Royal welcome as Duchess of Cornwall visits Victoria
The Duchess of Cornwall and party arrive in Victoria to ideal weather and cheering crowds. Warships salute as the royal procession passes Parliament, 2000 school children sing and receive medals from the duke. Addresses are given by the Presbyterian synod the city and the British American Federation of Seattle.
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Victoria
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
BRC
Duchess of Cornwall
Momprees
India
Pacifico Squadron
Gargabinet
Bequimant
Phaeton
Amphion
Condor
Presbyterian Synod
City
Seattle
Fatal self infliction ends Colfax rancher life
In Colfax Washington on October 1 the head of Wenzell Horak a wealthy rancher was found on the cabin floor seven miles from It was evident he killed himself by placing the shotgun trigger with a stick the top of his head torn and his false teeth embedded in the cabin ceiling He had been dead a week before discovery Temporary means believed to have led to the act
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Colfax. Wash
Wenzell Horak
Horak
Tabin
Divorcees Try Again In Nevada Split Reunion
Nev October 1 The wedding of Gen M Pullman son of the Pullman car magnate and Mrs L Braseil a divorced wife of Jas Brazell was celebrated here. Pullman’s wife had obtained a divorce the day before yesterday. Mrs Braseil is one of the Weat sisters of Francisco and is famed for her ...
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Nev
Gen M. Pullman
Pullman-car
Portland Overtime Triumph over Seattle 6 to 2 in North Wage finale
Portland defeated Seattle 6 to 2 in 11 innings to close the North Wage season. The game was hotly contested from start to finish.
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Portland
Seattle
Core
Schley-Testimony On Santiago Bay Info Sparks Debate
In Washington Captain Stasbee testified regarding statements about the Spanish fleet at Santiago. He denied saying he believed the Spanish fleet was not at Santiago as Schley reported and clarified remarks about meeting the Spaniards and Cervera being bottled up in the harbor.
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Washington
D. C
Gernev Court
Stasbee
St. Paul
Call
Santiago
Schley
Congress
Cervera
Desperate Family Left after Father's Desertion
Humane Officer Pidgwas investigated a case on Ninth Avenue where Mrs. Char Johnson and five children are left with no father. The husband abandoned them, leaving the family in urgent need. The Associated Charities will be notified.
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Pidgwas
Ninth Avenue
Chari Johnson
Hag Seievina
Associated Charities
Poor Place to Leave His Money
W P Cronen of New Haven Connecticut is a guest at the Butler hotel report to police today that he left a belt containing six gold sovereigns in the closet at the Great Northern depot. Minutes later the belt was gone. Bank clearances announced show totals for today.
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W.p.cronen
New Haven
Conn
Butler Hotel
State Fair Opens in North Yakima With Fine Exhibits
State fair in North Yakima opens with perfect weather and strong turnout. County exhibits are especially fine and cattle imports grow, while horses for racing arrive at stables.
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Yakima
Wash
Humboldt Arrives from Skagway With Gold Shipment
The steamer Humboldt under Captain Bonefield arrived from Skagway at 11 this morning. A telegraphic dispatch claimed $1,000,000 in gold aboard but only $200,000 materialized, mostly for the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the local assay office. The cargo was packed in four froe and three wooden boxes. The ship carried 114 first class and 98 second class passengers.
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Humboldt
Bonefield
Skagway
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Machinists Active in Heattle Plant Dispute
Union machinists pressed actions at Heattle Machinery yesterday and today. Three workers were on site. one was seized by union men while the other two resumed shifts under escort by Foreman Johnson. A patrolman warned a striker not to talk to a worker, a warning the union ignored, asserting right to the street.
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Heattle Machinery Company
Foreman Johnson
Yestereday
Judge Grffin Opens Criminal Docket With Cattle Maiming Case
Judge Griffin began the criminal docket with the case of 8. C. Burg charged with maliciously shifting and maiming cattle near O'Brien. Neighbors witnessed the arrest. The county attorney filed information accusing Emma Spencer of stealing $420 from W. Johnson. The auditor received official approval for bridge location and proposed construction across the Duwamish River at 44.
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Griffin
8. C. Burg
O'Brien
Emma Spencer
Ore W. Johnson
Lamping
Secretary of War
Duwamish River
Anarchist who fled Germany fades from memory
A Philadelphia detective recalls a former anarchist chemist once prominent in an archiade circle. After publishing a radical sheet that was shut down after Haymarket, he earned $40 weekly, saved money, and moved on from his old allies, later marrying an American woman. His name is now a memory among anarchists.
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Philadelphia
Queen Victoria Era Performances At Windsor Castle
During early Victoria’s reign Charles Kean staged dramas at Windsor Castle for a stiff aristocratic audience. The queen sent an equerry asking if refreshments were needed, Kean replied they would welcome applause rather than meals, and Wallack misheard it as shelling peas, prompting comic relief.
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Windsor Castle
Charlies Kean
Kean
Hack
James Wallack
Mr. Kean
Wallack
Residence of Walter Fitshenry Destroyed by Fire
The one story frame home at 1130 Twenty-fourth Avenue belonging to Walter Fitshenry burned completely by 11 o'clock this morning after a chimney defect. Fire crews were alerted at 11:40. The cause is listed as a defective chimney.
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Walter Fitshenry
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Tenants Evicted From Building on Third Avenue
The first tenants to move out of the building at Third avenue and Union street are Martin and Fox the auction crew. They were ordered out days ago and could not find quarters until today when space at 2319 Firet avenue was found.
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Third Avenue
Union Street
Martin & Fox
Cere
Firet Avenue
Smallpox Case Reported on Pine Street
Health Officer Carroll reports a smallpox case at 517 Pine Street. The patient is two year old Anthony Undshake, who has been sent to the detention hospital.
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Carroll
Pine Street
Anthony Undshake
Garonne Completes Repairs and Heads to Nome
The steamship Garonne under Captain Almen finished repairs yesterday and departed for Nome in the afternoon. The ship has added mail and cargo, and a new crew has taken over as old officers returned to port.
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Garonne
Almen
Nome
Coroner Hoye Reports One Death and One Murder
Coroner C. Be. Hoye sent his monthly report to the county auditor. In the past month one death was reported and investigated, including the murder of Peter Longwood at Weston. No inquests were held. Office expenses for September totaled 213.43, compared with 444.70 in the previous year.
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C. BE. Hoye
Peter Longwood
Weston
Robbery Attempt Ends in Streetfall on Occidental and Yesterway
Henry Norman told police he faced two men with revolvers near Occidental avenue and Yesterway at 1:30 this morning. He resisted their demand and struggled, toppled down stairs into the Monogram saloon, while assistants fled down Yesterday.
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Henry Norman
Occidental Avenue
Yesterway
Firemen Rewarded For Early Morning Shelter Fire
Firefighters saved frame buildings owned by William P. McElwain at 2222 2224 2006 First Avenue from a morning blaze. The nearby 2226 First Avenue suffered about 500 dollars in damage after a laundry alarm from 2222 First Avenue rang in shortly after 2 o clock.
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William P. McElwain
First Avenue
Automobile powered rail service gains in Europe
The article notes that Italy Austria and France adopt automobiles to haul passengers on unprofitable branch railroads. It states gasoline engines prove reliable for public service and highlights the sole similarity to explosion motor locomotives in railway work.
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Italy
Austria
France
Horsewhipped At Police Headquarters Scandal Continues
A lengthy report details accusations of abuse and a police investigation following a confrontation at Grand opera house. Officers deny and defend their conduct while witnesses offer conflicting accounts as the case moves to a night-time inquiry.
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Murphy
Police, Decense and Revenue Committee
Leighton
Grand Opera House
A. Corning
Dickinson
Walter Kaseon
Bergt. Ward
Lane
Suburban News Roundup From Georgetown Interbay and Ballard
The Georgetown collection committee has $300 raised for fire department equipment. South Park schoolhouse near opening but furnaces delayed by East strike. Rev J M Baker named regular pastor at Van Auwet church. Denny Clay works at Van Asset expand vitrified brick output for pavement. Interbay volunteer firemen meet with Chief Cook of Beattie attending. A plank road petition circulates to Ballard. road winter impasse noted. Central office plan for Ballard telephones finalized. Sunset company occupies Maxwell building with day and night service and free Seattle switch. Four youths tried by Police Judge Lucas in Ratlard for fruit theft. each fined $5 and costs.
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Ballard
Sunset Company
Maxwell Building
Seattle
Local Man Claims Robbery After Loss of Funds
John Strom reported to police that $125 was stolen after arriving in Seattle with $250. He says he squandered half of the money while carousing and that the remaining balance is missing. He had invested money in Interstate Fisheries stock at the Greyhound dock.
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John Strom
Strom
Seattle
Greyhound
Navy Yard Trip Planned With Wisconsin Drydock Schedule
To leave for a trip to the United States navy yard the Wisconsin is in drydock. Poats save Columbia dock at 6 20 and 10 am, 1 15 and 4 30 pm.
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Nce
United States Navy Yard
Wisconsin
Poats Save Columbia
Northern Pacific Travel Timetables and Connections
Travel timetables list trains between Seattle, Portland, Olympia, and points on the Northwest line. See schedules for Seattle to Portland, Olympia, Vancouver, B C, and other connections with departure and arrival times. A final note asks for witness contact for an assault at Grand Opera House on a Friday evening, with address for Geo W Dickinson at Fifth and Pine.
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Kapree
Olympia
Cray's Harbor
Frpree South Mend
Samm
Beren
Seattle
Tacoma
Tr Sm
Mpokene
Lamas
Vancouver
B. C
Woolley
Ea Or
Bob Siete
Grand
Geo. W. Dickinson
Fifth
Pine Streets
Hone
Main
Fortress Monroe Slaves Built Old Point Comfort Fort
Lesie’s Weekly notes how slaves, lent by masters, were used to construct the fort at Old Point Comfort. Owners earned a centent a day per slave while the government supplied laborers with clothes, rations, quarters, and infrequent tobacco. They lived in barracks under military discipline.
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Old Point Comfort
Lesiie
Path to happiness lies in small daily deeds
The article asserts happiness comes from countless small acts rather than a single including love fidelity friendship affection parent child courtesy duty and sincere relations. It cites a Persian maxim and Sarah Grand on daily good thoughts words and deeds leading to paradise.
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Paradise
Sarah Grand
Nine Tailors and the Tale of Bells and Tellers
The phrase nine tailors grew from a bell ringing custom once believed to drive out spirits. Nine strokes signaled an adult death, six for a woman, three for a child, as listeners paid for the call. The tale notes the shift from tellers to tailors and ends with Curran joking at a Guild of Tailors dinner.
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Curran
Guild of
Tailors
Cur
Rowe
Just a Failure Short Story
A twenty five year old man with a lifelong record of failure contemplates death after a string of missteps from school evasion to failed love and failed sniping attempts. He longs for one more cricket season and fresh air as he walks toward the river with a nurse guiding him.
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Mammersmith Bridge
Oxford
Mortimer
Himelf
Lucky Littlewirl
Styx
Ive Waited Honey Waited Long for You
After a sixty day wait the Wisconsin seen the drydock and people can see her from top to bottom on the outside as well as inside.
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Wisconsin
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Kasson
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South Park
J. M. Baker
Methodist Protestant Church of
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Beattie
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Travelers’ Railway Guide
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Paul
Atlantic
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St. Lots
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Arive
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A. Paul
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Rom
Mt. Paul
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Whatcom
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Urpress Hhope
Columbia
Puget Sound
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Franklin
Pacfic
Repres
Fortress Monroe
Stron
Redelsheimer
COR
Z.C. Miles & Piper Company
Prof
Sheldon
Weill
Prrof
Third Ave. Cor
Seneca St
K. B
TREEN
First Ave
Renton Lill
16Th
Mercer
K. Jefferson
Baller Orangtrice
American Bonding & Trust Co
Merviand Casalty Company
A. Wing
Frank M. Gulen
Washington Denial and Photographic Supply Co
Columbia Street
Fiotel Butler
Albert Hansen
Northwest
Yesler Way
The
Seattle Daily Star
Ac Ae
Herbert
Scheuerman
Cherry Street
Keeley Institute
British Columbia
Kilbourne Ave
Green Lake
Fremont Car
Sullivaning
G. T. Castle
Mgr
Alan
Second Avenue Clothing House
GC. Taylor
2D Ave
Dr. Cockram
J. E. Cockram
Postoffice
Tay LeWordst
Garland
Geo. H. Woodhouse & Co
Second Ave
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