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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1905

Page

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Release All Political Prisoners Urged by Witte

Nicholas is ready to do anything to calm furious subjects as St. Petersburg workers stay skeptical of the czar’s intentions. The country remains in uproar amid political tension and unrest.

Witte Promises Immediate Release of Political Prisoners

In St Peters burg on October 31 M Witte pledges an immediate release of all political prisoners who can be freed without endangering public peace.

ST. Peterssburg M. Witte

Zionist forces aim to free prisoners in Petersburg clashes

In St. Petersburg on October 31 reports detail several skirmishes between Zionist activists and troops. Professor Tarie was wounded amid the fighting as Zionists press to release political prisoners.

ST. Petersburg Tarie

Constitutional government announced in Russia cab​inet list

Eddy charge d affaires in St. Peters burg reports establishment of a constitutional government and presents the cabinet names. Obolensky as minister of the interior Ro as finance Koni as justice Krohovsky as education Shaffhauser as communications.

Washington Eddy St. Petersburg Interior Obolensky Justice Koni Educa- Krohovsky Shaffhauser

Strife Continues in Petrograd As Rioters, Police Clash

Reports from St. Petersburg outline continued unrest with editors urged to help restore order and regain public confidence. Strikes, looting, and street patrols by soldiers are described as authorities weigh political amnesty.

Water Shutdown Affects District Near Main Street

Water will be shut off Wednesday from 8 30 a m to 5 p m in the district between and sixth street from Main to for the purpose of in a tap for the Munich building.

Munich

Report Heard In Orange Jacobs Bar Association

Whispered this week that a committee of lawyers appointed to handle charges of improper conduct presented a report to Orange Jacobs president of the bar association. George Jacobs admitted receiving the report but declined to discuss its tenor. The report was to be turned over to Judge Frater and likely read in open court on Saturday.

Orange Jacobs Attohn C. Murphy George Jacobs Frater

VESSELS IN DANGER AS STORM RAGES IN GULF OF ALASKA

A telegram to the U S cable office warns of a terrific storm across the Gulf of Alaska from Unimak pass to Cross sound. Numerous passenger, fishing, and coasting vessels including Santa Clara Santa Ana Dora Portland Bertha are in or headed for the area. Steamship Cottage City reached Juneau yesterday. Ohio and Tampico await Nome passengers.

Gulf of Alaska United States Unimak Pass Cross Sound Sitka Juneau Vaudez Seward Pointe Santa Clara Northwestern Steamship Company Seattle Wessel Moore Rocky Coast Santa Ana Dora Portland Bertha Cottage City Pacifiec Coast Steamship Company Junese Glassford Ohio Globe Navigation Company Nome

Ballard Interurban Crash Stuns Bitter Lake Riders

A runaway flat car after brakes were nudged by pranksters collided with a Ballard passenger car near Bitter Lake at 8 PM Monday. Panic followed but no fatalities were reported as passengers were stunned and the train crashed through the platform. In Bellingham, October 31, authorities pursue J G Hanby and W H Stewart of the Kola Manufacturing Company amid fraud charges and missing funds totaling about 2000 dollars.

Bitter Lake Ballard Bellingham Pbuice Jllegal Kola Manufactur Company J. G. Hanby Concern W. H. Stewart

Aged man dies in hotel closet under mystery

Coroner investigates the death of Mozes Keezer 70 of Green Lake found jammed headfirst in a closet at the Arlington hotel. The body lies at Bonmey-Watron morgue as a post mortem is planned to determine cause. A $7.60 unpaid bill to Dr. Sharples and a lone dollar are found on the deceased.

Green Lake Carroll Arnold Arlington Hotel Bonmey- Watron Keezer Dr. Chase Keever Expma Sharples

Theater bar on Mrs Warren's Profession faces arrest

New York Commissioner McAdoo warned Garrick theater managers that presenting Mrs Warren's Profession tonight would lead to arrest of the participants.

New York McAdoo Garrick Theater

Cremated bodies found near Chuckanut quarry in Bellingham

Fire victims lie beneath charred debris of a small home a half mile north of Chuckanut stone quarry in Bellingham. John King and an unidentified man were badly burned with only part of one body remaining. King had been released from the city jail yesterday for drunkenness. investigators suspect intoxication of both men.

Bellingham Wash John King Chuckanut King

City to decide regrade of Fourth and Union streets delay

Work on the central market house and public auditorium near Fourth and Union will resume in two weeks or sooner once City Engineer Thomson informs the contractor of the city grade. Colonel May funds the project and warns of continued delays unless the city decides whether Fourth Avenue will gain seven feet or Fifth Avenue sixty feet. widening Fourth Avenue also impacts plans for the steel superstructure, with May ready to press for a firm decision.

Fourth and Union Thomson May Fourth Avenue Fifth Avenue

Scotty Hurt In Racing Auto On Way To Pasadena

Walter Scott a Death Valley miner from Los Angeles was severely injured in a Monday night auto crash while traveling from Los Angeles to Pasadena. The car carried three men, the driver speeding to beat a 46 minute schedule. Scott sustained injuries described as a possible broken vertebra with the body crushed from the waist down. doctors say paralysis is possible and a plaster cast covers part of his body.

Hy Gorton News Arend Los Angeles Walter Scott Death Valley Specia Chicago Lowes Pasadena Angeles

Capture of Mageard After Alley Stabbing in Montana Stables

Mageard, hunted and worn, was captured by Patrolmen Dolphin, Fistenseon and Anderson after a stabbing in an alley behind the Montana stables Sunday night. Imose, the victim, is slowly improving though weak from blood loss. A formal charge will be filed with Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh Tuesday.

Mageard Y.kouehi Imose Montana Dolphin, Fistenseon Anderson Mackintosh

Separate man sought for thanks after alleged street incident

The report claims a traveling man named Murphy saved Edith Haley of Tacoma from an automobile on Seventeenth Avenue. Haley’s daughter fainted while her father cared for her and Murphy was struck by the machine and injured. Haley now seeks the hero to thank him.

John Murphy Murphy Francisco Edith Haley Tacoma Seventeenth Avenue

Once Brilliant Statesman Sentenced to State Prison

Judge Hart denied Senator Eminens a new trial and sentenced the ex senator to five years in San Quentin for bribery. The 46 year old, frail and emotional, pleaded for leniency as Mrs Emmons watched. Grove Johnson posted bail of 10000 dollars pending appeal.

Bacramento Cal Hart Eminens San Quentin Sam Folsom Senator Burny

Wade on Trial in court martial at Vallejo

A. F. H. Yates testified in Wade court-martial that he warned Commander Young to start steam but avoid forcing boilers before Wade’s sailing time. Wade said he would be ready to sail by 1 p.m. The defense will argue the explosion stemmed from overpressure due to early steaming.

Wade

Rank Clearings on Oct 31 1905 show rise over prior year

The report lists Oct 31 1905 clearings totaling $1,485,025.85 versus Oct 31 1904 at $969,556.46. The year over year increase amounts to $515,468.91.

Will or no will surrounding Hubbell suicide inquiry

Mystery deepens over the Friday night suicide of Frank B. Hubbell at the Hotel Washington. Banks report his accounts were satisfactory yet he sought cash by selling property at Pike and Terry. Widow and attorney refuse to reveal if a will exists, promising disclosures after the funeral.

George E. Wright Hubbell Seattle Washington Frank B. Hubbell Pike and Terry The Star Union Pike Streets Baldwin Marmora Ontario Canada George B. Wright Burke Wright

Seattle banker pays debt to clear Eckstein brothers notes

Nathan Eckstein of Schwabacher & Co Seattle settled nearly 50000 with Citizens Bank of Buffalo to cover the Whit ney Eckstein Seed notes held against his brothers Charles and Adolph. The debt’s nonpayment is linked to the suicide of bank cashier Henry J. Block, whose worries over the notes drove him to self harm. Block’s funeral was held. Eckstein’s payment follows examinations of his affairs. Mrs. Eckstein declined comment.

Seriope News Assn Buffalo N. Y Nathan Eckstein Schwabacher & Co Seattle Wash G. Fred Beller Citizens’ National Bank

Local lawyer sues for 55000 over timber scam

Washington attorney W. F. Hays sues timber cruiser G. B. Peavy in superior court for 55000 claiming a 1898 contract split profits from 60000 acres of timber. Hays alleges Peavy learned buyers on his list and cut him out by selling tracts to them for 50 cents per acre, leaving Hays out in the cold.

Washington W. F. Hays G. B. Peavy Gates

Fire razes Pinsgrove town after gas blast

A natural gas explosion at the Pinsgrove hotel in Pinsgrove, West Virginia, destroyed most of the town. The fire consumed the bank, the Methodist church, a seven story office building and ten dwellings before dynamite halted the blaze. Reported casualties are severe and losses reach about 200000 dollars.

Pinsgrove

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