Explosion in Chicago Gas Plants Leaves Dozens Dead in Inferno
Fire at the Pyle National Electric Head light company and the People’s Gas plant near Seventy-fourth Street raged through morning hours, with at least 13 confirmed dead and as many as 19 missing. Dozens injured as buildings collapsed and flames spread, threatening two large gas tanks and vast destruction across the area.
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Campion
Ralph Wells
Pyle Plan
Watkins
Jennings
Thomas Doane
John Kennedy
J. C. Logan
William Olson
Max Wrabble
CC. W. Grant
William H. Maloney
Bruno Manse
William Luts
Edward Borsa
Thomas Dunn
John Watson
Carl Stafford
A. N. Langdon
Alfred Cox
Max Zable
Chicago
Seventy-fourth Street
Chicago Avenue
Red
Pyle National Electric Headlight Company
People’s Gas Company
Seventy Fifth Street
Greenwood Avenue
Pyle
Raine as Deputy Rumor Tails from County Clerk Race
A rumor places Edgar Raine as chief deputy to County Clerk-elect Otto Case. Raine previously served as clerk in Judge Morris' court and was a former representative to the legislature.
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Otto Case
Edgar Raine
Raine
Judge Morris
City must pay big tribute to Seattle electric octopus
Taxpayers confront costly terms of the Shuffleton franchise as Seattle agrees to annual 2000 dollar tribute for street lighting and pays 52703 for circuits and machinery. Debate rages over rights, permits, and city control of poles while board of works battles with the electric company.
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Shuffleton
Thomson
Seattle Electric Company
Ballinger
Octopus
Board of Works
Electric Company
Shylock
Electric
Thomsen
Nomes
Beattie Electric Company
Snoqualmie Falls Power Company
Seattle-Tacoma Power Company
Corporations Committee
Diamond Ice & Storage Company
Three Robbers Raid Jung Toy’s Chop Suey At North Clark
Chicago police report three assailants raided Jung Toy’s Chop Suey on North Clark Street in the early hours, forcing a dozen Chinese waiters to flee as they escaped with cash from the register in a gunpoint hold up.
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Chicago
Jung Toy
North Clark Street
Walton aiding recovery in embezzlement case at Seattle brewery
Friends of Harry Walton, cashier at Seattle Brewing and Malting, push to settle the shortage and free him from embezzlement charges. Walton seeks release after moving from city to county jail on his request. Reardon denies implication, stating long history with company and self defense against any involvement, noting use of a tab system and repayment from salary.
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Harry Walton
Seattle Brewing and Malting Company
Sweeney
Waiton
Walton
Hastile
Reardon
the Star
Heattle Brewing and Malting Company
Marines Occupy Panamanian Depots as Huertas Is Dismissed
Five hundred American Marines have landed from a warship and occupy Labocca, Ancon, and Panama railroad depots. President Amador deposes General Huertas from command, granting him life-long salary while retaining the army temporarily. General Varon is offered command.
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Tipps
Labocca
Ancon
Panama
Amador
Huertas
Varon
Big Blaze Destroys Pier and Threatens Boston Waterfront
A large fire at Pier No. 6 in Boston on November 18 swept the pier and endangered the Charleston waterfront for hours. Pier No. 5 burned completely, causing losses exceeding 500,000. The docks were owned by the Boston and Maine Railway Company.
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Boston
Pier No. 6
Charleston
Toston and Maine Railway Company
Battle With Nature in the Simplon Tunnel Project
John Vandercook of the Newspaper Enterprise Association visits Brigue on return from Rome and reports on the Simplon tunnel through the Alps. He describes engineers overcoming heat and terrain as the 200 yard wall splits the sections and notes the forthcoming article in The Seattle Star.
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The
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Seattle Star
Rome
Pope Pius
Brigue
Switzerland
Simplion
Alps
Alo
Vandercook
Roosevelt square deal rules postmaster appointment
Rumors say President Roosevelt will apply his square deal rule to the Seattle postmaster selection proving he will listen to endorsements but not be swayed by political pressure. The process may favor a truly qualified candidate over Carle or Stewart with an unknown dark horse possible.
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John F. Miller
Mackintosh
Miller
Tenderloin
Lou Smith
Baliinger
Ballinger
Delaney
United States Customs Service
Hi Gill
Gill
George M. Stewart
Roosevelt
Ankeny
Humphrey
Carlie
Stewart
Humphrey Couldatch
Carle
Colonel Lamping
Baaia
Japanese Destroy Russian Arsenal at Port Arthur
Reports from Tokio state the Japanese located a Russian arsenal at Port Arthur and unleashed artillery. About 200 shells were fired and the arsenal was blown up.
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Berippe News Ass
Tokio
Port Arthur
Mead Chooses A N Brown as Private Secretary and More Appointments
Governor Mead, amid Seattle hospitality, announced two hires, naming A N Brown as private secretary and Jean McLeod as stenographer. Rumors favor S W Harmon for state labor commissioner and the militia backs Colonel Drain for adjutant general with Hamilton as possible successor.
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Seattle
Diller Hotel
A. N. Brown
Brown
P.I
Jean McLeod
Bellingham
Melod
W. Harmon
William Blackman
Harmon
Drain
Hamilton
Policeman Shot and Killed in Detroit Burglary
Detroit police officer John Daley was shot and killed at midnight by two burglars behind a store at 76 Michigan Avenue in the city center. Special officer Herbert Pickell was likely fatally wounded while rushing to aid Daley. a colored man has been arrested on suspicion.
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Michigan Avenue
Herbert Pickell
Michigan Central Railroad
Teamsters Strike Expands Amid Chicago Tensions
In Chicago on November 18 the furniture wagon drivers strike widened to several factories in the Furniture Manufacturers association. Picket lines formed as union officials ordered quits and riots erupted near Kinzie and Union streets where 1,000 sympathizers attacked Johnson Chair trucks, police clashed, and injuries occurred while non union efforts were planned to move wagons.
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Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Teamsters
Chicago Employers’ Association
Heywood Bros
Zangerle & Peterson
Nonnast & Co
Herald Chair Comepany
Bauerle & Starks
Oleson & Co
International Teamsters’ Union
Kinzie
Union
Johnson Chair
Local pickpocket Susie Smith charged in street robbery
Formal complaint filed against Susie Smith, a colored woman, for robbing Frank Salat of 60 dollars after an attempted luring to a room. Salat, recently arrived from Nome with 800 dollars on him, identified Smith as the thief. Bond set at 750 dollars for Smith and 100 dollars for Salat. police note multiple similar street robberies by a colored woman and cite a gold front tooth as key evidence.
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Susie Smith
Scott
Frank Salat
Salat
Nome
Smith
Justice Gordon
Dearborn Street
Westedt
Appeal for Help Shocks AFL Delegates in San Francisco
In San Francisco the American Federation of Labor hearing appeals for aid to Fall River textile workers. A delegate described 1400 children lining up for a single soup and bread meal, calling the strike the Port Arthur of the labor world. A 1 percent weekly per capita assessment to aid strikers was approved to run three weeks or as directed by the committee.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
Fall River
Mass
Port Arthur
City Gains Power as Final Wires Finish at Cedar Falls
Completion of the Seventh Avenue sub station connects the municipal Cedar Falls power plant to the city grid. The last test wires were strung yesterday, marking the final step to deliver electric current citywide.
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Yesler
Cedar Falls
Hag Pa
Falls
Telephone link completed between power house and city offices
A new telephone line connects the city offices with the power house enabling rapid communication between crews. A Cedar River water system line already runs to Cedar River headworks, 12 miles from Seattle, tied to the lighting plant wire. The substation should be finished by January 1 or sooner after a two month delay from an injunction.
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Cedar River
Seattle
Motive Promised in Patterson Young Murder Trial
The prosecution in Nan Patterson's murder trial says a motive will be revealed later. A German letter signed L Black claims to have witnessed Young with a revolver at the time of the shooting and offers to testify. The eighth juror was accepted as Miss Patterson attended proceedings radiant and confident.
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Miss Patterson
L. Black
Young
Insane Suspect Escapes During Transport to Court
PD Hil, an insane man from Alaska, broke from Deputy Sheriff and a guard while en route to court. He resisted examination, fled into the jail area, and was recaptured after running. police had earlier sought him after a disturbance at Rainier Grand, delaying his transfer.
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New Brondewe
Rainier Grand
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