Old and Lonely Pest Marries Dawson Girl in Alaska
Chicago reports Charles A. Weare of Weare Commission denies knowledge of Ett Weare’s Dawson City marriage to Mary Fellows of Chicago. In Alaska, a deadly wreck leaves Motorman Maurice I Walsh and another man drowned after a car wreck. Laula Piouff survives after extraction, with injuries and pneumonia risks.
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Chicago
Charles A. Weare
Weare Commission Company
Seattle
Wash
Ett Weare
North American Transportation and Trading Company
Dawson City
Alaska
Mary Fellows
Weare
Maurice I. Walsh
Alogte
Laula Piouff
Railroad Wien
Pieuff
Rich haul from tenement burglary on South Broadway
St Louis police report a Wednesday night raid at 733 South Broadway. Robbers accessed a third story porch and stole gold nuggets valued in the hundreds from Joseph Let ter, a Klondike miner. Neighbors’ clothes and small change were also taken from John Reckels Price Klinger Patrick HKeilly and Charles Mahilke. No crew is identified.
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ST. Louis
Hurstare
South Broadway
Joseph Letter
Klondike
John Reckels
Price Klinger
Patrick Hkeilly
Charles Mahilke
April Fool candy kills Hoboken boy at school
William Francis Casey six year old son of Thomas Casey of 75 Wilson avenue Hoboken died at 7 yesterday morning after eating April Fool candy given by a schoolmate. He fell ill at noon and his condition worsened with fever. Dr Foley suspects poison and an autopsy may be ordered. Police investigate the candy’s source.
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New York
Wiliam Francis Casey
Thomas Casey
Wilsow Avenue
Hoboken
St. Mary's
Willow Avenue
Fifth Street
Henge Robinson
Casey
Michael Foley
Foley
County Phyerician
Trolley Car in a River Tragedy in Worcester
Three men were killed and another seriously injured when a Worcester and Suburban Street Railway trolley car left the track on a bridge over the Mackstone river in Millbury last night. The car crossed the bridge diagonally and plunged 35 feet into the river. Conductor Frei White, 26, single, and Motorman Michael Shea, age 4, were among the victims.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester and Suburban Street Railway
M'libury
Mackstone
Frei White
Michael Shea
Pacific Coast Steamship schedule to Alaska and San Francisco
Pacific Coast Steamship Company announces sailings from Seattle to San Francisco via Port Townsend and Victoria on multiple March April May dates, and returns to Seattle with similar cadence. For Alaska service the Cottage City City of Topeka and Al-Ki depart Beattie at 9 a m on listed dates, every fifth day thereafter.
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Walla Walla
Umatilla
Seattle & A. m
Port Townsend
Victoria
San Francisco
Seattle
Alaska
Cottage City
Argentine commissioner brings strange Patagonian creature to London
Dr. F. Moreno, Argentine Republic commissioner in London for Chile boundary arbitration, brought a skin from a Patagonian quadruped described as large as a cow. Indians report it as a terrifying, nearly invulnerable beast, with a permeating hide. The specimen will be sent to the British Museum and a full kin with skeleton may be sought for the expedition led by Mary Cavendish in Patagonia.
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F. Moreno
Argentine Republic
London
Chile
Banta Crus
Patagonia
Moreno
British Museum
Marry Cavendiah
St Louis Doctor Instrument Theft Suspect Confesses
In St Louis on March 12 a young man identified as Bedword Waller, son of a Louisville restaurateur, confessed to stealing medical instruments from physicians over two and a half months. He admitted to targeting instruments by luring from operating rooms and reported motives as financial need. He reportedly robbed more than 15 surgeons before capture.
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ST. Louis
Gan
Waller
Louisville
Walker
Lorillard Discusses Tobacco Trust and Stock Values
Pierre Lorillard, treasurer of Continental Tobacco, arrives in Louisville to back recent trust acquisitions. He says manufacturing earnings matter more than stock market values and notes American Tobacco stock will rise from 25 million to 56 million dollars, promising a future where both big trusts hold large stock blocks in each other with no clash between them.
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Louisville
Pierre Lorilard
Continental Tobacco Company
Lorillard
Myrtle Sighting Replaces Wreck Rumors Of Schooner Myrtle
The fishing schooner Myrtle, reported wrecked in sensational accounts, was seen Sunday by the steamer Howatie near Cape Boott on Vancouver Island’s northwest coast. Captain James Manson sails her from Paula Bo. Myrtle weathered a January sea gale off Cape Flattery and was separated from Admiral Dewey, prompting unconfirmed disappearance stories.
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Myrtle
North Pacific Ocean
Howatie
Cape Boott
Northwest
Vancouver
James ©. Manson
Paulabo
Haneen
Seattle
Cape Flattery
Admiral Dewey
Neah Bay
Ben Harrisons Job Up Abroad in Venezuela Arbitration Plan
INDIANAPOLIS March 22 Ex President Harrison will leave May 17 for Paris to argue the Venezuela case before the board of arbitration there. After the case is submitted the former president and Mrs Harrison expect to remain in Europe for several months and are now considering a trip to the Holy Land if time permits and they reach the United States before mid winter.
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Indianapolis
Harrison
Paria
Venezuela
Board of Arbitration
Europe
Holy Land
United States
Smallpox Alarm Strikes Spangle Washington
SPANGLE Washington March 22 The town is alarmed by a genuine smallpox case. Victim is W. P. Lucas with evident symptoms. The Lucas residence and the entire block were quarantined this afternoon. Extent of prior exposure remains unclear as the case developed.
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Spangle
Wash
W. P. Lucas
Marriage Bureau Victims Seek Eastward Matches
In Winsted Connecticut on March 22, Anna Burne, a factory girl, left for Los Angeles to marry a man she never met after receiving funds for travel. On the same train, Ida Newbroe, returning to Los Angeles after a California marriage to a man she hadn’t met, also travels east. Both stories illustrate matchmaking schemes and the wandering marriages advertised across states. The piece also touches on related curiosities from Europe and various odds and ends from other papers.
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Winsted
Conn
Mias Annaburns
Los Angeles
Cal
Ida Newbroe
Miss Jiurns
Horsery Mill
Walter Null
Null
California
Miss Burne
Mra
Newbro
Ike Miss Burns
Irving W. Dean
Dean
Morgan
Misa Byrne
Mrs. Newbro
Jeff Winsted
Fragmentary Digest of Global Tidings and Anecdotes
A scattered compilation notes diverse items from around the world. It cites Irish versus English in the United States, Fiji schooling counts, limited miles of Massachusetts horse railway, Mexican sugar output, Bishop Potter’s elevators, wheat versus mutton productivity, a four month England to India itinerary, Vienna hospital influenza crowding, job applications per vacancy, and quips from various papers. It also mentions London society, a joke about a bad egg, Chilean earthquake reports, and Duchess of Ruthervland card invites for dances, plus Chinook salmon feeding habits and other assorted curiosities.
Robbery Case Sparks 3 Suspects Arrests in Baker City
Chief Porter and Baker City police, after months of effort, break a midnight raid on a Chinese store. Loot valued around 1000 pounds taken from a trunk after a stone cellar entry. William Emmott, once with Battery KR near Portland, held in jail. alleged accomplices arrested in Spokane and Huntington.
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Baker City
Porter
Ecity
William &Matt
Battery KR
Portland
Spokane
Huntington
Her Easter Hat Sparks Street Fashion Debate
A young woman declares she will wear her new hat despite weather and season, insisting March signals spring and she will dress for it. Her companion scoffs at saving clothes for Kanter, claiming a need to debut spring bonnets promptly as winter hat trims shed feathers.
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Kanter
Controversy Over Wheeler Book On Santiago Campaign
Washington March 22 The war dog feud centers on Gen Wheeler whose forthcoming book on the Santiago campaign is seen as self serving by many regular army officers. Critics contend he takes sole credit from Lawton Sumner Kent Bates and Shafter's forces and allege inaccuracy, while Wheeler faces potential backlash from colleagues and a public eager to honor him. The dispute recalls earlier high profile exchanges between naval and army leaders.
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Washington, D.C
Wheeler
Santiago
Witsh Army Corps
Regular Army
Lon
Marades
Gen. Wheeler
Admiral Schley
Navy
Shafter
Sampson-Behiey
New Zealand
Lawton
Sumner
Kent
Bates
Amusements notes and theater listings
Spider and Fly runs at Third avenue theater this week. Miss Jane Coombs appears at Seattle theater in Meak House for Police relief fund. Laura the March King gives two Seattle concerts tomorrow. R O signs likely at both shows. James H. Love travels ahead of Janet Waldorf who comes to Third avenue next week. Waldorf, a noted actress, has added twelve plays to her repertoire and will tour to Manila Australia after a two year Orient trip.
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Jane Coombs
Seattle
Police Relief Fund
Blue Coats
Laura
the & R. O
James H. Love
Janet Waldorf
Third Avenue
Occidental
Orient
Manila
Australia
San Francisco
Mise Waldrot
Salvation Army to Incorporate in New York State
New York March 22 The Salvation Army plans incorporation under New York law. Col Higgins general secretary to the United States met London authorities a month ago arguing to Americanize the branch and have property held by Americans rather than a London based corporation or a foreign holder. Booth Tucker currently heads the American branch and would be affected by the change.
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New York
Salvation Army
State of
Col. Higgins
Army
United States
London
Booth-Tucker
William Booth
Highins
Defense Stuns Jury After Prosecution Plea Passes
The defendant's attorney declined further argument after the prosecution's lengthy plea and then won the case as the jury deliberated, a move likened to a cage win by the Chicago Tribune.
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Tehall
Chicago Tribune
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