15 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1903
Page
1
Reports detail open hostility from the company toward union organizers. Workers claim postings were torn down and transfers punished to deter union activity. A possible second strike looms as the union seeks formal talks and a grievances panel to resolve the dispute.
The text reports rumors that Walter McCurdy, a young American attorney, is to be sent to the salt mines in Lower California by the Mexican government in relation to alleged mining transactions. It notes claims he was accused of forged telegrams and denies his right to traffic while residents plan action to oppose exile.
A filing reports the council will finalize an electric lighting franchise for the Great Northern railroad. The city may grant five tracks on one block and require daily freight service plus a building cost limit. The suit against granting the franchise was dismissed for want of prosecution after appeals.
Remall boy ix steriving week freer leather to tak e dose of the name a ae. Frances Hays directs the continued sessions with morning instruction and afternoon meetings gaining strong interest. O. B. Jones presides as lecture on Growth by Mr Warner. Rev W D Simonds discusses The American Declaration of Independence. Mr Harvey speaks on Theeter in Return in the high school auditorium this evening.
A disrupted confrontation near Corindentary Avenue involved Japanese individuals and two white men. Reportedly, violence occurred leaving injuries as the Japanese parties were restrained and arrested while detectives investigated behind bars.
Davidson of New York will lecture Friday April 1 on the topic The Negro. The sermon and remarks, delivered by reputed divine mentors, promise a reception on the Negro issue and related questions.
The following marriage licenses have been issued: L. Simpson 21 and Marion Henderson 21 both of Fillard. Eugene Sayer and Helen McNaught of Be attice. Ralph Downie 24 of Fremont and Josephine Dunbar 20 of La toma. Wayne Eure and Carrie Cummings both of Seattle. flutier 26 and Olive Wool of Meattie. Abraham Saltbig 36 and Rateebeh Hashum 19 both of Beattie.
Visalia Cal April 16 Outlaw McKinney reportedly captured after a pursuit led by ex-sheriff D G Overall and Sheriff Collie. McKinney is described as a coward who fights only at long range and is believed to be armed. posses have orders to kill him.
Police seek identification of a man found dead in a barrel yesterday. Valinne, who viewed the body, suspects the victim is not a local, and investigators pursue clues amidst a baffling, unnamed case.
A well known Everett merchant, Finney, aged about 80, fled naked through streets after collapsing into a frenzy. Police captured him near Flint and Madison. he had been acting strangely for weeks and is reportedly under care of his brother after the incident.
Green Lake residents urged broader sidewalks at a large meeting held at McKenn’s hall last night. Voters approved extensions throughout the district by an overwhelming margin.
Reports from Constantinople and Vienna describe escalating unrest along the European Turkish border. Brigands killed a Turkish courier carrying 17 000 in government funds, as Albanian and Christian districts resist tax collection and threaten revolt. A Mitrovitza dispatch notes the assassin who wounded the Russian canal official has been sentenced to death.
Alice Brown, who disappeared from Green Lake on March 22, returned to her parents last night after staying with a family at Interbay. She told authorities she had represented herself as an orphan during the stay.
Ching Den Chok also known as Gee Lee died at 18 Washington Street aged 54 after a month long illness from pneumonia following successive colds. He owned brick blocks on Third Avenue South and Washington Street and led the Gee Lee company an importer firm. Survived by a widow and five American born children his body to be embalmed and shipped to China with elaborate Beattle funeral plans.
Frank Cecil, a fugitive witness, testified in the Howard murder case that he met Powers the day before Goebel's death and was later approached by Governor Taylor with a plan to kill Goebel. Cecil said he was offered 2440 dollars and a full pardon, and that Powers arranged for an assassin to come the next day.
A tailor named Harry Gimon faces a misdemeanor charge after allegedly placing a union label inside a coat to mislead a customer who had requested a nonunion garment. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Conover filed the complaint based on a Dec 1 1908 incident involving customer Max Brenner.
Chester Meyheart aged 1 years and Harry Leman aged 12 were brought to the prosecuting attorney by a Truant Officer after confessing to breaking into Park School in North Beattie last week. They climbed a ladder to a window and stole books and other school room furnishings valued at about $100.
Fronting Salmon bay the site offers a commanding view of Puget Sound the Olympic mountains and incoming Beattie harbor boats. The land is well suited for fruits and the home site is described as beautiful with a reasonable price and easy terms.
Special to The Star from Victoria B C reports a British squadron sailing at 9 o clock in a watery procession bound for Mequimeal and Honolulu. The Amphion leads the line with the destroyers Virago and Sparrowhawk following and both vessels short of coal so Amphion tows them for half the voyage.
The four masted schooner John D Tal lent left Everett August 12 with 100000 feet of lumber valued at 72000 bound for McUendse Peru. After a second day gale she vanished and no further word has come. Capt land Leone, famed coast mariner, is believed to have sought a port to resupply.
The Northern Pacific railway officials and conductors and trainmen reached a settlement after a week of talks. Weathers say an 18 percent wage boost for freight workers and 12 percent for passenger workers. Yard workers gain a new scale, and double header runs are limited to two divisions with low tonnage constraints. Helper engine locations also agreed upon.
The Globe Navigation company reports the schooner Wwilten Nottingham now in San Francisco has been chartered to load poles and lumber bound for Everett. The vessel sails at once under charter to an unnamed consignee, reinforcing trade between coastal ports.
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John Bassett files for divorce alleging extreme cruelty after his wife Tillie Barnet allegedly chased him with a butcher knife two months ago. The couple, well known in the city, seek separation as emotional strain is cited in court papers.
A jury hearing the case of Jacob Sacri, charged by the State, failed to agree on a verdict Monday and was discharged yesterday afternoon by Superior Judge Hell.
Mrs B A Smith of Portland was fatally burned when a coal oil can she left on a kitchen stove exploded after she started the fire with kerosene. The blast sent burning liquid over her clothing and the flames spread across the room before help arrived.
Over five days Potlard sails from Aberdeen with 260000 feet of cargo followed by Santa Monica 660000 feet Che halle 700000 feet Centratia 600000 feet and Coronado 650000 feet Marion heads to Ketchikan for harbor work yesterday.
At Alt Lake on April 1 the funeral of Brigham Young, president of the Mormon Church Quorum, drew about 7,000 attendees. The cortege stretched a mile and a half, with members from every church faction, led by a marching band. Special railroad rates were offered to boost attendance. He had four wives and 34 children.
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