Republicans Plan Senate Reorganization Amid GOP Control
Washington Nov 22 The GOP will reorganize the Senate as Republicans hold a 33 seat majority with 16 in the Senate and 13 in the House. Key committee seats will favor Republicans led by Aldrich on finance. Wolcott Jones and others may shift to secure a gold standard position. Vacancies and party designations shape the new majority.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Senate
Congress
House
Teller
Colorado
Stewart
Claima
Appropriations Committee
Morrill
Allison
Laws
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Wotcott
Jones
Nevada
Committee of Finance
Wolcott
Platt
Connecticut
Burrows
Corcoran to Take Over Seattle Stock Exchange Management
The Seattle Stock Exchange, long idle, is set to resume with Mr. Corcoran as sole manager. Brokers divided over the plan warn against quick changes while supporters argue centralized leadership could revive mining business in Western Washington. The deal, expected this afternoon, faces opposition from some brokers though many favor restoring an operating exchange.
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Seattle Stock Exchange
Exchange
Corcoran
Washington
Alaska Whales Attract Investment For Mass Killing Venture
A Vancouver based stock firm plans a large scale hunt of humpback finback and other whales in Alaska waters near Juneau. The fleet would use bomb harpoons and render oil on barges with hydraulic presses, aiming to profit from abundant sea mammals despite their low blubber value.
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Alaska
Surndum Bay
Mississippi Contest Debate Over Governor Nomination
Dr. Prewitt former Populist candidate for governor writes to the executive committee urging a contest of Judge Longino’s election arguing illegal Democratic nomination due to county mass meetings held on different days. Governor McLaurin says the claim is ill-founded.
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Jackson Depot
Mins
Prewitt
Longino
McLaurin
Elopes 10 The Far North
Lon Chappelle a wealthy Kiondiker and Mrs E JH Harding a pretty blonde reportedly eloped to Alaska. Harding reported they left on the City of Topeka yesterday morning taking $100 and a gold watch. Harding traced them to Seattle after they moved from Glen dive Montana. City received no landing confirmation from the Victoria police.
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Lon Chappelle
E. JH. Harding
Alaska
Harding
Topeka
Sorry He Said It
A town estimable man brags of his easygoing nature while a joke about his wife’s looks provokes sharp, humiliation laden remarks. The captioned exchange ends with a friend’s cutting retort and the man’s anger at the moment.
Aguinaldo Escapes as Forces Close In on Manila
Aguinaldo and his army again slip through converging columns of Gen. Wheaton and Gen. Young near Manila. Gen. Lawton advances into the mountains after the insurgents as his troops face severe hardship from shortages and lack of medical care. Soldiers subsist mainly on bananas and water buffalo meat.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Wheaton
Young
Lawton
Shooting Scrape Over Dispensary Revelations Unfolds in Sellers Favor
In a Nov 22 incident at Sellers 8 C a shooting match left five men wounded. John C. Sellers and his son Benj clashed with J Pudfey Haselden state board chairman Captain Luther Haselden and Dr Henry V Edwards. The younger Sellers said the Haseldens wore sheet-iron breast plates and came seeking a fight while the elder led the attacks on the Dispensary Board.
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Sellers
8. C
John C. Sellers
Benj Sellers
J. Pudfey Haselden
State Board of Control
Luther M. Haselden
Henry V. Edwards
Haseldens
Not Able to Find Cain Despite Police Search
Police and friends search the city for Larria Cain an insurance agent arrested last week on forgery charges. He was released on a $3000 bond and last seen at noon yesterday. his wife fears he may have killed himself, but police think he may have left town.
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Larria Cain
Cit
Cain
Hina
British steamer reports German punitive action in Cameroons
The Volta arrives from the German Cameroons with news of a German punitive expedition against natives who besieged trading stations near Kribi. The captain says about 2006 natives were killed and some decapitated with heads mounted on poles to terrorize inhabitants.
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Liverpool
Volta
Cameroons
West Africa
Kribi
Funston Denounces Metcalf Allegations As Cowardice
Gen. Funston replies to charges against Col. Metcalf and himself calling the accusation of cowardice and looting contemptible and underhanded. He brands the five officers behind the charges as some of the rankest cowards in the army.
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Ban Francisco
Examiner
Funston
Col. Metcalf
Col Metcalfe
Mile. Fin to Open Three Nights at Seattle Theatre
Mile. Fin arrives in Seattle for a three night run starting tomorrow. The farce comedy, adapted from a French play, enjoyed 300 nights in New York and features Mamie Gilroy in the title role with Maude Granger also in the cast.
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Seattle
New York
Mamie Gilroy
Maude Granger
Baltimore Considers Sale of Western Maryland Coal Road Holdings
Baltimore plans are under consideration to sell the city holdings in the Western Maryland Railroad to a New York syndicate. The sale covers about 4,000 shares valued around 450000, a decision by the city finance committee reached last week and made public today.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Mall Road Company
New York
Political pot boils as Quay forces brace for next year
Philadelphia talks and Philadelphia hints spark anxious mood on Capitol Hill. Regulars foresee a vigorous year with anti machine leaders rallying for a Merits campaign while fearing a possible Democratic victory in the next legislature. The conflict reshapes alliances across the state as machines prepare for a battle royal.
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Harmusaung
Quay
Capital Hill
Philadelphia
United States Senate
Quay Men
McKinley
Govenor Stone
Piano Recital by Bol Asher Pupils Delights Elke Hall
Pupils of Prof. Bol Asher presented a piano recital last Saturday at Elke hall. The young performers displayed careful training and notable talent. Participants included Lil ite Lewie Irene Howe Rony Colaky Robin French Isabella Price Yale Hallow Theora Heese Florence Wagner Bara Colsky Wynard Hay lis and H C Eketrand.
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Bol Asher
Elke Hall
Lilite Lewie
Irene Howe
Rony Colaky
Robin French
Isabella Price
Yale Hallow
Theora Heese
Florence Wagner
Bara Colsky
Wynard Haylis
H.C. Eketrand
River boats in peril as crews face deadly voyage
The Rosalie under Capt O Brien arrived from the north after rough seas. Two men, J Smith and Mr Heat tle, drowned at White Horse rapid on Sunday November 12, while a companion survived. A fleet including the Anglian Cloddard and W scone is frozen at Lake Lebarne, with cargo of mail and hides at risk as ice crushes vessels. Nearby, FL A Temple of Washington DC was sentenced to six years for stabbing C H Crutchfield of San Francisco at Port Clarence.
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Rosalie
O' Brien
Wrangell
White Horse
Yukon
Anglian
Cloddard
W Scone
Lake Lebarne
Seversl
Kiondike
Harnes
Skagway
Victoria-Yukon Transportation Company
Rosalie Aalied
Juneau
A. Temple
Washington, D.C
C. H. Crutchfield
San Francisco
Port Clarence
Farmers Consider Relocation to Washington State
Lanny, a wheat grower from Jackson County Missouri, writes the Seattle Chamber of Commerce secretary requesting detailed information on Washington's wheat industry. He notes several farmers from his region are contemplating settling in Washington.
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T Lanny
Representative
Jackson Co
Seattle
Fifth Avenue Vehicles Contract Awarded in New York
Hartford dispatch reports the Columbia and Electric Vehicle Company of Hartford has been awarded the equipment contract for Fifth Avenue stage line vehicles in New York. The line has been sold to the New York Electric Vehicle Transportation Company. Each vehicle will seat 24 persons.
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Hartford
Conn
Columbia and Electric Vehicle Comranny
He Atage Line
Fifth Avenue
New York
New York Electric Vehicle Transportation Company
Local lumber and commodity price list reflected in odd OCR text
The fragment lists lumber items such as Cedar Lumber and shingles with prices plus grain and coffee quotations. It includes quantities, weights, and multiple supplier-like phrases with figures like $9, $14, and per hundredweight pricing, typical of a market page.
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Washington Red Cedar
Farina
Teel
Java
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Market Quotations for Weekday Trade and Allied Goods
Market notes show brisk activity across lines on Weat street with dairy markets tightening but overall scarce supplies. A 15 000 pound halibut shipment arrived on the Mowalle. prices offered by local dealers cover livestock, produce, hay, grain, and lumber ranges with numerous items listed for deck or rail delivery.
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Weat Street
Beattie ‘Trainate
Tuget Sound
Washington
Shipping schedule notice from Puget Sound Superintendent
Al K, Nov. 1, 16, Dec. 1, 16, 81, and every fifth day thereafter. For further information obtain folder The company reserves the right to change without previous notice, steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing. J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Puget Sound Supt. Ocean Dock, Seattle. I p town ticket office, 618 Flrat av enue, Seattle: Goodall, Perkins & Co., General agents, San Francisco
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J. F. Trowbridge
Puget Sound
Ocean Dock
Seattle
I P Town
Flrat Avenue
Goodall, Perkins & Co
San Francisco
Discovery of rich ore near Delta borough sparks excitement
York county residents report gold silver and lead deposits within a mile of Delta. W G MecLaughlin of Delta holds options on two hundred acres and has sunk a shaft on James Pope’s farm. Ore samples sent to Philadelphia show fold assays worth 1000 dollars per ton and lead at 50 dollars per ton.
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York
York County
Delta Borough
W.G. MecLaughlin
Delta
James Pope
Philadelphia
Knife duel ends in death at Bakersfield
At Bakersfield near West Plains Missouri Luke Seels mortally wounded Postmaster W H Sharp with a knife after a quarrel over Seels alleged attentions to Sharp's wife. The duel occurred in Sharp's cellar with Beets sustaining minor injuries. Seels was arrested and released on bonds.
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West Plains
Bakersfield
Luke Leela
W. H. Sharp
Seel
Sharp
Seels
Wharves activity and new steamers at Lynn canal docks
Steamers Dirigo and Waterloo loaded at Stetson and Peat dock and West Brattle grain elevators, with Dirigo bound for Lynn canal and Waterloo wheat. Jeanie chartered to carry excess freight for Ran Franches, Oregon to be brought from Quartermaster harbor. Wharf between Yener and Central docks nearly torn up, with 20 feet remaining to finish and deep water harboring for two more vessels.
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Dirigo
Stetnon & Peat Dock
Porta
Lynn Canal
Jeanie
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Yener
Central Docks
Yesser Dock
Boxing Fortunes Versus Academic Salaries Highlight Debate
The piece contrasts low college professorship pay with boxing earnings of Jeffries and Sharkey. It notes professors rarely earn over 5000 yearly while ministers average 800. Teachers average 40 a month and boxing stars trained about sixty days before a two hour bout. Jeffries earned 23423 and Sharkey 11141.
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Jeffries
Thays
Sharkey
Robbers blow up Carl Junction bank in Missouri
At Carl Junction, Missouri, a gang of four robbed the Bank of Carl Junction between 3 and 4 am, looting $4,000 and valuables. The vault and large safe were wrecked after four dynamite charges, with four explosions heard and no resistance reported.
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Joplin
Carl Junction
Bank of
Nafe- Dee
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