Recount Shows Moore Lost Mayoral Victory by 28 Votes
Recount results indicate an attempt to overturn Moore’s mayoral win as the recount shows Moore trailing by 28 votes in the First Ward, with Republican council candidates favored and Dow gaining 35 votes in the early recounters. The Sixth Precinct of the First Ward accounts for several ballot irregularities as officials review the tally.
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Republican Council
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Republican
Et Municipal Ownership Party
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Czar Makes Daring Trip to Camp Ground
Brownsville officials telegraph Adjutant General Hulen that Black troops from Nebraska broke out and fatally hurt a man and injured others. They request rangers be sent for assistance to restore public safety in town.
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Austin
Tex
Brownsville
Hulen
Nebraska
Recount Reveals Ballot Irregularities in Sixth Ward
A Star Man recount of votes in the Sixth precinct of ward six shows deliberate irregularities by election judges affecting mayor and councilman totals. The process, led by Court Commissioner Edgar C. Raine, found discrepancies that could alter the mayoral outcome and reduce Mullen’s majority across eight precincts.
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John Riplinger
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Mullen
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Illness Rumors Surround Esther Mitchell at Jail
Reports from July 1906 describe Esther Mitchell as ill in the county jail amid murder charges regarding her brother George Mitchell. Officials and doctors offer mixed notes on typhoid fever and recovery prospects, with letters denying the illness and her own statements insisting she is well.
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Dates Set for Tax Hearings by County Board of Equalization
Five thousand property holders are called to appear before the county board of equalization to show cause why their assessments should not be increased. Hearings proceed in a specified order from August 16 to August 22 covering sections, townships, ranges and numerous additions and neighborhoods across Seattle.
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Bank Clearings Report for August 14 1906
Bank clearings show a total of $1 974 261 82 for August 14 1906 with $1 044 208 62 in New York and a year over year increase of $329 043 30. The figures indicate stronger activity versus the same date last year across the market.
Mazamas Return From Mt Baker Expedition
The Mazama club returned to the city yesterday after a trip clupbing Mt. Baker. They left the foot of the mountain Sunday at 5 a.m. and went to Bellingham where some members visited friends. The Portland party departed for Portland on the late train last night.
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Belingham
Whatcom
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Georgetown Council Crisis Over Expulsion of George Brown
Mayor Mueller declared councilman George Brown vacant for three absences, but Brown refused to concede and argued the mayor cannot override the people’s will. The council moved to expulsion while Brown, a mechanical engineer at Taylor mine, disputed the action amid local tensions.
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Miyor Mueller
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Stubbs Not Going 10 Quit As Harriman Drops Him
Stubbs faces removal from a lineup as Harriman kicks him out. Sproule may implement changes following the decision impacting team lineup and strategy.
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Harriman
King Edward Heads to Cronburg Meet with Kaiser
London reports King Edward begins the day for Cronburg Prussia to meet the Kaiser on the morrow. He travels unaccompanied by cabinet members as six more regiments move to Krasnoye Selo to guard the emperor and his family. Public access to the railway near the camp is restricted. the grand review is set for August 19 before the imperial family proceeds to Tearskoe Selo.
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New Rail Line Now Planned From New York to Chicago
Joseph Rameau Jr confirms a new railway line linking New York Pittsburgh and Chicago. The project is fully subscribed with 108 miles shorter route, double track, independent of existing lines. Construction cost estimated at 250 million dollars.
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Joseph Rameau, Jr
New York
Chicago
Czar Nicholas Visibly Reassures Troops After Assassination Attempt
In St Petersburg the czar and his family visited Krasnoye Selo to review camp troops. The trip followed an assassination attempt on Grand Duke Nicholas, and the czar plans to appear with his infant son to reaffirm troop loyalty. London reports Europe watchesEdward and William meet amid Russian crisis speculation.
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Canal bond issue nears settlement for Lake Washington canal
King County moves toward a voter decision on issuing 500000 in bonds to fund the Lake Washington canal project. A Chamber of Commerce committee resolution calls for an election, with 600 bonds of 1060 each to be held in escrow at the National Bank of Commerce and paid to Moore on canal completion and government acceptance. The plan obligates the county to incur over 800000 in costs and limits county liability for damages.
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Stubbs Denies Leaving Harriman System for London
Stubbs vice president of Southern Pacific denies reports he will quit Harriman to take railroad work in London. He says he will stay with the Harriman system, and that William Sproule is not set to succeed him as traffic director. Other sources say someone plans to leave Harriman for another company.
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New York
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Southern Pocific Company
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London
Harriman
William Sproule
Mob Storms Court Room in Los Angeles Trial
A mob of women storms Judge James' court in Los Angeles to confront Mrs Aurelia Schreck during testimony about her husband’s murder by Stackpole. A partition is demolished and the trial halts until the room is cleared. Schreck resumes confessing details of the assassination and Stackpole’s alleged plan to wed her.
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Los Angeles
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Aus
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Labor council seeks $25000 for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition stock
The council planned to raise twenty five thousand dollars to purchase stock in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and began work that night. The committee aims to attend all union meetings to explain how labor unions benefit from investing in the exposition.
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Seattle Faces Bids for Two Big Conventions
Seattle competes with Indianapolis and Syracuse for the next Grand Army encampment. Seattle shows strong odds as Indianapolis and Syracuse also vie for the event location. The convention city selection is underway with Seattle leading in some reports.
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Scrippa News Service
Minneapolis
Hansard Case Tomorrow in Georgetown Impersonation Arrest
Sidney Hansard of Seattle was arrested in Georgetown on impersonating an officer during an auto search incident. He is to be tried tomorrow at 2 PM after a postponement from Friday. authorities say he flashed a deputy sheriff badge to aid a friend.
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Georgetown
Hansard
Switch blocks Union Street forcing detours for weeks
For six weeks a large double switch owned by Beattle Electric has blocked the south side of Union Street between Fourth and Fifth Aves. The street is unusable as Beattle crews use the area as a workshop. The franchise inspector is blamed for oversight. only one inspector handles city street work for all corporations and railroads.
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Fourth
Fifth Ave
Walters
Assessors Struggle With Questionable Valuation On Diner Estate
The Diher estate at the northwest corner of Eighth and Pike shows a 1905 total assessment of 11 000 rising to 23 000 this year for lots 10 and 11, while the two buildings valued at 9 500 are now listed at 7 800. Ground values appear about 26 percent of real value, building values about 82 percent, prompting questions about a fair assessment method.
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Not Coming to Seattle Says Jack London
Jack London the author and socialist orator announces from Glen Elien California that he will not visit Seattle before his sea voyage. He plans to sail from San Francisco with his wife and her uncle Roscoe Ames and will travel Hawaii the South Seas Samoa New Zealand Australia and then circle the world in a seven year cruise. Beattie is named as a first post voyage stop. London and The Star editor Everett Lloyd remain friends.
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Typographical Union Members Enter Cripple Creek Excursion
Colorado Springs August 14 Printers from the Typographical union toured Cripple Creek mines on an excursion with no business session. A prize of twelve hundred dollars in gold bricks is offered for the best written account of the trip by a union member. The Central Law committee published outside of Colorado.
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Colorado Springs
Typographical Union
Cripple Creek
Central Law
Colorado
Powell to Direct Lake Washington Canal Project
Capt. A. O. Powell of St. Paul, now chief engineer of the Lake Washington canal under James A. Moore, arrived in Seattle to begin construction at once. He will finalize details until the bond issue is settled and the election is held.
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Lake Washington Canal
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Great American Fleet to Review on Labor Day
The Navy Department prepares a record fleet of 43 vessels with 1178 guns for a Labor Day assembly on Long Island. The force includes 812 officers and 16 235 enlisted men. President Roosevelt will review the fleet.
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Englishman fined for hissing the flag at theater
James Pierce of Bayonne New Jersey was fined 25 dollars for hissing the American flag during a theater performance. The judge who imposed the penalty sat among the audience and the scene nearly sparked a riot.
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Real estate leader proposes Seattle home industries push
Charles Cowen suggests the Commercial club adopt a button emblem for supporters of home industries. He urges Seattle manufacturers to cover the button cost and asks stores selling Seattle Made goods to display a prominent list of locally produced items.
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Commercial Club
Seattle
Pretty widow charged in matrimonial bureau fraud case
Mrs Ver rault known as the pretty widow faced arraignment on matrimonial bureau frauds and was released to her counsel. The case was continued to September 26. One victim was Count Gregory Zilanoff an importer of Russian groceries.
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Scripps News Service
New York
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Gregory Zilanoff
Break‑in at Seattle power house yields cash theft
Overnight the Jackson Street power house of Seattle Electric Co was entered and $3 in cash and clothing stolen. A phone report claimed six men were held up, but detectives found the claim false and the scene had been broken into.
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Seattle Electric Company
Luther College Band to Perform Tonight in Christensen Hall
The Luther College band from Decorah Iowa will give a concert this evening in Christensen's Hall located in the Arcade building.
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Arcade
Judge defers sentence in California murder case
In Santa Rosa California Judge Burdett postpones sentence for A J Crill who was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of W S an aged farmer. The case ties to Mae Pearce daughter of the victim who caused the crime and to an inmate at the Home of the Shepherd in Portland.
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Tencing
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Portland
Identification efforts for man killed on Northern Pacific tracks
The body of an unidentified man killed on the Northern Pacific tracks will be bure fed today from Bonney-Watson undertaking parlors. Several people offered to identify the deceased, but none could positively recognize him due to severe mutilation.
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Sister Arrives in Seattle for Creffield Trial
May Hart of Portland visits Seattle to attend the trial of her sister Mrs. Creffield, arriving to be present at the proceedings yesterday.
Jewelry Heist at Paris Court Exhibition Stuns London
Jewelry worth 85000 dollars vanished from a Venice merchant’s display case at the Paris Court exhibition in broad daylight. Police probe ongoing as authorities seek suspects and stolen valuables.
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Venice Merchan
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Bank Window Smashed for Second Time in Weeks
Three young men smashed a large plate glass at the American Bank building corner of Seconday and Madison streets last night. Patrolman Phillips responded but the trio escaped on Madison Street car.
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Seconday
Madison St
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Georgetown to Erect 50 by 60 Foot Brick Building
C. L. Nilsen, owner of the building housing the post office and bank, plans a new two story brick structure 50 by 60 feet. The project, costing about $6,000, will replace several adjoining small structures and be ready for occupancy December 1. The Georgetown Grocery will occupy the lower floor.
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