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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1906
Page
7
San Francisco report states Us Louis Heinz ner was held up and robbed of 300 dollars while driving last night. A mass meeting is called to form a vigilance committee to combat highwaymen, but Acting Mayor Gallagher bans lynching and urges cooperation with police for protection. Crime fears rise as highway crimes increase after the fire.
In Union Square Abe Ruef, the municipal boss, captured a citizens meeting intended to condemn him. He pledged to add 170 patrolmen and purge criminals, hooting down a proposed resolution against city officials. A new meeting to organize a vigilance committee is planned this week.
A three foot tidal flood struck Florida towns causing railroad damage and downed Key West wires with no Havana news available as Cuban land lines were prostrated by a hurricane. In New York, P H McCarren urged voters to back the Democratic ticket and Hearst while Tammany endorsed the platform and denounced old leaders.
The Standard Oil Company was indicted by a federal grand jury in Jackson Tenn for accepting rebates on 1520 counts. Maximum fines could reach 2000 per count, totaling 30,400,000 if imposed on each count, based on findings from Commissioner Garfield’s Bureau of Corporations probe.
Oakland Calif Oct 15 Highwaymen held up a streetcar at midnight. The motorman resisted and was shot dead. At Sotelock this morning the body of a warehouse watchman near a local stone was found, likely drawn by the shooting. Additional highway robberies and assaults were reported, with two women beaten and found unconscious.
The article reports that twenty four members of the Russian parliament were sentenced to imprisonment, two were flogged, and nine banished to Siberia for their role in maintaining the douma's organization after its dissolution by the imperial government. The piece notes the punishment occurred in St. Petersburg on October 1. It also mentions a separate note from Haven, Connecticut about the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad gaining gross receipts due to a passenger rate cut and coal tariff reductions, offsetting expected losses.
A message to E. I. Stiles, local agent of Northwestern Steamship Company, states that the steamer Saratoga will go westward and stop at Katalla as all Northwestern boats are doing now.
A Black college building was blown up at midnight with a hazardous material cartridge placed at each corner. Twelve people were killed in what authorities call a calculated dynamiting intended to punish a local principal for a speech urging Black workers to avoid jobs with white employers. The blast followed a string of unrelated local items including a Yukon era tale of Bill and two hustlers, and reports of a Pelton water wheel installation at Carstens Packing and the completion of Standard Copper’s wharf at Landlock bay.
Charles F. Murphy, Tammany chieftain, charges officials of Hearst's independence league with attempting blackmail against Democratic congressional candidates by demanding money for withdrawing league rivals. District Attorney Jerome subpoenas Murphy to testify before the grand jury to seek evidence of the alleged blackmailing. Max Simsen of the independence league denies the charges and calls for an investigation. Subpoenas expected for several Democratic candidates and party leaders.
Cable report from Victoria B C dated October 16 gives authentic loss figures from a typhoon off Hongkong. Empress of Japan reports 10000 drownings, 47 steamers wrecked, 1000 junks swamped and 80 percent of local small craft demolished.
Frank Korth’s two young sons were playing yesterday afternoon when one was suspended by a leather cord around his neck. Mrs. Korth heard distress, rushed in, and freed the boy before serious harm. The incident left a red neck mark. unrelated health note follows about workers in mills and bakeries.
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