21 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1910
Page
1
In a grimy room at Second Ave and Washington St a violent argument over swindling ended in a double tragedy. Samuel Young died from two bullet wounds in a bloody struggle. An unknown assailant fled, leaving a spent automatic revolver and hints of a broader swindling scheme.
A fragmentary report recalls General Frederick Dent Grant in a buried escapade near West Brookfield. The account mentions a guard’s warning, a river reckoning, and a reprimand met by Grant as a written officer’s orders were shown. The piece references his father’s camp at Wicksboro and a confrontation over discipline.
A father pleads through The Star for help to place his three young children with a kind elderly woman who will care for them while he works to support them. Grace Coghlan, mother of the children, is central to the appeal and neighbors speak on her character.
Fragments describe aeroplane service and operations within an area and year. Text references Paris London routes and a possible update or issue affecting operations.
Henry W. Taft, brother of the president, in Santa Barbara declares the Taft administration will carry out conservation policies to the end. He says conservation is essential and that laws should be passed to extend it with greater speed and certainty.
The Star publishes a resolution from the Workingmen's League denouncing the paper for ignoring the labor ticket in favor of supporting William Hickman Moore for mayor. It pledges to back the workingman’s cause while criticizing other labor candidates and vowing ongoing political battles.
A mob attacked a trolley car on Kensington Avenue with nonunion workers trying to resume service. Police fought back as rioters injured about 40, and 29 cars were burned. Over 100 citizens jailed, 20 policemen hospitalized, and strike leaders threaten a general walkout.
Kansas City reports actor Clay Clement died at University Hospital from uraemic poisoning. He appeared in Kansas City last week.
A report links the presumed suicide of Thomas A Brooks by a streetcar in Ballard Reach to a prior alleged murder plot against his wife. Police cite letters from Neck Missouri and Claremore Oklahoma seeking his whereabouts on an assault charge, while his mother denies any harm or suicide.
Florence Behenck Wilson was saved from a self induced pit and is in London recovering from poisoning. She declares life “doesn’t pay” and laments a wasted youth though she remains strikingly beautiful. Her fate and future are uncertain as the report continues.
Paris dispatch reports former President Roosevelt confirming that Mrs Roosevelt’s African hunting party will not return via San Francisco or other Pacific coast cities. He cites regret at missing Western friends and hopes to travel to California later. A diplomat notes the expected June wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr and the governor’s wish to attend.
Judge Ronald directs the grand jury to investigate Dreamland citing potential public harm. Women witnesses from Seattle urge action while the venue remains closed after orders from the jury. Patrol reports three Chinese men attempting escape from the steamer Maverie resulting in one probable drowning and two frightened survivors.
Four freshmen arrived for classes wearing red skirts red tam o shanters and gold accessories in a spring hazing stunt organized by Phi Delta Phi. Campus watchers mocked the display while professors and locals described the tradition as a humorous rite of passage.
Feb 21 report from Allaha Bad India says thousands of native revolutionists besiege Jagdalpur as British troops rush to the scene. A general uprising among nearby tribes is anticipated after the suppression of the local rajah’s power. Several British residents reportedly slain.
H. M. Wells, socialist mayoral candidate, filed suit in superior court to force Comptroller Carroll to list socialist party candidates on the ballot without filing fees. Judge Gilliam issued a writ directing the comptroller to appear and show cause on Friday morning.
Snow is forecast tonight and Tuesday with a sharp cold wave. Brisk north enst winds are expected to accompany the storm.
Seattle braces for a harsh freeze with 28 degrees, dropping to around 18 or lower, and three days of extreme cold forecast. Snow and northerly gales threaten, coal supplies soar as retailers struggle to deliver. Wells and street traffic hindered by slick, icy hills.
The harsh cold freezes Seattle streets and hills turning routes like Seventh Avenue and Madison Street into traps for horses and wagons. Coal groceries and supplies depend on horse teams while crews seek footing improvements with sand ashes and salt to spare the animals from injury as traffic slows or stops.
An ad invites people to send cats to Dr Newcasse at the state university biological lab. He offers money to dissect or vivisect the animals to show students how insides work, with readers urged to help the science cause.
Prices for meat items jump in morning trading as chucks rise to seven to tie, dressed hogs advance to eighteen cents, loins and shoulders to fourteen and a half, steers to five, sheep to Te, lambs to Te, while eggs at Western av commission stables bring twenty six and twenty seven cents. If cold snaps persist, fruit and eggs may rise. spring promises fresh pasture.
A baby girl frozen in a shack near Manito Park in Spokane is found by passersby as her father R. M. Faulkner, jailed in Seattle on a wife beating charge, withholds information and refuses police help. He had hidden the infant to prevent the wife from claiming custody amid a contested divorce. authorities pursue his location while warning of charges if the child is harmed. Faulkner has prior wife beating arrests, but the wife did not prosecute previously.
Excerpts from Dr. M. A. Matthews's sermon warn Seattle voters that city officers reflect the electorate. He criticizes indifference to an $8 million tax and 12 mills of city revenue, urging citizens to oversee welfare and oppose corruption rather than claim Busyness.
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