers strike in San Francisco though local progress remains unclear. The Seattle Brewing & Malting company ships about 45 trainloads weekly to San Francisco, selling beer cheaper there after freight costs, while Seattle prices are higher. Union claims cite high local prices and higher Bay Area wages as factors. If the strike bites, the firm may concede terms to the strikers to avoid losing its California market.
The federal grand jury in Omaha finished witness testimony in the beef trust investigation. Evidence will be sent to Chicago for use there.
Joseph Burke an ex convict Tom Moran a bartender William Hawk a steamship man were arrested in the tenderloin early Saturday by Patrolmen Burkman Crandall and Carleton. They had a quantity of cigars believed to be obtained by means other than purchase or the machine.
Friday the county commissioners granted a franchise for an electric car line running from Seattle to Tacoma along the bluff above the sound. Passengers would view salt water most of the trip. A 120 foot wide speedway is planned on the route for auto drivers to refit, with a proposed connection to the railway corridor.
Montpelier Vermont May 27 The Supreme court denied the application for a new trial for Mary Rogers convicted of murdering her husband She will be hanged on June 2 without delay
Marshal Warner invites all Sons of Veterans to assemble at First and Pike Tuesday at 9 30 AM for a place in the parade. Flowers for decoration to be left at Grand Opera House by Tuesday morning. White Horse reports fire victims settling in new buildings and merchants moving wares to intact structures. Kline Rosenberg building sold for 80000 to Harry Silver. lot 52 in A A Denny addition sold for 24600 to James McFarland. Seattle library group of 120 to visit July 8 with accommodations at the Washington hotel.
Judge Frater ruled Camille Renger must leave Boseman Montana and be taken into sheriff Reynolds custody. The case involves about 400 dollars in diamonds reportedly charged as belonging to him and appearing in Boseman area.
In Nagasaki on May 27 a report circulated that a Russian fleet was passing Tsushima Island in the Strait of Korea at noon Today.
A private bank run by Joseph Lense and Ignazio Trantinelli was closed today in Cleveland. Warrants have been issued for the two bankers. Thousands of dollars have been deposited in the bank by Italiana.
Divorces were granted Saturday to Chris Johnson from Edna Johnson for infidelity and to R F Bail from Maggie Ball for abandonment.
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