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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
2
In Cincinnati Ohio in August Frank Magliet said he was forced to flee From Hthel Minnesota after shaking hands with a Black person at an African Methodist Episcopal conference He reported fleeing a white mob to a railroad station for refuge after delivering a speech at the conference.
George Dolling a 7 foot 1 inch giant weighing 2765 pounds entered a New York barroom and drank a three quart stein joke by a bartender. He had just arrived from Breland for an engagement with a circus.
A bees swarm stung a horse to death and seriously injured another as George Brown drove a team near Springfield. Brown leaped from the wagon and ran about a mile before the bees stopped. The incident, reported by United Press, highlights the danger of swarms to livestock and handlers.
A distressed note tells of a well dressed man delivering a baby in a basket to farmer Harr, asking for care. Edith Bails orders 3000 miniature bales of Alaska cotton for Dixie Day souvenirs. The Dixie Day committee fixes August 4 as date with HQ at Claude Ham’s and a Southern concert planned. St Louis funeral parade and nonunion strike noted with Kentucky joining to honor the day.
In Plained Plains New York an unusually heavy guard was placed about the Thaw courtroom as the inquiry into the inmate mental condition proceeded. Four deputies accompanied Thaw to the courthouse and watched him closely, with no explanation given for the new precaution. Judge examinations and medical testimony followed as part of the ongoing proceeding. Meanwhile in Washington August 4 the conference on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill agreed not to raise salaries for judges of the new United States court of customs from seven thousand to ten thousand dollars.
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