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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1906
Page
3
San Francisco reports a $300 hold up of Louis Heinz ner by car last night. A mass meeting was set for tonight to form a vigilance committee to combat highway crimes. Acting Mayor Gallagher bans lynching and urges police cooperation. city fears rising highway crime after the recent fire.
In Union Square Abe Ruef the municipal boss captured a citizens meeting aimed at forming a vigilance committee. He announced 170 patrolmen for the police and drove down a resolution condemning city officials. A new meeting is planned and a committee to inolate the city administration will be appointed.
A powerful tidal wave flooded parts of Florida with three feet of water, destroying 100 houses in Jacksonville and disrupting Key West and Havana communications. Reports from Santiago note Cuban land wires down as storms subside. In New York, P. H. McCarren urged voters to back the Democratic ticket while Tammany praised the platform and Hearst.
The Standard Oil Company faces 1520 counts of accepting rebates in U S district court after grand jury action in Jackson Tennessee The maximum possible fine is 2000 per count totaling up to 30400000 and the indictments rest on the Garfield bureau of corporations investigation report read to the court by the U S attorney.
Oakland Cal Oct 15 highwaymen held up a streetcar at midnight. The motorman resisted and was shot dead. At Sotelock this morning the body of a watchman at a warehouse was found nearby, having run to the aid and been shot. Several highway robberies were reported last night. two women were beaten and found unconscious in their homes.
The imperial government imprisoned twenty four members of the recent Russian parliament, flogged two, and banished nine to Siberia for efforts to maintain the Douma's organization after its dissolution. The report from St. Petersburg dated October 1 details the severe punishment of political figures. In the same issue, Haven Conn notices show the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad turning a projected loss into gain after lowering passenger rates and coal tariffs, boosting receipts through higher traffic.
A message to E. I. Stiles, local agent of the Northwestern Steamship Company, states that the steamer Saratoga will go westward and will stop at Katalla as all Northwestern boats are doing now.
A fragment from a 19th century paper reports a Black college blown up at midnight with four corner charges of hazardous material. Twelve killed. Target said to be Rev Williams for a speech urging negros not to work for whites. Also notes a Yukon/Bill tale and local industrial updates including a Pelton wheel conversion at Carstens Packing and completion of the Standard Copper Wharf at Landlock Bay.
Charles F. Murphy, Tammany chieftain, charged that Hearst independence league officials sought to blackmail Democratic congressional candidates by demanding money in exchange for withdrawing league rivals. DA Jerome to subpoena Murphy for grand jury testimony. indictments possible if proof supports the claim. Max Simsen denies charges and demands investigation. Subpoenas expected for several Democratic candidates.
Cable report from Victoria dated October 16 gives authentic figures on the recent typhoon off Hongkong. The Empress of Japan carried the loss of life at about 10,000 with 47 steamers wrecked 1000 junks swamped and 80 percent of small craft in the Hongkong area demolished.
Frank Korth’s two young sons played yesterday afternoon. One boy was suspended by a leather string around his neck. Mrs. Korth heard noises, rushed in, and freed the boy before serious harm. The cord left a red mark on the neck. A separate note laments workers’ health safety in mills and related trades.
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