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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1902
Page
4
A fragmented Seattle Star page features notices, letters, and editorials mixing city matters, about labor, a proposed general strike scare, and social hints. It contrasts with The Argus and touches on ping pong social trends and post election reflections.
Four veterans deposited government bounties in a small New York bank, later discovered by pension officials when the men failed to claim their funds. Interest accrued for 22 years as financiers waited to close accounts, and six of eight names were found on rolls. The piece praises integrity and daily honesty as core to banking trust.
Citizens along Third avenue near Spring street unknowingly tread over telephone cables feeding constant chatter to the company. Complaints, threats, and pleas mingle with rudely lit verbal exchanges as the Sunset building and aging switchgear strain to handle rising traffic. Operators are numerous and industrious but hampered by old equipment and faulty connections. A hinted import from the East suggests the defective gear should be returned with a sharp letter of denunciation.
Humane Officer Ridgeway kept a red haired baby boy left on a North Seattle doorstep until Saturday night. A Klondiker and his wife arrived and adopted the boy, promising him a future in their Klondike fortune. Another Klondiker couple adopted a baby girl from the Orphan Phases Home.
London March 24 The Lord Chief Justice Baron Alveratone refused to reopen the case Poulett v Poulett. Viscount Hinton once an actor in London streets sought to oust his stepbrother, the young Earl Poulett, from the family estates. The judgment confirms the prior ruling, ending the dispute.
Under a family settlement entered in 1853, Hinton was barred from claiming the disputed property. The case hinges on the validity of the settlement and the rights of Hinton versus other heirs and associated parties.
Susquehanna report states farmer Conrad of Vestal withdrew $600 from a Binghamton bank and sewed the bills into an old coat. His wife later sold the coat with other rags to a junk dealer who sent the money to a Philadelphia firm without noticing. Conrad plans to rely on banks in the future.
Cardinal Sbarrett arrives on the Kaiserin Maria Theresa en route to Washington with an inventory of friars lands in the Philippines. Officials expect land values to top the treaty price, as extensive church estates and schedules describe churches schools and properties. Observers note Sbarretts plenary authority may push a definite settlement on church holdings.
Detective Philbrick arrested John Metauley in the Wester Way tavern last night for eight murderous assaults on Jen Moran. Metauley entered the place seeking trouble and was restrained with a butcher knife. Detective Dhiitrick later aided the arrest. Metauley had previously been arrested about a year ago for shooting at a bartender.
Mrs Jane Hounseill Maxwell aged 106 dies in Yonkers New York. Born in the north of Ireland she came to the United States with her husband and son in law. The obituary notes long life and emigration details.
Denver March 24 naval cadets organize a minstrel troop and plan an April 26 performance at the Annapolis opera house. Proceeds will help establish an emergency hospital in Denver. Cadets show strong interest and notable talent, promising a successful event.
Willem Saylor, a clerk for Hon Marche, was knocked down while attempting to board a University car on Pike between Third and Fourth avenues. A Lake Union car struck him from the opposite direction, hurling him to the pavement and dragging him about fifteen feet. He was carried unconscious to Miles' Parlor Ward, then Beattie General Hospital. His injuries are serious.
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