Senatorial fight priced like an auction
The article claims a 580000 cash pool exists for recruiting votes in the Washington state senate race with 69 legislatures to finance. It lists donors and strategies from Sweeney Furth Wilson Campbell Piles Foster and Pierce county backers, and mentions potential King County candidate Judge Thomas Burke and a Sweeny Foster coalition.
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Olympia
Charlies F. Sweeney
Gloduc Dodges Cowstes
Jacob Furth
John L. Wilson
A. B. Camel
Sweeny
Piles
Wilson
Furth
Campbell
P.I
Sam Piles
Business Men's Senatorial Committee
Foster
Pierce County
King County
Thomas Burke
Great Northern
Yale Beats Harvard 12 to 0 Before 32000 on Yale Field
Yale defeats Harvard 12 to 0 at Yale Field with Morse scoring a first half touchdown and Hoyt adding the extra point. Vice President elect Fairbanks attended, provoking cheers from Yale and jeers from Harvard supporters. Other games included Dartmouth over Brown and Navy shutting out Virginia.
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Yale
Harvard
Fairbanks
Morse
Hoyt
Hardvard
Dartmouth
Brown
Czar Seeks Oyama Help to Reach Port Arthur
A St Petersburg dispatch says the czar asked General Kuropatkin to request Field Marshal Oyama to allow a Russian envoy to Port Arthur to negotiate surrender terms for the port.
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Oyama
Port Arthur
Alice Roosevelt to spend season in London
Washington dispatch reports a rumor in high official circles that Miss Alice Roosevelt will pass the season in London. She is said to be presented at the court of St James and to be the guest of the Whitelaw Reids
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
London
Court of St. James
Whitelaw Reids
Marriage Licenses Granted to Four Couples in Vancouver Seattle Victoria
Charles Baylis aged 21 and Mary Cetti aged unknown from Vancouver B C were issued licenses along with Conrad Backer 24 and Mathilda Runge 27 from Seattle O J Cameron 24 and Bertha Munele 18 from Victoria and G G Carlson 32 and Maria E Bjerk 34 from Seattle.
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Charles Baylis
Mary Cetti
Vancouver
B. C
Conrad Backer
Mathilda Runge
Seattle
O. J. Cameron
Bertha Munele
Victoria
G. G. Carlson
Maria E. Bjerk
Collision Injures Dozens on Iron Mountain Rail near Desoto
In Missouri near Desoto fifteen to twenty persons were injured in a railroad collision on the Iron Mountain line. Physicians have been ordered to the scene amid emergency response.
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ST. Louis
Desoto
Robbers Hold Up Circus Ticket Wagon for 20000
A Tarboro New York circus ticket wagon belonging to Forepaugh and Selia Bros. was held up early today. The robbers took about 20000 in small bills and escaped, according to a message received by Barnum and Raney.
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New York
Barnum & Raney
Forepaugh & Selia Bros
Tarboro
N. Y
Battle rumble near Mukden signals major clash begins
Reports from Mukden say a significant battle has begun on the Shahke river with echoes of cannonading. In St Petersburg General Stoessel says Japanese attacks Oct 25 to Nov 2 were repulsed, Japanese losses estimated 7 000 to 10 000. Russian forces in Manchuria numbered 670 000 with 1 552 guns, three month projection 668 000 troops and 1 818 guns. Baltic squadron division sails from Libau with two Danish warships. Shoemaker couple arrested for unlawful cohabitation and released on bond.
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Petersburg
Mukden
Shahke River
Stoessel
ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Copenhagen
Libau
Far East
Langeland Island
Great Belt
Lonely governor among enemies at ratification banquet
Governor-Elect Mead faced a partisan crowd of 500 at the Washington hotel gathering hosted by the Young Men's Republican club. Toasts praised Mead and the party while McBride and others were described as having “knifed” him, with Mead delivering a calm, brief speech amid visible fatigue.
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Coleridge
Henry McBride
Young Men's
Republican Club
Washington Hotel
Monte Cristo
Mid-Ocean
Sam H. Piles
J. H. McGraw
Mead
John L. Wilson
Harry Fairchilde
Hallinger
Washington
Republican Party
Sam Piles
Sammy
Bon Herald
Albert E. Meads
Jehild
Mr. Mead
King County
George H. Walker
Wilson
Mr. Piles
Governor McBride
FIGHTING UNIONISM IN CHICAGO STRIKE BATTERING EMPLOYERS
In Chicago on November 9 six thousand tailors and six hundred cutters walked out to force renewal of existing agreements on closed shop and union scale. Thousands more in tailoring face disruption as the Employers' Association backs manufacturers. A conference on the furniture wagon drivers strike aims at settlement. The dispute signals a coming, wider civil war between unions and business interests.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
Hearst Fakir Proved An Easy Mark Again
A Seattle fakir, famed for predicting big buys, is again duped by Marcus Pollasky who boasts of purchasing realty and hotels. Pollasky offered 650000 for the Washington hotel but owner James A. Moore values it higher. Pollasky, from Detroit, has a history of “grand” purchases and hands out photos of himself buying skyscrapers to gullible buyers.
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Hearst
Washington
Marcus Pollasky
Pollasky
James A. Moore
Detroit
Seattle
Detroit Re
Joln Pollasky
Detroit Star
Marcus
Washington Hotel
Explosion Claims Fourteen Miners at Carbonado Mines
An explosion caused by gas at the Carbonado mines near Morrissey, Fernie B C yesterday afternoon killed fourteen miners. The dead include A R Jenkins Louis Carter Peter Kenny Albert Johnson Patrick Boyle William Plett Mike Gustick Anthon Prebno ck Venslav Vencka Martin Tomzacky Anton Kroudsoer Joseph Suchy James Greenman and others. all bodies have been recovered.
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Scrippe News Ass'n
Fernie
B. C
Carbonado Mines
Morrissey
A. R. Jenkins
Louis Carter
Peter Kenny
Albert Johnson
Patrick Boyle
William Plett
Mike Gustick
Anthon Prebnock
Venslav Vencka
Martin Tomzacky
Anton
John Kroudsoer
Joseph Suchy
James Greenman
Highway Robbery Near Third Avenue and Jackson Street
Four suspects James Riley Leo Strand D J Rogers and Pat Sheehan were confined in the city jail after a night time hold up of Mike Benson near Third avenue and Jackson street. Benson was dragged under a sidewalk and robbed of little value. Patrolmen Damm and King made the arrests. Strand had a prior highway robbery case bound over then dismissed in the upper court.
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Mike Benson
Third Avenue
Jackson Street
James Riley
Leo Strand
D. J. Rogers
Pat Sheehan
Damm
King
Strand
Superior Court
Walton Still in Jail as Funds Sought for Deficit
Friends of Harry Walton work to raise money to cover the deficit in his accounts at Seattle Brewing and Malting company. Walton remains confined in the city jail, taken there for access by supporters. Case expected to be settled on Monday.
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Harry Walton
Seattle Brewing and Malting Company
Walton
Unfortunate Girl and Others Committed to Asylum
Annie Olsen, 23, declared hopelessly deranged and convinced she is her own twin. her brother is in the state asylum. P Goldberg, found wandering near North Bend, also adjudged insane with odd religious beliefs. Joseph McCarty committed. Mrs Emma Smith granted divorce from Dr G B Smith for desertion and incompatibility. Plain ts awarded $70 monthly. State Dept says Italy accepted in principle a further peace conference at The Hague.
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Annie Olsen
Morris
Hh. P. Goldberg
North Bend
Joseph McCarty
Emma Smith
G. B. Smith
Blood Deal Now He Will Get After Octopus for Violating Trust
A man faces consequences after an alleged trust law violation tied to an entity named Octopus. Investigators assert breach of fiduciary duty and pursue potential penalties or restitution as part of the case. The proceedings underscore ongoing scrutiny of fiduciary obligations in the jurisdiction.
Roosevelt orders thorough probe of U S petroleum industry
President Roosevelt directs the commerce department to investigate the U S petroleum sector to determine if Standard Oil forms an illegal restraint of trade. Special agents will survey nationwide, aiming to break up the trust similar to actions against the beef trust, with Panama Canal interests cited.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce
United States
Standard Oil Company
Bureau of Corporations
Beef Trust
Isthmian Canal Commission
Standard Off Trust
Standard Oil
Panama Canal
Texas
California
Golden Acquitted In Spokane Burglary Case
A superior court jury acquitted Joe Golden of burglary charges in Spokane. He faced accusations of entering the Doris flats of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Young and stealing clothing and jewelry. Golden blamed criminal witnesses as railroaders and said they committed the burglary themselves. The jury did not credit the alleged testimonies. In Lexington Kentucky on November 19 Col Breckenridge remained alive on oxygen. Kiel marked the launch of the German navy's Deutschland battleship the same day.
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Joe Golden
Spokane
D. T. Young
Doris Flats
Golden
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