07 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1903
Page
1
An apocryphal April report claims 11 000 Christians were killed in a night massacre at an unnamed location near Lake Okhrida with men women and children slain. Authorities and crowds seek confirmation as bulletins circulate and news travels from Monastir to Okhrida.
The Seattle City Council approved the Yaw garbage franchise with a plan for a crematory reduction plant. The ordinance sets districts for collections, allows nonexclusive competition, and includes charges by district with free removals for city-owned animals. Critics warn of potential monopoly despite stated competition.
Early morning crowd greets Governor Taft and party after breakfast as they are hosted by local committee. In an operatic setting Taft lauded for honest administration, civil government supremacy, and wartime reforms, praising the Philippines and U S. cooperation and urging rapid militia and National Guard readiness.
President Roosevelt to tour Montanas Fort Yellowstone area with Dr Mixey and John Burroughs. He will travel on snowshoes and horseback, stay in soldier cabins, and rely on a small escort and telegraph link for daily updates during two weeks of rest and recreation.
William McLaughlin died at Wayside Mission hospital after 18 hours unconsciousness following a shooting at KK saloon in the Tenderloin. James Clarke died Sunday night. Dan McAuley, wounded, left hospital in unstable condition as inquest and murder charges loom. McLaughlin, a Beattie cook, was well known in the city’s lower district.
Tomorrow the arbitration board will begin hearings over the Beattie Electric Company strike between union and non union workers. Both sides spent today preparing arguments at Fifth Avenue and Pine Street and Western Central Labor Union HQ. The session was postponed to tomorrow morning due to John HM Powell's absence.
Mrs Bhortedge, aged to her husband, committed death by own action last night. After kissing him she drank poison and died within hours. Friends attributed the act to severe illness and despondency. The couple lived alone and had children. Police found her in her room near a bed with a bottle and chloroform smell detected.
County commissioners will not rush a decision on purchasing the Verler block as a site for a new county courthouse. The price and options are debated, with public sentiment and city hall location influencing the stance. A North Town site offer of 70 000 is opposed by officials, while another option at 260 000 near Profanity Hill is considered similar in convenience to the current Seventh Avenue site.
London April 7. Jack the Ripper believed to be George Chapman was hanged here for poisoning a woman who had lived with him. Police linked deaths of two former wives and exhumed bodies confirmed poisoning. Chapman, who had lived in New York in 1894, failed to prove American citizenship and weakened at the scaffold. The case tied to Whitechapel murders remains.
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