Peace Treaty Signed Platformed By Envois In Portsmouth
The treaty was signed at 3 46 PM Tuesday with Japanese and Russian envoys present. A 19 gun salute followed and flags were raised as Secretary Peirce notified President Roosevelt who welcomed the accord. Liberal manufacturers in St Petersburg planned receptions for M Witte honoring the peace effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maartens
Mavy Yard
Peirce
Roosevelt
ST. Petersburg
M. Witte
Witte
Peace treaty summary and envoy mentions at Portsmouth
A Portsmouth dispatch notes a peace treaty summary with Russia and Japan outlining Manchuria rights and Sino-Japanese influence. The document sets terms on evacuation, fishing rights, and boundary marking, with all articles to be in French and English and signed within 60 days. Envoys and guests depart for further talks and travel to New York and Harvard in the following days.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Friendship
Russia
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Dainy Pass
China
Liz
Kuang-Toheng- Tee
Saghalin
Pkhotek
Bering Seas
Navy Yard
Komura
Harvard
Takahira
Sato
New York
Car Crash On Madison Street Injures Several People
A Madison street collision between a wagon driven by G N Johnston and a streetcar, led by Conductor McCourt and Gripman Jarvison, injured multiple passengers and a bystander. Towns, a Fargo reporter, described the crash after witnessing the wreck at the old Central high school area and noted severe leg injuries and a sprained ankle among victims. Johnston was thrown from his wagon and the car did not stop until Fifth Avenue.
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Gripman
Madison
McCourt
Jarvison
Old
Central High School
G. N. Johnston
Sixth
Johnston
George L. Towns
Providence Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Fargo
N. D
Thomas
Seattle General Hospital
City Council Faces Franchise Fight On Second And Westlake
The council scheduled for Tuesday night will consider renewing exclusive franchise requests for Second Avenue and Westlake. Several members are poised to vote yes while others oppose, citing car-route concerns on Second and regrade plans. Mayor Bailinger and City Engineer Thomson oppose exclusive grants, with Thomson having previously influenced the veto of an endless chain Fort Lawton line deal.
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Jacob Furth
Second
Westlake
Mullen
Benjamin
Zbinden
Gill
Rude Ree
Second Avenue
Murphy
Bowen
Johnston
Cole
Conway
Burnett
Fenre
Bailinger
Thomson
Ballinger
Fort Lawton
Seattle Electric Company
Sen
Corporations
Rescue After Car Incident Describes Injured Passenger
Passengers pulled a man from a car after a crash described as under a heaped load of beasts where one animal stood on him. He suffered severe bruising and a face marked like a beef steak.
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Hin
Carmencita Returns to Clayoquot with 379 Seals
The schooner Carmencita commanded by Alex Mclean of the Sea Wolf docked at Clayoquot on Vancouver Island with 379 seal skins. She sent hunters and skins to the steamer Queen City for Victoria, then reportedly was watered and revictualed before sailing again for an unknown destination.
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Kipp Victoria
B. C
Carmencita
Seal Islands
Alex Mclean
Clayoquot
Vancouver Island
Queen City
Victoria
Thrown From Car On Capitol Hill Injures Tacoma Woman
Mrs Frank Bush a 47 year old Tacoma resident was seriously hurt near Pike and Second when a motorman jerked a Capitol Hill car as she stepped off. She suffered a broken wrist and internal injuries and was taken to her home by ambulance. The motorman did not stop the car. Mrs Bush is the wife of Policeman Bush of Tacoma.
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Capitol Hill
Frank Bush
Pike
Myre
Bush
J. W. Mitchell
Stewart Street
Bell almost fainted at Thomson story on paving bid
City Engineer Thomson amended a new contractors' combination at a board of works meeting. The paving contract for Columbia street between First and Second was not awarded as bids were nearly identical around 4752 dollars. Bell & Price offered the lowest 4698. The board reprimanded contractors for delays and procrastination while considering revisions and extensions.
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Board of Works
Columbia Street
Seattle Btone Company
Sparger Concrete Company
James Markey
Harber Asphalt Company
Bell & Price
Youngs
Seattle
Jeffrey
Bell
Forty-seventh Avenue
Thomason
London
Kell
Seattle Leads Nation in Growth as City Directory Shows
The Star reports Seattle’s five year population surge based on city directory names. Seattle’s estimated 189,107 within Greater Seattle surpasses all others. Spokane 160 percent, Tacoma 9 percent, Portland 23 percent, Chicago 88 percent. Washington state cities show the strongest growth nationwide.
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Spokane
Tacoma
the Star
Seattle
United States
America
Sear
Beattie
Greater Seattle
The
Star
Directory
Portland
Northwest
East
Middle West
Chicago
Washington
Minneapolis
Columbus
Ohio
Detroit
Toledo
Ows
Indianapolia
Milwaukee
Denver
Washington .c
Newark
Providence
Prisoner Delusions Led German Man to Insanity Charge
William Heder, a 31-year-old German, was arrested on insanity charges after repeatedly praying and eating raw sausage. He was committed Tuesday morning to the insane asylum at Bledacoor and will be taken to Berlincoom on Wednesday morning under the belief he will be supplied with rations by divine beneficence.
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William Heder
Wen
Bledacoor
Neder
Alaska's woman miner pursues big smelter project
Lena Walton, a bustling Alaska entrepreneur, arrives in town hurrying to advance a plan to build a large smelter between Tacoma and Steilacoom. She has formed a company with 100000 dollars capital, land donated by Henry Hewitt Jr, and aims to develop northern tin holdings and the Sea Level mine at Ketchikan.
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Henry Hewitt, Jr
Alaska
Mise Walton
Ketchikan
Bank Clearings Reported At $1.15 Million
Bank clearings for the period show $1,148,170.18, with earlier figures noted from 1904 and 1906. The brief item records the total in a concise financial note from the era.
Fraudulent signatures on stolen check attributed to Buncee Man
Court records show John B. Beck accused in a case where a check for eighty dollars was issued to John G. Walker and signed by John A. Walker and endorsed by William Grant. The signatures were identified as fraudulent in the victim's report.
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John B. Beck
Buncee
John G. Walker
John A. Walker
William Grant
Local men form stake in Seattle to Portland telephone line
Representing Philadelphia financier James K Hoge and Tacoma's John Baker, James Hoge and John Baker filed in Olympia to incorporate a new telephone company. Reports say a Seattle to Port land line and a Seattle Matlandia trolley line are planned. Hoge declined to disclose plans and denied organizing to oppose Sunset Telephone.
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John &. Baker
Tacoma
Olympia
Sunset Telephone Company
Petition Drives Recall Amendment For City Officials
A recall petition is circulating among residents with 200 signatures gathered in two days led by W E Parker and Civic Union members. If 15 percent sign, the council must ballot the measure in the March election. it would force a vote and remove officials if a successor wins. Calhoun confirms the amendment’s legality to Comptroller Riptinger.
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W. EK. Parker
The
Civic Union
Calhoun
City Comptroller
Riptinger
Girl Wife of Christopher Receives a One Year Sentence
Lovisa Christopher alias Chesterfield testified and pleaded guilty to carrying dynamite to her husband in jail. Judge Griffin sentenced her to one year in the penitentiary at Walla Walla, noting the bargain made with Sheriff Lou Smith. She wept as she accepted the verdict while Chesterfield, described as dangerous, remained hospitalized.
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Christopher
Lovisa Christopher
Chesterfield
Griffin
Lou Smith
Wayside
Walla Walla
Spokane appoints officers for Anti-Saloon work
W. J. Herwig of Spokane is placed in charge of Spokane work in the northeastern state area under the Washington Anti-Saloon League plan. Superintendent Cherrington announced the four section division and future appointments include Rev. J. W. Fresconi of Bellingham with Tacoma and Walla Walla to follow.
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W. J. Herwig
Spokane
Washington Anti- Saloon League
Cherrington
Herwig
J. W. Fresconi
Bellingham
Tacoma
Walla Walla
Inquest Planned Into Kerrystown Murder Case
Deputy Coroner Wiltsie and Sheriff Lou Smith depart Tuesday for Kerrystown to hold an inquest at the scene of the murder of Phillip Ross and his wife. James Moore alias The Louse remains in county jail, refusing to discuss the affair while suspected of involvement.
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Wiltsie
Lou Smith
Kerrystown
Phillip Ross
James Moore
the Louse
Fe St Il
Indicted Packers Seek Continuance in Federal Case
Chicago. The indicted packers and company officials appeared with attorneys before Judge Humphrey in federal court and requested a continuance. They were granted until September 18 to file further motions or responses.
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Chicago
Humphrey
Federal Court
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International Law Association
Seasion
Weather Forecast
Thomson Amelied A
Lena Walton
Miner
Steilacoom
Miss Walton
Philadelphia
Capi
Taliote
James K. Hoge
Matlandia
Hiowe
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