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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
1
A three story business building on Liberty Avenue near Cecil Alley collapsed after a water tank on the roof fell. Fifteen people were reported in the ruins with cries heard. Four young women and three men were pulled from the debris, with a last survivor saying five others remained inside.
The case against Herbert D. Stanley a minister who is accused of obtaining money under false pretense will be heard today. It is claimed Stanley solicited and received subscriptions for periodicals without authorization, among them the Seattle Times.
New York June 9 Wheeler Harvey a messenger of the First National Bank of Wall Street has disappeared taking with him sticks of cash and drafts totaling about 200000 It is known he carried a draft for 60000 on the Canadian American Trust Company among his papers
Bank officials disclosed Harvey 19 left with valuable papers and small cash amount. He had worked less than a year and was bonded by the United States Guarantee and Trust Company. He is the son of Louis F. Harvey, a Chase National Bank teller, who lived with his parents.
Washington reports President Roosevelt forwarded a department of agriculture committee tale of Chicago meat packers racing to clean, repave, and add facilities. The witness notes new toilets and dressing rooms as reform rapidity, while urging immediate, radical expansion of federal meat inspection powers for interstate and foreign commerce.
June 9 report says packers may spend up to a million dollars to blunt indignation from recent exposures. Advertising contracts are being made with newspapers and over fifty thousand dollars already spent on page ads urging public support. Ads appeared in eastern papers as local publications attack the effort.
W. H. Thompson sold two sections near Harrington to Edward Hill for 42 dollars an acre, including several hundred acres of growing crop. The $53,760 sale is the largest Lincol county real estate deal in years, with Hill, a local native, set to farm the property. Thompson, who moved from Oregon in 1897, built his fortune through steady farming and land development.
Washington DC June 9 cattle growers press for government inspection to restore demand and stabilize prices. Samuel H. Cowan of Fort Worth Texas and leaders of the American National Livestock Association and the Texas Cattle Raisers Association back the Beveridge amendment and seek drastic legislation. They acknowledge packers may pay fees but want inspection funded to restore confidence in American meats.
In Walla Walla on June 8 A A Armstrong near sixty faced the noose protesting his innocence as the drop released him at 5 26 pm. He had killed neighbor Robert Patton in a long ago dispute over ranch boundaries near Wyncowhe Valley.
Chicago records a 90 degree high as a heat wave hits the city. The extreme temperatures caused multiple prostrations and three deaths yesterday, underscoring health risks during heat spells.
Three light earthquakes were reported in Manila on June 5 and 6 with the last shock at 8 38 p m on the 6th. Observers believe the Samar island quake was severe though no details have been received.
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