17 Feb 1902
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1902
Page
1
Reported sweeping order depopulates Dawson as all work ceases. Miners prospectors and businessmen prepare to seek American soil at once while dogs roam beyond price. Camp joins state of turmoil as authorities enforce cessation of activity.
The Privy Council order gives the Treadgold and Mining Concession broad title to all vacant claims on Hunker Bear and Bonanza creeks and their tributaries including Eldorado. Dawson miners study mass meeting action as Canadians and Americans fear mass departures to Eagle City Circle and Tanana regions.
Letters to the Seattle Star debate the $14 000 annual value of a municipal plant and a 20 percent share estimate. R A Philip argues a 39 percent figure is too high, using station load factors from Tacoma Coma and Chicago to justify losses and net costs. J B Lukes of Seattle Electric explains the Beattie plant aims to cover steam heating and hydraulic elevator needs and to supplement Snoqualmie Falls power, outlining dual load purposes.
Pugillet J. Jeffries is confined to his home today with tonsillitis and grip. He caught a cold after a bout in Williamsburg Saturday night and neglect may interfere with a planned match or event.
Democrats of the city wards met Saturday to pick delegates for the party convention with primaries set for Tuesday evening. Support for Godwin was strong, while friction over false registrations in precincts stirred tension. Navin versus McArdle for mayor from the First ward dominated discussions amid a bitter split and no blows at the caucus.
Fragmentary report describes a morning robbery where a footpad attacked a victim after an alarm. The motive is linked to a possible concussion and brain injury. Date and full names are unclear in the damaged text.
Retired manufacturer Timothy Kellogg argues municipal ownership of Seattle’s electric system could provide surplus power to lure Eastern factories. He says cheap power would offset cold climate and high fuel costs, expand factory sites, and keep manufacturing from being outmatched by rival cities.
Two young women, Mrs Sallie Cohn aged 74 and Misa Edith Curren aged 19, died by self poisoning with carbolic acid. Cohn, a Vallejo descendant and California native, died after a brief late evening collapse in the Brewster house on Columbia Street. Curren, who had quarreled with her lover, died hours later in the Plaza house on Third avenue.
Miss Curren, 19, was found unconscious in bed after swallowing carbolic acid. Doctors Carroll and Gardner could not save her. Her body was taken to Mutterworth's morgue. She is the daughter of W. H. Curren of Enderly, British Columbia.
New York reports the worst blizzard in three years with heavy snow and deep drifts disrupting traffic and halting down town activity. Elevated lines run on time while harbor ships lie at anchor as wires fail and visibility is near zero.
In a tense First ward race the Clancys mobilize for Humes with Johnny Clancy directing Fourth precinct efforts while Tommy Clancy and Jim Carroll organize the First. Formerly Jim Weir handled First ward support but the Clancys fear instability. An $8000 jackpot boost to the Humes fund raises questions over gambling influence in the campaign.
A flurry of Seattle figures urge adoption of a city owned lighting plant at Cedar Falls. Ellid Morrison and multiple candidates, hotel and theater managers, restaurateurs, and business owners all advocate the project as a saving, better lighting option with politics kept out. Public figures include Col. B J Hickey, J Peter Bartel, Jas Lee, Wappenstein, W Mull en, Riplinger, N Cohn, Farnsworth, Pessemier, Howe, J P Howe Jr, W M Russell, and John Cort.
Dar Falls has sufficient horsepower to supply electricity to a city of 1,000,000 people, signaling a major capability ahead for regional development and energy distribution.
Labor riots in Trieste have subsided and martial law in surrounding villages has ended. An arbitration committee meets with strike leaders to address grievances while work resumes in various trades.
Ence Lillienthal sues her husband Captain Lilienthal renowned Spanish war veteran and son of a New York tobacco dealer for desertion of wife and child. The husband vows to vigorously contest the custody and counters that the desertion lies with his wife.
Prominent society women from Chicago New York Philadelphia and Washington will participate in a social dramatic event at Chase's theater in Washington D C tonight. A new pantomime by Mrs Parton Harrison will be followed by a scene from Alexander Dumas Katrang ers. Participants include Countess Cassini Baroness Hengelmuller Mia Chatfield Taylor Miss Alice Barney and Miss Gynn.
A man getting his shoes shined fell from a wobbly bootblack chair outside Gus Peterson's barber shop on Pike Street. He crashed through a large glass window into the shop while Gus Peterson shaved a client. The man suffered severe cuts from the broken glass.
A Welsh deputation visited the Colonial Office to discuss a proposal for the government to provide transportation from Patagonia to Canada. They disclosed discontent with local conditions and aim for a coordinated return to Canada, following their settlement there over the last decade.
In Yonkers New York on February 17 a hearing before Judge Kellogg addressed the case of Mrs Flor. The proceedings concern a desertion matter with details limited in today’s brief report.
The Populists in Seattle named a full ticket on a Saturday meeting urging a municipal electric lighting plant. Nominees include mayor hopeful Richard Winsor and council candidates E N Randolph G W Wells J T Myers P D Hibner F M Terry and others across wards. Enthusiastic speeches followed the roll call.
In a rear end collision near Litchfield on the Linda Central yesterday morning the freight train struck a passenger train. Fireman 2. R. Burns and brakeman Frank McIntyre were killed and five others were seriously injured as the freight crashed into the rear of the crippled passenger train.
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