Great Northern Tunnel Tax Looms Over King County
The Great Northern tunnel, worth about a million dollars and nearly complete, has not been assessed for taxes. Assessor Peters cites completion timing, while King County officials and Great Northern counsel argue the underground tunnel, mostly under private property, should not be taxable. the dispute could cost the county about 350000 in revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King County
Board of Equalization
Peters
Great Northern
Ll. C. Gilman
General Western
Jail Scene Shows Love and Recovery Across Prison Walls
Jack Chesterfield lies in a King County jail cell as his partner Mrs. China Happy stays within a yard of the barred building, hoping for his recovery. A court clash unfolds as financier James A. Moore and attorney Mead Emory argue over a noisy steam shovel disturbing hotel guests tied to a public improvement project.
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Pher
King County
Iran
Jack
Ter
Mead Emory
Energtic
Gilliam
J. A. Moore
Erickson
Moore
Washington
Mead
Mr. Moore
Second Avenue
Tesue
Emory
Tenderloin Arcade Saga Sparks City Debate
Mayor Ballinger defends reopening Arcade after a 14 and 16 year old girls were found with two men. Marcello, Arcade proprietor, claims innocence and buys time with the mayor. Police probe and matron detail a sex trade link through a Nettie girl and lodging house. Citizens demand formal charges and a strict inquiry to stop such vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yester Way
Joe Marcello
Arcade
Railroad Insolvent Port Angeles Firm Fails to Pay Interest
The Port Angeles Pacific Railroad company cannot pay bond interest and faces insolvency. Knickerbocker Trust of New York filed a complaint in the U.S. circuit court seeking insolvency status and priority for its claims over those against W. D. Hoftus and M. F. Backus of Seattle and several Port Angeles firms. The line aimed to connect with the Northern Pacific at Aberdeen but only about five miles were completed.
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Knickerbocker Trust Company of
New York
Trust Company
United States Circuit Court
W. D. Hoftus
M. F. Backus
Seattle
Port Angeles
Port Angeles Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
Aberdeen
Conference notes and battles in Far East talks cited
From Portsmouth and Tokyo dispatches dated August 15 the day’s reports include the conference discussing articles four and five with no unanimous decision on five, Russian askings on the Chinese railway matter, and a note of rain and continued discussions. Tokyo reports Baron Yoshiro’s death and Japanese advances against Russian outposts at Kikin road. Birmingham dispatches claim China hires British and French officers to reorganize arsenals.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sibert
Washington
Kikin Road
Birmingham
Eng
Ita
China
Bank Clearings and Fever Report from New Orleans
Bank clearings show August 15, 1905 totaling $942,199.59 versus $900,831.10 a year prior, an increase of $41,368.43. In New Orleans at noon 13 new yellow fever cases and five deaths were reported. Dr. John Guiteras, a yellow fever expert, arrived and forecasts the outbreak stamped out in about 40 days.
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New Orleans
John Guiteras
Thieves Run Rampant in City as Police Attend Hearing
Burglars struck from Green Lake to South Park as officers attended the Balocchi hearing. Proprieter J J Mulholland loses 200 dollars in cash at Ferguson store. Jewelry store window broken but loot not taken. Several residents report watches gems and topaz stolen. A missing dog named Buster spurs a city-wide search.
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Police Department
Balocchi
Green Lake
South Park
J. J. Mulholland
Ferguson
Notee
Cc. A. Sorell
Pine City
Fifth South
Jackson
Frank Vance
Sixth Northwest
EB. C. Jensen
Washington
Eighteenth
Olive
Nela Oleander
Hillman City
Eighteenth and
Roy
Buster
Tacoma
Diller Hotel
Mr. Stevena
Eviction campaign to discuss next September meeting
North Seattle Improvement Club plans to present its eviction strategy to the conference committee at the first Monday in September. If approved, the plan will be shared with other improvement clubs citywide as part of a broader crusade. A second item notes a trunk mystery found on First Avenue near the Union block. police suspect an express delivery error and await ownership.
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Improvement Clube
George N. Gileon
North Seattle
Leighton
Looker
Union Block
First Avenue
Daulton Flashes New Whiskers On Council
Daulton, seventh ward representative, returns to the council chamber after months away in Alaska. His newly grown whiskers draw surprise and chatter as he responds to roll call, fueling speculation about motives including tax relief victory and a disguise for reentry to city affairs.
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Daulton
Council
T. M. Daulton
Seventh Ward
Alaska
Moore-Gilman
General Burnside
Taggart Scandal Shown In Court Dinner Scene Reenacted
In Wooster Ohio on August 15 a court reenacts the Minor dinner at Leavenworth where Minor allegedly touched Mrs Taggart. Mrs Taggart sits at the trial table as Smyser stands in Minor’s chair position to show contact could not go unnoticed by Captain Taggart. The cross examination moves to the cotillion Mrs Taggart held, with Taggart objecting to inviting Minor due to his post commander status. He claims he merely brewed punch out of duty and expresses submission toward his wife’s party.
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Seattle Electric Company
Beattle Electric Company
Erickson
Emory
Taggart
Minor
Noted Criminal Alive in Seattle
Swan P. Lindahl a Minneapolis police officer indicted for robbery and arson and once believed to have died by suicide has appeared in Seattle A letter written and mailed in Seattle was received by a Minneapolis court employee Lindahl said he was in prosperous circumstances and happy He had previously written his wife that he was about to kill himself A decomposed body found in the Mississippi had been identified as Lindahl leading to the belief of his death before the Seattle letter surfaced
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Marcello
Seattle
Kelley
Yester Way
Swan P. Lindahl
Minneapolis
Lindahl
Sindahl
Mississippi
Auto Smashes in Rutland Train Collision Near Benning
A North Branch train struck an automobile near Benning in Rutland Vermont, shattering the car into pieces yesterday afternoon. No further details of injuries or passengers are provided in the brief report.
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Rutland
North Branch
Benning
Tragic Collision Kills Deputy Harris Lindsley and Miss Willing
A car crash in New York and Chicago claimed Deputy Police Commissioner Harris Lindsley and Miss Eliza Willing, who were in the rear seat. The chauffeur and Miss Willing’s nephew Ambrose Cramer suffered serious injuries as the locomotive and tracks were violently displaced.
Labor Temple Fire Damages One Room. Seattle Rookery Progress
A fire at the Labor Temple at Sixth and University damaged about 1200 dollars, likely from spontaneous combustion in a painters room with oily materials. The Seattle Labor Council plans to move in Tuesday, and the building remains under Contractor J. L. Cannon with formal dedication set for Labor Day September 4.
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Seattle Labor Council
J. L. Cannon
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Worth
Waking UP
Onsieur
Mrs. Chesterfield Christopher
Dynamiter
Jack Chesterfield, Allan Christo
Wayside
Liberty
Lows
James A. Moore
Proprie
Tor Marcello
Ballinger
Ima
Delaney
Idaho
Tenderioin
Bat
Lise
Bally
The
Barkis
Witte
Seligman
Hhe
York
Tokio
Baron Yoshitane
Imperial Court
Baiocchi
Mulholland
Peter Husbe
Western Avenue
Pike
Stewart
Adolph Lindauer
Labor Temple
New Labor Temple
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