City Hall and jail funding plans face delay and rework
City council delays November 7 special election for bond proposals to build a new city hall and jail. Proposals, including buying the Yesler block and favoring the present site, will be refined after Councilman Rude’s return. Debate over site, cost, and architecture intensifies as measures evolve toward voters' approval.
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Lnew
Niance
Rude
Gill
Great Northern
Star
Keezer
Fifth
Yester Way
Keeser
Keever
Seattle
Cleveland
St. Louis
Yester Courthouse
Third
Union
George P. Cotterill
Yesler
Jall
Yeeler
Osborne Estate
City Hall
Third Avenue
Seven Die In Fiery Tenement Blaze On Priest Street
A five story tenement at 870 Priest Street burned in a morning fire. Seven people perished including Anton and Annie Cennowita and three infants. Antonio Trussevite and Antonio Kalecoaye named among the dead. Five others were seriously hurt. Fire officials suspect incendiary origin as flames swept the upper floors and residents crowded the streets. Firemen conducted dramatic rescues from windows as ladders were lifted to save those inside.
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Priest Street
Anton Cennowitta
Annie Cennowita
Antonio Trussevite
Antonio Kalecoaye
Russians Face Starvation Risk Near Mukden In War News
Dispatches from Mukden report ongoing rain and Russian forces quartered there facing possible starvation. General Kuropatkin says Japanese concentrations south of Mukden threatenライン communications and demoralized troops are being reorganized.
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Geriops News Ase'n
ST. Petersburg
Mukden
ST. Petensburg
Kuropatkin
Yuan Pudge
Lineavitch
Vladivostok
Kuroki
Petersburg
Island Railroad Bandits Loot Train Near Letts Iowa
Bandits robbed an Iowa railroad train near Letts after gagging the engineer and fireman at 12 10 this morning. Five masked men dynamited the express car safe, then hijacked the engine and sped toward Corb. Police expect capture as 100 armed men from three counties pursue the bandits and reports say $20 000 was taken.
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Letts
Miesiesippi
Muscetine
Muscatine
Iowa River
Wapello
Lena on San Francisco voyage needs repairs six weeks
Report from the state department cites Acting Secretary Atlee Judge Penfield and Captain Pillebury that the Russian cruiser Lena, then in San Francisco, requires about six weeks of repairs and that any excess to render her seaworthy will be blocked by authorities. A later inspection by Port Collector Stratton delayed action while awaiting Washington guidance.
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Tressury
Unten Tren
Antoe Smee
Lena
Stratton
Lana
Goodrich
Pertemia
Scripps News
Washington
State Department
Atlee
Penfield
Department
Pillebury
Bureau of Navigation
San Francisco
Port Stratton
Navy Department
Two Killed in Santa Fe Wreck Near Laughton Springs
Two trainmen died and 25 others injured in a Santa Fe collision near Laughton Springs yesterday. The victims were A. L. Hicks, fireman, and HM. L. Davies, coal passer, with reports noting a passenger car involved on a curve.
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A. L. Hicks
HM. L. Davies
Accident Fatal Shot Near Butte In Mont
Charles Wiitala was accidentally killed yesterday at Nelhart near Butte when Matt Sands mistook him for a deer and fired. Sands did not realize the error until after the shot, the incident occurring on September 5.
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Butte
Mont
Charles Wiitala
Nelhart
Matt Sands
Sands
Six Gambling Housess Run Open in Seattle Despite Mayor’s Stance
A local paper reports six open gambling rooms in Seattle defying Mayor Ballinger’s pledge to prevent gambling. Raiders from the Civic Union have drawn warrants but police have not stopped the operations, with games visible in saloons on Jackson Street and nearby avenues.
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Tacoma
Ballinger
Sheriff's Office
Civic Union
Yealer
the Star
Idaho
Fifth Avenue
Jackson
Monte Carlo
Seattle
Foret Avenue
Magnolia
First Avenue
Snohomish
Humes
Bnohomish
Boys Climb Greased Pole At Industrial Exposition
At the Industrial Exposition the grease pole contest draws near a dozen participants hoping to win a prize. The event is part of a busy display of side shows and attractions, including Captain Sorcho’s dives, the Diavolo trick, and the newly renovated stadium with Japanese wire workers. Dreamland and the new train robbery show strong crowds as Dixieland also attracts visitors. In Frederichsruhe Prince Herbert Bismarck remains in critical condition with his sister Countess Von Rantseau traveling to be by his side.
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Topeka
Diavolo
Reins
Dixieland
Frederichsruhe
Prince Herbert Bismarck
Countess von Rantseau
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