Cable Fight Moves Up To City Council showdown
Madison Park Improvement Club votes to take the dispute with Seattle Electric Co to the city council. Judge Kieffer condemns promised improvements and demands immediate cable service upgrades with a reliable car barn and machinery.
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Woman Suffrage Letter Demands Senate Hearing
Senator Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan receives a shocking note from Harriet Taylor Upton treasurer of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She asks to use the Senate chamber or the east porch for a suffrage hearing noting a petition of about a million names arriving in April.
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D.C
Julius Caesar Burrows
Michigan
Suffra
Harriet Taylor Upton
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Senate
Mean thief takes horse shoes in Lancaster incident
Jacob Ledaga, a Lancaster farmer, reported a new theft pattern after finding his horse shoed overnight. The front shoes were pried off with pincers, leaving the horse unshod this morning. The incident follows a string of recent novel thefts in the area.
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Lancaster
Jacob Ledag
Two Water Works Workers Die as Vancouver Flood Claims Two
In Vancouver British Columbia on January 24 two city water works employees Foreman George Hamilton and George Simpeon were swept to death when the Capliane river breached barriers and carried away their weekend house and tools. The flood waters surged like an avalanche tearing the house from its moorings and neutralizing the workers who had remained to retrieve equipment.
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B.C
Capliane
George Hamilton
George Simpeon
Paris Flooded with Sewerage Crisis Deepens
Paris faces a dire water famine and disease threat as broken mains and burst sewers flood subways and streets with foul refuse. Officials scramble to ventilate tunnels while the entire sewer system risks paralysis.
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Try
United Press
Paris
Koreans Planned Wholesale Murder in Tokyo
Jan 24 reports say five Korean assassins arrived in Tokyo with intent to murder Prince Yamagata Premier Kateora Foreign Minister Komura resident General Bene and General Hasegawa. Police doubled activity after the alert and authorities fear a grand coup by the Korean revolutionary party. Mrs Corey, wife of the steel trust president, reportedly received marked attentions from the Countess of Warwick last summer.
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Kateora
Komura
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Hasegawa
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Chinook Winds End Flood Fear In Local Forecast
Forecaster G N Sallebury of the U S Weather Bureau announced the chinook has blown over and flood danger passed. A temperature rise yesterday melted mountain snow and swelling rivers, then winds shifted and cooled, ending the threat as the storm center moved.
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United States Weather Bureau
Emperor William Hosts Sandwiches at Royal Supper
Berlin dispatch reports President Wheeler of the University of California dining with the royal family as the empress and crown princesses attended. The empress did needlework while William passed stained sandwiches and light supper dishes during the gathering amid ongoing anger over a court greeting.
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Germany
Benjamin the Wheeler
University of California
Siner William
Wheeler
World on Trial at Last in Panama Bond Libel Case
New York publishers Press Publishing Co. and officials of the New York World go on trial in a federal court for allegedly harming the government through their coverage. The libel relates to the purchasing and selling of Panama canal bonds by the government after delays and continuances.
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the Press Publishing Co
New York World
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Notice on Want Ads for The Star and wire pricing
Notice states that when placing a Want Ad in The Star the paper will not publish. Ads are priced by wire at ten words for 16 cents with no extra cost.
Murder ranch tale linked to Romandorf in Maple Falls
In Bellingham Washington authorities link Romandorf to a murder farm atop a mountain near Maple Falls. They allege bodies including Jane Logan Pred Heime and Jack Green lie buried at his ranch and warn others away, as Romandorf awaits execution after conviction for a housekeeper's murder.
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Helms
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John Groves
Green
Maple Palle
Ed Romandorf
Justice Beal
Lyle Heaton
Silver Lake
Optical aid promise to correct vision with lenses
An ad offers eye examination by Myers on the second floor at Haven Drug 1414 Second Street with glasses priced at 2.90 dollars. The blurb promotes a simple method to ensure proper lens fitting and suggests the first essential is a correct examination.
Beattie Press Club Plans Grand Ball at Dreamland Pavilion
The Beattie Press Club announces its first ball at Dreamland pavilion on February 1 to celebrate the opening of a permanent club at the Hite building. Gov Hay Mayor Miller and many officials are expected, with theater acts, vaudeville stunts, and dancing on 40 000 square feet of floor from evening to morning.
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Dreamland Pavilion
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Miller
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Newagatherers
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Dreamland
Local Briefs: Deaths and a Mermaid’s School News
Louis Dryfoon 70 died at 1567 13th av after a long illness. He led Old Crow Liquor Co and was a Beattle resident 20 years. Widow and stepdaughter Evel survive. Funeral today at 3 from the residence. David Ballentine 60 died at City hospital after injuries from a Capitol Hill car strike at Third av and Virginia st. He may have been an Alaska miner. Funeral of Mary Ellen Norton wife of Mark F Norton held from 414 E Harrison I. Sunday after a short illness. Annette Kellerman, famed mermaid, has started a correspondence school of physical culture amid vaudeville success.
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David Ballentine
Capitol Hill
Third Av
Virginia St
Ballantine
Mary Ellen Norton
Mark F. Norton
Harrison
Norton
Annette Kellerman
Venue de Milo
Dazaaar Carnival Opens Tonight at Mourthavy rink
The Catholic carnival opens this evening at the Mourthavy skating rink with a Wagner band concert and a formal opening by Mayor John F. Miller. Bishop ODea and ex Gov Jo H McGraw attend as speakers as the 10 day event benefits the Bawin frin cee Orphan Home.
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Tore Barkore
Banaar
O'Dea
Banderson
William Hickman Moore
Christy
Portland
Jo H. McGraw
Help Wanted Ad Service at The Star Cuts Costs
In a city directory notice, The Star offers to print Help Wanted ads dictated by customers. Coats are one cent per word with a ten word minimum. Ads received before noon are printed the same day.
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Lady finds relief from headaches with New Wave System
Mrs Jos. Goldsmith of Georgetown says four treatments and proper glasses from Dr Nichole and Robson at 320 North ern Bank building restored her health. She credits the New Wave System for her improved well being and relief from headaches dizziness and nervousness.
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Nichole and Robson
Northern Bank
Great Sufferer Finds Relief from Rheumatism
H F Jackson of 1625 Eighth Ave reports three months of pain and immobility ended by Bake Owen rheumatic treatment from Loughney & Loughney at 220 225 People's Bank Building corner of Seconday and Pike. They offer free consultation with hours 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday hours 9 to 12 for those unable to visit.
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Fank
Seconday
Pike At
Clock Hour Alarm Failure Ends 20-Year Wakeup Run
In New York on January 24 Robert Willoughby failed to wake as his 40 clocks did not ring. For the first time in two decades the synchronized bells at 6 o clock failed to sound keeping his habitual morning routine from starting.
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New York
ASEBY
United Prec
Robert Willoughby
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