Port Arthur Surrender Rumor Circulates In Tokyo
Telegrams report General Stoessel asked for an armistice at Port Arthur with unclear terms. Japanese troops fear massacre if captured and hope Stoessel will capitulate before fall of the city. Other dispatches note outpost repulse, heavy Russian losses, and a French general assault planned.
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Seriews News Ass'n
Tokio
Stovessel
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Rome
Giornale
Ex Mayor Humes Dies in Fairbanks Alaska
Former Seattle mayor and King County Superior Court judge Thomas Jefferson Humes died in Fairbanks Alaska after a heart attack. A rugged, colorful leader with a wide open policy, he served Seattle as chief executive from 1897 to 1902 and on the superior bench for the same period. He left office poor, known for blunt honesty and friendship, with a large circle of friends across the state.
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King County Superior Court
Fairbanks
Alaska
Tami
W. D. Wood
Meredith
John Considine
Sullivan
Judge Ballinger
Jaudeee Burnes
Whs
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Indiana
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Lake Washington
Mark Twain Resemblance Highlighted by Roosevelt in Seattle
President Roosevelt remarked to Mayor Humes that he resembled Mark Twain during a Seattle visit in August. The two men shared height build blue eyes and bushy white hair and both pursued public service with humor and wit. The mayor and Twain both westward natives from the Mississippi and each influenced public life in distinct ways.
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Snet Fall
Shot In The Back At Paseo Dance
Tacoma November 10 A railroad brakeman Samuel Cohen of Pasco was shot in the back at a Paseo dance when a revolver in a man's coat pocket discharged. Cohen, wounded in the shoulder blade and spinal column, was taken to Fannie Paddock hospital. doctors believe lungs are unharmed and prognosis is serious but not fatal.
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Cohen
Mead Carries King by Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Nine
Complete county returns show Mead winning King by 6 779 votes, giving the Republican ticket a strong majority. Jack Williams is defeated for sheriff by 3 028 votes.
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Mead
Fire destroys residence. three die in New York blaze
A morning fire at 146 East Ninety-seventh Street in New York City killed three residents. Frederick Webber Blanche Uhlien and William Uhlén perished. authorities believe the blaze was incendiary.
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New York
East Ninety-seventh Street
Frederick Webber
Blanche Uhlien
William Uhlen
Mead Wins Governor Race in King County by Wide Margin
Complete returns from all precincts show Albert Be Mead the Republican governor candidate with a 6 775 vote plurality over Judge George Turner. L C Smith wins sheriff by 3 078 over Jack Williams as the county ticket leans Republican by about 7300. Roosevelt electors carry the county by a huge margin among 27 208 ballots. Ballots counted late. city tallies dragged into today with uncertainty in some precincts.
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King County
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George Turner
L. C. Smith
Jack Williams
Kenneth Mackintosh
Jay ©. Allen
Ballard
Roosevelt
Mead
Turner
Albert &. Mead
Cave
Dynamite Blast Collapses Tacoma Building
A dynamite blast at 11:36 near Fourteenth and A streets in Tacoma caused a partial collapse of the West Coast Wagon building. Contractor CC DD Bimore, supervising the foundation work, set the charge and escaped unharmed as debris rained into the cellar. no injuries were reported.
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Tacoma
Cnal
Fourteenth
West Coast Wagon Company
CC. DD. Bimore
Engineer Heads to Panama for Canal Work
J. A. Wallace, chief engineer of the canal, arrived today and will sail for Panama tomorrow. He plans to make Panama his permanent home with his wife accompanying him as work on the canal proceeds with vigor.
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Canal
Panama
Wyoming Runs Aground Near Port Angeles
The U S monitor Wyoming ran aground at Point White while en route from Bremerton to target practice grounds. It sustained damage including a two plate breach and a flood in two compartments and will enter dry dock on November 16 for repairs.
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Navy Yard
Bremerton
Port Angeles
United States
Wyoming
Point White
Pleasant Beach
Murder and suicide after killings near Los Angeles
Bodies of Robert McCommon and his wife were found in their Fredericks cottage near Los Angeles. Both had been shot. It is believed McCommon killed his wife and then committed suicide. No motive is known though he was reportedly intoxicated.
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Bertope News Ass'n
Los Angeles
Cal
Robert McCommon
Fredericks
McCommon
Mead Wins Governor Seat Amid Roosevelt Landslide Victory
Early returns show Albert B. Mead elected governor for the Republican Party by about 14 733 votes, with Roosevelt piling up a vast statewide majority and Turner mounting a strong but losing bid. Final totals indicate Mead’s statewide majority near 13 733 after accounting for county results.
Strenuous Night Ends With Robbery Tie to Matson
Housemover C Cathron of 811 Sixteenth avenue south was robbed of $9 by three men after an evening of cards. Stuart Matson was arrested after Cathron identified him. Police filed a charge of highway robbery. Cathron later recognized Matson at the Comique theater amid ongoing investigation.
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Comique
Crandall
Matson
Plucky Katherine Gilman Fends Off Mason with Shasta Bottle
Western actress Miss Katherine Gilman of the James Neill company uses a siphon bottle of Shasta water to drive off a masked man blocking her path near Plymouth Congregational church at seven o clock foggy night. She hurries to Providence hospital to reach a dying colleague and to perform as Micah in The Holy City.
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James Neill Company
Third Avenue
University Street
Plymouth Congregational Church
Miss Gilman
Stanford University
Union Street
Providence Hospital
Micah
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