Alaskan boundary arbitration enters final stage in London
The seven member panel met in secret in London as the Alaskan boundary dispute nears a verdict. American officials express hopeful sentiment while Canadian commissioner Aylesworth attends. The Times notes potential for a full award on the seven questions and continued daily sessions for five hours.
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London
Lodge
Louis Jole
Root
Turner
Foreign Office
Aylesworth
Canada
The
Times
United States
the Times
Withdrawals Strike Vast Cascade County Desert Lands
A land office order withdraws and suspends desert land entries in Cascade County south of the Missouri River and two townships near Highwood. About 1,150,000 acres are affected. roughly 200,000 acres have filings, 40,000 acres suspended. Special Agent Chadwick investigated after Senator Gibson urged action.
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Missouri
Paris Gibson
Interior Department
Chadwick
Gibson
General Land Office
Seattle youth confesses in Oregon train robbery case
Charles Hoehn, 17, raised at Equality colony in Skagit County, is brought to Portland by Pinkerton agent Captain Nevins and Sheriff Storey to answer charges in the Sept 23 Oregon Railroad and Navigation overland train raid. Hoehn admits his part in the attempted holdup amid manhunt for Jim or Allen Miner.
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Seattle
Charles Hohen
Equality Colony
Skagit County
Dow
Nevins
Pinkerton Agency
Portland
W. A. Storey
Multnomah County
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Overland
Hoehn
Colony
Mount Vernon
Jim
Jesse
James
Oregon
Allen Miner
Equality
Hohen
Northwest
Pinkerton
Sheriff Storey
Gay Harshman
Express
Korner
Reindeer Propagation in Alaska Shows Strong Year
Washington reports show 1,600 reindeer fawns born across stations last season. Point Barrow’s herd is about 177, with 6,130 total in Alaska by June 30. Siberian import blocked. Cape Prince of Wales hosts 1,525 deer, Unalaskilk 1,324.
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Washington
Alaska
Sheldon Jackson
Point Barrow
Interior Department
Siberia
Northwestern Commercial Company
Russia
Jackson
Cape Prince of Wales
Bering Sea
Arctic Ocean
Unalaskilk
Adventist Church Supports Tacoma Barber Case to Test Sunday Law
Rev EK L Stewart president of the Washington conference says the Seventh Day Adventists back the Tacoma barber fined for Sabbath barbering. The church will fund appeals to the supreme court to challenge the law's constitutionality.
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Everett
EK. L. Stewart
Washington
Seventh Day Adventists
Tacoma
Cass
Supreme Court
Log Jam Threatens Bridge and Breakwater at Lakeside
A Sunday night incident sent Richards Lumber Company logs drifting from Lakeside toward the Chelan river mouth. The log jam presses against the old bridge and the piers of the new breakwater with fear of serious damage from the water pressure.
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Jaelan
Richards Lumber Company
Lakeside
Chelan River
Admiral Kempff Retires After World Patrol Service
Vallejo California October reports Rear Admiral Louis Kempff has retired from active navy duty. Born in Illinois, he joined in 1857 and served worldwide. His final sea command was a squadron at Taku China during the recent bombardment of the forts.
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Vallejo
Cal
Louis Kempff
Navy
Illinois
Taku
China
New Marquis of Salisbury Named Lord Privy Seal
London October 13 news confirms the newly titled Marquis of Salisbury formerly Viscount Cranborne will join the cabinet as lord privy seal. The post was held by his father until last year when Mr. Balfour took it without the accompanying salary of ten thousand dollars.
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London
Marquis of Salisbury
Viscount Cranborne
Balfour
New York Telegram
Mrs Moody Dies in East Northfield
Mrs. Dwight L. Moody wife of the famous evangelist died after a period of internal trouble not deemed serious. Born in England about 60 years ago she has a sister there and she and Dwight Moody married about forty years ago and had three children who survive.
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East Northfield
Mass
Moody
England
Mr. Moody
Half Attendance At Empress Dowager Reception
Peking October 12 reports only half the usual attendance at the empress dowager reception to the legation ladies on Saturday with all English ladies declining to attend.
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Peking
Legation
Steamer Oregon Brings Gold and Passengers to Nome
Oregon reports nearly a million dollars in gold bullion and 431 passengers from None. About 2,500 people will winter at Nome. The voyage faced rough weather delays. In Denver Governor Peabody names a general court martial to convene October 1 for trial of officers facing irregularity charges.
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Seattle
Oregon
Nome
Denver
Peabody
Old Favorites Old Favorites The Vagabonda
A fragment from a stage piece shows two travelers, Roger and his dog, performing for a crowd with fiddle and songs about hardship, drink, and moral conflict. The veteran narrator recalls long travels, poverty, and loyalty of the dog, ending with a call to music and performance.
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Roger
IL Roger
Drowning Advice and Fragments From A Park Scene
The text outlines United States Volunteer Life Saving corps guidance on preventing drownings, emphasizing supervision, seating and safety on boats, quick rescue steps, and nonviolent restraint. It includes practical methods for reviving drowning victims and keeping calm. Also noted are verses, poetry, a tea party song, and a coin discovery at Johns Hopkins Hospital with historical details.
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United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
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Alver
Ston
Cascade County
Montana
Southern Pacific
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Salt Lake
Nick Haworth
Contary
Haworth
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Admiral Kempff
Dwight L. Moody
Cat Empress Dowager
George
March
Heaven
J. T. Trowbridge
Norah
George IL
George II
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Groege IL
Georgius IL
Rex
Great Britain
University OF
Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington
Methodist
Episcopal Church
State of
Edward M. Randall, A. M. D
Wasiti
Paul Smits, M. D
J. A. Mapes
M. D. Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
P. E. Kierland
M. D
Olsen’s Pharmacy
Aberdeen
Wash
Everett E. Lane, D. D
Heron Street
A. C. Kinnison, R. E. Whittaker
Aberdeen State Bank
J.C. Cross
Kaufman Blo
Aberdeen, Wash
E. H. Fox
Attorney-at-Law
Dabney Block
E. FE. Shields, Shields & Taggart
R. BE. Taggart
Attorneys-at-Law
Kaufman Block
C.a.clark
George A. Black
Canadian Pacific Railway
G Street
R. L. Caldwell
Notary Public
J. C. Cross
Kaufman Block Telephone
D. C. Vammen
Heron
Fred Hewitt
Propr
F Sta
I. W. Mason
Heron St
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer Co
Pfund Bros., Proors
Grays Harbor
Storey Bros. Transfer Company
George Hilton’s
Market St. Tel
Frank I. Reeder
Prop
Bowes & Thompson
Heffron
D. J. Heffron
L. W. Walker
YALE
A. Ingebrightsen
City Library
F. and
Market Street
MNS
J. M. Walker
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