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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1903
Page
2
The grand jury's work yesterday was praised but expectations rose as fourteen indictments were anticipated. Much of the testimony concerned property ownership already on record in the auditor's office.
The piece warns against chronic gloom and cynicism. It describes pessimistic individuals as draining to themselves and others, prone to brooding and poor work, and urges readers to focus on daily tasks, avoid sharing woes, and remember others carry heavier burdens.
Voters are urged to decide on a light and power franchise. The Star prints ballots for mailing to the city council clerk and urges all electricity users and supporters of competition to participate.
Seattle theaters announce the arrival of the touring Grand Opera Chorus of the Gordon-Shay Opera Company for four nights and a Saturday matinee. The company presents Oar men with its principals and chorus in a Friday night program as the season opens. A snow slide near the Cascade tunnel halted Great Northern traffic for hours, burying tracks and telegraph wires before repairs restored service.
A sensational account describes a court beauty shot at by a rival in a royal setting. The incident ends with a scuttled scandal and the countess, a famed beauty, marrying Count Melina after a romantic courtship.
The Minne of Seattle launches a famine relief drive inviting popular subscription and charitable support. A meeting appointed a committee B Sandberg A Mackey Mrs O Brown Mrs Johnson J W Salminen Burin and others to oversee the effort with Dr A Matthews pastor coordinating subscriptions received at the Star office for forwarding to him.
Mrs Charles P Cowden died suddenly of heart disease at 1159 Thomas Street She was about years old and was a longtime city resident mother of Mrs Mr McKnight Cay Searteht a Civil War veteran and Miller Post member died February at the Globe hotel aged 54 A body is at Butterworth and Gone morgue The funeral of D Dark a well known miner was Renton.
Andrew J. Mrieman a former sit loom keeper in the ward went on a drunken rampage seeking John W. Considine the theater man and robber wielding a .46 caliber Colt revolver and threatening to shoot Considine. Police traced the man as he visited several resorts and then withdrew to bed after abandoning the pursuit. Neighbors say Mrieman has been drinking heavily and brooding over real or imagined wrongs, while officers prepare to take the matter seriously as the case unfolds.
George McKay a noted Beattie lawyer may be required to post security before continuing to represent the McQuention Stelger cult case in United States court. A petition accusing him of impropriety was filed in the district clerk’s office by John Ro Parker and another attorney. The filing claims McKay became unduly excited during a hearing and allegedly threw an ink well at Parker.
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