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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1906
Page
8
In Omaha on 26th Street a shirt factory worker, Josephine Rua Methart, was found in a vacant lot with her face badly beaten. She died shortly after discovery. No clues to her assailants were found and authorities released no suspect.
In Argenta on Oct 8 a white man John Lindsay was killed and his son Milton wounded when gunfire erupted. A mob lynched a Black man named H Blackburn on a main street amid the unrest as investigators connected the case to Garret Charlie Colum and two Black accomplices.
Walter T. Mills of Chicago urged restraint in a Grand Opera House lecture on Peace In the World of Labor. He warned against arming factions, insisting the ballot is the path to power and that weapons only threaten workers.
Word from Seward Alaska reports the felring schooner Excelsior grounded on a sandbar in Nelsons lagoon Be Ring sea. The ship carries 2000 barrels of malt salmon aboard.
Robert Dunn arrived in Seward yesterday and visited Bogostov Island. He reported the island rises high and is made of volcanic ash with steam and smoke still escaping from rocks and cracks.
Dr Frank Brouwer was arraigned on a uxorcide charge in Tomb River New Jersey. Prosecution alleges he poisoned his wife with arsenic and ground glass to pursue Stella McClanahan a former governess. Stella McClanahan will testify for the state. Public sentiment is divided on Brouwer's guilt or innocence.
A large blaze at Morgan & Co cash and door factory located at 22nd and Union streets threatens surrounding districts. Loss exceeds 100000 dollars with six spectators severely injured by falling debris. In the nearby ghetto area residents move furniture to the streets while bucket brigades work to douse the flames.
Demand for a $1 daily raise was granted by most owners to avoid a strike that would have halted rebuilding in San Francisco. If refused, about 80 workers planned to strike, risking delays for thousands of mechanics and broad business losses.
Robert E. Speer spoke at Plymouth Congregational church yesterday afternoon and at Winuter church in the evening. He addressed a high school assembly this morning and spoke to University of Washington students in Denny Hall before departing for Tacoma.
A rally of the citys Christian F a devotion society was held at Cherry Street Presbyterian church last night preparing for the 1907 convention. Dr F L Hormfal, F Edgar Barth and Carl Reeves gave principal addresses.
A Brath ward Republicans meeting is scheduled for tonight at o'clock at Joe Lyons barber shop 2227 First Ave. All members are requested to attend.
A local notice invites visitors and residents of Beattie to tour Uncle Sam's Bremerton navy yard featuring battleships cruisers torpedo boats the training ship Philadelphia and the dry docks foundries and machine shops. Passenger trips on Port Orchard boats from Pier 2 depart daily with round trip fares listed.
Numerically the big Pioneer Plane Organ Mouse has sold since September 1 a five week period totaling 500 pianos and organs. The units would stretch over half a mile in a line and tower four and a half times the Washington monument in height. The total retail value nears $160,000, placing the firm far ahead of rivals west of Chicago and vastly surpassing combined Washington and Alaska sales.
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