Emergency Repairs Set 60 Days for Pacific Fleet
Admiral Barclay at Puget Sound yard says with existing crew 60 days to ready ships New York Bennington Concord Marblehead for voyage. With 90 more machinists and riveters 35 days possible. Wheeling to drydock in Honolulu. Pacific squadron rework planned with more crews and new crane track.
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Bremerton
Navy Department
Washington
Admiral Barclay
Puget Sound Navy Yard
New York
Bennington
Concord
Marblehead
Navy Yard
Atlantic
the Star
Rbarflay
Glass
Meet
Department
Barclay
The
Horn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wheeling
Honolulu
Asiatic
Wal
Loreng
Pacific Squadron
Tacoma
Populists In Session Influence Springfield Rally
A fragment notes Populist activity in Springfield during July with reference to a national convention and Cratic influence shaping strategy. Readable bits indicate ongoing party organizing and local reactions to the event.
Republicans Convene With 400 Delegates At 9 AM Meet
The gathering assembled at nine o clock with 400 delegates from 23 states present. The probable ticket is Senator Allen of Nebraska for president and Tom Watson of Georgia for vice president. The convention favors nomination irrespective of the Democrats in St Louis. Yesterday the convention opened with 200 delegates while Mayor Devereaux did not attend or send a representative.
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St. Louis
Devereaux
Kennedy completes shorthand Bible task in Spokane
Joseph F. Kennedy, a 42 year old Presbyterian Bible student who lived in Spokane since before the great fire, finished rewriting the Bible into shorthand from English. He did not translate to another language. Kennedy was killed in an earlier day’s incident.
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Spokane
Joseph F. Kennedy
Urday
Presbyterian Church
Norge Disaster Survivors Tell Of Steamer Norge Sinking
Capt Gundel and 128 others were saved after the Norwegian liner Norge sank off Rockall following a collision with a sunken rock. Seventy men and boys initially perished. 646 remain missing. Chief Officer Carpenter perished as the ship went down. Survivors sail to port aboard Saxonia and other liners as rescue efforts continue.
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London
Norge
Gundel
Brown
Engenie
Guandel
Rockall
Carpenter
Persena
Liverpool
Heston
Cunard
Saxonia
Everett Race Day Ends Without Bangtails Arrival
Thousands packed the Everett grandstands as 36 bangtails failed to appear after the Ramona steamer rattied and did not land the horses. Riders from The Meadows had been shipped from Vancouver with bond and wage guarantees, leaving local bettors short and demanding refunds.
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Everett
Ramona
Everett Oval
Snohomish County
Vancouver
Pacific Coast Company
Fortune in Whalebone Shipments From Nome Arrive
The Alaska Commercial steamer St Paul arrived from Nome with the largest whalebone cargo to date valued at $66,000. It holds 122 bales of 11 foot whalebone, each bone about 100 pounds, consigned to Ralph Bloom & Co and H Hamburgh. The catch came from six whales, including one by the whaler Alexandria and five by Hamburg. Dr Halchmann, burgomaster, is dead. Special $25 quit sale. Herald.
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Alaska Commercial Company
St. Paul
Nome
Ralph Bloom & Co
Alexandria
Japs and Siwash Stand Together in Salmon Strike
Report from Port Bevington describes Nedildahid an Indian agitator leading Fraser River Indians in a fight for better pay. Canners resist concessions while fish prospects improve yet runs are scarce. Total Skeena spring pack sits at 4,000 cases versus 18,000 last year as strike stays orderly.
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Indiana
Bevington
Siwash
Nedildahid
Skeena
Port Essington Trade Faces Serious Strike Fallout
In Port Essington British Columbia on July 2, business leaders warn the Skeena season may suffer as fishing halts. Japanese boats refused to fish since Sunday night amid tension with local workers and the Biwashea influence suspected to be driving the change.
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Port Essington
B. C
Elderly Woman Found Wandering in Queen Anne Woods
Mrs J McFarland disappeared from 210 Boylston avenue and was located by City Detectives Corbett and Adame wandering on Queen Anne hill several miles from home. She was frightened, refused to speak, and taken to county jail. her daughter later identified her. Also, John Franklin Wheeler, 23, a clerk for Frederick and Nelson, died at his parents home after a brief illness.
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J. McFarland
Boylston Avenue
Corbett
Adame
Queen Anne Hill
Mra McFarland
Mra. F. J. Crouch
John Franklin Wheeler
Frederick & Nelson Co
Fourth Avenue
Escaped home posse phone way there
Fragmentary report notes a political figure linked to a home posse incident and a mysterious phone path. Details are unclear, but the fragment hints at an organized approach and potential movement toward a location.
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Springfield, M1
Reas
First Ave
Senator Allen
Nebraska
Tom Watson
Georgia
Con
Egaan & Ericson
WM. S. Mayfield
Pike St
Main
IND
Mayfields
Eastern Outfitting Co
Panama
Arthur
Teddy R
Scripps News Area
Arc
Hamburg
Dr. Halchmann
Herald
Ave
Siwashes
Satrike
Salmon Fisher
Fraser River
WOODS
James M. Gupfey
Pennsylvania
Parker
Beven
Stone, Fisher & Lane
Hohenschild’s
Isc
Chennex
Second Avenue and
University Street
Frederick & Nelson, (Inc
Complete Credit House Furnishers
Second Ave
Madison and
Spring Sts
Pike Street
Ernst Bros
John
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