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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
5
United Press reports that William J Bryan defers no tour rest amid physician advice. His managers and Bryan prefer continuing campaigning, with stops in Wilmington and Albany for meetings with Parker and Hill notes.
Unrest erupts as Judge Danne loses Republican nomination amid protests. John Hunt George Sturtevant John J. Van Nostrand win long term seats. Isidore Golden takes short term. Lincoln Roosevelt leaguers pledge support for Dunne if backed by Democrats.
The article explains two amendments on the November 3 ballot in Simpton state. One amendment would allow private property to be taken for rights of way with just compensation set by a jury if needed. It warns against timber trusts like the Weyerhauser group bottling land to force high prices for logs and lumber and urges voters to resist trust dictation. An Ottawa dispatch notes Dominion election set for October 26 with nominations on October 19.
K T Colton secretary of the International Y M C A committee in charge of foreign missions will be in Seattle tomorrow. A banquet in his honor at the Y M C A is set for 6 30 tomorrow night. Colton heads the home workers branch and is touring the United States to raise funds and volunteers for Y M C A foreign work. He is regarded as a forceful eloquent speaker in the movement.
Governor Hil declines to run for U S senator. Attorney Frank Murphy sought by San Francisco grand jury in Ruef bribery case. Guatemala president Cabrera target of failed infernal machine mail attempt. James J Hill celebrated 76th birthday in St Paul. Sedalia dynamite blast death toll rises to twelve. Alaska gold display valued at 1 250 000 planned for the A Y P E show.
Ragan ordered Frank Daguet to extinguish the fires. When there was no reply Ragan found the watchman dead against a wall with a bag of apples in his hand.
State news reports a 12 year old boy, son of T E Shifler, accidentally shot by his brother during a hunting trip last Sunday, died yesterday at Wenatchee. Also noted are local items on a celebration in Wenatchee, Alaska Yukon Pacific ex discussions in North Yakima, apples for Europe from Wenatchee growers, and the death of Councilman George F Brownell of Puyallup at 67.
The A Y P commission will hold a conference tomorrow at 3:30 PM with a lumbermen committee to review proposed forestry building plans for the expedition. Cash prizes totaling 200 dollars will be awarded for poultry exhibits at the exposition. The state building contract was formally awarded this afternoon.
John McGregor of 2023 Eighth Ave was struck as he alighted from a streetcar at Westlake Ave and Denny Way. The car owner ER Reid faced reckless driving charges and posted $16 bail.
Commission men on Western avenue lose sidewalk space for storage as police order sidewalks kept clear of obstructions. The men say they cannot handle goods under the rule and may need to seek a new locality.
Emma Goldman announces she will leave New York in January to sail to Australia for residence and study, signaling a planned voyage by the anarchist.
Reports from Vienna dated September 17 describe desperate crop failures driving uprisings in Galjan and Aukonina provinces. A major outbreak occurred on Prince Lubo Mirstis estate in Knoenna Gailela where Prince Mirekis was killed in a clash with a peasant, signaling escalating violence.
James McNellis, 35, a structural iron worker from Youngstown Pennsylvania, died en route to Seattle after being thrown from a freight train near East on Tuesday afternoon. He had been employed on the St. Paul road near Plummer.
A New York grocery delivery wagon collided with a Beattie Electric company work car at Twelfth and Main yesterday afternoon. The driver, O. Carigan, was thrown out and suffered a severe head wound and a badly lacerated shoulder.
The Japanese steamship Aki Maru arrived from Yokohama with three carloads of silk valued at 368000 dollars. Three Japanese stowaways were found starving in a chain locker five days out and now face deportation as the liner returns them to Yokohama.
May organize owners in Grays Harbor district may organize and form a stevedores association to coordinate labor actions and representation for dockworkers in the port area.
Beattie shows clearings today at 1 611 023 90 with balances 169 266 91. Tesome reports balances 704 023 00 and 75 716 00. Portland records clearings today of 1 104 668 00 and balances 112 962 00.
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