Highwayman Robs Seattle Socialite Near Ninth and Madison
Mrs August H Melhorn wife of a wealthy pioneer was robbed by a lone highwayman at seven oclock near Ninth Avenue and Madison Street She handed over a pocketbook with a dollar and a half in small change The robber spoke no threat or weapon and fled The incident occurred under street light near a Madison Street cable car stop The Melhorns notified police and described the attacker The victim is a prominent Seattle figure.
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August H. Melhorn
Ninth Avenue
Madison Street
Melhorn
Methorn
Seattle
Callahan Set to Lead Cooks and Waiters Union Action
Big Chief Callahan, a renowned leader of the International Cooks and Waiters Union, is reportedly en route from Cincinnati to Seattle to take charge of the local union and resume the boycott against Rainier beer. The 900 mem bers in Seattle anticipate his arrival to unify efforts after a slow hotel strike showing. A separate robbery claim notes carpenter Joe Desilita reporting tool theft from his shop in the Carpenters Hall building.
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Callahan
Hocal Cooks and Waiters’ Union
Cooks and Watters Union
Cain
Robert Hesketh
International Union
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Robert A. Callahan
International Cooks and ‘Waiters’ Union
Cooks and Waiters
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Seattle
Rainier
Sheldon
Joe Desilita
Thirty-eighth Avenue North
Robere
Carpenters Hall
Fourth Avhque
Pike
Pine Streets
Impure Well Water Sparks Political Fight in Columbia
Impure well water to the underlying cause of a political fight that has divided the municipality of Columbia into two bitter factions. Thirty households demand extension of Cedar River water mains and threaten to move to Seattle if refused. They claim to have no councilman and plan legal steps to force action.
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Columbia
Seattle
Colombia
New East River Bridge Declared The Greatest Ever Built
New York reports the East River bridge completed after seven years of work. It spans Delancey Street to South Sixth Street, cost about 10.215 million dollars, and features four surface rail tracks two elevated tracks two roadways two footpaths and two bicycle lanes. Chief engineer Leffert L Buck leads the project noted as the grandest bridge to date with towers cables and approaches built by major firms such as New Jersey Steel and Iron Company Roebling and Sons and Pennsylvania Steel Company.
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New York
East River
Brook
Delancey Street
Brooklyn
South Sixth Street
Fact River Bridge Commission
Hicle
Ieee
New Jersey Steel and Iron Company
John A. Roebling & Son
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Leffert L. Buck
Four Die as Boiler Blast Ruins City Power Plant
A force explosion at the St Louis power plant on Jefferson and Geyter killed four men and injured one. The entire building was wrecked with victims named Wishbon Steam Tooter Louie Barber Frank Stemple and several unidentified colored workers. William Gantt Mixon Mimot are among the fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Dew
St. Louis Neit Company
Jefferson and Geyter Avenues
Wishbon
Louie Barber
Frank Stemlpe
William Gantt
Mimot
Mixon
Firemen Lose Lives in New York Factory Blaze
Battalion Chief Martin Coleman is reported killed and a second firefighter presumed dead in a blaze that destroyed the ex Mary factory building of the Hermann Furniture and Plumbing Cabinet Works on Mott Street and the four story varnish factory of the Herman Lumber Company. Property damage is pegged at about a quarter million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Martin Coleman
Ex- Mary
Hermann Furniture and Plumbing Cabinet
Mott Street
al Forning
Hermen Lumber Company
Wayside Mission Seeks Aid For Hospital Guests
Wayside Mission hospital management appeals to charitable readers to aid forty ill, friendless patients aboard the hospital boat. Mrs Canon, manager, invites offers of bedding furniture or clothing at 233 Globe building Cashie and help via telephone Red 1M Block S115 or Hed 2405 for donation pickups.
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Wayside Mission Hospital
As Lasthone
Jon
Mre
Canon
Globe Building
Cashie
Commission to Recommend Dreyfus Case Revision
Paris reports a Dreyfus commission meeting will consider a recommendation for revising Captain Dreyfus case. It is unclear which view will prevail though observers expect at least a majority to favor revision, potentially restoring him to the army but not necessarily returning to active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bryan Meets the Czar in Brief Moscow Visit
William Jennings Bryan held a brief meeting with Czar Nicholas II yesterday in St. Petersburg. The encounter, arranged by Ambassador McCormick, covered American policy and Russian national projects during talks in Russia.
Drowned well known logger dies after fall at Hoquiam
Special to The Star reports A H Willheron founder of Lomion Wash and prominent local figure died after falling between logs during river work in Hoquiam. The incident occurred late yesterday as he was making up laf t logs on the river.
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Hoquiam
Oquiam, Wash
A. Hwillheron
Lomion
Wash
Chunky Little Migs from Boston Compete for Prize
In New York a humorous contest at the Madison Square Physical Culture Exhibition offers 91006 for the most splendidly developed woman. Miss Alice Dorman is billed as the embodiment of classica though trainers describe her figure as chunky with strong arms and torso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Physical Culture Exhibition Company
Alice Dorman
Classica
Boston
Miss Dorman
Duffy and Couhig Matched for New Year Bout
Chicago welterweight champion Martin Duffy and Tom Couhig of Dunkirk are set to fight ten rounds at Port Huron Michigan on New Year’s Day afternoon.
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Chicago
Dec
Martin Duffy
Tom Couhig
Dunkirk
Port Haron
Mich
Vancouver Ledger Eyes Regional League For Taroomee
The Vancouver Ledger discusses forming a regional league with Beattie and Huntied Columbia as early inclusions. It notes Seattle manager Kennedy plans a strong team but travel speed may delay joining. Local players resist entering the British Columbia league and Sunday gates may deter attendance.
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Vancouver
Ledger
Beattie
Columbia
Kennedy
Seattle
Lenat & Heation
Henior
Kennnedy
Ito
Thanksgiving football clash moves from Multnomah to Oregon Washington
The University of Oregon seeks to arrange the annual Thanksgiving day game with Washington. The Athletic association passed a resolution to discontinue the Multnomah tradition and adopt an inter-collegiate game on the date, with Washington in mind for the Thanksgiving pairing.
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University of Oregon
Washington
Oregon
Multnomah
The
Athletic Association
Tacoma baseball grounds shut by street opening
The Tacoma city council passed a resolution to open a street through the dinky baseball grounds forcing baseball magnates from the Pacific Coast and Pacific National leagues to seek another location.
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Tacoma
Pacific Coast
Golf record broken at Santa Barbara Country Club
Alden B. Swift scored over par to break the Western golf record at the Santa Barbara Country Club links yesterday, setting a new mark on the local course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banta Barbara
Cal
Alden B. Swift
Yeeterday
Corinne Wagner Eyes Miss Madison Square Competition
Corinne Wagner of Washington DC seeks the $1,000 prize in a physical culture exhibition at Madison Square during the week of December 28. The blond competitor boasts a muscular, well proportioned figure and strong posture admired by many supporters.
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Cormine Wagner
New York
Mise Corrine Wagner
Washington, D. C
Mise Wagner
Madison
Madison Square
Council debate over Queen Anne improvements and tax funding
Councilman Gill condemned the Queen Anne Improvement Club and denounced expected gains from condemning land for East Queen Anne drive and Taylor avenue. He warned of voters and warned of future elections to challenge the council if the pattern continued.
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HI Gill
Queen Anne
General Fund
Gill
Beattle Electric Company
Crichton
Eighth
James
Treasury
Fellere
Athenian Athletic Club Forms Officers and HQ
The Athenian Athletic Club launched with A. Martin as president W. F. Piper as vice president E. F. Carneware as treasurer and M. Stumpf A. M. La Roche as directors. Germania hall becomes headquarters as the group plans instruction in athletics wrestling and boxing and applies for membership in the Pacific Athletic Association and Amateur Athletic Union.
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Athenian Athletic Club
A. Martin
W. F. Piper
E. F. Carneware
M. Stumpf
A. M. la Roche
Germania Hall
Pacific Athletic Association
Amateur Athletic Union
Guilty of Murder In Vermont Court Trial
Mrs. Mary Herast was found guilty of murder in the first degree after a weeklong trial. The defendant lured her husband to a remote spot and, with help from a half witted paramour, killed him with chloroform and disposed of the body. Barbara Harrison, the Indian woman who fled Way Side Mission Hospital and was sought as a witness against A. Barnett, was arrested on the previous night and placed under bonds to ensure her appearance at Barnett’s trial.
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Bennington
Mary Herast
Barbara Harrison
Wayside Mission Hospital
A. Barnett
Barnett
Riots in Hamburg Lead to Widespread Injuries and Arrests
Rioting erupted in Hamburg as mounted police tried to control the mob.rioters overwhelmed officers and clashes continued with swords and revolvers. Public order only restored after scores were wounded and several leaders arrested.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Jealousy sparks deadly double shooting at Dupont Street theater
Daniel O Hara shot va riety actress Mrs Ethel Penney and clerk Newman Subfer then killed himself outside a theater on Dupont street. Penney had just ended their relationship and sought companions home. Both victims survived with injuries. Subfer injured.
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Ban Francisco
Daniel O Hara
Ethel Penney
Newman Subfer
Dupont Street
Mayor appoints Dr Ivar Janson to health board for three years
The mayor announces Dr Ivar Janson will join the board of health for a three year term starting January 1, succeeding Dr I M Harrison. Ay Te Walter is reappointed superintendent of Wa Sananimously entorced, and Charles Waicher, charged with threatening his wife, is placed under $20 bail by Justice Cann to remain until December.
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Ivar Janson
Board of Health
I. M. Harrison
Ay Te Walter
Gor
Aim
Heeeddhi
Charles Waicher
Havins
Justice Cann
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Eer
Big Chief Callahan
Butler Hotel
Marchioness OF
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London
New East River
BT. Louis
Laddie
Commission
Dreyfus
Bryan
the Czar
Jacob Lait
Ballard
Hee Cann's
Duffy
Couhig
Lagrosse
Fitz
Bob
University of Minnesota
Athenian Athletic Club OF
Daniel O'Hara
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