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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1902
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text from a Seattle Star issue shows building and carrier details, pricing per copy and week, and postal notice. It lists addresses in Seattle New York Chicago and a likely masthead fragment with management names and rates.
A London inquiring mind traces royal lineage to show that blue blood comes from historic debts and royal titles. It cites Edward II from 1704 Hanoverian ascent, Frederick Hohenzollern, and a long Japanese line claiming Nebuchadnezzar’s era, arguing true worth lies in the free man who earns power.
A report from Magu e en notes the informal season opening with music and large crowds at city parks. Liquor sales proceed without licenses while rookeries persist near the area and indecency grows. Authorities are urged to act decisively to stamp out vice and keep parks respectable for women and children, or risk them becoming akin to tenderloin districts.
Wires report the postmaster general may honor women by placing a portrait on a two cent stamp. Some argue for many faces of Columbia’s daughters, claiming it would boost usage, pride, and stamp value while making U S stamps the finest.
The Greek day observances mark the 1821 defeat of the Turka with a New York gathering on the lower east side. The Greek church hosted the main festival with high mass, national anthems, and patriotic addresses by prominent Greeks, while halls decorated in Greek flags hosted various public celebrations.
Several hundred prominent Masons from across the state gather in Milwaukee for the fortieth annual convocation of the Wisconsin consistory of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons, Valley of Milwaukee. The opening session occurred at the Masonic temple with the Wisconsin Lodge of Perfection in session.
The Society of American Authors will entertain Andrew Carnegie at a dinner at the Hotel Saint Denia this evening before his departure for his summer home in Scotland. Speakers include William Ordway Partridge the sculptor, Charles Sprague Smith of the People’s Institute, and Melvil Dewey the state librarian, among other notable figures in art, letters, and education.
Parliament reassembled in London after the Banter process. The government aims to keep both houses actively at work through the end of the term, with several important items on the agenda.
The Utica chamber of commerce has prepared a grand annual banquet in the Century club auditorium for tonight. Admiral Bobley will be the guest of honor as the event proceeds with a large turnout anticipated.
In Washington on April 7 the medical board resumed examining applicants for assistant surgeons posts in the army. There are 63 vacancies in the medical corps and the Surgeon General aims to fill them with highly capable medical men as examinations continue.
Secretary Long visits Boston to speak at the Boston Latin School association dinner tonight at the Exchange club. He once taught at the school as a substitute briefly. Dr. Edward Everett Hale will preside.
A life buoy from the vessel MH. M. S. Condor, missing in December gales, was found by Capt. Brown of the Victoria schooner Mary Taylor about 45 miles southwest of Cape Flattery. The buoy shows it spent a long time in the water.
Margaret Sullivan files a claim with the city clerk for 750 damages to her property at 318 Fifth Avenue alleging losses since the contagion hospital’s establishment. Several Twenty third Avenue property owners sign a remonstrance against the Twenty third Avenue sewer assessment, claiming the sewer benefits their properties. The steamships City of Seattle and City of Topeka depart at nine for Southeastern Alaska carrying cannery supplies and 100 Chinese fishermen.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt briefed visitors in Washington before their 2:50 PM departure for Charleston aboard a premier Southern railway train. The presidential party includes Miss Carew J K Gracie and cabinet members plus family and aides.
An eastbound Grand Trunk train derailed seven miles west of Lansing at Miklets due to a tampered switch. Abram Hrmstine of Chicago was killed, five other passengers injured in the incident reported April 1.
Charles Eldridge of Alton plans to exhume his amputated left arm from the city cemetery. After an operation for blood poisoning the wound is healing and he asserts he can still feel fingers clenched and painful. He believes the arm was buried in a coffin too small and hopes straightening it will end his pain.
Report from Tuscumbia describes Sheriff Cassaway and deputy dying in a clash while trying to arrest Will Reynolds, a Black man accused of theft by false pretenses. The confrontation left multiple others wounded as a barricaded house burned and Reynolds was killed by bullets amid the flames.
In a Reichstag report doctors reviewing 12000 cases conclude cancer is not hereditary but may be contagious in certain areas with recurrent epidemics. The government will create a research department for treatments and 150 00 marks from private donors funds the work.
A grand stand at Ibrox Park in Glasgow collapsed during a England versus Scotland match Saturday afternoon. Twenty one spectators were killed and about 250 injured as sections gave way. Many spectators remained unaware of the disaster until after the game ended.
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