Supply Depot Advocated for Seattle to Compete with San Francisco
General George M. Randall urges a fully equipped Seattle depot for military supplies, arguing it would shorten rail and sea routes compared with San Francisco. He recommends Seattle as home port for Pacific coast transports to Alaska, enlargement of Vancouver HQ, and expansion of Fort Wright to house a full regiment, while noting past Yukon road debates and budget considerations.
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Washington
Seattle
War Department
George M. Randall
Department of the Columbia
Philippines
San Francisco
California
Randall
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Vancouver
Fort Wright
Spokane
Valdes
Eagle
Yukon
Alasaka
Congress
Port Angeles considers railroad and telephone franchises
Port Angeles council receives petitions from a new Port Angeles Pacific Railroad for a 20 year right of way to build from Port Angeles to the Quillavute river to connect with the Northern Pacific line. A local telephone franchise request is also on the docket with signers F A Jensen C H Hirsch C J Farmer M von Schlosser W M Dorr and G G Peachman. Separately Denver suit demands contest of Stratton will over 10 to 12 million estate for charity. Johannesburg launches Rand Daily Mail and seeks a 100 million loan for public works in SA colonies.
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Port Angeles
Port Angeles-Pacific Railroad Company
Quillavute
Northern Pacific
Grays Harbor
Denver
L. Harry Stratton
Pasadena
Cal
A. T. Gunnell
Colorado Springs
Wolcott & Vaile
Winfield S. Stratton
Stratton
Johannesburg
The
Rand Daily Mail
Great Britain
First report urges release of 115 martial law prisoners
Cape Town report from the royal commission on the effects of martial law in South Africa calls for the immediate release of 115 prisoners. The finding highlights alleged overreach during emergency measures and urges humanitarian steps.
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Cape Town
Royal Commission
South Africa
unrest in Macedonia shakes railways and telegraphs
Reports from Sofia dated September 25 indicate the insurrectionary movement in Macedonia is growing with rail and telegraph lines damaged in multiple locations.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Boies Attacks Trusts and Tariff in Congress Nominatio
Former Governor Horace Boies outlines a Democratic platform in a letter accepting the Third district congressional nomination. He argues trusts thrive under protectionist tariffs and that only tariff removal can curb trust power. He calls the tariff issue the era’s central public question.
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Waterloo
Horace Boies
Congress
Henderson
Good Roads Convention Planned for Seattle
Seattle on September 25 reports arrangements for a two day good roads convention in Seattle on October 9 and 10. The Great Northern says bringing the rain out here is useless as road machinery won't work in mud. Secretary Meikle collects names of county commissioners and road officials west of the Cascades to invite them. James W. Abbott will speak and C E Fowler heads the planning committee with James B. Meikle and H R Clise as members.
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Seattle
Meikle
Chamber of Commerce
Great Northern
Cascade Mountains
James W. Abbott
C. E . Fowler
James B. Meikle
H. R. Clise
Salmon Hatchery Planned in British Columbia by American interests
John Crawford, fisheries superintendent, says a joint stock company will build a large salmon hatchery in Pool creek near Lillooet river, Harrison lake head. The site aims to hatch 100 million young salmon yearly, vastly more than the Bon Accord government hatchery capacity of 10 million.
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Westminster
B. C
John Crawford
Ltke
Washington
Columbia River
State of Washington
British Columbia
Lawson and Stewart Convicted in Conspiracy to Defraud
Seattle Sept 24 Lawson and Stewart convicted of conspiracy to defraud in an effort to obtain a medical certificate. They were fined 500 dollars each plus costs and ordered jailed until fines are paid, bond set at 1500 dollars pending appeal to the supreme court. Stewart allegedly arranged the scheme and collected sums for buying spurious exam answers.
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Seattle
V. Lawson
J. G. Stewart
Griffin
Supreme Court
Lawson
Stewart
State Board of Examiners
Disaster at Planet Saturn mine kills Clark's son
A mine fire at the Planet Saturn in Fools Gulch, Phoenix reports a fatality, a son of W A Clark perishing in the blaze. In separate dispatches London notes Lehman, Kruger's memoir publisher, gave Kruger 150000 for Boer funds.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Saturn
Fools Gulch
W. A. Clark
London
Lehman
Kruger
Cruiser San Francisco sails for Panama with 300 marines
Norfolk reports the cruiser San Francisco departed in the morning bound for Panama carrying 300 marines to guard the Isthmian railway.
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Norfolk
San Francisco
Panama
President Roosevelt Abandons Western Trip After Leg Surgery
Roosevelt turns back from Indianapolis after a leg swelling required urgent operation at St. Vincent's hospital. The bruise from the Pittsfield trolley accident led to the swelling, with doctors deciding surgery to prevent infection. He remained in good spirits at the temporary White House in Washington after the train ride.
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Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Road
Indianapolis
Pittsfield
Mass
Ind
Fort Wayne
Milwaukee
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lang
Detroit
Richardson
Logansport
Merger Testimony in Northern Securities Case
W P Clough, director and general counsel of the Northern Securities Company, testifies in New York hearing. He states holdings include 258,700 Northern stock and 500,000 shares held by trustees, plus $78 million of Northern Pacific stock bought last November with $9 million cash and the rest in Securities Company stock. Morgan funded the cash. further hearings are canceled in New York and set for St. Paul on October 20.
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New York
W. P. Clough
Northern Securities Company
Richards
Clough
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific
Securities Company
Morgan
St. Paul
Coal and Gold Findings Reported by Alaska Survey Crew
Seattle dispatches say William G. Atwood and his surveying team for the Alaska Central Railway report discovery of the world’s largest coal field on the Cantwell river. They also locate a gold bearing gravel bed over forty miles long, promising a premier hydraulic proposition in Alaska.
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Seattle
William G. Atwood
Alaska Central Railway
Tanana River
Alaskan Mountains
Dickinson
Times
Dawson
Atwood
Cantwell River
Alaska
United States Leads In Turin Exhibit
A Morning Post special correspondent notes the international exhibition of modern decorative art at Turin. He states the United States earns first place in most categories, except pottery, according to a London Tribune correspondent.
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New York
Morning Post
Turin
United States
London
The
Tribune
Humorous Snippets Across Periodicals and Dialects
A collage of jokes and light dialogue from Philadelphia Press Philadelphia Tress Philadelphia Record Boston Courier and other papers. The snippets feature quips about marriage, law bills and social manners with puns dialects and cartoonish exchanges.
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Boer Fund
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Cook
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Belle
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Denny
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Kelly
Costigan
Paradise
Pawson
Philadelphia Record
Skinner
Boston Courier
Chicago Record-Herald
D. C. Vammen
G St
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Aberdeen
Humbolt
Fred Hewitt
Propr
Heron and
F Sts
Aberdeen, Wash
Ss. K. Bowes
Heron Street
W. W. Wren
Heron ST
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes
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Opese
J. Gi, Lewis
C. W. Miller
Cashier
State Bank
George L. Hiltonmplete
Law
Zent
Francisco Examiner
R. P. Porter
Choice Brands of
Aberdeen Hotel
New Management
P. Whitney
PROP
Geo. A. Woodward
F Street
Wishkah Hotel
Charley Matteus
Wishkah Street
Herald Office
Montesano
W. E. Crist
Palace Restaurant
Wash
S. Tadejevich
Mitchell Restaurant
Mitchell & Co
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Wishkah
Telephone
Duluth
Minneapolis
A. B. C. Denniston, G. W. P. A
First Avenue
Wishkah St
Fred Redinger
Michael Finn
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