Slain fighter Slavin survives brutal river attack in Yukon
Advices from Dawson report Frank Slavin, former world boxing champion, barely survived a river fight on March 4 after heavy blows to the head. Graham Campbell and John J. Miller were arrested for assault, claiming Slavin’s strength justified their resistance. Slavin testified on his world title and bout with Peter Jackson. The incident arose over wood removal from Boyle concession. Slavin, as warden, seized a dog team. Mrs. Slavin intervened, believing the attackers would have killed him.
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Slavin
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John J. Miller
Territorial Court
Peter Jackson
Brown
Campbell
Miller
Boyle
Local council stalls water rate reduction bid
Prominent local figures including J W Godwin and Tom Church attend last nights meeting hoping to hear Daultons ordinance cutting water rates. The water committee and related panels have yet to act as Republicans seek a more favorable version. Finance chair Rude says a meeting may occur soon and has requested data from Water Superintendent Youngs.
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J. W. Godwin
Tom Church
Daulton
Water Committee
Water Department
Rude
Finance Committee
Youngs
Scott's Emulsion Promises Pure Cod Liver Oil Quality
The advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a proven remedy for throat and lung troubles and wasting diseases. It warns against substitutes and adulterated oils, asserting the cod liver oil used is absolutely pure and the other ingredients are carefully selected for quality.
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Scott
Two Sailors Plan Voyage in Frasier River Sloop to Yakataga Beach
Walter Edmonds and John Egan, city sailors, own a Fraser river fishing sloop named the Prospector. They intend to sail from the city to Yakataga beach about 1.40 miles away to spend the summer mining gold. The voyage includes inland passage to Chrome Sound and a gulf voyage of about five miles. The boat will be water tight and ready in two or three days with supplies loaded. They expect to reach by June 1.
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Walter Edmonds
John Egan
Yakataga Beach
Edmonds
Egan
Crome Sound
Gulf
Egante
Prospector
Councilman Daulton to address North Broadway Hill group
Sev enth ward councilman Daulton will speak at Hethelchapel to outline plans for district improvement. Discussion includes opening Eastlake avenue and vacation of portions of Boylston Harvard and Broadway to the Ferry Leary Land Company.
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Daulton
Seventh Ward
North Broadway Hill
City Chemist Exam Postponed By Council
The council indefinitely postponed the ordinance requiring applicants for city chemist to undergo a competitive examination. The action occurred at last night’s meeting amidst deliberations on civil service qualifications.
Japanese engineers raise Variag at Chemulpo port
Report from Chemulpo says Japanese engineers have raised the Variag. If verified the recovery would offset the cost of merchantmen sunk in attempts to wreck Port Arthur.
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Kobe
Chemulpo
Port Arthur
Big vote in Alabama marks first general primary
Birmingham reports an unusually heavy turnout in Alabama's first general primary. With no conventions and each candidate chosen individually, results were unclear though Democrat turnout was the state’s largest ever. In the Sixth district Bankhead defeated Hobson by an apparent 475 votes amid bitter all party contest.
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Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Richmond P. Hobson
Bankhead
Hobson
Vandal Targets Home Garden. $100 Reward Offered
William Constantine of 232 Fourteenth Avenue North reports flowers and plants valued by him were uprooted and stolen. He will pay a $100 reward for the thief's name.
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William Constantine
Fourteenth Avenue North
Tokyo Denies Hospital Refuge Charge in Chong Ju Incident
Report from TOKIO states Japanese forces deny Russian claims that troops sheltered in a hospital during the Chong Ju fighting, calling the accusation a world‑manning falsehood. In Chicago, Jack Nestor reports a missing silver watch taken from his pocket Monday afternoon near Madison and Western.
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Chong Ju
Red Cross
Jack Nestor
Madison House
Madison Street
Western Avenue
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