Young mother to hang for murder at Clay county
Special Corresponsence of The Star. Mary Ann Legg, an unwed mother from Clay county, was convicted of murdering her husband Jay Legg in their Elk River home. She faced execution, with a writ of error staying the hanging until the West Virginia Supreme Court can decide.
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West Virginia
Clay
W. Va
Mary Ann
Vermont
Aga Lees
Gee
Jay Legs
Ono
Leag
Elk River
Jay
Legg
Dickey
Susan Legg
Rome
Barah Ann Legg
Mickey
Sarah Ann Legg
Sherman
Sarah Ann Lee
Rebecca Dickey
Donna
Samuel Burdette
Clay County
David W. May
Supreme Court
Victor
Edison Phonograph
D. 8. Johnston Co
Star reporter recalls Haida canoe voyage and west coast life
The reminiscence describes Haida lore on the Pacific coast from the 1870s, including navigation along Vancouver Island and Tatoosh, interactions with Haida and Queen Charlotte companies, shipwrecks near Cape Flattery, and current patterns driving drift north toward Queen Charlotte Sound. It notes sympathy for all who faced peril at sea.
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Steekin River
Tatoosh
Col
Orpheus
Mood
Feild
Vancouver
Washington
Vancouver Island
Queen Charlotte
Cape
Life saving campaign urged after Valencia disaster
A letter from Cashmere Washington urges ongoing life saving service campaigns following the Valencia sinking. The writer contrasts spending on a vast navy with funding for life saving stations and Coast Guard like devices, arguing for safer coastal protection and rescue infrastructure.
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Cashmere
Wash
the Star
Valencia
Cape Flattery
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Editor calls out blamed parties after Valencia wreck
The Star-I editor condemns Pacific Coast practices and criticizes Captain Coutlos for obeying orders amid the Valencia disaster. He alleges evidence was manipulated in the Clallam investigation to blame the engineer, while owners of the Discovery and Chase profits from the same negligence.
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The
Star
Velencia
Coutlos
Valencia
Clallam
Roberts
Mloewen Wee
Bing Bing
Roberta
Roberto
Hhs
Discovery
Olf
Chase
Crews Warn of Seattle Steamship Fire Risks
An editor argues crews face dangerous conditions aboard Seattle bound ships with lower deck crew quarters and inaccessible signals. He cites past ship fires, inadequate life preservers, and ships like the Oregon with cemented bottoms as examples, calling for improved inspections and safety.
Ship safety critique calls for better seamen’s living conditions
George W. Greene argues that several vessels including the Victoria and others like Jefferson Dolphin Cottage City Queen are poorly engineered and top heavy. He urges humane treatment and cleaner, safer quarters to ease reform efforts and improve life at sea.
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Victoria
Bo Alo
Jefferson
Dolphin
Cottage City
Queen
England
Geo. W. Greene
Engineer Crushed During Repair Near Chiwaukum
G. D. McPherson locomotive engineer for the Great Northern Railway, of 4046 28th Ave, was seriously injured yesterday near Chiwaukum while attempting to fix a coupling after crawling over the engine tender. He was brought to Providence hospital in critical condition.
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G. D. McPherson
Great Northern Pailway
Chiwaukum
Laaven- Werth
McPherson
Providence Hospital
Rumors Swirl Over Union Pacific and Great Northern Debates
In New York Jamee J Jillie is tied to major deals before his southern trip. Rumors say he brokered a Union Pacific remainder sale to Kuhn Loeb & Co and formed a new ore company to back Great Northern iron lands with United States Steel. Stock moves and 80 cent per ton royalties are discussed, with ore profits to Great Northern holders. Also Valentines designs debut at Highcourt Stationery and Nation Store with a full line of goods.
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New York
Jamee J Jillie
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
United States Steel Corporation
High Coor
Nation
KE Pike
Ofr Eee
Oyster firm enforces harsh drunkenness pledge on suspect
Morgan Oyster Co manager J Thomas Cochran at Colman dock orders out a drunken man known as Half Breed Kelly. The man returns, is bound with a rope, dropped into the sound to sober up, and later allowed to depart after promising reform. Cochran warns Kelly never to drink near him again.
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J. Thomas Cochran
Morgan Oyster Company
Colman Dock
Columbia
Cochran
Mr. Cochran
Kelly
Morgen Oyster Company
Moore fined for theft from Seattle Electric Company
J. C. Moore alias Buchanan, arrested in connection with the Virginia street car robbery, was found guilty and fined 76 dollars by Justice Davis for theft from the Seattle Electric Company where he had once worked. Police and Superintendent Kempster failed to connect him to the robbery.
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J. C. Moore
Buchanan
Virginia St
Justice Davis
Seattle Electric Company
Kempster
Great Northern seeks extra tracks near union depot
G N BUYING the Great Northern plans additional trackage facilities near the union depot. Agents negotiate for a tract between the depot and other Great Northern holdings to the south and west. The property is available for passenger tracks.
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Great Northern
Union Depot
Tte
Japanese Officers Arrive to Take Charge of Newly Built Ships
Eighteen officers of the Japanese navy will arrive on the steam ship Shinano Maru on February. They proceed to take charge of two ships just completed in England for their government.
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China
Oscar Redfield
Bngland
Gua Rom Recovers After Suicide Attempt at Berkeley Hotel
In Berkeley hotel on Occidental avenue, Gua Rom is recovering from gas and carbolic acid exposure after an attempted death by self harm yesterday morning. Fred Wilson, a jail escapee, was recaptured last night by Patrolman Hunnellt.
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Gua Rom
Berkeley
Occidental Av
Fred Wilson
Hunnellt
Turkish court warned of assassination plot by servant
A telegram warns Sultan Constantinople that a supposed devoted servant plans his assassination. The report notes a Yukon Territory governor will be banqueted by an Alaska club during a visit to the city, with arrival likely by month’s end.
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Constantinople
Mednanes
Yukon Territory
Alaska Club
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Second Ave
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