Panama Canal Swindle Report From Paris Inquiry
Alfred Noble of the Isthmian canal commission returns from Paris with five colleagues after examining the Panama Canal Company claims. They reviewed company data, noted $12,000,000 spent on the project, and propose surveying additional routes beyond Panama before a congress report. The firm estimates $100,000,000 more to complete the canal, seen as potentially profitable and strategically important.
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Chicago
Get
Alfred Noble
Isthmian Canal Commission
Paris
Cleime
Panama Canal Company
United States
Noble
M. Choron
M. Charon
Canal Company
Nicaragua
Congress
Panama Canal
Panama
South America
French Canal Company
Valuable Marble Deposits Found on Prince of Wales Island
Gen. J. D. McIntyre reports a fine white marble sample from Prince of Wales Island. The stone polishes well and suits decorative building and monuments. Large deposits appear, with future quarries along the coast, enabling cheap loading from shore. Olympic Mining Co seeks estimates. Cap J S Miller discovered the marble and it is on display at the Seattle Bureau of Mining Information in the Stock Exchange.
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Prince of Wales Island
J. D. McIntyre
Olympic Mining Company
Prince of Wales
Cap. J. 8. Miller
Bureau of Mining Information
Seattle Stock Exchange
Chicago Reports International Marriage Weds Norwegian Heiress
An American artist from the Hotel Morrison marries Miss Anna Marie Berry from a long line of Norwegian island owners near Kragero. William E.B. Connor of Springfield, Illinois, is the groom. They await word from Norway as the couple begins their life in Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
Newport
Morrison
Norway
Wiliam EB. Connor
Springfield
Anna Marie Berry
Kragero
Firs
Connor
United States
Anniversary Celebration of Seattle Good Templars
The Good Templars of Seattle marked the thirty third anniversary of their order at Leoiae No 6 on Battery Street. Charter members Rev George F Whitworth Mrs Loulan Denny and Miss Innez Denny attended along with other active workers from years past.
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Good Templars
Seattle
Leoiae
Lb. B. Ward
Jonas Mushneil
Alison W Rs
John Carvin
Roland W. Cotterill
George F. Cotterill
D. B. Ward
Dr Whitworth
Louisa Denny
Mies EB
Inez Denny
Indians Return From Hopfields Encamp Near Steamship Dock
A large group of British Columbia Indians who just returned from the hopfields encamped near the Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s dock. They report a very successful season and expect to head north with money.
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British Columbia
All Members Seattle Union No 13 Special Meeting Notice
All Members Seattle Union No 13 are notified to attend a special meeting on Tuesday evening October 10. Bring cards. M A Brown, President.
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Seattle Union No. 13
M. A. Brown
Garlington Leaves the Sound for the Far East
Col. B. E. Garlington, formerly on the Sound as special inspector of fortifications, departed for the East last night. His investigations were official in nature and he declined to discuss them.
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Col
B. E. Garlington
Auburn man stabbed defending girl in October attack
Mack Miller of Auburn lies in critical condition at Providence hospital after being stabbed by Peter Florida on October 3. Doctors say Miller may not survive the day as he defended a young girl Florida was attempting to assault and stabbed him in the kidneys.
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Mack Miller
Auburn
Peter Florida
Providence Hospital
Miller
Florida
Kilbourne Released After Jewelry Robbery Probe
Mallet Kilbourne, the ticket seller at a downtown variety theater, was arrested by Detective Cudt hee Bunday on suspicion of complicity in the robbery of Louis Kiedt's jewelry estate Saturday night and has been released.
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Mallet Kilbourne
Cudthee Bunday
Louis Kiedt
George W Trimble Flies From King County Property Buy
George W Trimble fled after recording a purchase of several properties in King County valued at $16,000. The deal was with Absalom and Hunter of Denver Colorado and included valuable parcels in West Beattie.
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George W. Trimble
King County
Absalom & Hunter
Denver, Col
West Beattie
School Election Registration Opens Tomorrow at City Hall
Registration for the upcoming school election begins tomorrow at City Hall. Voters are advised to confirm eligibility and deadlines as officials outline turnout procedures and required documents.
Exposition Notes Draw City Crowds to Armory Shows
Summer wanes as Seattle residents attend the exposition at the armory drawing a cosmopolitan audience of about 1200. The Laselles troupe performs on rings and guests enjoy Miss Holmes singing The Off Brigade and Bonnie Doon. Exhibits include a Yakima observation hive with active bees, Lily Hogardus booth, Jackson Bock drill, Waconda mining display, Windmiller fur collection valued over 20 dollars, and a postponed wedding day noting today’s focus on Columbia county and Wenatchee valley.
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Spart
Mies Holmes
Bonnie Doon
Yakima
Mystery of F. W. Levett’s sudden desertion shocks city
F. W. Levett disappeared from 013 Third Avenue after telling his wife he would seek a doctor. A telegram from San Francisco claimed he was alive but offered no reason for leaving Beattie so abruptly. Police were alerted days after the wife reported him missing as friends now say he deserted his wife and will not return.
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F. W. Levett
Third Avenue
Levett
Miners Climb for Their Lives in Narrow Escape
Men in the Reading Iron Company mine at Barto were trapped by a fire and escaped the shaft by a 218 foot ladder. The hoisting house burned, forcing a perilous ascent to the surface where the miners were exhausted and nearly suffocated by smoke.
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Pottstown
Reading Iron Company
Barto
Leith Whisky Brokers Fail In London Crisis
London reports F. W. & Brinkmann, Leith whisky brokers, have failed with liabilities of 2.5 million dollars and assets around 400 thousand. The firm was linked to the Pattisons bonded warehouse collapse last December and further failures are anticipated as speculation drives the crisis in the trade.
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London
F. W. & ©. Brinkmann
Leith Whisky Brokers
Pattisans
Leith
McKinley May Reshape Command Over Manila
Washington dispatch reports a White House interview between President McKinley and Admiral Dewey. Dewey urges removing Gen Otis and gives authority to Lawton and MacArthur to command their districts while Otis shifts to detail duties. A decision is expected soon with orders likely issued early.
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New York
Washington
Brooklyn
Fagie Sage
White House
McKiniey
Admiral Dewey
Tts
Gen
Otis
McKinley Saes
Generale
Lawton
MacArthur
Rweall
The Negro Problem in the South Grows More Difficult
A New York conference of secretaries from religious and educational groups working with colored people in the South is planned for November 1 at the American Missionary Association invitation from Booker T. Washington. Gen. Thomas T. Morgan warns the current situation is appalling and perilous with a vast, uncertain future for race relations in the region.
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New York
Get
American Missionary Association
Booker T. Washington
Thomas T. Morgan
American Baptisl Home Mission Society
South
Judes
No Delay on Financial Bill in Senate
Washington informs that on the first day of the new session the Senate will introduce a financial bill favoring the gold standard. Senator Aldrich, chairman of the finance committee, said the measure is prepared but will not be public until shown to several Republican senators. The finance committee intends speedy Senate consideration and early reporting.
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Senate
House
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Paralyzed Man Shot By Acquitted Suspect in Church Street Incident
Robert Brown, rendered paralyzed two years earlier by a gunshot, testified that Charles Lee shot him from behind as Brown sat on a buggy near Church Street. Lee was acquitted today after Brown was fatally wounded in a subsequent shooting before surrendering to the sheriff.
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Spartansburg
Robert Brown
Charles Lee
Lee
Brown
Church Street
Lalil
New Business Proposals Reach Beattie Merchants
Secretary Prosch of the chamber reports letters from Fr Fenick of Bona Algerts seeking trade ties with Beattie merchants. He cites hay tobacco and phosphate stone among potential imports and notes cork. A second letter from A Melhenny of New York and other capitalists plans a banking institution in Beattie.
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Prosch
Chamber of Commerce
Fr. Fenick
Bona, Algerts
Beattie
A. Melhenny
New York
Seattle Federation Aims Ambulance Buy and Free Kindergartens
The Seattle Federation of Women’s clubs seeks city council action to fund an ambulance service for the sick and injured and to place kindergartens in public schools as free programs. The group met yesterday at the city library and will now convene at 2 p.m. daily instead of 2:30.
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Seattle Federation of Women's Caba
Gage Linked to Post at National Bank of Commerce
News from New York reports Lyman J. Gage has sold Chicago property amid a rumor he will become president of the National Bank of Commerce in New York after retirement, succeeding W. W. Sherman. He reportedly told a friend of J Pierpont Morgan that he would take the post.
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New York
Lyman J. Gage
the Treasury
Chicago
Gage
National Bank of Commerce of
W. W. Sherman
J. Pierpont Morgan
Bank
Winter undergarments sale listing with heavy fleece items
Readable catalog of Ladies and Men's Jersey ribbed undergarments and union suits with bold values. Items include heavy fleeced Jersey, wool blends, Australian wool, and sanitary gray wool, priced from 5 to 2 dollars and offered at discounted tag prices per garment or per suit.
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Uncle Sam
Garlington
Kilbourne
Sousa
Sol Asher
Fiest Regiment
Asher
Wagner
Washington Volunteers
Manhattan Beach
Sousa Band
Lbrarian
Agher
Birda
Philippines
Rowan
Corvus Aliea
England
Boston
Maas
British Admiralty
Furness Line
Leith Whiskey Brokers
Will McKinley
Washington, D.C
E. W. Newhall & CO
O. W. Peterson & Bro
Pike St
German Medical Institute Pacific
Seattle National Bank
Yesler and
Second Avenue
Steinway
A. BR. Chase
Emerson
Sherman, Clay & Go
SYRES
Occidental Ave
Pigott & French CO
Washington St
Linotype
W.c.carr
P.L. Building
Seattle, Wash
Seattle Transfer
Thone
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