17 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
1
Miss Katherine Carlson, 17, died from a head injury after a street car incident near Wayside hospital. Police consider automobile strike the likeliest cause, with a post mortem planned and hospital staff under arrest for reporting lapses.
Seattle clearings reported today with balances totaling 224 461 56. Tecoma shows clearings and a closing balance of 894 992 with a small negative 86 267. Portland records today total 1 679 332 in clearings and a balance of 191 211 00.
At this afternoon’s meeting the park board considers extending the Speedway in Washington park to a full mile and rezoning block 14 in Hillman’s Atlantic City addition to convert it into late in spite of protests from district residents.
At the Labor temple Seattle Central Labor Council authorized purchasing 200,000 shares of the Superior Coal Mining company stock for 75 cents each. The plan gives labor three of five directors and $150,000 to open the Issaquah mine, with production targeted at $2 a ton. R. A. Hicks H. F. Boulton and C. Munroe named trustees.
Labor Commissioner Charles F Hubbard arrived in Seattle to take charge of the streetcar fender safety investigation after delays. He plans hearings with city officials and railway executives to assess current fender use and push for stricter conformity to safety standards. He will convene sessions in Seattle and coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce to gather information from various cities and railways.
The event showcased horse classes and a fashion display with drivers and costumes drawing attention. Notable entries included Considine's Lady Arva and Lord Nelson, with critics noting attire quality and horse carriage performance amid gas stove mishaps and a lively crowd from local clubs.
Tacoma report states Al Hanson Grace O Gare and Mary Watson were charged with robbery and attempted murder. Complainant Sam Nelson describes being lured into woods after a car ride, robbed and left unconscious. Hanson is noted to have a dangerous prior record.
David Proctor, 81, cousin of Vermont Senator Proctor, was found dead in a Chicago lodging house. Once rich from royalties on a locomotive spark arrester patent from the 1870s, he had fallen into poverty in recent years. The commission's first meeting was postponed due to illness. the work will resume next Tuesday evening at City Hall.
Chairman Gill of the charter revision commission announces a new date for the panel's first meeting. Details on the venue and exact timetable were not included in the fragment.
Santa Rosa report of a boxing match where Jim Hornbuckle defeats Joe Gorman in the eighteenth round of a scheduled twenty round contest. Hornbuckle lands a right to the jaw that halts Gorman’s offense and requires the opponent to be carried to the dressing room.
New York stocks opened weak with initial selling. A rally attempt gathered strength and prices rose briefly before persistent rumors that F Augustus Heinze had failed spurred heavy shorting. The decline deepened, taking Copper and Smelting stocks below yesterday’s low as profit taking mounted by 2 p.m.
Charles R. Case handed his resignation to Mayor Moore after appearing before the street committee. A stormy debate followed with vice Chairman Mullen telling Case he had no right to intervene in private matters, while Case insisted the mayor held his resignation.
Vancouver, B C Oct 17. William Lusby Harry Cummins and W Syminton members of a Grand Trunk Pacific survey party drowned while attempting to shoot the Guacombe rapids in the Fraser River. The frail canoe struck a rock and sank. Three other party members Robert Sheffield J Miller and Arthur Cape were saved.
The Ravenna Improvement council asks the city to light the Fifteenth street bridge approach as three balloons prepare for the international race. In St Louis on October 17 weather permitting J C McCoy and Ca Chandler will ascend for trials and an overnight signal corps balloon flight.
An upcoming inter-class cross country event at the University accents the junior, sophomore, and freshman races as the sophomores seek a time record. A quiet political meeting in the city will feature Senator Piles meeting King county lawmakers to discuss the senator's stance on the Ankeny and Jones situations and the direct primary's impact on his future plans.
Oct. 17 news reports another arrest in the $40,000 registered mail sack robbery. John F. McDonald, a district jeweler, is charged with complicity, linked to the case in which George Kincaid died by drinking poisoned swon yesterday. Mounted police promise further sensational developments.
TOKIO Oct. 17 The local Japanese have feted and entertained for ten days Judge Thomas Burke and M. F. Backus of Seattle who are here in the interest of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
Seattle has been chosen to host the American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents convention in 1908. M. C. Roehe of Portland was elected president.
Gov Hanly orders armed guards to stop vandalism after a deadly blast at Fontanet. Funeral rites continue as militia guard mourners and search for missing bodies. Alfred Dupont arrives to aid survivors and investigate the explosion.
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