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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1905
Page
1
Sensational testimony in a breach of promise suit against Ballard's mayor centers on alleged romance with a butcher boy. The plaintiff and her mother broke down in court as the case unfolded with dramatic accusations and hostile questions.
Ballard mayor J EB Zook, defendant in a breach of promise suit with Grover, declares his desire for Rosie amid the legal dispute. The case centers on a promised marriage agreement and related obligations.
The Step-Father of Rosena Grover testifies that a letter from Zook breaking off love worsened Rosena’s health. He describes her as crushed, wilted, and growing thinner, nearly recovering before the shock plunged her back into consumption and raised fears of fatal harm.
Afternoon session features Humphrey and Humphries probing a young plaintiff's virtue with insinuations. Judge Albertson orders the questions stricken as tears bloom in the courtroom. Mayoral intrigue and absent suitors color testimony as jurors lean in for the gossip.
A Friday water outage will affect the area from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. along South Twelfth and Maine streets to Lane. Deputy Sheriff Joseph Cameron will return Thursday afternoon from Bellingham with Mrs. Charlie Loomis, who was arrested recently as the mother of the one year old daughter of Jarred Trigg of Issaquah.
The Seattle Star publishes the only genuine image of Miss Grover linked to a sensational breach of promise suit valued at 25600 dollars brought by Tf against Ballard Mayor J B Zook. Grover posed exclusively for the paper.
Nov 2 dispatches report mass rioting in Kishineff and Odessa with thousands surrounding gov palace, calls for universal suffrage, martial law reimposed, and soldiers firing on crowds. In Helsingfors Finland moves toward independence as citizens’ committee controls government. In Warsaw martial law remains, troops dispersing crowds. Red Cross notes Kishineff horrors repeated, massacres in Kishineff and three houses in Odessa, militia vs Cossacks amid Jewish quarter turmoil.
Reports from Nikoliaief and cities across the empire describe rampant disorder and violent clashes. Bombs explode, crowds clash with police and Cossacks, and casualties mount as demonstrations, riots, and anti government actions widen across Warsaw Moscow St Petersburg Odessa and Sevastopol.
The remains of Frank B Hubbell who died by his own action a few days ago at the Motel Washington will be cremated. Funeral services are set for 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Unitarian church in Boyleton with Rev. W. D. Simonda officiating.
The supreme court sustained Justice Stever this afternoon in barring Jerome from the Republican ticket as part of a stalled political eligibility dispute.
Chief Inspector Wilson reports a Western Pacific party endured days in desert sands after being separated near a lake. Others searched with field glasses, following mirages of lakes and mountains. A body found with a sheep pelt over the face lies beside wagon remains. the party returns to Grantville exhausted.
Edward Watson and Jack Lannon, both involved in a dispute over a woman, fought on Wednesday morning. They were separated before any fatal harm and booked at police headquarters for fighting, later released on 20 dollars each after a bloodied exchange. A woman offered to bail them both out if needed.
A conference between contractor J Erickson and Seattle Electric and Sunset Telephone officials is planned for next Saturday to outline preliminary steps for regrading Third Avenue North of Cherry Street. Brickeon aims to finish the regrade as far north as Cherry in a northward reach. San Francisco dispatch notes a Chicago vessel reported near Point Arena last night, seen sending rockets and appearing on fire.
The Sulphur Kentucky bank was robbed today as four nitro glycerine charges blew the safe. Citizens fired on the robbers as they fled, escaping with about thirty thousand dollars.
William Unkel accuses Pauline Robinson later Mrs Ohrbach of obtaining money by false pretenses after her lodging house sale for 200 dollars. He claims to have paid about 4517 since July in a romantic pursuit that ended with his mortgaging property to cover promised marriage and happiness. A warrant was secured after he testified before Justice P V Davis.
In a stormy Seattle corporate committee session, a vote to recommend an exclusive car franchise for Second Avenue was approved on party grounds. Key blows came from Murph y defending the common user clause, while Furth and attorney Donworth pressed for the octopus interests. Rude faltered, then voted aye amid heated exchanges and questions of the city’s street rights.
A Georgetown Republican meeting ends in a slugging clash as Mueller backers bolt and form a Citizens Ticket. Raucous scenes erupt on the town square with temporary chairmen perceived as biased. The election is set for December 5 and tickets list local officials and candidates.
On Halloween night two large boilers bound for a new Pine and Boren church basement shattered from their fastenings and rolled toward James G. Leave’s residence at 1620 Boren. The clash damaged fencing and blocked the entry as Leave confronted the vandals who defied him.
A bystander notes someone laughed and insists the participants should be arrested as life was endangered by a strenuous frolic. The remark implies concern for public safety amid reckless behavior.
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