Boers Move Toward Demands in Independence Talks
The News reports alleged terms Boers will press for in independence talks including waiving independence claims amnesty for rebels restoration of confiscated property and swift supervision by Holland and the United States. London cabinet meeting notes amid peace rumors and financial discussions with Joseph Chamberlain denying rifts with the chancellor as Bank of England loan plans loom.
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Transvaal
Holland
United States
London
Downing Street
Joseph Chamberlain
Hicks-Beach
Bank of England
Special election looms to ratify suburb as city
Weat Seattle holds a mass meeting at Paller schoolhouse to debate incorporation. H. A. Hastings for the Incorporationists and John P. Hartman for the antis lead the discussion with a joint debate. The Incorporationists claim a victory margin of at least 1 vote and nominate a full city ticket headed by George St. Nicoll for mayor.
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Seattle
Paller School House
H. A. Hastings
John P. Hartman
Weither
CC. W. Jennings
George St. Nicoll
Antia
Guine
Clancy brothers loom over Seattle gambling crisis
A tense battle over public gambling in Seattle pits the Clancy brothers against city officials. Rumors of a West Seattle reopening and potential shifts in gambling power circulate as talks with officials continue. Community tensions mount as residents weigh closing clanks against unleashed gambling forces.
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Clancy Brothers
Bettef
Clancy
Bess
Rainier-Grand Ho
Seattle
Humes
Denny
Firat
Tacoma Harbors Amendments Face Senate Battle
Representative Jones met with Chairman Burton as senate amendments to the river and harbor bill were discussed. Burton opposes larger Tacoma harbor and The Dalles canal allowances and will oppose them in conference. Foster may retain the Tacoma amendment per Jones. Other Washington amendments draw Burton’s support.
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Star
Washington
Jones
Burton
Senate
Tacoma
Dalles Canal
Foster
Predicted Famine Fears From Batangas Province
A Batangas official Florencia Caedo reports deprivations and a two thirds mortality from disease in the province. Only five of twenty prebends show relative peace as agriculture collapses. Caedo warns famine will come. Taft denies withholding Tayabae report from the senate committee.
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Washington, D. C
Batangas
Florencia Caedo
Senate Philippines Committee
Taft
Caedo
Senator Lodge
Senate
Root
Gen. Chaffee
Seattle Kennel Club Beach Show Closes With Prizes
Tonight the Seattle Kennel Club beach show ends with a dress parade and award distribution. Eighteen steady trophies plus an $80 dress pattern reward a lucky exhibitor. J G Jennison s English setter from Blaine wins first prize in retriever contest amid large Armory crowd.
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Seattle
J. G. Jennison
Blaine
P. A. Sweetzer
Frank Kennedy
Gordon Eetter
Hood
Armory
McArthur Challenges Filipino Role in Manila Victory
Gen. MacArthur testifies before a senate committee on the Philippines disputing Filipino claims to Manila’s fall. He asserts Filipinos had no role until after the city’s capture and doubts any British enlistments for South African service.
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Washington, D. C
McArthur
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Manila
The
Gen. McArthur
Dewey
Mr. Patterson
Philippines
Gen. MacArthur
Eloquent Address Promotes Louisiana Purchase Expo
Hon. John Barrett spoke at the Chamber of Commerce urging Washington state to be represented at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis next year. He outlined Orient trade growth, Japan China events, and plans by Manila Philippines and other Asia-Pacific regions to exhibit, urging swift site selection and preparation.
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Chamber of Commerce
John Barrett
Liam
St. Louis
State of Washington
Pacific Coast
East
Japan
China
Pan
India
Korea
Orient
Manila
Philippines
Washington
Pacific States
Barrett
Arlington Happenings and Local News
Mise Belle Hammar of Seattie visits Arlington for several weeks. Daniel McMaster, foreman at the Edgecomb shingle mill, nearly cuts off the index finger in an accident. Several ladies visit Snohomish County Teachers Institute. The search for J J Emerson’s body remains unsuccessful after his March 26 drowning at Porter.
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Star
Arlington
J. J. Emerson
Porter
Wash
Thunder Mountain Rush Draws Idaho Gold Seekers
In Hoh Idaho on April 10 a vast mining rush unfolds toward Thunder Mountain. Thousands crowd streets as rockers and hydraulics yield gold from surface gravels and ore. Canwell brothers reportedly net over 20000 in 14 weeks, while investors from Chicago and New York back the expeditions. lawlessness and claim jumping spark vigilance committee talks.
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Thunder Mountain
New el Dorado
Canwell Brothers
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Philadelphia
New York
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Red Rock
Salmon
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Klondike
Cape Nome
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Monumental Creeks
Caswell Brothers
Cal
Dewey
Nam
Bridegroom in peril as ex-wife vows violence
Arlington Enterprise editor M. Dunn, returning with his Kansas City bride, faces a threat from his divorced former wife in Arlington. She allegedly vowed to shoot him on sight if he remarried, prompting warnings from friends in Seattle. The ex-wife had sought to overturn the divorce in Snohomish County.
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M. Dunn
Arlington Enterprise
Seattle
Kansas City
Dunn
Bnohomish County
Everett
Tn Arlington
Tragic Yokohama couple in Seattle double shooting
Nagawa Masatouchi shot his wife Natsu in a Seattle hotel residence on Jackson street, then killed himself after a struggle that left Natsu mortally wounded. A letter found on Nagawa blamed a web of enemies, including Kataoka Tasaka and others, for driving the tragedy. The woman remained alive at Providence hospital with a fractured skull and grim prospects.
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Nagawa Masatouchi
Natsu
Yokohama
Fourth Avenue South
Jackson Street
Providence Hospital
Japan
Kataoka
Otama
Minetchika Sanzo
Onateu
Tasaku Arole
Hawaii
Seattle
Nagawa Masatsuchi
Nagawa
Wlands
Kataoka Tasaka
San Francisco
Oriental Hotel
Natey
William McKinney
Kike Himeen Nagawa
Butterworth’s
Miners Board Leaves Policy Unrevealed
Indianapolis Ind April II The miners' national executive board adjourned without publishing its policy on the anthracite trouble leaving negotiations to President Mitchell. It is intimated preparations are made for a general strike after the 80 day truce dated March 27 if terms are refused.
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Ind
Miners’ National Executive Board
Mitchell
Civic Federation
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Casey
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M'Arthur
Wang Tu
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