Railways agree on new joint rates amid negotiations
After months of investigation the state railway commission reached a joint rate agreement with Great Northern Northern Pacific and Oregon Railroad and Navigation. The pact lowers coal and grain rates and extends joint rates to livestock and merchandise benefiting Puget Sound trade while avoiding court action.
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State Railway Commisatony
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Seattle
Washington
Rosalyn
Puget Sound
Colfax
Roslyn
Yes
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Mother defends her son in duck hunt gun incident
Mrs Banke of 919 27th avenue says reports mis represented her son as involved in an accidental shooting on December 2. She claims the younger boy Johnson, 12 or 14, urged another boy William Banke to join the hunt and that the incident arose from careless conduct rather than malice. Police took the boy into custody for juvenile court review on extreme recklessness in firing at Leonard Johnson.
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Gon
Mra H. Banke
Banke
Ant
Ketchum
Leonard Johnson
Mra. Banke
Gun mishap injures youth near pumping station
Near a pumping station a group of boys including Banke and Leonard John son handled a loaned gun. Leonard received instruction from Banke on loading, the pistol discharged, and the bullet struck Johnson in the shoulder.
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Edge
Young Banke
Banke
Leonard Johnson
Leonard
Young Johnson
Coppers Take Examinations for Police Posts
Fourteen young men attend civil service offices to take examinations for police positions. They have passed the physical and medical tests.
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Civil Service Department
Government seeks bids to furnish 560 horses for military use
The local quartermaster issued tender notices for 560 government horses for cavalry and artillery. Bids will be posted in Seattle, Portland, Omaha, St. Louis, and Chicago. Horses will be shipped to the Philippine islands. J J Jones a Premerton coal dealer filed for bankruptcy in federal court with debts of 2092.42.
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Army
Quartermaster’s Department
Seattle
Portland
Omaha
St. Louis
Chicago
Philippine Islands
J. J. Jones
Premerton
Educating a Growing Child Inherited From A Colored Boy
ALetter to the Editor laments a Colored boy kept for years as a laborer by Miss Ethel White. The writer argues for education and a future provision from earnings, questioning the fairness of using children for work without savings or lasting support as they age.
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Ethel Whitesides
Fired at the Turks Ruler by Albanian Guards
The principal officer of the sultan's Albanian guards arrived in Geneva today amid reports a bullet was fired at the sultan during a dispute among officers. The fugitive says the sultan rushed in to intervene and a shot was deflected by a suit of mail. He did not know what caused the disturbance.
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Geneva
Mariechal to Sail for Vladivostok After Fire
J M Hibbard of Barnes & Hibbard said the steamship Mariechal, nearly destroyed by fire, will sail for Vladivostok Thursday. He noted no proof on the fire’s origin and that 74 cases of oil were destroyed in the cargo.
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Vladivostok
Tourist Narrow Escape in Kilauea Crater Cave
W L Coleman of French Lick Springs Indiana narrowly escaped a fiery blast inside Pele a Cabin crater cave on Kilauea. He moved through a lava hole by a smell ladder and dropped his lantern amid the heat as the interment fire burst forth. A party member photographed his escape as he emerged.
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Coleman
French Lick Springs
Ind
Pele
Kilauea
Ship cargo and vessel cleared for underwriters
A fragment notes the Mariechal cargo will be finished tomorrow and Captain Gibbs reports after inspecting the steamship that it could sail without delay as far as underwriters are concerned.
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Mariechal
Gibbs
Rockefeller and other magnates to face probe in state suit
Special Commissioner Henry Wollman will preside over the proceeding against the Standard Oil Company by Migcourt state authorities. The case promises sensational developments and follows earlier shipbuilding investigations. Also today a Vancouver youth, Arthur Tracy Deperty, 19, is reported missing since Sept. 11, last seen at the Seattle hotel.
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New York
Henry Wollman
Rockefeller
Flagler
Rogers
Anoven
Standard Ol Company
Migcourt
Wollman
Arthur Tracy Deperty
Vancouver
B.C
Seattle
Public observing evenings at state university observatory
The state university observatory will be open to the public on the first and third evenings of each month between 8 and 10 30. Spectators may view the sky through the six inch telescope at close range, a fine instrument for its size.
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State University of
Abolition Push for Receiver of Public Moneys Office
Washington reports advocate abolishing the land office receiver position. Fiscal year totals show 17,056,622 acres disposed, receipts 7,017,511 dollars, and expenditures 1,048,589 dollars. Nearly 1,500 entries rejected as fraudulent.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Congress Names Members to Committees in Washington
Speaker Cannon announced committee assignments listing members from California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. The roll includes chairs and members spanning civil service, appropriations, insular affairs, banking, currency, immigration, education, rivers and harbors, and other public lands and expenditures.
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Washington
Cannon
California
Gillette
Civil Service and Reform
McKiniay
Knowland
Kahn
Military
Haya
Needham
Ways and Means
McLachlan
Smith
Idaho
Montana
Dixon
Nevada
van Buner
Oregon
Hermann
Congress
Williamson
Utah
Jones
Cushman
Humphrey
Merchant Marine
Agricultural Department
Fire apparatus passes expert inspection for third week
For three weeks National Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters engineers have inspected the local fire department equipment and found it satisfactory in all tests. Roy F. Campbell, a boy helper who fell from the Lowman building six weeks ago, filed suit in superior court yesterday against Franklin Fireproofing Company for 200 alleging personal injuries.
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National Board of Fire Insurance
Roy F. Campbell
Lowman
Franklin Fire Proofing Company
Swiped His Gold Ticker At Billy the Mugs Saloon
Walter Font reported at the Northern hotel that a valuable watch was taken while at Billy the Mugs saloon yesterday afternoon. Police noted two overcoats, black and brown, stolen from the basement of Jameson and McFarland at 201 Firet av south between 4 and 5 pm. A burglary occurred at 511 Twenty-third av between 7:30 and o'clock last night, with a gird ring and emerald pin taken. the lock was picked with nippers.
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Walter Font
Jameson & McFarland
Firet
Plans Filed for Residence on Ward Street Site
Plans were filed with Building Inspector Price for a residence proposed by W. J. Young on Ward between North First and Warren at an estimated cost of 5000 dollars. Antone Olson, 40, a Swedish laborer, drank too much alcohol last night and was placed in the cooler. See Page 6 for a good job. See Page 6 for a good job.
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Price
W. J. Young
Ward
N. First
Warren
Antone Olson
Gunboat Aids Derelict Lightship Finally Returns
Newport dispatch reports a gunboat sent to assist a derelict lightship was blown out to sea in a storm and fell missing for a long period before coming safely back ashore this afternoon.
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Newport
R. I
Finest Normal of West in San Diego
In San Diego California the state normal school on University Heights boasts ocean bay and back country views. President Samuel T Black leads a 15 member faculty with 227 students in the normal school and 181 in the training school. Since opening 251 graduates have secured positions in nearby cities and states. The building cost about 160000 dollars with final touches completed and the campus being beautified with trees and shrubs.
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State Normal School
University Heights
Seattle-Boston Copper Stock Promoters Draw Investor Interest
The Seattle Boston Copper Company stock sales are highlighted as a historic display of Seattleites investing in mining property when promises match claims. A. G. Moir, local manager for Pacific Live Stock Insurance Association of Spokane Seattle, urges prompt handling of insured losses and acknowledges a $500 settlement request from J. Suland of Christopher Washington.
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Seattle
Boston Copper Company
A. G. Moir
Star Berd
Pacific Live Stock Insurance Assn
Spookane
Wash
J. Cc. Suland
Christopher
Cherry Street
Pacific Live Stock Insurances Association of
Spokane
Star Boyd
A. G. Mott
Sunset
Ind. L
Witte May Quit Amid Russian Turmoil Rumors
Count Bergina Witte, hailed as savior of Russia, threatens resignation if revolution comes to Rumle to prevent bloodshed. Reports say public opinion shifts as imperial delays and court power spark unrest, with 400,000 Cossacks to crush revolts and Harbin, Manchuria, destroyed by mutiny. News from New York cites Jewish massacres and refugee accounts of terror in Russia. Takahira visits Chicago before returning to Manchuria, while insurance ads urge stockholders to consider coverage in Seattle.
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ST. Petersburg
Bergina Witte
Russia
Man of the Hour
Vzir
Dedulin
Baron de Meyendorff
Imperial Bodyguard
Empire
New York
Ellie Island
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E Pt Sound
David H. Moore
Pacific Northwest
Queen Anne Methodiet Episcopal Church
Emetic
Mutual Insurance Company
Richard McCurdy
THE
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Europe
J. M. Hibbard
Barnes & Hibbard
Honolulu
H. T
W. L
Report OF Land Office
Finest Normal OF
WEST
San Diego
San Diego, Cal
Boston
WM. Witte May
Rusia
Imperial Council
Harbin
Moji
Japan
Manchuria
Ure
Takahira
San Francisco
Yale
Spinning’s Cash Store
Hecon. Avenue
Colman Building
MAN
Lion Clothing House
First Ave. S. and
Main St
Adams
Adams Tea & Coffee Company
Second Ave
Cor
Pine St
Geo. H. Woodhouse
Second Avenue
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