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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1903
Page
2
Notices outline a special municipal vote on issuing bonds for a new city hall and a separate count y courthouse project at James Street and rd Avenue. Election days set, registration delays risk abandonment, and advocates fear low turnout while opposition grows over the courthouse plan.
A county treasurer faces a civil suit over a first term shortage reported at more than 228000. Attorneys claim errors and missing items reduced the amount to teens, with a $1100 entry cited. The case centers on whether the shortage resulted from mistakes in accounting and bookkeeping under examiners.
Shipping men grow wary of the well known sailing schooner Volante leaving Coquille river bound for Kayak Bay to load cargo of crates for a voyage to Kayak. After a long delay and a recent equinoctial storm she is feared heavily buffeted and overdue to reach port. Captain BM White remains confident the Volante will enter port within a few days.
The court heard a motion to quash the panel of jurors drawn for a Superior Court case. Attorneys argued the panel’s validity and potential conflicts as the trial of Waesre Kebabian began yesterday. Judge Bell overruled the motion and set further proceedings for tomorrow.
The city councilmen and mayor advised Mrs Pullivan to inform Miss Norton she may not open any house of ill fame on Jackson Street near Firth Avenue South. Chief Sullivan ordered Miss Norton to cease and informants confirmed the instruction.
At Yonkers Empire Track on September day, The Major Delmar beat his own record and equalled the world trotting record held by Lou Dillon by covering four miles in two minutes flat.
The suit of Thomas Ingrebreteen against Steamship Aztec and others was dismissed to the federal court by Johae Hanford Mis. The counts were accessed to the libeliant and the intervenor. A separate case involving John J. Palmer against the steamship Ro anie was settled out of court.
Arrested September 12 for operating a money a lot machine at Green Tree saloon, Stuth was released on habeas corpus by Judge Linn after Prosecuting Attorney Owings sought dismissal due to lack of sufficient evidence. Complainant Robert Hamilton vanished, hindering case. habeas hearing postponed pending constitutional questions on anti gambling law.
Fred Christianson suffered serious injuries after a horse kicked him at M. J. Joutts stable on upper First avenue. Doctors believe a broken hip and internal injuries were sustained. he was taken to Providence hospital. Insane Armstrong was injured by a falling beam on a bridge near Wellington and hospitalized at Providence via Beattie. Mrs Winifred Curtis seeks divorce from William Curtin on grounds of desertion.
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