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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1908
Page
8
United Press reports two American men John Pee and Jon Poe were murdered while sleeping in cabins 25 miles from Montezuma Mexico and their bodies were partially eaten by wild animals. The dispatch traces their deaths near the mountains as animals discovered and ripped the remains. The rest notes railroad progress near Snoqualmie Pass and other brief items from Payallup and Bremerton.
The fragment notes a move of the Columbia Methodist conference headquarters and hints at related planning. It mentions a relocation decision and possible administrative changes affecting the organization. Further details are not readable in the excerpt.
In San Francisco two women, after answering an Eastern newspaper ad, discover they are both married to the same man, Thomas P. Collins, a stonemason, who has not obtained a divorce. He is arrested on a bigamy charge urged by his second wife.
The Parseval airship was wrecked en route to Potsdam after a rod broke causing a hole in the gas bag. Major Parseval, Capt. Kepler, the machinist, and the chauffeur escaped with minor bruises. The emperor and empress were informed by wire.
Republican lawmakers voiced support for local option measures in a briefing filed yesterday. The item notes momentum building among lawmakers as regional leaders debate flexibility on local governance.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce issued invitations for a conference of commercial organizations from Seattle Spokane Tacoma Portland and Los Angeles to be held in San Francisco on Monday October 5, one day before the Trans Mississippi congress meets.
Wilbur Wright, at Le Mans in France, claimed the world speed record for aeroplanes. He waited 89 minutes 19 seconds at 46 miles per hour, about six mph faster than prior records, beating the previous European longest flight by more than nine minutes on the military course at Anvers.
Annie Russel, a tall blonde, was slapped and robbed of 7.50 at the Weat hotel corner after flirting with a well-dressed stranger. A bystander tried to intervene but was knocked down as the man fled into a dark alley.
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