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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1904
Page
7
Investment pitch fragment urges membership and share purchase with phrasing about doubling in two weeks. Mentions $10 shares $2 buy price and a promised profit plus eight percent interest on funds. No clear organization or dates.
The battleship Missouri, commissioned in 1893, gains a hoodoo reputation after two disasters. A collision near San Domingo under Capt. Cowles injured the Hillinois. a later 12 inch gun explosion killed several officers and enlisted men. The ship, built by Newport News, displaces about 12 900 tons with a heavy armament and Krupp Harvey armor.
Mabel Fulton nineteen, accused of conspiring to defraud her employers at the Stifle Dry Goods Co, ran from the Wheeling store and leaped from a new steel bridge into the Ohio River. Her clothing acted as a parachute and she landed about one hundred feet below without injuries. a boat crew rescued her.
In Strutherville Ohio on April 19 Melvin Owens aged 12 confesses as details of a case are reported involving a mother who allowed herself to be convicted of murder to save her son.
An affidavit states a man shot his father during a night scuffle with his sister who tried to stop him from pursuing chicken thieves. Mrs. Owen faced murder charges and was convicted to shield her son. The verdict will be set aside.
Coroners Jury rules no one to blame for 14 year old Anna Omley killed when city hose wagon collided with a cable car. The panel declined to probe city and streetcar company safety practices or warning ordinance violations, paying witnesses $2.20 each and concluding the case with no further inquiry.
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