Alaska Delegates Seek Territorial Government at Seattle
Alaska delegates at Seattle convention call for territorial status and representation in Congress, urging adoption of a broad platform including a new mining law, road building funds, and better postal and telegraph services. The platform, debated at length, was approved unanimously.
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Seattle
Alaska
Congress
Washington
United States
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Great Britain
Ireland
Alaska Road Commission
Sitka
Wrangel
Ketchikan
Seward
Siliamna
Dutch Harbor
Kaska
Castro Refuses Second Installment Of Arbitration Award
Paris reports that President Castro refuses to pay the second installment of the Plumley arbitration award totaling about 650000 dollars for damages to French citizens in Venezuela before 1903. The first payment was made. the due date Wednesday passed unanswered. Officials doubt the diplomatic disruption justifies nonpayment, viewing the move as another provocation.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Castro
Plumley
Venezuela
Frank Plomley
Northfield
Vermont
Arbitration Board
France
False emperor raises peasants near Penza in new uprising
Report from Simbirsk claims a pretender to the throne has appeared near Penza with about 50,000 followers. The area west of the Volga has seen major agrarian unrest, and a peasant-led rebellion could test the government after past uprisings like Pugatchev.
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St. Petersburg
Penza
Simbirsk
Volga
Pugaticheff
Peter III
Catherine II
Volag
Japanese Plan for Korea Protectorate Revealed
Marquis Ito presented a four hour audience with the emperor outlining a Japanese protectorate over Korea. The plan grants status for Japanese residents, opens ports, and shifts Korea's foreign affairs to Japan. If rejected, complications are warned and Korea may have to submit, while the emperor resists recognizing loss of independence.
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Seoul
Korea
Marquis Ito
Japan
Reunion of a Drunkard and His Wife's Child in Colorado
The tale follows Albert Wakely, driven from John Byrd's Indiana home after years of drink and hardship. Wakely seeks a new life in Colorado under General Chance, who eventually reunites him with Mary Worsham, now widow of Abram Worsham. A marriage at the San Benito estate unites Wakely with Mary and their son, in a tale of hardship, exile, and eventual redemption.
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Indiana
Albert Wakely
John Byrds
Mary
John Byrd
Wakely
Colorado
Worsham
Canon
Byrd
Mr. Worsham
Albert
Chance
Hiller Ranch
Providence
Father
San Benito
Walter Chance
Abram Wors
Dog Senses Dishonest Men in New Orleans Opinion
The New Orleans Times-Democrat column cites a dog that refused to be friendly with three daily contacts after two of them were revealed as ex convicts and one later jailed for cattle theft. The author notes dogs may intuitively sense honesty, but admits the case is not conclusive and could reflect other explanations.
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Alaska
Ohio
Europe
United States
Congress
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Silly Girls and the Dolly Molly Exchange in Cleveland Leader
A short Cleveland Leader item notes Dolly claims a kiss from a man and Molly asks who told her. The piece mocks vanity with a line about fifty cent cotton umbrellas versus a seven dollar silk one and ends with a quip about joys of solitude and a lonely dollar bill.
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Dolly
Molly
Cleveland
Professional Cards Listing Local Attorneys Doctors and Dentists
A list of professionals includes Dr Paul Smits with Aberdeen General Hospital office hours and multiple telephones, Dr Everett E Lane with Hayes & Hayes Building hours and phone, A G Kinnison with Market Street address and hours, C Cross practicing in state and federal courts, E H Fox attorney at Postoffice Block, Robert E Taggart in Dabney Block, Ben Sheers lawyer with building plans experience, Jesse F Murphy Olympia land office background, and contacts for Aberdeen Washington professionals.
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Bogus
Dog
Paul Smits, M. D
DE. Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
DF. M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
A G. Kinnison
Market Street
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
Street
E . H. Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
W. Mason
Heron Street
Jesse F. Murphy
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
Continental
O. C
G Street
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Hayes & Hayes Bankers
Independent
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
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