Queen Anne Club Votes on Seattle Electric Franchise Contention
Queen Anne Improvement Club votes on joint use of streetcar tracks amid opposition from Danworth and Lang. The discussion centers on Stone & Webster influence and the exclusivity of the Seattle Electric franchise, with critics portraying Donworth as a pliant advocate and questioning technical claims.
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Seattle Electric Company
Stone & Webster
Boston
Massachusetts
Jacob Furth
J. 8. Ashnell
Queen Anne
B. Bhorrock
Chamber of Commerce
Queen Anne Improvement Club
G. L. Lang
Settle
Crichton Criticized as Furth Fray Aims For Secondary
Donworth pushes friction over municipal transit as Seattle debates a Seconday franchise. Bushnell scorns eastern capital reliance while Crichton defends ward sentiment and Danworth accuses the city of biasing tracks to burden property owners. North Seattle Improvement Club to discuss Wednesday.
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Donworth
Bushnell
Furth
Crichton
Danworth
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle Electric Company
Mining Congress Opens in Whitehall With Large Attendance
The eighth annual American Mining congress began in El Paso with delegates from nearly every state. Salt Lake City or Denver may send the largest distant delegation, Arizona and northern Mexico camps are well represented. Mayor Davis welcomed attendees. J H Richards of Boise gave the response. Tonight El Paso hosts two large smokers at Saint Regia and Orndorff hotels. The event runs through Saturday with officer elections and the first world championship drilling contest starting Wednesday.
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EL Paso
Texas
American Mining Congress
Whitehall
Salt Lake
Denver
Arizona
Mexico
Davis
J. H. Richards
Boise
Idaho
Congress
Richards
Fi Paso
Saint Regia
Orndorff
Sheldon
Pretty Face Street Campaign by Miss Dean in Ads
The article notes Miss Dean’s likeness appears on drug store items from powders to creams as she rises in popularity with the Paris firm and the Little Duchess troupe. It mentions her past work with Anna Held and the Fencing Girl show, plus a prize winning photograph from Madison Square Garden.
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Dean
Peeny
Paris
Anna Held
Ives
Cencere
Sunes
Jupeng
Meng “Fich
M Hn
Madison Square Garden
Bride of Four Weeks Drowns Glass of Acid in Jealous Drink
In Tacoma a bride of four weeks, Pearl Green, drank carbolic acid from a glass offered by her husband Jack Green after a quarrel. He found her collapsed. doctors held little hope of recovery. Green, a Pacific avenue bartender, gave his account of the events and his strained marriage.
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Jack
Pearl Green
Tacoma Av
Jack Green
Pacific Avystroan
Preservation of Niagara Falls and federal oversight topics
The excerpt discusses interstate commerce benefits, stronger navy, Niagara Falls protection from commerce encroachment, territories achieving statehood, and federal supervision of insurance. It also mentions the Treaty of Portsmouth, Orient trade, treasury shortfalls, public land, forest reserves, Venezuela rights, and austerity in expenditures.
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Niagara Falls
Portamouth
Orient
Treasury
Venezuela
To Arrest Lawson For Libel In Boston Court
Judge Wentworth ordered a warrant for the arrest of Lawson on a charge of criminal libel brought by CC W Vierron of the Boston News bureau. The decision was announced in Boston on November 14.
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Boston
Wentworth Today
Lawson
CC. W. Vierron
Boston News Bureau
Swiss man faces arrest over Undertaker prank
Bellangham Nov 14 China Bachman a 65 year old Swiss native will likely be arrested for a joke played on Undertaker Von Mock. Bachman phoned Mock to summon him to his office claiming Mock's wife had died and arranged a funeral. The hoax unraveled when Mock found no death and Bachman admitted the deception after borrowing 26 cents.
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Bellangham
China
Bachman
Switzerland
von Mock
Mock
Marietta
Mr. Mock
Machman
Atlantic storm rages as Taft's cruiser reaches Hampton Roads
The season’s worst storm is battering the Atlantic coast today. The cruiser Columbia with Taft aboard arrived at Hampton Roads this morning, after passing Portsmouth.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Portsmouth
Columbia
Taft
Hampton Roads
Renowned healer promises cures and guidance at 103 Second Ave
A boastful notice touts a miracle worker who claims to locate mines, heal illnesses without medicine, settle divorces, help business reverses, and end domestic troubles. It pledges free consultation, lists contact at 103 Second Avenue South near Guy's Drug Store with parlor number 305 and phone L 3099, open Sundays.
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Second Avenue South
Guy's Drug Store
Roosevelt to send long, notable December message
Special to The Star reports Roosevelt's forthcoming message to Congress on the first Monday in December. The draft addresses rebate abuses, railroad rates, Panama Canal progress, diplomatic service reform, Chinese exclusion moderation, immigration fix-ups, government efficiency, San Domingo treaty ratification, tariff relations with the Philippines and Porto Rico, and government corporate inquiry.
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The
Star
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal
Santo Domingo
Philippines
Porto
Case May Go to the Supreme Court
After five years of contest over the oral will of the late John Sullivan, Marie Carrall, through Hays & Mitchell, seeks records from the state supreme court to pursue a writ of error before the U S Supreme Court. The estate is valued near $1,000,000 with about $30,000 spent on legal fees. several heirs challenge the will amid rumors of a written will.
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John Sullivan
Marie Carrall
Hays & Mitchell
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
J. W. Roberta Ts
Bell
W. F. Hays
Hanford
Supreme Court of the State
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Sullivan
Green Lake Ward Republicans back direct primary and slate
The Eleventh Ward Republican club of Green Lake elected officers led by A H Mrouse as president J P Way as vice president J Carroll as secretary and a Co B treasurer. They endorsed a direct primary and opposed Beattle city council granting a streetcar franchise without a common-use clause.
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Tr Kidd
Eleventh Ward
Republican Club
Green Lake
A. H. Mrouse
J. P. Way
J. Carroll
Co. B. Aepy
A. Kt
J. P
Beatetle
Westlake Boulevard
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Queen Anne Club
Electric Company
Seattle
Electric Octopus
Neighborworth
Maine Woods
L. Lang
Seattle Electric
Alediuls Geer
Union Street
Ay Peet Ct
Ernst
Pike
Cole
North Seattle Improvement Club
Miss Madel Dean
Tacoma
the Undertaker
Prof
de Forest
President Roosevelt
Adams Tea & Coffee Co
Second Ave
Pine Street
Adams Tea & Coffee Company
Cerary
Pee
Corre Oe
I. el
Shaws Pharmacy
RED Front Furn
Pike Street
Venice
McCarthy Dry Goods Company
Finesna
Srcono
Spring Street
Poberly GI Holmes Purmtuai CO
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