Octopus Plans Big Purchase of Land on Lake Washington
The Seattle Electric company nears completion of buying the Bailey peninsula on Lake Washington to create a park and rail terminus. The neck of land north of Rainier Beach, owned by Eastern Investment, would extend the Rainier Heights Branch and cross a proposed boulevard, providing a popular park area while addressing Leschi park conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Peninsula
Lake Washington
Rainier Heights
Eastern Investment Company
Rainier Beach
Renton & Southern Railway
Electric Road
Madison
Leach
Madrona
Leschi Park
Leschi
Electric Company
Heights
Rainier Valley
Octopus
Lesch Park
Ralley
Court Warns Saloons After Underage Drinkers Case
Police Judge Gordon fined Ralph Anderson and Louis Frye 100 dollars each and 30 days in jail for pursuing two underage girls Mamie Balochi and Pearl Smith. The quartet was arrested in a wine room near the Marquette saloon after admitting beer whiskey and wine purchases. The judge criticized lax serving to minors and pledged harsher action for similar cases while the girls were released into parental custody.
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Louis Frye
Mamie Balochi
Pearl Smith
Gordon
Wates
Marquette
Germania Cafe
McClurg
Helms
Sen
Rockefeller kinden deny McClure tale of father
Frank Rockefeller son of John D Rockefeller disputes Ida Tarbell story in McClure's magazine and says the truth will be known. He questions the elder Rockefeller's portrayal as a convivial quack and wandering merchant and hints the family may seek to protect the father's fame and honor. He refuses to reveal his father's whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank Rockefeller
John
William
Ida
McClure
Tarbell
Rockefeller
Portland Woman Fined for Fight Over Tailor
Mrs. M. A. Fortin admitted loving tailor M. Epstein more than her husband. She was fined 15 dollars for fighting Mrs. Epstein, then laughed when Epstein paid. Judge Cameron fined her 10 dollars for contempt of court, and her amused mood vanished as she faced the penalty.
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Portland
Ore
M. A. Fortin
M. Epstein
Epstein
Cameron
Canucks Seize Seattle Sloop The North
The fishing sloop North of Seattle and Straw of Ballard, in Ballard ia, is in Canadian custody after the revenue cutter Kes trel captured her near Vancouver Island. Captain Jensen denies fishing within three miles of shore and contends the seizure was unlawful. The 17 ton North is valued at unspecified amount.
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North
P. F. Nordby
Seattle
Straw
Ballard
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Jensen
Fisher Off Cape Nets Ten Thousand for Chlopeck Fish
A local fisherwomen nets about $10,000 while fishing off the cape for the Chlopeck Fish company, indicating strong catch and earnings for the season.
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Cape
The
Chlopeck Fish Company
Bank Clearings Increase Over Last Year
Bank clearings data from the dates July 12 1905 and July 12 1904 show increases and decreases. The report notes a net rise of 1 322 167 42 dollars and a 790 988 71 dollar rise with a 531 168 71 dollar change in specific categories.
Weather Forecast Fair Tonight With Fresh Northwest Winds
Tonight and Thursday look fair with fresh northwest winds. Temperatures hold steady as skies stayclear and winds ease by morning. The next day should bring dry air and bright conditions across the region.
Husband seeks missing wife and companion in city
Mike Kloss of Evelyn says his wife left him on Sunday with Ben Livers. He claims they are in the city and has evidence they registered at the Southern hotel. Mrs Kloss took their two babies. he asks police to locate her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Kloss
Evelyn
Ben Livers
Southern Hotel
Tangier and Morocco clash report and casualty toll
In Tangier word spreads of imperial forces defeating the Moorish pretender near Ajda northeast of Morocco. The pretender escaped, 180 dead reported, with many prisoners taken.
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Tangier
Ajda
Morocco
Mitchell Gibbon Burial Private Services Planned
The bodies of Minnie Mitchell and H. F. Gibson who drowned on Union Day are to be buried privately. Bonney-Watson announced funeral plans within 48 hours and said both victims will be interred at Lake View Cemetery.
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Mitchell-Gibbon
Minnie Mitchell
HH. FP. Gibson
Union Day
Bonney-Watson
Lakeview Cemetery
Police Seek Garver and Irving in Liquor to Minor Case
The city police are searching for Benjamin Irving and Sam Garver after they were charged with giving liquor to a minor. Garver missed a Wednesday bond appointment with Police Judge Gordon, and the pair are believed to have left town amid ongoing agitation over the case involving Annie Quitchka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Irving
Sam Garver
Garver
Gordon
Irving
Little Annie Quitchka
Mexican Child Wife Seeks Divorce From Abusive Husband
Concetti Di Tore, 15, married to Emilio Di Tore in January, seeks a divorce and aims to become a widow. Her father Antone Pascale obtained a restraining order after her lawyer said she fears he will kill her and that he abused her.
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Concetti
Griffin
di Tore
Port Blakeley Suicide and Noted Trials in Oregon and Philadelphia
Despondent James Caryale 43 a wood sawyer at Port Blakeley mills threw himself into the sound after his wife left him his body recovered Tuesday night In Portland Oregon July 12 evidence at the Williamson and Van Genner trial shows financing timber claims by the firm and witness tampering rumors Mrs Alberta O Hara granted divorce from Duncan O Hara in Philadelphia after a banked sum for five children and a judge cautioning against divorce grand jury in Philadelphia returns true bills against Select Councilman Cavan and John Hill charging frauds tied to city contracts involving filtration
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James Caryale
Port Blakeley
Portland
Ore
Williamson
Williamson & van Genner
Heney
Alberta O'Hara
Duncan O'Hara
Griffin
Emory Meade
Philadelphia
Cavan
John Hill
Fiberation Bureau
Two New Banks for Seattle Draw Near Opening
Seattle plans two new banks with American and Japanese ownership. The State Bank of Seattle, led by cashier A H Rohlberg, aims to open around July 15 with cap italization of 106 400 and fittings in the old Scandinavian American stand at First and Vester. The Oriental American Bank, at Fifth and Main, will be the first Japanese bank in Seattle with M Tankuno and T Arai as officers, expecting substantial business.
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State Bank of
Seattle
A. H. Rohlberg
First
Vester
Fifth
Main
M. Tankuno
T. Arai
Beattle
Lost Cial Abduction Case Stirs City
A. L. Taylor, wanted in Fossil Oregon for abducting Lizzie Robinson, 16, is believed to be hiding in the city. Wheeler county Sheriff P. L. Keeton has traced Taylor toward town and sent a circular with details of Taylor Lizzie and a woman claiming to be his wife. The sheriff offers expenses and a liberal reward for Lizzie’s recovery. Parents are distressed by the disappearance.
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A. L. Taylor
Fossil
Ore
Lizzie Robinson
P. L. Keeton
Wheeler County
Taylor
Keeton
Highwaymen killed after shooting Special Agent Calhoun
In Cedarville two highwaymen who killed Special Agent Calhoun of the Santa Fe road were cornered by a posse at Hewing near the Oklahoma line and were shot and killed.
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Winfield
Kan
Cedarville
Calhoun
Banta Fe Road
Hewing
Oklahoma Line
Shunt Schedule Set From Tenth Avenue West to Fort Lawton
The notice says Nina will be shunted off today from 9 30 a m to 2 pm in the district from tenth avenue west to Fort Lawton.
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Nina
Tenth Avenue West
Fort Lawton
L. H. Gray Ships Sail From San Francisco with Coal and Passengers
The steam er Rainier left San Francisco with 1060 tons of merchandise mostly coal bound for Alaska. Norwood also departed with a large cargo for Paget Sound. The Dakota is booking many passengers for its maiden Orient voyage, set to sail July 24 with expected full cabins.
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L. H. Gray Company
San Francisco
Alaska
Norwood
L. H. Gray Fleet
Paget Sound
Porte
Dakota
Gail Jilly
Labor Leaders Meet Roosevelt Over Open Shop and Affairs
President Gompers and Vice President Duncan of the AFL travel to Oyster Bay to confer with President Roosevelt. They plan to press issues including the open shop Chicago strike Porto Rican affairs Panama Canal and Chinese immigration and urge support for eight hour and anti injunc tion laws.
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Teddy Washington
D. C
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Duncan
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Chicago
China asserts role in peace talks hamper efforts
July 12 dispatches report China will not recognize peace conference arrangements without consultation. Japan says plan was prearranged and unaffected. Russia has not replied. Vladivostok confirms Captain Roysine departed for Washington to join negotiations.
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Pekin
Russia
Japan
China
Vladivostok
Roysine
Washington
Hansons Refuse Charity Move After Eviction Spree
After multiple rent evictions, the Hanson couple camped on a street parking strip and refuse offers to relocate. Attorney Richard Gowan arranged a philanthropic plan through realty dealer F J Rangenire to house them rent free for seven months in a three room cottage at Twenty first and Yesler Way, but the couple rejected the proposal and insulted the emissary.
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Hanson
Kelly
Hansona
Terry
Tenth
Richard Gowan
F. J. Rangenire
Rangenime
Twenty-first
Yesler Way
Bringold Crew Sues Tanner Owners in Federal Case
The crew of the fishing schooner Bringold sues the bark Tanner in federal court claiming $1,000 for services rendered in summoning help after the Tanner leaked and drifted toward Vancouver Island after passing Cape Flattery. The Bringold claims compensation for aiding a distressed vessel and rescuing its crew. Selton Cal July 12 flood fears rise as Indians evacuate and salt works near the bay brace for possible destruction.
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Bringold
Cape Flattery
Vancouver Island
Selton
Cal
Selton Desert
Liverpool Salt Company
Convict McCarty Is Shot and Captured
Wade identified fugitive W. D. McCarty, 22, 6 feet 7 inches, 142 pounds, brown hair and eyes, captured after exchanges with bloodhounds on Vashon island and shot in the hip by Kittitas county sheriff at Ellensburg. He denies identity, claiming Thomas Kent from Skagway, but description matches.
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United States
Hopkins
W. D. McCarty
Kittitas County
Ellensburg
McCarty
Tacoma
Thomas Kent
Skagway
W. D. McLaughlin
Alaska
Peasants Overrun Estate of Late Duke Sergius
Dispatches report peasants overran and destroyed much of the estate of the late Grand Duke Sergius near Dobinsky Berlan on July 12. Other items note Odessa Jews faced threats of mass reprisals as soldiers returning from the front were urged to plunder Jewish homes.
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Sergius
Grand Duke
Dobinsky
Berlan
Odessa
Ignateff
Russia
Fake Officer Convinces Man To Pay Burglary Theatrical Bunco
O. J. Nast handed over 35 dollars to a well dressed stranger posing as a police officer after a staged handcuffing of Nast’s companion near First and Pine. Nast, frightened by the fake arrest, reported the incident to Patrolman Alvey at the station, stating the fake officer tried to implicate him in a crime.
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O. J. Nast
First
Pine
Nast
Alvey
Bunco
Death or ruin for John D
A Sioux City report recounts Tom urging a fight against the system freight and passenger rates with claims that prices for meat and foodstuffs will be reduced and thousands will sell securities when told to do so to topple Rockefeller, threatening severe actions.
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Sioux City
Lawson
Tom
Rockefeller
Walter Scott Dodges Crowds in Death Valley Rally
Walter Scott, known as the Death Valley miner candidate for notoriety, slipped from a Chicago hotel at dawn to avoid a gathering of old schoolmates friends and charity supporters. The crowd, numbering around a fair size, was left disappointed as Scott escaped unseen.
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Chicago
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Senttree
Miner’s NYC train request stalls amid railroad doubts
Scott visited stock yards and rail offices seeking a second train to New York. Railroads rejected the plan. In Kansas City on July 12 the case against Standard Water, Pierce and Republican mil firms resumed with the attorney general seeking contracts and documents to prove conspiracy in restraint of trade.
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Scott
New York
Windy City
Kansas City
Standard, Waters, Pierce
Republican Mil
Judge Hanford Issues Injunction in Seattle Brewers Case
Federal judge Hanford issued an injunction against the Brewers' union in the Seattle Brewing and Malt ing company case. Striking workers are restrained from harming the company’s business and must appear July 17 to show cause why the injunction should not become permanent.
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Sweeney
Hanford
Brewers’ Union
Seattle Brewing & Malting Company
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Peninsula—Will Construct
Monster Pleasure Park
Madron
Anderson and Frye
Ralph Anderson
Rocky
Canucks
J. Runser
Wayside
Occidental
Ranser
Ayei
Taft
NEW State Bank and
the Oriental-American Bank
North Pole
Prrry
United States Navy
Seattle Star
Wade
Vashon Island
J. H. Malone
Ed. Stickney
James Leslie K. Takouchi
Dimetrivsk
ST. Petersburg
Kruger
Moscow
Islinsky Place
Kremlin
Revel
European
Minine
Krem
Kustenti
Potemkin
John D
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