Chinese Exclusion Bill Debated in Congress Committees
In a lengthy session the House focused on the Chinese exclusion bill with rapid-fire addresses by Kahn of California who argued for stricter measures to close loopholes and curb crime tied to Chinese immigrants. He cited cases of bogus permits and crimes tied to gambling dens and opium houses. The Senate also opened debate with Mitchell of Oregon defending the measure as constitutional and essential to sovereignty, warning Republicans that failure could threaten their coastal margins.
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Kahn
New York
Senate
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Oregon
China
Republican Party
Nome Steamer Passage Heads North for April
A group of miners and businessmen plan travel on steamers City Jeanie and Portland to Nome this April. They expect freight consignments from the district and plan to ship fruits and tablets via water transport. Prominent figures include W Johnson J D Thag ZO Blankenship Louis Vigil HM Emerson Edwin Brown Barthrop and T J Nester with Barthrop owning a property linked to the plan.
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Machine Shop Hip
Candle
T. J. Nester
Court Notes Add Details Of February Appearance
In the courtsTomorrow Feben will appear to pro Gore from her husband Pannie. She will bring with her spirit a broken nose a dislocated jaw and a 2 finwer. Mym McWilliama of Canada and United States citizen Jo wn Tallman gates Chisholm were in court this morning. The Northern Express Co. was awarded $45 for a valuable dog.
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Pannie
Mym McWilliama
Canada
United States
Jown Tallman
Gates
Not Guilty Verdict in Waterfront Saloon Case
John Blair, defended by F. R. Butterworth, was found not guilty by a jury after a five minute deliberation in Judge Griffin's court. Butterworth opened the defense with a candid appeal noting Blair's innocence and hard work. colleague Mr Brown then concluded. It is believed the verdict aims to aid Butterworth's early career.
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F. R. Butterworth
Thorpe
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Griffin
Cenen
Brown
William Lane Found Guilty of Double Murder in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on April 4, William Lane, a Black man, was tried and found guilty for fatally harming Mila Furbush and her two young daughters last Wednesday. He received the death sentence in connection with the related incident as the third victim died this afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Willam Lane
Mila Furbush
Teyegr
Investigate Washington Sees Louisiana Port Chalmette Action
April 4 report notes congressional debate over Louisiana port Chalmette as a potential military depot. The House considers an order from President Foose and a transmission of communications from the secretary.
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Cab
Louisiana
Port Chalmette
Foose
Locked Him in the Room A San Francisco Case Report
Fragmentary notes describe D. Watson at Black Dia who allegedly assaulted a woman and attempted to flee. He was taken by a Fraser constable to Seattle and assigned to a jail. References to W. Newhall and a person called the Designer mention a $20 expenditure and suspicious rooms. Case to appear again when heard in court.
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Black Dia
Fraser
Seattle
Ae Eny
Say
W. Newhall
Fan Tan Games Raided Near Wa Chong Block
Detectives arrested two Chinese men during a raid on fan tan games in the Wa Chong block on South near Jakaon. Officers found paraphernalia and about $60 in the building.
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Wa Chong
Jakaon
Bar- Phillipa
China
Mantherere
Marriage by lot chooses bridegroom in Indiana
In Jeffersonville today a marriage took place where the bride chose her husband by lot. Elizabeth Wright of Jeffersonville drew the winning name from a hat while blindfolded, selecting Arthur L. Dorcey of Pittsburg as her groom. Edward Van Clay and Joshua Wright were among the competitors in the pre marriage contest.
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Jeffersonville
Lot
Arthur L. Dorcey
Pittsburg
Elizabeth Wright
Edward van Clay
Philadelphia
Joshua Wright
San Dorcey
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Dorcey
Levy’s Charges May Be Dropped Against Police Detective
Levy the Washington street broker filed charges with the civil service commission against City Detective Kennedy. The commission found the papers faulty and laid them over. Levy has not filed new charges or appeared since. He had accused Kennedy of intoxication and abusing him without cause.
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Seattle bootblacks rally to form a union for 10 cent work
The Chicago style circular states Seattle bootblacks plan to unite to set uniform prices of ten cents for glossy handiwork. It aims to keep rivals from undercutting the agreed scale and to promote welfare of the union through earnest cooperation.
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Seattle
Bids for city street improvements and pole permits
Regular board of public works meeting set bids for asphalt street construction on Summit and nearby avenues and for Highland drive paving. Also set contracts for concrete sidewalks on Second Avenue west and grading Thirty seventh and Sixteenth avenues. Pole permits debated amid question of city ordinance restricting poles per block.
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Summit Avenue
Spring
University Street
Agiston
Yiston
Firet Hill
Yester
University
Terry
Boylaton
Highland Drive
Seventh Avenue
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Roy Street
Olympic Place
Thirty-seventh Avenue
Boat Pike
Boat Spring Streets
Sixteenth Avenue
Crane
Gilliam
Ellen Stone For Home Today From London
Ellen Stone the American missionary sails home today from London. Santos Dumont was a passenger aboard the same steamer.
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London
Ellen Stone
Santos Dumont
Queen Anne Improvement Club opposes tunnel plan
At a Queen Anne Hill Improvement Club meeting resolutions opposed Seattle Electric Co. tunnel route and other street car routes that would abandon the current counterweight system on Queen Anne avenue from Mercer to Comstock streets. The club supports a new engine house location on Queen Anne hill at Sixth avenue and Garfield street for downhill runs and backs a station with police presence over street patrols. It also favors condemning a park strip at Highland drive end and two blocks bounded by First avenue north Queen Anne avenue Comstock and Galer Streets, and acquiring land around the Queen Anne standpipe.
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Garfield Street
Galer Street
Fifth Avenue
General Conference
Highland Drive
First Avenue
Queen Anne Avenue
Comstock and
Galer Streets
Queen Anne Standpipe
West Virginia boy found guilty in assault case
In West Union on April 4, nine year old Glen Holfen was found guilty of assault and battery after a schoolyard incident with 16 year old Joe Pinnell. Holfen stabbed Pinnell with a pocketknife after being teased, Pinnell died days later.
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West Union
W. Va
Glen Holfen
Holfen
Joe Pinnell
Holfer
Jack Fork School
Pennell
Pinnell
Jen
Wavy Yard Gand Concert at Place Pleasant Beach
Sunday April 6 edition lists Boate AthIon and Inland Flyer sailing from Coilman Dock hourly after dawn. Fares are 60 cents round trip with travel details appearing in the Times Sunday schedule.
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Inland Flyer
Coilman Dock
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Scheuerman
Lion Clothing House
North Star Shoes
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Fate Oppers
People’s Bargain Store
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Drue
Third Ave
Florence Dental CO
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Dodo Hisineas College
Queen City Laundry
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