Wanamaker Plans Seattle Department Store Invasion
Philadelphia merchant Wanamaker announces plans to erect a large five story department store in Seattle, promising the city a flagship West of Chicago. The project, expected within 12 months, marks a bold expansion from his New York and Philadelphia outlets.
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Ohn Wanamaker
Philadelphy
Seattle
Chicago
P.I
Wanamaker
York
Star Fe
Joan Wanamaker
New York
Philadelphia
Monster New
Rumors of Imminent War Between Japanese and Russian Fleets
Reports from SAN DAKIN North Borneo say a Japanese squadron led by Admiral Dewa was near Labuan March 19 20 and may confront the Russian fleet under Admiral Togo and Admiral Rozhdestvensky. The dispatch notes halted shore access to the visiting ships and mentions supplies taken from a German vessel.
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San Dakin
North Borneo
Togo
Uadron
Jentvensky
Dewa
Labuan
Veenernhat
Chitose
Kasagi
America Maru
Vladivostok
Rosestvensky
Ireland's famine dispatches reveal hunger in Connemara
WM OMalley, MP for Connemara, toured the famine stricken regions of the west counties. He reports thousands starving as the potato crop fails, with women and children dying of hunger. His forthcoming article indicts landowners and details the dire scene, slated to appear in Star tomorrow.
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Ireland
WM O'Mal
Connemara
EN Association
DIS
MR. O'Malley
STAR
Fire races along Petersburg docks endangering vast area
A massive fire roars through the docks of St. Petersburg, central Russia, threatening one of the largest cities in the region. Officials warn of enormous damage as firefighters battle the blaze amid strong winds and smoke.
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T. Petersburg
Russia
Carnegie Pockets 50000 At One Meal Dinner
New York March 28 George Napoleon of fi was guest of honor at the annual dinner of St Stevens institute. Carnegie donated 290000 previously and added 56000 more saying it was a dinner. He spoke of shifting to small college ventures and a booming business outlook.
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Carnegie
New York
Georch Napoleon
of St. Steven's Institute
Astoria
Meti- Re
Regic
War concerns and Castro diplomacy with Colombia
Scripps News notes rising war talk over trade blocks in Colombia and Venezuela as Castro invites dialogue with Colombia while tensions threaten resumption of diplomatic relations. The article also mentions the Ocean Monarch's arrival in Japan with a small passenger list and cargo.
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Mars
America
Castro
Colombia
Colomb
Venezuela
Matos
The Weather Spotter Tonight and Wednesday Forecast
The Weather Spotter notes showers tonight and Wednesday with fresh southwest winds. A hand movement will indicate the temperature at 2 30 today. Readers are advised to observe closely for the shifting readings.
Chadwick Sentenced Ten Years In Ohio State Penitentiary
In Cleveland March 28 Mrs Casele L Chadwick declared she would die first rather than endure ten years in prison after Judge Robert W Taylor sentenced her to ten years on seven counts tied to a general charge. The defense argues the court cannot impose separate sentences for each count and plans to appeal as Chadwick is defended on all counts.
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Beripps News Aas
Cleveland
Casele L. Chadwick
Robert W. Taylor
Ohio State Penitentiary
Chadwick
Memorandum on Peace Terms Reaches Foreign Office
The Post reports strong authority that a memorandum outlining terms acceptable to Russia for peace has been received from St. Petersburg at the foreign office.
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Birmingham
Russia
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Valley Electric seeks Renton to Seattle power franchise
On Tuesday afternoon Valley Electric asked county commissioners for a franchise to erect poles and string wires between Renton and Seattle to transmit electricity to intervening cities and towns. The backers of the company are unknown.
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The
Valley Electric Company
Renton
Seattle
Japanese Fleet Movements and Peace Talks Shape War Outlook
Dispatches report large Asian naval movements near Labuan and Vladivostok as four Japanese vessels enter the harbor area and a broader fleet operates offshore. Officials in St. Petersburg acknowledge peace prospects while czar hesitates, with Japanese forces shifting toward Vladivostok as Russian fleet plans unfold.
Made Bomb That Sent Wiaine To Bottom of Sea
Russell Sage is dying in New York amid reports of his serious illness. doctors say he has a chance for recovery. In a separate New York item, Rosseau confesses to manufacturing the dynamite used to blow up the Maine and reveals links to filibusters, claiming the weapon was sold for Cuban action.
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Sage
Berions News Ags
New Yor UK
Chessler Rosmmeau
Cunard
Havana Harbor
Jacksonville
Maine
M Take
Roseeau
Frederic the Great
Russian retreat and Japanese advance near Mukden reported
Reports describe Japanese forces clearing battle debris near Mukden and moving supplies while Russians retreat to a new line 13 miles north of Tielpase. A forward move is noted as Russian commissariat stores valued at 1 960 000 dollars were reportedly sacrificed to the enemy and an investigation into local liquor sales led to two arrests.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Mukden
Hon
Umite
Tlepase
Choauma Idem
Guniu
Genere] Commissariat
Kuropatkin
Aged Cigar Dealer Lou Cohen Sent Home for Ill Father
The father of Lou Cohen, prominent local cigar dealer, is gravely ill in New York. Cohen departed Monday night by telegram from a brother reporting the serious illness and hoping to reach the father before death. The Neptune steamer was the vessel involved.
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Lou Cohen
Mr. Cohen
New York
Neptune
Russian Civil Disorder Roams Caucasus as War Threat Grows
Dispatches report peasant uprisings spreading through the Caucasus with pillage and arson as troops struggle to contain the unrest. A separate Paris bulletin notes rumors General Nog reached Kirin and a Japanese loan attracts strong demand with subscriptions likely surpassing the target by large margins.
Queen City Club Evades City Saloon License
Police investigators Chief Delaney and Detective Hubbard raided the Queen City club on Washington Street between Second and Third Avenues, alleging the colored people's resort has evaded the city license of 1.0 percent for saloons for years.
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Queen City Club
Washington Street
Second and
Third Avenue
Delaney
Hubbard
Gasoline schooner Duxbury overhauled for Nome trip
King & Wing hauled the gasoline schooner Duxbury for a trimming up ahead of its first voyage to Nome. The Rapid Trane!thaa received a general overhauling by the same firm and will be ready to sail soon. Alice Keith, charged with vagrancy, faced a jury in Judge Griffin's court after being sent up from the police court. The case cites habitual saloon lingering and multiple prior convictions. Mayme Markle seeks divorce from Albert Markie alleging domestic abuse after their October marriage. Lulu Jacques obtained a divorce from Marshall B. Jacques on grounds of cruelty.
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King & Wing
Weat Beattie
Duxbury
Fiest
Nome
Alice Keith
Robert Lester
Lulu Jacques
Marshall B. Jacques
Jail delivery plot uncovered at Los Angeles County Jail
Mrs C K Schmidt wife of a Long Beach contractor was found to have smuggled files saws and money into the county jail to aid her husband and other prisoners in a plan to release inmates on the second floor. The scheme was detected shortly after its inception.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. K. Schmidt
Long Beach
Gardner Hit by Severe Wind Damage
A powerful overnight wind storm battered Gardner causing major destruction. Reports say the Baptist church, multiple houses, and barns were demolished with extensive structural damage across the town.
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Kansas City
Gardner
Dakota Begins Cape Horn Voyage From New London
The steamship Dakota a 25000 ton freighter for the Great Northern Steamship company started her voyage around Cape Horn to Seattle at 12 20 p m today. She will go to Newport News for drydock coal at Norfolk Va then back to New York to load 6000 tons of railroad equipment and general cargo for the Pacific coast. Captain Emil Francke commands the vessel with C C Lacey James J Hil deputy and William C Besselivre Jr among officials aboard.
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Rn Steamship Company
Cape Horn
Seattle
Dakota
Long Island Sound
Easteera
Stea
Newport News
Norfolk
New York
Pacific Coast
Dekota
Emil Francke
American Hine
C. C. Lacey
James J. Hil
Great Northern Steamship Company
William C. Besselivre, Jr
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
Seaboard
Russia seeks Delcasse mediation for peace talks with Japan
A Paris report to London says Russia asked French Foreign Minister Delcasse to mediate peace negotiations with Japan. Delcasse reportedly is willing but requires Lord Lansdowne's cooperation to ensure success.
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London
Paris
Russia
Delcasse
Japan
Lord Lansdowne
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