Train Ran Over Ulm in Narrow Escape
Kansas City report recounts J J Wood being run over by three coaches of a passenger train at a crossing. He escaped with mud and bruises, recalling a sudden moment between rails as the Drake beam struck him, then standing up to walk home. He credits luck and a slender margin for life and expects to work next week.
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Kansas City
J. Wood
Shelffield
Chicago & Milwaukee
Independence Avenue
Wood
Lapp
Lagman
A Proposal by Proxy Darkens Miss Walker Heiress's Wedding
New York April 2 Miss Grangeline Z Walker heiress to 75900 from John H Butler once secretary Seward’s aide faced a formal proxy proposal by a shabby foreigner for his cousin abroad. The mother dismissed the caller as Miss Walker prepares to wed Hubert Atwell this month in a comfortable family home.
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New York
Grangeline Z. Walker
John H. Butler
William H. Seward
Miss Walker
Hubert Atwell
Burglars Blow Safe In Cabool Bank Office
In Cabool Missouri at 2 AM burglars using nitro glycerine blew open the outer doors of the safe at C W Wade real estate and banking office scaring witnesses. The alarm woke and the burglars fled leaving the safe chest with about nine dollars unopened. The explosion wrecked most of the storefront before they escaped. No arrests reported.
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Cabool
C. W. Wade
Boy shot during goat prank in New York
William Hover, 10, and other youths played with a bucking goat in a vacant lot when a shot rang out. Hover was wounded in the hip and taken home then to a city hospital. Hover described the shooter as tall and stout and resembling Peter Scholl, owner of the goat. Police sought Scholl and found him in bed with a doctor attending him.
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New York
William Hover
Hover
Peter Scholl
Nugent
Cyrano de Berges at Amusements Tonight
The Lateen Hotel on Third Avenue hosts Cyrano de Berges and Madame Pianka with her Den of Performing Lions. Also featured is a lecture on Washington Boys at Manila by Col. O D Las White under the Eaglena auspices.
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Third Avenue Theater
Cyrano de Berges
Madame Pianka
Her
den of Performing Lions
Srattla Theater
Manila
Col
OD Las
The
Kaglea
Man Fatally Shot as Police Seek Scholl Aid Arrest
Story details Scholl's alleged heart condition and fears of death if seized. Capt Nugent plans guard at the home and arranges bail with a bondsman. Upon arrival they learn Behon died at 10 o'clock, having suffered heart disease for some time. It remains unclear who fired the shot as Behon gave no statement.
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Scholl
Found Father and Fortune in Marion, Tenn.
In Knoxville April 2, Frye locator finds his father at Marion where $125,000 inheritance awaits. Frye, kidnapped from Des Moines sixteen years ago after his mother's death, traveled erasily through Harrisburg and Morrisburg before returning with his wife to Knoxville four months ago. Elder Frye, resting the fortune in trust, has pursued his son who left Morrisburg before the grandmother's will was probated.
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Frye
Marion
Des Moines
Harrisburg
Young Fyfe
Boiler Explosion Kills Three at Chippewa Falls Sawmill
A boiler blast at a sawmill eight miles east of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin killed foreman Lem Wilson and two other workers, with five injured. The explosion occurred around 1 PM, demolishing the building, lifting workers into the air, and scattering boiler fragments. Among the dead are Lem Wilson and John Hienose. William Cleem is reported among the dead. Engineer P A Briggs is severely hurt along with four other injured whose names are not yet known. Most injured are expected to die or survive only a few hours. The boiler was described as weak. two horses near the mill were also killed. Survivors include residents of Cadott Wisconsin and Eau Claire, with farmers nearby. All injured were badly scalded by steam.
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Chippewa Falls
Wic
Lem Wilson
John Hiienose
William Cleem
Eagineer P. A. Mriggs
Cadett
Wie
Briggs
Eau Claire
Humboldt Steamer Heads to Dry Dock After Rock Strike
The Humboldt arrived from Exquimalt BC to be repaired for keel damage after striking a rock on the last voyage from Skagway. About 40 feet of her shoe was torn. captain says damage is slight. She will likely sail to Quartermaster harbor for dry dock work and be ready to sail north by Sunday. Tug Resolute arrived from Skagway with barges Ajax and Ajax and left the wreck of Brixham inland, where Captain Kelcey examined the hull which has broken to pieces though engines and boilers remain sound. Captain BE, B. Caine, who bought the Brixham wreck, plans to send Rapid Transit to recover boilers and other valuable gear.
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Humboldt
Exquimalt
Skagway
Beattie
Quartermaster Harbor
E. &. Caine
Resolute
Kelton
Ajax
Brixham
Blaski
Kelcey
Be, B. Caine
Weather Outlook Seattle and Vicinity With Unsettled Rainy Conditions
Tonight and Friday expect occasional rain with east to south winds. A high pressure system shifted east to Idaho while nearing the Oregon coast, and a low off British Columbia suggests unsettled weather around Seattle. Temperatures rise except in the Rockies, with rain reported in Salt Lake City and northwest Washington around Puget Sound and the Straits. Six prisoners were moved to Walla Walla today: H H Harding five years for forging an $8000 draft, John Davis grand larceny four years, W M Walker highway robbery four years, Frank Williams highway robbery one year, C D Compton burglary eighteen months, John Donnely grand larceny one year.
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Seattle
Victnity
Pacific States
Idaho
Oregon
British Columbia
California
Rocky Mountain
Salt Lake City
Washington
Puget Sound
Straits
Walla Walla
van de Vanter
H. H. Harding
Dexter Horton & Co
John Davis
W. M. Walker
Frank Williams
C. D. Compton
John Donnely
THE FILIPINO AS A FIGHTER
Spokane reports Lieutenant Erwin returning from Manila saying Filipinos are strong in long range fighting but falter when charges close. He notes natives retreat when Americans run at them, blaming unfair tactics. He adds troops are fed on standard rations with fresh beef imported from Australia and that soldiers fare well.
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Spokane
K. Erwin
Manila
Milipinos
Spring Neckwear Hits In Fresh Style Trends
The article surveys spring neckwear trends with a wide range of styles. It highlights jaunty trimmed taffeta bows, white satin collars with corded silk and coffee velvet polka dots, fluffy bow fronts, long scarf ends, plaid carfete folds, white tulle neckties with ruched ends, pearl boas of gathered gauze, and the new Ince scarf five inches wide by a yard and a half long.
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Gtering Plaidecarte
Twinklings and Events Across Cities and Venues
Eastern baseball games recapped with scores from Lemnieville to Boston. Tacoma dog show attendance and 189 animals. northwest golf in Tacoma. McKinley to attend bisstate G A F convention in Youngstown. arrest of Aimir the Indian near Kamisops for Walker murder. Talliaferro elected senator of Plerida. trial in Can ton limits evidence of other women in Sax ton case. Cuban mortgages extended two years. highbinder war in Freeno Cal ends with deaths and injuries. Bing Kong Tones vs Huey on Tongs riot. Pryan One Dollar dinner in New York drew about 1500. Bryan speaks on Thomas Jefferson.
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Freeno
Cal
New York
Grand Central Palace
Mr. Bryan
Thomas Jefferson
Whisky Embargo Raised by Ottawa at White Pass Summit
General Trafic Manager Gray of the White Pass & Yukon reports the American Whisky embargo has been lifted per Ottawa orders. Whisky may cross the White Pass summit without Canadian hindrance. Captain Cartwright, former head of Canadian customs at Skagway, has been moved to Dawson and is blamed for earlier tensions with American officials.
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Trafic
Gray
White Pass
Yukon
Skagway
Ottawa
Cartwright
Dawson
Schooner Lissie Sorenson Prepares for Bering Sea Trip
Schooner Lissie Sorenson is to sail Saturday for the Bering Sea after provisioning at Moran's wharf. She is chartered by the Alaska Exploration company for cod fishing. Schooner Halyeon to fall today. Steamer Homer remains at the wharf undergoing machinery repairs in San Francisco bound for eventual departure.
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Lissie Sorenson
Bering Sea
Homer
Moran
San Francisco
Alaska Exploration Company
Maritime trade and coal shipments move along coast routes
Ballard reports lumber laden for San Francisco and Tacoma and Mioneer coaling at south bunkers while Steamer Willamette under Captain Han non delivered coal to San Francisco. Mansanita arrives from the lower bound and heads to Quartermaster harbor for overhaul before supplying Tatoosh light house and Umatilla reef lightship. Fearless sails from Nanaimo to the Arctic. Kate Davenport arrives San Francisco and British ship Inverneashire reaches Tacoma from Hiogo.
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uTes Tacoma
Mioneer
Willamette
Hannon
San Franciaco
United States
Gregory
Quartermaster Harbor
Tatoosh
Umatilla Reef
Seattle Inklings and Legal Notices Mixed in Court Ledger
In Seattle Inklings several suits and court actions are listed including Mary A. Denny seeking to enjoin Charles H. Brout from asserting claims on city lots, Northa A. Robinson filing for divorce from Albert Robinson, and Hal G. Bimpnon being discharged from receivership of the Pentacular Railway. The county plans a White River levee repair meeting inviting all damaged property owners. The University Dramatic club celebrated She Stoops to Conquer with Prof. Coffey attending. A. G. Murray was discharged as receiver of EF T. Smart & Co. Contractors as solvent. Various deaths, accidents, and local legal actions are noted alongside steamboat collision updates and personnel movements at Spokane federal court.
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Dramatic Club
University
Occidental
Alexander B. Coffey
Escape of a Convict From Oregon Asylum
Salem April 20 A convict patient M K B Wells at the asylum escaped after seizing a spike wall and prying up floor boards to reach the basement and outside. He had broken through doors three weeks earlier and fled toward Ashland with pursuers in hot chase. Wells, a five year penitentiary inmate from Orion county in 1898, has long sought a telegraph to send money to his mother.
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Salem
Ore
M. KB
Wells
Asylum
Ashland
Turner
Welle
Seon
Orion County
Bia
Music Kills a Filly in Florence Ala
A farmer’s valuable three year old mare named Ally died in Florence Alabama after a brass band played nearby. The horse, startled by the unfamiliar music while being driven through the city, collapsed and died. A vet attributed the death to heart failure caused by excitement from the band music.
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Florence
Ala
Weekly Crop Bulletin from the Weather Bureau 1890
The week ending April 17 1890 was cold with frosts on the 11th and generally unfavorable for growth. Western regions saw above normal precipitation and heavy frost, while eastern and central areas had beneficial showers but local overwet soils. Much winter wheat was re sown to oats or replanted, with spring sowing progressing and barley planting up. Peach buds swell in Yakima. early fruit trees in broom in parts of the region. G N Salisbury Seattle director.
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United States Department of Agriculure
Weather Bureau
Washington
Vost Hall
Grasse
Yakima
G. N. Salisbury
Seattle
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Albert Robinson
Hal G. Bimpnon
Pentacular Railway Company
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Peter A. Finn
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Josiah M. Town
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William Long
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Union Street
Aliee Gill
Western Avenue
Michael Hammill
Sunnydale
Bonney & Stewart's Chapel
Thomas Barreler
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Clara Terrell
Edward Swanson
Tryant and
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W. L. Douglass
O. W. Peterson & Bro
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Steinway” Dealers
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Second Ave
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Peter Egge
Éth Aye
OUR Cafe
Cou. A. Rideout
Cor
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Ludwig Piano
Ramaker Music Co
Cahn & Cohn
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Yesler Ave
Yesler Dock
Seattle Transfer CO
Oige
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