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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1905
Page
7
Reports from New York Philadelphia Chicago and Columbus detail sweeping electoral shifts. Hearst pressures court challenge to mayoral results while reform coalitions claim big wins, paving a regional realignment with governors mayors and treasurers decided.
Cincinnati dispatch reports George B. Cox, longtime Republican boss in Ohio, resigns from a powerful position amid internal conflicts and gratitude to supporters. Separate wire note from Baltimore claims Republicans win the House after a Proe amendment defeat disfranchising Black voters.
In Trenton New Jersey Republicans gained a decisive statewide victory securing three new senators and a strong party majority. In Indianapolis Indiana the election produced a close result with Republicans winning the mayoralty by a narrow margin as Democrats gained seats in other races. Louisvile Kentucky saw Paul Barth win the mayoralty as a Democrat amid a broader Democratic trend in the county and state legislature. In East Lake City the Gentiles defeated Mormon alignment electing Ezra Thompson as mayor with Democrats taking Ogden.
Providence dispatch reports Governor George Utter re-elected with at least 3000 plurality and Republicans gaining in the state legislature. The stronghold city shows Republicans winning the more important offices and plums in the vote.
A quartet of women accused of threatening Mohammed Kahn with murder on October 25 were freed by Police Judge Gordon due to conflicting testimony interpretations. The case involved intercultural tensions as Mohammed dissolved a partnership and alleged threats persisted, with police and prosecutors hinting at possible future harm.
Reported results show Claude A. Ewanson winning Virginia governor by 26 000 amid light turnout with Negro abstention. Republicans gain seats in Congress and state legislatures. In New York Jerome vows to probe Tammany fraud as revised counts narrow mayoral results.
Henry Howard mayor of Turfwater filed for divorce from Mrs. William Leafgren who had claimed to be widow of Millionaire Laclede J. Howard of St. Louis. The suit reveals Howard married Leafgren under the name Miller after doubting her first marriage validity. Leafgren had filed a claim to the Laclede J. Howard estate claiming widow status. Estate attorneys found Leafgren was the wife of the Turfwater mayor.
In Washington a congressional committee postpones its hearing on moving the inauguration date from March 4 to April 26. The panel is expected to favor the change and issue a unanimous report.
A steamship butcher named Hux saved scraps from meat jettisoned after spoilage and claimed 150 pounds of trim mings. He appeared before Justice P Davia and was held for trial on Haht cash county charges. Superintendent Storey announced a forthcoming event at Kagiew hall with the first session starting at Da.
A government proclamation praises troops for maintaining order amid recent disorders in St. Petersburg. In the Baltic provinces revolts by incendiaries spread, Poland sees clergy joining calls for autonomy, and widespread Jewish massacres touch towns from Tomsk to rural districts with 609 victims at the Tomsk theater.
R Smith, a Tacoma gambler, killed his wife and L L Bronson in Pete Sandberg's place on Wednesday afternoon. He fled the scene and is said to have died by suicide after the shooting. The motive arose when his wife refused to return to him. Bronson and his wife escaped as shots rang out.
The council committee referred the question of building a boulevard between Legeht and Mad Leon parks to the park board. It urged immediate action as houses rise along the route could block the avenue’s construction without prompt steps.
A Danish journalist Opffer, former Copenhagen daily owner, fled to England then San Francisco to escape czarist agents after exposing Russia’s corrupt governance. A St Petersburg envoy reportedly pressured King Christian to exile him, with multiple kidnapping attempts noted as he travels as a foreign correspondent.
Panic over the common-user clause prompts the Chamber of Commerce to set the issue as a special order of business. Nadeau resists but supports the move while Shergock attacks the franchise committee. The matter, vital to Beattie, is postponed another week with a council decision due Wednesday night.
Postmaster says Seattle newspapers must not publish lists of prize winners from society card games due to a new anti-gambling statute. The Washington post office department notes the clause covers such reports, though enforcement has not been exercised in practice.
The Yukon Polar Exploration Institute requests 6000 dollars from the Chamber of Commerce to buy a dog team and gear for Dr Varicle and assistant Chas MacDonald. The expedition aims to reach the North Pole next January. They are in San Francisco preparing and will return to Seattle in about ten days, with 19 similar appeals planned nationally.
The Arette Brotherhood backs a Southeast Alaska boundary protest and will urge miners and merchants to press Congress to defend Alaska and U S rights. Grand Arctic Chairman T Perkins, also a gubernatorial candidate, said the fraternity would assist southeastern delegates at the Beattie convention on November 14.
Chester Thompson, a son of prominent local attorney Will H. Thompson, was held up by a masked horseman Tuesday night near Milt and King. He was prevented from harming his victim when two horsemen arrived, causing the bandit to flee.
The launch Union built by Campbell Bros. of this city had its noon launch and a 4 pm trial trip. It is among the fastest on the sound and expected to reach about 27 knots. Steamer Athlon replaces City of Everett on the Seattle Everett run after machinery failure. Rainier Lindauer Shasta sailings and cargoes of lumber and general freight accompany passenger traffic as Cottage City and Jefferson head to Seattle from the north.
Word was received by local Eagles that Charles Hellenbrand secretary of the Spokane aerie No. 2 for seven years died in Spokane on Tuesday. The deceased was a prominent Spokane businessman and belonged to a number of orders.
A San Francisco man William Hug was arrested on petty larceny charges at the instigation of W F P Prichard of the White Star Steamship Company. Patrolmen Hedges and Wickman took Hug into custody on Tuesday.
Prince Louis Battenberg visited a Baltimore newspaper office where he learned the printer's trade as a youth and was later elected a member of the paper's chapel.
In Pittburgh the wrecking of the Enterprise National Bank by Republican state politicians and a cascade of self-inflicted deaths among officials shaped the November 7 state election. The Democratic charge of bank fund mismanagement followed the collapse, with dozens named as dying in disgrace or from heartbreak, while Homer J. Castile led the push linking the scandal to reform.
In San Francisco on Election Eve a jury indicates Heney has sufficient evidence of corruption against Abe Ruef, a union labor boss, to merit further investigation. Heney’s testimony provoked a furore in the city’s political waters.
The Arctic Brotherhood held its third season gathering in Elke hall Alaska on Wednesday afternoon with the meet starting at 2:00 pm. J G Price announced the banquet would be at the Lumbermen's club dining room in Clymouseste at 8:38 pm Wednesday, due to limited time and space, only members and invited friends may attend.
A steamer arrived Wednesday with a small cargo of grapes. Native tomatoes cucumbers and plantains are scarce. Vendors list dry beans per cent, beets per sack and various greens and peppers with price hints across baskets and boxes.
A dense list of prices and items follows including potatoes onions cucumbers and fruits by the ton crate and box, with specific figures for Yakima potatoes oranges lemons bananas and pears. Stock quotes from The Star report include numerous railroad and commodity names with bid asks and closes, reflecting a broad market overview for the day.
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