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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1902
Page
2
An OCR damaged snippet shows a Seattle news office column with phone numbers for departments, postal addresses for New York and Chicago offices, and delivery rates five cents per copy or twenty five cents per month. It notes carrier delivery and post office registration under F. Chase business manager.
The Star exposes how railroads influence politics across Washington Montana and the broader western states. It argues lobby power shapes bills with railroad attorneys and agents ensuring favorable terms before any public vote. The paper promises further investigations into railway manipulation in political life.
The piece dispels rumors of a German American alliance centering on Emperor William’s yacht and Prince Henry. It notes the yacht’s American building, Alice christening permission from Roosevelt, and Henry’s planned U.S. visit with a royal entourage, signaling courtesy and mutual admiration rather than romance.
Mrs. W. W. Reynolds under a physician's care in Chicago awoke to a stranger posing as a doctor who checked her pulse and wrote a mock prescription then departed with $500 worth of jewels missing. The thief claimed he acted on behalf of the absent doctor. The fake prescription concluded with the line I am sorry I had to do this.
A serious gasoline shortage affects Seattle and coastal cities with rising demand and slow transport. The Naquid is distributed by Standard Oil Co. Seattle, where Manager McLean cites overwhelmed supply chains, car congestion, and long ship-to-coast delays. He notes cars cannot be moved quickly enough and forecasts continued delays with no major price changes.
The Jefferson Fourth Ward Club invites Democrats to a meeting this evening at the club room in the Tand & Howard block. A number of prominent speakers will entertain the assembled members.
A Retail Grocers Association note read at the council meeting says city workers often receive groceries on credit and later refuse payment. Since the city cannot garnish salaries, grocers struggle to collect debts. The matter was referred to the civil service and salaries committee for a report next Monday evening.
The piece notes rising petty larceny in the city and reports a 20 day jail or $100 fine maximum enacted by the legislature. It observes police once used vagrancy charges and long chain gang terms, but the new law curbed that approach, leaving small thieves with lenient penalties and easier confinement in the courthouse.
Col. C. J. Holt of Chicago, a noted temperance lecturer, will open a series of addresses this evening at the North Baptist church located at Third Avenue and Cedar Street.
The Trinity parish vestry met to plan rebuilding after the fire that destroyed the church early Monday. A Friday meeting will outline a definite plan, weighing rebuilding on the original site versus relocating near Eighth Avenue and James Street. Architects say walls survived. estimated restoration under 16000 dollars with offers of aid from Rev J P D Llwyd and others.
The bonnie Scots of Seattle announce a concert and ball at Germania hall on Saturday evening, January 26. Leu ben's band to provide music. Committee includes Capt. A. McNeil, Capt. M. McPhee, Kenneth Mclean, Jno. N. McKay, M. McKensie, A. McAuley and Jase. McDonald. Already lined up: Highland Fling by Prof. Gordon with Miss McKinnon, recitation by Mr. Cole, Highland Lady and Skirt Dance by Prof. G. X. Pulver, Highland Bill and Bill of Tulloch Hornpipe by Miss McKinnon, piano by Elizabeth McDonald.
An order from the United States post office designates the Seattle office as the pay center for all rural free delivery carriers in Washington. Salaries are to be paid from the regular postal fund starting January 1902 and each month thereafter, increasing Seattle's importance in the postal service.
Judge Emory heard Robert Bridges and others sue M J Hayes and others to condemn land for a White River valley drainage project. A county created district with Bridges as chairman seeks condemnation despite defendants claiming their own drainage system suffices. Project cost estimated at 29009 dollars.
A Seattle banking and investment notice outlines multiple institutions and opportunities. It names banks such as Puget Bound National Bank, Scandinavian-American Bank of Seattle, National Bank of Commerce, and National Bank of Seattle, with details on capital and services. It also cites a broad real estate and business opportunities section including real estate ventures, canneries, dry goods stores, leather goods factories, drug stores, steam dye works, fish traps, and various income properties. The ad emphasizes investment prospects in real estate, manufacturing, and merchant services, inviting interested parties to inquire for further details.
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