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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1905
Page
5
Council president Gill argues fellow councilmen are responsible for poor streetcar service, citing delays on the Madrona and Green Lake lines. He credits Murphy for forcing improvements and asserts one determined member could compel better transit despite corporate opposition.
Centralia hosts candidate listings for city offices while Pierce County reports total tax revenues this year at 4 921 772 20. Tacoma sees Chatham Hotel selling for 25000 to eastern buyers and Wenatchee signals lending activity by Henry Wilkes. Additional notes cover a shingle mill planned by Ralph Emerson in Hoquiam and a divorce suit against Dr EB Griggs in Port Townsend.
Reports from Washington and nearby areas show municipal and state matters. A lumber mill near Colfax offered low bids after a fire. state auditor in Olympia credits King county schools with 32809.66. Tacoma debates municipal rail ownership. Walla Walla licenses revoked for gambling. Kellough Clothing builds a new block in Walla Walla. Port Townshend delegates chosen. Bellingham residents push school racks. Cyrus on subs year franchise granted to Centralia Chehalis Electric Railway. Pend Oreille River Navigation buys ships. will of ex mayor Lansing void for unsound mind. Coeur d Alene to Rockford railway planned. Olympia reports Great Northern rail rates. Richey seeks habeas corpus in Seattle. Spokane officer tried self-harm amid alleged fund shortage. Charles Taux arrested for cruelty to an infant. wife died from similar abuse.
Clarence Springhead, a Ballard runaway, was returned home from Hellingham at parental request. Ralph ers, another Ballard runaway, remained at large as his parents urged police to detain him and feed him bread and water for a week. Officers plan to ship him home.
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In Key West on November 22 a general strike of cigarmakers began after talks with the cigar makers union failed to yield any agreement. Confereences between manufacturers and the union continued with no result and a sympathetic industry strike across branches is considered likely.
Two fishing sloops stolen from 8, Minami, a Jasanee fisherman, last spring were recovered by Patrolmen John Kelly and Martin. Police hold Sam Short of Tacoma, jailed there, charged with stealing. A raid on pirates by Kelly, Martin, Cameron and Carleton led to the recovery of a ton of pig iron and lead from Puget Sound Metal Works. The sloops were found near Bam Short's cabin in West Seattle and used to move the stolen goods to Tacoma.
The Great Northern Oriental Limited, touted as the finest train into Beattie, arrived from St Paul exactly on time Tuesday night. The luxury service, one of five similar trains, runs a six and a quarter hour route with ostentatious onboard splendor and regal presentation for priority travelers. Conductor Cope lands the train amid onlookers as it makes its Beattie stop.
The Citizens Party of West Seattle met in Madrone hall to discuss annexation. An invitation from the taxpayers annexation party to join a debate was received and is thought likely to be accepted. The taxpayers annexation party will hold a meeting in the same hall Thursday evening.
Alfred Burke of San Juan teleland was acquitted by a federal jury of smuggling 600 pounds of wool across the Canadian border and selling it in the United States without duties. Attorney Higgs, for Burke, was fined $10 for contempt of court during the trial.
A small blaze broke out in the basement of a building at Treadway and Yesler on Wednesday night around eight. Damage to the structure estimated at $460 with contents worth $100, fully insured. The Hardman estate owns the building.
Information from Washington reports grave political disturbances in Panama with no visible revolution. Advices were unofficial but created uneasiness in official and private circles.
Nellie Andrak found guilty in Fairbanks of holding down a Cripple Creek claim with a gun. She wore a cartridge ball and rifle and forced workers for R. Stack off the site, then led Stack to a roadhouse and warned she would lead any planned shooting. She was fined $1 by the commissioner.
Chehalis city council approved a 36 year franchise for the Centralia Chehalis Electric Railway & Power Co to operate within the city limits. After ten years the company must pay 25 percent of net earnings to the city. An hourly service between Centralia and Chehalis with fares not to exceed 10 cents is set as a condition.
Readings priced at one dollar located under Second Avenue South near Guy's Drug Store with references to numbers 306 3099 and 3099 Open on Sundays indicated by the readable OCR fragment.
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