Standard Oil official tours Seattle amid Alaska prospects
C W Elliott confidential representative of the Standard Oil system visits Seattle. He hints at Alaska oil interests expanding toward 60 000 barrels per month with tankers planned between Alaska and Seattle and rail links to the east. He declines to discuss Thomas W Lawson despite questions about his exposes.
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Seattie
C. W. Elliott
Standard Oil System
New York
Henry H. Roghead
Thomas W. Lawson
Elliott
Seattleere
Star
Digwest
Seattle
United States
Alaska
Lawson
Growth in Wealth and Currency Across the United States
A naval report summarized by Scripps News notes rising bank deposits and wealth in the United States. It urges national banks with large capital in reserve cities to handle foreign exchange and related services to support trade with Europe and the Orient, including offices abroad. The piece cites global money totals for 1903, showing the United States holding about one-fifth of world currency.
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Washington, D. C
Ridgley
Conese
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United States
America
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Panama Canal Zone
Bureau of the Mint
Controversy over St Paul church plans ends with stalled cathedral project
Archdiocese favored a $2,000,000 cathedral shifting funds from St Joseph church pledges. Father Harrison faced opposition from parishioners and civic leaders, was briefly sidelined, then reinstated. Protest letters to Pope Leo and public meetings followed. Honors stand even. no new church will be built.
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Doned
St. Joseph's Church
St. Paul Ctholics
St. Joseph
Ireland
Father Harrison
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Iers
St Paul
Daniel W. Lawler
Pope Leo
Rome
Hotel Rainier Grand
John T. Harrison
Nipper Burglar Hits City in Three Recent Break-ins
Police report six northern area break ins by the so called nipper burglar who leaves no trace. Victim James Jewett of 1815 East Dennyway found his rear window jimmied and his home ransacked after 1 am. Thief took 35 dollars and a pennies bank, leaving a mess with a trunk contents scattered. Jewett’s trousers were found on the back porch.
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James Jewett
East Dennyway
Tomorrow Dog Day for Igorrotes in Seattle
The Igorrotes celebrate new quarters at 1106 Third Avenue and plan a dog gift exchange tomorrow. Seattle theater manager J. P. Howe provides five Spite pups and three Dachshunds from The Bungalo at Alki Point to the Igorrotes as part of a lighthearted relief effort amid chatter of dog meat scarcity. Chief Antonio expresses enthusiastic thanks for the gifts and the forthcoming feast.
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Third Avenue
J. P. Howe
Seattle
Pilipinos
Alki Point
Imorrotes
Antonio
Major Newell May Be Removed And Replaced
Rumors say the Mercer Island industrial school run by the Boys and Girls' Aid society may transfer from Major Cicero Newell to a new manager when the school board assumes full charge in February. The board purchased the island ground for the facility, and critics cite past mismanagement and boy escapes, but Judge Roger S. Greene defends Newell as humane and capable.
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Cicero Newell
Mercer Island
Boys and Girls’ Aid Society
Board of Education
Jacob A. Riles
New York
Roger 8. Greene
Major Newell
Wall Street Panic as Lawson Forecast Crashes Market
New York traders fled as Amalgamated fell about 10 points and major names such as United States Steel Sugar Missouri Pacific Erie and Canadian Pacific slumped. Lawson urged rapid selling while predicting trouble ahead as the market opened with a massive first-hour turnover near one million shares.
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Stock Exchange
Thomas W. Lawson
Amalgamated
United States Steel
Common
Preferred
Sugar
Missouri Pacific
Erie
Canadian Pacific
Lawson
Roosevelt
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Atchison
Sudden Rally Follows After 11 O’clock Attempt
After 11 o'clock an organized effort to stem the tide emerged, followed by a brisk rally. The sequence suggests a coordinated shift in momentum as observers noted the tactical move.
Bales Divorce Trial Ends In Favor Of Lena Hales
Virgil M. Bales accused Lena Hales of leaving him for A. McNally. The case, heard before Superior Judge Bell, granted Lena a divorce on cruelty grounds. Bales did not appear. Custody of the children awarded to Lena, with jurisdiction to determine future visits.
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Virgil M. Bales
Lena Hales
A. McNally
Bell
Bales
T Sust
Mr. Sales
Iri R Hicks 1905 Almanac Now Ready for Purchase
The Rev Iri R Hicks 1905 Almanac is issued as a 200 page guide covering astronomy and weather for 1905. The ad promotes Word and Works and the Almanac with prices at 75 cents for the almanac and 1 dollar for both Word and Works and the Almanac, plus a 20 percent discount on Ladies Cravenettes at The Rubber Store 714 First Avenue.
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Word and Works
Almanac
Word and Works Pub
Locust St
St.Louis
Rubber
First Avenue
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