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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
3
Last Edition records a pursuit where fugitives advance toward the Clackamas mountains before a renewed alarm. A posse and guardsmen push forward through brushy terrain while Sheriff Durbin directs the tired hounds and men through the morning.
In Scranton Pennsylvania Michael Callagher a union miner at Erie No 1 colliery was attacked and dragged toward a tree with lynching averted by police arrival. Elsewhere reports say activity remains quiet as anthracite miners consider a national convention and potential sympathetic action.
Reports from Gervais Oregon describe two convicts far from capture as militiamen and officers pursue them toward timbered bottoms along a stream. A farmer and his wife were forced at gunpoint to dinner by the fugitives before the escape continued toward Needy ten miles away.
Charles Anderson, described as a zone mariner, was wounded in the leg by a police pistol on the waterfront while fleeing after being halted with carpenter tools. He denies a clear motive. contractor J. W. Ball later reported the tools stolen from a building at 214 Nineteenth Avenue. Authorities hold him on burglary charges.
A report from the advertising committee to the Manufacturers Association meeting at the Chamber of Commerce proposes publishing a manufacturers directory. Ten thousand copies will be printed and distributed to merchants in the state and Alaska. The directory will list city articles and the firms that make them.
An investor urges Seattle buyers to bid at a wholesale sale of 300 Capitol Hill lots east of City Park Volunteer Park. He touts restricted neighborhoods, grade costs paid, strong future value, and profits from resales, urging informed bidding and a fair competition among bidders.
Depot Master Smith defends Officer John W. Glascock after an incident at the Union depot Tuesday morning. Witnesses say Glascock acted to protect himself when insulted by N Stevenson after a drunken confrontation.
The transport Warren arrived from Manila bearing 1,000 officers and troops. Among the passengers was Major Waller and 30 men of the Marine Corps.
June 12, a Pacific Commercial Cable Company official applied to supervisors for a franchise to run a cable from the landing to a main office in the city. Work is expected to begin soon after approval.
Raphael Cheadle has filed an exception to the court ruling in the case Ben Dartes vs Raphael Cheadle. The action records a formal challenge to the decision and signals upcoming court proceedings or further filings.
In Judge Bell's court WwW Powell was examined for insanity after his daughter and son in law testified. The court found the dispute originated from a family quarrel and discharged Powell despite admitting threats against his son in law under provocation.
At Colman dock the battleships Oregon and Wisconsin arrived and departed times listed as 6 20, 9 and 10 pm and 1 15, 2 30 and 4 30 pm for a round trip fare.
Mrs Myra Ayer Baser filed for divorce from William Sawyer after 22 years of marriage alleging repeated threats to kill her during illness and years of abuse. She obtained a protective court order restricting contact, while detailing his conduct including forcing her to prepare meals and turn out of doors, with protection aid from her 19 year old son Malph.
The article describes a public auction opening on Tuesday at 2 p m with a sale in Highland Addition. It notes the auctioneer’s pledge that every lot would go to a bona fide purchaser and that bidders anticipated the maintained policy.
The notice describes property sales with emphasis on higher ground homes. A $100 deposit is required, the balance due in thirty days, or half of the price may be financed in six to twelve months at 6 percent. Each lot includes a free abstract and title opinion by Struve, Allen, Hughes & McMicken.
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