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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1909
Page
6
President Taft continues his cross country journey aboard a special train reaching California and El Paso. Veterans Home inspections and citrus industry stops mark the latest leg as he travels with his party.
A Mournnian aboard the steamship met death during a collision near the strait while en route from an unidentified location to Seattle. The circumstances remain unclear as investigators review the overboard incident and voyage details.
Fragmentary report mentions Ed confessing and a missing girl in Ontario. Authorities pursue leads over several days with a funeral home attendance noted at Bleitz company observances and a Friday disappearance tied to Reese’s parents.
Seattle Electric and Seattle Renton Southern railways dispute a third arbitrator to fix payment for using Fourth Avenue tracks between Pike and Washington Street. J. D. Blackwell and W. D. Woodard named to represent each side as they seek agreement on an additional umpire.
Four Colfax firemen were seriously injured when a gasoline explosion ripped through a blaze. In Bellingham voters will decide on extending the water system to the Navy Yard. The gunboat Princetonia is to be placed in commission. Aberdeen reports four miles of Union Pacific track being laid daily. Mount Vernon hosts a mayoral fight with strong contest. Prosser reports local option carried yesterday.
Berlin reports that the ministry of the interior plans an inquiry into how United States tariff laws affect German industries.
The Great Northern Overland No. 3 carrying mail from St. Paul derailed at the tunnel entrance at Virginia Street foot. The fireman leaped clear. the engineer stayed aboard. No injuries, but over two cars left the track and a half hour was needed to restore service. Nearly a hundred workers nearby watched the incident.
Unusual preparation claims to go directly to the kidneys and urinary system to clean heal and strengthen these organs and glands. A few days treatment with Papes Diuretic is said to make kidneys bladder and urinary organs clean active healthy and you feel fine.
In Superior Court Tony Simich is tried for selling liquor to an Indian. Jurors demand proof the sealed demijohn contains whisky. Bailiffs take it to the jury room and pour glasses to sample. After three hours the jury returns a guilty verdict. The demijohn is empty.
The severed limbs of a woman in a dress suit case were found in bushes near Bulgermarch road. Police suspect murder with mutilation done by hand saw. Investigators believe the victim was killed in New Bedford and the limbs placed in the case brought to Tiverton. A search for remaining body parts continued in nearby woods.
Two soldiers were killed and six injured when a four inch gun exploded during military tests at Fort Riley Junction City Kansas. Officials say a defect in the gun caused the blast during the exercise. Names of the dead or injured were not released. The incident followed standard fort safety protocols and is under investigation by military authorities.
Henri St Yves and Johnny Hayes lead a field that includes Wada the Japanese musher and Tom Long boat at Dugdale's in a major marathon next Sunday with several other competitors.
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