Lamorna Wreck Doubt Cast by Columbia Captain
Captain B W Sprague of the Columbia, at Port Townsend on March 7, says the Lamorna’s wreck story is preposterous. He showed a log indicating calm North Pacific weather March 1–6 and argues the ship could not have foundered within hundreds of miles of Cape Flattery after clearing the cape at 1 A M March 1.
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Sprague
THE
Columbia
Port Townsend
March
B. W. Sprague
Goheoner
Redondo
North
Pacific Ocean
Sprague Con
Cape
Infant in Ravensdale Death Under Suspected Poisoning
Coroner called to investigate the sudden death of a 1 year old child of Fay Thompson at Ravensdale Mile 18. Dr Guerin found the infant dead from convulsions and suspected poisoning after a milk sample from the child’s feed was sent for analysis.
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Ravensdale
Fay Thompson
Hoye
Guer
Wet Muddy Millionaire Mysteriously Returns to Riverside
Riverside Cal March 19 A wet muddy millionaire banker wrecker Tom Hays made a dramatic entry into a cooperative meeting at Musicians Hall Second Avenue Riverside. The Rochdale Co operative Store at 226 Union Street plans enlargement and manager Peeples will explain. Alonso Wardall organizer of Rochdale will discuss cooperative growth in the United States. Members urged to attend and bring friends. Signed E Vail Secy
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Musicians’ Hall
Second Avenue
Sharp
Rochdale Co-operative
Union Street
Peeples
Alonso Wardall
To- Deka
Kaneas
Rochdale
United States
Comod
Vail
Secy
Not hunted openly in rain he claims officials knew his whereabouts
He says he was wet and muddy from a long tramp in the rain and asserts officials knew where he was. He adds public indignation would have forced him to stay away until after the grand jury released its report on municipal grafting.
Severe storms and train collision disrupt Montana rails
Severe snow storms sweep Montana causing numerous slides that delay trains statewide. A Great Northern passenger train collided with a moving plow injuring three crew members. Officials anticipate losses not seen in 12 years.
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Sertous News
Alan’ Butte
Mont
Great Northern
Port Arthur Bombardment Viewed as Futile Action
Officials report no damage of note from the March 21 22 Japanese bombardment at Port Arthur. Military authorities cite wear on ships and wasted ammunition and compare it to less damaging Santiago bombardments by the American fleet, drawing satisfaction from claimed futility.
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Petersburg
Port Arthur
Santiago
County Delays Urged for Taylor's Mill to Avenue Road
Delegations from Dunlap and Rainier Beach urged county commissioners to complete the county road from Taylor's Mill to the avenue. The board agreed to push the project as quickly as possible.
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Dunlap
Rainier Beach
Taylor's Mill
Avenue
Judge Moore and Sheriff Cudihee Seek Governor Nomination
Democratic peers project a revived campaign with multiple candidates announced for county and statewide roles. J
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Judge Moore
Cudihee
Admiral Togo a Delightful Naval Figure in Cadet Tales
British officers who served with him in England recall Togo as a quick minded, agile, and popular leader among peers. They recount playful chaff from SEii tish cadets who nicknamed him Ine go two go three go and a near confrontation when a sailor teased him as Chinese.
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Togo
Dewey
England
No clean headline from jumbled phrase about Towo
Fragmentary text shows a boy named Towo told by peers to shoot his god father and god mother on return home, with a remark about not shooting gods in Japan. The passage is unclear and lacks coherent context or dates.
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Togo
Towo
Japan
President Hoenevelt Opens Big Fair Machinery
In Washington D C on March the President agrees to start the big fair by pressing a button at noon central time on April, initiating the machinery of the exposition. The St Louis expansion management had requested the action.
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Wabsilington
D.C
Hoonevelt Haa
St. Louis
Queen Visits Alexandra Trust Restaurant For Fourpence Dinner
The Queen visited the Alexandra Trust restaurant established by Sir Thomas Lipton in London and ordered a fourpence ha’penny dinner served to her today.
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London
Alexandra Trust
Thormas Lipton
City Hall Bustle Ends as Officers Detain Foes
Police Captain Laubecher halted a street fight in front of City Hall this morning. Christ Anderson and A Christiansen clashed with fists and furniture. Both were booked at the city jail on a fighting charge.
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Laubecher
Christ Anderson
A. Christiansen
Newly Appointed Board of Managers Named for Soldiers' Homes
The Moyse committee on military affairs authorized a favorable report naming the national soldiers' home board of managers: Martin MacMahon New York J M Molley Wisconsin William Warner Missouri W B R Shafter California M E B Palmer Nebraska Franklin Murphy New Jersey.
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Washington, D. C
Moyse Committee On
Af Qaire
National Soldiers’ Home
Martin MacMahon
New York
J. M. Molley
Wisconsin
William Warner
Missouri
W. BR. Shafter
California
M. EB. Palmer
Nebraska
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Bristow's Record Circulated in Congress Cards
Members of Congress received double sided cards purporting to show the record of Assistant Postmaster General Bristow in the guise of a Franklin County Kansas directory. It lists Bristow and four relatives on the payroll for an aggregate sum of 99700. Bristow's partner Allen, a congressional candidate, had several snaps.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Bristow
Franklin County
Kansas
Taft recommends pardon for General Aquino
Secretary Taft has advised the president to pardon General Aquino the Pilipino insurgent court martialed for ordering five American prisoners shot causing three deaths He has served three years and denies issuing the order Bam Rosenberg a former merchant now in Gibraltar writes of his arrival and plans for Europe.
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Washington, RD. C
Taft
Aquino
Bam Rosenberg
Gibraltar
Europe
Three Years Imposed for False Testimony in Fair Will Case
Paris court convicts Frederic Masse and Louis Muranne the cyclist for perjuring themselves in the Fair will case. Each is sentenced to three years in prison and fined 0 francs after evidence showed they did not witness the Fair's death scene nor were they present at the accident.
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Frederic Masse
Louis Muranne
Cyclista
New York
France
Congressional Attack on Oceanic Steamship Mail Subsidy
In Washington March 24, House member Rob inson of Indiana denounced a $45,000 subsidy for the Oceanic Steamship Company to carry mails from San Francisco to Tahiti. He criticized the appropriation as sneaked through Congress in a cowardly manner. The Herald ad appears at 1329 2nd Ave offering stylish men’s clothes and a call for a “Smooth Mike.”
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Oceanic Steamship Company
San Francisco
Tahiti
Congress
Fanny Crosby Celebrates Her 84th Birthday in Bridgeport
Miss Fanny Crosby the famed blind hymn writer marked her eighty fourth birthday in Bridgeport Conn today still fully capable and active. She became blind in infancy from fever treatment and later studied at the New York Institution for the Blind where she taught rhetoric grammar Greek and history and composed songs later set to music.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Fanny Crosby
Crosby
Carrie Rider
Scenic Shasta Route Travel Rates to San Francisco
Advertises Southern Pacific Scenic Shasta route with scenic views and fast service to California resorts. Rates shown 35.0 dollars first class and 20 dollars second class. For full information contact EB. E. mam, Genl. Agent, 8 Firetave.
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Shasta
California
Land of Perpetual Sunshine
San Francisco
Firetave
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