Genies A Combine Admits Public Gets The Worst Of It
J and Co president Sr B Powles concedes that combinations exist among city commission merchants and claims they keep prices near the top. He defends the producer’s interests while denying a price regulating scheme by the Seattle association and urges countercharges be verified by members or the association secretary.
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Sr. B. Powles
J & Co
Les
Powles
Star
Ty Mr. Powles
Tly
Western Av
Seattle Association
Commission Merchants City
J. B
Seattle Produce Association
Commission
State Support Maintains Lake Shore Sale Plan Amid Legal Challenge
Prominent attorneys argue lake shore lands belong to the state not upland owners. The McGillivra heirs seek to restrain the state AYP commissioners from platting and selling shore lands on Lake Union and Lake Washington despite a legislative vote to raise 1,000,000 dollars. Officials say the dispute will not delay the exposition or affect the undertaking, and Governor Mead backs the state's promise for the 1,000,000 appropriation regardless of sale.
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McGillvia Hetra
AYP
Lake Union
Lake Washington
McGilvra
McGlivra
Extian Company
Mead
Ihs
One Policeman On Duty At Ballard Amid Visitors
Ballard, newly annexed and with over 12000 visitors, operated with a single police officer on duty today. Acting Seattle Chief Willard dispatched two men last night, but only one officer remained on duty this morning as civil service exams were ordered for all Ballard police.
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Seattle
Willard
Wallard
Measles Outbreak Affects Tulalip Reservation
Measles is widespread on the Tulalip Indian reservation with 76 cases reported among eight districts. White school teachers have been compelled to serve amid the outbreak.
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Tulalip Indian
Time
Hureen
Loveless Wife Cause of Murder In Bellingham
F K M Walker admits to shooting and killing his wife in Bellingham Washington after she refused to live with him and announced plans to leave The statement was given to a Star representative Walker expressing remorse and wishing to die while hospitalized under guard.
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Bellingham
Wash
F. KM. Walker
Western Union Expects Northwest Strike Over Telegraph Labor
The Western Union Telegraph company anticipates a general strike by operators in the northwest linked to eastern wage protests. The Seattle letter seeks strikebreakers and promises pay, while union leaders warn the company aims to force a walkout. The San Francisco disruption worsens eastern message delays as Roosevelt weighs antitrust action.
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Seattle
Western Union Telegraph Company
Northwest
San Francisco
R. T. Reid
Western Union
Telegraphers’ Union
East
Thie
Small
Actus
Frank Jaynes
Dunne
Chi
Chicago
Postal Panic Postal Panic Souvenir Postals
Postmaster George M Stewart fears a postal flood during the Christian Endeavor convention as visitors buy souvenir cards and mail them to friends. He plans to route delegates mail to the Seattle post office at Broadway and Pine for distribution by personal card.
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George M. Stewart
Doming Christian Endeavor
Seattle
Beattie
Post Master Aa
Gub
Broadway
Ping
Intimidation charges surface in murder trial hearings
Witnesses and defense allege state detectives and Colorado officers tampered with testimony. Major Naylor defends rights to sit as a witness. Edward Boyce testifies the Western Federation of Miners did not advocate violence, citing eight hour law opposition and internal dissent.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Stiemst
Igen
Colorado
Wes
Naylor
Colorado No Guards
Citizens’ Alliance Ittee
Attor Richardson
Major Naylor
Edward Boyce
Western Federation of Miners
Estar
Federation
Wyoming
Montana
Boyce
Hoycela
Godmother of the W. R. C. Dies at 92 in Chicago
Cathrine FE Gilson known nationwide as the godmother of the Women's Relief Corps died in Chicago at age 92. Born in Middletown Connecticut she moved to Illinois in 1837 and became a revered figure among W. R. C. members.
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Chicago
Catherine FE. Gilson
Women's Relief Corps
United States
Middletown
Conn
Illinois
Four aboard gasoline launch escape fire on Coeur d Alene Lake
In Spokane on June 26 four people from Seattle and Spokane faced death when a gasoline launch on Coeur d Alene lake caught fire from a tank leak. J B Farwick suffered burns to ankles and wrist while Fred Lee, Columbus, and Mrs. Columbus escaped serious injury as onlookers pulled them aboard before the vessel sank.
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Spokane
J. 8
Harwick
Seattle
Fred Lee
Mra
Columbus
Coeur Walene Lake
Farwick
Lee
Fushimi Sails for Japan After Stop on Monmouth
Prince Fushimi heir to the Japanese throne sailed for home late yesterday afternoon aboard the Monmouth after a sailing from Victoria. The voyage ends a ceremonial stop as diplomatic ties and royal courtesy marked the departure.
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Fushimi
Japan
Victoria
Prince Fushimi
Narrowly Missed by Bullet Strikes Local Elderly Woman
Samuel Shay reported to headquarters that his elderly mother on Lithay N. narrowly escaped a stray bullet. Residents had complained of promiscuous shooting before. An effort will be made to locate the shooter responsible.
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Samuel Shay
Lithay N
F& Stray Ballet
Shay
Jump Track in Tunnel Delays North Coast Limited
The North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific was delayed about 14 hours east of the Cascades, arriving in Seattle at 11:30 today. The train was due Tuesday night at 9:15. The delay occurred after a freight train damaged a track rack and rail in a tunnel. no injuries were reported.
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Cascades
Seattle
La Union Volcano Dams Papabulum River Causing Drowning
The La Union volcano in Valdivia province shifted rock so the Papabulum river was dammed, flooding valleys downstream. Fourteen bodies recovered with many others believed drowned as continued volcanic activity is reported. In Poughkeepsie New York Syracuse four oared shell race on the two mile course noted.
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Valparaiso
la Union
Valdivia
Papabulum
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Syracuse
Engineer of Barker Hotel shoots in basement attack
Albert Letinski an engineer at the Barker hotel Seattle shot and killed an unknown man during a basement fight at 3 10 pm. The assailant entered through a basement door and struck Letinski with an iron file. The dead man E J Krueger had rough attire and a Portland based woman Miss Hazel Wells was involved in the dispute.
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Barker
Albert Letinski
Barker Hotel
Letinski
E. J. Krueger
Miss Hazel Wells
Portland
Judge Discharges Jury in Oregon & Washington Railway Case
Judge Arthur E. Griffin freed the 12 jurors in the Oregon & Washington Railway versus Davidson trial after defense attorneys revealed bribery solicitation by a disbarred lawyer. A new panel will be drawn as the suit seeks $20,000 condemnation for a $36,000 property value.
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Arthur E. Griffin
Superior Court
Oregon & Washington Railway Company
Davidson
Charles P. Spooner
Union Pacific
Byers
Griffin
City Extends Public Streets Amid Growth and Alleged Political Ties
Mayor Moore signs ordinances to extend East Pike Street First Avenue and 22nd Avenue toward the Georgetown boundary, opening streets from Minor Avenue to Madison. The passage also notes a long-running link between big business and criminal elements in King County politics, detailing historical collusion and power shifts through the 1890s and into later administrations.
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Moore
City
East Pike St
Find Av
Georgetown
East Pike
Madison
22Nd Ay
East Olive St
Plunderbund
King County
Smith
Frank OD. Black
W. D. Wood
Thomas J. Humes
Humes
Meredith
Elemen
Burleigh-Hunt-Grant - Heilbron
Harry White
Baldy” Rogers
Subpoena Issued for Standard Oil Officials in Alto Rebates Case
Judge Lan directed the clerk to issue subpoenas for John D Rockefeller and other Standard Oil leaders in New Jersey and Indiana to testify July 6 in the Alto rebate case. The judge said he will summon additional witnesses and if Rockefeller avoids service, the subpoena server Rogers will attend.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Chicago
Landis
John D Rockefeller
H. Tilford
G. E
Standard Oil
New Jersey
J. A. Moffatt
G. W
Stall
Indiana
Alton
Rockefeller
Rogers
Scales Demanded for City School Coal Supply
A local improvement club presses the school board to install scales at each city school to weigh coal deliveries. They allege school charges exceed actual use by 25 percent and call for an audit, citing Ward School and contractor relations with Pacific Coast company. The case centers on alleged leakage and graft risk in Fremont district coal deliveries.
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J. B. Allen Improvement Club
Ward
Improvement Club
Reuben W. Jones
Pacific Coast Company
Fremont
George EB. Hall
Stay & Jenkins
Seattle Political Machine Dominates City and County
Preceding installments describe how from 1890 to 1900 Seattle and King County governments were controlled by profit focused corporations. They used political influence through the Republican party machine to maintain power.
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Seattle
King County
Scaffolding Collapse Kills One in San Francisco Building
A scaffolding collapse at a brick building under construction in San Francisco on June 26 killed Thomas Bennett, fatally injured another man, and badly injured three more. Emergency crews rushed to the scene.
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San Francisco
Thomas Bennett
Trampled Riots in Lisbon Kill and Wound Hundreds
Riots between soldiers and mobs in Lisbon cause at least one hundred deaths and six mutinous artillery battalions. Cavalry trampling and boiling water from women in upper windows marked the clash as banks face rupture amid political tension against King Carlos’s move to govern without parliament.
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Operta
Carlos
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Central Labor Union
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Stewart
Ture Souvenir Postals
Idaho
Serigos Telegraph Service
Pike
Joe Smith
John D
Noshima Kato
Scriops Telegraph Service
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