Last Honors for Cushman
The body of Representative Francis W. Cushman of Washington dies pneumonia. sent to Tacoma with an escort. Governor Hay plans a November special election for Cushman’s successor after consulting state leaders. A police reform plan for undercover plainclothes officers is discussed by Seattle officials to curb ordinance violators.
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New York
Francis W. Cushman
Washington
Chicago Limited
Pennsylvania Road
Tacoma
Wash
Frederick M. Weber
House of Representatives
Pittsburg
Seattle
Cushman
Roosevelt Hospital
Hay
Olympia
F. W. Cushman
Cannon
Bellingham
State Line
Plain Clothes Officer Sought By Police Chief
Chief Thomas L. Story asked the city for the appointment of a plainclothes officer to curb petty ordinance violations and detect unobserved crimes. The request was referred to the police committee for consideration.
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Story
Police
Thomas L. Story
Cief
Lone Bandit Robs Bank in Everett Assault Seeks Escape
A lone bandit robbed the Bank of Commerce in Everett Washington wounding Assistant Cashier E Olsen and Cashier J L Lyon. The thief fled on a bicycle to the north end then to the waterfront dropping a satchel with most of the loot. Deputies and bloodhounds hunted him as residents aided in the manhunt. Lyon was wounded in the jaw and neck during the confrontation.
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Everett
Wash
E. Olsen
Bank of Commerce
J. L. Lyon
Olsen
Lyon
Benson Convicted in Timberland Fraud Loses Supreme Court Appeal
After seven years of legal delays John A. Benson was convicted of conspiring to defraud the government of timberland and denied a Supreme Court appeal. He will begin a one year prison term tomorrow. Also no show at the Lyric this week as management moves to new Second Street quarters.
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San Francisco
John A. Benson
Timberland
United States Supreme Court
The
Lyric
Second Street
Water Wagon Drivers Under Fire Over Water Use Records
City complaints allege water wagon drivers fail to keep accurate sprinkling logs. Northwest Light and Water seeks unpaid fees, citing missing city usage data and uniform nightly reports. Neighbors report early morning noise on Naches avenue. Mull vows inspection as committees review.
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Super Acendent Arrowsmith
Northwest Light and Water Company
Mull
Naches Avenue
Milwaukee Road Coming to Portland via Yakima Route
Milwaukee Road officials discuss routing heavy freight via the Cispus and Lewis River to Portland, with entry into Yakima past Ahtanum and Moxee. The plan follows earlier Portland Vancouver Yakima survey ideas and aligns with North Yakima boosters and Portland Chamber of Commerce interests.
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Portland
Cispus Pass
Lewis River
Yakima
Ahtantim
Klickitat Pass
Ellensburg
Columbia
Coal Creek
Barrel Springs
Moxee
Oldtown
Milwaukee Road
Cc. O. Adams
North Yakima
Milwaukee
Columbia River
Portland, Vancouver
Hunt Bros Import Marmon Auto for North Yakima Area
Hunt Bros real estate dealers have secured from Indianapolis a Marmon five passenger automobile, the only one of its kind in this section. Guests at the Pacific hotel include W Hopkins of Niagara Falls D F Judkins of Skowhegan Me and M A Whitney of Elgin Ill who are in North Yakima as investigators. Robert Scott arrived Saturday from Tieton with his family for a brief visit to the sound.
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Hunt Bros
Indianapolis
Marmon
W. Hopkins
Niagara Falls
D. F. Judkins
Skewhegan
M. A Whitney
Elgin, Ill
Pacific Hotel
North Yakima
Robert Scott
Tieton
The
Sound
North Yakima council debates trunk sewer on A street
City council wrestles with a trunk sewer on East A street to serve unsettled territory at a $2000 cost. The order includes shutting Union Mill and Power ditches to lay sub sewer pipes, extending time for Pettyjohn Co. and addressing city hall connections and cess pools.
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Old City Hall
Julia Hess Miller
Union
Pettyjohn
Weisberger and
Northwest Bridge Company
Meigs
City Hall
Cor
Pettyjohn & Co
Shaw
Doolittle
Armbruster
City council endures long routine session on licenses and sewers
The delayed council meeting focused on routine business. Petitions for saloon licenses from Abe Van Deist and Ford Liquor Co. were granted on police committee advice. sidewalk construction requests and license transfers were approved. Multiple sewer bids were awarded and street grading issues and a health matter were addressed.
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E. van Deist
D. L. Shannon
Abe van Deist
Ford Liquor Company
Garrett & Co
Sanberg
Paul Lyrie
Lyric Theatre Management
No. 20
North Second Street
Council
Pettyjohn & Co
D. T. Daniels
Ninth Avenue
Harmon
Northwest Bridge Co
Lonaconing Party Rescued by Yakima Indian Driver
Dr George Sloan and friends from Lonaconing Maryland faced a stuck auto near Wapato after a nights rain swelled a ditch. An Indian passerby stopped to water his horses then pulled the car free with a dry quip about a thirsty horse. The group calls most Yakima Indian tales fiction.
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George Sloan
Messrs
D. R. Sloan
James Love
William Bradley
Lonaconing
Wapato
Riplinger Returns to Face Embezzlement Charge in Seattle
John Riplinger former city comptroller charged with embezzling nearly 80000 dollars of Seattle funds returned from Honduras today and surrendered himself. He posted bonds for his appearance.
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Seattle
John Riplinger
Honduras
Plea of Not Guilty in Sugar Refining Conspiracy
New York July 6 the American Sugar Refining company and its officers pleaded not guilty to indictments charging conspiracy in restraint of trade.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Rains Tie Up Trains Delays Hit Pacific Coast Delegates
Heavy rains in Colorado have blocked rail lines across the state. Landslides along the Denver and Rio Grande route in the Royal Gap cover the tracks up to 20 feet deep, holding three through trains in Canon City with over 1,000 passengers en route to conventions in Los Angeles Portland and Seattle.
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Denver
Colorado
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Congressional Escort Home
Chief Story
Lone Bandit
Everett Bank
United States
First National Bank
British Isles
Europe
China
Japan
First National Bank of North
W. L. Steinweg
A. B. Cline
Co. R. Donovan
Arrowsmith
Snow
Sires and Ditch Committee
Moxee Valley
National Irrigation Congress
Theo. Weisberger
Naches
Cowiche
Tahoma Cemetery
Heighth Street
Fitch
Ninth
Eighth
Spruce
Congress
Spokane
North
Irrigation Congress
John S. Hughes
Irrigation Congress Board
Hughes
James
Commercial Club
Valley Committee
Yakima Valley
Boise
Caldwell
Ontario
Ore
Walla Walla
Milton
Freewater
Furman
Zillah
Hoy
John
S. Hughes
Maryland
Redman
Riplinger
Pacific Coast
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