Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-29
4 SAD AFFAIR.

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4 SAD AFFAIR.
Ii will be remembered that few
months ago WON IN giving her name
~ Mrs. Mcagher came to Seattle for The
. purpose. as she stated. of finding her
daughter, whom she declared d been
performing the part of the Statue
Queen ut the Bijou Theat r. Newspa-
per offices. hotels and Lodging houses
We're besieged by this woman, and the
police officers We're never given a rest
Chief Woolery caused complete
search To be made of the town, but no
such person as Mrs. Meagher described
was found. Correspondence was com
menced by the Chief, who tintily re-
ceivod letter from Helena, Montana.
stating that the daughter Of Mrs.
Meagher was Inv NJ there with her hus
band. AMI had never been IN Seattle,
nor on the stage. fha woman Wa
/ shown the letter. but would not believe
/ the statements therein cont aimed. but
/
] weeks thereafter. Finally she subsid
ed, and nothing was heard of ter by
the public until few days ago. when
she lay IN wait for and assaulted her
23-y"ar Old son. who rec .ntlv came here
/ under contract tt work as reporter on
the Sa0ddy STIR. She took him nv the
lapal5 III has cot aud jamminy him up
against the side of Il building on Mill
street, held him lightly Ia ner grip for
IL or - nlnutes, while sac heaped upon
HIM a terrible trade of abuse, IN which
she called him ali that WAS bad, and his
sister, anything but ladies'. great
crowd assembled and the embarrass-
inent ct the Young mans situation was
( perfectly terrible. Finally he c,i loose
from her gap and disappeared. and
lodged complaint of insanity against
his mother, which charpe will be tried
In the Probate Court on Monday.
The young u'an, Philip Mea2her.
states that HIS mother has boen insane
! ever since he can re ember, and has
been very cruel and abusive 20 her chill
dren. His father lived with her rs long
IA he could, but finally gave up and dis
appeared. aud has never been seen or
heard of since. Tae oldest daughter
got married and left the coustry 10 get
away from the mothers cruelty. and
the younger girl has been legally put
undsr the guardian hip of TIA. elder
brother THE complaining witness) for
protection and support. He states that
he has been driven out of situation
after situation by the insane freaks of
his mother. and would never have come
To Seattle had he known she was here.
lie deplures the necessity OF bringing
this charge against his mother, but
feels that he Is only doing her kind
ness and his brothers and sisters, who
are being traduced by her. an act of
Justice. Mrs. MeagLer Is a very smart
woman aNde from her hobby, and has
employed j. &. Halles. one of the most
skiiitul attorneys in the Northwest. to
defend her against the charge. The
resnlt OF the trial IA looked forward to
with Interest by many of our citizens.
ILLINOIS Cum The meeting of the
Illinois Club held last night Was VERY
enjoyable affair. The following inter
esting program was carried out: Ad
dress by DR.. SuRiberx: subject. India
illustrated by photographs and articles |
of comm use IN India: select reading.
10y Miss JOSIE Short: Instrumental nu-
sic. by Prof. Vaughn AID wife of Chi |
cago; address by +. NJ. Carr-subject, |
Winter Life on the Yukon River, in |
ALASKA aud British North America: yo |
Cal solo, 10y Miss Iva Jones. The club
unanimously endorsed the resolutions
adopted by the mass raeeting, adyocat
ing the forfeiture of the Northsrs Pa
cine land grant. and il was resolved
that the members of the club unite In A
memorial Is the Senators and Rsnr-.
ssfitatives IN Congress from the State
OF Illinois. asking that they use their
utmost endeavoE 10 secure the pa Ss.re
OF the bill now before Congress declsr-
ing the forfeiture. The next meeting
OF the club occGfs two weeks from at
night.
EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON. - This
has been year of extraordinary phe-
nomena. but none have so far SURPASSED
tnat OF last evening. About . o'clock
thete appeared IN the north western
he'fens broad streak of light. extend {
shG soou' quarter of the distance
across the horizon. IL had much the
appearance of the tail of a comet. al
though there was no nucleus. the most ,
1870 NNfsAtAtS W pt near the
center. Near the body were two simi {
u tut much smaller ones. which grad l
aail' mer'cd INFO the larger. The Pie |
lasted for half an hour or !
More, the light moving further and fur a
'ner 10 the west rs it gradually faded.
WILL With a single ex
's.ilon, the Tacoma Ledger. no paper
las had a word to say in defense of
hartman BArlow's cali for a meeting
Il the Territorial Central Committee, to
'lect delegates TO the Chicago Couven
Ion. bnt, on he contrary, all have been :
lcer1us IN their d, nunciation of il,
II fact. be and his call have received a
cry general condemn. tiou. secoud ONLY
that bestowed upon the land grant of =
be Northern PAoi,ic Railroad. (
Ayers Cherry Pec'nral 10 adapted to l.
vo1y age and either SIX Beinp yery =
the youngest ehildreu take il = :
sadly. Il