Metcalf orders Slocum panel to review Valencia testimony
Washington secretary of commerce and labor Victor H. Metcalf appoints the old General Slocum investigation commission to review Valencia wreck testimony in Seattle. He also directs Inspectors Turner and Whitney to pursue misconduct or neglect by officials or crew amid Seattle business calls for a full inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Victor H. Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Old General Slocum Investigation Commission
Valencia
Seattle
Metcalf
Turner and Whitney
Department Commerce and Labor
General Slocum Investigation Commission
Whitney and
Turner
Pacific Coast Co
Slocum Board
Langley
Whitney
Death by own action ends life of Rachel Manheim in Seattle
Rachel Manheim 49 committed death by own action at her Terrace Street home after a row with husband Wolf Manheim. Neighbors cited a recent quarrel. She drank carbolic acid and died before a physician arrived. She owned extensive property including a Missoula estate and a Cleveland holding totaling over 890000. Six children survive. the body was sent to the Bonner Watson morgue and burial planned by a Jewish association.
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Rachel Manheim
P Terrace
Wolf Manheim
Keith
Julia
Bryant
Arnold
Bonner Watson
Manheim
Thin City
M. Gottstein
Gottstein
A. Gottstein
Yakima
Seattle
Terrace St
Cleveland
Missoula
Mont
Body Drifts Ashore Near Long Beach Victori a
Special to The Star reports a body washed ashore at Long Beach near Toquot with no description. The bodies of Sibley and the two Marks children are to be sent to Victoria on the Queen City due at 4 o clock.
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Sibley
Marks
Victoria
Queen City
Captain Cann Defends Rescue Efforts After Valencia Wreck
Survivors recount the Valencia disaster as Captain Cann of the City argues rough seas prevented Topeka or Queen from closer aid. Six Valencia crewmen and passengers told how life rafts and lifeboats were used, with Lehn praising Cann for retrieving 18 aboard a raft.
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Frank Lehn
P. Flohme
Baker
William
Meseman
J. Rimer
Cann
Queen
Topeka
Captain Cann
Lehn
Valencia
Valencia wreck hero to be honored with bravery medal
The Chamber of Commerce will award John Segales a bravery medal for his attempt to save passengers aboard the Valencia. A committee of James T. Blakistone Josiah Collins and Thomas W. Prosch was appointed to design the medal and present it at the chamber's next meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
John Segales
Valencia
James T. Blakistone
Josiah Collins
Thomas W. Prosch
Reward Offered for Bodies From Valencia Scene
Victoria B C February 1 Provincial Police superintendent Hussey orders officers to offer Indians ten dollars for each body brought in from the Valencia site. Tug Lorne returned to Bamfield with two bodies including G Erickson a second passenger. Seven more bodies expected on the Bamfield beach tomorrow and the Wyadda will bring another body from Pa chanea bay to Bamfield.
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Victoria
B. C
Hussey
Valencia
Drowning at Ballard involves child of Ballard family
In Ballard Poh L John McVay one year old son of Mrs McVay suffered an epileptic fit at Williams boat house and fell into the water. Bystanders and C A Berchart pulled him from the water but he did not survive. Dr Adams and others arrived too late. The boy leaves a widow mother a brother and two sisters. Mayfield notified and transported to hospital.
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C. A. Berchart
Ballard
McVay
Adame
Idenstine
Thin City
Mayfield
Mariners criticize rescue efforts at Valencia wreck hearing
Captain Wallace Langley testified that rescue steamers did not approach Valencia as close as possible. We discuss Heecher and Beecher witnesses from the Queen and Valor crew and mechanics who piloted near the wreck amid stormy seas.
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Wallace Langley
Vancouver Island
Valencia
Marine
Whitney
Turner
Langley
Pomona
Beecher
Pacific Coast Company
Queen
Victoria
Alaskan Cold Snap Claims Two Men Deaths
Reports from Seattle detail fatalities from the extreme Alaska cold. Frank Kubel, 33, froze to death near Naarena above Tanana crossing as another man, unnamed, perished at Forty Mile. Ed Webster suffered severe leg injuries. A recent incident saw Adolph Krugner, once in Seattle’s business scene, die attempting chloroform poisoning at Fairbanks on December 15.
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Frank Kubel
Naarena
Tanana Crossing
Forty Mile
Ed Webster
Alaska
Seattle
Adollph Krugner
Busines
Alec
Beattie Commercial Club Requests Roosevelt Probe
At a special Beattie Commercial Club meeting the board voted to telegram President Roosevelt urging a special investigation into the Valencia wreck and rescue failures. The message, signed by F. White president and R. Williams secretary, requests inquiry into the wreck and the delays in救援.
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Valencia
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Beattie Commercial Cindurgently
Sur
Pine Street Regrade Proposal To Be Considered
The street committee will discuss a Pine Street regrade from Westlake to Bellevue including fills and cuts. Property owners along Pine will be heard this afternoon as the committee prepares a report for the council on the proposed work and its expected effects.
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Westlake
Bellevue
Weetlake
Pine St
Promotions in Washington list key army and colonial posts
The president nominated James V. Smith of California as governor general of the Philippines replacing Henry Ide. John B. Bates was named lieutenant general and A. W. Greeley elevated to major general. Colonel James Allen of the signal corps was appointed chief signal officer with rank of brigadier general.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
James V. Smith
California
Philippines
Henry C. Ide
John BE. Bates
A. W. Greeley
James Allen
Signal Corps
No Evidence Found Against Mayor Wright in Graft Probe
Tacoma report says the council committee found no evidence against Mayor Wright. Two witnesses testified they heard Councilman J. J. Conrad solicit a bribe from paving manager G. M. Savage, with Conrad pretending to act for the mayor and four other councilmen. The report is viewed as a whitewash.
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Tacoma
Wright
J. J. Conrad
G. M. Savage
Conrad
Leave Town Over Swindling Clairvoyant Office
Complaints reach The Star about Del Lampman alias Prof De Forest running a swindling clairvoyant office above Guy's drug store at Beconday and Yesler Way. A man says Lampman advised mining stock and cheated him of the investment. Police will investigate and Lampman may move to other venues. In Columbus the house railroad committee favors a 2 cent railroad fare bill already passed by the senate.
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del Lampman
Prof
DE Forest
Star Office
Guy's Drug Store
Beconday
Yesler Way
Lampman
Nowlieve
Willard
Police Department
Columbus
House Railroad Committee
Senate
Dearborn Regrade Proposal Gains Support from City Council
Councilman Mullen touts the Dearborn street regrade as the best route from Renton to the new union depot and Rainier valley. Property owners approve after discussions with Mullen and Engineer Jeffries, supporting the plan over the Jackson street regrade as the easier city access.
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Dearborn St
Mullen
Renton
Union Depot
Jackson St. Regerade
Rainier Valley
Jackson St
Jeffries
Spokane Population and Directory Size Rise in 1906
Spokane's population reaches 85,205 per Polk Directory data. The upcoming directory edition will list 4,082 names, up from 29,541 names in the 1905 directory.
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Spokane
Polk Directory Company
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Alee
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Wray
Long Beach
Capt. Gann
Togo
Rio
America
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Board OF Inquiry
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Heecher
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Max Stensler
Johnson
Stensier
Cook Hancock
Turret Island
Adolph Krugner
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