Hold up on streetcar ends with dramatic chase and shot
Conductor Ralph Chambers and Motorman L. P. Arnold battled two robbers during a 12 08 AM hold up on Car 28 near Virginia Street and Alpha Street. Chambers yelled to deter the killers, keeping the gunmen from stealing more money while the assailants fled, pursued briefly by bystanders.
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Virginia
Ralph Chambers
Chambers
Ticky
Gark
Seattle Electric Company
Ad Police
Ralph Cham
L. P. Arnold
Virginia Et
Alpha St
Arnold
Pip
Star
Venezuelan consul ordered to leave France within hours
Maubourget the Venezuelan consul in Paria is officially notified to depart French soil within four hours. He says he will leave at 10 o clock tonight for Lerge as a council of ministers decides the next move toward Venezuela.
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Paria
Maubourget
Lerge
Venesuela
Baker Story Is False In Kidnapping Case
Richard D. Baker dismisses a Times report that he is negotiating for the return of his son John Prewitt Baker who was kidnapped from Fagle Harbor on May 6, 1904. He says no letters or talks place him in Argentina or near recovery. the only truth is his denial of the Times article.
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Richard D. Baker
Little John Prewitt Baker
Fagle Harbor
Times
Baker
Argentine Republic
Mr. Baker
Prewitt
State fair funds exhausted. 1905 edition canceled
Washington state fair at North Yakima will be frost this year as the commissioners diverted two years of appropriations to fund one fair. Records show $15,000 was allotted. $13,476.69 spent, leaving insufficient funds to print the awards list. Indebent measures indicate no fair in 1906.
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Olympia
North Yakima
Yakima
Dow Seeks Tax Reform and Civic Oversight in Mayoral Bid
Matthew Dow, potential mayoral nominee for the labor and municipal ownership factions, argues for equalizing taxes on utilities and expanding city control of streetcar service. He calls for tighter regulation to reduce overcrowding, improve safety, and ensure government actions reflect public will. A Workingmen’s league committee plans to draft a ticket with broad representation for council seats and party interests, to be finalized at Saturday’s convention.
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Matthew Dow
Dow
Httle
Smee
The
Star
BOL
Workingmen’ S League
Gincus
Workingmen’s League
Mipal
Buemone H
Workingmen
Buslte
People Iiness Administration
W. A. Trevedale
W. J
C. L. Fey
George A. Jones
F A Rust
Pitth
B. Dewey
M. T. Fey
R. B. Hiesheth
C. Y. Muntley
George Davia
J. T. Oldham
W. Harmon
James Murphy
Frank W. Cotterill
Night entertainment tops Beattie's favorable reports
Rain or snow moves in tonight with moderate west winds. The Day entertainment at Christenson's Arcade Hall attracted strong praise as one of the best in days. Mr Day nears perfection in his character delineations and Oriia Truett Day was equally praised.
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Christensen's
Arcade Hall
Beattie
Mr. Day
Oriia Truett-Day
Bank Clearings Report January 18 1906 Figures
Bank clearings for January 18 1906 show totals of 81 086 114 48 dollars and 1006 264 0 6. An increase over the same date last year is noted at 8 207 251 84 dollars.
Printers Win In Many Shops
New York January 18 The Typothetae and the Big Six union members express satisfaction with the strike’s third week. Thirty six of eighty firms back a 14 hour week and open shop. In 275 printing firms the 48 hour week and close shop demand have been accepted.
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New York
Typothae
Big Bix” Typographical Union
Russia Punishes Hebrews in Fortified Confinement
Two directors of the comic paper Bre boda received one year in the fortress each at St. Peters burg. In Warsaw six Jews on the local anarchists committee were tried by martial court and executed for revolutionary propaganda involving bomb making and extortion.
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ST. Petersburg
Warsaw
Anarchists’ Committee
Students in Panic as Fire Threatens City College
Fire threatened the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco this morning causing panic among professors and hundreds of students attending lectures. All escaped unharmed. Woodward's pavilion, famed for prize fights, was feared to be threatened. Estimated loss to college buildings about $6,000.
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Ban Francisco
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Woodward
Thieves Break Into Store Through Skylight
Burglars entered W. Rubinowits’s second hand store last night using a skylight and rope. They carried off valuables but interrupted their raid, dropping a black soft hat and leaving a grip behind. Police are investigating the case.
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W. Rubinowits
Arip
Mr. Rubinawits
Rubinawits
Federal Judge Denies Intervention in Seattle Election Dispute
Judge William Hanford refused to restrain the Jan 12 restraining order issued by Seattle Superior Court Judge Griffin. The motion to block director election by Osgood and the Seattle & Renton Railway was denied for lack of federal jurisdiction, with Crawford and associates seeking to halt the election. The election remained scheduled for Jan 8. Crawford alleged stock control aimed at influence.
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Hanford
John H. Powell
Frank H. Oagood
Seattle & Renton Railway Company
William Crawford
Wie’ly
Crawford and
Real estate boom drives near million-dollar sales day
The city wide tide-flat market shows heavy buying with about 1,000,000 in sales expected today. Major activity centers on Grant Street Boulevard and Georgetown districts with investors and railroad interests behind much of the movement.
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Wictiaw & Kittinger
M. @. Crane & Co
Poor
Georgetown
Frank Renick & Co
Ihs City Tide
North Tide
Interbay
Tracks Too High Threaten Rainier Avenue Businesses
Rainier and Atlantic avenue grocery man E Tonkin says Seattle Renton & Southwestern Electric tracks sit two feet above grade blocking entry to his shop. He demands lower tracks but gets only a promise to delay until next year’s regrade. City officials plan inspection as council prepares to discuss the issue Monday night.
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Seattle, Renton & Southwestern Electric Company
Rainier Av
E. Tonkin
Rainier
Atlantic Ava
Senate to Probe White House Expulsion of Mrs Minor Morris
Senator Tillman introduced a resolution to form a committee to investigate the expulsion of Mrs Minor Morris from the White House. The senate tabled the measure by 4 to 0 with Democrats voting no.
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Washington, D. C
Tillman
Senate Today
Minor Morris
White House
Senate
Democrats
Considine Has Option On International Theater Holdings
Portland January 18 Morton Cohn reportedly granted an option to John W Considine on holdings in the International Theater company for 40 000 The firm formed in Portland last year and incorporated in Washington with Cohn Considine Senator Tim Sullivan John J Ryan and other Eastern investors The circuit runs from New York to the Missouri river Cohn recently returned to Chicago after holidays with his family
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Portland
Ore
Morton Cohn
John W. Considine
International Theater Company
Washington
Cohn
Considine
Tim” Sullivan
New York
John J. Ryan
Cincinnati
Missouri River
Chicago
Cohn Sells Out to Considine Again in Vaudeville Deal
The record notes that Cohn has sold out to Considine for the second time. Last year Cohn disposed of his tar vaudeville circuit to Considine, who then consolidated it with the Grand vaudeville circuit.
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Cohn
Considine
Ballard Camp Meets at Maccabee Temple Saturday Night
Ballard an 18 K O T M camp will gather Saturday night at the Maccabee Temple at Second and Leary. Washington camp No 1087 Knight of Modern Maccabees holds its Friday session at the City Henry Coffey, who deserted the navy, was caught at Ballard and will be taken to Bremerton tonight.
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Ballard
Maccabbee Temple
Second and
Leary
Washington
Henry Coffey
Navy
Bremerton
Dredger on Rampage Down Feathor River
A mining dredger broke free on the upper Feather river and rushed downstream tearing out bridges and threatening damage. Two steamers were dispatched to intercept before it reaches the Sacramento river at the mouth of the Yuba river.
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Sacramento
Cal
Feather River
Yuba River
Sacramento River
Court orders Maggie Bering and Ben Wishaw to Steilacoom asylum
Judge Rice in the superior court ordered Maggie Bering and Ben Wishaw committed to Steilacoom insane asylum this morning. Nineteen juvenile court cases are scheduled for hearing Friday morning.
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Maggie Bering
Ben Wishaw
Steilacoom Insane Asylum
Rice
Rate War Threatens Among Western Rail Lines
A two day committee from the Transcontinental Passenger Association split over convention rate plans. If unresolved, Western roads may join a rate war lowering summer travel costs. Coast lines refuse to match Middle West rates for Pacific coast conventions. John Rooney pleads guilty to petit larceny and gets 60 days from Judge Frater. A three masted bark from Victoria is reported distressed off Clova.
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Transcontinental Passenger Association
Coast Lines
Middle States
Middle West
Pacific Coast
John Rooney
Frater
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