Taft to Cuba for thorough peace mission
After a long Sagamore Hill conference with Secretary Taft Secretary Bonaparte and Secretary Bacon President Roosevelt orders Taft and Bacon to Cuba for a thorough investigation of conditions on the island and to press for peace. They will travel by rail to Key West and then to Havana aboard a naval vessel. Senator Beveridge also attended.
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Oyster Bay
Taft
Bacon
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Cuba
Messrs
United States
Senor Quesada
Mr. Bacon
Key West
Fla
Havana
Des Moines
Sagamore Hill
New York
Washington
Albert Beveridge
Senate Committee On
Havana in siege as Palma tightens control
Havana experiences virtual siege conditions as President Palma bans outbound traffic, inspects trains, and boosts a 600-strong defense force. Rebels raid suburbs and disrupt telegraph lines as residents fear shortages and seek protection amid mounting anxiety. Captain Reno leads a palace guard battery.
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Havana
Palma
Capt
Reno
Revenue Cutter Service
President Palma
Guzan
Santa Clara
Riot at San Francisco rail strike endangers nonunion workers
In San Francisco on September 12 a mob attacked 150 nonunion workers imported to break a rail strike. Armed guards escorted them as bricks flew and shots rang out near the Ferry Building. Twenty guards were arrested as police dispersed the mob. several wounded, none seriously.
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San Francisco
United Railroad
State Rail Commission to announce new distance tariffs
Olympia Sept 15 The state board of railway commissioners plans to announce statewide distance tariffs. Commissioner Lawrence says the tariff is unique and aims to cure inequalities of existing tariffs while remaining supplementary to class and commodity rates. The order may take effect within twenty days as railroads prepare their own compatible tariffs.
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Olympia
State Board of Railway Commissioners
Lawrence
United States
Commission
Northern Pacific
Ohio Republicans endorse Dick Foraker and president at Dayton convention
In Dayton Ohio the Republican state convention endorsed United States Senator Dick and Senator Foraker while choosing Carmi A Thompson for secretary of state Renick W Dunlap E A Jones and Geo H Watkins to fill state offices including dairy and food commissioner school commissioner and public works board member.
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Dayton
Republicans
Ohio
United States
Foraker
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Burton
Harris M. Daugherty
Carmi A. Thompson
Ironton
House of Representatives
Renick W. Dunlap
E. A. Jones
Geo. H. Watkins
Board of Public Works
Port Townsend Survey Plans Northern Pacific Line Extension
Port Townsend reports that the Northern Pacific will send surveyors on September 24 to chart the Port Townsend Southern lines into the city. The terminus lies two miles from the business center, and Tidewater connections are needed for extension, suggesting work on the project will begin soon.
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Port Townsend
Northern Pacific
Port Townsend Southern Lines
Quilcene
Various Works and Notes From Notable Figures
The piece surveys translations of Haeckel’s The Riddle of the Universe and sales of the German original, mentions Rev. John Francis Lee’s poetry in the South, Kuropatkin’s history of the Far East defeat, and Richard Garnett’s alleged involvement with astrology. It also discusses Balzac, Hawthorne, Collins, and the origins of The Woman in White. It then shifts to natural rubber, listing rubber-bearing plants in Africa India and Asia, including lungless notes on ficus elastica, funtumia, and Ceara rubber, with processing methods and market quality remarks.
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Ernst Haeckel
John Francis Lee
Metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Norfolk
South
America
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Kuropatkin
Far East
St. Petersburg
Richard Garnett
Brarian
British Museum
New York
Balzac
Dickens
Hawthorne
Wilkie Collins
Chambers’ Journal
Paris
Iere
Collins
Lady Glyde
Count Fosco
India
Asia
Assam
Burma
Federated Malay States
Para
Ceara
Rubber Hunters Traverse Americas and Africa
The article traces rubber sourcing from Southern Mexico to Paraguay and Peru, noting the vast, largely unknown routes used by hunters. It describes vines called landolphins in tropical Africa supplying rubber, contrasting with tree-based latex and highlighting the perilous jungle passages and variable knowledge of producers.
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Mexico
Paraguay
Atlantic
Amazon
Pacific
Peru
Philadelphia Ledger
Matto Grosso
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
South America
South Atlantic
Africa
Congo
Gold Coast
Zambesi
Uganda
Miner and Badger Reveal Nevada Gold Vein Found by Accident
Santa Fe yardmaster N. George takes a three week layoff to Nevada to inspect a gold claim he helped finance. An old miner, aided by George and relatives, staked adjoining claims. A badger encounter uncovered a rich vein of gold bearing quartz running through multiple claims worth ten thousand dollars in ore. George aims to fully investigate the mine’s potential.
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N. Nl
George
Santa Fe
Nevada
Nevada Mountains
Mr. George
Wellington Mail
Professional Cards for Dr Paul Smits and Eye Ear Nose Throat
Professional notices list Dr Paul Smits M D physician and surgeon with offices at Aberdeen General Hospital Crowther Wooding block and Elk Pharmacy Aberdeen Washington. Eye Ear Nose and Throat specialty with office hours morning and evening available by appointment and telephone contacts 614 and 1385.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Telephone 1385
ELK Pharmacy
Aberdeen
Wash
Home life of a typical American lady and ant longevity
A thoughtful sketch notes a typical American woman's roles as wife mother hostess and confidante highlighting her influence at home while Scientific American reports ants living unusually long after injury and even surviving submerged without food in rare cases.
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Chum
Thomas Antrim
Lippincott’s
Janet
Sir John Lubbock
Scientific American
Mystery Quote Sowing Theorized Earth Hole
The dialogue suggests Prof Reid claims a large central hole in the earth and a view that this explains the world’s hollow mockery. The reflection on illness and medical bills hints at frustration over costs after a germ belief forms in a person’s mind.
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Prof. Reid
Time Marks in Seattle Schedule
A sequence of time stamps appears from morning to evening in Seattle settings with intervals 8 42 a m and 8 35 p m and later 3 05 p m and 38 45 p m indicating a fragmented timetable.
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Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Ocosta
Moclips
Aberdeen
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Island
Quesada
State Railroad Commission Has
President
Port Townsend Southern Survey
Peaul Smits, M. D
DR Watkins
McNiven
D. J
Mapes
Kaufman Block
Tel
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
Cc. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
G Street
Fox
Rrobert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
Continental Saloon O. C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Andrew Blum
The
W. Johnston Transfer Co
S. P Street
Roslyn Coal
J. M. Lupton, Mer
A. Ingebrightsen
Sporting Goods
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Oregon
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
St. Au
Duluth
Fort William
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
P. S. Locke
John Halstead
Pacific Ave
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Prop
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
Westport, Wash
Mary Smith
Wm. Ziegler
Boot and Shoemaker
Jeff
William Ziegler
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