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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1903
Page
1
An extra edition reports Patrolman Schaneman was killed while attempting to arrest Willard Thomas, the Willard Saloon thief who opened fire. The incident occurred near Occidental avenue as Thomas fled, with the fatal confrontation ending the officer’s life.
In a patrol chase near the Villard saloon two suspects, identified as Schaneman and Thomas, exchanged gunfire with Patrolmen Philbrick and Huff. Schaneman was mortally wounded at the police station table. Philbrick died after aiding his partner and confirming the firearm exchange. Thomas escaped pursuit but was captured later. he claimed self defense. Schaneman, a popular officer aged 35, had served with Bryant Lumber and Shingle and earned a golden star for service.
An article from a Valdes newspaper notes agriculture and mining rising as key industries in interior Alaska. In Copper Center near the Copper River valley, farmers are described as expanding crops and livelihoods amid evolving regional commerce.
Two Japanese fishermen were rescued from the bottom of an overturned craft near the southern extremity of a narrows after drifting for days. Cap Co EB Clancy of the Pacific Coast steamship company spotted them at dusk as the Mamona carried them toward Vancouver to Beattie. The men clung to the hull during a heavy gale and ebb tide, surviving the perilous voyage.
A scattered group was rescued after drifting at sea and brought ashore for care by officials in charge at Brockton lighthouse. The incident involved unnamed crewmembers and was overseen by local authorities.
The Treadwell mines will send a novel exhibit to the St Louis exposition featuring gold brick reproductions stamped with value. McDonald plans annual mine operation updates and $22,000,000 in current mine value. Flint factories in Pennsylvania and Great Indiana district resume after typical shutdown. wages and conditions largely unchanged.
Mary Holder or May McDonnell recites a life of wedlock begun at 15 in Ireland, assumed widowhood, a later marriage, a near reencounter with her first husband Thomas Reider, and a desertion grounded divorce after years apart. She explains travels to Alaska and wealth claims before Superior Judge Bell.
A four year old girl, Ethel Grant, narrowly escaped death when she stepped onto a streetcar track in front of a Houth Hearth car near Carsten's switch. A conductor, acting with quick presence of mind, waved her away from danger as the car neared. The motorman halted and brakes were applied but the car still struck the child, prompting a dramatic rescue.
An off duty conductor on a city street car rescued a child who had been placed on the fender and swept into the car. The man’s quick swing pulled the girl into the vehicle before the train moved faster, shielding her from harm. The child reached her mother unharmed.
On September 12 a tug named Heath sank near the Savannah Breakwater Company pier at 6 a.m. after an abrupt collision. No fatalities are reported. the crew was rescued and investigations begin into the incident.
Initial belief said five crew members were asleep aboard a tug that sank but divers later found no one drowned. The crew’s absence remains unexplained. The tug reportedly sprang a leak during the night with no other cause given for the sinking.
Two men died and several were injured when a heavily loaded excursion train struck a washout near Kempt on the Chicago St Paul and Minneapolis line. The casualties include Patrick Conway of Reedehurs and Wendell Brown of Sasnevia, among the injured.
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