Waterway Clash Spurs Seattle Chamber Backlash
The Seattle chamber of commerce opposed the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Co. plan to build a canal south of the city and fill tide flats. The Lake Washington canal committee condemned city water sales to the company and urged revoking ordinances granting the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Co
Lake Washington Canal Committee
Cedar River
Lake Washington
Beacon Hill
Ington
Acces
Waterway Company
Beattie & Lake Washington Waterway Co
City Wants Its Money From City Savings Bank Wreck
Detroit officials claim priority on bank assets totaling about 660000 and state funds held for the school board and library commission totaling 562000. Corporation Counsel Tareney sought a court order for the receiver to turn over the funds, and the court granted the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Tareney
City Savings Bank
School Board and Library Commission
Outcast artist rents Ridge castle defying neighbors
New York April 16. Artist Joseph Palmerston Gill Martin posts a terrace notice offering to rent his Ridge castle to anyone with no restrictions. He vows to live by the letter, despite neighbors’ alarm. He plans to move to France with his divorced wife ward. She is May Nolan Moore, once his wife.
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New York
Joseph Palmerston Gill
Martin
Ridge
Fort Hamilton Avenue
Mfe
GM Martin
Gill-Martin
France
May Nolan Moore
Patrick McInerney
Caatic
Bay Ridge
Hil-Martin
Washington exhibit push at St. Louis exposition plan
C M Reeves of the St. Louis exposition committee urged Washington state representation at the fair. He outlined a 1200 acre site, a $40 million budget, and a strong agricultural and mineral display to attract visitors and capital, noting limited chances for an opening date without congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
C. M. Reeves
Washington
Philadelphia
Paris
Chicago
Buffalo
Beattle
St. Louis
Reeves
Congress
Fair Board
New Church Permit Filed for Holy Trinity Lutheran
An updated permit was issued by the city engineer this afternoon for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church to construct a two story frame church at 1700 02 Eleventh Avenue. The project is slated to cost a substantial amount.
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Eleventh Avenue
Cabinet hastily meets in London on peace talks hitch
London April 16 cabinet was hurriedly summoned to the foreign office this morning. Politicians say a hitch has occurred in the peace negotiations over the scope of general amnesty. Communications from the Boers are said to have arrived last night. Premier Salisbury then visited the king.
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London
Foreign Office
Orther
Salisbury
Corbett Plans Training After Arranged Jeffries Match
It is reported that a match between Corbett and Jeffries is practically arranged and Corbett will begin training immediately. His proposed visit to California will be unnecessary.
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New York
Corbett
Jeffries
California
Beggar's Diamonds Arrest Reveals Fifth Avenue Begging
New York police arrested Henry Hart a professional beggar. A well dressed woman wearing diamond rings appeared at the station and offered bail for him. Hart worked as a waiter at night and begged on Fifth Avenue during the afternoon. He found begging profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Hart
Fifth Avenue
The Blind Goddess and Maritime Claims Case
The Puget Sound National Bank prevailed for 720 in a suit involving owner H Gray Co over the Robert Dollar. The Alaska Steamship Co shipped coal to Nome in 1900 aboard the Robert Dollar before grounding off Alaska, 107 tons jettisoned. The bank acquired the claim. McConnel seeks a receiver for Pacific Abstract, Tithe and Trust Co. and also sues for 564 for abstract services in Kongarok district.
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Puget Sound Naonal Dank Va. H. Gray & Co
Robert Dollar
Nome
Alaska Steamship Co
Alaska
Steamship Company
Puget Sound National Bank, Co
McConnel
Pacific Abstract, Tithe and Trust Co
Kongarok
Ching Wooery
Wilhelmina
Jall
Lida Organdie
George
Lida
Supreme Court
Tallman
Meek
Mild Form Insanity In Judge Tallman Court
In Seattle Mrs. Anna A Hinton known as Mrs Stewart is found mildly insane by doctors after a morning examination in Judge Tallmans court A former Butte milliner she and Stewart cohabit near the Grant street bridge and she claims neighbors threaten her life and animals She refuses to move and Stewart pleads to fund her trip East instead of asylum with promises to cover expenses while authorities consider her welfare
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Anna A. Hinton
Stewart
Carnegie's Bouncer Named at Carnegie Building
Pat Farrell, longtime strongman, becomes chief bouncer for the Carnegie Co. He works with an electric web that activates a guard in a titled niche under the stairs to eject unwanted visitors. Farrell once led a private gym and despises modern fighters as low-class.
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Pittsburg
Pat Farrell
Carnegie
H.C. Frick
Granite Palace
Farrell
Carnegie Co
Cerebus
Dominick McCaffrey
Theft at the White House Wrap Missing from Mme Dyas
Washington April 16 A mysterious theft at a White House musicale hosted by Mrs Roosevelt deprived Mme Dyas of a black silk wrap lined with fur and trimmed with lace. Detectives searched for the garment but found no trace. Mrs Roosevelt replaced the stolen wrap and sent one to Mme Dyas.
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Washington
Mme. Dyas
Folding Bed Damages Sought in Suit Over Injury
Beasie Wilson seeks $4600 in circuit court against Charles D. Bolin manager of Union Central Life Insurance Co. Wilson formerly worked as a housegirl for Bolin and alleges an injury occurred on November 18 1901.
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ST. Louis
Beasie Wilson
Eircuit Court
Thi County
Charles D. Bolin
Union Central Life Insurance Co
Mise Wilson
Bolin
Household accident injures woman under heavy bed
An OCR fragment describes a household incident where a heavy bed or heavy object fell on a woman, causing injuries and lasting harm. Details are incomplete with missing names, places, and dates.
Whitney Opens Bohemian Studio in New York’s Forty second Street
Mrs. Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, daughter of Cornelius, funds an Italian youth as model at her Manhattan studio on Forty second Street. The boy, once a newsboy and bootblack, earns far more modeling than four weeks selling papers in Bryant Park. Mrs. Whitney paints his face daily, highlighting her long known passion for art over society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW_YORK
Mrea
Kfaiily
Payhe Whitney
New York
Bohemia
Forty-second Street
Michael
Piryant Park
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Corneliuse
Discoveries of Zapotec City Unearthed in Mexico
Reports from Mexico City describe Inspector Leopolds Ratres unveiling a large Zapotec city with massive basalt temples, a central square, two heathen temples, two mausoleums, and 60 stone tablets detailing unknown history. The find includes 12 smaller temples and extensive inscriptions. In Guttenberg, John Roth, 18, killed himself after his wife deserted him, leaving a will bequeathing furniture to Mildred Woodward Roth.
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Mexico City
Leopolds Ratres
Republic
Guttenberg
N. J
John Roth
Witneapes
Mildred Woodward Roth
$30 000 in Suitcase in Dimmick Mint Heist
San Francisco April 16 sensational testimony opened in the Dimmick trial. Cyrus Ellie the mint night watchman testified Dimmick carried two bags of gold from the vault into the superintendent office and left the building with a dress suitcase. Two other watchmen saw him depart at midnight with the case. They noted Dimmick's late hours and routine use of the case as private papers.
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San Francisco
Dimmick
Cyrus Ellie
Mint
Dirmamick
Hired to Kill Him
Port Crane incident reveals a plot involving Dr. Ed Tiffany allegedly hiring Wm. Carter to murder farmer Chas. Carman. Carter fired the shot, missing as Carman left his barn. Tiffany denies involvement while Carman's wife reacts with distress.
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Binghampton
Wm. Carter
Chas
Carman
Port Crane
Carter
ED. C. J. Tiffany
Tiffany
ITEMS OF THE SEA THE SCHOONER LIZZIE COLBY RALLY
The Schooner Lizzie Colby sailed to codfish banks in the Hering sea while the steamer Capital City, operating Seattle to Olympia, was chartered for an excursion starting May 1 by Fred Minto and partners. The Wilhelmina left Tacoma after 80 days on the Sound for repairs. The steamer cleared 76 006 racks of wheat worth 140 146 dollars for St Vincent orders. The same vessel previously ran afoul of Uncle Sam over Chinese exclusion laws.
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Lizzie Colby
Hering Sea
Capital City
Seattle
Olympia
Fred Minto
J. DeVries
Tacoma
Een
Sound
Bt. Vincent
Uncle Bam
Revenue Launch Scout Reaches Port
The government revenue launch Reont under Lieut Wyllie arrived yesterday after a cruise from Anacortes. The three men crew plus a boy and the commander describe it as a fast craft not suited to heavy seas. Wyllie notes tide tables at Deception Pass and Neah Bay vary by minutes. The Scout will stay in harbor for several days.
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Reont
lAeat
Wylie
Anacortes
Tte
Lieut
Wyllie
Deception Pass
Neah Bay
Old Railroader George Carson Appointed Inspector
George Carson has been named inspector of the Fifth Avenue car barn for the Seattle Electric Co. He previously served as division superintendent and claims adjuster at West Chicago street railway and worked in the claims department at Market Street Railway in San Francisco. He moved his family to Seattle for his wife Seousl Dance’s health. Also notes small classifieds about events and rentals.
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George Carson
Fifth Avenue
Seattle Electric Co
West Chicago Street Railway
Market Street Railway
San Francisco
Relic Hunters Despoil Buffalo Temple of Music
Souvenir hunters at the Temple of Music in Buffalo have stripped portable items from the building and damaged the flooring and railing around the spot where President McKinley was shot. The temple now appears dilapidated with much of the railing missing and the platform severely harmed.
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Buffalo
Mualc
McKinley
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