Seattle moves to curb gambling and frontier era ends
The Seattle City Council acts to close saloons and gambling halls, signaling a shift away from the wide open policy. Editorial notes debated impacts on trade, with merchants split and reformists urging municipal intervention. The piece also surveys public understanding of meat packing terms and Samoa’s succession conflicts among Europeans and Americans.
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Polley
Seattle
Elewyats
San Francisco
Mining strikes on Colville reservation claims report rich reads
Reports from Spokanetates note a 26 foot tunnel exposing a generous free gold ledge on the Review claim. A tall vein was found on the Yakima claim at 40 to 50 feet depth. Meyer's Creek work to resume after snow melt. Crystal Butte to install a concentrator and saw mill as ore output rises.
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Yakima
Colville
Meyer's Creek
Colville Reservation
Crystal Butte
Beating the Chambermaid Story From San Francisco
A fragment from The Call describes a wealthy Chicagoan, Charles Roe, staying at the Hotel Pleasanton in San Francisco and overhearing harsh opinions voiced by a hotel chambermaid. The piece portrays the maid as sharp and caustic, reflecting a rough, gossip driven scene among fashionable guests.
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San Francisco
Charles Roe
Hotel Pleasanton
Qucetsa
Swe
Violence at hotel leads to assault claim against Roe
Miss Boyd accuses Mr Roe of brutally beating her after entering his hotel room by mistake and locking him in. She alleges bodily pain and suffering, bed confinement, and medical expenses totaling about 200, with a suit filed through her attorneys Merarn Knight and Hooper.
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Roe
Chisago
Lisme If. Boyd
Merarn
Knight
Hooper
Boyd
Mr. Roe
Mins Hoyd
SEAMENS EFFECTS SALE ORDER ISSUED BY JUDGE HANFORD
Judge Hanford issues an order directing public sale of unclaimed personal property and effects of deceased seamen in Federal court custody. Proceeds fund sailors' institutions. A second order directs sale of unclaimed monitional property of deceased sailors excluding watches upon vessel arrival at Port Townsend by the shipping commissioner. The prior law allowed six years retention before disposal.
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Hanford
Federal Court
Port Townsend
Six Beliefs in One Family
At a city church a stranger says he is a submerged Presbyterian as members quiz him. He explains his family spans six denominations with each member linked to a different church. He still donates to all of them, humorously blaming his multi faith ties for his submerged status.
Foreclosure Comedy on a Locked-in Mortgage
A man laments foreclosure timing after a caller jokes about losing a mortgage on a woman. He says she engaged a young man who then married her, while he toils with a pen and wonders about the typewriter.
Warbler's Illness Helps Manager's Publicity Plan
In a comic backstage exchange a maid reports Mina Warbler is indisposed and unable to perform. The manager seizes the moment to craft a publicity angle claiming her illness stems from news that a flower-sending young man eloped with a chorus girl. The plan supposedly satisfies the audience while flattering his show.
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Mina Warbler
Endeavorers in Politics in Cleveland Municipal Campaign
The Christ Endeavor union of Cleveland C. is taking a public role in city politics for the first time. Members here received a letter from FB J Hart, chairman of the Christian Citizenship committee, urging opposition to mayor McKiason at re election. Churches participate and political sermons are common.
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Cleveland
Christ Endeavor Union
FB. J. Hart
Christian Citizenship Committee of
the Endeavorers
McKiason
Howison Takes Command of South Atlantic Station
Washington reports Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison will assume command of the South Atlantic station with the Chicago Nagehip. He will base in New York, naming Homer Poundstone as flag lieutenant and Lieut. Humes Whittlesey as his flag secretary. Whittlesey, noted for handling naval dispatches, earned praise for courtesy and efficiency at the Navy Department.
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Washington
Henry L. Howison
South Atlantic
Chicago
New York
Howison
Homer
Hosilities
Gregree
Maine
Lieut. Whittlesey
Navy Department
Bureau of Navigation
Department
Longdown
I Naval
Cap Yast Veney
Montojo
Cervera
President's cost compared to foreign leaders raises eye
The piece reports the U S president costs 114 565 annually for salary and 664 865 including the finding and related expenses. It notes a French president earns 120 000 plus 22 480 for contingents and a rent free house, implying Americans pay less overall.
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White House
French Republic
Boston Journal
Handy the Runabout and the 1833 meteor shower tale
In the 1833 meteor shower a retired farmhand named Handy awoke to the glow and shouted that Judgment Day had come. He watched the western display as dawn neared and quipped that the comets were finally chasing him, saying it was time to run for it.
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Lof Handy
Handy
Old Handy
Dar
Volunteer Seeks Love After Spain War Ends
Harry F Ebbs carries a certified divorce copy as he marries Miss Emma Perry in Clayton. The couple met over a year ago amid wartime romance, Ebbs seeking release from an incompatible marriage before uniting with his new partner.
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ST. Louis
Harry F. Ebbs
Emma Perry
Clayton
Ebbs
Ebba’s War Bride: Divorce After Cuban Service and New Marriage
In St Louis, Ebba deserts enlistment glory and a Cuban service record, while his wife sues for desertion. Judge Miteraft grants her divorce, Ebba remarried to Miss Perry with a Clifton street car nuptial, framing the Spanish-American conflict as conquest and humanity.
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Ebba
McKintey
Bbe
Co. I
Sixth
Missouri Regiment
Hbbe
Mer Pleat
Miteraft
Freeom
Wiybe
Cuba
St. Louia
Miss Perry
Eloped With an Heiress at Des Moines nuptials
Fort Dodge report says Julia Looby and Bert Dickinson a traveling photographer wed today in Des Moines. The bride, about 18, heiress of the late John Looby Ft Dodge businessman, eloped as Dickinson’s suit was frowned upon. They plan to return soon from honeymoon.
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Fort Podge
Julia Looby
Bert Dickinson
Des Moines
John Looby
Ft. Dodge
Dickinson
Wanted by the Emperor Foo to be sent back to China
Ching Ling Foo the Chinese magician performing in Chicago will be taken into custody tonight and returned to China under orders from the Emperor. He came to America by special permission to appear at the Omaha exposition and will travel with his wife child interpreter and servant to San Francisco for delivery to a Chinese government agent.
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Chicago
Ching Ling Foo
Start
China
United States
Chin
America
Omaha Exposition
Ching
Washington
Gage
Inspector Stone
Inspector
The Banbury Bun and a Bishop’s Snack Tale
The Banbury Bun named in song for over a decade earns praise from the Bishop of Worcester who, while passing Banbury, buys buns for threepence each. He gives the boy sixpence to fetch one for himself, but the boy returns with one bun and keeps the remaining threepence, claiming only one left.
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Banbury
Worcester
Guy
Chinese Suspect Arrested for Santa Clara County Murder
Langford of Santa Clara county and Constable Brownell arrested a Chinese man named Lee Sing in Stockton after five years on the run. Officer Walters took Sing into custody at midnight. he will be returned to Santa Clara county to face murder charges. Sing claimed no knowledge at headquarters, but officers identified him by a facial scar.
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Stockton
Cal
Heriff Langford
Santa Clara County
Brownell
Lee Sing
Walters
Sing
Prownell
Chinene
Candlelit procession causes minor burn at Springfield church
In Springfield on April 4, during a special celebration at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 8-year-old Florence Rulettei was burned when a candle ignited her clothing as 50 girls from Loretto academy paraded in Vaht cloth. Despite a frenzied crowd, calm heads prevented a larger disaster.
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Springfield
Appetizer Exchange Reveals George’s Manila Mirth
Mrs Mouser quotes George from Manila noting he enjoys travel and reports he routinely shoots a man or two each morning before breakfast. The remark is delivered with a grim humor about appetite and danger.
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George
Mra. Mouser
Manila
Native Troops Considered in Philippine War Plan
Washington April 4 The War Department majors a plan to use native troops against Aguinaldo in the Philippines. Gen Odin is not expected to campaign during the rainy season. If Gen Otieso approves a halt in active hostilities, native forces may be employed to suppress guerrillas with better pay and protection than Aguinaldo offers. The aim is to avoid costly guerrilla fighting during the wet season.
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Washington
War Department
Auginaldo
Odin
Otieso
Aguinaldo
Siberian Mineral Resources and Industrial Progress
The trans Siberian railroad spurs industrial growth beyond gold and coal with discoveries of petroleum iron silver and rare alexandrine stone. Siberia is likened to the American West in natural resources population growth and rapid development over the past century.
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Siberia
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Skeleton Closet Forgiveness Sparks Wardrobe Joke
In a dramatic confession a wife forgives Algeron, then quips that with the skeleton cleared from their closet she now has room to hang two or three more dresses. The contrite husband sobs and the reconciliation ends with light humor.
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Algeron
Market Quotations Show Prices Steady Across Seattle Trade
A Seattle market report notes steady to firm prices across multiple commodities. Grain oats and barley list at 27 and 25 dollars respectively, while wheat feed and bran range 19 and 15 dollars. Eggs, poultry, and live stock show stable demand. hides, wool, and timber-related goods vary by type and weight.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Eastern
Western
Diverse Grocery and Lumber Prices Listed in Local Market
Market daily: oats 16.50 per barrel in 60 pound sacks, graham flour 2.90 per barrel, rye meal 9.75 per barrel, fancy oats 5.20 per pound, coffee and nuts prices shown, beans and canned goods detailed. Lumber values include fir rough, flooring, and cedar products with prices per thousand or per M, plus drayage 50 cents.
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Star
California
Farina
Java
Costa Rica
Arbuckle
Guatemala
Washington
Red Cedar
Cattle Market Rates Reported in Chicago
Chicago market notes show cattle prices with mixed movement. Prices listed include hogs up and down and sheep and lambs priced at various levels across livestock categories.
Duel Aftermath In Lob Angue District Charle s Temple Shot
A pistol duel five miles east of Lob Angue yesterday afternoon left Charles Temple wounded in the shoulder as James Hayne fired when Temple’s weapon jammed. A bystander Andrade was also shot in the instep. Temple, who recently married Hayne’s sister, is said to seek revenge amid family troubles. A doctor attended and found the wound serious but not fatal.
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Angie
Charles Temple
James Hayne
Arma
Temple
Mayne
Hayne
Tom
Bayse
Andrade
Dayce
Bayne
T Rayer
City of Seattle Sails for Skagway with 102 Passengers
The steamer City of Seattle captained by Cornell sailed last evening at 10 for Skagway carrying 102 passengers including many Yukon era prospectors. Owned by the Canadien Development Company, the knockdown steel hull vessel will operate on Lake Lebarge.
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City of Seattle
Cornell
Skagway
Yukonera
Seattle
Canadien Development Company
Lake Lebarge
Charles Warren
Sophia Green
Charles Weasley
E W. Randall
G. H. Reynolds
Joe Ford
A. Huckingham
W. B. Ross
John Irwin
W. F. Hislop
F. C. Thomas
J. T. Nadeau
J. W. Heffner
D. H. Pingree
W. W. Watson
Horace Campbell
James Lee
James McLane
Charlies Mulcahey
W. French
KB. Weyman
George Gilbert
Wil
The Agent's Triumph Over Insurance Doubt
A sharp exchanges unfold as a stranger persuades a skeptical businessman about life insurance. The man denies any interest while the visitor pushes the case, suggesting the book Insurance Frauds Exposed as compelling reading.
Sneezes Under the Razor in St Paul Barber Shop
A St Paul man narrowly escaped losing his nose after a sudden sneeze while a barber argued about a billizard and held the razor upward. A surgeon treated deep nostril cuts to preserve the nose shape, and the man plans to avoid barbers who tell such stories.
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St. Paul
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