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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
7
The Star urges increased streetcar efficiency to ease crowding after reported incidents. Clergy leaders from University Christian and Lake Christian churches criticize abominable service on weekends and push for immediate improvements to protect women patrons.
A reported incident recounts a Black woman defending her home by burning horse hoof trimmings to keep hoodoo away. An officer questioned the tactic and the woman claimed the scent repelled hoodoo. she linked the practice to keeping harmful magic from entering the residence.
Judge John B. Gordon presided as petty offenders faced brief charges. Gus Peter robbed packages on Ballard streets. John Webb spent a night in jail for talking to no one. John Israel threw taffy at a candy stand. Stone wandered Kingston street without his claimed wear. George Collins cut a Christmas tree in Kinnear Park and paid $10. T D Hillyer asked to donate $25 to the city and will serve eight days as a city jail porter.
In a crowded jail holding 35 men, Robert Burns, a young machinist, died after police and medical officials attributed the cause to alcohol though smothering by a fellow prisoner is suspected. City authorities face public disgrace as conditions are scrutinized.
A rambunctious tale describes an ape climbing a building roof provoking the owner to intervene and assign the monkey a corrective task with hammer and nails. The monkey complains that playful stunts are punished when others get away with similar acts.
The statement questions the notion that the earliest discovered animals are the earliest to have appeared in life's timeline. It suggests that older forms may predate those found in current fossil records and that discovery order does not prove primordial status.
A brief city inspection report notes activity at Thompson's Cafe located at Bak Avenue and Marion Street. Details are concise, highlighting the site under review for compliance and safety checks.
A splendid assortment of religious pictures is being sold at 25c each, down from 36c to 50c, by the Federal Paint & Wall Paper Co. located at 1814 First Ave.
Bum a ten year veteran of the Nallard fire department was run over by a heavy wagon leaving the barn after a call at the water front. He died after noon despite nursing and hot water cloths by the crew. The station plans to mount the hide as a memorial. Foreman gets gold watch from fellow workers at Stimeon shingle mill in a dramatic presentation. Jack's restaurant posts charity window notice about feeding people during holidays.
Allleen May prepares to star as Peter Pan with the Lots stock company in a Rocky Mountain presentation. The slender, agile actress will perform under scrutiny of a demanding costume and perilous wire entrances while co star Daniel Frawley embraces the villainous pirate role.
A 20 foot bottle-nosed whale was captured at Torcross Devonshire in a dragnet. Miss Laura A. Hecox has tended the Santa Crug lighthouse in California for 27 years and says life is not lonely or monotonous. An alderman in Lynn questioned a past order about an argo or aright at Willow at. the city clerk noted the order was filed nearly a month earlier and he had voted against it. Maj Gen Edward Ritter von Schweitser, a Jew, was appointed field marshal of Austria Hungary, drawing both anti Semites and liberal praise for the emperor’s tolerance.
Pittsburgh December 26. A U P story reports that the Pennsylvania railroad and other big industrial interests are behind bribery charges against city councilmen. The note says money interests seek to purify the council as self protection and that powers behind the inquiry will employ vigorous exposure methods.
Across Kentucky New Jersey Oklahoma and Oklahoma City reports describe multiple Christmas day killings. Leary family tragedy in Mount Zion Grant county leaves four dead and one suicide. In New Brunswick George Holman hunted after shooting wife post dinner. Pryor Creek deputy sheriff Mitchell shot during disturbance. Oklahoma City Billy Rusch killed resisting arrest as six shots fatally strike him.
In Washington on December 26 a Christmas tree fire badly burned Nathaniel Butler who may die. Frederick Piugee also suffered burns as firefighters responded to the incident.
Washington December report by U P notes U S divorce rates by county. King county totals reach 5,008 in 1906 with 704 in net increases. Sapokate county records 2,104 in 1906 and 258 in 1887, with other counties showing long term growth across two decades.
In Visalia a Southern Pacific car inspector Cari Henry was found dying on the railroad tracks with a fractured skull and crushed arm. He said a man beat him and stretched his body across the rails before he crawled away and died. In San Francisco a teamster Peter Chelso stabbed himself to end fever-related suffering and died an hour later.
A chronic bore declares arrival to take up a straw. The tavern keeper sends him to the stable where more straw is found, implying the misfit finds his match in an abundance of straw elsewhere.
A fragmentary exchange notes Stubb questioning Bilking about hostility to women in political life. Penn cites Bilking’s wife as a catalyst, claiming a personal bet among seven women led to a taunt about the party’s financial stake.
Leon Caasse, famed for removing snakes in the Fontainebleau forest, rests after a grueling season during which he killed nearly 700 snakes. His annual average reaches 800, and he endures many bites, earning him the title father of the vipers. He reportedly sleeps on a mattress of vipers skins. The Metropolitan Life Tower in New York stands 700 feet tall with 60 floors and over 4,100 tons of steel.
The article reviews Judge Root's alleged indiscretions tied to the Marina-Great Northern case. It describes Root, Gordon, and Palmer's roles, notes Root's missteps including sharing case details and accepting campaign funds, and predicts Root will retire to practice law in Seattle after the hearing.
The Associated Banks weekly statement reports reserve on all deposits up 6 913 625 and deposits down 46 760 500. Loans fall 389 284 800 while specie declines 3 649 000 and legal tenders 1 126 900. Circulation rises 2 517 500 to total loans 1 176 745 300. The editorial remark at end notes a unrelated proverb about domestic life.
Health department guard and Officer Ralph Jones are quarantined after Officers Chas Morf and another officer were found intoxicated in Jones’s room in the Byron Hotel. Chief Medical Inspector McGee, arriving with a nurse herb suspicion, restrained Mort who threatened to break out. The incident, hushed at headquarters, is under investigation.
In Portland Oregon James A Finch the attorney on trial for the assassination of Ralph Fisher prosecutor for the Bar association has shifted defenses. The prosecution recalls Edward H Martin recently convicted in the killing of Nathan Wolf to establish that Finch sought a notarial seal in Fishers office and pressured a reporter to verify its existence. Martin testified about a conversation with a reporter after the shooting. The state shows Finch learned of a seal and aimed to use it as evidence that Fisher attacked him with the seal.
Alfred Gross, cousin of City Auditor George Gross, was involved in three accidents within twenty minutes in Oakland California on December 26. A chauffeur, Sam Kimelay, drove him to hospital and suffered serious injuries in two collisions, including a crash with a Seventh Street train that left him near certain death. The Reillys, passengers in the first crash, were injured but survived.
London reports thousands of men marching with the motto We want work as charities plan to urge the city council to provide relief amid widespread poverty from unemployment. Police escorted demonstrators in London Glasgow and shipbuilding towns to prevent disturbances.
George Ropkisk and Mike Miller, Polish drunks in Tony Simich’s saloon, were found armed. Ropkisk had a loaded revolver. Miller hid a dirk behind a beer keg as Patrolman Donlan searched him. Each man was fined $25 in police court. Steamer Cottage City arrived in Skagway yesterday and started home soon after. Freight steamer Tampico reported at Wrangell yesterday.
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