Fight Wiring Ordinance Sparks City Debate
Seattle Electric Company and the Washington Insurance Union oppose a proposed wiring ordinance while Seattle electrical workers back it as protection. They plan to present cases of fatal wiring accidents to the council committee at a November 18 hearing, citing dead wires and dangerous alleys in the business district.
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Seattle Electric Comony
Washington Insurance Men
W. J. Grambs
Seattle Electric Company
Lee McKensie
Isurance Union
Seattle
Seattle Electric
City
Joslyn
National Insurance Union
Council
Washington Insurance Union
Delays Hit Seattle Mail Reaching Walla Walla
Mails delayed from Seattle are blamed on late Northern Pacific trains and missed Pasco connections. About half the Seattle mail travels via Portland as trains are held for Southern Pacific service from the south. Mail clerks route via Portland when Pasco connections fail to materialize.
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Northern Pacific
Pasco
Seattle
Southern Pacific
Walla Walla
Portland
Methodist Bishops Meet in Spokane
The biennial meeting of the board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church opened in Spokane with 12 bishops present and 10 more expected. A banquet for the bishops was held at the First church. Bishop William Burt criticized Roman Catholic practices as paganism and noted difficulties faced by church work on the continent. Separate Tacoma item reports Ike Butler’s wife dying in San Diego.
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Spokane
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Burt
Tacoma
Ike Butler
Tigers
San Diego
Gladys Vanderbilt to wed Count Siebenyi in Newport
Rumor and excitement swirl among Newport society as Gladys Vanderbilt, the $15,000,000 heiress, prepares to marry Count Siebenyi of Hungary on December 4 at Mia Cornelian Vanderbilt’s New York mansion. Plans include lavish celebrations, preparations by dressmakers and florists, and frequent appearances by the couple in public.
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Seattle Star
Newport
KR. L
Gladys Vanderbilt
Cholly
Gladys
Count Siebenyi
Hungary
N'Yok
New York
Mia
Cornelian Vanderbilt
Count Szecheny
Roosevelt the Real Man in London Spectator
The London Spectator endorses President Roosevelt as the right leader to steer the United States between capitalistic greed and financial ruin. It argues American pilatocracy is strong yet unscrupulous and warns worldly hopes hinge on continued Roosevelt leadership.
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United Press
London
Roosevelt
London Spectator
The
Spectator
Seattle Public Library October Book Circulation Surges
The Seattle Public Library reports 23 716 books checked out in October doubling the previous year. Reoecards taken out total 8 72. Volume reflects a strong rise in reader activity and demand for library services.
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Seattle
All Saints Day Observance Granted Dispensation
Catholics celebrate All Saints Day while a papal dispensation allowed abstinence from meat on Friday for the first time in years. Pope Falconio will visit Seattle next month to attend cathedral dedications, with no reason stated for the unusual relaxation.
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Rome
Christman
Mishop O'Dea
Monsignor
Falconio
United States
Seattle
Contest for Seattle Students on Word Coliseum Origin
A Seattle contest offers $100 in prizes to the three best essays on the origin and history of the word Coliseum. Winners must be 15, enrolled in a city school, and submit by December 10 with sealed envelopes for anonymity. Judging focuses on merit and word count.
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Coliaeum Theater
Father Ken
Otto Lather
Dway High School
Joseph
Socialist Meeting Promises Wartime Debate at Bowlist Temple
Rackus will speak at the Bo ihlist Temple corner of Fourth Wad Pine Sunday night at 8 o'clock on The Impending War. The Crescent Mandolin Glee club will provide music. Admission free.
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Rackus
Bo @ihlist
Crescent Mandolin Glee Club
October land office records show decline in total business
The U S land office reported October 1906 business totaling 7379.14 dollars across 22 timber land applications 4 commuted homesteads 2 excess entries 1 mineral entry 6 mining applications 14 homestead entries and final homesteads. The preceding October 1905 total was 10920.98 dollars.
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United States Land Office
New Seattle-Area Corporations Formed in State Filings
The secretary of state records multiple new incorporations including Fall City Realty & Investment of Seattle with 10000 dollars by Gabels, Bound Transfer of Seattle with 18000 dollars by Powell and Hayes parties, Puget Sound Shipbuilding of Richmond with 75000 dollars led by Albert Kelly and partners, Salisbury Bros shingle and lath dealers of Clinton with 16000 dollars, James Beat Company real estate of Seattle with 50000 dollars, Skokomish Timber of Tacoma with 250000 dollars, H E Weymouth Company of Seattle with 10000 dollars, Valley City Land Company of Be.
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Olympia
Fall City Realty & Investment Company
Seattle
P. J. Gabel
Rhoda J. Gabel
Effie Gabel
Bound Transfer Company
EB. B. Powell
John Hayes
J. C. Hayes
Wiliam Hodgers
George Rodgers
Salisbury Bros
Clinton
J. Salisbury
Frank B. Salisbury
J. M. Salisbury
James
Beat Company
J. B. Hest
H. M. Bates
Jesse A. Frye
Skokomish Timber Company
Tacoma
Building Laborers' Notice Funeral of Gust A Johnson and Arvid Weetin
Building Laborers call a meeting at the Labor Temple Sunday at 1 pm to attend the funeral of our late brothers Gust A Johnson and Arvid Weetin. The funeral proceeds from Butterworth & Sons at 2 pm. HH. G. Dennis, presses.
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Labor Temple
Gust A. Johnson
Arvid Weetin
Butterworth & Sons
HH. G. Dennis
Company and civic notices filed in Washington state
Certificates filed show Occident Lumber company of Seattle registered $100,000 with B Burke G P Redin and B Farrar. Pacific Coast Fire Extinguisher company amended trustees to three. Beattie Argus capital up to $100,000 from $50,000. Brigadier Walter Jenkins of Seattle named state agent for the Salvation Army. Spokane group formed as the Southern club without capital stock.
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Attlc
B. Burke
B. Farrar
Occcident Lumber Company
Seattle
B. J. Brendt
G. 0. Edwardes
M. Harkina
Pacific Coast Fire Extinguisher Company
Beattie Argus
Walter Jenkins
Salvation Army
Spokane
Southern Club
Fugitive Caught After Long Chase Across Nations
Detective Hodgkins of Oakland arrests Harry Jane in Dubois Pennsylvania after a chase from Mexico through the United States to Canada and back to New York, ending in Pennsylvania. Evans is re charged with drugging a young man and robbing him of $800 in jewelry.
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United Preas
Pittsburg
Mexico
United States
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
Hodgkins
Oakland
Cal
Harry Jane
Dubois
Hodgkine
California
Evans
Famine Threat Deepens in India Amid Crop Failures
United Press dispatch from BIMLA reports a severe famine looming as crop failures spread nationwide. The government estimates 45 million people may depend entirely on relief, with 11 million already aided and a relief fund of 75 million dollars allocated for food and supplies.
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United Press
Bimla
India
DEDICATE CHURCH TOMORROW AT GREEN CORNER
Frisco plague report shows two deaths, twenty cured, nine suspects. city health board releases figures as new Baptist church near Fifth Avenue and North Seventy Second Street conducts dedication ceremonies tomorrow afternoon led by Rev. ie, pastor.
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New Baptist Church
Fifth Ay North
Seventy- Second
Thinmi
San Francisco
Board of Health
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Seattle Business District
Sander
Pioneer Square
Green Lake
Grand Theater
Union Savings: and Trust
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Mountain View Station
T. P. Fay & CO
Bailey Building
Fremont-Ballard
Second and
Burke
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