Franchise clash over Pacific Railway access in Seattle debate
The hearing on a Pacific Railway franchise for a Great Northern route to Seattle features attorneys Hartman and James & Goldsworth arguing against and Union Pacific advocates pressing for terms. City officials discuss future planning while businessmen urge timely approval amid property sale talks and potential deeds to secure right of way.
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Pacific Railway
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Seattle
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Railyroads
Purrell
Beatthe
Willard City Fire Sparks Narrow Councilmen Meeting
A city fire alarm during a blackout on October 16 caused a near collision with a street car at Third Avenue and Ballard Avenue. The fire department arrived as lights failed, telephone service was useless, and council members delayed until lighting returned to study possible annexation action.
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Ballard
Court Review Appears in Fragmented Telegraph Text
Fragment of telegraph service text references the state and ship rates. Names and clear details are unreadable, with garbled terms obscuring full facts. The readable portion suggests a legal or regulatory context without a complete event.
OS Soldier Arrested As Patrolman Detains Suspect
An Ontario State soldier was arrested after allegedly paying for a stolen item during a confrontation with Patrolman Billie Hhat. The case involves the Benning district and the suspect was held pending further action.
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Benning Oy
Hhat Billie
le BP
Valencia wreck and labor dispute details in public works contract
A fragmented report outlines a Valencia wreck and executive labor matters connected to public works. It notes a contract for a project in Washington and mentions a payment of $1175.24 tied to the election with unclear details.
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Valencia
Labor Temple
Washington
Unclear OCR note on settlement figures at St regrade
Fragmentary text indicates a settlement at St and mentions an amount of 4.50 but lacks clear names dates or parties. The readable portion records a monetary figure tied to a local agreement without specifics.
No clear article headline available
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a person and a father-in-law named Witla but lacks coherent detail about events, locations, dates, or actions to summarize accurately.
Unclear OCR fragment hints at maritime and crime notes
Incoherent text references a person named Matenece and a Mrs Pine St Ravensdale, a Dolphin from the Alaska Company due in port from Southeast Porta, a gold treasure and a vessel BeVeniece III. Telegraph service mentions illness and potential legal action but details are missing.
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Dolphin
Alaska Company
Southeast Porta
Sanity Check on Silver Prices in New Denver
OCR fragment notes a price per ounce of silver in New Denver and references 4 offices of silver, but content is garbled and unclear about date, exact rate, or institutions involved.
Chosen Commander in Chief Elected at Oklahoma City Meeting
Iain was elected commander in chief of the Spanish war veterans today as Oklahoma City set the date for the next convention.
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Iain
Tin
Oklahoma
Ctty
Seabtier Stationer William Rhodes Charged with Drunkenness
William Rhodes, a station employee at Fort Lawton, was arrested four days ago on a charge of drunkenness. He appeared more intoxicated today and was found sick during examination. An ambulance was sent for, and he was taken to the government hospital at Port Lawton.
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William Rhodes
Fort Lawton
United States
End
Government Hospital
Port Lawtom
LYNCHING FEAR RISES AFTER FARMER'S KILLING IN INDIANA
Crown Point Indiana October 10 190? Lynching fears follow the killing of George Young a wealthy Rose township farmer killed in a fight with Duffy du France a livery man Du France is under guard at the jail as sheriffs seek rapid help to repel a mob threats grow amid crowd unrest after the assault backed by local tensions
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Scrippe Telegraph Service
Crown Point
Ind
George Young
Rose Township
Duffy du
Constantine 19 Released After Bond Posted
William Constantine was released from the county jail yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock after a $16 000 appearance bond was filed with the county clerk at 2 46. The bond was signed by Isabella Pettygrove Ernest Kohn M Kohn J W Straw F W Pettygreve and Winlock N Millen. Constantine had been confined since he shot Jowee Mall on October 2. The charge listed is assault with intent to commit murder.
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Wiliam Constantine
Mra Constantine
Isabella Pettygrove
Ernest Kohn
M | Kohn
J. W. Straw
F W. Pettygreve
Winlock N.millen
Constantine
Jowee Mall
Hia
Pretty Model Wins City Injury Suit for 10000
Annie McNally, Chicago model known for the "Hidden front" style, sued the city after tripping on a defective sidewalk in April. She was awarded 10000 dollars, plus 934.42 per pound for weight loss, with doctors declaring recovery unlikely and her move to Whitmore Lab aiding her struggle.
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Chicago
Oct
Annie McNally
Wan Yoat Ordey
Plank
Mine McNally
Minha
Mine McNall Wee
Whitmore Lab
Burglary Strikes San Mateo Apartments Sunday Night
The apartments of United States Marabal C Hopkins at San Mateo Minoray and Spring were burglarised Sunday night with valuable jewelry stolen. Miss M Bweeney, Spokane millionaire's daughter, visiting Hopkins, had jewelry with her and it is believed the thief knew this. Entry made by a skeleton key while the family was away.
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United States Marabal C
Hopkins
San Mateo State
Minoray
Spring At
M. Bweeney
Spokane
Police Chief Reprimands Suspension Upgrade In Borengie Case
The civil service commission sent in its decision on Sergeant Borengie of the police department. It upheld Chief Wappenstein in suspending Sprenale and reducing him to patrolman after a ten day suspension that began September 15.
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Gey
Borengie
Police Department
Wappenstein
Plumbers May Join Steamfitters Strike Over Wages
Steamfitters Local No. 473 members walked out after not receiving a daily Scent value and now earn 6.40 dollars per day. About forty members in the local, with no settlement in sight, and plumbers may join the strike.
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Steamfitters Local Union
Steamfitters
Hearst Leaders Claim Victory With Defection Support
In New York on October 10 Hearst leaders say a Republican defection will push him to an 86 0690 majority. The claim frames a decisive win backed by party realignment and voter shift.
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Scrippe Telegraph Service
New York
Hearst
Five Grand Duchesses Play Garden Amid Czar’s Secret Walls
Five children of the Russian imperial family live in a guarded palace setting. Grand Duchess Anastasia ages five, Ella or Em and Tetyana aged ten, Marie seven, and the infant czarevitch roam a garden under discreet surveillance. The walls and hidden detectives keep them from leaving as they ride ponies Orkney and Shetland and learn English each morning after breakfast before their garden play.
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Czarevitch
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Steamer Tremont Finishes Flour Load at Pier 6
The Tremont has been at Pier 6 for two days loading flour and will proceed to Seattle to complete her cargo. She arrived with about one quarter of her intended load and expects to take on a small remaining amount at the port before departure.
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Tacoma
Tremont
Heattie
Pier 6
Seattle
Japanese in California Urged to Protect Rights
Telewase Service reports that TORIO, Det -Yoruau Shoko says steps must be taken to shield Japanese in California from mistreatment they claim to have faced.
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Telewase
TORIO
Yoruau Shoko
California
Steamer to Carry Rail Cargo to Cordova
The steamer of the Coast company sails westward with a cargo including railroad material for Cordova and many passengers aboard.
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Occiggeece
The
Coast Company
Cordova
Pasco Cut-Off to Start Construction on Portland & Seattle Line
Actual construction on the Pasco line of the Portland and Seattle railroad will begin within weeks. The complete project will take over three years and is described as the West’s largest railroad effort. Stems and Shields of Spokane begin warehouse work for Northern Pacific with several Spokane and Seattle subcontractors. Cheney will host the first work with a force exceeding one thousand men.
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Portland & Seattle
West
Stems & Shields
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Porter Bros. & Welsh
A. Allen
Seattle
Twoh Bros. Cougrhen
Jacob Madea Sues Howaldt for Assault damages
Jacob Madea filed a suit for damages totaling 2276 dollars against Conrad Howaldt alleging assault and battery on August 27.
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Jacob Madea
Eyetnat
Conrad Howaldt
Telegraph snippet signals bag tag era at Sedalia
A fragmented note from October 10 mentions bag tags and cities including Columbia and Sedalia, indicating a telegraph service detail or transit tagging in Missouri amid early 20th century networks.
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Ipps Telegraph Service
Ail 7
Aetat
Columbia
Swiftwater Bill Gates to Face Attorney Godfrey on Bankruptcy
Bill Gates of Swiftwater appears before Attorney Godfrey this afternoon to determine whether he is bankrupt. The hearing follows a petition and potential financial remedies.
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Swiftwater
Bill Gates
Godfrey
National Park Favored in Quinault Reserve Plan
A Chamber committee backs turning the Quinault Indian reservation into a national park but urges protection of Indian hunting and fishing rights. The park would span from the reservation’s southwest quarter to Cape Elizabeth and extend eastward one to five miles. Nineteen delegates will be appointed to attend the Trans Mississippi congress in Kansas City on November 10 to 23.
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Chamber of Committee
Committee On National Affairs
Quinault
Quinanu Indian Reservation
Cape Elizabeth
Kansas City
local Christian Endeavor leaders to meet national treasurer in Tacoma
Chairman Dr. Frank Horefall and prominent Christian Endeavor workers depart to meet national treasurer William Shaw who speaks tonight in Tacoma. Shaw will be escorted to Seattle tomorrow by local representatives.
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Frank Horefall
Christian Endeavor Societies
Christian Endeavor
Tacoma
William Shaw
Shaw
Seattle
Officers Beat Colored Man in Unwarranted Assault
Charges will be preferred to the civil service commission against Patrol Donian and Brown for an alleged unwarranted attack on J A Matthews a sailor from the cruiser Matthews returned from Denver on furlough He was beaten when officers Donlan and Brown forced open his room door at the Main street hotel one drew a revolver Matthews jailed and appeared before Judge Gordon The officers claimed Matthews was a suspicious character and their case was dismissed Attorney Hawkins said he would appeal to the civil service.
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Civil Service Commission
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Brown
J A. Matthews
Matthews
Denver
Colo
Ben
Main St
Donlan
Gordon
Hawkins
Civil Service
Incident on Patrol Sparks Commission Demand
A commission is demanded over the unwarranted action by two officers. Matthews was severely beaten. He has served eight years on the cruiser Boston and is noted for an excellent reputation as a colored man.
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Matthews
Boston
Ida M. Butta Moves to Star Witness in Trust Trial
In Findlay on October 10 Ida M. Butta, daughter of the late George M. Rice, appeared at the trial where Rice an Independent refiner was ruined by Standard Oil. She has dedicated her life to fighting the trust and will present incriminating documents gathered by her father and herself as the prosecution's star witness.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Findlay
Rockefeller
Ida M. Butta
George M. Rice
Rice
Standard OU Company
Trust
Civil Service Commission Review For Fire Department Exams
A special meeting last night considered 48 applications for examination in the fire department service.
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Civil Service Commission
Fire Department
Money Ahead in Families for Emergencies
A moral urging families to save funds for emergencies to ensure access to skilled care and restore health during crises.
New Claimants Appear in Sullivan Will Case
Two new claimants, Alice Whelan and Mary O'Brien of La Salle Hl, file petitions in the Sullivan will case claiming kinship to the deceased Seattle capitalist. Martin Dwyer also asserts as son of Michael Dwyer and Margaret Sullivan, sister of Peter Sullivan. If admitted, the March 12 order requiring all papers is set aside. total claimants reach 68.
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Sullivan Will
Superior Court
Alice Whelan
Mary O'Brien
la Salle
Seattle
Timothy Sullivan
Peter Sullivan
Martin Dwyer
Michael Dwyer
Margaret Sullivan
John Sullivan
New Driveway Draws Public Use in City
The park board reports high traffic on the new Laterlaken driveway and boulevard. J. W. Thompson counted ten to four and found 96 automobiles going and seven returning, 360 pedestrians, plus about 66 carriages and many equestrians. The three mile road runs via Nineteenth Ave and B Galer St.
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Sapt
J. W. Thompson
Park Oystem
Bnis
B. Galer St
City Lawyers Head to Olympia for Land Dispute Talks
Assistant Corporation Counsel Todd and attorney general Robert F Booth left the city today for Olympia to confer with state land commissioners over the Maht bends matter. If talks fail, mandamus proceedings against the state will be started by Mr Todd at once.
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Todd
Robert F. Booth
Olympia
State Land Commissioners
Balloon and Auto Race in Berlin Test Meteor Catchers
Kaiser Wilhelm arranges a contest between a balloon and an automobile driven by Prince Henry to measure how quickly an auto can chase down a balloon delivering dispatches from a besieged city. Twenty minutes is the window to tag the balloon after liftoff. if the car tags it in time, the auto wins.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Prince Henty
Government attack on standard 611 company deferred
Washington reports the government’s proposed action against the standard 611 company has been deferred indefinitely. The president says starting a campaign now would appear as cheap politics to influence the elections. Evidence preparation is incomplete.
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Scripps Telegraph Service
Washington
Standard 611 Company
Mary Bowen On Trial for Oakland Post Office Embezzlement
The trial began in San Francisco on October 16 as Mary Bowen faces embezzlement charges for about $7,000 from the Oakland post office money order department. Inspector Madden testified Bowen admitted taking the funds and turning them over to Lewis Baker, a married man.
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Scrippe Telegraph Service
San Francisco
Mary Bowen
Oakland Postoffice
Postoffice
Madden
Bowen
Lewis Baker
Steam Schooners Warn Tow Logs Drifting Hazard
The Steam Schooners and coast masters associations vow to act against towing logs and rafts between ports. They say drifting piles endanger navigation and have caused collisions and near misses, urging new laws to curb the practice despite earlier legislative delays.
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Steam Schooners’ Association
Pacific Coast
Ships Arrive at West Coast Ports in Daily Trade
Emily Reed reaches Bellingham from Martwell to load grain for Oriental ports. L. D. Foster drops at Tacoma from Yokohama. City of Puebla arrives San Francisco from Seattle. Robert Dollar at Bellingham from Seattle. British ship Yola spoken by Rossuet near 87.23N 14.21W on 26. Washington new steamer sails from San Francisco to Seattle next Friday on maiden round trip.
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Emily Reed
Bellingham
Martwell
L. D. Foster
Tacoma
Yokohama
Oriental Porta
Puebla
San Francisco
Seattle
Robert Dollar
Yola
Antwerp
Rossuet
H. Gray & Co
Washington
Holcomb to Sell High Grade Draft Horses at Stable
Mr. O. H. Holcomb announces he will hereafter be found selling high grade draft horses at O. H. Holcomb Co. sales stables, successors to Jolliffe & Co., 1212 Western Ave.
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O. H. Holcomb Co
Jolliffe & Co
Western Ave
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