Peace Treaty Signed at Portsmouth Ends War hostilities
The text reports a treaty signing at 3:45 PM Tuesday with Japanese and Russian envoys, awaiting czar and mikado endorsements. It notes the navy yard visit, gun salute, flags raised, and messages to President Roosevelt. London and Oslo dispatches mention reception plans for M. Witte and gratitude from the International Law association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maartens
Navy Yard
Peirce
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Komura
Boston
Harvard
Takahira
Sato
New York
Treaty Signaled Postwar Accord Between Russia and Japan
Portsmouth dispatch reports a 3:45 p m signing time with 15 treaty articles outlining Russia and Japan terms. The pact includes Manchuria administration, ceded territories, fishing rights, and a joint railway operation with 18 month evacuation and boundary marking by a federal commission. Delegations prepare to travel to Boston and New York for subsequent steps.
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Saghalin
Russia
Pkhotsk
Bering Seas
Saghailin
Car Crash Damages Madison Street Cable Car Hurt Occupants
A Madison street car collided with a dirt wagon at the alley near Sixth and Madison at 11 45 pm injuring three people. Conductor McCourt and Gripman Jarvison failed to warn the teamster as the wagon crossed, the wreck trapping bystanders and causing multiple injuries including Towns who sustained a severely skinned leg and possible knee fracture and Mrs Thomas with an ankle sprain and shock. Johnston the wagon driver was thrown from the horses.
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Madison Street
Sixth
Providence Hospital
Madison
McCourt
Gripman
Jarvison
Old Central High School
G. N. Johnston
Johnston
George L. Towns
Fifth Avenue
Fargo
N. D
Thomas
Seattle General Hospital
Council under fire over Second Avenue and exclusive franchises
Local debate intensifies as Jarod Furth pushes renewed fight for exclusive franchises on Second Avenue. Council members Mullen, Benjamin, Zbinden, and Gilleran shown divided. Mayor Ballinger and City Engineer Thomson oppose exclusives. Thomson influenced Ballinger to veto an endless chain for Fort Lawton line. Public concern grows over potential city outrage if grants proceed.
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Jarod Furth
Mullen
Benjamin
Zbinden
Gillie
Murphy Wi Borth
Jommwon
Calp
Burnett
Ballinger
Thomson
Fort Lawton
Seattle Electric Company
Corporations Committee
Rescue after horse-car collision leaves man bruised
Passengers pull a man from a car after a horse toppled onto him. He is badly bruised with injuries described as resembling a piece of beef, and is removed to safety.
Saviors of Days of Captain Kidd Reach Clayoquot
Victoria BC Sept 6 The schooner Carmencita pirate craft commanded by Alex McLean of the Sea War arrived at Clayoquot on Vancouver Island. She carried 279 china and was the base for landing hunters and transferring skins to the Queen City for Victoria. It is alleged she was watered and revictualed before sailing again to an unknown destination.
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Kidd
Victoria
B. C
Carmencita
Seal Islands
Alex McLean
Clayoquot
Vancouver Island
China
Thi
Queen City
Woman Injured When Car Jerks On Capitol Hill
Mrs Prank Beech 47 suffered a broken wrist and internal injuries after she fell from a Capitol Hill car at Pike and Second when the motorman jerked the vehicle as she attempted to alight. She was taken home by ambulance. the motorman did not stop. Mrs Bush, wife of Tacoma policeman, was nearby.
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Capitol Hill
Mra
Prank Beech
Pike
Mortorman
Mrs. Bush
J. W. Mitchell
Weenan
Stewart Street
Bell Almost Fainted At Thomson's Story
City Engineer Thomson influenced a new contractors' plan at the board of works meeting on Tuesday. The paving contract for Columbia street between First and Second was not awarded amid five nearly identical bids around 4 752. Bell & Price bid 4 508 the lowest. The board also criticized slow contractors and discussed extending time for bids on the troubled rty seventh avenue water main as a cautionary move.
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Board of Works
Columbia Street
Seattle Stone Company
Sparger Concrete Company
James Markey
Barber Asphalt Company
Bell & Price
Youngs
Seattle
Jeffrey
Mr. 1
Seventh Avenue
Eng Neer
London
Seattle Leads National Growth in Population Estimates
The Star presents population growth estimates for Seattle and 18 other major cities based on directory name counts. Seattle shows a 106 percent five year rise, with Spokane at 160 percent and Tacoma at 98 percent. Portland 52 percent and Chicago 38 percent. Washington state cities exhibit unmatched expansion according to the figures.
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the Star
Seattle
United States
America
Bpokane
Tacoma
Star
Beattie
Greater Beattie
Greater
The
Directory
Spokane
Portland
Northwest
East
Middle West
Chicago
Washington
Beattle
Minneapolie
Columbus
Ohio
Detroit
Toledo
Ono
Providence
Cleveland
Loulaville
Wwe
Baltimore
Brennen
German man committed to asylum after prayer and raw sausage
William Heder a 31 year old German was arrested on a charge of insanity after he prayed constantly and ate raw sausage. He believes he must work no longer and expects rations from divine favor. He is to be moved to the asylum at Tellacoom on Wednesday morning.
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William Heder
Btellacoom
Heder
Alec
Alaska Woman Miner Plans Steilacoom Smelter Project
Lena Walton, a prominent Alaska mining figure, travels to Tacoma and Steilacoom to push a $100,000 capital smelter venture. She owns northern tin properties and claims a land donation by Henry Hewitt Jr. The project aims to employ many workers and spark regional development, including a stake in the Sea Level mine at Ketchikan.
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Henry Hewitt, Jr
Alaska
Bank Clearings Reported for Labor Day Week
A brief ledger note shows bank clearings totaling $1 148 170 18 on a Labor Day week tied to 1904 and the date May 25 2008. The fragment records financial activity in a historical newspaper context.
Check Fictitious Used in Fraud Case Involving Beck
John B. Beck was victimized when a $30 check written to John G Walker and signed by John A. Walker, with endorsement by William Grant, proved fictitious. The fraudulent signatures triggered the incident reported Monday night.
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John B. Beck
Buncoe
John G Walker
John A. Walker
William Grant
Local men plan Seattle to Portland telephone line
Philadelphia capitalist James D. Hoge and Tacoma's Jobe Baker filed articles for a new telephone company at Olympia. They contemplate a long distance line from Seattle to Portland and may build a trolley line between the two cities. Hoge declined to reveal plans, and denied aiming to oppose Sunset Telephone.
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Portland
Jobe
Baker
Tacoma
Olympia
New Telephone Company
Seattle
Mr. Howe
Sunset Telephone Company
Recall Amendment Petition Circulates for City Vote
Citizens led by W. E. Parker and the Civic Union push a recall amendment for March elections. Signatures already reach 200 in two days, mainly from university fraternities, with business leaders supporting the effort. If 25 percent of last election voters sign, council must submit the measure. 15 percent triggers a spring submission.
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W. E. Parker
The
Civic Union
Calhoun
City Comptroller
Rip
Girl Wife of Christopher Sentenced to One Year
Lovisa Christopher alias Chesterfield, pleaded guilty to smuggling dynamite to her husband in jail and received a one year penitentiary sentence. She wept as Judge Griffin pronounced the term behind prison walls at Walla Walla. Sheriff Lou Smith had arranged the deal weeks earlier.
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Christopher
Lovisa Christopher
Chesterfield
Griffin
Lou Smith
Wayside
Walla Walla
Spokane to Lead Anti Saloon League Assignments
W. J. Herwig of Spokane has been put in charge of the Spokane work for the Washington Anti Saloon League in the northeastern state. Superintendent Cherrington announced the appointment Tuesday. The state is divided into four sections with a supervisor for each. Rev. J. W. Fresconi of Bellingham will cover the vicinity, with appointments to follow in Tacoma and Walla Walla.
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W. J. Herwig
Spokane
Washington Anti- Saloon League
Cherrington
Tuesaday
Herwig
J. W. Fresconi
Bellingham
Tacoma
Walla Walla
Inquest to Examine Kerrystown Murder Scene
Deputy Coroner Wiltsie and Sheriff Lou Smith depart at 4 pm Tuesday for Kerrystown to hold an inquest into the murder and arson of Phillip Ross and his wife found dead in the saloon they owned. James Moore alias The Louse remains in county jail, refusing to discuss the case.
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Wiltsie
Sherriff Lou Smith
Kerrystown
Phillip Ross
James Moore
the Louse
Packers Seek Continuance Before Federal Judge
Indicted packers and officials appeared with attorneys before Judge Humphrey in federal court seeking a continuance. They were granted a motion to continue until September 1.
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Chicago
Humphrey
Federal Court
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Christiania
International Law Association
Petersburg
M. Witte
Troicky Bridge
Witte
General Linevitch
Oyama
N. H
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Dalny Pass
Kuang-Tebeng- Tee
Seghalin
Weather Forecast
Bell
Thomson Amelied A
Lena Walton
Miner
Steilacoom
Miss Walton
Philadelphia
Capi
Talista
James D. Hoge
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