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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
3
Senator Kenyon of Fort Dodge defeats Lafayette Young of Des Moines for the Republican senatorial nomination. Holden and Clarke run evenly in the governor race while Dunn leads Hamilton in the Democratic contest. Kenyon carried every district in nearly every county, a sweeping progressive victory. Young lost his city county and precinct of residence.
A conference at the Washington hotel brings together a state semmie committee and a British Column Parliament delegation to draft resolutions. The aim is to foster better reciprocal relations in the fishing trade and secure support from both houses.
In Mazatlan on June 4 five men were lined up against the city jail wall and shot after rurales, in an alleged cyanide plot to poison springs supplying the city. The rurales claimed to have captured the conspirators near the wells with a large box of cyanide potassium. Prominent figures were alleged to be behind the plan and further arrests were expected.
In Boston on June 4 Mrs. Fred Be. Muller of Charles Town testified before Judge Grant that her husband fed her nearly exclusive pork chops, some greasy and uneaten, starting the fourth day after their marriage, raising cruelty questions.
In Hoquiam Washington Chris Knoell defeated Rev. Harry Ferguson by 1269 to 864 in a recall election after a heated two month contest. Ferguson supported strikers and was backed by labor organizers. The result makes Knoell the new mayor succeeding Ferguson.
A report from New York dated June 4 states Captain Davies of the steamship Avetin Prince arriving yesterday from Newcastle reports an English sparrow accompanied a weasel throughout the voyage. The bird boarded at Newcastle and stayed aloft in the rigging with a light ice on deck for food, then slept in the stokehole at night.
A cow slept in the Sig ma Chi Fraternity parlor at Northwestern University and caused enough disturbance at daylight for police to be called. Students in the house found the animal had been placed there as a prank, leaving furniture damaged and the cow ejected.
In Los Angeles on June 4, C. H. and H. W. Collins, long separated since 26 years after Charles vanished at sea and later moved to California, are reunited when a Los Angeles Record feature about book dealer W. Collins brings Charles back into contact. The brothers, born in Hogland, once ran a book shop together until disaster and drift parted them. Charles visits the shop with a copy of the Record to greet his brother.
An advertisement extols HYOMEI as a penetrating antiseptic that reaches germs in the nose throat and lungs to treat catarrh. It claims sprays and ointments fail and touts a complete inhaler kit for 1 dollar and bottle refills for 50 cents from pharmacists worldwide.
Former judge Cyrus F. McNutt, long associated with defense work for the McNamara and Clarence Darrow cases, died in Los Angeles at home after a brief illness. Born in Indiana, he recently retired due to health issues.
In San Francisco on June 4 a report says Mrs Daisy Whitney will file divorce proceedings against Parker Whitney Jr a young millionaire. She left RoLin ranch in the Sierras for Monterey a month ago and plans to claim incompatibility of temper. In Portland Oregon a separate note reports Civil War veteran George Rilea 72 was helped off a street car by two young men who later stole his watch and money.
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