Gill and Slavery Case Ties to Hiram Gill Defense
Seattle readers confront a controversial tale as letters and testimony surface linking Hiram C. Gill to a white slave trade client. The long letters describe lavish and illicit activities, detailing women and money while implicating Gill as attorney for the case. The public exhibit questions the integrity of the attorney and the broader criminal network involved.
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Hermar
Gill
Seattle
Thurna
Herman
Con Trey
Hiram C. Gill
Official List Of Slide Victims Names Read Across Cities
A compiled roster lists numerous individuals from Chemainus Seattle Spokane and other towns as missing or confirmed victims. The long enumerate includes Lillian Starrett Frances Starrett Ames McNeny Ada Lemman Nellie Shapp and many railroad workers and staff across Washington Oregon and British Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Starrett
Chemainus
B. C
Frances Starrett
Wellington Train Disaster Claims Two Beattie Victims
The ill fated Wellington train tragedy lists several Beattie residents among the missing and dead. Civil engineer RH Bethel and lawyer James McNeny are confirmed dead as families await word. Attendant H A White is injured, while Mrs Latech remains unlocated with her husband away.
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Beattle
Wellington
Bethel
James McNeny
Mre Bethel
Archibald #. Downer
Bethel & Downey, Bailey Building
Beattie
New York
Ninth Av
Jefferson St
Mr. Rethel
New York City
Long Inland
Cubs
le Mre Latech
IL. M. Latach
Beatle Woolen Company
Davia
Beattie, Trenton & Southern Railway
Rucker Joins In A Saloon Request For A Drink
Rep Rucker of Colorado, during the late campaign, met a stranger in a town saloon and, citing a dislike of drinking alone, invited the man to join him. He ordered two rye highballs after asking what his companion would like and was told the same drink. Local celebrities are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rucker
Colorado
Snowbound Lacona Struggles as Snow Plow Buried
Report from North Bend states Lacona and nearby Lavona construction camp are snowed in with inhabitants near starvation. Nine crew members escaped Lacona reporting women and children subsisting on one meal daily, beans and bacon remaining. railway officials deny hunger claims.
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Stampede
Chicago, Milwaukee
Lavona
Divide
Lacona
30 Bodies Found in Wellington Wreck
Wellington is described as a great hospital and morgue as relief crews work to clear wreckage. The railroad will be blocked until April 1. A star man who survived tells the story of the catastrophe.
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Welter Averett
Star
C. H. Morris
Ward
Wellington
H. Purcell
J. €. Cleary
M. &. Gilmore
A. Bates
Gils
Lilly
Alls
Gill
Ipokane
Nathan
Joe
Prett
Spokane
Voter
Great Falls
HI Gill
Shi Gill
Ming Arra
Welllington
Heroine of Wellington Horror Mrs Sherlock
Returning survivors recount Mrs Sherlock wife of the Wellington telegraph operator as a lone nurse who turned her home into an emergency hospital. She tended the wounded for days, without faltering, until doctors arrived.
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Wellington
Mrs. Sherlock
Everett
Wellington Disaster Deepens As Trains Go Missing
George C. Cowing reports from Wellington on March 3 about the Great Northern avalanche catastrophe. Officials say 82 dead and 20 injured. 102 swept to canyon, with few survivors. Rescue work continues amid heavy snow, danger of further slides, and blocked rail access likely until April.
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George C. Cowing
Star
Wellington
Scenic
Great Northern
Seattle
O'Neil
Cox
Everett
Snyder
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Mack
The
Underworld
Me Star
Hiram
Mais
Great Palls
Agh
Lewis Hloserl
Helena
Mont Week
New Ome
Max
Memgans
Sol. Cohen
Geo. F. Davis
Thelia Davis
R. H. Bethel
E. W. Topping
Ashland
Ohio
C.&. Eltinge
Ballard
Wash
Bert Mathews
Cincinnati
L. M. Latsch
Katherine O'Reilly
Alex Chisholm
Rossland
WM. May
D. Mahler
Luigi Guimmanesti
Burlington
Joe Guimmanestti
John Tist
Jy Brockman
Waterville
Gus Ebert
Ohn Berre
Ila Ell
Ernesto Binatole
Portland
Ore
Soterni B. Vassi
A. Boles
Maberly
Ont
B. G. Thompson
Vancouver
J. M. Thompson
Bellingham
J. Fisher
Anna Covington
Olympia
H. D. Chantrell
T. L. Osborne
Chas. Jenison
Dorety
R. Dupy
Gineer Carroll
J. Kelly
NK Martin
Reman Jenks
Bennington
F. Lindsey
Arnagin E
Parzybok
Campbell
MacDonald
A. R. Blackburn
H. J. Diehl
Porter Duncan
Jones
Gilman
Strawmyer
Beagle
Jewells
E. Roycropt
Ray L. Forsyth
Monroe
R. M. Vail
John Gray
Nooksack
Anna Gray
Baby Gray
H. H. White
Starrett
Raymond Starrett
A. B. Hensel
WM. Harrington
Ross Phillips
D. Tegtmeier
Walter Smith
Geo. Nelson
S. A. Bates
M. O. White
Lucius Anderson
J. D. Kerlee
Beatle
Mr. McNeny
Fort Henry
N. Y
Nebraska
H. A. White
American Paper Company
Fenimore Hotel
Broadway
Waite
Thelma
John D. Fox
Nalid
Mer Ae
Watted Press
Traum
Mr. Rucker
United Press
Cascade Mountains
Cascade Tunnel
Great Northern Railway
Hot Springs
Alaskan Mountains
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