Fleet of battleships sails from Gibraltar on world cruise
A twelve ship American battleship fleet began its historic world cruise departing Gibraltar at dawn. The ships formed in single column and headed into the Atlantic toward Hampton Roads for a Roosevelt review before dispersing to meet repairs and return reports to the Navy Department.
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U. P
Ameri
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic
Iest
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Bette
Daring Rescue Aboard Florence K In Foggy Waters
Captain C T Wyatt of the Florence K saved Engel Telotron a boomman at Eagle Harbor from drowning after he fell overboard midway across the bay. Telotron, intoxicated, cried out as he clung to life in the icy sound until Wyatt reversed engines and hauled him aboard.
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C. T. Wyatt
Florence K
Eagle Harbor
Engel Telotron
Credsore
Teleteon
Capt. Wyatt
Telofson
Wyatt
Yatt
Residents Demand Immediate Street Cleanup at 38th and Brooklyn
Residents of the 38th and Brooklyn area protest ongoing street filth and demand swift action from city officials. They warn delays will lead to a direct protest at the street commissioner's office.
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38Th
Brooklyn
Fair Grounds
Bark Fort George Missing Off Cape Horn
New York February reports say the four mast bark Fort George bound for Honolulu via Cape Horn has been missing for months. Owners fear she foundered with 18 crew aboard and 2 600 tons of general merchandise in her hold.
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New York
U. P
Fort George
Honolulu
Cape Horn
Man Who Made Butte Famous Found in Seattle
Pat Mullins former mayor of Butte is in Seattle staying at the Georgian hotel and entertaining stories of his days in the copper mining camp. He drew attention at a banquet for President Roosevelt by shouting Bring on the feed.
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Butte
Roosevelt
Seattle
Pat Mullins
Georgian Hotel
Seattle Dreamer Now A Major Factor In Mining World
Edward K, a former Seattle mining engineer, joins a new corporation after failing to find backing locally for his invention. The device promises faster smelting at lower costs, potentially disrupting the copper trust. Funding from Samuel Newhouse and J P Morgan leads to a $10,000,000 company with Fink owning 61 percent.
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Seattle
Edward K
Mr. K
Ike
Pink
World Buster
Pure Co
Pink and
Hie
Copper Trust
Newsheute
Mr Fink
John Hayes Hammond
New York
J. P. Morgan
Fink
Serious trouble looming in U S Japan tensions
Washington reports rising worry over U S Japan relations as California agitation grows. Ambassador Takahira sparingly meets White House officials, signaling cautious approach amid peace pact terms and looming international crisis. navy orders to paint Pacific warships in sombre colors noted as symbolic.
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Adakahirn
Root
Aoki
California
Japan
Gillet
Navy Department
United States State
Pacific
Home Letter Day Promotes Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition
The piece urges residents to write five letters to someone in another state about the Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition. It highlights Northwest beauty, completed exposition buildings, Puget Sound daylight excursions, and an Alaska trip to entice Easterners.
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Ing
Puget Sound
Alaska
Northwest
Haskell's Case Set for March 1
The hearing date for alleged land fraud cases was set for March 1 in Vinita. Gov. Haskell, indicted in a grand jury inquiry, protested February 13 as hearing date. his delay request was granted and he returned to Guthrie.
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Muskoger
Okla
U. P
Vinita
Haskell
Guthrie
Treasury Receipts and Disbursements Reported
The treasury statement shows receipts of 2 081 776 dollars and disbursements of 2 540 000 dollars for the period. The data reflects a balance movement and indicates ongoing federal financial activity.
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Washington
U. P
Treasury
Senate fight looms as bill clears House hurdles
In Olympia the House adjourned after nearly finishing a local option bill with minor amendments. Opponents fear a House reversal, while anti saloon forces brace for a Senate battle where 23 senators oppose the measure. If three senators can be won, the bill becomes law. else a next session or compromise awaits.
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Olympia
Stili
Senate
Ruth
Bis
Rain Tonight and Sunday Across Southeast
A weather update notes rain spreading tonight and again Sunday with winds shifting from southeast to southwest as a fresh air mass moves through the region.
Senate honors late Senator William Hoyd Allison
In Washington on February 6 the senate remembered the late Senator William Hoyd Allison with memorial services. Senators Dolliver Hale Teller Aldrich Daniel Perkins Borah Cummings and others spoke praising his statesmanship and personal qualities.
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Washington
Dy WU
Senate
William Hoyd Allison
Dolliver
Hale
Teller
Aldrich
Daniel
Perkins
Borah
Cummings
Benater Aliison
Hillman Turned Down Offer For Johnson Jeffries Fight
Los Angeles February 6. Hillman confirms Jim Jeffries has no plan to accept his 126000 bid for a fight with retired champion Johnson. Jeffries, after a heart to heart, shows gloom and says money does not matter and he will not rush into a bout.
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Los Angeles
D. Hillman
Ocen
Jim Jeffries
Buckees
Tanney
Christmas Night Tragedy Identifies Body in Lake Washington
The body of a young man found in Lake Washington is identified as Alex Butch, a Broadway shop owner and James Street power house worker who had been missing since Christmas. Court action and financial pressure reportedly drove him to drink chloroform and poison, with colleagues noting his terror before the suicide.
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Lake Washington
Thurey
Chester Robbins
Holgate Stringeretion
Butterworth
Alex Butch
Broadway
James St. Power House
Christi
Tak Chioroform
Joe Senbern
Olas
Butch
Seilborn
Okias
Work Resumes on Jackson Project This Week
Contractors Lewis and Wiley announce the Jackson project will resume Monday morning after a court decision cleared the way. The work had paused due to a Supreme Court ruling and the district faced about $200,000 in costs, with petitions aiming to secure payment and finish the job.
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Lewis & Wiley
Jackson Ate
Tee
Supreme Court
Bank Clearings Report From Seattle Tacoma Portland
Bank clearings today show Seattle at 1 561 086 31 with balances 24 648 10 Tacoma 8 656 770 00 with balances 44 033 00 Portland 906 919 00 with 165 600 00 in the record.
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Bank Clearings
Seattle
Halances
Tacoma
Portland
Street Car Reform Prompts Council Action in Seattle
The Star urges Seattle to press council members to act on Bouillon’s find and to curb Seattle Electric company influence. It credits the paper for sparking the investigation and calls for immediate, accountable street car service improvements.
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Star
Seattle
Bouillon
Seattle Electric Company
The
Weaver
Mystery Closes In On Harry Helossia Shooting Case
Detectives and doctors gather at the Way side hospital awaiting the first sign of consciousness from Harry Helossia the Greek found gravely wounded on the old Grant st bridge. The dying man’s Word could reveal who shot him and others involved in the saloon incident and a mysterious lifetime code on a revolver’s scabbard may unlock the case.
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Wayside Hospital
Harry Helossia
Grant
St. Bridge
Helassis
New Criminal Code Threatens Newspaper Reporting
Olympia notes the proposed criminal code tightens limits on news and advertising, bans mentions of murders and sensational acts, bars coverage of notable women, and criminalizes reporters. It also describes a Seattle Republican banquet at Hotel Lincoln on February 12, 1909 with Curtie orchestra planned.
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T. J. Dillon
Olympia
Young Men's Republican Club of
Seattle
Lincoln
Curtie’ Orchestra
Cabinet Deadlock Over Dreadnaught Orders In London
The British cabinet remains deadlocked over naval expansion with six Dreadnaughts at 38 million dollars or two at 11 million. Admiralty lords push for six ships to meet navy needs. The session stayed heated but no decision emerged. The note adds Harlem River crossings figure for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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London
U. P
Jain
Lords of Admiralty
Hardhearted mother abandons five children in court scene
In a dramatic courtroom episode Judge Gordon confronts Mrs Huffing who refuses to care for her five children aged two months to eight years. The father, a miner, is to take the kids to Enumclaw as authorities weigh mental state and possible custody for the neglected brood.
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Gordon
William Huffing
Cate
Delaware Delivers Largest Battleship Launch At Newport News
The United States battleship Delaware, the heaviest vessel to enter any water, was launched at Newport News withMiss Anne Cahill as sponsor. Thousands attended, including Delaware Governor Pennewill and his officers, as champagne was broken on the bow and the ship entered the James River without incident.
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Newport News
U. P
United States
Delaware
Anne Cahill
the James
Pennewill
Warwick Hotel
Nor Swanson
Virginia
Andernor Pennewill
Orders Arrest in Divorce Case Over Husband's Support
In a divorce action, Judge A W Frater ordered arrest warrants for Howard Frees after Mrs Minnie Frees alleged habitual drunkenness and failure to provide support. Proceedings against the husband continue for 66 days as the case unfolds.
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A. W. Frater
Minnie Frees
Howard Frees
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