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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1905
Page
6
Classified notice notes a want ad placement by Star Want Ad Agencies for an office and mentions Preasey’s Drug. The brief item signals a local business advertisement and search for space or service related to a drugstore setting.
Classified snippets show private money loans, real estate buys, farm and acre land offers near Beattie and Riverton, with interest terms, locations near Alaska Building and Interurban lines, and multiple agents including Charles Somers Company and Robert Maltry. Also mentions rental grocery stores and farm bargains.
The Seattle armory project seeks 80000 funds from county commissioners next month. Col Lamping of the Washington National Guard appeals to taxpayers, arguing ten year bonds and a 1/10 mill levy will cover costs and boost Seattle as a convention city. Affected by petitions from 16000 citizens, the effort emphasizes securing a regional armory and avoiding graft in contract awards.
Police captured Jean Malian who uses the alias James Bowen after weeks of hill district terror. He admits a 12 year confinement in Blackfoot Idaho asylum and disappeared last August. He is described as a dangerous maniac.
Mary Maud Keefe files for divorce from John Keefe amid allegations of separation and support disputes. In Seattle, two personal injury cases seek damages for injuries from hazards on public and private property. Hubert Hulerwats seeks 6000 for injuries from a loose plank at 1226 Miret Avenue North. Nicholson sues for 500 in damages after a hotel bus wheel barrel rupture? through rotten planking on Columbia Street.
The Ballard W C T U will host a Wednesday afternoon social at Mrs. Thomas Hegdhal's home, 182 State, with a novel and instructive program and all are invited. Wv. T. Torenson was arrested Tuesday in Ballard on petty larceny charges and jailed. He had been touring Ballard fruit stands, stealing fruit from street displays.
The habeas corpus case of Turner Jackson, decided against the government by Judge Hanford in federal court, was appealed by U S Attorney Frye to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Jackson, a prisoner at McNeil's Island, challenged the good behavior law as applying to preexisting convicts. If the government loses, more than ten inmates would gain release under the same provision.
John Harrison is accused of assaulting Nelson J. Warner in front of a Seattle hotel on Monday afternoon. Warner, who was approached with a punch, fell to the pavement and is pursuing legal action, having secured a complaint and warrant for Harrison’s arrest.
London reports indicate Britain will not accept a forcible settlement between Sweden and Norway and aims to prevent war through peaceful means. Swedish envoys may return to Karstad to resume talks, with arbitration treaty seen as key to future disputes. Swedish stance remains unaltered in Stockholm.
Monday morning in the Pioneer building Seattle fire insurance representatives passed resolutions favoring a graded commission system over the existing flat rate. Rumors circulated of brewery workers returning to work, denied by strike officials. A break in at Spring Street Oyster House yielded cigars and $7. John Russel, 9, wandered from a hotel near the depot and was returned to the station after getting lost. US Ninth District judges adjourned in Seattle and will meet in Portland on September 18. appeal cases argued without decisions.
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