Mystery man Gilman fortune sparks tea trade intrigue in Connecticut
Report from Eport Connecticut outlines rumors over the vast estate of Yate Geo Francis Gilman a tea store magnate. Friends and artists including Isabella Irv Russell and Mme Nord deny lavish plots while noting Gilman hosted many guests and kept his business plans private.
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Seeonda
Gilman
Isabella Irv Russell
Mme, Nord
Berry Wall
Elmer
Black
Kupfer
Memorial to Volunteers May Shape Pioneer Square Fountain
A proposed fountain in Pioneer Square would honor volunteers who fell in the Philippine campaign. The city chamber of commerce committees meet to study the project and plan a formal meeting tomorrow after prayers. Supporters favor a state hero theme highlighting Captain H Fortson and Panesecabats. details remain urgent and uncertain.
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Pioneer Square
Compeed Chamber of Commerce
H. Fortson
Freshmen and Sophomores Clash Over Stolen Caps
Freshmen and sophomores at the university clashed yesterday over missing freshmen caps. Caps were taken from the East, hidden in the registrar’s office, then found and returned after a campus pursuit that ended when faculty intervened. The incident concluded with the sophomore yielding the hiding place and the caps recovered.
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East
Rim
Dr. Byers
Seattle Kennel Club Names and Declines Judges
The Seattle Kennel Club rejects Jas Cole as judge for the bench show to be held April 10 to 12. Treasurer Callahan confirms Cole’s satisfactory status via telegram. Executive committee had proposed J Graham and Jas Cole as judges. Graham declines, praising Cole in his reply.
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Seattle Kennel Club
Jas. Cole
City
Callahan
Kennel Club
Cole
J. Graham
Louis Republic
Graham
Judge
West city council grants railroad right of way for industrial Lowell
A city council reading at Everett discusses an ordinance granting a right of way to the Northern Company's mill project. Noble of Grand Falls arrives with an ase report from a rifle cartridge explosion incident. A Northern county inquiry notes homeseeker migration near Lynden, mostly Germans, aiming for farming prosperity. Customs data show Puget exports to Manila in 1900 totaling about 1.5 million dollars. The Wellin g river alignment near the Okanogan is recorded.
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Everett
Townsend
Mecorda
The
Custom House
Puget
Manila
Local District Plans Storage Reservoir Project
The district, facing weak finances, will close four public schools. Alma and Clover farmers schedule a meeting to discuss securing a storage reservoir on the Salmon River. Additionally, 70 head of horses were purchased by W. H. McDaniel.
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W. H. McDaniel
Ave Sang
Alma and
Clover
Salmon River
Nickle-in-the-slot owners warned. Hecka dies in Astoria
Notice to owners of nickel in the slot machines to keep them in view, not run them. David M. Hecka dies at St Marys hospital from heart and illness complications. Born in Maryland in 1840, he had lived in the county for many years. Fred Her, superintendent of the Columbia River Packers Cannery in Nas Alaska, arrived from San Francisco with machinery for the cannery.
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Astoria
David M. Hecka
St. Mary's Hospital
Maryland
Fred Her
Columbia River Packers
Nas
Alaska
San Francisco
Cascade Laundry sues city for 16000 over building damage
The Cascade Laundry Company seeks 16000 from the city claiming negligence in street grading altered drainage and caused water to undermine its corner building at Third Avenue South and Jackson Street. Clara B. Frantz files for divorce from William Frantz. Supt Hartranet sets plans for a teachers Institute in the city the week starting April.
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Cascade Laundry Company
Third Avenue South
Jackson Street
Supt
Hartranét
King County
Echoola
Teachers’ Institute
Wagon accident injures M. F. Wilson on Jackson Street
M F Wilson, a teameter, was thrown from his wagon on Jackson Street near Eighth Avenue and sustained painful injuries. He was transported to his home at 9272 Fifth Avenue by patrol wagon for treatment.
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M. F. Wilson
Jackson Street
Eighth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
First Hill Property Owners Weigh Pavement Plan
Property owners on First Hill reconvene this evening to discuss paving improvements. Opponents want to delay until permanent grades are set to ensure a lasting pavement.
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First Hill
Annie Oakes Held for 10 Dollars Bond Hearing Set
Annie Oakes was arrested by Constable Kelly on a complaint by R. W. Barto who says she obtained $20 under false pretenses. She was held in $100 bonds by Judge Cann and a hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Annie Oakes
Kelly
R. W. Barto
Cann
Market Report Notes Steady Trade and Rising Prices Outlook
Trade was even in fine weather with many retail dealers on West Street. Country orders are strong in fruit and Alaska demand boosts vegetable variety. Prices creep up daily especially for eggs. Christmas prices may rise if the trend continues.
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West Street
Alaska
Corrected Daily Fruit and Provisions Prices
Green fruit prices list lemons 1.50 to 2.50 per box, limes 6.59 per cane, apples 0.90 to 1.75, naval oranges 1.50, bananas 1.75 to 2.50, cranberries 13.00 per barrel, olives 0.60 to 0.76 per gallon. Provisions show beef cuts 6.5 to 7.5c per lb, mutton 9c, pork 7c, veal 9c, hams 12c, and other breakfast items with scattered figures.
Crew Desertion Aboard Collingrove Off Port Blakeley
The British bark Collingrove loaded with lumber at Port Blakeley saw 14 Chinese crew members desert in the early hours. After a four hour pursuit by H M Thornton the men were brought back aboard with minimal force. Capt Jansen had posted a 2400 bond at Port Townsend to ensure custody but customs and material officials refused to take the men into custody, leaving the crew quiet for now.
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Collingrove
Jansen
Port Blakeley
H. M. Thornton
Al-Kit
Mr. Thornton
Port Townsend
Thornton
Deaths in Washington over two months tally 565
State records show 545 deaths in January and February with King county highest at 130 and Spokane 49. Violent deaths include six children killed by their mother in Whitman county and multiple railroad and coal mine incidents.
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Washington
State Historian Society
Asotin
Chehalis
Chelan
Clallam
Clarke
Columbia
Cowlits
Franklin
Garfield
Island
Jefferson
King
Kitsap
Klickitat
Kittitas
Lewis
Lincoln
Pacific
Pierce
Skagit
San Juan
Snohomish
Nia
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Walla Walla
Whatcom
Whitman
Yakima
Wurzer
Trientown
Whitman County
Heriff
Embezzler H. L. Gassett Held. Arizona Fugitive Confesses
Prescott Arizona March 13 H L Gassett jailed on embezzlement charges amounting to 450 dollars from Bristowe Kansas post office he fled officers nearly a year and says he will repay his bondsmen who stood surety He has a wife and five children who he has not seen since the Bristowe incident.
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Prescott. Ariz
H. L. Gassett i
Bristowe
Kaw
Gannett
Battleship Iowa Preparing Move From San Francisco Yard
The battleship Iowa near San Francisco may sail to Port Orchard soon. Supplies from Galbraith & Bacon are being shipped to the naval yard. today a hundred feet of 10 inch pipe will be sent over. Once ground supplies arrive, the town will be ordered to Rouse. The department aims to avoid any delay at this point.
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San Francisco
Port Orchard
Nav
Galbraith & Bacon
Docon
Jessie Still in Trouble in Eldorado Case
Jessie Mise Morrison, accused of murdering Mrs. Olin Castle, is jailed on 6000 bail after a hung jury in a prior trial. The circuit court set the June term. Almon N. Gray, traffic manager, will marry Miss Adna Claire Brown in St Paul before returning to Seattle.
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Eldorado
Kan
Moe Jeenico Morrison
Olin Castle
Mise Morrison
Liberty
Almon N. Gray
North American Transportation & Trading Co
S&j. Paul
Adna Claire Brown
Miss Brown
Mra
Oren D. Brown
St. Paul
Las
Mra. Gray
Seattle
Rantern States
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