Clear Cane of Murder
Charley Shino arrested on suspicion as other arrests are expected. Japanese woman K. Taka who was strangled in Yokohama house on Fourth avenue and Jackson street died at 3 30 am. Police suspect strangulation and possible poison. porter Chartie Shindo held by Sheriff Van de Vanter though police doubt his guilt. Detectives Barbee anticipate further arrests in this murder case.
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Charley Shino
K. Taka
Yokohama
Fourth Avenue
Jackson Street
Star
Chartie Shindo
Sherif van de Vanter
Shindo
Barbee
Harriman Expedition Heads to Alaska Aboard George W. Elder
The Harriman scientific party, led by Ed ward H Harriman, sails today aboard the steamship George W Elder after fitted out at Seattle. The group includes 6 scientists from across the United States and notable figures such as John Muir and Dr. William H. Dall. The Elder, commanded by Captain Deran, is due at 2 pm with the launch Riple aboard for transport and equipment.
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Edward H. Harriman
Alaska
George W. Elder
United States
Washington
Trevor Kincaid
Mary and
Cornelia
Carel
William Averell
Roland Harriman
Arden
N.Y
C. Hart Merriam
Lewis Morris
John Muir
George F. Nelson
Charlie Palache
Robert Ridgway
William FE. Ritter
de Alton Saunders
Ewin C. Starks
Louis F. Timmerman
Wiliam Treiease
Edward L. Trudeau
Deran
Antime
Ripple
Lake Washington
An Expensive Lesson for a Russian Nobleman
In Philadelphia on May 1 Count Frank Mackleshaw a Russian nobleman studying in the United States attended a theater on May 18 left after the first act and met a young woman with yellow hair in the lobby. They dined together and the next day he reported to police that she had stolen three thousand dollars and nine hundred dollars. She remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank Mackleshaw
Russia
United States
Al-Ki reports two deaths on Alaskan voyage
Steamer Al-Ki arrived from Skagway and Lynn Canal with 13 passengers. It carried news of two deaths, miner A Harmon near Otter Lake after ice gave way, and miner Charles Keck near Berner Bay on the Fadi catt River after falling through a hole. Keck left a wife and seven children in St Louis. The voyage lasted 16 days 6 hours, calling at 12 ports. Korn Drag Co. advertises prescriptions and Jentt's Orchard shows late entries.
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Al-Ki
Skagway
Lynn Canal
Otter Take
A. Harmon
Atlin
Harmon
Chicago
Charles Keck
Fadicatt River
Berner Bay
Alaska
Keck
St. Louis
Belasco Thrall stars in The Girl It Left Behind on Third Avenue
Amusement bulletin notes Belasco Thrall delivers the show The Girl It Left Behind on Third Avenue. The production draws audiences with a mix of drama and light entertainment as theatergoers flock to nearby venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Belasco
Tacoma School Building Site Purchased by Board
The Tacoma board of education bought a site for a new school building yesterday. The property lies in block 8210 on the south side of West Thirty second Street between C and D streets, in the southern part of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Board of Education of
Htta
Ely
Health classifies faith curlers reporting contagions questioned
In Michigan, trouble arises over failure of faith curlers to report contagious diseases to health officers. The law requires physicians to report such diseases, and the scope of who falls within the health laws is debated. The health officer of a neighboring city has referred the question to the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Tacoma Cadets Win Drill Prize From Seattle Team at Madison Street Park
Troop BR Tacoma cadets defeated Seattle High School cadets in a competitive drill judged by Capt. Rogers and Lieut Le Roy at Madison Street Park yesterday afternoon. Tacoma boys received handsome field glasses, and a sham battle between the companies ended in a draw. A dinner honored the visiting troop in the evening before they departed by boat escorted by the Beattle boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Seattle
Madison Street Park
Rogers
Lieut
le Roy
Beattle
Stoneware Prices Rise After Akron Meet
Akron stone ware manufacturers return from Columbus where they helped organize the American Stoneware Company to be incorporated in Delaware with 2.5 million dollars capital. R. H. Kent named president asserts a combine is needed due to the demoralized stone ware market. General price advances planned, with business to be turned over within sixty days.
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Akron. O
Akron
Columbus
Delaware
R. H. Kent
Bank heads emerge in Seventh National Bank case
Perry and Heath admit holding a majority of stock in the Seventh National Bank of New York with possible involvement by Senator Hanna. Mayor Quincy of Heston and William H. Kimball shift to vice president. Meath remains first assistant postmaster general and will stay at Munkle.
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Washington, PD. C
Perry
Heath
Pletcher
Seventh National Bank of New York
Hanna
Quincy
Heston
William H. Kimball
National Bank
Army post with no name at Spokane gains attention
Wah May 11. OM Port Spokane is no more, and what people call the new Fort Spokane lives on. Officially the new post has no name besides the new post at Wash. Go it is named in orders. A Washington dispatch says mail should go to Fort Spokane, hinting the government may reuse the old post name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wah
Port Spokane
New Fort Spokane
Wash
Washington
Post Office
Fort Spokane
Poison Candy Aimed at Family In Cincinnati
An unknown man allegedly handed a cabman tainted candy to a boy. Mrs. Louis Schear of 720 Main St was poisoned and hospitalized after giving chocolate drops to her three children. All four victims suffered severe sickness though the children now appear out of danger. police planned to analyze the candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Louis Sehear
Main Street
City
Lous
Tea Farm Plans for South as Nation Seeks Local Tea
Secretary Wilison recently returned from the South saying the department will push experimentation to grow tea in the region. Plans include a tea farm in every Southern state, importing finest Orient varieties, and irrigation to yield tender shoots. Youths could earn funds by picking tea during school terms. Homeseekers paradise, Pratt's Orch. Add.
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Washington, PD. C
Wilison
United States
Orient
South
Cornell Students Riot in Ithaca After Princeton Victory
Ithaca police powerless as Cornell students ignite fires with packing boxes and crates along the main street. Officers assaulted, a badge and helmet torn off a officer. Fire department called to quell the crowd. Windows broken, town charged with damages, authorities seek $600 in restitution.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Princeton
Whyle
Fre
Hove
Omny
Badges for Kansans Honor Sunflower Regiment Return
Topeka Kansas May 1 The Sunflower badge of honor will be given to every member of the Fighting Twentieth Kansas upon its return from the Philippines The Kanees O A R today appealed to the G A R post for funds The badges will be ready for presentation when the regiment reaches San Francisco.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Philippines
Kanees O. A. R
G. A. R. Poste
San Francisco
Seattle Inklings and Coast Visit Highlights
Senator Richard Br. Kenney of Delaware toured the coast with his wife, visiting Victoria and planning to stay on Puget Sound. the seventeenth annual University of Washington Alumni Association reunion welcomed new members. Mrs Stevens and Mrs Gordon promoted the national W C T U convention in Seattle next October, after a Chicago visit. Police officer Sam Hamilton resigned, to visit relatives. Tourists from several states departed for Alaska aboard Cottage City. A 500-voice Christian Endeavor rehearsal was set for June 9 at the Armory. Liverpool’s Landy and Hull client registered to seek the English agency for canned goods. A mass meeting at First Methodist to protest Griggs’s anti-canteen interpretation featured city speakers. Henry Agee, “The Colorado Kid,” lost in Georgetown, in a colorfully dressed bout refereed by Denver Smith.
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Richard BR. Kenney
United States
Delaware
Metel Hutler
Sound
Victoria
Beattie
Mra. Ll. M. N. Stevens
Seattle
Mra. Stevens
Mra. Gordon
Chicago
Portland
Washington
Steam freighter Rapid Transit to Brixham wreck scene
The steam freighter Rapid Transit will depart tomorrow for Biaski island to recover anchors cables steam winches machinery and other valued items from the Brixham wreck. The City of Topeka to join Alaska excursion route with Cottage City and receive an electric light plant. Topeka set to call north on June 9. Excelator to sail Saturday for Cook Inlet ports with Valdes Tyonak Bitka ports listed. Passengers described.
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Rapid Tranesit
Brixham
Biaski Island
Topeka
Alaska
Sitka
Glacier Bay
Tourtaia
Excelator
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
Cook Inlet
Valdes
Tyonak
Bitka
Steam tows and Arctic readiness mark Seattle to St Michael
Excelsior will take north with her will be money miners eve. The steam schooner Hrunewick is expected to pull today for St Michael with two Empire Transportation steel barges in tow. The National City will haul the other three north by June 10 as its two Empire company tugs head north under their own power. The first ocean tow of the season from Beattie to St Michael will be made tomorrow when the tug Resolute departs with the Yukon river steamer Lotta Talbot in tow for an over 2500 mile voyage across the North Pacific famed for storms. Many earlier attempts from Seattle failed as waves shattered vessels before reaching Juneau. The Talbot, owned by Frank Waterhouse, was built for Yukon trade but finished late. its forward deck is boarded to lessen wave impact. St Michael will use it as a refrigerator and storage steamer. Schooner Louis J. Kenney sits out a trip to Cape Nome Golovin Bay Kotzebue Sound, after being abandoned at Point Hope last winter. The Fischer Bros schooner, loaded with miners, sails for Golovin Bay. Steamer Roanoke has reached Vancouver and will load for Seattle then head to St Michael around June 6. Steamer Flyer arrived from Tacoma after repairs and will resume service to Tacoma about June 8.
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Hrunewick
Br. Michael
Empire Transportation Company
National City
Empire Company
Beattie
Mm Michael
Resolute
Lotta Talbot
North Pacific Ocean
Yukon
Seattle
T. Michael
Juneau
Talbot
Frank Waterhouse
St. Michael
Louiie J. Kenney
Cape Nome
Golomin Bay
Kotnebue Sound
Kenney
Point Hope
Personal Mentions From the Occidental Hotel Circuit
RH Miller of Chicago registered at the Occidental. He previously ran a N A T T station in the Yukon. J B Holand of New York registered at the Occidental and seeks property, already owning property at Whatcom. KR Bentsine, an Everett merchant, is at the Hotel Northern. J M Ebimen, chief clerk for Mr McPherson, registering at the Motel Dutier while handling a large machinery consignment into Kin dike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Holand
New York
Occidental
Whatcom
KR. H. Bentsine
Everett
Hotel Northern
J. M. Ebimen
McPherson
Kiondike
Motel Dutier
Railroad officials and agents visit from Spokane and Vancouver
ER J Coyle district passenger agent for Canadian Pacific is in the city en route to Vancouver from Spokane and the Kootenay region. A K B Cronenwett of the PhillipsJudson Excursion company will return from Spokane this evening. D M Clough of Minneapolis attorney for Great Northern is in the city. HM M Fedwarda resident engineer for Great Northern at Spokane is in the city.
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ER. J. Coyle
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Spokane
Kootenay Country
A. KB. Cronenwett
Phillips- Judson Excursion Company
D.M. Clough
Minneapolis
The
Great Northern
City
HM. M. Fedwarda
Two Large Baltimore Mortgages Filed in Superior Court
In Baltimore May 31 two major mortgages filed by the Baltimore Oto railroad were noted. The first mortgage for 63 000 to United States Truett Company backs 4 per cent gold bearing bonds dated July 1 1804 and due July 1 1948 with 1000 and 500 denominations and annual interest paid each October. Original mortgage was 165 million but liens reduced it to 43 million. The second mortgage for 75 million to Merchants Trust Company finances road betterments and bonds are due in 1925 with 3 per cent interest semiannually. The mortgage aims to refund retire and redeem bonds issued under court authority and receivers with gold payment. Internal revenue stamps on the mortgages totaled 69 000.
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Baltimordm
Baltimore Obto Railroad
United States ‘Truett Company
New York City
Mercantiles Trust Company of
New York
Amd
Internal Revenue
Evidence of a Crime in Decatur Missing Man Feared Harm
Decatur Indiana May 81 An elderly resident John Miainney vanished a week after taking his wife to visit relatives He returned the game day and has not been seen since Mrs Miainney found the house in disorder with a large sum of money missing Foul play is feared
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
John Miainney
Stimson Horse Thefts Trial Set For June 12
Colville May 1. The trial of Harve Stimson charged with horse stealing is fixed for June 12 at the regular jury term. W. H. Walters Jr. charged with obtaining money under false pretenses will be tried on June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
Waeh
Harve Stimson
W. HH. Walters, Jr
War department to form centralized tax offices in Cuba Porto Rico Philippines
The War Department will oversee civil administration in Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines with a central system for customs inland taxes and disbursements. A collector treasurer and auditor will serve in each area, with deputies reporting to a main office. Most posts are filled and operations expected within two weeks.
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Washington
Frecnd
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
War Department
Melkie- John
Disciples of the Holy Ghost Seek Co operative Life in Maine
In Bangor May 21 a strange sect called the Disciples of the Holy Ghost has gathered converts in Levant near Bangor. Their creed rejects earthly gain, pooling all property in a central fund to be run by sect leaders who plan a co permanent colony at Durham Androscoggin. Ruel A. Clement, a Levant farmer, turned over his farm and all but hogs to leaders, animals slaughtered and buried, and he moves to Durham to work in the cooperative colony while Levant’s farm is managed by a devotee named George Charten Lace.
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Bangor
Disciples of the Holy Ghost
Levant
Durham
Androscoggin County
Ruel A. Clement
George Charten Lace
Peculiar Ohio Story of a Horse Rescue
In Upper Sandusky on May 1 a horse owned by Newton Yatee choked on oats. A neighbor inserted a common buggy whip into the horse’s throat to relieve the choke. The horse bit off the whip and attempted to swallow it. Two veterinarians operated, opening the neck and throat. The whip broke into pieces and was removed with forceps. The horse survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Sandusky
Thought Him Innocent Declared Guilty by Judge
In Chillicothe Ohio Prof Richard Zanzte the fortune teller convicted of bankrolling Mrs Louise Schenk out of 480 dollars was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary Judge Douglas said if he had been a juror he would never have convicted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Ohio
Richard Zanzte
Louise Schenk
Douglas
Explosion Injures Crew on Mayville Accommodation Train
Mayville Ky May . F ingine No. 79 of the C. O. Mayville accommodation train exploded after arrival. Locomotive on the turntable. Explosion buried pieces hundred yards away. Engineer Al Maddox in charge hurt badly with a broken leg. William Chard slightly injured. Other employees escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
C. O. Mayeville
al Maddox
Wiliam Chard
Differences Not Serious Between US Manila Commissioners
Washington dispatch notes no serious dissent among United States commissioners in Manila. Gen Otis may disapprove some conciliatory moves by civilian leaders Schurman and Denby, yet the officials aim to show kindness to Filipino envoys and press for an end to the rebellion without hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Manila
Otis
Mfciala
Schurman
Col. Denby
Washington
Tossed by a Bull in Pennsylvania Farmyard
In Williamsport on May 31, a vicious bull gored Enos Gilbert, an elderly farmer, at Delos Mahaffey’s Gray's Run farm. The animal gored him in the mouth and ripped his face and jaw, then tossed him through a board fence. He is expected to die from the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Enos Gilbert
Delos Mahaffey
Gray
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Hawthorn Club
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Colville Court News
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HOYS
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O. W. Peterson & Bro
Pike St
Colombe
Shorrock
Jubilee Gold Mining Company
Treasury
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Baley Bidg
Balence
Umm Mickelson
SAN Diego Fruit CO
Pike Street
la Roche
Pigot & French CO
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Eare
Queen City Steam Laundry
Fourth Ave
Wear
Winter & Harper
Beatie
Reginas
Ao Clay & Co
Steinway” Dealers Avenue
D. S. Johnston
Second Ave
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Peter Egge
6Th Ave
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Yesler Ave
Yesler Dock
Bonney & Stewart Funeral
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