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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
1
Reports from United Press describe ten days of Balkan fighting on the Austrian border with Bosnia. Insurrectionists outnumber government troops but guerrilla tactics hinder Austrian forces. Montenegro and Servia observers fear wider conflict as negotiations stall and demands for indemnity arise.
John Barrett, commissioner for South American republics, spoke to University of Washington students in Seattle on the progress and opportunities of the South American republics. He urged the United States to seize opportunities, cited drafts and ship subsidies as aids, and warned against Japanese competition before touring to Tacoma that evening.
A Us Press dispatch from Tokio reports Japanese statesmen proposing a convention led by America Britain and Japan to discuss a Far East alliance. Diplomats and fleet officers show cautious optimism while business leaders expect closer ties as the American battleships visit Japan.
Star Special Service reports Louise Gunning, light opera prima donna, performing two audacious feats on stage. She coaxes chorus girls into a singing society and trains them for charity concerts, while playing dual roles in a convent comedy plot amid critical chatter.
Gogorza appears at the Moore Theatre under the Mausteal club program tonight. The event is pitched to music lovers as a premier vocal recital with potential future engagements in major operatic circles.
Seattle Electric is rapidly expanding streetcar lines to handle Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition crowds. Over 16 miles laid this year with more than 20 miles under construction and extensive double tracking planned across multiple routes including Broadway Pike, Second Avenue, and the Fremont line. Projects encompass West Galer, Spokane, and Alki Point extensions with trestles widened and new double tracks.
John Cort dominates remarks as ballots show Cort with 66 votes and rivals like Wilson 62 Furth 60 and Sutherland 54. The Star invites tributes from readers to living friends chosen by a 12-member panel, with ballots urging submissions for obituary-like praise of the living.
A severe winter storm plagues northern Colorado and southern Wyoming today. Names like Willlame Brydenburgh are linked to fatal cold exposure as travelers perish in the blizzard while searchers and local residents cope with drifting snow and high winds.
John E. Osborn, head of the Democratic committee branch, says Mormon votes from Idaho Utah and Wyoming could decide the election. He argues Utah Idaho and Wyoming electoral votes are controlled by Mormon hierarchy and could swing to Perry if church leaders favor him. Osborn cites past support for McKinley to block Bryan through church-agreed action.
About fifty armed farmers with rifles surrounded Charles Pitney near here as the man reportedly fled. A 12 year old girl, Sarah Smith, is dying after an attack Pitney claims to have carried out. The assault occurred in a cemetery near the child’s home. the father formed a posse to pursue Pitney.
A city committee led by Health Commissioner Crichton Fire Marshal Kellogg Vice Chief Bringhurst and City Electrician Joslyn found the Seattle and Orpheum theatres in first class shape after inspecting sanitary and fire protection arrangements. Kellogg declared both venues as safe as human ingenuity can make them.
A 60 taxpaying committee from the south end plans a final appeal to Mayor Miller to move the restricted district as promised before and after his election. Delegates from improvement clubs pressed the mayor, who proposed September 1, but no move occurred. If denied, lawyers will seek injunctions to force relocation, with the committee opposing any site east of First Avenue and south of Yesler Way.
A superior court injunction halts James P. Agnew the county auditor from printing the official county ballot for the upcoming election. The case requires him to appear tomorrow to explain why a writ of mandate should not force the printing of Bradley J B Seavey and Bridges as Democratic nominees in the Fortieth legislative district. The candidates allege fees were paid but deemed late due to an attorney general opinion.
J Luppold a prominent business man of Santa Rosa California invites friends to witness an auto burning he says he would not give the car away for fear the hoodoo might follow the other fellow he has had trouble with the machine and will take pleasure in destroying it.
Fred Kloeber and Julius Klummie, missing since Monday, were last seen near Green River Hot Springs area. Two search parties with experienced trackers cover the snowbound terrain toward May creek and Meadow Pass while game warden Henry Rief and others aid the effort.
A large nitro glycerine plant at Shannopin, near Pittsburg, was blown to atoms by an explosion after a forest fire ignited a magazine. A woman is reported killed in a second blast. Property losses exceed 100000. Two hundred volunteers fought the blaze as flames threatened the town.
St Petersburg report states the czarina is gravely ill with mental strain from revolutionary fears. Physicians warn she must leave Russia to avoid insanity, but she refuses to depart without her son as an official yacht prepares to sail south.
A playful encounter ends in conflict as a flirtation leads to a quarrel with a husband-versus-wife confrontation. The scene shifts from flirtation to domestic dispute with a dramatic interruption.
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