Northern Pacific Surrenders to Governor McBride in King County
The Northern Pacific Railway capitulates to Governor McBride aligning with his camp against the Great Northern faction. The deal, framed in Tacoma and publicized locally, leaves Sam Piles' senatorial bid and McBride opponents with diminished influence in King county and Seattle.
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Northern Pacific
M'Bride
King County
Great Northern
Sam Piles
Republican Party
Great Northern Railway Company
Sarmwuel H. Piles
Northern Pacific Railway Company
McBride
Tacoma
Mr. Piles
United States
Seattle
Piles
W. FE. Humphrey
Northern Pacific Railroad
Railroad Commission
MacTiride
Railroad
J. J. Smith
Togo Likely to Seal Port Arthur Third Time
Admiral Togo plans another attempt to bottle up Port Arthur harbor by sending convoys of twenty eight old steamers from Nagasaki with a cruiser squadron and torpedo boats. If first waves fail, more hulks will be sacrificed to seal the entrance and enclose the Russian fleet.
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Port Arthur
Death of a Priest Winters Dies at White River
Rev P C A Winters dies at White River at 65. He was one of the oldest priests in the northwest and formerly led Catholic missions in British Columbia. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
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Father Winters
Northwest
British Columbia
Port Townsend Customs To Reduce Force In War Shrinkage
Lector Ide announced a cut in customs staff at Port Townsend Seattle and Tacoma due to wartime trade decline with Orient. In Port Townsend two men, one clerk in the general office and one in liquidation. in Beattie one clerk one night inspector and one opener and packer. in Tacoma one boatman. Effective April 2, Charles H. Pink and E M. Moore named among affected.
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Lector Ide
Orient
Port Townsend
Seattle
Tacoma
General Office
Opener
Packer
Charles H. Pink
E M. Moore
Big Elk Coming to Seattle Fanning Arrives at 5:30
Joseph F. Fanning Grand Exalted Ruler of the BPOE is due in Seattle at 5:30 PM. Seattle and Ballard lodges plan a short session at Elke hall, followed by a body visit to Ballard and Ballard social session. If he stays another day he will tour the city and partake in further lodge events.
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Seattle
Ballard
Joseph F. Fanning
Spokane
Will H. Parry
Elke
Reynolda
Tallman
Win H. Parry
Fanning
War Dispatches Rule Interior Correspondents by Mail
March 31 reports indicate new rules for war correspondents in the interior to read dispatches by mail. Rioting Korean soldiers near Ping Yang involve five hundred wounded or disarmed troops. Admiral Makaroff ignores medical orders and sleeps in uniform. Russians fear Japanese mines near fortifications as they search the area. A powder mine at Baseba exploded, leaving four casualties.
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TORIO
Shoul
Ping Yang
Port Arthur
Makaroff
Seattle steamer captain weds two passengers at sea
Captain Nickerson of the City of Seattle officiated a sea wedding on the voyage to Alaska binding B. H. Volekart and Mrs. P. M. Vanderaeghen. The City of Beattie arrived from Southeastern Alaska this afternoon with fifteen passengers at Commerce.
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Nickerson
Seattle
Alaska
B. H. Volekart
P. M. Vanderaeghen
Beattie
Commerce
Woman of 14 Tries Suicide in Walla Walla
Mrs. Kellogg of Lewiston Idaho, widow of D T Kellogg of Beattie and former state university student, attempted suicide with laudanum in Walla Walla yesterday. She survived after medical aid and plans to return to her mother in Asotin once recovered. Her husband died by suicide about two years earlier.
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Walla Walla
Mra. D. T. Kellogg
Lewiston
Idaho
D. T. Kellogg
Beattie
State University
Mra. Kelloga
Walia Walia
State Hotel
Asotin
City Employee Henry J L Phelps Dies At Providence
Henry J L Phelps an employee of the city engineer department died at Providence Hospital this morning. The body lies at Bonney Watson morgue. Miss Livenash admitted she lived a gay life and would do anything to satisfy Gebiron, even murder.
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Henry JL. Phelps
City Engineer's Department
Providence Hospital
Bonney- Watson
Mra. Botkin
Miss Livernash
Jury Tampering Threat Ends Botkin Trial in San Francisco
Judge Cook abruptly ends the Botkin trial amid claims of juror bribery and intimidation. Police testify a juror was offered 50 dollars to fix four jurors and a fifth, with investigators shadowing the juror. Jurors face pressure as Mrs Botkin fights for a verdict amid the disruption.
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San Francisco
Botkin
Cook
iImpanel
of Wittman
Jacob Goetjen
Palace Hotel
Maas
Goetjen
Mra. Botkin
Knight
Seizure of Canal Transfer Cleared by Tribunal Decision
The Seine civil tribunal ruled in favor of the defendant in the Colombia against Panama Canal Company case. The ruling clears obstacles to transferring the canal to the United States. In New York Parker leads after March 31 primaries with 228 delegates counted toward the Democratic national ticket.
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Colombia
Panama Canal Company
United States
Six Killed in Explosion at Dickon Squibb Factory
A blast at the Dickon Squibb factory in Priceburg near Scranton, Pa, killed five girls and one boy and injured several others. The plant was wrecked and rescuers faced debris as investigators began probing a mysterious cause.
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Scripps News Ass'n
Rcranton
Dickon- Squibb Company
Priceburg
Trial transcript reveals prisoner expressed relief at Dunning’s departure
Lizzie Livernash, former reporter, testified at the first trial that the prisoner said she was glad Dunning left. The witness recounted a heated interview in which the prisoner exclaimed she would not spare the mother of the child and wished the father dead.
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Lizzie Livernash
Mra. Botekin
Dunning
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White River
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March
Boul
Baseba
Marr
Quetice
Gam
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Bessie Lewis
Lizzie Mahon
Lizzie Bray
Mary Callahan
Parker
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