Democratic Nominees for Washington State Delegation
The Democratic state convention in Tacoma nominated James B. Ravis for supreme court and selected George F. Cotterill O R Holcomb Frank B Cole S E Barron for Congress though Barron withdrew and Cole replaced him. William Cole accepted after Bell declined. The platform backs fundamental government principles and the Declaration of Independence while endorsing Kansas City concessions.
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Tacoma
Supreme Court
James B. Ravis
Yakima County
George F. Cotterill
King
O. R. Holcomb
Adams
Frank B. Cole
Pierce
E. Barron
Okanogan
Congress
Cole
State Central Committee
James E. Bell
Everett
Charles G. Heifner
Seattle
Jay C. Allen
Railway Commission
United States
Kansas City
Rogers
McKinley
Ronald
Republican Party
Sea Serpents Reported Off Japan Coast
Japanese papers note two giant sea serpents captured by fishermen off Japan. A male at forty eight feet and a female at thirty nine feet carried horned appendages and large ears. The male drowned after being shot. the female vanished briefly before being killed. Remains were shipped to Osaka for exhibition. Scientists attribute the encounter to seismic disturbances drawing them to shallower waters.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of India
Japan
Osaka
Valdes to Alaska Railroad Push Starts North Voyage
Material supplies and workers for the Valdes Copper River and Yukon railroad were sent north aboard the Santa Anna. The ship carried about sixty passengers including the railroad’s employer and a large freight load of general merchandise for the project’s start.
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Seattle
Valdes, Copper River and Yukon
Valdes
Alaska
Burials to Be Sent Home for American Dead in Philippines
Washington reports all American service members killed in the Philippines will be brought home and shipped to relatives or friends for burial at government expense. A US burial corps detachment has departed for the Philippines to prepare the bodies for shipment.
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Washington
Philippines
United States Burial Corps
New Spokane Baseball Team Gets New Control
Spokane on September 18 reports H. Hutchinson and W. W. Garrett have bought a controlling interest in the Spokane baseball team. They quietly acquired many small holdings and gained a majority before stockholders realized. They declined to disclose plans.
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Spokane
H. Hutchinson
W. W. Garrett
Irrigation Bill Passes NSW Parliament For Water Conservation
Sydney Sept 18 The suffering caused by recent droughts led to passage in both houses of a bill authorizing an annual appropriation of 1,000,000 dollars for five years to fund water conservation and irrigation across the state.
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New South Wales
Sydney
British Move Nears Control Of Delagoa Bay
A South African merchants firm in Liverpool received a cablegram from Cape Town dated Sept 13 stating that the transfer of Delagoa Bay in Portuguese East Africa to British control is imminent.
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London
Liverpool
Cape Town
Delagoa Bay
Portuguese East Africa
Henderson resigns Iowa congress bid over tariff and trusts
Speaker Henderson quits the race for Congress in Iowa’s Third District, saying his tariff and trust views no longer align with GOP voters. He cites opposition to free trade and says he cannot carry a false position, sending a letter to organizer C. F. Albrook. He notes a broader party debate on trusts and industry.
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Convention
Dubuque
Henderson
Iowa
Congress
C. F E. Albrook
Eldora
Reppubican Party
United States
Republican Party
B. Henderson
Albrook
Waterloo
Tragic Stampede at Birmingham Church Kills Seventy Eight
At the Shiloh Negro Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama a crowd surged for the exits after Booker T. Washington finished his address. Officials say at least 78 died and many more were injured as they trampled each other in a mistaken fire alarm. The catastrophe overwhelmed city ambulances and left bodies sprawled outside and inside the vast church.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh Negro Baptist Church
Avenue G
Eighteenth Street
Booker T. Washington
National Convention of Baptists
House of Worship
Washington
Judge Billou
Baltimore
Converts killed by boxers in She Chuen province
A Peking dispatch reports that 300 to 1,000 Catholics in She Chuen province have been killed by boxers. In Los Angeles, oil fields at the north end of the city burn with several storage tanks already consumed.
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London
Peking
She Chuen
Los Angeles
Pickett Seen Top Republican Hope For Henderson's Seat
Des Moines reports Charles E. Pickett former grand exalted ruler of the Elks as a probable Republican nominee to succeed Speaker Henderson if he withdrawals. A Cummins ally warns Henderson must pledge tariff reform support to beat Boies, while Eastern tariff backers demand protection to keep the speakership. Henderson sticks to his tariff principles.
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Des Moines
Charles E. Pickett
the Elks
Congress
Henderson
Cummins
Boies
Boxer Uprising Threat Seen in China
Washington reports indicate China faces another boxer uprising potentially as severe as 1900. The drive stems from high taxes and anti missionary sentiment, with Minister Conger pushing for immediate action after telegraphic protests from Dr. Canwright leading to removal of local officials who failed to curb riots.
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Washington
China
Department of State
Conger
State Department
Canwright
Chenturu
Foreign Office
Hobson to Return to Duty After Illness
Naval constructor Hobson, who failed to qualify for retirement after appearing before a retiring board, will be assigned to duty soon by the Navy Department. He has been on the sick list since June 18 and wishes to resume his former post with the Crescent Shipbuilding Company.
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Washington
Hobson
Navy Department
Crescent Shipbuilding Company
Time in Paris and New York Aged Banter
Two elderly Irish citizens discuss time zones while admiring three clocks. They joke that in Paris a birthday would always be today and that living abroad makes a person a year younger on their birthday when they return, noting France’s population joke with a light tone.
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New York Tribune
United States
Orlig
Paris
Odd
France
Senator Depew and Callaway at the Greatest Show on Earth
The Portland Oregonian recounts Chauncey Depew and Callaway visiting a Midway hall at the Omaha exposition. They were invited to a grand show while crowds pressed in, and Sterling Morton joked about a fake attraction outside pretending to be Depew. The note ends with a reflection on success.
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Chauncey Depew
Rh. Callaway
American Locomotive Company
Callaway
Sterling Morton
Mr. Callaway
Chauncey M. Depew
Chauncey
Portland Oregonian
Easy Bank Robbery Method Warned by Stenographer
A Washington Post风 reader recounts how a bank cashiers telegram system could be exploited to pay large sums without identification. The narrator explains how misused telegraphs from New York to cities like Chicago and Philadelphia could enable a hired insider to abscond with millions, highlighting lax controls and the lure of easy profits.
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New York
National Bank
Chicago
James Jones
Ufe
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Mexico
Washington Post
Daily Tip Left to End Month and Railless Roads
A gentleman jokes about tipping Pat the waiter in a lump sum. Cars on Long Island plan fifty miles of free grade crossings to speed travel, with feeders to main lines possible. A landlord and tenant exchange quips reveal crowded families. The czar employs twenty four physicians. A women questions how single men cope without wives.
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Pat
New York
Long Island
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