Seattle maritime notes on ships, repairs, and arrivals
Several Seattle vessels are mentioned including the bark Gen. Faidherbe arriving from Hobart, the tug Tatoozh damaged, and the steamer Roanoke due for April 1 repairs. The old steamer Juneau will become a towboat for $5,000, and the Co. PF. Sargent sails for Astoria. Dolphin sails north with a full cargo and horses to Dawson. A Seattle Vancouver mail exchange on the Skagway route is announced by James F.E. White.
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Dix
Aes
Seattle
Lion
Quartermaster Harbor
Wedneetay
Yosemite
Faidherbe
Hobart
Tacoma
Cape
Seattle Fish Co
Roanoke
Segences
Juneau
Buckley
A. Gammons
Puget Sound
PF. Sargent
San Francisco
Astoria
Yesler Wharf
Dolphin
Alaska Steamship Company
North
Dawson
United States
Seattle-Skagway
Vancouver
B.C
James FE. White
Railway Mail Service
Paris Discovers Two Monstrous Criminals
March 7 report details a Paris serial killer Henri Vidal who confessed to five murders and a baker case involving a wife abused and baked to death. The note alleges rival suspicion and a sensational confession about jewelry hidden in a cash drawer. Mary is said to be found in the oven.
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Paris
Jack the Rip
Henri Vidal
Terer
Mary
Derelict Ship Sighted Off Cape Flattery in Gales
The German vessel Shaffbek reports spotting a derelict schooner about 90 miles off Cape Flattery. One mast stands, drifting northward, with no signs of life seen. The sighting may be the Lau or another small craft that foundered in recent gales. The revenue cutter McCulloch has started for Laura Pike sighting, to aid if found.
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Shaffbek
Port Townsend
Fatafofalia
Cape Flattery
Lau
McCulloch
Francisco
Laura Pike
Lauren All
Hotels At Gr'eeding Guests Across Cities Listed
The clipping lists guests and residents at various hotels across Tacoma Portland Seattle Olympia and surrounding towns. Names include Wasserman Barker Newland Ren ee Miller Newland Monroe Doran Bourke Walters Ide Reindel Rehwab Ames Gray Bennet Hover Burrows and others. The spread illustrates a current slate of travelers and locals staying at multiple hotels.
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A. C. Little
Taome
Willem Fink
Tacoma
J. F. Reddy
Spokane
R. B. Sproul
Index
the Beattie
John Doran
Bourke
Port Townsend
WM. Walters
Port Ludlow
E. M. Monroe
J. W. Ball
Fargo
P.M. Troy
Olympia
New Mart
Denver
Butler
C. W. Ide
Taomas
George Reindel
New York
D Rehwab
F. H. Ames
Pranciaco
J. T. Graypet
G. F. Bennet
San Francis
Portland
J. DD
H. A. Hover
Spo
P. Burrows
Hoquiam
Coupe for Dawson and the Dolphin steam carriage
The article describes a coupe for Dawson and its use with the steamer Dolphin sailing north. It notes the elegant carriage, its potential to make a swell turnout, and development of a fund for fine turn-outs. A new drive boulevard and a shipped coupe are mentioned as part of the scene.
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Beard
Dawson
Countess Creek
Winnipeg
London
Tearing Down Old Buildings For West Front Boulevard
Work of tearing down the buildings on the west side of Railroad Avenue skirts the warrant and has begun to make a 60 foot wide boulevard along the waterfront. Piers remain in place. ware houses like Seattle Fish Co will be moved. Alineworth and Dunn plan new offices and pier construction relocated farther out to fit the new boulevard.
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Ngs
Aide Ioad Avenue
Water Front
Seattle Fish
Fragmentary Passage Describes Hazard in Squeezed Track
A fragment notes people forced to squeeze past each other to avoid a moga en gine and freight cars riding over them. No further context or action is provided in the readable text.
Minor school boys push interscholastic track league
In a letter to the Star the Minor school boys advocate intramural track competition and ask for gymnasiums in several school buildings. They expect to form a league with a May or June meet and hold representatives from each school to discuss a league setup.
Building permits filed for repairs and constructions
City engineer's office receives permits for Lyman Banks at 07 Prospect Street North for 400 dollars, Peter Arnold at 1414 Twelfth Avenue for 600, C. M. McKinnon at 1004 Fifty-fifth Avenue North for 600, and Mrs. M. A. Dunlap at 023 Twenty-third Avenue for 400.
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City Engineer's Office
Lyman Banks
Prospect Street
Peter
Arnold
Twelfth Avenue
C. M. McKinnon
Fifty-fifthh Avenue
M. A. Dunlap
Twenty-third Avenue
Alamo Anniversary Observed by San Jacinto Chapter
The San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughter of the Republic of Texas decorated the graves of Texas republic veterans in Houston yesterday marking the fall of the Alamo and honoring those who died for liberty.
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Houston
Texas
Alamo
Liberty
San Jacinto
Republic of Texas
Texas Republic
Steamer Narrowly Escapes Collision With Stolen Boat
A partially intoxicated man boarded a boat at the Madison street floating dock and rowed toward Wet Seattle as the steamer Flyer headed to Tacoma. The steamer stopped its engines to avoid a collision. The stolen boat is reported, and police are alerted to arrest the operator on landing.
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Madison Street
Seattle
Steamer Flyer
Tacoma
Pacific Cable Laying to Begin Early This Year
The British government plans a trans Pacific cable linking Australia with England via Canada. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co. of Greenwich will construct the 8800 nautical mile line. A new cable laying steamer will be built to serve as the largest of its kind afloat.
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Australia
England
Canada
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co
Greenwich
London
Pew
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Lée
Ade
le Gas
Weisbach
Sree
Ffimaoy
Waggoner
Globe Block
Car
First and
Madison
Reichert Broa
Union
Kimball
Cormfor
Kim
Kimball, Pease D. &. Johnston Co
D.S. Johnston CO
Second Avenue
Henry Hensel
Hinckley Block
Ficer
3D Ave
Morgan's Exchange
The
Seattle Drug Trust
Dickinso
Packer
Carter
Jayne
Welch
King’s Discovery
Horlick
Pinkham
Scott
Paine
Swift
Pierce
Golden Medical
Colgate
Ind
LNG Arte
Main
EB. Co
Pike St
Second Ave
Washington Exchange
Western Exchange
Lota
Madis
Grin
Park
James
River
Beacon
First Avenue
Globe
Pinkham’s Compound
Paine’s
Peruna
Quaker Drug Company
Traol Made
Seattle, Edmunds and
Everett
City OF
Colman Dock
E. B. Scott
Mar
Tacoma Steel and Coke Company
Clark Davis & CO
New York Elk
Keyes
A. Lindauer
Pike Street
Shellac
Star Paint and Wall Paper Co
Seattle Transfer Co
Rg Saaasee
Tal
Ava
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
Ron Nome
State of California
G. F. Talmadge
Pacific Clipper Line
BK. Cain
Ss. S. Seans
Sitka, Illamna
Nome City
Valdes Yakutat
Ekellamar
Kruse
Chas. Nelson
Firet Ave
Tel
Glode Navigation CO
Honolulu
Tampico
Pier 1
G. F. Thorndyke
Trafic Department
T. W. Nottingham
White Pass
Yukon
Atlin
Big Salmon
Kiondike
White Horse
P. Nae
Beatle
Brb
Newell
J. Francis L&e
Traffic Mgr
Beattle, Waeh
Skaguay
Alaska
Port Orchard
Athlon
Columbia Dock
Columbia Street
Seattlee
Ifave
Plasant Beach
Beattie
Albert Hansen
Northwest
Sunset Oil & Refining Company
Sunset ON and Refining Co
Sunset, Kern Co
Cal
Sunset O'1 & Kelining Co
A. BR. Graham
William M. Calhoun
George F. Meacham
Chas. EB. Shepard
Ellis Morrison
J. N. Prather
Prospectua
Mutual Life Building
Washington
Seater & CO
Wash
E. G. Bickerton
Haviland
Melrose Avenue
Roya
Man'a
Buel
Rainier Hardware CO
Northrup
First Ave
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