Seattle Star notes and local commentary on crime and editors
The Seattle Star reports Beattie’s efficient police force and low crime in recent times. It notes Wells & Co publishes daily except Friday and mentions Jeffries-Filssimmons moving picture business disrupted by poor electric light. Seattle to host Canadian editors with no boundary lines to curb enjoyment.
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Beattie
Ths
Reed
Jeffrice-Filssimmons Moving Picture
Coney Il
Seattle
Joint
High Commission
Children chained while mother worked in Massachusetts home
In Fall River on June 17, two painters alerted police to two boys chained to a kennel like device at No 3 Flint Street. Mrs M Ladonceur, their mother and mill worker, kept the padlock key with her and chained the children for most days, ending only when police insisted. The father is missing, likely in the West. The boys may be sent to school and the mother ordered to hire help.
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Flint Street
West
Samuel H. Piles
Will H. Parry
St. Louis
Will H. F. Flell
Tacoma
Annie Wright Seminary
A. C. Jones
Vashon College
H. F. Hammer
Sedro-Woolley Tureday
Harry Barber
Mary Hart
Auburn
Seattle
8. Mallett
Lillie Hart
John F. Damon
BB. HM. Morgan
J.sprague
E. Berg
W. 0. Dobson
F. H. Mudgett
Snohomish
F. A. Mayer
Portland
Alexander Allen, Jr
Mies May Pratt
Humboldt
Alaska
James W. Morgan
Mies Elsie Louisa Lernec
Olympia
E. A. Smith
B. Brayner
Irving Ward
Sergeant Ward
Vancouver
Wash
J. O'R. Beebey
Mias Taylor
South Bend
Ernest Bloch
Annie Grunwold
Germania Hall
Roger
Greene
Farralon
Graham
Piehth Avenue
Beattie Red Cross
Ruth Miner
H. ‘A. Noble
San Francisco
L. G. J. Hunt
City
KE. A. Strout
J D. Lewman
Frederick K. Struve
David Wheeler
Lawray Allivine
Fifth Avenue
Seneca Street
Jack Goodfellow
Occidental
Rudolph Gross
Misa Robt. Drosin
Chicago
Drosin
Leopold
Beattie
Gros
Seattie
Dr. Brooks
Pike Street
Rutherford
Jennie M. Postwick
James F. Beates
Rex
McFireath
Skagit County
Levy
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James Moore
Seattle and Vicinity Weather Forecast
Tonight and Sunday expect fair weather and warmer temperatures with northerly winds. No rain reported in the past 24 hours and most stations show clear to partly cloudy skies. High pressure over Western Washington and low over central California favors continued pleasant conditions around Seattle.
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Seattle
Oregon
Washington
California
State Senator Mulkey Declines Drain Normal Presidency
Independence Oregon June 17 State Senator B F Mulkey who was offered the presidency of the Drain Normal school has declined the post He is currently a science instructor at the State Normal school in Monmouth.
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Independence
Ore
B. F. Mulkey
Drain Normal School
Mulkey
State Normal School
Monmouth
Murder in the Yukon: Arthur Goddard Kills James Prater
In May a fatal attack occurred in a Klondike cabin when Arthur Goddard of Seattle beat James Prater with a hatchet and cut his throat. Prater, a 22 year old compositor, died minutes after police arrived. Goddard confessed claiming Prater was his partner and neglected him. An inquest returned a verdict of murder. Goddard’s sanity is in question. Prater, a native of England, had worked in Alaska’s printing industry and led a known life in Juneau, with his father and sister in the city.
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Yukon Territory
James F. Frater
Arthur Goddard
Seattle
Prater
Goddard
Dawnon Prater
Klondike Nugget
George Hill
Jimmy
Hill
Marper
Cheddard
Klondike
Mill
James Prater
England
New York
Alaska
Juneau
City
Many Local Social Events Mark Pleasant Week
Social week features numerous picnics boat trips and bicycle parties amid fine weather. Weddings abound with June unions including James W Morgan and Elsie Louisa Lernc Olympia and Albert Lavale Mattie Hebren South Beattie in intimate ceremonies.
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Port Orchard
Lown
United States
Dawson News Notes Highlights From Earlier Dawson Visit
Seattle figures arrive in Dawson including Harry Leland and Jack Carr. The McCook libel trial for Eugene C. Allen and A F George ends with vindication for defendants. David Matheson receives ongoing care after costly frost injuries aided by Tom Chisholm. Porty-Mile mining progress shows Jack Wade creek meeting expectations. Memorial Day observed with Captain Jack Crawford poem and Gov. Ogilvie remarks. Newman children perform patriotic songs. Adjutant McGill of the Salvation Army to pursue outside field work.
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James C. McCook
Dawson
Eugene C. Allen
A. F. George
Klondike Nugget
Jack Wade
Davieson
Jack Crawford
Gov. Oglivie
Newman Chidren
Seattle
Imprisoned for Debt Stuns Lewiston Court
In Lewiston Idaho Webster and Stevens former restaurant operators were jailed for debt owed to a local dairyman for milk. They faced fraud charges and were jailed until the $100 bill and costs are settled, shocking observers who learned an old statute authorizes such imprisonment.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Justice Court
Webster and
Stevens
Uncertain Idaho Sentence Holds Prisoner Debt Indefinitely
Lawyers balk at authority for a prolonged term. Judge Sweet imposes a debt style sentence on two young men with no fixed end. The plaintiff must pay the board of the prisoners as if from a century ago, ending only when the debtor fails to meet the payment.
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Idaho
Sweet
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