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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
1
An explosion at a Pacific Coast company coal mine kills three miners and injures many others. Flames engulfed workers from a lamp when a gas pocket fired within the sixth level. Rescue teams pulled crashed, burned miners from the tunnel as families of married workers were notified.
Paige Metcare reports a request for Heney’s arrest in a Manford rally scene. Heney cites Readier Ruef and Hebbard figures, claiming law bias, while officials refuse the warrant and guard Heney at the chief’s office amid further tensions.
A crowd in Hamp arrived as President Roosevelt reviewed troops and delivered a speech at the Jamestown Exposition opening. An earlier panic near the grandstand was containment by expedition guards, but no injuries were reported. A telegram from A Y Pacific Exposition president congratulates the event and wishes success.
At about 6:45 PM a swift Pacific engine nearly struck Mrs. St Clair as a man on the engine averted tragedy by pulling her from the track and tossing her clear. Bystanders feared she was dead but the quick action of the crew prevented a fatal outcome near Tecoma.
A mob of passengers dragged the motorman from the platform and beat him after a boy was run over and killed by a Coney Island Surface car. Police rescued the unconscious motorman as the crowd trampled the vehicle. The boy’s head and legs were severed by the car wheels. officials called the accident unavoidable.
Mare Edwin Warfield wife of Maryland's governor awoke to a black intruder in her stateroom aboard the steamer Columbia en route to James Town. The assailant fled after screams and leaped through a window into the night, and is at large.
Justice of the Peace Garden fined three violators of the automobile ordinance this morning. Rh. Be. Kempt was fined ten dollars and costs after officers pursued him for a mile. L. W. Paxsos and A. H. Jones also paid ten dollars each. A complaint was filed against Col. B. Lamping later that afternoon for the summer speed limit violation.
About 140 journeymen tailors who had been cut on strike at six leading Seattle shops returned to their benches this morning ending nearly three weeks of stoppage. The dispute involved wages and working conditions as the workers resumed duties across the city.
Word from the Chamber of Commerce indicates General Arthur MacArthur and staff traveling from San Francisco to Seattle to escort General Kuroki and staff to the Jamestown exposition will arrive Sunday afternoon instead of Saturday. A Monday morning meeting will finalize reception plans and honoring activities for the distinguished visitors.
A. B. C. Denniston resigns as northwest passenger agent after two years, effective May 15, to join Trustee Co. as bond department manager. He will keep interests in Aiki Point Transportation Co. and other local steamship ventures he helped build. successor at Pacific Coast Co. not yet named.
At a Seattle Asiatic Association meeting held Thursday at the Rainier Club a banquet for Gen Baron Kuromuki Baron Oxawa Gen Arthur MacArthur and staff and the Japanese party was proposed. The visiting party will be asked if they will accept. Maj Wood quartermaster Fort Lawton will greet Gen MacArthur and staff on arrival Saturday. Victoria BC April 14 The British Columbia Legislature adjourned last night and announced the Sunday closing law will not be enforced in the province.
A meeting in Portage established the King County League of Postmasters of the Fourth Class. FF Van Olinda was elected president, Kenmah Arey vice president, and Pratt secretary treasurer. By laws and constitution were adopted to seek better pay for postmasters.
The police arrested two more motorists for speeding under Chief Wappenstein’s orders. Drivers were detained and brought to the station as part of a city crackdown on fast driving. Judge Gordon has many automobile cases on his calendar.
Property owners on Bateman in Georgetown protest a $3 per front foot charge for plank walk and fear graft in city paving under Barber Asphalt. The Chamber of Commerce panel reviews reception plans for Gen Arthur and Kurok.
Thousands flee as a new volcano erupts in the Valdivia district near Villarica. Vast ash clouds blanket towns, with Valdivia overwhelmed and buried under ash lava and dust. Residents abandon homes and live in open fields subsisting on roots and wild fruits.
Reported outbreak hits the County Treasurer's Office with several staff members confirmed ill. Four cases linked to the office prompted fumigation as administrators sought to control the spread while employees fear infection and quarantine measures spread through the building.
Members of the Odd Fellows gather to mark the 15th anniversary with a large afternoon meeting. Tonight at 7:30 a grand ball and ceremony will honor members at the Leek Park Pavilion with the decoration of chivalry conferred on several attendees.
The election and boundaries committee rejected A. Ware's nomination for Twelfth ward councilman and ordered a primary election. Columbia and Southwark will be annexed to Seattle Monday night, followed by the primary vote in the ward.
In Washington on April 26 Justice Stafford charged the jury as the defendant Baker faced a verdict request. Actinger Hermann stood with his wife and daughter as the case against him was described, and Baker urged a guilty verdict before the jury retired at 30 o'clock this afternoon.
Judge Griffin denies the motion for a new trial in the John Sullivan estate case. The state immediately appeals, and rivals to the winners of the $1,000,000 fortune also appeal. Kent High School and Acme Business College baseball teams play at Woodland Park Saturday at 1 p m.
Dr. Gardner with J. Martin aboard a 2 to 1 shot won the $10,000 Excelsior handicap at Jamaica on Race New York.
The estate of the late Christian Bobeverman is apprised at 9267 644.75 with $256,000 on the dcheverman block at the fourth east corner of Poiret and Cherry. It describes a 0a120 lot improved by a three story brick building. Market value of the corner is set at 6,500,006 with inheritance tax to be fixed.
The 15 year old Haxel Meraman wed Ben Stevens in Victoria yesterday afternoon after eloping from Connecticut Street with her mother nearby. The couple then departed for San Francisco.
John Mitchell shows signs of improvement in Chicago and may undergo surgery within a week or possibly postpone it indefinitely depending on his condition.
The Signal Corps of the Washington National Guard will spend next Sunday in heliograph signaling. Four stations will be set up on Queen Anne Hill and Capitol Hill with a junior corps planning a station on Mount Rainier for practice signaling this summer.
An 18 year old girl Margaret Molett of First avenue and Cedar street was taken to the peat house today suffering from smallpox.
The bark Harvester under Master Walter H Myers completed a rapid Seattle to Orca Alaska voyage in eight days. Meanwhile, on the mainland, industrial tensions rise as moulders threaten a May 1 strike affecting 3,000 workers along the north Pacific coast. Vulcan Ironworks warns of an open shop if eight hour demands pass, pledging heavy resistance and costly countermeasures during the dispute.
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