Public Market Advocated to Benefit King County Producers
A proposed Seattle public market would help small farmers near the city, reduce costs for consumers, and cut out middlemen. Leaders including Herbert S. Upper and Mayor Ballinger urge market days to unite producers, wage earners, and city retailers, with location and supervision considerations to ensure fair trade.
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Tacoma
City Commission
King County
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JT Am
Beattie
Ballinger
Himelf
Washington
Chicago
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Jealous quarrel ends in husband shot in Montana town
In Butte on May 10 Mrs. Jessie Trites shot her husband Frank Trites during a jealous quarrel after a night out at Columbia gardens. A first shot misfired. the second pierced his abdomen. Frank Trites, in failing health, says the shooting was accidental and is shielding his wife as she remains jailed and hysterical.
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Denial of Japanese capture and Rurik destruction report
A Mukden dispatch denies Danny has been captured by the Japanese and states the admiralty rejects claims cruiser Rurik is destroyed. General Kuropatkin’s planes are kept secret. A Shan Hai Kwan report notes action south of Lalo Yang with Kaselane retreating toward the railway between Mukden and Port Arthur.
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Alaska Commercial shifts Portland to San Francisco Nome run
The steamer Portland will be withdrawn from the Valdez and Seward service and will operate between San Francisco and Nome this summer. Officials said the vessel sails for the south today and will load cargo at San Francisco for Nome on arrival, sailing from that port May 2.
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Alaska Commercial Company
Portland
Valdez
Seward Run
San Francisco
Nome
South
Boy Prewitt Baker Disappearance Remains Unsolved
The Baker family and community learn little more a week after Prewitt vanished near Magic Harbor. Pinkerton investigators still pursue a kidnapping theory while others fear the boy drowned. Rumors of settlers or Indians on Brambridge Island are weighed against evidence debunking local sleuths’ sensational claims.
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D. Baker
Teigy
Magic Harbor
Pinkerton
Mr. Baker
Fettler
Brambridge Island
Baker
Ihe
Prewitt
Monterey Soldier Fatally Shot by Suspected Cavalry Man
Monterey Cal May 10 Reg imental Sergeant Major R. E. A. McKensie of the Fifteenth United States infantry stationed at Camp Ord was fatally shot about midnight. Officers seek his assassin said to be a member of Company A of the Ninth colored cavalry who boasted of killing McKensie after being heard threatening him earlier in the evening. The shot came from a dark alley.
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Monterey
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RE. A. McKensie
Fifteenth United States Infantry
Camp Ord
Ninth Colored Cavalry
McKensie
Paroled County Jail Inmate Robert Howard
Superior Judge Bell granted parole to Robert Howard who served about five months of a one year sentence for simple assault. The release followed advocacy by Rev. M. A. Matthews, friends, and his lawyers McCafferty and Kane.
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Robert Howard
Coort
M. A. Matthews
Howard
McCafferty & Kane
Arrow
William P. Dodge
Dodge
Arsault
California
Dr. Matthews
Tremont Arrives in Port and Loads at Arlington Dock
The Hoeton Steamship steamer Tremont arrived this morning from Tacoma and began loading at the Arlington dock. She will depart from port tomorrow afternoon but not until Thursday, as reported in New York on May 10. Also noted is the Floyd Crawford company pension announcement on the Consolidated Exchange withbranches in 60 cities, though no statement was provided.
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Hoeton Steamship Company
Tremont
Tacoma
Arlington Dock
New York
Floyd Crawford
Consolidated Exchange
Japanese repulsed near Port Arthur and reserves drafted
Reports from St. Petersburg dated May 10 state Port Arthur is again secure on the land side as Japanese forces are repulsed two kilometers from the railway. An imperial ukase calls out more reserves to complete the Kiev and Moscow drafts. A Mukden dispatch notes Japanese patrols near Fen Huang Cheng toward Yaoyo and a small detachments occupies Kwan Dian Sian.
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Scripps News Ass'n
ST. Petersburg
Port Arther
Kieff
Moscow
Mukden
Fen Huang Cheng
Yaoyo
Kwan Dian Sian
Erickson Granted Bulkhead Permit with Restrictions
The Board of Works approves Contractor Cc J Erickson’s plan to build a bulkhead along Western Avenue to retain regraded dirt. Restrictions require a 10 foot water depth high tide boundary and possible adjustment if it reaches Railroad Avenue, with police harbor master and railway firms instructed not to dump beyond the bulkhead to protect shipping. Major Millis, U S engineer, had ordered a halt due to past deposits beyond the line.
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Cc. J. Erickson
Western Avenue
Second Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Tne
Erickson
Major Millis
United States
Pinched Chief Delaney Targets Pool Rooms at Standard
Detectives Wappenstein and Kennedy arrested George Shurdy and Julius Schneider at the Standard pool rooms on Occidental avenue and Washington street for selling pools. The pair were booked at headquarters on the charge of selling pools.
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Delaney
George Shurdy
Julius Schneider
Occidental Avenue
Washington Street
Wappenstein
Kennedy
Renomination plans for three congressmen amid Foster bid
Tacoma May 16 A deal to back Senator Addison G Foster seeks renomination for Congressmen Jones Humphrey and Cushman. Pierce and King counties unite with Wesley Jones to push the Eastern Washington slate at the Republican state convention. Brownell Mead Stratton vie for offices. Meyers Coons favored for lieutenant governor by most northwest counties. Hensworth Crocker likely governor nominee. Baker lobbies railroad support. Delegates split over Bunche grass and railroads. Stevenson faction controls the slate. Pile ignored. Foster reportedly supported the congressional deal to keep Pierce and King on equal footing in the senatorial contest.
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G. Foster
Pierce
King Counties
Wesley Jones
Washington
Jones
Humphrey
Cushman
Tommorrow
Brownell
Everett
Congress
Mead
Whatcom
Stratton
Northwest Counties
Skagit
Meyer Coon
Port Townsend
Leutenant
Henswolh UL. Crocker
George HM. Baker
Mcbride
George L. Stevenson
Foster
Stevenson
King
Naval reports swirl of battles near Vladivostok
London dispatch says Admiral Uriu’s squadron may have fought the Vladivostok fleet in the Sea of Japan with rumors of ships sunk. Reports vary on details and losses as tensions rise while St. Petersburg notes a desperate engagement and possible fleet juncture.
Report of Vladivostok fleet cut off by Japanese pursuit
May 10 dispatches from Seoul and London report a portion of Admiral VYeszen s Vladivostok squadron cut off from the harbor and cruising in the Sea of Japan while pursued by a larger Japanese fleet. Credence grows as a St Petersburg cable says the cruiser Rath was destroyed, suggesting another sea victory for Japan.
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Scripps News Ass'n
Seoul
Vyeszen
Vladivostok Harbor
Sea of Japan
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Rarth
Cossack Party Arrives Near Son Chin Ahead of Vladivostok Move
A party of Cossacks reached Son Chin south of Pan Yong province and are believed to reconnoiter for a Japanese advance on Vladivostok. The force is thought to be the same unit reported crossing the Yalu above Wiju on May 6.
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Scripps News Ass'n
Seoul
Son Chin
Pan Yyong
Vladivostok
Yalu
Wiju
Japanese Forces Rout Russians Near Liao Yang
May 10 report states the First Japanese army corps overtook a fleeing Russian group about twenty miles south of Liao Yang and engaged them fiercely. Japanese troops showed grit hauling guns up steep hills to maximize fire then planted them for strong range. Russians retreated northward as a division nears Newehwang, confirmed evacuation by fleeing women reaching the area.
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Shan Kwan
Liao Yang
Newehwang
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