Derby Day At Epsom Draws London Masses
Londoners walk miles to Epsom for the Derby with crowds in the course betting lively on Holocauste and Flying Fox as Sloan opens with a victory in an early race. The day features parading officials, costermongers, and a busy track as bets surge on contenders including Holocauste and Flying Fox.
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Epsom
Eng
London
Barrow
Gonkey
Caust
Bioane
Holocauste
France
Soane
Duke of Westminster
Flying Fox
Sloane
Heresford
Sloan
Damocles
Innocence
Big storm forecast for Oregon coast to Washington inland
A powerful storm near the central Oregon coast is expected to move eastward toward Washington on Thursday. Southeast gales along the coast veer southwest, with high winds anticipated over Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Rain is forecast for Seattle and vicinity tonight and Thursday.
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Central
Oregon Coast
Anhington
Pontoons planned for Andelana bid in British Columbia
Tacoma reports a source close to Mr. Malstead says the next move for the Andelana is to solicit bids for pontoons in British Columbia to build them if cheaper. Captain Sorenson notes the ship remains beamless and cannot be raised by chains. a diver with grapnels may be used. The Scona's rising tide likely moved the vessel eastward. debris and gear were towed back to their owners.
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Tacoma
Malstead
British Columbia
Sorenson
Gown
Captured by Insurgents Near Camp Dewey
Manila May 71. A hospital ship party including several officers and a boat’s crew were becalmed off Camp Dewey opposite Paranaque and captured by insurgents who sent small boats from shore to seize them.
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Manila
Camp Dewey
Paranaque
Insurcenta
New Cure for Intemperance Reported in New Jersey
Trenton New Jersey May 71 Frank Mopkins a city resident claims to have devised a new cure for intemperance. Early today Mrs Hopkins rushed outside and clung to a patrolman asking protection from a tie woman Gras under a high net tension and the policeman accompanied her to the house but she did wip at the house the Lock the
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Trenton
N. J
Frank Mopkins
Husband Confesses to Preparing Wife's Grave and Tombstone
A man described by police as Hopkins admitted plans to bury his wife. He showed a newly made grave in the yard, a crude headstone, and Brussels carpet, claiming the carpet could substitute as a coffin. He said his wife’s drinking and lack of reform justified the act.
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oMeer
Hopkins
Nua
Peace Conference Ends Debate On War Laws Proposals
At the Hagur today the peace conference devoted session to the laws of war. Negative decisions marked the day as defenders were allowed to defend by any means including wells and dikes. Naval Red Cross rules were withdrawn at allied naval requests. Five arbitration plans were submitted by the working arbitration committee.
Councilman Says Corporation Committee Won't Recommend 40 Year Franchise
J A James, chair of the city council corporation committee, says the panel will not back a forty year franchise for the consolidated street railway. Public opinion will be sounded with meetings and city areas consulted. Directors of the road expect a forty year term to issue 30 year bonds, and threaten to drop the matter if denied.
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Consolidated Street Railway Company
Star the Morning
J. A. James
Jacob Furth
Consolidated Road
Jeffries Form Improves in Australia Training
New York May 11 reports from fans at Asbury Park note James J Jeffries has shown enhanced form under trainer Tommy Ryan. Observers believe the boxer could handle a tough bout as betting odds shift to favor Jeffries at 2 to 1.
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New York
Asbury Park
Jeffries
Fite
Tommy Ryan
Julian
Fita
Insanity charge filed against Hiram K. McKinney in Seattle case
A charge of insanity is preferred against Hiram K. McKinney of 920 Twenty-second avenue by Sarah C. Conger. The case is set for 1:99 tomorrow. Two Green Lake cars collided near but caused no injuries. James Hamilton Lewis retained for James C. Saunders of Buffalo charged with murdering his son. The revenue cutter Perry sails for the Bering Sea. Seattle classes hold class day exercises at the theater with Juniors banqueting the Seniors tonight. Commencement exercises follow at Seattle theater and Rainier Grand hosts the alumni meeting Friday. The University of Washington ball will be held at Rankin Hall in the evening. The steamer Rosalie sails tonight for Bringway. Judgments for costs awarded in the Rita F. Wolfenden case. Mrs. T. L. R. Binn.
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Hiram K. McKinney
Twenty-ercend Avenue
Sarah C. Conger
Seattle
Hailer-beand Hotel
Rainier Grand
University of Washington
Ranke Hall
What Shall Be Her Fate
Washington May 41 The future disposition of the Reina Mercedes remains in doubt. Navy bureau chiefs say fitting her out would cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars and she would still not be of the best type. Some suggest she stay at Norfolk navy yard until Congress decides her fate.
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Washington
Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs
Norfolk Navy Yard
Congress
A Fight Among Alaska Indians at Douglas City
The steamer Al-Ki reports that on May 2 a group of Indians at Douglas City became intoxicated with whisky sold by white parties. During the revelry Mortimer Austin was stabbed in the neck by two Indians, Haider Bob and Haider Sarah. They are jailed, and authorities seek the whisky sellers, facing severe penalties.
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Douglas City
Mortimer Austin
Haider Bob
Haider Sarah
Marschal McElheny
Sheriff Investigates Case After Request To Inform Wife
The case has been reported to Sheriff Guntermann for investigation after a man asked Onken to write to his wife and inform her of the act. The incident is under inquiry by local authorities.
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Onken
Guntermann
Wheet Crop Dims After Harsh Winter And Hession Fly
Chicago board of trade estimates winter wheat crop will be 200 million bushels half normal due to cold damage last winter and the Hessian fly destroying remaining growth. Losses hit Indiana and Missouri farmers who may not recover seed.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Hinots
Indiana
Missouri
Autopsy Details Reveal Thick Skull Injury Case
A New York deputy coroner notes a suspect autopsy on a body linked to the East Side alias Hig Six and Life. The skull is described as the thickest seen, with measurements from one half to three quarters of an inch across all areas.
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New York
Meg
Ryan
East Side
Shirt law in Havana bans undershirts without coats
In Havana several arrestees have been held under municipal regulations forbidding wearing an undershirt without a coat. Working Cubans are adopting very short outer shirts with exposed skin, a style seen among jean makers who remain compliant with the law.
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Havana
Plans for Army Post at Maronstone Point Released
Specifications for the army post buildings at Maronstone Point will be ready for inspection tomorrow. The plan lists two double officers quarters, a doubleset of non-commissioned officers quarters, a barracks, an administration building, a guard house, a quartermaster and sustenance house, a stable and wagon shed, a shop, a bakery, a hospital, and a steward's quarters. Bids for erection are expected to be opened around June 1.
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Maronstone Point
Treating Then Well Golmore and Sailors Held for Ransom
Navy dispatch from Manila reports Captain Barker confirms Gilmore and Yorktown sailors are alive and well after ambush. Gilmore was allowed a horse. Officers view the message as reassuring and suggest they are being held for ransom.
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Washington
D. C
Navy Department
Barker
Manila
Secretary of Navy
Gilmore
Yorktown
Admiral Dewey Sets Sail for Singapore New Schedule
Hong Kong reports Admiral Dewey will depart for Singapore on Monday, June 5, signaling a planned voyage and continued naval movements in the region.
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Hong Kong
Admiral Dewey
Singapore
Citizen Is Rotten Egged Near Home
Last night W De Grom reached his Twelfth avenue Washington Street home when a crowd of boys aged 12 to beyond attacked him with rotten eggs. The assault occurred on a dark street as he believed the youths sought someone else. De Grows reported to the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff was dispatched to pursue the assailants.
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W. de Grom
Twelfth Avenue
Washington Street
Mr. de Grows
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Massacre Report Allegedly Blamed on Cuban Forces
Captain Hoeffer of the United States volunteer cavalry relays a brother’s letter from Santa Clara province Cuba describing a massacre of twenty seven United States coal miners by Cuban soldiers with no defending shot fired in return. The letter notes bitter tone at witnesses unable to defend or retaliate and names troops K and I of the Second Cavalry.
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Quincy
J. A. Hoeffer
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Santa Clara Province
Cuba
Second
Unitedtates Cavalry
United States
Second Cavalry
Fred
Shot With His Own Gun In Buckhorn Dispute
Suffolk Virginia May 1 Mikler H Holland was shot in the back and shoulder at Buckhorn this afternoon by a negro workman after Holland fired at the ground grapple to scare him. The assailant wrested the gun and shot Holland with his own weapon as the dispute over a ware hoist escalated. Holland is expected to recover.
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Suffolk
Miklerh
Holland
Buckhorn
Japanese porter arrested in murder case as police shift changes
FP I Ghikawa a Japanese porter was arrested by Officer Iverson this morning likely connected with yesterday morning's murder of a Japanese woman. Also Captain Morrie of the chain gang faces trouble for coming on duty intoxicated and being locked in the receiving cell. Police hours adjusted for day and night duties. weekly drill canceled. Burglars entered Binge Co grocery at Georgetown stealing goods and money. W J Long reports break in on Fleet and Queen Anne avenues with brass couplings stolen.
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I. Ghikawa
Iverson
William Morrie
Binge & Co
Georgetown
W. J. Long
Fleet Avenue North
Queen Anne Avenue
Class Day Exercises at University of Washington
The graduating class of the University of Washington held class day exercises in Denny Hall. The program, a two act ply set in Paris in 1901, featured a class reunion and a reception at Hotel Paris with musical numbers speeches and impersonations by professors. The event was well received with lively junior songs and full attendance by relatives friends and students.
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University of Washington
Denny Hall
Paris
Hotel Paria
Oratorical Contest at Ply mouth Congregational Church
Tonight at eight at Plymouth Congregational Church the King County Mar association oratorical contest awards 3190. Program features Lucile McIntyre Another View of Reform J Bamunds Whither Are We Drifting Richard Bushell Tracts Cross and Burden Y M C A Quartette Mina Audrey Yamaguchi Theodore Roosevelt J B Wright Song Trio Winsor McIntyre Glasgow Violin Solo Mr Dans The Ideal American H Horsted Our Disfranchised Citizens.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
King County Mar Association
ES -Cosancrss
Mies
Lucile McIntyre
Bamunds
Ess
Richard Bushell
Cross and Burden
Ovat
Mina Audrey i
Poo Pritety
Jinta Yamaguchi
Theodore Roosevelt
J. BE. Wright
Blanche Winsor
Miss Lucile McIntyre
Misa Grace Glasgow
Mr. Dans
H. M. Horsted
Citisens
Inquest of the Coroner Probes Electric Car Disaster
The coroner Sparling and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Fulton conduct the inquest into Emmanuel Broad's death from the Monday electric car crash. Motorman Sharp testifies the car slipped and he could not stop it, shut off power, set brakes, and did not hear a whistle. Swan Pomplus, conductor, says the car was late and running eight to nine miles per hour with Broad on the platform. Fifteen witnesses remain to be examined. session expected to continue tomorrow.
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Emmanuel Broad
Sparling
Walter Fulton
Sharp
Broad
Swan Pomplus
Philip Eriach Duped by Bunco Man on Second Avenue
Philip Eriach, called a green man from the country, was approached by a confidence man who posed as a Port Blakeley storekeeper. After asking about his business and destination, Eriach gave six dollars for an express package he believed needed payment. The con artist vanished into an adjoining building and did not return.
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Philip Eriach
Powers
Uriach
Priach
Miner Vanishes After Threats of Drowning
Hugh Frael, a miner for We nona Coal at Wenona Beach Bay Carry Mich, has been missing for a week. He reportedly left a week’s wages and warned a fellow miner he would drown himself, with a sighting at Balzberg later found to be someone else. Authorities seek clues to his whereabouts.
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Bay Carry
Mich
Hugh Frael
Wenona
Wall Street Opened Irregular as Fever News Shakes Markets
Wall Street opened irregularly while traders weighed a reported yellow fever case in New Orleans. In Miss City Mont a dispatch notes fifty soldiers sent from Fort Keogh to Cheyenne on urgent request of Agent Clifford, cause unclear. Yo Chong a Chinese immigrant is arrested in connection with the murder of K Taka the Japanese woman.
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York
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Miss City
Mont
Fort Keogh
Clifford
Yo Chong
K. Taka
Brooklyn Cruiser Brooklyn Strikes Bottom Near Battery
Washington May 41 The cruiser Brooklyn touched bottom while rounding the New York Battery. Damage not severe but authorities fear worse. Secretary of War orders thorough examination at Brooklyn Navy Yard. A court of inquiry will investigate.
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Washington, D. C
Jewell
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Brooklyn
Secretary of War
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Booklyne
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