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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
3
A chaotic report claims President Cabrera rules Guatemala with poison and torture. It recounts the killing of Italian prisoner Binelli by arsenic and notes Cabrera’s hostility toward Americans, with jail stories from Mexico and Central America.
Fragmentary item notes a watch and jewelry shop event with a cherry related reference. Details unclear but indicates a local business named Hansen and a possible reperims note.
Charles F. Pond, light house inspector for the Thirteenth district, submits a government report recommending $126,000 for new lights and beacons along the dangerous Alaska coast. He praises acetylene British Columbian beacons and says they would be practical and economical for American navigators. Steamer Nevad an cleared yesterday for Salina Cruz with cargo to New York via the isthmus. Steamer Alaskan cleared today for Honolulu.
Amusement notes describe The Great Divide at the Moore with Ruth Jordan played by Mabel Cornell and Stephen Ghent by Win Mordant. The piece is a sober, serious problem drama judged effective and worth seeing, with strong acting and a focus on reform.
Watches in gold filled sliver and nickel by Wm H. Finck, pioneer jeweler, located at 816 Second Ave, Seattle.
A review of plays at the Third Avenue theatre notes Miss May and Julia Walcott delivering strong advocacy for women’s rights in a production, with strong performances from Henderson Dowlan Sheffield and Cummings. Edith Raynor shines as Little Eva, while the run of Uncle Tom’s Cabin draws packed houses though the piece ends the stock season. A Millionaire Tramp opens next week with temperance themes and spice, plus Orpheum acts led by Wilfred Clarke and Snyder Buckley.
The Florens troupe of acrobats headlines the Pantages bill with a matinee this afternoon. Kohler Grand Opera Trio offers fine songs, and the rest of the program is said to meet Pantages standard. Mile Joyce Gray performs a polished Balome dance to close the Star attraction.
The Shannon theatre presents a diverse program headlined by The Traveling Man with no element of suggestion promised. Also on the bill are The Carl son Bros Margaret Beverance Co Joe Deming Eoldie Roesch Petching Bros Girdeler Co and several food vaudeville acts. The Cameraphone at Shannon will offer a change of slime beginning this afternoon.
United Press reports that between 40 000 and 85 000 workers die yearly in the United States from accidents. The bureau of labor findings covering 1900 to 1906 shows more than 9 percent of 1 000 000 deaths were accidental.
Senator Dick of Ohio introduced a resolution urging national observance of February 12, 1909, the hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, to be fittingly celebrated by the nation in commemoration.
Railroad detectives and secret service agents pursue a $15,000 diamond neck lace believed lost in a U S customs house at the Canadian border last week. The jewels belonged to Mrs A M McKillop wife of a Vancouver wholesale importer, who learned of the loss when her baggage was opened after arriving in town.
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