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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1909
Page
1
A legal filing from C D Hillman and attorney Fred seeks to restrain a 2 cent per mile interurban fare scheduled to take effect at midnight. The action targets rates affecting 18 000 to 20 000 valley settlers and business interests in Seattle area.
In El Paso and Juarez, Taft and Diaz shared formal greetings during a cross border visit. A banquet in Al Te featured Taft who jabbed at A G Fall while remarks touched on the GOP Alar and Gompers platform. The two leaders crossed paths as celebrations continued through the day.
The Pittsburg Pirates win the world series by shutting out the Detroit Tigers 8 to 0 in decisive game. Babe Adams stars with three of four Pittsburg wins as snow falls and fans react with joy in Pittsburgh and gloom in Detroit. Second-half details describe injuries and key plays and the lineup.
The article rebukes meat dealers who evaded penalties for law violations seeking court leniency for small sums. It condemns their indifference to public health and notes prominent local business figures among the defendants. Justice Brown asserts equal treatment under the law despite wealth or status.
Justice Fred C. Brown orders open court trial for 21 meat dealers charged with using Freezum to brighten stale meat. A proposed plea not to exceed 25 dollars per defendant was rejected. trial set for next Tuesday at 1 30 in the afternoon. Defendants listed include James Henry C A Soninghams Otto Parthier C Weber V Sontag J A Stavig Fred Leissler Joseph Kleiner John Lewis George Helbeck H Parkinson L C Troughton Henry Pietech William Evans E W Kirk Charles Fecht and others.
T H Wagner organizer and director of Wagner's A Y P band, famed at the Seattle exposition, was taken off guard yesterday when his players presented him with a gold medal, marking a striking show of appreciation.
A Chicago style indictment describes Schelle's Grotto on First Ave and Cherry as a public market of vice where licensed liquor funds the trafficking of women's souls. The piece condemns police inaction while detailing teens and women drawn into nightly debauchery and despair.
The Piute murderer Billie Hoy was found dead in a granite fort after using his last cartridge to shoot himself in the heart near the Colorado desert. Deputies pursued him across 50 miles of desert to Bullion mountain and Bear valley before his death ended the six day pursuit and the abduction of Mary Nita.
The author Hall Caine suffered a severe heart attack last night in London and his condition today causes anxiety. In Illinois, the Exchange Bank vault was dynamited early today by robbers who took 2300 dollars and fled.
A Seattle case alleges J A Hurley manager of Schelle’s Grotto offered police officers bribes to allow women to work at the venue. Patrolmen Steen Landon reported the scheme proposing weekly payments and a larger future payout, leading to Hurley’s arrest and $500 bail. Police records show Wilkes booked him after the offer.
New York society and London salons buzz about Marjorie Gould as multiple nobles pursue her. Grand Duke Alexander Georgievitch Romanowski and the duke of Alba are named suitors, with Prince Francis Joseph also linked, each described by lineage, wealth, and titles in the evolving courtship.
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