Morgan Takes Charge Of Street Affairs In Panic
Morgan and other financiers confront a banking panic as crowds gather at the Knickerbocker Trust and sub treasuries. J Pierpont Morgan directs interventions to calm deposits, while Cortelyou orders government funds to bolster confidence and prevent a wider collapse.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
National City Bank
North American Trust Company
Stock Exchange
J. P. Morgan
Standard Oil Company
Pittsburg Exchange
Afd
Wall Street
Morgan
Cortelyou
Bank Suspends Operations In Nevada While Profits Remain
The State Bank and Trust Company of Carson City with branches in Manhattan Tonopah and Goldfield suspended operations today. Bank officials say undivided profits on hand are sufficient to meet dollar for dollar obligations.
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Reno
Nev
State Bank and Trust Company
Carson City
Manhattan
Tonopah
Goldfield
Seattle Banks Face No Local Money Market Ripple
Local banks express no apprehension about financial conditions in Seattle. Officials state conditions are stable and the Wall Street Bank will not cause any disturbance in the city’s money market.
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Seattle
Wall St
Thief Steals Cash Register and Phonograph at Hunter Saloon
Antone Sukeraki proprietor of the Hunter saloon in Berton reports a theft while he was away. A man named Charles Brown is suspected of stealing the cash register with $93 inside and a phonograph. The register and items were not recovered. Deputy Sheriff Oscar Wise is pursuing the suspect. London consumes over 9,000,000 tons of coal yearly.
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Antone Sukeraki
Hunter
Berton
Charles Brown
Oscar Wise
Orientals to Aid in Fighting Plague
The Seattle city board of health acts to prevent bubonic plague spread. A campaign targets Oriental districts with rat bounty and sanitary orders. Dr A S Oliver leads inspectors, quarters set in city health building. Governor Mead seeks cooperation with Canada and American health authorities. measures also planned for Ellingham and Anacortes.
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Bubonic
Beard of Health
Beard
Crichton
Oliver
Union Pacifi
King St
Shira Fujiaka
Etites American Times
Irmanda Takhashi
Oriental Trading Com
Seattle
Mead
Moore
Public Health and Marine Hospital Services
City Board of Health
Health Board
A. S&s. Oliver
Oriental District
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Health Department
Fourth Av
Jefferson At
A. T. Watt
British Columbia
Ellingham
Anacortes
Agein
Steamboat Perdita Libeled Over Unpaid Fine
The steamboat Perdita was wheeled today in federal court on a $6509 fine assessed months ago for carrying explosives illegally. The owners refused to pay, prompting the libel proceedings.
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Perdita
Injured Log Camp Worker Dies En Route to City Hospital
An unknown man was injured at a logging camp on the Columbia and Puget Sound railway this morning and died while being transported to a city hospital.
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Columbia
Puget Sound
Mine closes and machinery returned
Furnaces and fixtures valued at over $10,000 were brought back to Port Townsend from Hadley Alaska by a Key City Boiler works son e. The material had been sent to the Alaska Smelting and refining company when the news of the company’s failure was announced. E Molander, proprietor, sailed for Alaska and intercepted the shipment to prevent it being included with the defunct company’s assets.
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Port Townsend
Hadley
Alaska
Sone A
Key City
Alaska Smelting
E Molander
Buffer Works
Look for Girl Ethel Cuties Missing From Local Vaudeville Stage
Ethel Cuties, 14 years old, was reported missing to the police by G Hartnett of 311 Royal. Authorities believe she may have gone to a local vaudeville stage and are actively seeking her whereabouts.
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Ethel Cuties
G. Hartnett
Royal
Wealthy miller Watkin s shoots self in office
Jas W. Watkins of the J W Watkins company, a wealthy miller, attempted to kill himself with a pistol in his San Cme co private office at noon. A shipping clerk found him on the floor with the revolver in his right hand. He is 60 and may die.
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United Press
SAN Cmeco
Jas, W. Wat
J. W. Watkins Company
Watkins
Opera Singer Granted Divorce from Cruelty
Florence Eliza Schmitt formerly a vaudeville actress was granted a final decree of divorce from Francis Schmitt also known as Frank Morrell the tenor in That Quartet on grounds of extreme cruelty. Schmitt son of Dr H Schmitt a wealthy Los Angeles resident.
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United Press
San Francisco
Florence Eliza Schmitt
Francis Schmitt
Frank Morrell
Schmitt
H. Schmitt
Los Angeles
Union Meetings Tonight At Labor Temple
Local unions including Iron Molders Barbers Laundry Decvers Pile Drivers Krrewery Drivers Pattern Makers and Glasters gather for regular sessions at the Labor Temple this evening.
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Labor Temple
Missing cigar dealer located after disappearance
Harry W. Wood owner of a cigar store at Second Avenue south and Washington Street disappeared August 3. Constable A. D. McKnight found an accident policy in Wood's father’s name in Halifax. Police in touch with Halifax authorities. stock of cigars and tobacco to be sold under a writ of attachment next Monday.
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Harry W. Wood
Secondavi South
Washington
A. D. McKnight
Wood
Halifax
Wealthy Woman Romadke Held to Grand Jury in Chicago
Evelyn Cain Romadke, known as a confessed burglar, was held to the grand jury on nine charges with bonds totaling 15,600. Assistant State's Attorney Roe said defense funding has come from a wide circle, and the case will be prosecuted to prove abetment by wealthy associates who did not report her crimes. Albert Jones, her accomplice, also waived examination and faces five burglary charges and two counts of receiving stolen property with bonds set at 14,900.
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Knickerbocker
America
Company
Amer
United Press
Chicago
Evelyn Cain Romadke
Roe
Romadke
Albert Jones
Countess Montignoso Returns to Italy with Music Teacher Husband
London report says Countess Montignoso to land in native Italy with Enrico Tosselli, a 24 year old singing teacher. Once crown princess of Maxony she eloped with a tutor, causing a royal scandal and a custody dispute with her former husband, now king of Saxony, over a child born after the elopement.
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Seattle Star
London
Countess Montignoso Taa
Italy
Enrico Tosselii
Maxony
Giron
Mra
Tosselli
Saxony
Ee of
Two American Sisters Capture Lords in London Society
London social pages report Miss Anne Breese wed Lord Allatair Innes Ker on October 10. The bride, from a prominent American family, appeared with her sister who helped organize the event. Alistair’s bride received a silver etched portrait and bridesmaids wore locket keepsakes.
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Seattle Star
London
Anne Breese
Lord Allatair Innes-Ker
Allatair
Beir
Earl of Roxburghe
South Africa
Mins Rheese
Wormerican
Iloughby Eresbyrd
Alistair
Plague Precautions Undeclared Plan for Pacific Coast Sanitation
Ottawa reports Doctor Montizambert to lead sanitary defense against bubonic plague with orders from Hon. Sydney Flaherty. A health guard is formed and port frontier inspectors appointed by telegraph as measures against the disease spread. A separate note recounts a partridge hunter near Huxted recall of wasps. they settled on his hands and face but he remained calm as the insects dispersed after ten minutes. In England, T F Allison steps down after 46 years as town clerk of Louth at age 78, ending a 61-year tenure as secretary to the local gas company.
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United Press
Ottawa
Ont
Montizambert
Bydney Flaher
Pacific Coast
Dominion
Telegraph
Huxted
Hhs
London Standard
T. F. Allison
Louth
Lincolnshire
England
Allison
Warrant Issued for Hearst in Criminal Libel Case
William Astor Chanler, ex congressman and millionaire, obtained a warrant for William Randolph Hearst on a criminal libel charge. The Evening Journal article linked Hearst to a case where Raymond Hitchcock had Hugo Voecks arrested for extortion. Chanler’s name is connected to the charge that Hitchcock escorted Voecks' sister and other girls to his Great Neck home.
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United Press
New York
William Astor Chanler
William Randolph Hearst
Evening Journal
Raymond Hitchcock
Hugo Voecks
Chanler
Hitchcock
Voecks
Great Neck
Long Island
Boy Run Over by Wagon Near Denny Way
Wilber Kalberg a 22 month old son of Mr and Mrs Kalberg of 516 EB Denny Way was struck by a delivery wagon while playing in the street with companions Gerard Rowland and Vernon Dean. He suffered a fractured skull and arm and lay unconscious with doctors saying he may not survive.
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Wilber Kalberg
John Kalberg
Denny
Kalberg
Daniel Buckley
Burglar wrecks Turpin home after finding nothing to steal
A burglar broke into Mrs. M. Turpin’s house at 1123 Twenty-seventh Ave South and wrecked furnishings after finding nothing of value. Patrolman Ribbach described the scene as “like a cyclone.” Police have no suspect but believe the break in aimed at theft.
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Ribbach
Woman shoots man to defend husband in chase
In defense of her husband from an assault, Mrs Ethel Larsen shot and mortally wounded Michael Kennedy. Kennedy had chased A Larsen with a large butcher knife. Mrs Larsen fired twice, one bullet hitting Kennedy in the neck and the other in the arm. Kennedy likely to die.
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United Press
Mra
Ethel Larsen
A. Larsen
Michael Kennedy
Mra. Lar
Sen
Kennedy
Tacoma Eagles Headed to Seattle for Grand Worthy Visit
Tacoma Eagles rally in large numbers to depart at 5 PM aboard three interurban cars from Ninth and Commerce, carrying a brass band for a visit to Seattle to meet Theodore Ball, grand worthy president of Napa, California.
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Tacoma
Tacoma Eagles
Seattle
Theodore Ball
Napa
Cal
Aerie
Ninth
Commerce Ata
Polished Bronze Cement Groover and Hand Tool Prices
An OCR fragment lists prices and types of cement tools including polished bronze cement groovers at 2 and 1.50, adjustable jointers and half-jointer variations, cast iron edgers, and related tools with multiple item numbers and apparent discounts. The text hints at adjustable handles and various tool configurations.
California Congressman Leads Seattle 1908 Aerue Preparations
Mr. Bell, a California congressman, tours the Puget Sound region making preliminary arrangements for the grand aerue to be held in Seattle in 1908. He visits key sites and discusses event details with local officials and organizers.
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Bell
California
Puget Sound
Seattle
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