Finest steamer on Puget Sound planned
A dispatch from Bel says work will not begin yet on the finest steamer for the Puget Sound route. The President Donovan of the Bel lagbarm Bay British Columbia railroad has $95,000 from eastern capitalists with local funds to build a $130,000 steel steamer for speed and comfort. It will run on the Bellingham Everett Seattle line upon completion.
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Bellagbarm Bay
British Columbia
Eastern
Seattle
Peace element carries point in war council dispatch
Reports from Berippe News Asem, PetersBurg, and London claim that a peace faction in the ministerial council carried its point and steps toward honorable peace have begun. Other items note a Russian torpedo test near Colombo, Barons Hayashi dispatches, and a $106 million internal loan signed in St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg
Bribery Charges Hit Portland Contractors and Official
District Attorney Manning returned an indictment against J B Bridges Robert Wakefield and George B Thomas for bribery over a $500 bill of extras for construction work. Detectives Bay and Weiner were indicted for killing Louis Schumer.
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Portland
Manning
J.B. Bridges
Robert Wakefield
George B. Thomas
Portland Commission
Thormas
Bay and
Weiner
Louis Schumer
Weather Spotter Report Weather Sketch
A fragmented weather note forecasts rain tonight and Friday with mentions of winds varying from south to west. It includes stray phrases about temperature and spring, with inconsistent capitalization and timing details.
Hay to Retire Taft Moves Up
New York March 23 A rumor circulates in Republican circles that Truman Newbury of Detroit has been informed the president plans to appoint him assistant secretary of the navy. The tale suggests resignations and cabinet reshuffles, with imagined transfers of Morton and Taft.
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New York
Truman Heonbury
Detroit
Morton
Newbury
Michigan
Roosevelt
John Hay
Hay
Washington
Southeast storm warning moves inward from Washington coast
The Portland weather bureau issued a Southeast storm warning this morning for the local area. A storm off the Washington coast is moving inward, prompting caution for coastal and inland regions.
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Portland Weather Bureau
Tam
Washington
No News of J. J. Pearl From San Francisco Dispatch
The schooner W H Dimond arrived after 18% days from Unga and brought no news of the Pearl. Dimond had left to gather cod from southern stations and to relieve the Pearl, but neither sighting nor report of the Pearl occurred. The Dimond officers offer one explanation for the Pearl's absence.
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San Francisco
W. H. Dimond
Unga
Pearl
Dimond
Belgian protest over delays in Belgian claims payment
The Belgian minister criticized further delays in paying Belgian claims. Reports say German French and Italian representatives will also protest. Aspiros may die. Mexican Ambassador Manuel de Aspiros is critically ill with grippe from inauguration day and not expected to live.
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Santo Domingo
Aspiros
Washington
Manuel de Aspiros
Grippe
Remarkable interview on Russian terrorists in The Star
Guerdon Baseneff, cousin to a minister, gives a new view of Russian society and explains how terrorists use bombs. He recounts his early life and his amnesia cousin while detailing oppression in Russia and the purpose of his American visit.
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Guerdon Baseneff
von Plehve
Lfe
Russia
Street cleaning wagons fail on brick and asphalt
The Seattle street department tested three wagons from St Louis and found they cannot clean brick or asphalt effectively. Trials show they are heavier, less economical, and less capable than the existing fire hose method. Freight costs may be charged back to St Louis.
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St. Louis
Cleveland
Seattle
American secretary Hay depicted as war leader in foreign press
The article surveys how Secretary John Hay is portrayed in foreign publications, framing him as a war lord guiding U.S. diplomacy. It outlines his role since the Spanish American War, his policy shifts toward open door trade, and his impact on Oriental diplomacy, while noting his literary reputation. It also mentions Hay’s career path from Civil War service to Paris, Vienna, and the New York Tribune.
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Hay
United States
Panama Canal
John Hay
Illinois
Washington
Lincoln
Paris
Legation
Austro-Hungary
Spain
New York Tribune
Mintie Nielsen Death and Local Legal Movements in Provo
Mintie Nielsen, 14, committed suicide by strychnine amid a fight with Bert Partridge’s family where she served as a domestic. She reportedly preferred death to appearing in court. In Washington, peace Senator George Baker sought William H. Rameey, the Justice Department agent, over charges against Spokane candidates for district attorney and marshal. A Yale club for Old Eli alumni planned with first dinner April 1 at University Club inviting graduates across several states.
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Provo
Utah
Mintie Nielsen
Bert Partridge
F Reed
George Baker
William H. Rameey
T of Justice
Washington
D. C
Spokane Candi
Yale Club
Old Eli
University Club
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Alaska
Funeral services for Grover factory explosion victims
Business was suspended in Brockton as public funeral services were held for 40 victims of the Grover shoe factory explosion and fire. Flags were at half mast and streetcars stopped. Services were held in the theater Congregational church and St. Paul Episcopal church. Mrs Lilian Hurd was identified this morning.
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Brockton
Grover Shoe Factory
Congregational Church
St. Paula Episcopal
Lilian Hurd
Suspicious loiterer with bomb arrested near Grand Duke palace
A man carrying a bomb was arrested by police near the Grand Duke Alexis palace. The Grand Duke reportedly went abroad incognito some time ago. In Denver on March 23 the legislature adjourned its session without electing a senator.
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ST. Petersburg
Alexis
Denver
Safe blowers wreck Beyer’s dry goods store in Georgetown
An explosion shattered Beyer’s dry goods store in Georgetown as would‑be safe crackers blew out the front and scattered merchandise. No money was taken, robbers fled after the blast, and shots were fired by brewery workers chasing them. South Seattle also hit, with Heidrich’s general store looted of fifty pairs of shoes.
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Georgetown
Beyer
Seattle Brewing & Malting Company
Beyers
Seattle
Heidrich
Peasants Shot by Polish Police Patrol on Highway
A Kutno message to Warsaw reports a police patrol fired on 140 peaceful peasants on a highway. Two were killed and 50 wounded, with seven dying en route to hospital and eleven more likely to die.
Beef trust probe heats up with Armour executive testimony
March 23 1910 Chicago and New York reports show Armour & Co Omaha general manager R C Howe testifying before a special grand jury. Officials promise no whitewashing as the grand jury sifts charges and indicates indictments for criminal violations may follow. In New York the federal grand jury resumes beef trust inquiry with A S Edwards of Swift & Co and other packing house reps under examination.
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Chicago
R. C. Howe
Armour & Co
Omaha
New York
Federal Grand Jury
A. S. Edwards
Swift & Co
Escape on McNeil Island: Bell, Notorious Mail Pouch Robber, Recaptured
Albert E. Bell, a famed mail pouch robber and forger, escaped from a convicts’ camp on McNeil Island with a gang. Guards launched a large search and warned they would shoot if he resisted. Bell, who had been jailed in Denver and Tacoma, faced multiple charges and risked outside aid to flee authorities.
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Scripps News
Tacoma
McNeil
United States
Denver
MacNeill
Bell
Federal prisoner Bell eludes posse on Mc Neil's island
A bloodhound posse searches Mc Neil's island for Albert Bell, the escaped federal prisoner. Authorities fear accomplices met Bell by a boat and moved him to the mainland, making tracing him difficult.
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Tacoma
McNeil's Island
Albert Bell
Bell
Millionaire Zimmerman's Orders End Duke's Mexico Tour
Cincinnati dispatch reports Eugene Zimmerman ordered his son in law the Duke of Manchester to return from aMexico trip with distinguished guests at dad's expense. Zimmerman's money concerns led him to cancel the special train and force the party to disband and travel back as passengers.
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Cincinnati
Eugene Zimmerman
Duke of Manchester
Mexico
Papa
Zimmerman
Policyholders oppose charter amendment at Equitable
The policy holders committee of the Equitable Life Insurance Society today unanimously disapproved an amendment to the charter adopted two days earlier by the directors. It argues the change does not grant policy holders an immediate right to vote for directors.
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New York
Equitable Life Insurance Company
80-Ciety
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