Canadian Pacific Consider Joint Seattle Union Depot Plan
Telegram from the president of Canadian Pacific seeks a publication if CP would join Great Northern and Northern Pacific in building a Seattle union depot. Wires report Hill of Great Northern pledges full cooperation and a comprehensive future plan, with Mellen ready to join in Seattle. Editor Seattle Daily Star.
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Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Hill
President Mellen
St. Paul
Mellen
Inepot Undertaking
Seattle Daily Star
Canadian Pacific vehicle in Seattle depot dispute clarified
E H Wells reports from Montreal that Canadian Pacific will not fund a Seattle union depot. CP uses another line for access under a temporary traffic agreement and will not contribute to Beattie depot plans. Northern Pacific and Great Northern appear to bear the burden of improvements. President Shaughnessy’s telegram confirms CP will not fund future depot facilities.
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Seattle Daily Star
Seattle
Washington
Canadian Pacific
Union Station
Union
Beattie
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Star
the Pacific
Montreal
Dee Meltien
Aseo
Armstrong fights extradition in Chicago bribery case
Wm. Armstrong faces extradition after Gov. Rogers grants the writ. Attorneys press habeas corpus to delay transfer while Armstrong challenges the charge as illegal under Illinois law. Court actions set for 2 p.m. Friday as prosecutors and defense clash over custody. Detective Tyrrell vows they will eventually meet in Chicago.
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Wm.Armstrong
Chicgo
Gov. Rogers
Armstrong
L. Frank Brown
Piles, Danworth and Howe
Tyrrill
McElroy
Vance
King County
Armatrong
Illinois
Star
Chicago
Threw Her Skirt At An Angry Bear Probes Now
Ida home report recounts Mrs. Fiora Jennison escaping a defensive bear attack near Clear Creek. She tore off her skirt and flung it over the bear to buy time, then fled toward camp as men nearby fired and killed the animal.
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Probe
Idaho
Fiora Jennison
Clear Creek
Jennison
Texas to Hold Special Session on Tax Revision
Austin, Aug. 2. The Texas legislature plans a November special session to consider revising state taxation laws. Gov. Sayers advocates taxation proportional to wealth for individuals and corporations as the tax commission fine tunes a bill to raise state revenues.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Sayers
Tax Commission
Passing of the Horse in Newport Rush to Electric Carriages
In Newport, the horse era wanes as John T. Drexel and wife sell part of their celebrated horse stock at Ochre Point to clear space for electric carriages. The shift is acknowledged as radical and a hot topic at clubs and dinner parties.
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Newpot
Newport
John Tt
Drexel
Suicide by Cow Shocks Rural Kentucky
Despondent over laws of her first calf and life in the country Clar ema the celebrated cow tied to Marium’s attractions reportedly drowned herself in a pond on the Brownsboro road in Lousville Kentucky. The animal had been sold to PT Barnum years ago, broke a leg during a somersault, then was resold to her former owner and had previously attempted suicide.
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Loutrville
Clarema
Marium
FT. Barnum
Susquehanna Coal Miners Threaten Strike in Pa
Five thousand workers at Susquehanna Coal Company threaten strike after a Nan ticoke union forms. A rally of miners and colliery staff considered grievances and adopted resolutions urging an early adjustment of those complaints.
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Wilk Psparie
Susquehanna Coal Company
Nanticoke
Eaid
Madrid Court Martial Seeks Acquittal for Toral
Toral argues for acquittal claiming Santiago was not fortified and he was not governor but acting general. He told the court the Spanish Minister of War authorized surrender and presented American officers’ statements praising his bravery and noting American forces’ superiority.
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Madrid
Toral
le Bette
Santiago
Bpan'eh
Healee
Promised to Reform Editors Freed After Pledge
Havana editors and reporters arrested yesterday by order of General Ladhow for obscene and libelous attacks were released this morning after signing pledges not to publish the paper again in this province.
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Havana
Heconcentrade
Ladhow
Two Brothers Drowned in Bay While Out With Father
Arthur A Birney of Washington DC and his two young sons were out in a skiff in a bay this afternoon. When William 2 fell overboard his elder brother James jumped in to help and both sank. Arthur Milney followed to save them but all three disappeared. The youngest reached shore and called for help as life savers searched the water for the missing brothers.
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Arthur A. Birney
Washington, D. C
Bineparent Bay
William
James
Strugle
Arthur Milney
Threshing Engine Explodes injuring four near Deweese Neb
A threshing machine engine blew up at 6 pm on J Finney's farm four miles south of Deweese Nebraska injuring four men Roy Norwood was struck by a flying engine whistle nearly ten feet away and is expected to die James Nelson Andrew Smith and Mal Johnson were badly hurt with Johnson scalded and others suffering broken bones from debris
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Omaha
Johnson
Destructive Fires Rage Along Lynn Canal Threaten Towns
News via the steamer Humboldt reports massive fires along the Lynn Canal endangering Skagway Juneau and Haines Mission. Soldiers' quarters and Dyea wharves burned while many rushed to briagway. Glacier station roundhouse and water tank destroyed the Yukon railway line suffered heavy damage as crews battled flames and residents guarded towns.
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Lynn Canal
Seattle
Humboldt
Honnifield
Skagway
Juneau
Star
Haines Mission
Dyea
Hovey
Dyea-Kiondike Tramway Company
Briagway
Lady Lake
Glacier Station
White Paer & Yukon Railway
Maines
Humboldt Arrives with Passengers and Treasure
The steamer Humboldt arrived from Lynn canal with 126 passengers and considerable treasure. It left the canal Friday and faced a delay from forest fire smoke. Notable passengers included Tom Meiky and C. T. Souder, with Souder reporting 6,000 men had left Dawson for Cape Nome. Local legal and civic notices follow, including condemnations, jail escape, and municipal convention plans for Syracuse in 1922.
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Humboldt
Lynn Canal
Canal
Orisaba
Beymour Narrows
Tom Meiky
C. T. Souder
Dawson
Lfe
Souder
Cape Nome
Stanley Divorce Case Before Judge Jacobs Again
The Stanley divorce case returned before Judge Jacobs this morning as attorneys prepared a finding of facts and conclusions of law for submission. The defense indicated new evidence would be used in a motion for a new trial this afternoon, with the affidavit of the new evidence to be filed tomorrow.
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Stanley
Jacobs
John L. Stanley
Jdge Jacobs
Where Are Her Valuables
Mrs Helen De Vitl who rooms at the Colby house seeks diamond ear rings worth ten dollars in gold and a pawn ticket for a diamond ring. She claims a night out with two Seattle businessmen including a second avenue real estate man led to her loss after visiting several liquor venues. Police were notified and Detective Wappenstein leads the case with possible arrests of the two men.
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Helen de Vitl
Colby
Wappenstein
Seattle
Second Avenue
Mise de Vell
Charee
Sugar Growing in Paraguay
Vice Consul Harrison reports from Asuncion that Paraguay has good cane for fine sugar but most consumption imports from France at high prices. Consul Morrison believes a Paraguayan sugar venture could be a profitable competitive business.
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Washington
Paraguay
Harrison
Asuncion
France
Morrison
Importations Rise for U.S Manufacturing Goods
Washington reports a broad rise in imports for the fiscal year ending, led by articles required for manufacturing and foodstuffs not produced domestically. Increases occur in raw silk, crude rubber, hides and skins, undressed furs, wood, unmanufactured tobacco and chemicals, with wool as the only material showing a decline.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Local Notices and Brief Crimes from Town
Mary Holland aged 25 years died at 420 Twelfth Avenue South of pneumonia. Funeral for Harry C Went held at Henney Stewart chapel. Frank Wingwist a plasterer arrested for driving a wagon on the Lake Union bicycle path. Two bicycles reported missing by F N Spinning bicycle dealer. reward offered. First fines collected by Detective Ed Cudthee. David Argyle at the White House turned over 175 dollars.
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Mary Holland
Twelfth Avenue South
John Holland
Harry C. Went
Henney & Stewart's Chapel
Frank Wingwist
Dicycle Po- Heeman ‘Teller
Lake Union
Wingwist
Denny Fuhrman
F. N. Spinning
Ed. Cudthee
David Argyle
White House
Northwestern Mining Exchange Report
Pacific Coast Gold led trading at the Northwestern Mining Exchange with firm bids and no sales. Other stocks held steady as quotations and bids are listed for today.
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Northwestern Mining F Exchange
Pacific Coast Gold
Miller River
Ban Poth
Cuba
Pac
Coast Gold Min.e Co
Colo, Gow
Sheer
Cariboo
Republic
Cole
San Poll
Pacific Coast Gold Mining Co
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