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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
3
Brooklyn cyclist Charles M. Murphy rode a mile behind a locomotive at Maywood, covering the distance in 65 seconds and claiming the record for power only. He kept within inches of the buffer rail, faced a dangerous finish, and leaped onto the cinders unhurt after the race ended.
In a special election on Wednesday the voters of Walla Walla approved a bond issue by 979 to MT to finance purchase of municipal works. The measure aims to fund a ten work project and related improvements for the city.
In Cincinnati for two weeks a figure called a divine healer from England, Pr. Mandford and his Gbentutor, claims miraculous powers. Born blind, he reportedly opened his eyes at birth and supposedly induced a tiger to sleep. Crowds gather on Fountain Square as patients seek cures amid testimonies of recovered senses.
June 30 report from Camitas describes 12 Rossville residents abducting James Irilly, binding him to a barbed wire fence, flogging him with a buggy whip, and tarred back. He fled to Vermillion County Hospital in critical condition. Irilly, a married laborer with several children, faced accusations of drinking and gambling and failing to support his family. The crowd warned him to leave town after the assault.
Rev Father George D Meidman of St Pauls church has abandoned his bid on the Democratic ticket for Congress in Chicago. The Detroit district currently holds William R Lorimer who plans to seek re election.
Information on the whereabouts of W. Ki. Tascott, suspected in the 1848 murder of Amos J. Snell, was given to Clerk W. Murphy at Detective Headquarters. Louis Miller of Black Rock Ark claims to have identified the killer from statements made in his shop. Miller traveled to Chicago to alert police and provide the suspected man’s location.
Miller, owner of many boats on the Mississippi, Black and St. Francis rivers, says he has not seen any scare on the supposed Tas cott but will return to secure more evidence and then inform the Chicago police. He refuses to name the painter he suspects as the notorious murderer.
Bam Evans, a leading figure in the Herrell temperance faction, opened fire on St. P. Maud in Galena as crowds filled the streets. Both men fired as officers arrived. Brand was wounded in the right leg. Evans, the alleged aggressor, posted a $2000 bond and fled. Bullets shattered a sand stone building front and the plate glass of another.
Philadelphia reports a 15 year old boy named George Van Rohr hanged himself in a grocery cellar after reading a sensational tale. He used a clothesline, a muslin bag, and soap boxes to suspend himself, tying ropes around his ankles due to limited space. The employer found the body and notified authorities.
P. D. Armour leads a bid to control regional fruit and vegetable trade. J. W. Coupland cites a South meeting in Wilmington, NC, where growers formed an alliance to counter Armour. The plan allegedly targets Pacific coast markets and seeks influence across Florida to Texas with firms including Porter Bros. Fruit, Continental Fruit Exchange and Karl Fruit.
A year of annoyance ends as a penny swindle case unravels. Edward Pittman, jailed on suspicion, is cleared after a detective links the real culprit to 16 women who had bought artificial flowers on deposit. Gilbert confessed, Pittman to be released.
G J Freediy, vice president of Cardwell Machine, bought flowers from Maude Reynolds, fell in love, and proposed. They married yesterday, as Bishop Van De Vyver officiated in Richmond Virginia.
Dialog shows a barber asking Rasor to confirm and inspect an injury while the victim cooperates. The exchange hints at a crime scene or interview context with a courteous, formal tone typical of period reporting. No further facts about location or outcome are provided.
A brief dialogue excerpt from the Chicago News notes a confusion over a razor term. One speaker questions why the other wishes to see it while the other suggests it could be a fragment of an old barreled hoop.
A collage of brief notes cites Spain’s wars, circuses seen after long journeys, a giant reaping machine in California, imperial religious limits, Soudan operations costs, smokeless powder from whisky, Erie Canal tonnage shifts, Maine bicycle value versus streetcar systems, world population at the Hague peace conference, Hawaii’s Japanese labor import, rising local populations, and millions in discharged insolvencies under a new bankruptcy law.
A village tale tells of a drowning in the creek remembered with humor. The editor, who heard a distress call, returned to the office and ran two help wanted ads on the estate, charging them up to the estate.
A Brooklyn woman confined her husband in a woodshed after he talked politics excessively. The remark suggests more woodsheds may be built to curb such disputes.
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