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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
3
A long self declared bid for Washington state governorship touts business success and honesty while lampooning rivals. The speaker defends whiskey ties, labor organization, and prohibition stance, framing the campaign as a public test of character and a satire on corporate influence.
Gustave Arkell 55 is jailed in Oakland on suspicion of Newberry Donohue death. Autopsy shows no clear cause. viscera sent to chemists. Mrs Parsons and detectives join search as 16 year old Frank Walsh and Pete Figone uncover the body in ooze beneath a factory eaves.
Dr. Lucien L. Knight philosopher lecturer and former pastor testified that his wife Edith N Knight never loved him and married him to please her dead parents. He described health collapse and trips abroad before seeking separation and a California divorce. Separately New York unions back Bryan urging labor protection in Democratic platform.
Wheat track prices listed for Club red Russian bluestem Valley 7c 92c 88e. Barley Feed $24.50 rolled $17 28. Date No 1 white $26.50 gray 92s. Hay Timothy Willamette Valley fancy $14 ordinary $11 Eastern Oregon $16.50 mixed $13 8 alfalfa $11. Butter Extra 30c fancy 28c choice 25c store 18c. Eggs Extra 26c firsts 23 25c seconds 21 22c thirds 15 20c. Heps 1907 crep 4 65c. Wool Valley 14 15e wb Eastern Oregon % in shrinkage. Mohair Choice 18 18c.
Prices show Wheat Bluestem and Oats at 27 to 27.50 per ton, Barley at 23, Hay from Eastern Washington 16, Puget Sound 9.50 to 10 per ton, alfalfa 9.50 to 10, butter from Washington creamery 36c per lb, ranch 28c, eggs from local 3 for 3c, Eastern 26 to 28c per dozen, Oregon 28 to 86c per dozen.
The new Chinese Baptist church in San Francisco Chinatown was packed for dedication services. The Chinese Consul General and leading Chinese residents attended. Chinese girls sang hymns in bright costumes, as Rev. C. A. Woody of Portland delivered a sermon later translated into Chinese.
In Marshfield Oregon a mother beats a Holy Roller priestess who urged a 16 year old girl to burn her clothes and watch to gain sanctification. The mother pursued the woman to the city wharf and demanded compensation, then struck her with a carriage whip. The Holy Roller fled by boat down the river.
W H Carlson son, former president of the Consoli dated Bank, accused of falsifying bank entries after the bank failed leaving about 50000 owed to depositors. Carlson, once United States railroad Commissioner in Cuba under McKinley, faces arrest in Los Angeles.
The Chinese government weighs recalling Wu Ting Fang the Chinese Minister to Washington due to disclosures viewed as indiscreet and by his platform and remarks in America drawing embarrassment for months.
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