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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
1
A blaze at a Gagerock hotel in downtown Chicago killed fourteen guests and injured many others as 120 visitors, mostly farmers, fled through hallways on the sealed upper floors. Police halted the panic, several residents were burned or trampled, and a Davenport mother leapt with her child to escape the flames. Night watchman Weber was arrested as a suspect.
A federal grand jury indicted traveling jeweler Tarrant of Witam and Tarrant on counterfeiting charges. Other defendants include Frank Donnell, Walter Dennell, Thomas Hearden, John for whisky, Peter Mack, and two Indiana residents. Prisoners held since last July for passing counterfeit coins were released today as the panel found enough evidence to justify trial.
Chief Sullivan announces a three shift patrol plan to double night presence and target neglected residential areas. He vows to shut down parlors on Washington Street and curb illegal gambling while directing arrests of known criminals.
Beacon Hill residents testified that the Frye Bruhne slaughterhouse near 7 Grant Street pollutes the area with foul odors and unfitness for habitation within a mile. Defendants argued health was not menaced. witnesses disputed cleanliness and odor control claims while lawyers prosecuted the case for the plaintiff.
The two masted schooner Gruby A. Cousins arrives at Ballard Street in the afternoon from Woides after a long passage. A year ago she ran on a rock and was beached but overhauling was completed. Valued at $4,000 and owned by James Fish of Vaideu.
New York reports mark the anniversary of Dean of Wall Street Hage and associates recalling his 1991 escape from an attempted dynamite attack. The lunatic exploded nearby but failed to harm him. The event drew attention from Norcross and other financiers.
A sudden blast shattered a city office as a mad visitor exploded, with Mr. Sage largely uninjured and a clerk named Laidiow badly hurt. Laidiow later sued Sage, amid a legal battle that stretched through many courts and remains unresolved.
Mortality reports quote Christianna FE Smith aged 76 dying at her daughter's Green Lake residence from peru. The Atlantic Halibut Co of Gloucester plans to expand western fisheries influence to Eastern markets, with the International Fish Co formed for that purpose. Ontario voters face a referendum on Prohibition, with nonpermanent groups and churches backing a barroom closure while campaigns run ahead of the vote.
Pittsburg Pa December 4 all records in furnace building history will be broken when Carnegie Steel Co blows in the new J furnace at the Edgar Thomson plant Strathclyde work began less than three months ago after contractors could not meet the time limit company workers will complete the venture and the United States Steel Corp may then build all its furnaces with its own men.
Thomas Kelly and Atlas Tobin faced trial for the murder of Captain Craft in a Long Island City Tenderloin restaurant. The defense sought an insanity examination, which the court denied as jurors were impaneled. Craft’s body was mutilated. Tobin was found in the basement as police arrived.
Milwaukee December 4 The Kosciuszko Monument Association announced the contest for designs for a monument to the Polish patriot. The organization plans to spend 11000 dollars on the project.
Salt Lake City December 4 An announcement from Oregon Short Line headquarters states a pension system will be established for the benefit of its employees starting January 1 The plan will also go into effect on the Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Oregon Railway Navigation company networks under the same management.
London dispatch says Cecelia Loftus sails from New York to rejoin F. HH Sothern’s company. She will play Ophelia to Mr. Sothern’s Hamlet and Juillet later return to his home base. Loftus previously belonged to the Bir Henry troupe after leaving America last spring.
Hane Olowon of 600 Viret Avenue South reported to police this morning that a gold watch was taken from him at a saloon near the New Zealand Inn last night.
Miss Vanderwecker, a teenage resident, was approached on Fifteenth Avenue near Thomas Street by a New York footpad. She handed over her purse after a brief confrontation. police have a description but no arrests. The incident follows a prior similar robbery in the same period.
Sailors linked to a West Seattle boarding house scheme were freed after rivals across Puget Sound used a clever plan. Prisoners shifted between bathhouse confinement, the Wanderer and the Large Law in a bid to secure a crew for South Africa. Capt. Henderson pursued cheaper crews at a new West Seattle boarding house, while locals detained the men and organized escape to shore.
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Reed in a coma night and doctors Gardner and MacDonough hoping to avoid surgery. Kidney disease and a pulmonary complication threaten his life as the Romanoff succession prospects hinge on Vladimir Grand Duke’s status and health amid Russian court intrigue.
Vienna reports elaborate religious services held for the birth of the czarowitsch on December 4. The crowd expresses thanksgiving for his improving condition, though sources claim the heir to the throne suffers advanced tuberculosis. Historical notes mention a marriage to Grand Duchess Anna Meckienburg-Agaustine.
Tokyo based U S minister Alfred Buck died of heart failure while shooting ducks yesterday. Buck, appointed in 1887, served continuously in Japan since taking port of Tokyo. The notification came this afternoon from Japanese minister Takahira to Secretary Hay in Washington.
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