Mrs Oldt Death Mystery Spurs Seattle Controversy
In Seattle a storm over Mrs. Oldt’s supposed suicide and Dr. J Eugene Jordan’s warnings of blackmail rocks public life. Jordan says Oldt may be alive and parts of the tale hinge on hypnotic influence accusations, alienation of affection suits, and disputed letters from her wealthy relatives. Steamship accounts and court claims feed a complex drama of alleged extortion and reputational damage.
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Harry Oldt
Seattle
Scott
Harry B. Oldt
Beattie
Mre. Oldt
Jordan
Judge Frehner marries youth to girl in court
In a startling juvenile court scene Judge Frater moved quickly to wed Annie Bower, a 16 year old girl with no home, to a named youth. The court arranged consent and, after locating the girl’s mother, the ceremony took place at 3 o clock with the judge performing the knot tying.
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Frater
New Guardian
Annie Bower
de Johnson
Madison Park
Hinckley Arrested Over Fire Escape Delays in WPRinckley Block
Marshal Kellogg seized Hinckley owner of WPRinckley block on a warrant for failing to install a proper fire escape. The condemned escape was to be replaced by an iron stairway, with promises made in court but extensions requested by Hinckley. Building inspector's six extension demand met with resistance.
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Hinckley
Taken Back to Scene of Recent Crime
Frost, wanted for an attempt at Port Ludlow, was in the city Sunday by Deputy Cutter of Kitsap County. He was lodged in the city jail and returned to the scene of the crime. Little is known of the incident which occurred several days earlier and the fugitive escaped on a morning, but the local officers were notified and Cutter captured him.
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Frost
Port Ludlow
Thin City
Kitsap
Cutter
Special Gas Inspection Bill Debate Promises Hot Fight
The Star exposes how the gas octopus robs local consumers. The corporations committee, at Cornelius Murphy's request, will meet Tuesday to discuss the embalmed gas inspection bill with gas experts to advise provisions. Debate over who pays the inspector’s salary and saloon district extensions fills the council scene.
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Corporations Committee
Corneilman Murphy
Gan
License and Register Committee
Bowen
Benjamin
Johnson
Burnett
Interbay
Grant Street
Lumberjacks in King County face insanity hearing
William Langin of Redmond declares excess electricity and urges religion. At a Monday hearing the insanity commission likely recommends Steilacoom stay. William Blade of Kerriston acted crazy and was brought to the courthouse. He was declared not insane but in delirium tremens and will be kept in jail for a few days to recover.
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William Langin
Redmond
King County
Steilacoom
William Blade
Kerriston
Norse Americans vow aid to mother country in war
Local Norse-Americans say if war erupts between Norway and Sweden, about 1 million Norwegians in the United States would send roughly 1 dollar each, totaling 1,006,000 to 1,500,000, to Norway and Sweden. Funds would go secretly to Norway to avoid neutrality breaches.
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Norway
Sweden
America
King County
Ugly charge against labor men in Chicago
The June grand jury, convened today, was briefed by United States Attorney Healy on alleged actions by several labor leaders tied to the teamsters' strike. Authorities reportedly gathered evidence of alleged blackmail against local business houses, citing testimony from women friends of the labor leaders. Judge McEwen warned the jury to avoid hasty indictments against the labor figures.
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Chicago
United States
Healy
Teamsters
Red Light
McEwen
First Jobs of Sertileites and Rural Summers
The report recalls a young man’s first earnings feeding a corn planter at 26 cents daily on his father's Holton area farm. He spent the first week’s pay on lemonade and firecrackers for the Fourth of July. Also noted are the Robert Sudden wreck near Surf with 800,000 feet of lumber salvage prospects, and the laying of the cornerstone of the Queen Anne Methodist Episcopal Church at Fifth and Garfield.
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Holton
H. B. Kennedy
Port Orchard
Santa Barbara
Cal
Robert Sudden
Surf
Father overcomes drink to win sons in court
In a fateful Monday session Judge A W Frater warns Thomas Dougherty to stay sober for a week or risk losing his two young sons. The story follows the siblings as truant officers fetch them from a rough lodging house and the father vows to reform amid a hard, hungry morning. A separate report notes a man named Mac Wallace charged with living off a fallen wife’s earnings after a brutal dispute. Also, the Academy of Holy Names marks its 25th anniversary with a jubilee and a class of 1905 commencement on June 16.
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Papa
Alice
Willie Dougherty
Fuveniie
A. W. Frater
Johnny
Thomas Dougherty
Frater
Ketchum
Mac” Wallace
Jack King
Wallace
Academy of Holy Names
Seventh
Jackson
Washington
D. C
Count Cassini
Roosevelt
Meyer
Russia
Cassini
Seattle Dog Catcher Reports Unlicensed Dogs In City
Monday morning Assistant Dog Catcher Charles Lee said Seattle is overrun with unlicensed dogs. He keeps 20 canines in a mobile prison and notes daily arrests and returns to owners from police headquarters. A later interview was interrupted when Lee spotted a reporter attempting to interview the mayor.
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Charles Lee
Lee
City Hall Commission Weighs 175000 Keezer Block Plan
The city hall commission meets tonight and leans toward authorizing voters to spend 175000 on a combined fall and hospital on the Keezer block. If new improvements occur, a future election may be needed. Options include selling the Keezer block and 150 acres on Beacon hill or building a combined court case at Yesler block with county school board cooperation. The panel rejects Great Northern’s 135000 bid for the east half of the present city hall block.
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City Hall
Keezer
Beacon Hill
Yesler Block
Great Northern
Princess Victoria Sets Sound to Victoria Record Time
The steamship Princess Victoria beat the previous time by seven minutes on the run from this port to Victoria. She completed the voyage in three hours and seventeen minutes against a head sea. The same vessel previously held the record, and this makes her the fastest on the sound.
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Victoria
Veseeel
Grand jury session ends as Tacoma district to reconvene July 7
The grand jury session aimed at cleaning up the old district’s business ended in federal court Monday morning. The next session of this district will be held in Tacoma on July 7.
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Federal Court
Tacoma
Echo of brutal crime and murder case on Puget Sound
William Mueller, a sailor on the German ship Neaala stationed on Puget Sound, learned of his mother and sister’s death by an assassin in Aldenberg on January 12, 1904. A cousin's letter dated May 19, 1905, cites a murder trial for Gottweil alias Imnick to be held June 14 and mentions an inscribed overcoat found at Mueller’s home. The letter also notes Gottweil’s prior imprisonments for embezzlement and other offenses. The Aldenberg killings, described as among the city’s most horrible, involved a fatal attack with a meat axe on Marie Mueller after a rejected marriage proposal, followed by the mother struck with a flat iron and attempts to destroy evidence by arson.
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Mueller
Fraulein Freda Beyer
Aldenburg
Germany
Gottweild
Imnick
Gottweil
Fraulein Beyer
Hengelo
Holland
Aldenberg
Gottwell
Marie Mueller
Japanese Student Returns Home After Losses in War
Masha Wanna, a young Japanese student at an eastern college, leaves for Yokohama on the Empress of Japan to safeguard the family property as its sole heir. His mother died in childhood. his father and one brother survived, the brother having been captured as a spy and the father killed in battle. Wanna had returned to America two years earlier to complete college, with two years remaining.
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Masha Wanna
Yokohama
Wanna
America
Colege
Russia Balks At Mikado's Terms
In St Petersburg a strong anti peace party pushes against Roosevelt backed terms. Reports from Manchuria hint at Japanese offensive moves while Witte plans a two week public mission. Novoe Vremya warns of Asia for Aviation diplomacy and possible Russia Japan alliance. Russian replies in Tokyo and White House notes shape the peace outlook.
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ST. Petersburg
St. Eetersburg
Roosevelt
Russia
Manchuria
M. Witte
Committee of
Novoe Vremya
Japan
Asia
Washington, D. C
White House
St. Peters
Tokio
Foreman L. E. Redman Killed in Depot Scaffolding Fall
L. E. Redman foreman of the brick-laying crew on the Alaska building, died after a fall from scaffolding at the new Union depot. He was killed instantly at 2 o clock Monday afternoon. Redman leaves a wife and daughter. family home at Twenty sixth. Body taken to Bonney-Watson morgue.
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L. E. Redman
Alaska
Union
Redman
Bonney-Watson
Wilsey
Decedent of Famous New Hampshire Family Travels to Portland
Frank C. Churchill of the well known Churchill family in New Hampshire, accompanied by his wife, registered at the Rainier Grand hotel Sunday while en route to Portland. The Churchill estate is about 30.
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Frank C. Churchill
Churchill
New Hampshire
Family Estate From Revolutionary War Era Near Concord
The property, located miles from Concord, has remained in the same family since the revolutionary war, spanning generations and showcasing historic continuity.
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Concord
No Telegraph Strike Reached After NP and GN Talks
No strike will occur following an amicable adjustment announced as the Northern Pacific and Great Northern officials concluded talks with the telegraphers. The June 12 report states authorities expect stable operations and no industrial action.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Aged shop lifter death after tainted drink in store
San Francisco report says Doc Roberta, a noted shop lifter, drank contents of a phial in H. S. Crocker & Co. store and died despite clerks efforts. He was caught stealing a pack of playing cards. North Star Shoe Co of Minneapolis plans a local branch. Major C. B. Heffelfinger, its president, to visit within 30 days. A four story factory building is planned after local plans.
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San Francisco
Doc Roberta
H. S. Crocker & Co
Roberts
North Star Shoe Company
Minneapolis
C. B. Heffelfinger
Jones vows to beat old Pennsy in race after record run
Chicago reports the 18 hour Pennsylvania special from New York beat schedule by minutes while a Shore line trial run 526 miles in 4 hours 70 minutes set a new distance record. Local rep L F Jones taunts, promising to outpace Pennsy with a railroad row foot race around a Totem pole, awarding points for steam engine impressions.
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Chicago
New York
Jersey City
N. J
Pennsylvania
L. F. Jones
New York Central
Star of the Pennsylvania
A. J. Holt
Seattle
Jones
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