Legislature Moves to End Banker Lords Graft
Amid caucus debates Representative J B Gilbert of Spokane pushes a resolution to revoke an order tied to banker Lord. The measure targets a system where state deposits exceed 900000 dollars with no interest, seeking 2 percent interest on such funds and potential annual state revenue of about 18000 dollars. The house adopted the use resolution amid tense exchanges.
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Civenata
Lord's Bank
J. B. Gilbert
Spokane
Jury verdict delays new trial in Ward & Co case
The jury in the case against Scorn P. Shee Gatien for Ward & Co. failed to reach a verdict after five hours, prompting a possible new trial as the prosecution outlines remaining statements and business concerns.
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Telegraph Servce
P. Shee
Gatien
Ward & Co
Failec
Mata C Hover Rescued After Naval Emergency
The Mata C Hover was rescued by Captain James Brake and crew after a dangerous incident on the coast. They risked gunfire to reach the vessel, pulling it to safety amid confusion and danger.
Runaway Vessel Breaks Free In Perilous Feat
A runaway vessel was freed by Thrasher in a perilous breakthrough that endangered the crew. The ship, valued at $3,000, was at risk of sinking before the escape.
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Thrasher
Turner Returns from South Tour with Family
Turner of the H. & Turner Investment Company returned today from California with his family. He reports that the south, including Seattle, was lively and widely discussed during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HM. & Turner
H. & Turner Investment Company
California
Mr Turner
Seattle
Washington Bible Society Meets Tonight at Plymouth
The Washington Bible Society holds a meeting this evening at Plymouth with Rev. H. Gormley of Tacoma and Rev. Samuel Greene delivering addresses.
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The
Washington Bible Society
Plymouth
H. Gormley
Tacoma
Sanvuel Greene
Death of Michael in collision prompts inquiry from Minnesota firm
Sergeant of Detectives Charles Tennant received a wire this morning from the J. B. Linahan company of Winona Minnesota asking for sal i re of the death of Michael killed in a collision on the O R N Linahan was not killed in the county.
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Charles Tennant
J. B. Linahan Company
Winona
Minn
Sali Re
Michael
Judge signs decree to dissolve Edith Oldham marriage
Superior Judge Morris this morning signed a decree that severed the matrimonial bonds between Edith K. Oldham and Roy Oldham. Desertion and when eport were charged by the wife.
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Morris
Edith K. Oldham
Roy Oldhams
Tattooed J Carter Arrested on Check Passing Charge
J Carter, a tattooist, was arrested last night by Detectives Hubbard and McClurg on a charge of passing bad checks in large numbers, tying the suspect to numerous email amount frauds.
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J. Carter
Hubbard and McClurg
Carter
Dr McLish Testifies in Thompson Trial
Seattle court hears Dr McLish describe regular ration evidence and mental state observations of Chester Thompson. Cross examination challenges insanity claim while Dr Williamson and Mrs Gertrude Cram rebut defense notes. Dr McClich adds further refutation as court closes for day.
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Vance
Chester
Williamson
Gertrude Cram
Daniel Cross
Thompson
Lake Cushman
A. B. McClich
Four Die in Buffalo Gale and Loss Estimated
Four persons died in the Buffalo gale. Loss is now estimated at 1,166,000 dollars. The gale subsided and no further damage is expected. Large lake margins were flooded and shipping was disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erry
Mnera
Police Chief and Adama Fight Over Immoral Book Sale
Chief of Police Waeppenstein and Henry A Adama file affidavits in superior court seeking to block the sale of The Real Truth About Marriage. Vincent Harper is named as author, described as socialist and novelist. Adama seeks an injunction and damages bond of 5000 dollars for arrests arising from convictions.
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Waeppenstein
Henry A. Adama
Vincent Harper
Adama
Harper
Arlage
Crittef Wappenstein
Extreme cold grips Northwest with fuel shortages
The region enduring below zero temperatures, including 28 below at Devil's Lake, with North Dakota residents in dire need of fuel. The Great Northern is dispatching coal and wood on passenger trains to aid affected communities.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
ST Paul
Ten
Devil's Lake
North Dakotas
Great Northern
Collision claims four trainmen near Yamasee
A head on collision on the South vern railroad near Yamasee results in four train men killed. Two others are missing and believed incinerated by ensuing fire. The incident occurred in Charleston, D. C., on January 22.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Charleston
D. C
Southvern
Yamasee
Dreige Boat Destroyed by Dynamite Kills Two Workers
Meagre reports from Caruthersville Missouri describe a dynamite blast destroying a dreige boat during drainage canal work. Two International Harvester Company workers were killed. Local authorities pursue details as crews assess the scene.
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Seripes Telegraph Service
Caruthersville
International Harvester Company
Tidal Wave Devastates Simalu Island Deepening Disaster
A Beripps Telegraph dispatch from London reports a huge tidal wave on January 1 in the Dutch East Indies at Simalu. The wave and ongoing earthquakes have left about 1,500 people dead and the civil governor of Atchin has traveled to the scene.
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Beripps Telegraph Service
London
Dutch Baat Indies
Simalu
Atchin
Soldiers riot in Columbus likely to be investigated
In Columbus on January 22 a riot involving soldiers broke out. Senator Foraker's allies say Roosevelt will be asked to pursue charges against the rioters, while officers claim evidence confirms the soldiers' guilt.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Columbus
Senator Foraker
Roosevelt
Russell Leaves Hospital After Wound Recovery
A. T. Reetell, a saloonkeeper shot by T. W. Emmons several weeks ago, was discharged from Providence Hospital fully recovered from his wound.
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A. T. Reetell
T. W. Emmons
Providence Hospital
Berkeley Wins The Auto Race
Dayton Beach Florida January 22 Ideal weather prevailed for auto race events. Sreetes Wan won in a gasoline powered machine built by Holley with a Toeno power system.
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Berkeley
Borippe
Dayton Beach
Fla
Automae
Sretees Wan
Holley
Swettenham Incident Causes Excitement in Kingston
A Kingston bishop wires President Roosevelt with thanks for U S aid after the Kingston disaster. The British home office awaits Swettenham’s explanation of the Eaton incident while Britain considers requesting further American assistance for Kingston sufferers.
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T Scripps Telegraph Services
London
Swettenham
Jamaica
Eaton
Gar
Home Office
Aral Davis
Brettenham
Eel Gessone
Washington
Naval dispute looms as crews report from Guan tanamo Cuba
Washington dispatches note Rear Admiral Evans says battleships Missouri and Indians and the cruiser Yankton are at Guan tanamo Cuba and a full report from Admiral Davis has been mailed to Washington. No official reason for Davis's Kingston stay is yet received. The incident dominates official circles and awaits Davis's report.
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Washington
Evans
Guantanamo
Cuba
Admiral Davis
Kingston
Davis
Representative introduces funds for Florence Crittenton home
Olympia lawmaker introduced a bill to provide about $2,000 for the Florence Crittenton home at Dunlap. The measure was sent to the appropriations committee for consideration.
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Olympia
Florence Crittenton
Dunlap
Appropriations Committee
Boy in Auto Run Down by Car
A 12 year old, Henry Casey of 1417 Twenty third avenue, riding in a miniature automobile, was struck by a coal train car on Broadway near Pike. He was severely injured with extensive damage to his vehicle and was taken home after officials examined the remains of his toy car.
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Beattle Electric Company
Broadway and
Pike Et
Henry Casey
F. A. Casey
North Bee Automobile
Garbage War Breaks Out Anew In City Clean Up
City battle over garbage hauling escalates as contractors fail to meet promises. Mayor Moore considers turning refuse duties to the city and may mobilize the city wagon to collect waste. Chief Wappenstein reports continued violations and calls for enforcement in Districts including East Mercer and Nineteenth.
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Wallan
Moore
Hogelte
Histott
Colman
Wappenstein
Ma Buegine
East Mercer
J. D ’Thav
Huggins
Retein
Post Office Probe to Start at Chamber Meet
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce will discuss post office service failures and mail delivery delays at its meeting tomorrow afternoon. Letters from Joseph Mayer & Bros allege loss of valuables due to delays, and the committee on national art seeks a $200 emergency fund for a government cleanup. A Lake Washington car committee hearing on a wooden lock in the conduit is planned, and discussion includes the Humphrey bill proposing 769,060 acres for a game end reserve.
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Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Mayer & Bros
Committee On National Art
Lake Washington
Humphrey
Nell Pickerell Escapes City Jail After Court Hearing
Nell Pickerell appeared in police court for wearing men's clothing and was offered leaving the city or serving 30 days in jail plus a $100 fine. She chose to escape, claiming the police are real mean as she hurried away after a judge's admonition and a promise of leniency from the police chief.
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Nell Pickerell
Ou Ns
Hastile
Periss
Nell
Wappenstein
Gordon
Co. Cee
Car runs away injuring passenger after brake failure
A car on a hill between Second and First avenues veered out of control due to a brake rod issue and crashed into a First Avenue frog. Otho W. Callahan of 1601 Jefferson Street was thrown through a window, suffering a head bruise and a cut to the right leg. The line was halted for over an hour.
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James
Otho W. Callahan
Jefferson St
Stan
Callahan
Broadway
Fifteenth Av
Police Enforce Quarantine Amid Infectious Disease Outbreak
Chicago reports an alarming epidemic with 214 new infection cases discovered today. Police are detailed to enforce quarantine and placarding where influence had prevented action. Officials warn that political claimants for special favors will receive no consideration.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Chicago
House passes anti tipping bill in Missouri
Jefferson City January 22 The Tubbs anti tipping bill passes the House aiming to curb tipping practices for Walters and servants. The law imposes fines from five to five hundred dollars for violations.
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Jefferson City
Tubbs
Walter
New Library Crowded Since Opening Spurred by Demand
Since the new library opened, total circulation rose to 6 493 last week, with 4 10 juvenile titles and the rest general works. The children's room moved 1 570 books as patronage soars. the general reading room filled to its 100 plus seats and overflow continued.
Land grafting charges tied to Vancouver affair
The report alleges corruption in a northern British Columbian land deal. A payment of 37 000 in TransContinental Syndicate shares was offered in exchange for favorable coal land approvals. Green allegedly named four friends to receive the shares in trust. The syndicate exposed the scheme to premier and the executive council, who took no action.
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Star Special Service
Huniied
Columbia
Green
Executive Council
Vancou' Or
Queen on Excursion Run For Pacific Coast Steamship
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company to place the steamer Queen on the Alaska excursion run next summer during the Christian Endeavor convention. The Queen will make every port on the regular excursion route with a round trip price of 80 dollars, while the Spokane retains the previous rate of 100 dollars.
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Queen
Alaska
Christian Endeavorsa
Spokane
Ren
Officiala
Earthquake Damage Ongoing in Kingston Loss Estimated at 15 Million
Kingston January 22 The banks have resumed payment but no restart of business yet. Car service has resumed and merchants fear insurance payouts may be hindered by earthquake clauses. Loss估计 conservatively at 15 million dollars.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Kingston
Jan
Ankeny Seeks Appropriation for Old Mail Carrier
Senator Ankeny introduced a bill in the senate to reimburse the heirs of Benjamin Holliday for mail road building expenses. Holliday, a former mail carrier during Indian troubles, spent his own money to secure post roads, with a claimed amount of $626,379.
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Beripps Telegraph Service
Washington, D. C
Benjamin Holliday
Ankeny
Senate
Holiday
Successor to Burton Chosen In Kansas Senate
Chas. Curtis was formally elected United States senator in Topeka Kansas this afternoon. A senate bill proposed requires press associations to furnish service to any paper in Kansas that pays for it, with state power to compel delivery if refused.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Topeka
Kan
Chas. Curtis
United States
Senate
Kansas
Ata
Rail car shortage debate reveals need for expanded tracks power and cars
John C. Lawrence state railway commissioner tells Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane that transcontinental railway expansion including double tracks additional sidings motive power and more cars is required to end traffic stagnation. He hands over the commission report and evidence with recommendations while Sen Paul James cites fruit growers losses and railroads greed.
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John C. Lawrence
State Railway Commission
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Lawrence
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ite
Interstate Commerce Con
Commission
Mr. Lawrence
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
New York
Paul James
Ashton
Griffith and
Specht
A. M. Cannon
Spokane
L. C
Ehippers
Train manager sued for damages after ejecting passenger
Mrs. Nancy Turner of Index sues the Great Northern railway for 1960 dollars claiming she was forced off a train after her ticket was misplaced. The complaint states the conductor grabbed her arm and yanked her purse from the floor as the train stopped, while refusing permission to retrieve it.
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Great Northern Railway
Mra
Nancy Turner
Index
Plaint
Turner
Everett
Northwestern Fisheries to Restart All Southeast Canneries
The Northwestern Fisheries company said all its canneries in Southeastern Alaska will operate next season. Several plants have been idle for two seasons, but salmon business relevance prompts full operation. Canneries listed include Chitkoot near Haines, Taku at Taku River entrance, Dundas Bay, Ban ta Ana inside Deer Island, Quadra at Boca de Quadra inlet, Hunter's Bay near Prince of Wales Island, and Jackson P.O.
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Northwestern Fisheries Com Y
Alaska
Eslmon
Chitkoot
Haines
Taku
Taku River
Dundas
Dundas Bay
Imley
Olympia Trip For Exposition Appropriation Talks
J. E. Chilberg and Henry B. Reed of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition depart tomorrow afternoon for Olympia to confer with legislative committees on state appropriations. George B. Boos reports a favorable conference with Idaho exposition officials on funding.
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J. E. Chilberg
Henry B. Reed
Olympia
Gerge B. Boos
Idaho
Pardoned Hanger-On Saved From Jail
George Howard a painter was arrested as a hanger-on in a saloon in the northern city area and pardoned by Police Judge Gordon this morning after testimony. He was released on the promise to behave himself in the future to support his little girl and widowed mother.
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George Howard
Gordon
Howard
Two Men Slashed in Street Fight on Fifth Avenue
In a morning confrontation at 414 Fifth Street a Japanese man named Yamamoto was badly cut on the head and wrist by T. Kataska who was also injured. Yamamoto was taken to Wayside Hospital while Kataska was jailed. The cause of the quarrel is unknown.
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Yamamoto
T. Kataska
Kataska
Jall
J. L. Scott
May
Reconday
North
Scott
Adams
Corbett
Scott Gaime
Montana
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
Riis Lecture Set Tonight at Ban's Hall on The Siamese of New York
Jacob Riis will deliver a lecture tonight at Ban's Hall in the Arcade block titled The Siamese of New York. The event is part of a series by AL C. A. star annree.
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Jacob Riis
Ban's Hall
New York
AL C. A
Annree
Community: Woman Accused Mail Violation in Love Suspicions
Tacoma January 22. Mrs Cornelia Carter of Hollis held at Pierce county jail for opening a mail to Miss Eva M Hall suspecting infidelity. Carter, nearly 50, is distraught and feared to be near insanity from distress over alleged affairs.
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Tacoma
Eva M. Hall
Cornelia Carter
Holl
Pierce County
Carter
Twenty Nine Dead in Sandford Big Four Wreck
Terre Haute Ind January 22 Twenty nine dead in the latest fatalities estimate from the Big Four wreck at Sandford where a passenger train was blown apart by a dynamite laden freight car explosion caused by the passing train’s concussion.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sandford
Laborer Dies After Cave-In At Walla Walla Waterworks
William H. Hugar, a laborer, suffered fatal injuries in a cave-in yesterday afternoon on the city waterworks project three miles above Walla Walla. He died en route to the hospital after being carried from the ambulance at the steps.
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Liam H. Hugar
Walla Walla
Arrest of Actress on Fugitive Charge in Port Townsend
Port Townsend detectives arrested actress Frankie Williams on a warrant by Terael Kata of Waterman & Kats. Williams faces charges of obtaining a bill of goods under false pretenses and was booked as a fugitive at the police station.
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Terael Kata
Waterman & Kats
Port Townsend
Frankie Williams
Byrne and Phillips
Miss Willams
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