Great Northern plans immense Seattle waterfront expansion
The article reports on massive investments by the Great Northern to expand Seattle waterfront facilities including new piers at Smiths Cove, a large freight elevator, and a freight handling system. It notes projected costs, scope of work, and the push to attract traffic from emerging routes, with rivals like Canadian Pacific and Soo Line influencing strategy.
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Smith's Cove
Chicago
Milwaukee
Union Pacific
Gees
Seattle
James J
Auction sale of Morse household effects postponed to February 15 1906
Auction rooms offer the entire art and desk furniture carpets curtains and household goods of W A Morse for highest bid. Includes rugs parlor furniture beds ranges refrigerators and more. Limited or reserve price to be announced with items laid out on Thursday February 15 1906 at Own price.
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W. A. Morse
Baseball magnates in New York consider rule changes
In New York on February 14, baseball magnates from the National and American leagues and a joint committee met. The meeting produced little expectation for rule changes, with officials signaling that changes are unlikely.
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New York
Union Pacific seeks Seattle franchise for regional line
The Union Pacific subsidiary Washington Northern Railway applies for a city franchise to build a railroad from Whatcom Avenue north of Railroad Avenue to Harriman property at Interbay and Smiths Cove. The plan allows spur tracks to serve wharves and warehouses and grants joint use of tracks with other railways on fair rental terms.
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Star
Union Pacific
Washington Northern Railway Company
John P. Hartman
Corporations Committee
Whatcom Av
Harriman
Interbay
Smith's Cove
Heinze Lands Major Copper Deal Amid New Combine Talk
In Butte Montana on February 14 reports say Augustua Heinze and United Copper Mines will transfer one half of a large stake to Thomas F Cole as part of a plan to form a vast copper combine. The move ties Amal holdings in Bisbee Arizona and Bingham Utah with North Butte mines. Also noted is Foley Bron purchasing the Queen Milling Company of Kendall for 4 million dollars.
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Amal
Bonansa
Rele Group
Bisbee
Arizona
Bingham Consolidated Mines
Bingham
Utah
North Butte
Queen Milling Company
Kendall
Foley Bron
St. Paul
Passenger men hold meeting on railroad crisis in Ohio
Representatives of the Gould, Vanderbilt, Caseat and other rail lines, totaling 64 roads, gathered to discuss a crisis in railroad affairs. An Ohio official warned the public would gain less trains and fewer safeguards as lines reduce service under the 2 cent law, signaling a troubled period for rail travel.
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Gould
Vanderbilt
Caseat
Ohio
Newman for Commissioner
B W Haunteon of Bellingham, former general manager of Pacific Fisheries and Puget Sound operations of Pacific Packing Navigation, is named as the latest possible successor to Fish Commission tower Kershaw.
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B. W. Haunteon
Bellingham
Pacific Fisheries Company
Puget Sound
Pacific Packing & Navigation Company
Coramise Tower Kershaw
City reinvites regrade work after injunction ruling
The court order allows continuation of the Srd avenue regrade three months after an injunction. Judge Frater requires H Denny to appear and show cause why he should not be cited for contempt and removed from administering the A A Denny estate.
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Srd Av. Regrade
Frater
H. Denny
A. A. Denny
Theaters Preview Nance O Neil at Grand Tomorrow Night
The sale of seats for Nance O Neil's engagement at the Grand begins tomorrow night and promises a cordial reception in Seattle. The Savage Opera Company closes a successful Seattle engagement tonight with Rigoletto. Raynore, Jesy Little Littledyth, will host a stage reception Saturday afternoon. Third Avenue theater lists Human Hearts evergreen success opening next Sunday for a week.
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Seata
Nance O'Neil
the Grand
California
Seattle
Savage Opera Company
Third Avenue Theater
W. FE. Nankeville
Wife Plea Frees Preacher After Dismissal
Colfax February 14. On prosecuting attorney motion the charge against Rev. John Pickle for whipping his wife was dismissed. Mrs. Pickle urged for her husband saying she would rather he be free despite mistreatment than jailed for tobacco smoke. The husband was released and the couple left together. Rev. A. W. Martin hired by a school board to give three lectures to high school students.
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Colfax
John Pickle
A. W. Martin
Kerr still sidesteps on North Coast line progress
J A Kerr local representative says the North Coast Railroad will be built quickly and put in operation well before other routes. He notes broad right of way secured to the Columbia river with minor land issues and expects H B Strahern to arrive in Seattle soon for further franchise talks. He hedges on future connections to a transcontinental link.
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North Coast Railway Company
J. A. Kerr
North Yakima
H. B. Strahern
Seattle
The
Sound
North Coast Railroad
North Coast
Mr. Kerr
Milwaukee
North Conet Railroad
Strahorn
Three Seattle Girls Reported Missing Then Found in Ballard
Rose Thompson 14 Hazel Stringer 15 and Ethel Boyes 15 ran away to Everett planning to camp in the woods. They were picked up by police in Ballard after spending the night at a hotel and later returned home with their fathers. The girls had canned goods and other camping supplies.
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Ballard
Rose Thompson
Hasel Stringer
Ethel Boyes
Seattle
Everett
Mr. Stringer
Mr. Boyes
Rowe Thompson
Hazel Stringer
First Av
Ethel Beeree
Harrison St
Juvenile duo captured after train robbery threat at Auburn
Two youths aged 15 and 14 were arrested by Deputy Marshal Rail in Auburn last night. Fully armed and equipped, they planned a train hold-up and carried a revolver, a 22 rifle, a butcher knife, ammunition, and supplies. They are sons of Beattie residents and were jailed. names withheld due to age.
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Auburn
Marshal Rail
Beattie
Seattle Chamber seeks 1907 state railroad convention
At a meeting this afternoon the Chamber of Commerce moved to secure Seattle as the site for the 1907 convention of state railroad commissioners. State Commissioner McMullan will extend the invitation in Washington, D. C., in April. An affidavit by J. H. Nichols, a telegraph operator, argues that suspect Lem Short could not have been at the crime scene the morning after the Great Northern express holdup near Ballard last October. The Lovejoy children vs Northern Pacific suit for 26000 damages was dismissed in U S court.
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Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
State Railroad Commissioners
McMullan
Chamber
Washington, D. C
James
Lem
Short
Great Northern Express
Ballard
J. H. Nichols
Davis Crossing
Omar Lovejoy
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
United States
Ministers Seek Case Headed by City Clergy and Mayor
A three member committee of Methodist church leaders in Beettle met Mayor Otto A. Cause to press for unbiased action in the Valencia affair. The federal commission researching the case refused cross examination by Pacific Coast Steamship Co. counsel, allowing intervention later. Second Mate Peterson testified as the first witness with all Pacific Coast officials in attendance. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union agreed to assist Captain Boyes of the Home for Friendless Women by furnishing a room.
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Beettle
Otto A. Cause
Republican City Central Committee
Public Service Corporation
Federal Commission
Roosevelt
Valencia
Federal Court
Howe
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Oen
Peterson
Pacific Coast Company
Valencia hearing tracks disaster missteps and lifeboat chaos
United States Attorney Frye led the Valencia wreck probe with witnesses Frank Richley and Max Stanzler testifying about the night of the disaster. Fire chief Samuel Hancock described lack of discipline aboard the ship, noting lifeboats unprepared and unauthorised entry by passengers.
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United States
Frye
Valencia
Frank Richley
Max Stanzler
Cook Samuel Hancock
Hancock
James Freid Ends Life After Discharge
James H. Freid twenty two formerly of Seattle shot himself in the State House hotel Sacramento this morning after being discharged from the Southern Pacific car shop. He died an hour later. He was described as morose yet had many friends and belonged to Olive Branch No. 4 I O O P of Seattle and had relatives in Seattle.
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Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
James H. Freid
Seattle
State House
Freid
Olive Branch No. 4
Will Demand Accounting After Campaign Contributions Report
New York Life trustees met and prepared to submit the Fowler committee report on campaign funds. Thomas P. Fowler plans to travel to Europe March 1, alleged to seek an accounting of $1,000,000 restitution from Hamilton under extradition threat, with Jerome and Moyer in conference on the matter.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Fowler
Thomas P. Fowler
Europe
Hamilton
Jerome and Moyer
Work Begins On New Macadam Road Section
United States Engineer A. E. Loder started work yesterday on a sample mile of macadam road to be metalled by the county. The road runs along the Duwamish river south of Seattle and will demonstrate macadam’s mud preventing efficiency as a fair King County sample.
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United States
A. E. Loder
Duwarmilah River
Seattle
King County
Free boat excursions from Madison Park to Lakeside City
A notice promotes Sunday boat rides from Madison Park to Lakeside City offering leisure travel and a chance to learn about investment opportunities. It mentions the Van De Vanter-Davis Co building and the G. W. Randall Alaska project with a price reference of $13.
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Lakeside City
Madison Park
tewlara wee Van De Vanter-Davis @ Co
Btarr-Boyd
G. W. Randall
Alaska
Trouble in China Prompted U S Ammunition Order
In Philadelphia the Frankford arsenal received an order for 4,000,000 Krag-Jorgensen 30 caliber ball cartridges from the ordnance department. The order, aimed at troops in the Philippines, is believed to prepare for possible trouble in China. Daily output rises from 170,000 to about 210,000 for four months.
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Philadelphia
Ordnance Department
Frankford Arsenal
Philippines
China
Pardon for Turner Jackson Sought by Allies in Washington
Friends of Turner Jackson seek a presidential pardon. Senator Piles and Representative Humphrey press the case as attorney Richard Saxe Jones mobilizes influence in Washington. Jackson, who served most of a ten year Alaska crime sentence, was freed under a rule granting 10 days a month for good behavior but returned to prison after the circuit court of appeals overruled the judge. He has shown exemplary conduct and faced about a year and a half remaining.
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Turner Jackson
McNeil’s Island
Piles
Humphrey
Richard Saxe Jones
Jackson
Washington
Alaska
Hanford
Circuit Court of Appeals
Insane Druggist Causes Trouble
Ed Carmichael a 32 year old druggist who told police a man at the Olympic apartments had designs on his life is held at the city jail pending sobering up. Found at 3 am attempting to enter a building near the Olympic apartments he claimed he was looking for a pet colt. His mind is thought to be temporarily deranged by drink and he may be sent to the county jail for sanity examination if not improved. He says he has a sister in the city.
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Ed. Carmichael
Olympic Apartments
Western
Seneca
Antil
Oficers Phillips
Looker
Carmichael
New Directors Amid Naturalization Oath Uptick At Court House
Despite the absence of political workers at the court house this year, a surge of men has taken the oath of allegiance in recent days as foreigners apply for naturalization papers.
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Court House
Appeal Likely in Puget Sound Pilot Case
United States Marine Inspectors Whitney and Turner may reopen the case of Captain Charles W. Ames after ruling that holders of US licenses cannot pilot foreign vessels in American waters without state board authorization. Ames, arrested for piloting the British steamship Craighall, was discharged in superior court. An appeal seems likely. Ladies of Seattle Circle and Woodmen of the World hosted a poverty bail event at Swedish Club hall.
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Port Townsend
United States Marine
Whitney
Turner
Charles W. Ames
Ames
Puget Sound
United States
Seattle
State Board
Woodmen of World
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