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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
7
United Press dispatch from Dec reports garment workers strike in Indies 7 continues through winter. Five thousand families are reported near actual starvation as 26,000 of 40,000 strikers rely on commissary stores run by labor organizations for food.
A California woman identified as Mrs. A. R. of Hollywood was found wandering near the waterfront with her two children Victoria and Albert after distress from a home fire. She had bought three tickets for San Francisco on the steamer Watson, which sails tomorrow.
Private Ruel A. Custer of the First Infantry in Vancouver enticed Mrs Charina A to flee to Tacoma and drink poison with him. She died. he survived. He confessed remorse, then was released by Seattle police. Authorities plan disciplinary action as officers pursue formal punishment.
Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science is buried in Auburn Cemetery after a simple service at her Chestnut Hill home Newton. The body was moved to a receiving vault beside Halcyon Lake and awaits a mausoleum completion.
An audience packed the Moore theatre for Ellen Terry aged about sixty two as she read from books and spoke a memory filled evening. Though aging and with a faltering memory she retained her stage fire and clear enunciation drawing a tense attentive crowd. The event was notable for its historical tie to Shakespearean interpretation through a veteran actress.
Mrs Anna Engemann aged 61 or 70 from Ballard died at Pacific hospital yesterday morning. She was wife of C E Engemann of the Gra Engemann undertaking firm and had lived in Ballard nine years. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Gra and Engemann Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Fragmentary market note shows butter and meat prices fluctuating with variation. It references grade distinctions and price settings as of an unspecified date, noting general guidance while acknowledging possible changes. Names and places are unclear in the garbled text.
Official reports from 47 cities show a three percent drop in building operations for November. Seattle led declines at eighteen percent, while San Francisco and Tacoma fell by forty nine and sixty two percent respectively.
State Bank Examiner J. L. Mohindra met bankers from Seattle Tacoma Aberdeen Spokane Kelso and Bellingham to discuss measures to be introduced next session. The bankers seek penalties against false warehouse receipts and bills of lading fraud, rules to curb bogus bank accounts, and improvements to the garnishment act.
A joint meeting of the legislative committees of the Chamber of Commerce Commercial club and Rotary club will discuss King county surrendering its proportional representation in the legislature. King county lawmakers have been invited to attend. Also, five hours after marrying Eva A Campbell on a sick bed James A Peevy died in Lowell Massachusetts on December 8.
Mrs Theo dore Shonts was ordered to appear before the port surveyor to explain the presence of $20,000 worth of jewels seized from her trunks when disembarking from the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. She claimed ignorance of the law for not declaring the gems.
In London a cargo ship collision with the Blackburn causes 39 to be lost at sea with passengers and crew adrift. The Rook rescued 17 individuals. In Lowell Massachusetts a man, Paul Bouchelou, 12, choked to death on a doughnut while in a lunch room.
Montpelier reports the state legislature is poised to vote today on abolishing capital punishment by hanging for murder. Authorities and lawmakers anticipate swift action as debates center on justice and deterrence in the wake of reform discussions.
A snapshot of market listings shows veal and beef prices per pound, lamb cuts, with produce including tomatoes, cranberries, sweet potatoes, bananas, and citrus. The notice also advertises a tonight’s dance at Dreamised venue.
A dense classified listing highlights acreage near Puget Sound, Kirkland, and surrounding towns with multiple farm and riverfront properties, lots near Green Lake, bargain four and five room houses, and exchange offers. The ads advertise cheap terms, down payments, and monthly plans, plus references to brokers Newell Hanson & Co and Clifford Van Arsdale.
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