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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1901

Page

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Lost Nelson range ship towed by Walla Walla near Townsend

The steamer Walla Walla from San Pedro with a tow reached Townsend harbor amid reports the Nelson range ship may be the Nelson. The Nelson was seen in bad weather off the Columbia river bar and later towed by the Wallula to port for fuel. A gale split the tow line and the Nelson vanished, with no trace found by early yesterday.

Walla Walla Nelson A, B Dee Neilson Columbia River Astoria Wallula Toosh Tatoosh Townsend Port Tawnsend

Senate Address on Anarchy and Canal Policy

Washington December 5. The Senate convened and debated a canal treaty and a life industry extension. Senators pressed harsher anti anarchist laws and capital punishment for willful killings while supporting prudent conservatism. Hoar urged action against anarchists and reform of civil service, with a Monday vote on a nomination.

Gress Hoar Wm. Dudley Civil Service Commissioner

Wind damages new high school building walls

Terrific Tuesday night winds ripped sections from the new bus building under construction at Broadway corner. Brick sections collapsed, a portion of the tin roof blew away, and walls cracked outward. Crews worked to rebuild the damaged brickwork as contractors Cawsey and Carney of Seattle oversee repairs.

New High School Broadway Cawsey & Carney Seattle

Fire destroys midtown lodging house. several escape with losses

A noon blaze at the Southern Lodging House on Fifth Avenue South badly burns the building and occupants. Firemen battle flames for hours. damage estimated under 900. Inmates escape as smoke fills the rooms and the structure buckles between two frame houses. Unclear cause, theories cite overturned lamp or smoker account.

Fifth Avenue South Dallding Sevi Felten

Court House Notes Antics At Sunset Petition For Guardian

Sunset Coesgemaree files a petition to appoint 7 as guardian to sue Sunset Telephone and Company for 10000 dollars. He claims on November 4 the firm lowered six galvanized wires from its poles and fed them along a sidewalk at the corner of NH Street and Broadway to five feet high, causing burns to his right hand. He seeks damages and accountability.

Sunset Coesgemaree Brs Oainer Sunset Telephone and Company Nh Street Broadway

Dayton guest from Nome aboard Arilia after long voyage

Thomas J. Wood Jr a Dayton Ohio politician arrives in Hesquiat Bay after eight days at sea aboard the two masted schooner Arilia from Nome. The ship aided in rescuing crews from Highland Light and two Vancouver Island natives were rescued. Wood vows to pressure Nome officials and recalls his past acquaintance with President McKinley. Indictments in Ballard and North Yakima. Northwest Mounted Police seize 3000 dollars worth of whisky in Caribou bound for Dawon.

Thomas J. Wood, Jr Dayton Ohio Nome Hotel Northern Mr. Wood Attila Artila Heaquint Bay Torig Victo Highland Light Vancouver Island Hesquiat Wood Comswell Washington, D. C McKinley Alaska Northwest Mounted Police Caribou Skagway Daweon

Turkey Seeks World Backing Over Abduction Rumors

Turkey condemns foreign insinuations over the Stone abduction cage and demands refutations in international papers. The Porte asserts no involvement by Turkish subjects and blames Bulgaria for the incident, signaling potential official action after publishing the address to foreign ministers in residence in Turkey.

Constantinople Turkey Aree Porte Bulgaria

Canal Work Advances In Salmon Bay Dredging

A big dredge is cutting a government canal through Salmon Bay mud. About 100000 cubic yards of dirt have been removed, roughly a third of the planned total. The Puget Sound firm and partners work under an open deadline, using sluicing and pumps to move cut earth to low lying lands around Ross. Acres of swamp land are being reclaimed.

Salmon Bay Government Canal Puget Goané Bridge and Co Lee Union Ena Ross

Beattie’s Police Chief Faces a Blackjack Battle in Seattle

James Weir of the New England hotel secretly hosts games by moving blackjack to a second floor balcony above the bar. carpenters built a stair access and a table with ten stools as the operation continues. Weir insists the venture may succeed or fail.

Seattle James Weir New England Mr. Weir

Aguinaldo Conspiracy Aimed at United States Court Martial

A New York telegram reported by the Tagblatt claims Emilio Aguinaldo faces immediate court martial by the United States. The alleged plot involved the Philippine junta and a scheme to reach Guam, with authorities said to have interrupted the correspondence.

Berlin Dec Tagblatt Today New York Aguinaldo Unit States Guam Beyn Hippine Junta T An

Royal pair resumes common life in Amsterdam

Queen Wilhelmina and Consort Prince Henry resume normal relations in Amsterdam with daily meals and walks together. Court relations remain strained and public goodwill toward the prince has not improved, while the populace appears no kinder to him.

Amsterdam Wilhelmina Henry Netherlands Owever

Queen Anne Club Plans Street Grading Review

The Queen Anne Mill Improvement Club meets Thursday at 8 pm at the club house. Special committee reports include a study of the general street grading scheme on the hill.

Queen Anne Mill Improvement Club

Mining Magnate Van B DeLashmutt Purchases Local Stock

Mr. Van B DeLashmutt former Portland mayor and banker buys substantial stock in the Thirty Company local corporation. He is elected manager and will direct operations at once on the company property. He has long held mining interests in the Northwest for many years.

van B. DeLashmutt Portland Rf. DeLashmutt Aeneemeek Northweet

Suspected Youth Gang Leader Arrested in Cincinnati

Detectives Incald and Reed arrest Charles Lewis 17 on charges of petty thefts across about a dozen cases and leading a six member youth gang aged 14 to 17. They found him under clothes at home as a girl delivered a tale and the youths fled with loot from tailor shops, bicycle thefts, and a Riverside pilfer.

Cincinnati Incald and Reed Charles Lewis Comey Kinesid Lewis Aladot Mamma Charley Hit Somi Reunote Riverside Wing Loca

Association resolution condemns in session speech by Morton

The National Livestock association praised Hon. J Sterling Morton ex secretary of agriculture for his speech The Inconsistency of the Great Bi and unanimously adopted a resolution condemning it at today's meeting The congress will be sent on sentiments of the stock men and oppose a tax on caimanediote or Rotter

Chicago Deco National Livestock Association J. Sterling Morton

Disgruntled Robton Letter Attacks Copper Stock Holders

Thomas Lawson pens a bitter letter to Amalgamated Copper stockholders claiming attempts to force sales are theft more fittingly described as the work of disappointed blackmailers. He warns against efforts to depress stock value and labels such tactics as robbery.

Robton Thos Lawson Allstor

Government rents diverted to insurgents halted at ports

General Chaffee orders closing Laguna de Bay and Batangas ports and to stop rents paid to Filipinos for military billets. Quartermasters must cease rent payments as funds allegedly go to insurgents. The crackdown aims to cut supply channels used by dissidents and disrupt disaffected networks.

Manila Chaffee Laguna de Hay Batang

Labor Union Convention Opens With Large Attendance

The twenty first annual AFL convention in Scranton begins with delegates from across the United States. The session opens with credentials, committees, and reports as it prepares to review labor troubles of the year and discuss the Chinese exclusion act and the Geary law.

Scranton American Federation of Labor United

Thomas W. Clark Sues Jacobs Trenholme for 2000 Damages

The case is before Judge Bell with Thomas W. Clark suing Charles H. Jacobs and James B. Trenholme for 2000 dollars over injuries from a February elevator fall at a business building. Clark, the defendants' former employee, lists skull fractures eye injuries and facial paralysis among the injuries with possible permanence.

Thomas W. Clark Charles H. Jacobs James BD. Trenholme Bell Mr. Clark

Steamer American Arrives With Galmet Cargo at Seattle

The steamer American under Captain George D. Morrison home port Whatcom arrived last night with 85 000 cases of galmet and loads 40 000 here before heading to San Francisco and New York. Morrison complains salmon fishery driving privileges are overused and cites navigational hazards from piles in Bellingham Bay. The vessel carried 64 passengers into Seattle.

George D. Morrison Whatcom San Francisco New York Morrison Bellingham Bay Seattle

Michigan alkali plant destroyed by windstorm

The No. 1 Michigan alkali works plant at Guttteed suffered total loss as high winds thwarted efforts to save the property. The facility was among the state's largest, valued at about five hundred thousand dollars.

Michigan

Body of Alden Montgomery Found After Skagit Queen Sinking

The body of Alden Montgomery of Ballard, lost when the Skagit Queen sank on October 9, was recovered last night by Capt. H. H. McDonald near the mouth of a river. Montgomery's lodge A. O. U. W. in Ballard has been notified and funeral arrangements will follow.

Alden Momtomery Ballard H. H. McDonald Weakan Roe Montgomery

John R Lewis Dies at 56 In Beattie Tent Member

John R Lewis aged 56 died at his home on Ti7 Stewart Street this morning. He was a member of Stevens Post G A R and Beattie Tent No 6 Knights of the Maccabees. The body is in charge of Butterworth & Sons.

John R. Lewis Stewart Street Stevens Post Beattie Tent No Knights of the Maccabees Butterworth & Sons

Rumor of Reconciliation Between Vatican and Quirinal

Rome rumors say Vatican and Quirinal may reconcile ending 30 years of church state tension. Prince Montenegro seeks audience with the pope to gauge willingness to negotiate and resolve property rights disputed for two decades amid ongoing cardinal consistory plans for December 16.

Vatican Quirinal Prince Montenegro Rome Italy

Jessie Browns Larceny Trial Draws Tears and Repeats

Jessie Brown faces larceny from the person charges before Judge Griffin after a mistrial with Judge Emory. The Paris resident, said to be young in appearance but claiming twenty years, is accused of lifting $20 from Charles Lund during an October visit in her boudoir. She wept throughout both trials, drawing comparisons to Niobe in a melodramatic defense.

Emory Jessie Paris Charles Lund Niobe

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