10 Excuse for Lack of Coal in Seattle
Article analyzes Seattle coal shortages alleging manipulation by big coal interests and railroads. It cites Northern Pacific and Pacific Coast companies controlling supply, discusses Burnett and Roslyn mines, and predicts possible famine if markets are restrained. Mentions price rises and a forthcoming third installment.
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Seattle
Prancis R. Singleton
Northern Pacific Railroad Py
Pacific Coast
Thorn Pacific and
Pacific Mies
Heplesa
Kinx
Northern Pacific
Bia
Puget Sound
Pa M Columbia
eMorthern Pacific Railroad
Zb Houston
Burnett
Pacific Coast Company
Rostyn
Sveral
Pierce County
Tecoma Eastern Railway
Plot to kill Italy's king caused fear at palace
Details of a Zurich plot to assassinate Emmanuel II are revealed. The plan, formulated by two renowned European anarchists, involved an attack on the Italian king. Guards monitor travelers entering Italy and heightened anxiety surrounds the royal residence.
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Cata
Italy
City Interest Payments Linked to Unappropriated Funds
Treasurer George Russell paid about $128000 to eastern financial agencies to meet semiannual interest on city bonded debt. Funds partly retire Cedar River bonds and Ballard water and light bonds. A small draft of roughly $1200 was advanced from Russell’s own funds due to lack of prior appropriation. The issue was found only since Monday.
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George Russell
Ballard Water and Light
Russell
Riots at Colorado land convention over credentials
Denver June news reports a mob scene as credentials are decided. Colorado leads delegates with Wyoming second. Smoot denounces Roosevelt's timber policy amid Pinchot defense of government control and forest reserve aims.
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Denver
Col
Dele
Colorado
Wyoming
Smoot
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Everett Smelter to be Operated at Full Capacity
Everett June 20 orders have been received by the local management of American Smelter and Security Co to operate the Everett Smelter at full capacity. It will be the first time the entire plant has operated since its construction in the early 90s. More ore is arriving from local mines with five carnef concentrates daily from Monte Cristo mines.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Everett
American Smelter & Security Co
Monte Cristo
Rug maker defends use of recycled materials
W H Thomas of New Idea Rug Company tells The Star its factory uses largely customer supplied old clothing and rags salvaged from junk dealers. He says all material is disinfected, the business operates strictly to orders, and no rugs are bought from junk men.
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W. H
New Idea Rug Company
Star
Thomas
Terry
Ming and
Raga
Jank
New Move to Make a Wife Good
Everett June 20 An attempted murder suicide crisis led to a reconciliation between EB Fishel a Tacoma railroad man and his wife after he sought her and their child. He took strychnine but survived and reunited with his wife at a Everett hospital before returning to Tacoma.
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Everett
EB. C. Fishel
Tacoma
Fishel
Copper Companies to Consolidate in Copper Market
Boston June 20 reports confirm F Augustus Heinze and associates plan to consolidate copper mining firms with the Consolidated Mining Smelting Co as the nucleus. The Ohio Copper Co. is to join the Bingham property in the arrangement. Chicago June 20 Judge Landa granted J C Hatley authority to sell Zion City property held by him as receiver.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Boston
Mass
F. Augustus Heinze
Thinghgm Consolidated Mining Smelting Co
Ohio Copper Co
Bingham
Chicago
Landia
United States District Court
J. C. Hatley
Zion City
Man Full of Jealous Rage Fires in Tacoma Saloon
W. P. Jones, a book agent living at 1084 South Tacoma, shot Sidney L. Dundas in a saloon at 1007 South Pacific Ave, then shot himself and Gifford Wescott. Dundas died later at St. Joseph's Hospital as Jones's motive tied to a disputed marriage and court-ordered separation affecting his 18 year old love interest.
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Tacoma
Lillian Jacobs
W. PF. Jones
South Tacomacy
Sidney L. Dundas
South Pacific Av
Gifford Wescott
Jones
Berlin
Blewenthal
Pacific A
Dundas
Upetaira
St. Joseph's Hospital
Trea
Fle
Shortage Enlarged and City Funds in Turmoil
Turmoil grows as a larger shortage emerges from incomplete work funds. City hall officials and experts anticipate further delays with a report due by midweek or later. Discrepancies concern payments by street contractors for water use and other charges, with money diverted between water and general funds. Final settlements and exact amounts remain unclear amid ongoing irregularities.
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Russell
Shorrock
Rtmentsa
Walter
Brokers fight closure order over bucket shop claim
Downing Hopkins and Ryer defied police closure, seeking a restraining order. Judge Albertson refused but set a show cause date for June 35, while the firm maintains it is a legitimate brokerage and continues trading as officers surround the third floor office.
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Wappenstein
Downing, Hopkins & Ryer
al Wing
Downing & Roger
Charred bones hint at cause of Ellensburg fire death
In Ellensburg a major blaze destroyed Kleinberg Bros warehouse and adjacent properties causing $56,000 in damage. The charred remains of a man were found with a tobacco ash, suggesting a cigarette started the fire, but no identification is available.
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Star Special Service
Ellensburg
Kleinberg Bros
Ed- Barnes Company
Reed-Barnes Company
William Halley
Ellensburg Lumber Company
William Bert
Chief Breaks Up Company In Town
Detective Clark presents decisive testimony as Chief Wapperstein orders P. M. Rutherford and J. W. Hamslaman to leave town within 24 hours. Investigators find International Construction operated from rooms 411 and 412 in the People's Savings Bank building with no real capital and dubious claims of 800 acres near Joplin Missouri. Local contractor A. A. Norquist was misled into signing a $10 000 note and exposed the scheme.
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Clark
Wapperstein
P. M. Rutherford
J. W. Hamslaman
International Construction Company
People’s Savings Bank
A. A. Norquiat
Joplin
Norquist
Boise Defense Loses A Point In Idaho Haywood Case
The report covers a June sequence in Boise and Portland detailing a fatal shooting of musician George Hurlburt by C. H. Reynolds in Portland, with Mrs Reynolds present. It also notes Judge Wood in Idaho invalidating post death Steunenberg era articles, and Horah presenting Colorado eight hour law decisions.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Hoise
Idaho
Wood
Haywood
Miners’ Magazine
Steunenberg
Goddard
Darrow
Richardson
Borah
Horah
Colorado
Supreme Court
Luther M. Goddard
Orchard
Revolution denounces Osler at medical convention
A resolution denouncing Dr William Osler as a medical nihilist and challenging his age limit theory was presented at the National EClectic Medical association convention by C G Winter of Minneapolis and E G Sharp of Guthrie Oklahoma. It was referred to the advisory board for later reporting.
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Los Angeles
Wm. Osler
National Eclectic Medical Association
C. G. Winter
Minneapolis
E. G. Sharp
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Portland Enacts Nightly Crackdown on Fake Employment Agencies
George Herbert, a Walla Walla musician, died after being shot by former government scout C H Reynolds while visiting Reynolds's wife. Mayor Moore ordered all employment agencies in Portland using false job representations closed and investigated, aiming to purge reputationally damaged firms. The move follows Seattle complaints against Gray's Harbor Commercial at Cosmopolis and Aberdeen Chamber resolutions criticizing mill company practices. Police will target about 150 agencies and enforce a $1,000 annual license to weed out disreputable operators. Detective Tennant was told to notify firms to operate honestly or face closure.
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Beripps Telegraph Service
Portland
George Hurlburt
Walla Walla
C. H. Reynolds
Reynolds
Hurlburt
Reynold
iScripps Telegraph Service
Ore
George Herbert
Wash
Herbert
Moore
Police Department
Seattle Free Employment Office
Gray's Harbor
Seattle
Tennant
Grover Cleveland Says He Is Sick But Not Seriously
Princeton June 20 Grover Cleveland stated he is a sick man but the condition is not serious. Physicians say a malignant internal growth caused alarm, but the critical point has passed.
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Scrippe Telegraph Service
Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Brutal Sailor mistreatment alleged on Samoa voyage
Ole Olsen, a Norwegian sailor from the British bark Samoa, claims five weeks of brutal treatment by Capt Moss after a leg fracture off San Diego. He was kept in the hold, cursed, and finally hospitalized in Seattle with a partially knit right knee fracture. The case drew Humane Officer Van to the ship.
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Samoa
Ole Olsen
Pier 12
Moss
Olsen
San Diego
Seattle
Van
Wayside
Marine Ward
Providence Hospital
Hanley
Joslyn Deemed Indispensable by Mayor Over Charges
Mayor Moore said Joslyn the city electrician remains indispensable until the new underground fire alarm and police signal system is installed. He noted McGrew had not provided new information and declined to say whether he would officially consider the charges.
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Moore
McGrew
City
Joslyn
Bringhuret
New City
Ship in Trouble Off Flattery Coast Towed to Sea
The Russian vessel Fennla drifted helplessly near Flattery when the Pacific Coast Company steamer Eureka arrived from Frisco and immediately changed course to assist. Eureka towed the distressed ship away from shore after tugs abandoned the Fennia before she set sail.
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Flattery
Fennla
Pacific Coast Company
Eureka
Frisco
Fennia
Water Department Prohibits Unmetered Sprinkling This Year
The water department reiterates a ban on sprinkling streets in front of homes unless metered. Hose sprinkling without nozzles is forbidden. The force reports about thirty arrests daily with fines from 2.50 to 5 dollars.
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Water Department
Western Union Yields to Telegraphers in Wage Pact
A settlement ends a threatened strike as Western Union agrees to a 10 percent pay increase nationwide, abolishes the sliding scale, and standardizes wire pay. The union waives the eight hour day and typing requirements while a joint committee handles unresolved grievances. Efforts shift to an agreement with Postal Telegraph.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal
Western Union
Crowry
Neill
J. W. McGuire
Telegraphers’ Union
Neil
Clowry
McGuire
Postal Telegraph Company
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James P. Price
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Osler
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
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