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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1904
Page
3
Max R. Von Grambardh and Geradine Gesseman, both of Seattle, receive marriage licenses. J M Hinchcliffe, 36, of Seattle, and Jennie Hinchcliffe, 29, of Olympia, also listed for licenses.
The steamers Rainier Olympic and Shasta of L H Gray and Co will haul 2,100,000 feet of Puget Sound lumber to San Francisco and San Pedro over the next two days. Rainier heads south tonight with 700,000 feet and 25 passengers plus 100 tons of general merchandise. Olympic and Shasta depart tomorrow night with about 700,000 feet each.
Secretary of War Taft leaves tonight at 10 45 for a mission of investigation and conciliation in the Panama republic. He travels by rail to New Orleans for a canal speech, then sails Sunday aboard the Dolphin to Pensacola and Columbia to Colon. Accompanied by Mrs Taft and a small party, he expects a week on the isthmus and a return to Washington by December 10.
Milwaukee November report confirms Stafford defeats socialist candidate Berger for congress by a small majority. The unofficial count had wrongly shown Berger ahead and elected. Berger trailed the Republican incumbent after the final tally.
Five jurors secured as Nan Patterson's trial for the murder of Caesar Young resumes in New York. Four jurors sit as examination continues and Patterson, in black, watches from the bench with her father. Prosecutors and defense dismiss questionable tales men as twenty are reviewed before a midday recess.
Clem ent I. Clark died from burns when a fire at the Denver Gas Electric light company tar plant destroyed the facility. Three men sustained serious injuries in the blaze.
Missionary Reverend R A McAlpine from Japan will speak at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning during the All Day Missionary convention held at the Presbyterian church in Ballard.
At El Paso on November 17 the National Irrigation Congress continued its third day with papers and section discussions on Production by Irrigation. The session focused on ongoing issues and reports from participants.
An old public notice promotes a “White Ribbon Remedy” that allegedly cures or destroys appetite for alcoholic drinks. It claims permanent results, restored health, and stronger willpower, endorsed by temperance groups and medical figures, with instructions to seek more information and order.
An ornate advertisement touts a product named Charles Flesh Food promising to improve complexion and restore healthy flesh. It claims to erase blemishes and wrinkles and offers two boxes or a sample bar for a dollar with free instruction booklets, mailed in plain wrapper from New York.
The forthcoming convention will select the next host city tonight with Portland favored and Boise outraising. William Smythe of San Diego is named for president alongside Pardee and Senator Newlands, as delegates finish reading papers and some speakers remain absent. Delegates plan a bull fight in Juarez, Mexico, in the afternoon.
At the morning AFL session in San Francisco British delegate Wignall of London urged a grand international federation. A Slocum disaster inspired a resolution condemning current steamboat inspection laws and proposing many new restrictions.
The three masted schooner Ruth E Godfrey was towed to sea from Ballard this morning with a cargo and piles for Redondo. The steamer Santa Clara sails for Valdez and Cooks Inlet country tonight with 40 passengers and a full cargo of freight. The steamer Jeanie sailed for San Francisco this morning with 30 passengers and 960 tons of general merchandise.
A lodger reports theft of a watch gold chain and lockets valued at 15.98 from 308 Fourth avenue. Two women aged 19 arrested for loitering near uptown saloons and to be fined by Police Judge George. Divorce suits filed in superior court include Gafford, Sloss, Calhoun, and Harrison cases. Joe Goldenio faces burglary trial before Superior Judge Tallman. Professor George H. Allen to lecture on Russia in Bellingham. Jones brewery malt house burns with 100000 loss. Advertising for men’s underwear sale by E N Brooks & Co.
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