Northern Pacific Promises No South of King Street
Special to the Star Tacoma Oct 1. President Mellen of the Northern Pacific will address Seattle city council Monday night after a Tacoma visit. The railroad plans include new grain elevators docks and possible Oriental line plus potential waterfront control. If the council withholds requests the matter stays unresolved but the company declares it will not go south of King Street.
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Tacoma
Mellen
Northern Pacific Railroad
Seattle
St. Paul
Yellowstone
Alcasar
Kendrick
Hannaford
Ole Henry
Kimberly
Gemmel
Bush
Meilen
Beattie
The
Star
Northern Pacific
Melien
San Francisco
Spring
Seneca Street
Madison Street
Marion Street
Madison
University
Poet Street
Seyas
Puget Sound
Northern Fan
Beattie & San Francisco Railroad
War Department
King Street
Opposition for Standard Oil forms in Indiana
Hartford City Ind Oct 4 It is learned a hundred million dollar company will be formed in opposition to Standard Oil and become a major factor in Indiana Ohio Texas California New York and other fields It will compete with Standard in every industry and aim to control world oil markets The new corporation will include Indiana Pipe-Line & Refining Cudahy Oil Indiana Territory Petroleum Fearless Oil Northern Oil Kentucky Oil & Pipe-Line Emery Manhattan and many independent producers It is rumored Andrew Carnegie backs the enterprise
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Hartford City
Ind
Standard 1
Indiana
Ohio
Texas
California
New York
Standard
Indiana Pipe-Line & Refining Company
Cudahy Oil Company
Indiana Territory Petroleum Company
Fearless Oil Company
Northern Oil Company
Kentucky Oil & Pipe-Line Company
Emery Oil Company
Manhattan Oil Company
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Wave ITV News and City Notes From Last Night
George H. Stone spoke on The Qualifications of a Good Salesman before Y M C A classes while Police Matron Taylor departs for Harrisburg to escort Mrs. Virginian M. Froelich, adjudged insane by Judge Moore. Mayor Humes maintains Woodland Park ordinance as a one day limit nears. Beattie clearing house to Gay bank clears $250,621.98 with balances of $43,220.16. The Drumianrig, a three masted ship, left Liverpool on Dec 15 and arrived Montevideo for repairs, awaiting loading for a UK port. Northwestern Mining Exchange reports no sales. Seattle Stock Exchange shows 100 Goldene Tunnel at 4 1/2. Pilgrim steamer undergoes repairs and will run Port Orchard. Lumberville operations continue full time. Thomas Hughes, London attorney, dies in Providence hospital after delirium tremens. rescue and consular search underway. The Palm Garden, now Oberon music hall, set for another change under John Cort, who previously operated the Palm Garden.
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Palm Garden
Cherry Street
Oberon Music-Hall
John Cort
Cort
Lews
Irvin Baruch
Oberon
Cort Orders Seattle Occupant to Vacate by November 6
Cort returns to Seattle and orders the occupant to leave by November 6. He plans extensive renovations including raising the roof and stage to improve acoustics, plus a general refurbishment to reopen the venue on a grander scale.
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Cort
Seattle
Linotype Inventor Ottmar Mergenthaler Dies in Baltimore
Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor of the Linotype machine, died in Baltimore this morning from pulmonary trouble.
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Baltimord
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Annapolis Football Final Navies v Lafayette 0 6
The final score reported from Annapolis shows Navies 0 and Lafayette 6 in a football game. Lafayette dominated with a decisive win as the period closed.
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Annapolis
Nav
DeWoit Hopper and Nella Dergen Confirm Marriage in London
London reports confirm that DeWoilt Hopper, famed for comic opera, and Nella Dergen have married after numerous false alarms. The announcement settles the long rumor with a formal acknowledgment from sources in the British capital.
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York
London
DeWoilt Hopper
Nella Dergen
Postoffice Opens in New Seattle Quarters
At noon today the Seattle postoffice began operation in the Artington building. Patrons arrived in a breathless rush from the old office atop Columbia street hill and exclamations were heard. Mail service continued at the old box window until 1 o'clock when moving to the new office commenced. Keys and box numbers will be changed. Mr Beott will remain at the box window all day Sunday to assist. The new offices look neat and are arranged for convenience.
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Seattle Postoffice
Artington
Old Postoffice
Columbia Street
Beott
Orest
Marvels of Nome Diggings and Sinking Seas on the Nellie Thurston
Inspector Jas Rawlings from Cape Nome reports rich beach diggings near Anvil City now Nome City with 64,000 rockers in operation and daily gold yields cited. He criticizes Nellie Thurston's captain for poor provisions and failure to tow after a storm, leading to a mutiny and sale to Seattle.
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United States
Inspector of Mines
Jas Rawlings
Cape Nome
Nellie Thurston
Star
Arctic
Hawkings
Anvil City
Bonanza
Anvil
Dester Creek
Acter Creek
Nome City
Arsa
Rawlings
Criticlama
Trenteh
Port Angeles
Seattle
Man Killed By Train In Centralia
J K Pease of Centralia was killed at 4 20 PM by a south bound passenger train. He ran a small fruit and oyster house and was very deaf, failing to hear the oncoming train. In Manhattan Field New York Columbia defeated Yale 6 0.
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Centralia
Wash
J. K. Pease
Peoare
Boers Evict English Nurses Amid Natal and Cape Conflicts
Reports from Cape Colony and surrounding areas describe Boer forces ejecting English nurses as unfit to nurse in Boer hospitals. Dispatches note British evacuation at Dundee, earlier heavy fighting near Motleraprust and Helpmekear road, with casualties and skirmishes as colonial powers maneuver. Rhodesia police and railway workers engage Boers near Lobatsi, while Berlin protests British censorship of South Africa cables.
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Lorenzo Marquez
Cape Colony
Johannesbure @ tch
White
Helpmekear Road
Motleraprust
Dundee
Aggressive Move to End Women Employment in Seattle Dance Halls
A plan in Beattie to end women and young girls being hired in Seattle beer halls and theaters faces city officials. Critics claim licenses for the People's theater Orpheum and Herman Quandt's dance hall violate state law by employing women where alcohol is sold. A star reporter observed seven girls at Quandt's venue many under 18 accused of poor pay and mistreatment. One worker, Lita, said a strike would begin Sunday night amid wage disputes and threatened deductions. Similar scenes were noted at the People's and Orpheum theaters with girls soliciting drinks from male patrons. A council move to revoke licenses is expected next week.
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People's Theater
Orpheum
Herman Quandt
State of
Washington
Tenderloin
House of K Fame
Laura Wells
Quandt
Seattle
Hhe
People’s
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Harrisburg, Pa
Virginian M. Froelich
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Woodland Park
Ferren
Schwabacher's Wharf
Liverpool
Montevideo
United Kingdom
Northwestern Mining Exchange
Seattle Stock Exchange
Golden Tunnel
Crosby, Pigott & French
A. & Kerry
Port Orchard
Stetson & Post “Lumberville
Thormas Hughes
Providence Hospital
Hughes
James D. Hoge, Jr
First National Bank
Attorney & H. Piles
Heattle
Hoge
Hughes Folka
Otto Mergenthaler
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New Quarters
Nome
Inspector Rawlings
Tale of
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Manhattan Field
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Columbia
Yale
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False Bay
Reuter
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Steyn
Fraser
Bulawayo
Rhodesia
Lieweltyn
Deere
Ootsi
Cape
Lobatsi
Berlin
England
East Africa
Tenderloin District
Star Paint Co
Boo Pike St
Coon Bros
Brunner & CO
Pike Street
Corner Fifth
Chas. OC
Holcomb
Optician
Burke
Seattle Cataract CO
Denny Blaine Land Co
Dexter Horton Bank
Queen City Steam
Fourth Avenue
Union
Pixs
Palace
Standard Tailoring CO
Third Ave
HE Commercial Importing Co.t
Pete McIntire
Second Ave
Pike St
Moran Bros. Company Engine and Ship Builders
Orew. and
Wood Lumber Mil
Barrington
2D Avenue
Pike
West
West & Go
Phone Bay
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