Farling Silent on Steamship Lines Plans
Ad Banning states no steamship line operated by the company will be denied or affirmed. President Williams plans Seattle terminal work within days, with contracts and property details on Beattie tidelands and East Waterway holdings, pending street vacation and franchise rights.
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Mil 2 & Paul Atroad
Matement
Eongineering Corpe
Beattie Tidelands
Williame
East Waterway
Whatcomav
Colorado
Williams
H.C. Menry
Snoqualmie Pass
Seattle
Bt. Paul
Seattle Tidelands
Wreck of Lotta Talbot and Flood Devastate Fairbanks
The refrigerator ship Lotta Talbot is wrecked and Calder head and Clough Kinghorn docks are swept away as ice jams break on the Chena river. Flood risk rises with ice jam and spreading waters threatening Fairbanks. losses estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Fairbanks
Lotta Talbot
Northern Commercial Co
Calder Head
Clough Kinghorn
Chena River
Loas
Chena
Seattle theater editor resigns Star Theater duties
Melvin G. Winstock, editor of En core Seattle's theatrical paper, realigns from Star theater management to devote full time to the publication. He says he remains on good terms with other managers and will personally stand behind the paper's policy now as sole promoter.
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Star Theater
Seattle
Melvin G. Winstock
Sullivan & Considine
Wiestock
Fire and reconstruction loom after San Francisco disaster
May 1 report from San Francisco describes a major blaze near Market Street with extensive damage. Authorities plan repairs, temporary tracks, and rapid rebuilding funded by an estimated 200 million within a year, while hospitals laundries and utility services respond to the crisis.
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Comralestoner Harney
Local Business Leaders Protest Rail Surrender of Fourth Avenue
A business leader writes to The Star protesting railroad demands to surrender Fourth Avenue South, arguing the street is vital for teaming and general traffic and urging the city to retain the thoroughfare. The writer requests anonymity.
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Fourbhay
WITTES FOE NOW REIGNS ST PETERSBURG
May 3 a report states M Gore mykin has effectively become premier replacing Cownt Witte though formal confirmation is pending. Gore mykin, exposed by the retiring premier in 1999, has long opposed radicals and is deemed capable of little. A letter from Prof E BE requests a mid June conference and possible end of June or early July talks. Osborn Deignan, Mesrimac survivor at Santiago harbor, has received retirement orders after a year in hospital.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Goremykin
Cownt Witte
Goremkin
Witte
T. J. Gorman
Washington Fisheries Commission
Prof. E. BE
Prince
Canadian Commission
Mr. Gorman
Osborn Deignan
Bantiago Harbor
Mayor Moore May Oust Jensen Over Harbor Master Post
Mayor Moore may remove Captain Jensen as harbor master if the city council rejects his port warden appointment. The charter allows removal by filing reasons with the council, stripping the council of recourse, a move aimed at breaking Jensen's protection by the Republican machine in the sixth ward.
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Moore
Captain Jensen
Connell
Jensen
Sixth Ward
Hashus
Mercer Island boys escape in row boat from school
Three Mercer Island school inmates named Arthur Goebla Leonard Tritain and Jimmie Willbarger slipped from their dormitories after supper on Mercer Island Lake Washington and used a school boat to reach the mainland. The escape is the second successful such break in six months and authorities are seeking the youths as night patrols continue.
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Mercer Island
Mercer Island School
Lake Washington
Arthur Goebla
Sthaw
Leonard Tritain
Lve
Seomerst
Mallard
Jimmie Willbarger
Woodland Parkay
Jury Brings In Two True Bills In Seattle Court
Grand jury returns two true bills charging counterfeiting. Defendants John J Weber and Patrick Jennings accused of making five dice for counterfeit coins on February 26, 1994 in Seattle. A second true bill charges Chinaman Long Hal with a dockside attempt to pass forged silver and coins into the United States.
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Judar Hanford
John J. Weber
Patrick
Jennings
Weber
Seattle
United States
Jon Aliver
Bill Ageiver Long Hal
Great Northern Dock
Arthur D. Toasby
Port Townsend
I. Withee
Peul Boutas
Realism Marks Tolstoy's Novels
Tolstoy, famed for a wide career as student, lawyer, soldier, author and more, is known for war depictions in Sebastopol and for attacking social institutions. His works Anna Karenina and The Kreutzer Sonata drew universal comment, with Resurrection critiquing conditions and excommunication from the Russian church noted.
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Lyoff Nicholay
Eviteh Tolstoy
Sebastopol
Tolstoy
Kreutzer
Lumber price surge sparks labor debate and building concerns
At a Central Labor Council meeting the committee urged formation of an anti Japanese Korean league with bylaws and financing planned. Local mill owners deny a material lumber price rise, while accusing the Beattie Lumber Manufacturers' Exchange of inflating costs. Contractors report sharp price hikes, fear delayed construction, and note possible freight-rate increases may worsen oversupply and push prices higher again.
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Central Labor Council
The
Labor Council
San Francisco
Lumber Trust
Beattie Lumber Manufacturers’ Exchange
Opposition to Wappenstein Mayor Delays Police Chief Appointment
Reported opposition within City Hall delayed the appointment of Detective Weppenstein as Chief of Police. Mayor Moore announced at noon that the appointment would not be made today, reflecting tensions with former Moore supporters and ongoing political maneuvering.
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Weppenstein
Wee
Moore
Wappenstein
Rate Bill Tomorrow Set for Senate Debate
The senate will begin consideration of amendments to the rate bill tomorrow with speeches limited to 15 minutes. Sixty two amendments have been offered, and the first vote will target an amendment to bring the Standard Oil Company operations under federal supervision.
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Washington
Senate
OW Co
Russian Appointments Names Stolypin as Interior Minister
St. Petersburg reports a cabinet reshuffle after Count Witte’s resignation and N Goremykin’s appointment. Stolypin will become minister of the interior and Schegiouloff will head the ministry of justice.
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ST. Petersburg
Count Witte
N. Goremykin
Stolypin
Interior
Schegiovouloff
Walsh Held For Grand Jury On Bank Violations
John J. Walsh president of the defunct Chicago National and Home Savings Bank waived his examination before Commissioner Foote and was held to the federal grand jury under bonds of 60000. He faces multiple charges under national banking laws.
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Chicago
John = J. Walsh
Chicago National and Home Savings Banka
Foote
Federal Grand Jury
Ernst for Park Board
A. B. Ernst replaces C. J. Smith on the Seattle park board, a first political appointment under Mayor Moore. Ernst, a north-of-Lake Union resident and Spokane miner executive, departs from city hall equity norms while Green Lake interests push for more park attention. He is currently absent in Montana.
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A. B. Ernst
Park Board
C. J. Smith
Lake Union
Blewettav
North End
Ernst
Green Lake
Woodland Park
Ernest
Paselfie & Funter Bay Mining Company
Montana
Miners Convene as Mt Carmel Bloodshed Sparks Anger
In Scranton on May 3 the district convention of anthracite coal miners held formal organization. Delegates voiced uncertainty over the strike, but scale committee members expect a vote to strike. Bloodshed at Mt Carmel has aroused strong anger among most delegates.
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San Francisco
Aberdeen
Scranton
Mt. Carmel
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