30 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1905
Page
1
Reports from St. Petersburg and Warsaw describe Czar Nicholas surrendering to popular will with a manifesto granting free speech free press habeas corpus and suffrage. Count Witte becomes minister president with power to shape a national assembly and democratic reforms.
A persistent report claims the Black Sea fleet mutinied at Batoum killing Admirals Bircleff and Nine. The squadron reportedly raised the revolutionary flag at Stabopol, and details about a gas tube in Hubbell apartments remain uncertain. Baldwin Hubbell of Marmora Ontario is said to be reachable in Seattle this week. Body to be moved to Canada.
City Health Officer Ludlow hears Mrs Marion Baxter describe Wayside hospital work and appeal for city and county support as contract renewal hangs in balance. Grant’s Metropolitan hospital offers to take over at $425 monthly, prompting debate over financing and patient care.
The Green Lake Republican club plans a Mountain View hall meeting Monday night to discuss a bid for councilman from the newly formed Eleventh ward. Inspired by John Weedin a patrol driver and local figure, the push aims to elect the ward’s first councilman.
Enrich, owner of the New Apartment hotel in Portland, pursues Thayer and his wife across Seattle after failing police action. A warrant exists for their arrest on serious charges, but Seattle officers say the case is unclear. Enrich vows to take the law into his own hands, last seen entering a Seventh Avenue costume shop to fashion a disguise as he hunts for the couple.
T Damon a local clerk was arrested on a grand larceny charge after allegedly stealing a diamond valued at 100 dollars to gift his sweetheart. Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh filed the complaint and Detective Adams and Corbett investigated the pawn and disposition of the stone.
Damon described trading the original stone at Bracey Shawn jewelers and turning the other stone into an engagement ring given to his sweetheart Jessey Jesse Lee. Lee, a department store musical demonstrator, could not be found at Bon Marche Monday morning as investigators probe a burglary report.
Investigation opened into charges against Warden Rees at Hotel Acres with Assistant Attorney General McDonald presiding. Dr Yancey and Oscar Cain were asked to name witnesses and furnish control names. Cain later filed new negligence charges over guards tied to alleged illegal registration before the July city election.
Dispatches report Odessa Sunday casualties at 26 civilians killed and 287 wounded, with two corpses sacks killed and two wounded. In St Petersburg strikers rise to about 120,000, daily contributions totaling 10 000 roubles, while fears grow as imperial guards and Cossacks mingle with crowds amid demands for a constitution and food and the removal of troops. Helsinki workers join the strike as Finland fears scarce troops from Petrograd. Only one line of communication to the world remains the cable.
Mary Gasconetti 14 of Mercer Island is the assault victim who fled home after saying Jim Falfetta 45 ruined her. Parents secured a warrant from Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh for Falfetta, who works at a Tacoma columbia saloon and is sought by officers.
The steamship Victoria from Nome arrived in Seattle with 477 passengers and 20 tons of freight. Sailor Emil Abrahamson, 28, a quartermaster, fell overboard during a life boat lowering drill two days before arrival and drowned. Abrahamson, a Norwegian single man with years of Seattle experience, was widely known among local seafaring men. The ship carried a gold consignment valued at $100000 and Captain Weaver noted pleasant weather on the voyage.
In Moscow revolutionary leaders press the czar for a constitution while other regions send appeals across the empire. Meanwhile in St. Petersburg fifty students and a teacher seize control of the school of technology, surrounding its headquarters as tensions rise.
A vessel carrying royal plate and jewelry was shipped to Copenhagen. The cargo value is reported at 2.75 million dollars and the shipment was insured for the same amount.
Reports from St. Petersburg describe preparations for a massacre of Jews in the southern empire, with Rostoff attacked and ten Jews injured. The attack follows solidarity from workers, while Warsaw sees socialist actions closing banks and disrupting traffic as peasants revolt across Polish provinces.
On the return voyage a congratulatory letter was presented to the captain for his courteous treatment of passengers. Notable arrivals aboard the vessel included Ma. French Dr. Whitehead George Kame W L Leland Dr A Samuel Archer Frank Eames J Breweters and family D H Davidson M and C Herschberg H Rein hart and M Schneider and the French consul at Nome en route to Paris. Captain Weaver notes cold Nome weather with increasing ice as the ski Occidental had not discharged its cargo when the Victoria departed.
A Santa Fe passenger train derailed near Sheffield Missouri at dawn injuring thirty and killing twelve. The crash left ten cars off the track in a deep cut, with a long wreckage pile and several identifiable victims and injured passengers.
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