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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
2
Company A Briggs editor note shows Wenatchee Washington postal handling and lists subscription rates for the newspaper. One year by mail in advance five dollars six months two dollars and fifty cents delivered by carrier ten cents per week.
The alterations on the protected cruiser Charles to carry Secretary Root and family to Rio Janeiro and other South American cities this summer are nearly complete. Carpenters at the navy yard have widened accommodations six feet forward of the gun deck for Mrs Root and Miss Root.
Vancouver Times reports Miles Bros films captured the disaster in San Francisco, including Market Street and Van Ness Avenue before and after the quake. Rain and smoke hampered filming, but the reels conveyed vast ruin and included views of demolished buildings and the dynamiting of two large structures.
Chris Koehler a Hastings Nebraska banker pleaded guilty in Helena Montana federal court before Judge Hunt to illegally fencing public domain. He waived indictment reading and plea timing, received a $50 fine and 12 hours in jail, then was remanded to Lewis and Clark county jail. Extenuating circumstances noted in the case led to leniency.
New York health officer Dr. A a Doty announced that the new quarantine regulations for Cuban ports take effect Saturday. Passengers from Havana and other Cuban ports must present certificates proving immunity to yellow fever on arrival or be held for observation for five days after leaving Havana.
Mrs. Carl Bode, wife of a railroad engineer, was shot and killed by Mrs. Harold Hutchinson, wife of a switchman, in Salida. Jealousy was cited as the motive. Nearby notes report Newton Hanton visiting from Wenatchee, work crews starting on J. R. Albin’s barn, and various local residents making trips and purchases.
John Joseph Kean, convicted of kidnapping jeweler Frederick Moth, faced magistrate Isenbrown who urged he be remanded without bail. The grand jury returned a true bill and Kean received an immediate trial, with Judge Sulzberger imposing a twenty year term. The arrest to sentencing occurred in under a day.
Chicago dated June 20 report notes a looming freight handlers strike due next Thursday. Railroads hire strike breakers and watchmen at detective agencies while peace signs appear. Some roads consider wage advances amid cautious optimism at union headquarters.
Frederick L Power 40 longtime Bush Temple stage manager dies at his Dowigia Michigan home after an operation to halt a cancerous tongue growth failed He had twenty seven years in the theater and was known as a director of stock companies The note also mentions a topical medicinal advertisement and claims for various healing products.
A. L. Rogers has petitioned Chelan County to grant a franchise to lay water pipes and related works in Entiat Fruit Land additions and Millside Plat of Entiat. Hearing set for July 2, 1906 at 2 PM in Wenatchee before county commissioners. Notice dated May 15, 1906 by Auditor Jno A. Gellally.
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