Terrible Crime Prompts Inquest in Tauranga Murders
Duncan Munro, stepson of former Tauranga mayor James Bodell, killed his wife and four children on February 8 in Auckland province. The victims included three to six year old children and an infant daughter. a rolling pin and flatiron were found covered in blood. Munro had earlier been an inmate at Whan asylum for religious mania. The inquest verdict: wilful murder and that he should not have been released.
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San Francisco
Monowai
Sydney
Australia
Honolulu
Tauranga
Auckland
Duncan Munro
James Bodell
Munro
Whan
Pleasure for Everybody A Doll and Jack Knife Contest
The Unitarian Helpers invite friends to an evening in the church assembly rooms. Little girls bring dolls and boys bring jack-knives for contests with prizes for ugliest oldest and prettiest dolls and knives. A musical program, Highland Fling, and cake are served. helpers include Lizzie Mars Mary Stone Josie Oppenheimer Verne Chilberg Marie Simonson Ida Van Epps Mamie Lammon Lena Hosneider Annie Neuffer Maria Williamson Inez Forrest Nora Godard.
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Unitarian Society
Unitarian Church
Shepherd
Corliss
Band of Helpers
Lizzie Mars
Mary Stone
Josie Oppenheimer
Verne Chilberg
Marie Simonson
Ida van Epps
Mamie Lammon
Lena Hosneider
Annie Neuffer
Maria Williamson
Inez Forrest
Nora Godard
City Health Officer presents first quarterly report to council
Dr Hal Wyman outlines 74 day mortality rate 114 with 12 deaths including 5 under 20 and 2 over 60. Causes include croup bronchitis cancer and diphtheria. He notes 32 general nuisances reported 28 abated and urges action on sewerage complaints. A charity Ireland Saint ball raised funds for a Catholic church.
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Hal Wyman
Wyman
State Printing & Publishing binds periodicals and books
The State Printing & Publishing company in this city offers high quality binding of magazines, old and new books. It boasts the best equipped office in Washington for printing binding and ruling, rivaling larger eastern establishments.
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State Printing & Publishing Company
State Printing Company
Washington
Historico musical sketch by Prof Nitschke at Collegiate Institute
Sherman Valley School presents an important historico musical sketch by Prof Nitschke this evening based on private resources not in standard encyclopedias. The program is supported by the Capital City band and Olympia musical talent. instrumental and vocal performances expected. Sucktlin's Arica Salve is advertised as a universal cure all for skin and minor ailments, sold at 25 cents per box by Acme Drug Store and Marr & Ross proprietors.
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Sherman Valley School
Collegiate Institute
Nitschke
Capital City
Olympia
Acme Drug Store
Marr & Ross
Broom Factory Set To Open With New Straw Supply
A carload of broom straw has arrived for the new broom factory to be started by George Ellis. The machinery is en route and expected to arrive soon, signaling the project’s progress and impending operation.
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George Ellis
Good Money at Home AHS Flour and Feed Ad
Cap tyitta advertises flour and feed at its store with the slogan Leave Good Money at Home and provides telephone contact 98 for orders or inquiries.
State political pointers and local election talk
Tacoma observers report Democratic interest in Judge Burke for governor and seatmates consider McGraw and Reed as delegates. Chehalis County’s Hunter seeks re election to the superior court bench with Pickens and Herren also named as candidates. Russia and Germany rumors mingle with national politics as observers note possible two Democratic candidates and splits over silver and tariffs.
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Tacoma
Judge Burke
Burke
James Hamilton Lewis
King County
Seattle
Pei
John H. McGraw
Minneapolis
Fred R. Reed
North Yakima
Chehalis Nuggets Hunter
Superior Court
Pickens
Herren
Lewis County
Skagit News
Governor Russell Quashes Talk of US Presidency
At a Boston dinner of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Captain Taylor introduced Governor Russell as a candidate for the presidency. Russell denied any such aim and pledged loyalty to another, while responding to cries of Cleveland with a knowing smile.
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Boston
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Taylor
Governor Russell
United States
Russell
Cleveland
Brothers’ manslaughter conviction in Columbus case
Patrick J Elliott, brother of William J Elliott, convicted of manslaughter after serving a life sentence for the February 22 1891 Osborn murder in Columbus. The case stems from rival Sunday newspaper rivalry and personal journalism. Also reports a Virginia lynching near Gainesville where Lee Hoffman and Joseph Dye were hanged by a mob after a stay was lifted.
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Commbus
Patrick J
William J. Elliott
A. C. Osborne
Columbus
Osborne
Warrenton
Lee Hoffman
Joseph Dye
Kines
Gainesville
Prince Williams County
Virginia
Paris Fears Communist Rise On Commune Anniversary
Paris reports the government plans special military and civic precautions on May 27 to prevent possible communist agitation during the anniversary of the commune fall amid ongoing anarchistic disturbances.
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Paris
Bloodshed Feared After Forsythe Lynching in Missouri
Ozark March 18 Sheriff Cook reported no arrests in the Bright lynching at Forsythe but summoned a posse to pursue men known to have been in the mob twenty miles away. Taney county residents take sides and further bloodshed is feared.
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Ozark
Cook
Bright
Forsythe
Taney County
Senator Morrill Recovers From Illness in Washington
Senator Morrill showed signs of improvement in Washington on March 18, with the night being the most favorable since his illness and every symptom indicating a convalescence underway.
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Senator Morrill
Washington
Remarkable skullless infant dies after 22 hours in PuHrI Lap
Anzzini family of Italians in El Pura report a skullless Brinton street infant born without a skull lived 22 hours. Crowds and medical men viewed the plain coffin in a sparsely furnished tenement as the brains were visible under a thin membrane. The couple has prior deformed births with no lasting survivors.
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Puhri Lap EL Pura
Brinton Street
Anzzini
Converts Unite Strengthens Church as Temperance Work Expands
Sixty four converts joined the Christian church boosting membership and promising aggressive outreach. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans a March 23 event at Columbia hall to fund a White Shield Home room in Tacoma. The Y M C A loggers department is led by R B McCausland. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y M G A netted 52 from a cake walk on March 1 and set aside 50 for a gymnasium fund. Prof M G Royal preached a strong sermon at First M E church Sunday night with original ideas. The Tacoma city clerk, Geo Haskins, refuses to register illegal voters. A 612 pound sturgeon was caught at the Columbia River mouth. George W Cable reads at Tacoma Congregational tonight. Hank Cline fled Tacoma leaving creditors and his wife jailed. Strychnine ends life of Spokane jeweler William Armstrong. County Surveyor Tilton J Sheets died at Friday Harbor aged 42. funeral at Presbyterian church.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Columbia Hall
White Shield
Washington
Tacoma
R. B. McCausland
M. EH
M. G. Royal
Royal
Port Townsend
Geo. Haskins
Columbia River
George W. Cable
Congregational Church
Hank Cline
Olympia
Wm. Armstrong
Spokane
Tilton J. Sheets
Friday Harbor
Presbyterian Church
Deeming Returns to Rain Hill Burials of Williams Family
The bodies of Mrs Williams and her four children were exhumed at Rain Hill and reburied in the parish churchyard this afternoon in front of a large crowd. Albert Deeming nearly fainted at the post mortem findings while Frederick Deeming’s brutal treatment of his wife shortly after marriage is revealed.
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Liverpool
Market close report for Curicano grain and livestock
Close-Wheat firm at 83 4 to 84 cents cash and 43 4 in May. Corn steady at 37 4 cash and 81? in May. Oats firm 27 3? cash and 88 1 in May. Pork cash at 9 9 14 with May 10 22 14. Short ribs cash 5 5 14 with May 56 14. Peas cash 6 22 14 with May 25 and 1 barley nominal 56 cents.
Presbyterian Sunday School Organizes Chinese Mission
The Church News reports a Chinese mission started by Presbyterian Sunday school members led by Mrs. Smith Will Smith Charles H. Koontz D R McQuarrin and Mrs W B Hanna. The first meeting was Monday night in the old school house on Fifth between Quince and Lastside streets with eleven Chinamen present. They began learning the alphabet and show notable intelligence. The class will meet Monday and Friday evenings and Sunday afternoon.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
Smith
Will Smith
Charles H. Koontz
D. R. McQuarrin
W. B. Hanna
Quince
Lastside
Dr Kings New Discovery Trial Offer at Acme Drug
Advertises Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds and chest troubles with a money back guarantee if no benefit after a fair trial. Trial bottle free at Acme drug store Marr and Ross proprietors. Large sizes priced at fifty cents and one dollar.
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Dr. King
Acme Drug Store
Marr & Ross Proprietors
Weather report from Fort Canby and coast region
The day recorded a high of 55 and a low of 48 degrees with 12 inches of rainfall. The barometer was lowest at Fort Canby and to the north along the coast. Light rain with winds under 12 mph. Tomorrow looks cloudy with showers possible. Observed by B. Ouney.
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Fort Canby
B. Ouney
Still They Come: Immigration at Castle Garden
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that despite claims the tariff is a tax, democratic voters continue to be landed at Castle Garden by the shipload.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Castle Garden
Ex-Sports: Higgins Comment on Export Rebates Stir Debate
The Indianapolis Journal quotes Hungry Higgins remarking on a $1,711,061 rebate for tin can exports. Weary Watkins questions the mix up in the deal and the implications for sports funding.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hungry Higgins
Ment
Weary Watkins
Telegraphic Tales and Diverse Global Incidents
A collage of 19th century brief items reports disasters and events: a Rhine tugboat boiler explosion kills the Captain and five crew. a St. Petersburg building collapse kills thirteen. a London butcher shop fire kills his family and servant. Oregon Convention nominations include M. V. Roark and J. C. Luce. Miners’ federation to five-day weeks after resumption. Lucerne executes Italian murderer Gatti by guillotine. O O Connor dies of typhus on North Brother Island. Mahoney City coal mines halt operations. Aldrich nominated solicitor general. Leggetts and Meyer tobacco house fire in St. Louis damages $150,000. Berlin holds Caprivi resignation rumor. Windermere ashore near Deal with crew rescued. Slevers of Carson Hardware faces $25,000 shortage. Nashville poison deaths kill two daughters, others critical. New Brunswick debates union with Nova Scotia and PEI. San Francisco bantam fight ends unsettled with bets off after referee threat. Lavigne beats Rochette in ten rounds. Severe snowstorm seeds livestock losses from Texas to New Mexico. 20,000 cattle perish along Denver Texas & Gulf line, wheat crop saved in northern Texas. London reports Esquimalt fortification talks. Bowell under consideration. Behring Sea dispute persists. California wheat at $1.64 per bushel.
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Duisberg
Prussia
Rhine
St. Petersburg
Weston
London
Oregon City
Oregon
Peoples’ Party
M. V. Roark
J. C. Luce
D. Wright
Miners’ Federation
Switzerland
Lucerne
Gatti
Mile. Degan
New York
O O’connor
North Brothers Island
Mahoney City
Senate
Charles H. Aldrich
Illinois
William H. Taft
Leggetts& Meyer
St. Louis
Nashville
Tenn
R Melrose
St. John
N. B
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward’s Island
Wrecks, Leadership Changes, and Pacific News From March
Auckland reports the brigantine Ryne lost off Flint Island with the crew saved after a week. The bark Star of Erin wrecked on Wai papa reef with cargo valued at 200000 dollars and the crew saved. Lord Glasgow to succeed Lord Onslow as New Zealand governor. Chief Justice Prendergast acting governor. Changes in the New Zealand ministry unsettle colonists amid a five year industrial rise. US ships San Francisco and Pensacola visited Honolulu as Monowai departed. the whaling bark California docked 500 barrels of sperm oil. Queen Liliuokalani was introduced to Sir Edward Arnold aboard the Belgic en route to Yokohama.
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San Francisco
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Flint Island
Star of Erin
Hopkins
London
Waipapa Reef
Earl of Onslow
New Zealand
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Wellington
Lord Onslow
England
Judge Prendergast
A. J. Cadman
United States
Pensacola
Honolulu
Monowai
California
New Bedford
Sir Edward Arnold
Lilioukalini
Yokohama
War Concert Rehearsal At Congregational Church Draws Crowd
The Wednesday evening rehearsal attracted about forty attendees with many regrets for future sessions. Led by R G O'Brien, volunteers performed old war songs to boost patriotic spirit. The next rehearsal is scheduled for Wednesday the 23d at seven thirty P M.
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R.G. O’brien
Notable Lincoln Bailiff Joe Dun and His Debt Dunning
During Henry VIII's reign in Lincoln England a famed bailiff named Joe Dun gained notoriety. He was clever in managing and dunting those who refused to pay debts entrusted to him, a practice that spawned the harsh verb Dun or Dun him. The phrase became a common and disliked expression for creditors.
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Globe-Democrat
Henry VIII
Lincoln
England
Joe
Dun
Joseph
A Splendid Opera Company to Visit Olympia
The New York opera company that just closed in Portland plans a Sound country stop. The group is praised as far above average and Olympia should consider bringing it here with a guaranteed house of at least $500 to attract Manager Murphy.
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New York Opera Company
Portland
Olympia
Mansager Murphy
City of Seattle To Undergo Repairs On March 15
Commencing Tuesday March 15 the steamer City of Seattle will be laid up for repairs and replaced on the Whatcom route by the steamer Premier. On the same date the steamer Eliza Anderson will be taken off the Everett route. As G. G. Coanouer, G. F. & P. A.
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City of
Seattle
Whatcom
Premier
Eliza Anderson
Everett
G. G. Coanouer
Parsonage Construction Starts Next to Christian Church
Last Monday Rev J H McCallum began building a parsonage on ground adjoining the Christian church. The structure will be one and a half stories, 22 by 40 feet, with six rooms. It is funded by McCallum at his own expense with the church able to purchase later at a set price.
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Main Street
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Crisman-Sargent
Third Street
Wales
State Printing and Publishing Company
Adams Street
Olympia, Washington
E. G. Bigeford
Fourth Street
Corner OF
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Tee E. Lemon
Mary L. Page
F. Whitham
F. G. Blake
Capera, Ora Abstract & Title Insurance Company
Olympia, Wash
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