31 May 1902
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
1
The Teamsters strike disrupts stockyards delaying meat deliveries. Packers persuade loyals to walk off, blocking wagons and tying up cars at Sarnia end. hotels warned meat supply may run short as Swift & Co faces reduced orders and a slowed pace. May 31 report from Huron.
Arthur Wagner testifies before the senate committee on the Philippines that General Bell is the bravest man he knows and supports reconcentrado orders as a military necessity to protect troops and civilians. He argues war rules permit burning villages when needed, likening it to Atlanta’s burnings in the Civil War.
Reports from Wor Peace Town in May 71 describe unease as the final peace terms loom. Commandant Fouche and colonial forces near Gdogeed clashed in a fight that ended with a withdrawal. Details of casualties or ties remain unknown.
Mrs Hudson, wife of a local rancher, drowned when her team backed toward the river during a memorial event on the Upper Venus. The wagon toppled over the embankment as the horses balked and could not be controlled. The body was recovered after the accident. she recently marked a birth anniversary.
Robbers force entry into a post office in Bur S into and leave no trace. About $200 in cash and stamps are reported stolen, constituting a clean sweep.
A wedding is set tomorrow at 2 PM for Bebra Wheeler and George Wilson of Hearth. Sabra Wheeler, noted as a popular Fre-Mont young lady, is mentioned in the notice.
Brigham Young Lake City Utah plans a May 11 observance of Brigham Young’s 191st birthday. The event will include a religious service and communal gathering at Altair with participation expected from many family members and descendants.
About a thousand Temple of the Mystic Shrine members left on a continental pilgrimage from New York to San Francisco for the national meeting to open ten days hence. A special train carried the group, with planned entertainments in prominent cities and towns along the route.
At Staten Island south shore speed tests, a Baker Motor Vehicle Co machine driven by W Coker and EB Denner bolted into spectators near the tape. Arthur Featherstone died and about a dozen people were injured. two in critical condition. District Attorney halted races. Baker and Denzer jailed on homicide charges.
The Tex Rickard gambling case in the police court ends with Rickards and his dealer Gus Bakke each fined 100 dollars, suspended on condition Rickards quits gambling. City attorney cited rupture of raids and open sign of closing. Judge George imposes the fines. if Rickards reopens, further penalties apply.
The April grand jury reported a total of $400000 involved in recent municipal bribery cases in St. Louis. The document condemns men of criminal instincts and corrupt motives who long infested the city as legislators.
National golf champion Walter J. Travis defeats F. A. Marcellus in the Metropolitan tournament final by 11 up with 10 to play.
In Judge Griffin's court Mrs Prudence Knapp pleads to end her marriage with K A Knapp a traveling salesman. She recounts five months after marriage he pressured her to work and support both, leading to divorce and public congratulations from friends.
In court this morning Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Faben cited a remark about a wife running a home. The dispute involved Charles Burley suing for divorce from his newlywed wife after she punished his daughter. The judge heard the case and a ruling was pending.
A man described taking his child Rosie from her stepmother after hearing a scream and seeing mistreatment in the writing room. He said the couple had been married only a few months and Rosie’s stepmother left the next day and never returned. The divorce was granted on desertion grounds.
George W. Young faces an information filed in superior court by Prosecuting Attorney Fulton accusing him of employing women to sell drinks at his variety theater and concert hall on Second Avenue South near Washington Street. The misdemeanor carries a heavy fine under state law. Young operates one of twelve venues in the Tenderloin district and previously testified for the defense in the Carmen Young case concerning a $4200 robbery.
A brief item notes money vanished from a theater during a robbery night. Mentions Babe Watking and a woman named Young and indicates an arrest warrant planned for May 24 or shortly after, with Young to be arrested this evening.
Harvard wins the intercollegiate track meet with 34 points, Yale 80, Princeton 87. Events highlight records: Beck of Yale wins shot put at 44 ft 8 in. Williams of Princeton clocks 4:29.5 mile. Duffy of Georgetown ties world record in 100 yd. Georgetown places high in sprints and distance events.
The Americans defeated England 2 to 1 to reclaim the cup won by England in 1866. Team captain was Foxhall Keene.
City engineer reports Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Co is sluicing on Horton Street between 10th and 11th avenues south. Board orders Streets Superintendent Little and Corporation Counsel Gilliam to protect city interests.
French delegates who attended the Rochambeau monument dedication arrive from Newport and stay at the Hotel Somerset. They meet Governor Crane and Mayor Colling, view the High School Cadets, visit Harvard University, and attend a Somerset banquet before departing Boston aboard the Gaulois.
The Senate plans 18 minute Philippines debate next week with a vote at 4 pm Tuesday. The isthmian canal bill follows, with Cuban reciprocity reported Wednesday and a conference likely. House focus shifts to the anti anarchist bill Pacific cable measure and irrigation bill.
Felipe Buencamino, former secretary of state under Aguinaldo, testified before the House Insular Affairs Committee in Washington. He urged the United States to grant the Philippines a just and liberal government. He recounted tensions preceding Manila's February 1899 outbreak and claimed Aguinaldo deceived the people, once idolized, about their freedom.
Mitchell, a mine workers leader, returns from the west reporting peace talks lack foundation and no settlement on the strike. He notes the eight hour day ultimatum may trigger a strike by engineers firemen and pumpmen and urges workers at the pumps to prevent property damage.
Severe storms begin yesterday causing rapid rising Red River flood. Residents move to higher ground as a $60,000 Vernon bridge is carried away. Cattle killed and crops ruined across wide rural districts.
Taft is confined to his bed in a Rome hotel with tonsillitis. His audience with Cardinal Rampolla was postponed to Monday.
Lieutenant Cornelius Vanderbilt of the Twelfth Regiment begins a week long camp tour with drills at Roa Hook plateau and a march to Lake Mohegan, cancelling plans to sail to Europe. This is his first camp tour as a military officer.
Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson arrives at Lewis Nixon shipyard in Elizabethport to oversee four government vessels. He succeeds Lieutenant Spear and will begin next week supervising one submarine boat two torpedo boats the cruiser Chattanooga and the monitor Florida under construction at the Nixon yards.
The South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition ends at midnight as President Wagener presses a button and the lights fade in the familiar structures. The exposition stands out as a rare success among similar events, having not been a financial failure.
Waterfront at entrance of Salmon Bay offers a magnificent view of Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. Describes an elegant home site with soil rich for fruits, commanding Seattle Harbor access. Affordable price with easy terms.
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