Seattle Star notes sale of P I L and N P deal
The Spokesman Review published the P I L and N P sale. Seattle council faces a heated meeting next Monday as Northern Pacific presses water front claims amid organized local resistance. Otis faces criticism over Philippine campaign with possible shift if Aguinaldo is captured and rebellion ends.
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Cyanide Plant at Blewett Boosts local mining ventures
John Snyder reports Blewett cyanide plant is operating near Warrior General’s Culver properties. George Boggs leads eight ton daily capacity setup with two tanks while Cascade Mining Co wires up seven miles of ditch and 18 inch pipe. Patsy Clark buys Persinger group. Peshastin claims, Polepick and Lucky Queen bonds noted. limited daily yields cited from Peshastin and Nigger Creek areas.
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Tom Johnson
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Shoudy
Ellensburg
Nigger Creek
Lucky Queen
Culver Mines
Mohawk Company
Finest Harbor in the Pacific
Tutuila the Samoan island to join the United States under the recent Germany England arrangement awaits ratification. Its 54 square miles host a population of about 4000 and the harbor at Pago Pago is described as the finest in the South Pacific. A London Times representative in Washington called Pago Pago Harbor the best in the Pacific with Pearl Harbor second in value.
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Germany
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Pacific
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
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Pacific Ocean
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Washington
Pago Pago
Tutuia
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian
City Street Committee Hearing on Madison Street Paving
The street committee of the city council heard many property owners at yesterday afternoon’s session. Residents favored asphalt or brick paving for the Madison Street improvement. The committee will reconvene next Friday before reporting.
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Madison Street
Courtesy Not Extended to Consul in Pretoria War
Washington dispatch reports Charles Macrum, U.S. consul in Pretoria, rejected by President Kruger for handling English funds for British prisoners of war. The State Department sought aid to aid prisoners but was informed arrangements must go through the general in the field.
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Colville Indian Reservation to Open for Homesteads
Private reports from Waterville Washington state that the Colville Indian reservation will be opened for homestead settlement around the end of January. Waterville, the district land office hub, may be the source of the news, with surrounding lands totaling about 200000 acres ideal for farming and ranching.
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Washington
Railway notes and rate changes across the United States
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans hearings from St Louis to San Francisco on Atlantic Pacific freight rates. Scalp dealers pledge $20 000 to block anti scalping laws. some railroads may stop contributions. Erle railroad builds double tracks to shorten main line by 37 miles. Chicago Erie division directors elected at Huntington Indiana. Chicago St Paul lines keep 11 50 rate to January 1. Freight from Chicago to Atlantic coast declines. Chicago New York rates to be equalized January 1.
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Lackawaxen
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Ind
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G. M. Cummings
C. L. Coster
F. DD. Jennings
F. L. Stepson
Samuel Spencer
B. Thomas
W. 8. Merrill
J. L. Welch
Brick walls rise on Pullman College science hall
The two new college buildings at Pullman College in Washington have brick walls up with roofing and cornice work underway. Brick work on the science hall walls finished today and roof work will be rushed to continue interior construction regardless of weather. Ferry hall also has its roof, windows installed, and interior work advancing toward completion with a target date in the contract.
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Pullman, Waash
Science Hall
Ferry Hall
Beattie theater billed with vaudeville and Broadway acts
The Beattie theater features the miles and fit comedy and a two night run of A Stranger in New York. Third avenue theater presents A Romance of Coon Hollow and Forms Ferry with strong companys. Filipino vaudeville from Manila debuts at Third avenue with aerial acts and battle projections.
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Planetation
Schools of the Indians Education at two Washington boarding schools
The Indian affairs commissioner highlights boarding schools as vital to assimilating the younger generation. Yakima and Puyallup hostels educate about 200 pupils each with enrollments exceeding capacity, 191 at Yakima and 245 at Puyallup, though average daily attendance runs 79 and 181 respectively.
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Commissioner of Indian Affaires
State of Washington
Yakima
Puyallup
Attempted dynamite attack targets Wisconsin family
F O'Brien planted a ten pound stick of dynamite under his wife’s bedroom in Janesville Wisconsin. The blast damaged a one story frame house but all occupants escaped serious injury. He confessed and named two other men.
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Janeeville
Wia
F. O'Brien
Frank O'Brien
Mia
Frederick O'Brien
O'Brien
Northern Pacific Gains Bitter Root Access and Alaska Line
Northern Pacific secures access to Bitter Root valley Montana and will begin building a Camas Prairie branch. Elk Horn branch slated for discontinuation. Great Northern plans Helena Boulder Valley and Butte branch entry after NP failed to gain payoff. Ontario and Rainy River railroad construction begins connecting Port Arthur to Winnipeg opening rich farming mining country.
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Camas Prairie
Elkhorn
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Helena Boulder Valley
Butte
Ontario
Great Northern Likely To Run Double Train Service
Great Northern will probably start a double train service from St. Paul to Seattle next spring around April 1 due to heavy travel and heavy trailing.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
Seattle
Object to a Change in Time
Wallace Idaho residents debate shifting from Pacific to mountain time after a school board petition. A city council special meeting yielded no firm action though mayor P F Smith urged citizens to set clocks forward one hour on Sunday November 12 to align with Rocky Mountain time.
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Pacific
Wallace School Board
P. F. Smith
Amalgamation of English Scottish Bank Formed
Glasgow reports the completion of a combined financial entity with a capital of about 16 million dollars. The fusion involves English and Scottish interests, consolidating the capital under a single umbrella.
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Glasgow
Bscotch
Shipping schedule advance notice from Beattie company
Al Ki announces sailing dates and hours may change without notice with steamers on dates Nov 1 Dec 1 and every fifth day thereafter. For information see folder. J F Trowbridock Puget Sound Boat Ocean Dock Beattie Uptown ticket office 618 First Avenue Beattie Goodall Perkins Co San Francisco general agents
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J. F. Trowbridock
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Buat
Ocean Dock
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Uptown
First Avenue
Beattie, Goodall, Perkins & Co
San Francisco
Baffling Nine Beloved Await California Vines
Fourteen women, all engaged to John A. Schmidt, gathered at Grand Trunk station in Chicago awaiting their lovers. They shared that each planned to elope to California vineyards, though they were strangers to one another.
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John A. Schmidt
Grand Trunk
Schmidt
Calfornia
Othore
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