Fierce Nor'wester Sweeps The Sound
A violent northwester storm caused widespread damage to Seattle area shipping. Vessels of all types broke moorings, drifted, or were pushed out to sea, with the Dirigo and Garden City among those damaged. The Mosquito Fleet hid in harbor as crews assessed extensive losses and port chaos across the bay.
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Baved
Alaska Ip Company
Northern Pacific
Doctor
Wasp
Bleekum
Hansen
S Point
Ladgate's
Smith's Cove
Garden City
T. C. Reed
Pacific Barge Company
Washington Street
Drummond Literage Company
Seattle
Moran Bros. Company
City of
Everett
West Point
West Seattle
Burglars Roam City as Police Track Looting Trio
Burglars triggered a busy night with break ins at two meat markets two laundries three lodging houses and a private home. Three suspects were captured in the act and two more were chased by officers Bannick Brown Dolphin and Hart ending with arrests and burglary charges to be presented to Prosecutor Mackintosh.
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F. Prnet
B. F. Turpin
A. W. Hawkinson
George F. Garvey
Mrs. Lamont
Model Electric Laundry
Queen City
Bites
Lamont
Irving Avenue
Beatt
California
Second Avenue
Elese
F. Ernst
First Avenue
Beneca Street
Seventh Avenue
Zunowich
Brown
Hannick
Paestrolman Brown
Zanowich
Third Avenue
Pike Street
Bannick
Union Street
Dolphin
Hart
University Street
Third
Second Avenues
Mackintosh
Weather Spotter Reports Snow and Cold But Details Faded
The Weather Spotter notes snow and colder conditions tonight and Saturday with brisk northeast winds. A fragment mentions tracking the lowest temperature over the past 24 hours and an official register, but specifics are incomplete.
Cold Wave Grips Western Regions With Frigid Readings
British Columbia reports 20 degrees below zero at Barkerville while Kamloops records 4 above. The cold snowless spell extends to Washington with Spokane at 8 above and Seattle at 27 above. Weather expected to linger three or four days, according to the weatherman.
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British Columbia
Barkerville
B. C
Kamloops
Washington
Spokane
Seattle
Strikers clash with troops at Lodz deaths and injuries
A Lodz clash between strikers and soldiers leaves 11 dead and 100 wounded, reported by a St Petersburg correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph.
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London
St. Petersburg
Exchange Telegraph
Lodz
The Web and Its Author Frederick Trevor Hillen
A biographical sketch of Frederick Trevor Hill and his law driven novel The Web. It traces his Yale and Columbia training and his view of law as both noble and prone to tyranny. The piece previews the February 16 first installment in The Star and outlines the romantic and investigative elements of the story.
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Frederick Trevor Hillen
Frederick Trevor Hill
Pring
Yale
Columbia Flaw School
New York
The
Star
Comptroller Riplinger Seeks State Bid on Bonds
Riplinger spent two days in Olympia to arrange with the state for possible purchase of municipal jail and heating bonds and to back election and registration reforms. He conferred with Land Commissioner Ross who favored a state bid if funds allow, and obtained assurances that election laws would be favorably considered by the legislature.
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Riplinger
Olympia
Ross
Olympia Legislators and Rail Passes Questioning Free Travel Rules
In Olympia on February 16 the state constitution bans legislators from accepting railroad transportation outside general public rates. A note on lawmakers riding the Northern Pacific shows many use passes while few paid fares, highlighting conflicts of interest and the lack of ticket inspections on trains.
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Olympia
Sharp
Northern Pacific
Russian Losses Were Frightful in Mukden Fighting
An evening paper reports that from January 25 to 36 fighting south of Mukden left 14 officers and 11,642 Russian casualties. Japanese feints lured outposts into traps, wiping out whole companies, with two Japanese assaults repulsed and five Russians wounded.
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ST. Petersburg
Mukden
flimsy defense as Page taunts witnesses in Murphy murder case
Judge Griffin’s courtroom packed as attorney T D Page argues for Billie White amid a mass of evidence against him for the murder of Matthew Murphy. Prosecutor Mackintosh labels the state’s case as overwhelming while Page ridicules the proceedings, attacking testimony and the confession in an opera bouff e style.
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Sir Whitiie
Peta
Page
Murphy
Tot
Camile
Chief Delaney
Kennedy
Lou Conway
Defense Seeks to Spare Youth in Shoo ting Case
The lawyer argues that the accused bore the blame for the shooting to shield a benefactor and suggests possible alternate suspects. He mocks the value of a witness’s watch to prove risk of danger, while portraying the defendant as blameless and the others as ingrates. The jury is expected to retire with the case in the afternoon.
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Pawshops
Conways
Page
Kelly
White
Swayne Appears as Impeachment Trial Opens
Judge Charles Swayne of Florida makes his first senate appearance as the impeachment trial opens. The court sets trial hours from 2 to 5 as Judie Palmer for the House reads the Florida legislature’s declaration accusing Swayne of corruption and demanding accountability.
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Washington
Charles Swayne
Florida
Senate
Judie Palmer
House
Swayne
Pink Robes and a Weary Willie Tale of Rube Waddell
The tale recalls Rube Waddell on the coast with two cherished pink carton robes kept with him at all times. A battered Weary Willie sought food and shelter near their hotel in San Francisco, prompting a plan devised by the team.
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Rube Waddell
San Francisco
Wiliie
Rube
Willie
Mexico and St Louis Express Collides in Mexico
A Mexico and St Louis Express passenger train struck a freight near Carneros Mexico after leaving Laredo Texas. Thirty people were killed and 11 injured in the collision reported today by Scripps News.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico & St. Louis Express
National Railway of Mexico
Carneros
Mexico
German Strikers Start Trouble in Essen and St Petersburg
Reported unrest spreads from German mining districts to Russian Poland as strikes resist Essen conference terms. Extremists attack strike leaders Sachse and Hue, pending terminations spark violence and rail damage near Essen. In St Petersburg area factories see 800 workers walk out as authorities deploy troops to keep order.
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Berlin
Essen
Sachse
Hue
Violence at Sosnovice Poland as troops quell strikes
At Sosnovice 86 injured and 15 to 50 killed as strikers attack the electric station prompting troops to fire from plant windows. Troops include eight infantry battalions eight cavalry squadrons and one Cossack regiment stationed in the area amid rumors of killings at the Niska mine near Milovice.
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Sosnovice
Poland
Niska
Art Ilgg
Milovice
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