City approves Carnegie Library contract for Madison to Fifth area
After weeks of negotiation the city library commissioners awarded the Carnegie library contract to Cawsey & Carney for 18400 the lowest bid within the 200000 gift limit. The building will be finished in eighteen months using Thurston county tooled Tenlo sandstone and requires regrading Fourth Avenue and adjacent streets. A joint meeting with the streets committee Thursday will resolve grade adjustments before excavation.
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Carnegie Library
Madison and
Spring Streets
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Cawsey & Carney
Andrew Carnegie
A. E B. Barrett
Burrell Company
James Park
Tenlo
Thurston County
Ballard Police Open Fire After Soldier Run-In
Ballard officers pursued a drunken Fort Lawton soldier through town and along the railroad after an attempted jail entry. A bullet grazed him, he was later carried to Fort Lawton hospital, and local officials vow a John Doe warrant to identify the shooter among the soldiers.
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Uncle Sams
Ballard
Fort Lawton
Bastile
Solier
John Doe
Boys In
Blue
Mallard
Trefty
Uncle Bam
Lawyer McGargy Sentenced to Four Years in Bribery Case
Grand Rapids April 16 Thomas McGargy the lawyer convicted in a bribery connection with the city water deal was sentenced this morning to four years imprisonment.
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Grand Rapids
Mid
Thomas McGargy
Ths
Austria’s former crown princess named insane Countess Longay
Berippa News Asa n reports from Nerlin that the former crown princess of Austria now Countess Stephanie Longay is declared insane. Her father is King Leopold of Belgium.
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Nerlin
Morgan Poest
Crown Princess
Austria
Stephanie Longay
Thaane
Leopold
Belgium
Chinese Front in Manchuria Braces for Fallout
Pekin telegram reports renewed Chinese military activity near Manchuria raising fears of neutrality breach. Chinese troops hurriedly armed and sent to the frontier. General Ma Yungcun named commander in chief of the northern army arriving at the Manchurian line. Chunchuees press Russian forces with mounting losses and braver attacks.
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ST. Petersburg
Pekin
Ganeette
China
Manchuria
Ma Yungcun
Manchurian
Gathering at the Vali
A report from TOKIO dated April 16 says 20,000 Russian troops mass on the right bank of the Yalu river and the Japanese force on the left bank is being increased.
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Tokio
Yalu
Ballard Council Debates Interurban Franchise and Starkey Bond
Ballard council discussed granting Fred Banders a Ballard Everett interurban franchise to improve service. Starkey’s $2,000 cash bond for the Blackey electric light franchise is extended to next Tuesday with assurances he will provide funds. Citizens seek better meeting service amid delays and coal shortages.
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Ballard
Ballard Council
Fred Banders
Ballard-Everett
Banders
Blarkey
Zook
Starkey
Conneil
Hallard
Sampa
Explosion Injures Five on Forbin Cruiser
Five crewmen were injured by a small projectile explosion in a magazine aboard the cruiser Forbin. No other explosives aboard the vessel ignited.
Japanese Officers Arrested While Bombing Manchurian Bridge
Two Japanese officers disguised as Tibetan lamas were arrested near a bridge over the Nona River in Manchuria while attempting to blow it up. The incident occurred in St. Petersburg on April 16.
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ST. Petersburg
Thibetan Lamas
Nona River
Manchuria
McCormick mill booktender badly hurt by flying block
Chehalis April 16 Joe Tuck booktender at the McCormick mill was struck by a flying block yesterday and sustained a fracture of the skull. His condition is described as dangerous. Tuck is married and his family is in Oregon. Washington, D. C. April 16 Dwight Phelpa of Tacoma named superintendent of construction for the Puyallup Indian school at a salary of 8 1 2 per day. He was recommended by Senator Foster. Read the Great Co op Ad. Page & oe
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Joe Tuck
McCormick Mill
Tuck
Oregon
Washington, D. C
Dwight Phelpa
Tacoma
Puyallup
Senator Foster
Woman found guilty of murder in first degree in Philadelphia
Catherine Dansie was convicted of murdering her husband William Dansie by arsenic poisoning. The trial cited a $5,000 life insurance as motive. George Howesey, involved in the death, was also sentenced to death for participating in the crime.
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Philadelphia
Catherine Dansie
William Dansie
Wee
George Howesey
Danate
First Lewis county road work under new law
In Chehalis area on April 16 the county begins a three mile Union precinct cut off east of Chehalis. Farmers offer 10 percent cash or labor for land valued as tributary to the road. Grading to be divided into six sections. County Surveyor Geiger to prepare profiles soon.
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Chehalis
Lewis County
Union Precinct
Geiger
William Herdt Dies by Self Inflicted Rifle at Clarkston
William Herdt, about 60, a plasterer, shot himself Thursday afternoon in his Clarkston home. His body lay undiscovered until nightfall when his son William found him beside the bed with the revolver near his right ear and the bullet exiting at the left. No motive is known for the tragedy.
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Clarkston
William Herdt
William
Herdt
Locomotive for Alaska voyage attracts large crowd
The Alaska Pacific Navigation Company’s steamer Santa Ana schedules a nine o clock departure for the north with a large passenger list. Twenty miners head to Yakataga beach and fifteen to Valdez, with some proceeding to Copper River valley or Tanana. One hundred passengers bound for Seward include miners, mechanics, laborers, railroad men, carpenters involved in housing and store construction. Forty Chinese workers head for the Stimson cannery at Yakataga. A locomotive and flat cars for Alaska Central railroad construction accompany the Banta Ana to Beward with railroad material aboard.
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Alaska Pacific Navigation Company
Santa Ana
North
Alaskan
Yakataga Beach
Valdez
Copper River Valley
Tanana
Seward
Stimson Cannery
Yakataga
Alaska Central Railroad
Banta Ana
City of Seattle Sails for North to Alaska
The Pacific Coast Steamship Companys City of Beattie sailed for Skagway at 9 oclock this morning. Passengers include Jack Dalton and daughter Jean Dalton bound for Haines Mission, J E West and seven men for Innau to locate homesteads in Alaska, A B Mercereau of Dawson aboard, and 60 passengers and full cargo aboard.
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
LUCANIA ARRIVES AFTER STORMY VOYAGE WITH WILD WEST TROUPE
The Cunard liner Lucania reached Queenstown after a rough voyage. Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show aboard reported severe suffering among the Indians. Mrs H Beaste Jordan of 125 Grant Street is reported missing from her home since April 1. her husband says she is slightly demented. She is 52 years old.
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Queenstown
Cunard
Lucania
Buffalo Hill
Hbeaste Jordan
Grant Street
Mra. Jordan
Bargains in Scenic Davis Addition Property
Offer highlights high grade land with panoramic views available for 160 to 350 a lot, payable 50 cash and 10 monthly. Reproductions show nature’s beauty and views from any direction. Representatives on site tomorrow. take Broadway and Pike car to the end of the line, walk two blocks north.
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Broadway
Pike
Emulsion Promises Better Milk for Babies
An old health notice promotes emulsion to enrich a mother's milk and aid infant growth. It advises adding a portion of teaspoonful to bottles for babies and mentions use when a child is poorly nourished.
Englishman Bridle Faces Deportation In Port Townsend
Port Townsend notices immigration authorities consider deporting Englishman Sydney Bridle who entered via Vancouver and Seattle then returned to the detention station. The local examiners recommend sending him to Canada or back to England as Washington resolves the case. A second item reports Pacific county Republicans backing Roosevelt McBride Cushman and unit rule for state delegation, authorizing Stratton to name delegates.
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Bydney Bridle
Hiridie
Linlithgowshire
Vancouver
Canada
Bellingham
Seattle
Washington
Board of Examiners
England
Indored M'Bride
South Bend
Pacific County
Republican Convention
Roosevelt
McBride
Cushman
Stratton
Funeral Notice for Brother Ed Christian Held April 17 1904
The funeral will be held from Eagles Aerie at Seventh and Pine streets on Sunday April 17 1904 at 1 PM. Members are requested to attend. In the order of H. J. Lea Worthy Presiding, Frank Dowd Worthy Lecy. Wardall speaks on Co Operation. Page &
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Eagles’ Aerie
Seventh
Pine Street
H. J. Lea
Worthy
Frank Dowd
Worthy Lecy
Bryan Wins Point In Probate Court Decision
In New Haven on April 16 Judge Cleveland sustained the demurrer to the removal of William J. Bryan as executor of Philo S Bennett, defeating the removal action for the probate court. An appeal to the superior court is likely, with Bryan’s duties as executor not deemed inconsistent. In Chehalis the milling company names Thad Stuchell and Murray Gamble of Pittsburgh to manage the plant, with a new dry kiln and other improvements announced.
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New Haven
Conn
Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Philo
Bennett
Bryan
Chehalis
Messrs
Thad Stuchell
Murray Gamble
Pittsburg
Chehalis Milling and Manufacturing Company
Submarine Order Shocks Baltic Port Arthur Plan
Czar orders five Holland type submarines to be completed in three months for overland shipment to Port Arthur. The announcement follows dispatch from St. Petersburg and Baltic shipyards. Berlin reports alarming health news about Emperor Francis Joseph.
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ST. Petersburg
Baltic
Neva
Port Arthur
No Pain Is Too Severe for Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills
An advertisement proclaims Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as the infallible remedy for every kind of pain including headaches neuralgia rheumatic pains back ache menstrual pains stomach and toothache and urges sufferers to take them for relief.
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Miles
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Relief Claim Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for relief at the first symptom of an attack. It describes small tablets that “do the business” and claim they are entirely relieving the attack while noting safety concerns.
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