Last Grab Endgame Over Sullivan Estate Grabs
A Seattle court order aims to block Corcoran and Callaghan interests from Sullivan estate proceeds as the Mercantile Investment Company seeks to take over half the estate. Foreclosure actions to reassign the mortgage favor the new investors, with Irish heirs set to lose their stake amid a complex ownership shift.
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John Sullivan
el States
Samuel H. Piles
Sullivan
Corcoran
Callaghan
Seattle
Je F. Main
King County
J. A. Murray
Sullivan Block
Mercantile
Cantile Investment Company
Murp
Superior Court
Mercantile Investment
James B. Howe
Irge Danworth
Charles H. Farrell
Incorporators Company
Senator Piles
Mercantile Newt Company
Senator Piles and Associates
Murray
Mortgage & Trust Company
Mercantile Investment Miny
Corcoran and
Merle Investment Company
Coran
Lost balloon explorers in Sierra storms feared dead
Captain Mueller and five companions are missing after the balloon America vanished in a blizzard near Pasadena. Rescue parties search through Mount Lowe and desert rugged terrain as heavy snow and fierce winds hinder communications. Two names noted: Lane Gilliam and Richard Halstead among the party.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Mojave
A. BE. Maller
America
Pasadena
Mueller
Lane C. Gilliam
Walla Walla
Wash
Richard Halstead
Sydney Cray
Harold Parker
F. C. Dodechutes
Lancaster
City doubles Cedar river power capacity with new pipeline
The municipal fighting department completed a Cedar lake to Cedar river pipeline boosting power from 5000 to 16000 horsepower with potential emergency rise to 20000. The six foot main carries water to the powerhouse where it becomes electricity for light and power, feeding two transmission lines to the city and guarding against total outage.
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Cedar Lake
Cedar River
Tarvin
City Lighting Department
Roosevelt Arrives in New York Inspecting Plans Before Sailing
Former president Theodore Roosevelt reaches New York from Oyster Bay with his daughter and Kermit to oversee preparations for the Hamburg voyage. He visits the Outlook offices and meets with Douglas Robinson before departing, while reporters await his comments.
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New York
Qrewlient Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Btoel
Kermit
Hamburg
Outlook Magazine
Inlaw
Douglas Robinson
Seattle Man Tries to Kill Himself After Gambling Losses
Murphy, 36, a electrician from Heattie, Washington, is hospitalized in Seattle after attempting suicide by carbolic acid poisoning. He was found in convulsions at the St Elmo hotel after a failed phone call request and later asked for a pencil to write to his cousin Mrs Johnson in Oregon. He reportedly lost about 70000 in gambling ventures in Denver and New York.
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WA ER
Wash
Neames Murphy
Heattie
St. Elmo Hotel
Murphy
Jersey
St. Johne
Oregon
Johnson
Denver
New York
Citizens urged to aid in work of welcoming visitors
Morning the Chain- Commerce will start four at work enlisting rooms for the operation of the fair. Men will carry credentials from the chamber and collect the meeting fee. We hope to list at least rooms before the open. Yandell calls on citizens to offer vacant rooms to accommodate 15000 to 20000 visitors in Seattle in a single day, as hotels are crowded.
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noDre
Chain- Commerce
Yandell
Ublic
Seattle
Strikers Demand Written Promises Amid Government Fears
At a general meeting the telegraph and postal workers unanimously demand written written promises and seek revocation of orders by secretary Bimyan. Strikers fear government plans will be disregarded unless documented.
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Telegraph and
Postal Em
Bimyan
Postal
Water Shut Off In District March 23–24
Water will be shut off in the district between 16th avenue North East and 20th avenue North East, north of 65th Street to Ravenna Park, on Tuesday and Wednesday March 23 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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16Th Av. N. E
20Th Av. N. E
Yakima Sheep Company Sues Waterway Over River Channel Change
The Yakima Sheep Company tells Superior Judge Frater that work by Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway and Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging altered the Duwamish River channel washing away lands. More than 100 feet of banks have been lost to date.
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Yakima Sheep Company
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company
Frater
Yakima
Waterway Company
Duwamish River
Woman to pay with life for 1908 murder in New York
Gov. Hughes denied clemency for Mrs. Mary Parmer who was sentenced to die for the ax murder and dismemberment of Sarah Brennan in 1908. The case drew supporters urging sanity investigations, but parole was not granted. Parmer faces execution at Auburn on March 29.
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Albany
N. Y
Hrowneville
Watertown
James D Palmer
Mary
Henry Hrennan
Brennan
Auburn
Pickpocketing Stirs City Crowd at Piper Taft Store
A Saturday night rush at Piper Taft drew crowds and pickpockets who lifted several wallets. Two purses found abandoned in an alley. one holder Axelaael of 614 Olive lost 7 dollars. Another wallet found behind an estate. N Shirley of Bremerton robbed of 66 dollars on a streetcar toward expansion grounds. City detectives rode streetcars to catch thieves.
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Piper & Taft
Axel Aael
Th. N. Shirley
Bremerton
A.¥.P. Expani
Shirley
Hazing death reported at White School in Indianapolis
Charles Stinteton dies after fellow students allegedly string him up by the ankles to a sapling and leave him hanging for hours in Indianapolis. Authorities expect arrests following the incident.
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Indianapolis
Charles Stinteton
White School
Good Samaritan Robbed After Helping Stranger
A man identified as John Saradina was robbed of 200 dollars by a stranger he befriended in Pine City hotel on Fifth Avenue. The assailant disappeared after Saradina woke up. In Covington, Ky a court ruled the Kentucky Racing Commission illegal allowing bookmakers at Latonia race track.
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John Saradina
Pine City
Fifth Av
Saradina
Good Samaritan
Saradinan
Covington, Ky
Latonia Agricultural Association
Kentuccky Racing Commission
Racing Commission
Llegal
Latonia Race Track
Pittrich Faces Death Despite Defense Fund Misuse
Nick Pittrich, convicted of murdering Kent Marshal Miller, awaits execution with his two companions as funds raised by Montenegrin and Servian communities falter. Alarm over misused contributions and a star witness prompts appeals to commute the sentence, while defense lawyers seek governor clemency amid renewed appeals from local societies.
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Nick Pittrich
Marshal Miller
Kent
Pittrich
Anagich
Bosavich
Attorneve
A. D. Martin
A. H. Landen
Matt Starwich
Star Witness
Starwich
John Story
Matt O'Grady
Ravenadale
Fittrich
Ship Arrivals and Perilous Seas Off Victoria
Victoria reports the blue fennel liner from Liverpool arriving with 7 000 tons of freight and 72 Chinese aboard. A separate event notes 1 000 half-clad pilgrims at Jeddah en route to Singapore where smallpox broke out and was checked. a religious enthusiast leapt overboard and was taken by a shark.
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Victoria
B. C
Liverpool
Orient
Tacoma
Jeddah
Singapore
Sur
Secretary Hoople Hulbert Taken for Alberta Trial
HM B Hulbert former Vancouver club secretary was taken to Victoria by the provincial police chief for transfer to Vancouver to face trial over an alleged 200 dollar shortage.
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HM. B. Hulbert
Vancouver
B. C
Victoria
Hussy
Provincctal Police
Judge approves sale of stock held by John Rosene
Superior Judge John F. Main today confirmed the sale of 4 shares of Northwestern Commercial and 16 shares of Denny Renton Clay held by John Rosene, president of Northwestern. The sale, advertised for January 9, 1909, was postponed weekly until January 20, when Sheriff Hodge sold the shares to the National Bank of Commerce of the city.
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John F. Main
Northwestern Commercial Company
Denny- Renton Clay Company
John Rosene
Concert
Sheriff Hodge
National Bank of Commerce
Boilermaker Seeks 4000 Damages From Railway
Patrick Philbin a boilermaker formerly with the Columbia and Puget Sound Railway appeared before Superior Judge Boyd J Tall man seeking 4000 damages for injuries from an accident sustained while in service of the company.
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Patrick Philbin
Columbia & Puget Sound Railway Company
Boyd J. Tallman
Weather Brief: Clear Tonight Light Winds Frost East
Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with light winds. Tuesday remains mild with light winds and frost eastward at dawn.
Day Killed In Mine Accident At Bain
George Day a coal mine driver for the Carbon Coal Co. was ground to death beneath mine cars in Bain County this morning. Coroner J C Snyder will go to the scene this afternoon to investigate the fatal accident.
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George Day
Bain
J. C. Snyder
Day
Snyder
The
Carbon Coal Co
Woman sold liquor at Royal hotel arrested
Mrs M Carelton claimed to be a real estate saleswoman but police say she ran the Royal hotel and sold liquor without a license. Patrolmen Humphrey Christen son and Weatedt arrested her at eight yesterday morning at the Royal hotel on First Ave near Marion St. Ray Lewis, a resident of the same hotel, was also detained. Police reported no trouble buying beer earlier.
Detective Seeks Safe Return in Open Letter to Kidnappers
Philadelphia detective Ward releases an open letter detailing the Wille Whitla kidnapping case. He asserts money was deposited in good faith, praises Attorney Whitla, and states a park meet in Plat Iron park and a hotel rendezvous were intended. The note warns kidnappers and pledges police vigilance.
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Cleveland
Sharon
Ward
Philadelphia
Wille Whitla
Attorney Whitla
Ashtabula
Whitla
Reformer Drake Proposes as Kidnapped Boy Hostage
John H. Drake a Chicago reformer and surgical instrument maker offers to become hostage for Billie Whitin the kidnapped Sharon Pa lad. He would surrender to kidnappers with $10,000 in gold, unarmed, if the boy is safely returned. The plan hinges on relatives depositing $10,000 in a bank to be paid to Drake when the boy is found unharmed.
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Chicago
John H. Drake
Billie Whitin
Sharon
Drake
Kidnapped Boy Case Probes New Letter Near Sharon
In Sharon area authorities report a third letter from abductors postmarked near Sharon. State constabulary in plain clothes cross into Ohio and search homes around Warren Niles and Girard for the kidnapers.
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Sharon
Billie Whitia
State Constabulary
Ohio
Warren
Niles
Girard
Crowe aids search for kidnapped Billie Whitia in Cleveland
Pat Crowe, famed reformer of kidnappers, travels from Pontiac to Cleveland to assist in locating Billie Whitia. He notes kidnappers will rush to ransom and asserts the boy is not in immediate danger. Crowe cites professional planning and a delayed buggy discovery near Warren, Ohio as signs of skilled criminals.
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Pontiac, I
Pat Crowe
Cleveland, CO
Billie Whitia
Crowe
Scripps McRae League of Newspapers
Warren, O
Sharon
Burglar Caught in Old Ladies' Home in Oakland
Joseph Murphy, calling himself a chef and claiming 11 burglaries, was seized after a chase and confession. Police label him the notorious gas inspector who posed as a city meter man to steal valuables from homes, and he remains jailed in Oakland City Prison.
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Cal
Old Ladies
Une City
Joseph Murphy
Murphy
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