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19 stories matching morgan
- The Fake Auditor of J. Pierpont Morgan
A Seattle hotel swindler successfully impersonates a corporate auditor to extract cash.
- The Guggenheim-Morgan Industrial Play for Tacoma
A proposed $20 million expansion of the Tacoma smelter and a new fleet of ships aim to cement a copper monopoly on the Pacific coast.
- Sniper Targets South Tacoma Streetcar
A motorman narrowly escaped death when a mysterious horseman fired a shot into his passing transit car.
- The 'Artistic Swindle' of the Shipbuilding Trust
A scathing editorial denounces the financial manipulation behind the Shipbuilding Trust as a 'bunco game' orchestrated by Gilded Age titans.
- Waitsburg's Railroad Dream: A Cut-Off That Could Change the Region
Commercial clubs from Waitsburg, Dayton, Walla Walla and Spokane are pushing the O. R. & N. to build a new rail line between Dayton and Starbuck.
- The Railroad King’s Surprise Endorsement
Northern Pacific president Charles S. Mellen shocks local business leaders by backing Teddy Roosevelt—despite the President's aggressive trust-busting.
- She Left County Limerick as a Child and Died on North Fourth Street
Mrs. William Ryan crossed the Atlantic at seven, buried her first husband in Walla Walla in 1871, married again, and raised six children. Her funeral leaves the family home at 115 North Fourth on Friday afternoon.
- The Copper Wire Heist
Four laborers are taken into custody after allegedly stealing 50 pounds of copper wire from local transit facilities.
- Mining Disaster Claims Young Worker at Black Diamond
A tragic accident at the coal mine leaves a widow mourning her only son.
- Log-Rolling Tragedy at Cascade Mill
A foreman is killed in a workplace accident after slipping in smooth-soled shoes.
- The Battle for Carnival Queen
As the Walla Walla carnival approaches, the competition for 'Queen' turns into a heated local rivalry, with Lottie Wuesteney overtaking Grace Anglin.
- The Mules That Weren't
A local land deal sours when a man discovers his new livestock are not quite as advertised.
- The Kent Road Dispute
A bitter neighborhood battle over property rights and road construction near Osborn Station comes to a quiet end.
- Triple Tragedy at Three Lakes
A night watchman murders his former wife and teenage daughter after she refuses his plea to remarry, then turns the weapon on himself.
- The Carnival Queen of 1903
After a hard-fought voting contest, a local shop worker is crowned Queen for the Military band's upcoming carnival.
- The Bid for the Main Line
Citizens in Dayton and Waitsburg launch a collaborative lobby effort to convince railroad officials to connect their town branches to the main regional transit artery.
- Twenty Clowns, Cloth Elephants, and a College Circus at the Armory
Whitman students and the Walla Walla Band plan four nights of acrobats, side shows and pink lemonade — with a hired professional troupe to keep it honest.
- Who Owns the Water? Marcus Grants 25-Year Private Franchise
Stevens County commissioners hand a sweeping water system monopoly to a group of investors, with a two-year deadline to build or lose the right.
- The Railroad Lobby's Quiet Plan to Buy a Governor and Kill the Commission
A Walla Walla editor warns that railroad interests will avoid an open fight over regulation by nominating a friendly, colorless candidate—then using him to veto the commission bill.