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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
2
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The red and yellow Bilks carnival bandstand has been sawn down and carted to Volunteer Park after the Star urged removal. It stood on Pioneer Place for three months despite an agreement to remove it once the carnival ended on August 30.
The article denounces large Chicago meat packers as colluding to depress prices while retail meat stays high. It argues the beef trust exploits labor by withholding purchases, manipulating markets, and seeks criminal probes under the Sherman act. It also notes a high society marriage involving Baron Otto Von Klenck’s daughter and Lord Arthur Cecil.
Gordon Dean, victim found unconscious at the foot of a stairs near the Aloha on Fifth Avenue South, confirms he had at least $100 on him before the attack. He regained consciousness and recalls the robbery, though no money was found on his person. Skyed skull fracture noted, police previously suspected a fall. Public speculated a bold knock-down robbery tied to the Tenderloin district. Dean’s memory improves and details are expected in days.
The Warde company led by Charlee D Herman presented Romeo and Juliet at the Begrtic theater to an appreciative Seattle audience. Herman as Romeo and Francia McGinn as the priest impressed, Juliet portrayed with spirit, and the troupe plans Alphonse and his Hand Gaston cartoons and a trio of farces including Rudolph and Adolph.
John W. Weber an elderly Puget Sound resident died at his home 322 Weatlake Avenue yesterday. He was 87 years old and death was caused by diphtheria.
Mrs. Ida Titteworth, a servant, was attacked this morning by a man believed to be her husband. She was seized and taken to a woodshed where poison was forced down her throat. Her scream drew help but she was found unconscious. poisoning not immediately detected and she remains in critical condition.
A jailed clerk named Johnson or Pee nk? over an alleged theft at a hotel. He is accused of taking money and $1,000 in dust left by two miners in his care. It is likely the prisoner will be returned to Skagway for trial.
A Dutch detachment sailing up the Achin river in Sumatra was fired upon by the Achinewe today. The bark was sunk with many casualties including the lieutenant commanding and twenty soldiers.
The steamer Sylvanus Macy was wrecked in a furious gale on Lake Michigan near Detroit on November 4. All eighteen crew members are missing. The Albright carried the first news, and the Maybel towed Macy's barge after it broke away near the Barrel.
William Landau, once of Buffalo and now said to be a wealthy Texas cotton exporter, was arrested in New York for alleged involvement in a $200,000 fraud against Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Police and officials withheld details as Philip V. Fennelly, Landau’s counsel, claims his client is innocent and the matter will be resolved.
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