Thompson Case Drags On As Jury Seeks Conviction
Reports from Wash show the Thompson murder case dragging through pretrial delays as the prosecution aims for first degree murder conviction. Key figures include Chester Thompson, Thomas Vance, and Deputy Walter Harvey with 19 prosecution witnesses lined up and police testimony to follow. A defense team has six witnesses ready.
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Coats
Chester Theampeon
Thomas Vance
Walter Harvey
Pierce County
Mackintosh Eaid
The
Star
Vance
W. H M. Morrie
Snell
Meckintieh
Hime
Aan
Plunderbund Fights Senate Power Shifts in State Politics
A period piece outlines factions around the Plunderbund and its allies as they push against rail and insurance reform, local option liquor bills, and taxation changes. It notes the Times’ shifting stance and the rise of an independent movement threatening the old hold up combine in the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Oid Plunderbund
State Senate
Plunder
Fts
Plunderbund
Lentes
Senate
Holtup
Combine
Independent
Tts
Ths
President nominates five ambassadors and minister to Peru
The president named Henry White of Rhode Island to France, Lloyd Griscom of Pennsylvania to Italy, John Riddle of Minnesota to Kus wid, Irving B. Dudley of Colorado to Brugel, and Lealie Combe of Kentucky to succeed Dudley as minister to Peru.
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Gerippe Telegraph Service
Washington
Henry White
Rhode Island
France
Lloyd Griscom
Pennsylvania
Italy
John Riddle
Minnesota
Kus Wid
Irving B. Dudley
Colorado
Brugel
Lealie Combe
Kentucky
Dudley
Peru
Chief Police Targets Tobacco Expectorating On City Buses
The Chief of Police announced a crackdown on passengers who exhale tobacco juice inside street cars. He warned arrests for offenders and pledged to deploy officers if necessary. Complaints from women about dirty cars on lines in Green Lake Fremont and Ballard prompted the effort.
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Wappenstein
Green Lake
Fremont
Ballard
GRAFT VICTIM TO TESTIFY IN TIDE OF CASES
In San Francisco Judge Dunne continued the conspiracy cases against Abe Reuf and Police Chief Dinan to next Tuesday. Special Prosecutor Henney moved to quash against Kmite and Kent. The grand jury will later hear Belvedere music hall, the municipal crib, and theatrical graft cases with several witnesses subpoenaed.
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Deaser
Young Thompson
Emory
Wappenstein
Thompers
George Brown
Charles Phillips
James Byrne
L. Stuart
Charles Tennast
Gi Prilbrick
Lee Hharbee
Service Telegraph Service
Ban Francisco
Abe Reuf
Dinan
Dunne
Henney
Hiram Johnson
Thomas Garrett Diom Discharged Over Belgium Lobby Ties
Washington December 12. Thomas Garrett longtime secretary to Senator Morgan Alabama has been discharged for alleged lobbying on behalf of King Leopold of Belgium. The Senate today passed a resolution demanding War Department information regarding the killing of ten prisoners at Bilibid prison due to bubonic plague serum administration error.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas Garrett
Morgan
Alabama
Leopold
Belgium
Senate
Bilibid
West Beattie Raises Wages and Plans Sidewalk Build
West Beattie council boosted street car wages by five cents an hour and city laborers by twenty cents, while outlining a $40,000 cement sidewalk project covering eight by seven blocks as part of a beautification drive.
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West Beattie
Local land sales record show multiple parcels traded
Feeny and Pettingill sold a lot on Maynary ay to a local investor for 520000 and a second lot on the west side of the street south of Weller for 25000. Rosenbaum Bros. report sales to H Perry on Washington near Tenth for 9000 and to B H Thomas for 8500, plus two Swinehart's Beacon Hill lots for 1800.
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Feeny & Pettingill
Maynary
Weller
Rosenbaum
Swinehart
Beacon Hill
Health officers vaccinate 800 in Minn as smallpox threat grows
Health officers vaccinated 800 people in lodging houses hotels and schools amid a threatened smallpox epidemic in Mirerpor e Minn. The state bans compulsory vaccination but police regulations force it. One man resisted and was arrested.
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Mirerpore
Minn Dee
Freemont Ballard Car Expectorating Fine
A. Hickson of Ballard received a $2 fine and a severe reprimand from Judge Gordon after being arrested on a charge of expectorating on the floor of a Fre m ont Ballard car this morning.
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Gordon
A. Hickson
Ballard
Fremont-Ballard
Rayner challenges president over San Francisco crisis actions
Senator Rayner of Maryland rebuked the president on the Senate floor regarding the San Francisco situation and a veiled threat of military force tied to Japan. He argued no treaty clause grants such powers and blasted perceived presidential omnipotence across branches.
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Scripps Telearach Service
Washington
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
San Francisco
Japan
Coal Shortage: Wagons Wait for Coal Daily
The Star has long reported coal shortages with wagons lining up daily at coal bunkers. A Seattle paper now confirms a coal famine existed and notes some wagons secured only one load per day. The Star urges readers to follow its coverage for timely news.
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Star
The
Seattle
Coal Shortage Spurs Public Pressure and Rising Prices
Public anger over coal shortages compels Beattie railroads and coal firms to boost shipments though supply remains strained. Consumers face steep price hikes—up to 75 cents per ton—while mining companies and railroads bear responsibility for inadequate preplanning that worsened the crisis.
Trains Delayed by Snow and Wires Down Across Routes
Heavy snow and wind knocked telegraph wires and caused landslides delaying the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Trains arrived hours late with the Spokane Express and others missing scheduled times. the Oriental Limited departed on schedule and wires remained down in some sections.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Vancouver
T. Paul
Spokane Express
Great Northern Mo
State Supreme Court Grants New Trial in Detainer Case
The Washington State supreme court affirmed the King county superior court’s grant of a new trial in the forcible entry and detainer case brought by Mary A. Cummings and husband against Nicholas Ginich.
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Olympia
State Supreme Court
King County Superior Court
Mary A. Cummings
Nicholas Ginich
Man Drowns In Lake Michigan At Foot Of Glengyle Place
The body of M. L. Lee, 61, head of an advertising agency, was found in Lake Michigan at Glengyle Place. Hie ron Mo W. Lee believes his father took his own life due to ill health.
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Chicago
M. L. Lee
Lake Michigan
Glengyle Place
Hieron
Mo W. Lee
Bank Clearance Figures For December 12 1906
Bank clearance totals for December 12 1906 show 1 169 620 08 with an increase over the same date last year reaching 728 442 85 in aggregated funds. The data records SU S8R 062 87 1 169 620 08 and notes higher volume year over year.
Senator Gearin Proposes Treaty Excluding Japanese Coolies
Senator Gearin of Oregon introduces a senate resolution calling for a treaty to clearly enumerate Japanese rights and to exclude all members of the coolie class. The measure was laid on the table.
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Geripps Telegraph Service
Washington
Gearin
Oregon
Senate
Ferry Capsize on Nervian River Kills 16 in Spain
A ferry boat capsized on the Nervian river near Balbao causing the deaths of 16 passengers. Rescue efforts and investigations are underway as officials confirm the figures and seek survivors.
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Balbao
Spain
Band Concert At Fort Lawton
Fort Lawton prepares a concert by the Third Regiment Band tomorrow at 3 p.m. featuring marches and overtures. The event accompanies the shipment of over 1,000 U.S. Army horses bound for service in the Philippine islands aboard the Dix transport.
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Fort Lawton
United States Army
Dix
Philippine Islands
Far East
Ertl
Souse
Coal shortage meeting to discuss prices
The Commercial club committee on city affairs will meet tomorrow at ? o'clock to discuss the coal shortage. Representatives of coal companies will attend and coal dealers or teamsters who have paid more than 6.50 per ton should present evidence.
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Commercial Club Committee
At & O'Clock
Lamoureaux Woman Accused in Divorce Case
Alfred Lamoureaux files for separation in superior court alleging Louisa Lamoureaux repeatedly attempted to kill him and kept him in fear of serious harm. The couple married at Devil's Lake South Dakota in 1901.
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Alfred Lamoureaux
Louisa Lamoureaux
Devil's Lake
Princess Beatrice to Run Seattle Victoria Route
The Canadian Pacific Steamship company will place the steamer Princess Beatrice on the Seattle Victoria run beginning next Saturday. The vessel sails from Seattle at 11:30 a.m. Licensed to carry 800 passengers, she has operated between Victoria and Skagway during the past season.
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Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Seattle
Victoria
Skagway
New Santa Barbara Gusher Producing 10000 Barrels Daily
A new oil gusher in Santa Barbara California has struck 10000 barrels per day. It is owned by an English and San Francisco syndicate. The well is not yet controlled and oil is going to waste.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
San Francisco
Chamber meeting hears postponed committee reports on street regrades
At the Chamber of Commerce gathering this afternoon several committee reports are heard that were delayed at the last meeting due to the Wenatchee Commercial Club presence. The legislative committee reports cover proposed levy of assessments for street regrades and forcing additions of 16 acres to reserve one tenth for public uses.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wenatchee Commercial Club
Great Northern Officials Advance Two Iowa Traffic Roles
Archibald Gray of Great Northern Sioux City moves to Beattie as assistant traffic manager Western division. Walter Hill son of James J Hill is named right of way agent for the new Sioux City to Omaha line under construction.
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Archibald Gray
Great Northern
Sioux City
Beattie
Walter Hill
James J. HI
Omaha
Annexation Reflected in Ravenna Election Victory
The Ravenna election held yesterday approved annexation with a 40 to 1 vote. Voters approved the permit ting the annexation and set the path for municipal expansion.
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Ravenna
Silver medal oratorical contest at Woodland church
A silver medal oratorical contest will be held Friday evening at the Baptist church on North 72nd Street under the auspices of the Woodland Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.
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Baptisl
North 72Nd St
Woodland W. Cc. T. U
First Presbyterian Bazaar Opens With Varied Goods
The two day bazaar began yesterday afternoon in the church basement. Nine booths offered a variety of fancy and useful articles and a dinner was served at 6 30. It continues today from 2 to 6 o'clock and closes tonight with an athletic exhibition by Mise Rudberg and her troupe of university gymnasts.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mise Rudberg
University
Navy Yard Chief Hints Oregon Likely Modernized
Rear Admiral W. T. Burwell at Bremerton says word from Washington seconds the plan to transform the battleship Oregon into a modern fighting vessel. If approved, the project would require about $1,000,000 in expenditure.
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W. T. Burwell
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Washington Secon
Oregon
Featile Retail Grocers Elect Officers for Ensuing Year
The Featile Retail Grocers association last night elected officers for the ensuing year. President A. Kistler. first vice president J. M. Dodds. second vice president W. W. Phalen. secretary J. Higgins. Trustees named M. Augustine, D. F. Power, G. B. Helge won, A. F. Bickford, James Brani gan, A. Kistler, P. F. Heldrich, William Williams, and J. J. Higgins.
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Featile Retail Grocers’ Association
A. Kistler
J. M. Dodds
W. W. Phalen
J. 3. Higgins
M. RB. Augustine
D. F. Power
G. BB. Helgewon
A. F. Bickford
James Branigan
PF. L. Heldrich
Wil.iam Williams
J. J. Higgins
Butter on voyage nearly poisoned Capt J H Linderholm’s crew
Captain J H Linderholm of the schooner Polaris, bound from Everett to San Francisco, faced a near fatal reaction after rancid butter served in the galley. The crew refused the butter and later blamed cook Haggerty for attempted poisoning. Haggerty reported to Seattle authorities as actions for wages and further legal steps were planned.
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J. H. Linderholm
Everett
San Francisco
San Diego
Linderholm
Broward C. Haggerty
Cook Haggerty
Haggerty
Seattle
Callahan
Linderhholm
Yosemite 10 Altered as Major Seattle Steamer Repair
Puget Excursion company awards a large contract to John B. Mitchell for complete overhaul of the Yosemite. The work, to begin after year start and end by mid May, includes extending the deck and social ball house, adding a large dancing pavilion, and will make the Yosemite a premier Puget Sound excursion boat next season. Mitchell, formerly with Alaska Steam Ship, planned five figure contract price.
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Seattle
Puget Excursion Company
John B. Mitchell
Yosemite
Puget Sound
Sound
Alaska Steamship Company
Walla Walla Train Crash Kills Brakeman and Injures Conductor
A rear-end collision three miles east of Umatilla last night fatally injured brakeman name unknown and Conductor Joe Boucher of Starbuck. Several crew members were injured as Train No. 131 struck No. 31, engines caught fire, and rescue moved victims to Pendleton. Blame lies with the head train crew for missing the rear signal Nehta.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Walla Walla
Joe Boucher
Starbuck
Umatilla
Pendleton
Nehta
Train wreck near Edgecomb halts NP line
Train No. 3 on the Northern Pacific from Seattle to Bellingham collided with a log train near Edgecomb, three miles from Arlington, at 7 PM. Engineer Gilkey is severely injured and may die. Fireman Armstrong sprained. passengers suffered only from being thrown. Victims include Mrs. Edith Farmer, Mrs. Lincoln, and J. B. John. Express Messenger Cleveland unharmed. Cause not stated. log train reportedly slipped from the switch onto the main track.
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Northern Pacific
Seattle
Bellingham
Edgecomb
Arlington
Gilkey
Arlington Hospital
Armatrong
Mra
Edith Farmer
Cisco
Lincoln
Ellensburg
J. B. John
Sedro- Woolley
Cleveland
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Linemen Die After Falls and Wire Contact in Aberdeen
Oscar Hansen and J. M. Dean, both linemen, fell from poles and were killed after hitting their heads and contacting a live wire in Aberdeen on December 12. Their bodies were taken to the morgue and officials sought relatives. neither man was married.
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Star Special Service
Aberdeen
Oscar Hansen
J. M. Dean
Deadly Railroad Toll in State Over Two Years
Olympia dispatch reports that in two years 99 people died and 11 were injured in railroad accidents across the state, per a tally by the state railroad commission.
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Star Speom Service
Olympia
Ugseton
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Mackintosh
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Morris
Ihe
Estate Railroad Commission
Public Service Corpors
Ite
Jim Thunder
Diplomatic Corps
Thos
Garrett Diom
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Maria
Theodore
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Beatrice
Gray
Presbyterian Bazaar
Ital Eath
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