Vigilance urged as Tacoma tackles crime wave
Tacoma residents demand swift action after weeks of holdups and murders. A chamber of commerce meeting backs a vigilance committee to confront the surge, criticizing police inaction and pledging citywide cooperation to eradicate the criminals. The Crosby slaying catalyzed resolve, with Nelson Hennett named as target in the assault on Crosby on C street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Solemmn
Chamber of Commerce
Crosby
C Street
Nelson Hennett
Public Resources and Spiritual Liberty Lecture
Professor George D. Herron of Iowa College spoke at Central Music Hall on social reform and the duties of citizens. He condemned the so called good citizens as allies of evil and warned of a reckoning if people fail to act against oppression from child labor to chattel slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George D. Herron
Iowa College
Central Music Hall
West Virginia
Portland Preparations for Annual Association Trip
In Portland Oregon on March 10 delegates discuss routing for the upcoming annual association trip. They prefer daylight travel but time constraints loom. Colorado citizens recall last visit and have renewed invitations, while papers continue extensive advertising and column space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Colorado
Fourteen Years Romance Ends in Chicago Wedding
Frank Nortney of La Salle Illinois and Mrs Mary Buckingham of Chicago wed in Chicago at 2520 Wabash avenue. Their courtship began as schoolmates in La Salle. Buckingham had previously married and faced tragedy and travel before reuniting with Nortney, now starting anew life together in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Frank J. Nortney
la Salle
Mary Buckingham
James Moore
Ma. Healey
Stanley Buckingham
Poughkeepsie
Frank Nertney
Kate Kilday
Nertney
Buckingham
Frank Nortney
Mystery Skeleton of Williams Heir Solved
Riches for Man Long Dead. In Webster City Iowa March 10 the skeleton found under debris at the Fiddler drug store is identified as Frits Z Schrader an heir to 400000 marks about 100000 dollars. He wandered in America since 1887 and later lay to rest after a store fire last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Iowa
Williams
Fiddler
Frits Z. Schrader
Bresiat
Germany
Schrader
Prussia
Fiddier
Subpena issued to Governor in Oklahoma Lexow probe
The Oklahoma legislature served Governor C. M. Barnes and Chief Justice J. H. Burford with subpoenas to appear before the joint investigating committee. The governor replied, I think not, claiming he is not subject to legislative subpoenas. The lower house also passed a bill granting women the right to vote in all elections and to hold office.
Last Remnants of Old Kaskaskia Sink as Mississippi Advances
In Nashville I a report notes the final destruction of Kaskaskia Illinois once the state capital and Mississippi valley hub. The river's latest surge has swallowed acres of soil and left only a crumbling fragment, including Col Sweet's tavern linked to Lafayette and the old statehouse. The cemetery has fallen to the waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Kaskaskia
Lllinois
Mississippi Valley
Great Middle West Territory
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Col. Sweet
Lafayette
Old Statehouse
Wnois
General Assembly
Doctor Rescued By Police From Insane Patient
A Belle Vue hospital ambulance broke down on Avenue A and Second Street. Dr Swantsk, riding in the rear seat, defended himself as patient Sophia Hunnell britch seized his hair and struck him. He and the driver Kennedy were injured before two policemen rescued them. The patient was moved to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Avenue A
Second Street
Kennedy
Swantsk
Sophia Hunnebrich
Jefferson Market
Eurprine
Brooklyn Transit Consolidation Nears Completion
New York on March 10 reports negotiations to consolidate all Brooklyn transportation firms including surface trolleys and the two elevated lines are progressing well. Brooklyn Rapid Transit plans to operate the united system after recent capital additions and Nassau Company control. Savings from the merger are projected at over 1.5 million yearly. Flower notes the 9.6 million Nassau stock is absorbed and will not reach the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Stoel
Nassau Company
United Systems
Nassau Railroad
Flower
Death by Own Action Gratitude at Mills Hotel
In New York on March 10 Spitzer a 61 year old man shot him self at Mills Hotel No 2 to Rivin. He worked for a dress trimmings firm on Grand Street and had long been ill. A farewell letter left for a hotel porter mentions witch hazel given for an eye ailment and $90 in bills was found on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spitzer
Mills Hotel
Rivin
Grand Street
Rich Man's Son Commits Suicide in Erie Room
Romeyn Olds aged 17 heir to $350000 and son of Clark Olds, a prominent Erie man, killed himself with a shotgun at 1 AM in his room. No clear motive or cause determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie, Paalarch
Romeyn Olds
Clark Olda
Erie Bet
Lawyer A W Coleman Dies on Toroda Creek Reservation
Spokane dispatch reports Alwyn W. Coleman died at Toroda creek on the Colville reservation. A Beattie native, he had lived in Seattle and Tacoma, practiced law with James Hamilton Lewis and Frank Quinby, and acquired mining properties in the Torodo camp while performing legal and notarial work for locals. He was highly regarded as a gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Coleman
Colville
Coleman
Spokane
Alwyn W. Coleman
James Coleman
Washington City
Torodo Creek
Beattie
Toroda Creek
Seattle
Tacoma
James Hamilton Lewis
Frank Quinby
Torodo
F. W. Rosenfelt
Poultry Association to Elect Officers at Colfax Meeting
Whitman County Poultry and Pet Stock Association plans a Saturday meeting at 8. C. Lyle’s store to elect officers and decide the date and location for the next annual show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax
Whitman County Poultry and Pet Stock Association Ia
Policeman Refuses Assault Charge in East 126th Street
Policeman Hugassidy of East 126th Street station testifies in General Sessions against coal cart driver Patrick Sheehan claiming Sheehan struck him, breaking his nose after being ordered to move two barrels from a sidewalk. Sheehan counters that Hugassidy struck him first and his head was bandaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hugassidy
East 126Th Street
Patrick Sheehan
Sheehan
Jury Acquits Officer in Police Brutality Case
In a dramatic court scene Cassidy attacked by a police officer after a sidewalk blocking incident. The officer struck with a club and was later deemed to have overstepped his authority. Witnesses corroborated the struggle and a not guilty verdict was returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassidy
Goff
Pou
Theodore A. Havemeyer, Jr
Wood for Pencils and Matches Boost American Timber Exports
A foreign manufacturer tells Washington Star reporter that American pine and cedar outperform all others in lead pencils and matches. Florida cedar supplies most pencil cedar while European production relies on U S pines for matches. global demand grows as American wood goes to markets worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Europe
Florida
Flood in Paterson bursts water main
A 24 inch water main from the Passaic Water Company reservoir burst early morning, washing out Grand street and flooding block areas. Water poured two hours before shut off, crippling trolley tracks and cutting water to Paterson and Passaic city sections until repairs began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Falla
Grand Street
Alsa Passaic City
Unclean Sweat Shops Reportled in New York District
Dr. Michael B Feeney sanitary inspector reports to President Murphy on sweat shop conditions in Manhattan south of East Houston Street and east of Broadway. He visited 398 houses with 1835 families finding vile sanitary conditions among recent immigrants due to ignorance and disregard for cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michael B. Feeney
Santiary
Health Board
Murphy
East Houston Street
Broadway
Dr. Feeney
Fireworks in Nagasaki Create Life-Like Pyrotechnic Birds
A Nagasaki fireworks maker reports producing large life like artificial birds that perform birdlike movements when exploded. The secret has been passed down through the eldest child in the family for over four centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagasaki
Japan
Drunk Fifty Years Vanceburg Character Near Death
Capt Arch Horner, a famed Kentucky figure, is dying at 70 after claiming fifty years of drunkenness. He lives on a shared house line between Lowla and Greenup counties, has long sold whisky, and faces indictments in Greenup and Lewis counties while moving between homes. An event note mentions the Cafe Hatbe opening in Catling block this evening with nothing sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanceburg
Arch Horner
Kentucky
Lowla
Greenup
Lewis County
Greenup County
Catling Block
Northern Pacific vs Mill and Hill over Tacoma route
Tacoma reports a plan shift as the Great Northern would build from Black River junction to Portland via Mtuck valley and Lake Kipowsin, leaving Tacoma out. Jim Hill, backed by Beattie interests, challenges by proposing a southern route through Burnner, tapping rich timber coal and agricultural valleys to Portland and Seattle, with a recent survey in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
James J. Mill
Beattle
Great Northern
Portland
Jim Hill
Beattie
Black River Junction
Mtuck Valley
Lake Kipowsin
Batonville
Foothilla
Puget
Northern Pacific
Tts
Northern Pacific Railway
Mill
Lake Washington
Seattle
Hill
Pacific Coast Company
Puget Sound Shore Road
Union Pacific
Bumner
Hart Railway
Tacoma & Columbia River Railway
Clapus Pase
Cascades
Quarreled and Died
Mrs Blanch Roberts aged 22 of 2 Hamilton Street attempted suicide by taking poison at her home after a dispute with her husband Tony over jewelry. Police say two diamond rings were deemed enough for her to wear. she had three rings plus bracelets and other items. She will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blanch Roberts
Hamilton Street
Tony
Portrait of Depew Drawn in Hebraic Nose Caricature
An Essex Street View column notes Chauncey M. Depew's appeal on the east side and the demand for his likeness. A crayon portrait on display in a Senex Street shop features a Hebraic nose as an unconscious caricature, likely to amuse dealers and customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
East Side
Bowery
Ben Quick
Senator E Lect
Senex Street
Mr. Depew
Arcadian Copper Company Incorporation in New Jersey
The Arcadian Copper Company of Michigan plans a merger by forming Arcadian Copper Company of New Jersey with 3 750 000 capital, 160 000 shares at 25 each. 100 000 shares exchange for Michigan stock, 60 000 offered to Michigan holders at 30 per share. New Jersey incorporation chosen due to Michigan law restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arcadian Copper Company
New Jersey
Arcadian Copper Company of Michigan
Michigan
Copper Company Funds Plan for Expanded Property and Plant
The article discusses increasing capital to over 2.5 million to acquire and develop adjacent properties near the Michigan Company. An additional 1.5 million would allocate 600,000 to Highland J Marys Copper and other nearby assets, with 900,000 for new plant and development. It notes denial of a report about a proposed Arcadian Company forming a vast copper combine with 400 million capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Company
Highland
J. Mary's Copper Company
Arcadian Company
Yale Owns a Railroad
Yale corporation and Connecticut financiers announced the Indiana and Lake Michigan Railroad, 40 miles from South Bend to St. Joseph, sold to their representative Morgan G. Bukley. The line, valued at over a million dollars, was operated by Vandalia with 7 percent bonds. New rolling stock will be bought. the road ships lumber from northern Michigan and supplies berries and fruit to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
Indiana and Lake Michigan Railroad
Yale Corporation
Connecticut
Extor
Morgan G. Buikley
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph
Mich
Vandalia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Chicago
M. L. Beudder
Colgate Hoyt
New York
Ae Heavy
Verdict Awarded in Brooklyn for LIRR Rally-Spot Injury
A verdict of 18000 dollars was given to Clara M. Stewart in Brooklyn Supreme Court concerning injuries from the rally ho accident at the Valley Stream crossing on Martial Day 1897. The suit sought 60 dollars in damages against the Long Island Railroad Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clara M. Stewart
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Long Island Railroad Company
Valley Stream
Stream of Consciousness and the Mind’s Inner Life
Prof William James in the Atlantic describes consciousness as a continuous stream of knowledge feeling desire and deliberation that forms our inner life The talk focuses on descriptive analysis of states while admitting ignorance about their origins and brain basis and rejects spiritual explanations in favor of description
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James
Mabel Connor Found Safe Near Hudson
Mabel Connor, 15, missing from New York, was located in Hudson suburbs after being seen at early mass. She boarded a train to Hudson from 125th Street after wandering the city. her father, a prominent local businessman and former officeholder, awaited her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
N. Y
Mabel Connor
New York
Grand Central Station
125Th Street
Here
To Patent Q. S. Group Mining at Toat s Coulee
Chelan Washington March 10 It is learned that the Q B Mining Company is preparing to patent its mining properties in Toat s Coulee as soon as the snow goes off. A large block of its stock recently sold up to 15 cents a share. Work on the company s tunnel on the Q B S mine progresses steadily and the 600 foot level of the ore body will be struck in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PF. J. Callina
Northwest Agriculturial
Minneapolis
Oregon
New York
Portland
Chamber of Commerce
Charles A. Lee
Pawtucket
R. L
McGuire
Florida State Press Association
National Editorial Association
Florida Association
N. W. Durham
Spokane Association
Spokane
Chelan, Wash
Toat
Coulee
Fever scare subsiding in Colfax with quarantined cases
In Colfax three scarlet fever cases under quarantine, including the Kuhn child. The kindergarten is closed temporarily, but officials see no further spread and expect the scare to ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax
Leon Kuhn
Health Board Orders Sanitary Cleanup in Low-lying Black Chapel Area
City health officials threaten compulsory vacating of homes within King to Weller Streets and Sixth Avenue South to improve sanitation. Rubbish piles up in Black Chapel due to no sewer system and low land. engineers discuss pumping stations or raising houses to allow proper waste flow to the bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
King
Weller Streets
Sixth Avenue
Maynard Avenue
Board of Health
Black Chapel
Thomson
Gotham's Golden Days in New York's 19th Century Wealth Surge
A Ladies' Home Journal essay notes a long era of financial strain in 1830s New York giving way to an Aladdin-like rise between 1840 and 1880. Wealth grew dramatically as lavish displays, grand houses, and ostentatious jewelry defined elite society and urban showmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ladies’ Home Journal
Metropolitan Opera House
Steamers From Below Bring Passengers to Port
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company steamer Queen, Capt. Jephson, arrived from San Francisco with many passengers and freight. About 30 passengers head for Alaska. The list includes J. T. Urquhart, F.G. Seeley, A. W. Kennedy, Mrs. Saliger, J. McCafferty, Mrs. Huddleston, J. Stidger, Mrs. Saligocci, and 88 second class passengers. The Umatilla, Capt. Cousins, also arrived for San Francisco with a large freight cargo and a long passenger list including Mrs. Leaming, Miss Myers, Mrs. Osborne, Miss Rees, and 33 steerage passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Queen
Jephson
San Francisco
Alaska
J. T. Urquhart
BE. Nelson
T. D. Seeley
A. G. Says
Satimer
A. W. Kennedy
J. A. Saliger
Saliger
J. McCafferty
J. P. Stidger
G. Gibson
P. J. Knight
J. Kennedy
Miss Williams
Mra. Sieka
Thomas O'Hara
G. Huddleston
Huddleston
C. W. Snow
W. B. Haskell and Son
J. P. Statton
F. W. Johnson
Sweders
Sacassi
P. M. Williams
J. M. Pinkerton
H. A. Potter
J. Davis
A. M. Stephenson
F. PD. Bustia
Mia. Nellis
A. J. Craig
Craig
Umatilla
Cousins
J. K. Leaming
P. H. Clausson
A. F. Haas
Arthur Proclaes
B. Myers
L. M. Boone
L. W. Osborne
Jane Anderson
W. H. Jossalyn
C. A. Taber
A. T. Jameson
G. T. Jameson
W. B. Walker
J. P. Hearn
E. P. Vandernook
J. B. Thompson
F. J. Stockett
L. F. Taskey
Margarette Bloomfield
Mrs. Rees
Miss Rees
H. B. Rast
Hanging of Louis Russell in Elizabeth New Jersey
Louis Russell was hanged in Elizabeth New Jersey this morning for the murder of a farmer named Pitts. On the wagon ride to the gallows the two men named Mike and Meandering Mike remark on the harsh weather and lack of comfortable jails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Elizabeth
N. J
March
Louis Russell
Pitts
Mike
Pete
Washington Star
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Brooklyn Combine
Colville Reservation
Paterson
G. N
James J. Mil
Essex
New Copper Company
Long Island
Stream of Consciousness
Mabel
Q. S. Group
Thompson E
Gotham
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