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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
7
Buffalo Bill recounts blizzard episodes from The Plains Tales, including a dramatic scene where a lieutenant is publicly horsewhipped, the troopers laughing as a ruse leads to the lieutenant’s rescue, and a tracked rescue of a starving, frostbitten column. The tales recount onslaughts of winter and Sheridan’s harsher campaigns.
A short note from WSEE reports a round trip event at Pier 2 Teo. Details are unclear due to truncated text but indicate a ships or boat activity associated with the station. No dates or participants are readable.
Seward Alaska May 19 Mr O Edgar King of Moore City arrives from Gaines creek after a 27 day trip via Susitna station and a government marked route toward Nome. The party backs calls for a government recommended trail and a wagon road from McGrath to Gaines creek to aid miners. Gaines creek hosts rich placer mines and a free milling gold quartz prospect.
The passage notes a man named Mr. King in the territory since 1906 who was traveling with a partner. He left Gaines Creek area in late February and planned to reach Cordova to meet his partner then possibly Beattle and Nome. About 550 men wintered on Gaines Creek.
Organist Mr Frank Wilbur Chace has arranged a sailors recital in the auditorium of the First Presbyterian church on Monday night May 25. Sixteen hundred complimentary tickets will be distributed among sailors and 800 reserved for sale to the public.
A grand jury convenes in Olympia to begin an inquiry into Thurston county affairs. Bellingham prepares for battleships to anchor in harbor next Thursday. Knights of Pythias hold grand lodge session in Walla Walla this week. Yakima Valley hosts the annual horse roundup.
J D Dinning, father of J D Dinning Jr, drowned in the bay at the foot of Denny Way Sunday night, offered a reward of 60 dollars for his son's body. Searchers worked all day yesterday but found no trace of the missing boy.
In Los Angeles on May 19 Ed ward H Harriman proposes a major irrigation project for the Imperial Valley. The plan aims to reclaim 1500 acres of desert land at an estimated cost of 8 million dollars. A high Nee canal would run from a point on the Alamo river east of Sharp’s Head ing, 100 feet above sea level, then around the valley and into Coachela valley toward India. The 126 mile canal would irrigate about 2500 square miles.
Chicago May 19 That William Jennings Bryan could spend 150000 dollars or more to secure the Democratic nomination even if certain defeat, says the Tribune. If nominated his weekly The Commoner would reach 1000000 subscribers and yield a net personal profit of 280000 dollars per year.
Eastern reports predict a bad summer for actors as post season fades. Returns from yesterday’s Alabama primaries favor Bryan. Rev. A. Coffman of Fairmont comments on the political climate.
A man in West Virginia killed his young wife yesterday and then pleaded insanity. The case follows the crime’s shock in a local community amid questions of motive and mental state.
Local interest grows for the New York Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch to perform at the Moore on May 26 and 27 under the Ladies' Musical club. The bill includes Mlle Marzella trained birds tea strike at the Coliseum, Webb Romale troupe, Effie Pearson, Edward McWade Co. in An Emergency Act, Dill Ward singers, Eddie Roesch and the vitascope Rae and Brosche comedy sketch.
New bill at the Pantages opened yesterday featuring Lillian DeWit with a midget comedian Crawford and Meeker in piano stunts and winging acts. The Gotham Comedy Four, Elmer the juggler, Beardsley Sisters, Mr Elwell in illustrated songs and moving pictures of the battleship fleet also play. At the Star theatre yesterday afternoon a new show included Tony Johnson and clever performing dogs, a film of The Airship, a bugler Lawrence and a one hour musical sketch Jack and Jil with Leonard and Ward vaudeville dialogue and Edna Murilla singing.
Deputy Sheriff J W Wheeler returned from Vancouver with J B Ogden on charges of issuing checks without sufficient funds and passing them to E N Brooks, a merchant.
A fragment notes ladies shopping for khaki salts at Piper and ce Taft's located at 1024 Spring Street.
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