Solid Seven Chooses Crichton to Preside Over Council
The seven vote slants toward J E Crichton as council president amid a Blake Sunset coalition. A new committee map favors Solid Seven control, with Crichton set to redefine key panels and push out opposition leaders in a city political shuffle.
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Crichton
Star
Jamin
James
Murphy
Parry
Taylor
Rinehart
Vincent
Blake
I Streets
Muldoon
Benjamin
Neil
Soreves
Solid Seven
Murphy’s
Capt. Taylor
First arrest of its kind shocks city
Eastman a Pike street photographer was arrested on a misdemeanor charge after a fire started from old goods he kept near a vacant lot. He appeared at court, posted bail, and the case was postponed for further action.
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Eastman
Pike Street
Ardman Herald
Chief Cook
Avenue
Police Headquarte Department
Temoree Be Beer
Dispute Surrender Report From Tientsin Sides
March 19 report on the Tientsin dispute indicates surrender by British guardsnear Russian positions over a siding, with authorities weighing the facts and considering settlement terms. The fragment notes the shift of control and the ongoing evaluation of the dispute by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Iear
Police Notes Confusing Entry Details Multiple Arrests
Police notes mention Detec and Wappenstein and Stuart and Holland taking suspects in custody during a hearing of J Colberg. An arrest for driving a horse was noted. Miller was arrested on a health department related charge. A 16 year old from North how was sent to Critten at Brighton Beach for vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fattabon
H. Lane
Conway Doyle
Charac
Detec
Wappenstein
Stuart and
Holland
J. Colberg
Brighton Beach
Kinshin Maru Sets Sail From Port Townsend For Manila
Kinshin Maru of the Yusen Kaisha line sailed from Port Townsend after noon for San Francisco with a cargo of arms and mules bound for Manila. The steamer Cor from Port Townsend Co. was purchased for 12,000 and loaded with a about 4 tons bur. Robert Dollar and Collier Mattewan arrived in San Francisco last night.
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Kinshin Maru
Yusen Kaisha
Wills
Ling
San Francisco
Manila
Cor
Port Townsend Co
Fen Juan Fish and Packing
Mer Robert Dollar
Arriv Rancisco
Collier Mattewan
Trainmen Threaten Cross-Country Strike Over Wage Equality
Albany march 19 trainmen on the New York Central threaten a large strike if wage equalization is not implemented. They say refusal could trigger a tie up of all roads from Maine to Oregon affecting about a million workers.
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Albany
New York Central
Maine
Oregon
Great Northern to Increase Capital Stock Over Twenty-Five Million
The Great Northern Railway Co. issued a circular announcing a capital stock increase of at least 25,900,090 dollars. The funds will be used to acquire additional lines and the steamers of the Great Northern Steamship Co. currently under construction.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Great Northern Railway Co
Great Northern Steamship Co
Cascade tunnel heat and gas report denied
ST PAUL Minn March 19 The claim that heat and gas are causing trouble in the Cascade tunnel is denied by Chief Engineer Stevens of the Great Northern He declares no trouble has been experienced.
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St, Paul, Minn
Cascade Tunnel
Stevens
Great Northern
Panay Tagal Leader Diocino Captured in Clash
Manila report says Diocino, a noted Tagal leader on Panay, was captured after a fight in which two insurgents were killed and three wounded including Diocino.
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Manila
City Council Hears Protest on Dirt Disposal from Street Grading
Several property owners attended the council meeting to protest allowing contractors to dispose of surplus dirt from street grade cuts. City Engineer Thomson explained surplus dirt had always been distributed to abutting property owners who requested it before contracts, and bids reflected any lack of demands. The matter was deemed a misunderstanding and future procedures clarified.
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Thomson
Trial recounts claim of self defense in Elmer Lord killing
Yesterday and this morning witnesses testified about the death of Elmer Lord and the wound that killed him. Brown described shooting in self defense claiming the deceased threatened him with a knife after being accused of stealing a shotgun.
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Lora
Dre. J. B. Loughary
W. P. O'Rourke
John Richter
B. FE. Aery
Jas. F. Wilson
Dick Finn
Jan Hart
Edward Lord
Inaart
Young Lord
Elmer Lord
Brown
Wm. HH. Brown
Fimer Lord
Lord
Cnr
Dre. B. T. Sloan
F. M Sparling
Will Hall
Mortality Notices for Sayler Languille and Dr Bleneckner
Funeral services for Cora Sayler were held at 2 PM at Seattle Undertaking Parlors with burial in Lakeview Cemetery. Mrs. Josephine Languille’s funeral occurred this afternoon at Ronney and Stewart’s parlors. Dr. T Bleneckner, 43, died last evening at 07 Beneca Street.
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Cora Sayler
Seattle
Steamer Czarina Arrives With Load Of Dynamite
Steamer Czarina, Captain G W Seaman, reached the White Star dock from San Francisco at 6 30 this morning with about tons of dynamite and a cargo of general merchandise. Explosives on board kept the vessel at half speed from Port Townsend to Seattle and two men guarded the cargo on duty. The stevedores handle the cases as if glass, and the vessel’s voyage from Port Cosforth of San Francisco ended last Friday in a little over four days.
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G. W. Seaman
White Star
San Francisco
Port Townsend
Seattle
White Star Dock
Czarina
Port Cosforth
San Francissco
Girls at Kelly Hall stage playful circus imitation
In Chicago on March 19 girls from Kelly Hall University of Chicago tumbled rolled and raced as they mimicked circus performers. Friends from nearby dormitories watched from the bleachers enjoying popcorn balls and cheering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kelly Hall
University of Chicago
Lakem
Prized Autograph Tradeups To Equal Logoed Entrance
Doorkeepers required a girl to register her autograph before admission and another signature upon entry to thwart men who boasted they could enter in feminine attire. Inside the circus walls spectators could only guess at the performance amid shrieks of laughter. The motive, stated by a ringleader, was to promote friendship and goodwill among the hall’s crowd by creating an occasion where dignity was cast aside and all women met as equals in absurdity.
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Halla
Youth Arrested After Attempted Fires at Greenville Buildings
Ver non Holloway, a 14 year old negro boy, made two attempts to set fire to the conservatory of music and the College for Women at Greenville. The adjacent buildings were damaged each time and the youth, formerly employed there, had recently been admonished for stealing money. Revenge is suspected as the motive.
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Columbia
Vernon Holloway
Conservatory of Music
College For Women
Greenville
Convicts Strike at Kansas State Penitentiary Mine
Three hundred convicts at the New Lansing mine, Leavenworth, Kansas, struck and hold 16 guards as prisoners. Negotiations proceed between the warden and strikers as talks continue for an unconditional surrender and regular meals. guards increased at the mine mouth amid food refusals.
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Leavenworth
Kan
State Penitentiary
New Lansing
Avalanche Strikes Perifaza Town at Foot of Alps
An avalanche swept down on Perifaza at the foot of the Phasian Alps in Rome on March 19. Rescue parties recovered several bodies while attempting to save others, with five people reported alive at the time.
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Rome
Perifaza
Starvation Death in Brooklyn Restaurant
An elderly man died of starvation in a Brooklyn restaurant after entering, gazing at deli displays, and sitting at a table. A waiter received no reply to questions about his order as he collapsed. An ambulance arrived but he died en route, with no identification or money found on him.
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Blake
Brers
Mul
Navine
Visecent
Crichton
New York
Brooklyn
Ware
Beattle
Beate
Weert
Seattle
Beattie
Hilie
Mellen
Third Avenue
Beneca Street
Sheldon
Palmine
Coffin Maker in New Haven Built Family Coffins
Medical Examiner probes Mrs Humphrey death finding heart disease as cause. In an eerie twist, her husband Weeks Humphrey built a coffin for his wife and she tested it for fit. He then made coffins for his mother and himself, now awaiting use in the couple’s sitting room.
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New Haven
Conn
Bartlett
Mraumphrey
Fresh Pond
1. L
Humphrey
Deaf Hear With New Electrical Device Demonstration
In New York on March 14 M Hutchinson demonstrated an electrical hearing device before doctors at the New York Academy. Deaf mutes from a local institution showed improved hearing with the apparatus, and a young girl reportedly heard without the device after further nerve improvement. The telephonesike device uses electricity to stimulate the aural nerve to high levels.
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New York
New York Academy
M. Hutchinson
Deaf and Dumb
Hutchison
Citizens discuss Union Depot plan and railroads
The Star reports varied views from business leaders on the Union Depot deal. John P. Hartman urges immediate Northern Pacific depot construction, while J W Citee and Josiah Collings favor allowing either railroad to build a suitable facility now.
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The
Star
Meltien
Northern Pacific
Rome
Mellen
Beattie
John P. Hartman
Northern L’aeifie
Union Station
Hill
Union
Great Northern Road
Pverett
Larace
Tacoma
Citizens urged quick action on railroad land issue
C C J Smith urged a citizens committee to resolve rail route differences. He cited 1882 land vacating near Jackson Street that favored the Great Northern line but led to inaction, calling for immediate action to move forward.
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C. J. Smith
Trust of pawnbrokers forms in New Jersey
New York reports a pawn brokers trust nearly ready for incorporation in New Jersey. Most metropolitan sideline pawnbrokers have taken cash and stock options, joining with Morgan and others. The piece also notes a Plainfield smallpox scare at the Central hotel and mentions Edward O Brien the hotel bartender, plus William Dean Howells buying a brownstone for $40,000.
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New York
Octopus
New Jersey
Metropolle
Morgan
Trivetea
Edward O' Brien
Central Hotel
Plainfield
N. J
Diana Booth Escapes Constables at Chicago Orpheum
Chicago March 18 Hope Booth headlining at the Orpheum theater eluded two city constables for four hours as she hid in the manager’s office to avoid a debt arrest. The chase ended when a dressed man resembling her entered with manager Houseman guarding the real Diana.
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Chicago
Orpheum Theater
Diana of the Hunt
Hope Booth
Houseman
Diana
Flore Arnold
G. A. R. Reception for Mrs. Emerson Tracy Tonight
The John F. Miller post of the G. A. R. will host a reception for Mrs. Gen. Emerson Tracy at Engler hall in the Pacific block. A literary and musical program will include addresses by W. H. Thompson Gen. Metcalf and Mrs. Tracy after a brief business session.
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John F. Miller
Emerson Tracy
Engler’ Hall
Pacific Block
W. H. Thompson
Gen. Metcalf
President McKinley Arrival in Washington
The president and Mrs. McKinley arrived in Washington from Canton at 1 30 p m. on Friday confirming their trip to the capital and public engagements scheduled for the day.
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Washington
Hotel Guests at Rainier Grand Listed by City Trade
Among Rainier Grand guests are Wv. B. Prince a Brooklyn capitalist J Austin a Grand Rapids lumberman Mrs B J Fairfield of Tacoma A W Alvey a Tacoma businessman A Br Kimman a Great Northern railroad official J W Munroe a Nanaimo merchant At the Butler Barton Robinson oil merchant of Tenino J HH Hilaine a lumberman of New What pote LY Campbell a canneryman of
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Rainier Grand
Wv. B. Prince
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. Austin
Grand Rapida
Mich
Mra
B. J. Firfield
Tacoma
A. W. Alvey
A. Br. Kimman
The
Great Northern
J. W. Munroe
Nanaimo
the Butler
Barton Robinson
Tenino
J. HH
Hilaine
New Whatpote
Campbell
Notable Names At Seattle Northern Fairhaven
Fairhaven figures F H Brownell from Everett and Lieut C J Peoples of the revenue cutter service. Seattle owners BE Simmen and James T Johnson appear with mining and shipping men A B R Coleman and A E, plus M J Bromiley from Dawson. Northern lists H Houseman shipbuilder and F T Merrill bicycle merchant, A M Montenneu miner, W R Conn mining operator, H J Hadwalcock lumberman.
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Fairhaven
F. H. Brownell
Everett
Lieut. C. J. Peoples
The
Revenue Cutter Service
Seattle
BE. A. Simmen
Port Townsend
James T. Johnson
Republic
A. BR. Coleman
A. E
Index
M. J. Bromiley
Dawson
H. Houseman
San Francisco
F. T. Merrill
Portland
A. M. Montenneu
Lewiston
Idaho
W. R. Conn
Ketchikan
H. J. Hadwalcock
Whatcom
French Troops Not Aggressive Says Foreign Minister
Paris March 19 The foreign minister M Deleasse says he has received no information of any allowed aggressiveness by French troops in China and that the Tilentain trouble lacks seriousness worthy of European consideration.
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Paris
M. Deleasse
China
How to Burn Your Garbage
A Chicago woman Mrs Ellar Nowlan devised a kitchen garbage incinerator attachable to gas or coal stoves. The device uses two sheet iron cylinders with a perforated inner bottom over the burner and a cap to seal odors. Dry material in the inner bottom aids burning. gas water use is minimal and the unit fits over the burner for meal preparation.
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Chicago
Ellar Nowlan
Sailors Desert Navy Yard Over Rumored Transfer
About 150 sailors aboard the cruiser Lixte deserted from the Norfolk Navy Yard over two days. Rumor held they would be sent to the Chingalatlen, prompting the mass desertion.
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Norfolk
Navy Yard
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Blake-Sunset
Maison Barberis
Ihs
J. EB. Crichton
Hinehart
Vic
Aine Parry
Scott Benjamin
Mattewan
Coronado
Stetson & Poet
Mm Dock
Port Albert
Puebla
Patterson
Tyee
State of
California
Gate
Ae Ee
Taomy
San Francisso
Golden Gate
Cape Flattery
Cape
Puget Sound District
Washington, D. C
Ft. Allen
United States
Marine News
W. H. Brown
Girgus
Diller
Pat McCoy
Edison
A. McDonald
Otto Stendahl
Woolley
J. P. Roberto
Valdes
P. J. Smith
Issaquah
Waa Sak Gabel la Bab Ld Hat
Ciiizens
John P. Martman
J. W. Citae
J. W. Citee
Josiah Collins
Josiah Collings
Columbia Street
Collings
Cc. J. Smith
Ance
New York City
O Pirten
Dean Howells
G. A. R. Reception
McKinley
Sorasis
Wome
Simison
Second Avenue
Meary
Alaska
Occidental Ave
Strickler
West of
England
Makintosh Bros
Occidental Avenue
Rememari
Mechanics’ Clothing Company
Yester Way
Washington St
Migliavacca
Dei
Migliavacca Wine Company
Main St
Prof
Novelty Mill Co
Eeanrt
J. M. Lyon
A. T. Lundberg
W. S. Mayfield
Grocer
Pike St
Tel. Main
Yesler Way
Broadway
J. BK. Stevens
Lattle
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