Last Days of Beattie's Expo Feature Scandinavian Day
The Beattie exposition nears its end with a packed program in Seattle. Wagner's band and vocal soloists entertain as Miss Lira dances to fly routines while Mr Whit ing and the Norne Glee Club perform. Exhibits include linotype demos, machinery from Piggot French, and a celery exhibit from Puget Sound. Lumberman's day tomorrow promises a gala close.
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Benner
Halie
W.ct. U
Wagner
H .Whiting
Wabash
Whiting
Mile
Lira
Seattle
Edwin van Buren
Mise Hilda Howe
Helen Holmes
Ella Higginson
Liza
Shields Company
Halle Ie
Bas & Splendid
Holden & Wilson Furniturers
Rvelyn
Mitchell, Lewie & Staver
Polson Wilson Hardware Company
Pideleo
United States
Puget Sound
San Juan County
Sound
Mies Myrtie
Meyer
Mise Meyer
Wasel van Alstyne
Mies
Gradiye
Oscar approves new flag law amid union controversy
Stockholm reports King Oscar reluctantly sanctions a Norwegian flag law after a state council protocol shows his regret over the union emblem implying equal rights for Sweden and Norway. He notes the resolution passed three times, but he will approve the promulgation per the constitution.
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Stockholm
Tidningen
Council of State
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Publishers Building at the Paris Exposition of 1900
Commissioner General Peck has awarded the contract for a major new building at the Paris exposition of 1900. The structure, to be the publishers' building on the Esplanade Des Invalides, will house displays of American printing machinery and supplies, including type composition machines and various printing presses.
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Cricago
Peck Tes
Publishers
Esplanade Des Invalides
Publishers’ Building to House U S News Operations
A new publishers’ complex will serve as general headquarters and rendezvous for United States publishers. Located in a building owned by the department of liberal arts, directed by A. & Capehart, with Charles Harries Simms as assistant director, the site promises a familiar, homey atmosphere for visitors.
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United States
Department of
Liberal Arta
A. & Capehart
Charles Harries Simms
Liberal Arte
Dr Clarence A Smith Receives Farewell Banquet
Dr Clarence A Smith was honored at a Rainier club farewell banquet last evening as he departs for New York to begin a new practice. He formerly led the society, served as city health officer, and long sat on the board of health. He was also on the Seattle General Hospital staff.
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Clarence A. Smith
Rainier Club
Smith
New York
Society
Board of Health
Seattle General Hospital
Civil Service Exams Set For November 14 At Federal Building
Examinations will be held on November 14 for several inspector of heating and ventilating vacancies. The job offers a salary of 2100 dollars annually. Applicants must be at least 25 years old with an upper age limit of 45. A number of fine positions are offered.
City proposes hillside purchase for public park
The city plans to buy the hillside at Seventh and Yesler to convert it into a public park. Costs have risen due to yearly landslides. the site will be graded, drained, seeded, and planted with trees. Condemnation suits against current owners have begun.
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Seventh and
Yesler
Geattie
Kingsbury Gets the Plumb as Surveyor General Nominee
Centralia businessman and politician E. P. Kingsbury is slated for surveyor general. Senator Foster reportedly sent his recommendation to the president, with an appointment expected within days. Foster denies naming the candidate but confirms the delegation was told the post would not go to Thurston County.
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Tacoma
E. P. Kingsbury
Centralia
Foster
Kingsbury
Lewis County
George Motoy
Thurston County
Supreme Court upholds city license power in Fleetwood case
In Tacoma the supreme court rules cities may license businesses to raise revenue, striking down state limits on local regulation. The Fleetwood decision centers on a Bell anti trading stamp ordinance. Thomas Fleetwood challenged his $6 arrest, appealing through habeas corpus after local court losses.
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Tacoma
Supreme Court
Fleetwood
Ceouncilman Heil
Thomas Fleetwood
Carroll
Superior Court
Wilkins Visits Washington Post Editor in Town
Berlah Wilkins of the Washington Post, a Gold Democrat, came from New York to see John R. McLean and to show possible support for McLean. A circulating story claims the Bryan campaign has abandoned its fight, though the editor’s visit might aim to profit from McLean’s influence.
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Columbus
Berlah Wilkins
Washington Post
New York
John R. McLean
Washington
Wilkins
Chicago
McKinley
East
Gold Democrats
McLean
Wilkiing
William Jennings Bryan
Peck Going to Paris Again
United States Commissioner General Peck, chosen to represent the government at the Paris exposition, is scheduled to arrive at the Brooklyn Navy Yard tomorrow aboard the cruiser Prairie. He will lead the government exhibit voyage to Paris.
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New York
United States
General Peck
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Prairie
Paris
Boston Aims to Bring Liberty Bell for 125th Battle of Bunker Hill
Boston officials plan to move the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Boston next June for the 125th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The board of aldermen urged the mayor to seek Philadelphia’s permission for the transfer.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Bunker Fill
Board of Aldermen
Chicago Faces Bituminous Coal Shortage Famine
Chicago faces a looming coal famine as the Miners and Wholesalers Coal Association warns of tight supply and rising prices. A large wholesale dealer says cold weather could outpace delivery, with many loads sold or contracted but not mined, creating a critical market in which Chicago consumes 1200 to 1400 cars daily. The shortage threatens Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa and northern Illinois that rely on Chicago dealers for coal.
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Chicago
Oct. W
Coal Association
Great Northern
Great Northwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Illinese
Jones campaign distributes one million documents statewide
Toledo Oct. The manager of Mayor Jones non-partisan campaign started a large number of Dieyele riders to carry documents to rural districts. The entire state will be covered and the Jones people plan to distribute one million documents by election time. Nearly all bicycle riders are speaking at meetings wherever possible.
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Toledo
Mana
Jones
A Fiend in Austria
Vienna reports terror in Upper Austria on the Danube as a fifth Jack the Ripper murder unfolds. A 58 year old woman was assaulted and killed in a brutal crime spreading fear among residents.
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Vienna
Upper Austria
Danube
Roberts Says No Indictment Seen in Utah Case
Congress man elect Brigham Henry Roberts of Salt Lake City speaks in Brooklyn and asserts no indictment against him is known. He notes plural marriages before 1890 and vows church discipline for any violation. He claims his election to Congress was the people’s choice, with Gentiles backing him.
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New York
Brigham Henry Roberts
Salt Lake
Utah
Brooklyn
Roberts
Conveas
Gentilee
Congress
Jewish Services Tonight at Temple de Hirech
Services will be held this evening at the Temple de Hirech with Rabbi Theodore F. Joseph in Morris' hall preaching on "The Religion of the Youth." A fine musical program will be rendered.
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de Hirech
Morris’ Hall
Theodore F. Joseph
Miscellaneous Historical Snippets and Observations
A compilation of varied notes covers linguistic curiosities, religious and educational topics, transportation price shifts in Japan, gender norms in Korea, and a New York church project. It mentions changes in college property values, a San Francisco church fire, tea economics, and railway reforms in Belgium among other brief items.
Enduring Arch Plan Fails to Win New Yorkers Support
New Yorkers reject the idea of a marble Dewey arch with a price tag near a million dollars. The design is admired but the cost turns the public against funding the project and building a stone monument.
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New
Consolidation Talk Shifts in Chicago Palace Car Field
In Chicago an executive committee led by Robert T. Lincoln considers uniting Pullman and Wagener palace car firms. The group aims to follow the late George M. Pullman in dominating the global sleeping car business. Pullman would likely have pursued that goal quickly, if alive, as directors remain allied with the Vanderbilts and await their decision.
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Chicago
Ort
Pullman
Wagener Palace
Robert T. Lincoln
George M. Pullman
Vanderbilts
Fall Fashion Tidbits From the Season's Runway
Tucks plaids and folds dominate the fashion scene with dark reds tans browns and fawn tones. Black velvet jackets and plaid wool skirts pair with corduroy separates while polonaise styles push forward with Maite lace borders and wreath motifs on Brussels lace. Outer garments hug the figure as double faced cloth and check patterns lead rainy day skirts with deep yokes and plis.
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Brussels
Twenty Injured In Collision On Trolley Line
A head on crash between two passenger cars on the Hyracuee Lakeside and Daldwinaville line near Syracuse today left twenty injured with several serious. A northbound excursion car was struck by an incoming car traveling about thirty mph. cars telescoped for about half their length. Reporter Charles Lampke of the New York Journal suffered four broken ribs and may die.
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Racuer
N.Y
Hyracuee
Lakeside
Daldwinaville
Charles Lampke
New York Journal
Syracuse
Out on bail for Mell YE lounge assault case
William Holland and John Williams, accused of assaulting Thomas Desmond in a Mell Ye saloon yesterday morning, have been released on bail.
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William Holland
John Williams
Thomas Desmond
Mellly E Saloon
What Dewey's sword cost
Washington D C October 2 Admiral Dewey's sword voted by congress did not cost ten thousand dollars Congress appropriated 10000 for the sword and bronze medals for every man in Dewey's fleet at Manila Bay The navy expended 1000 on the sword the remaining 7000 for medals Medals designed by French sculptor are handsome and total orders 1823 with a few more not yet counted The cost per medal was about 275 The New York firm that designed and made the award claims they lost money on it
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Washington,d. C
Dewey
Congress
Manila Bay
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Navigation
New York Frm
Modjeeka in Mary Stuart at Third Avenue Theater Tonight
The Seattle amusement bulletin notes Modjeeka presents Mary Stuart at the Third Avenue Theater tonight. Yon Yonson appears at the First Seattle Exposition in Armory Hall with afternoon and evening vaudeville and moving pictures, Olympic Hall offers additional acts.
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Seattle
Modjeeka
Mary Stuart
Third Avenue Theater
Yon Yonson
Armory Hall
Olympic Hall
Americans in Transvaal seek state department aid
Four thousand Americans in the Transvaal formed a representative body called the American pull and engaged Seymour Seymour Harmon to present grievances to Washington. Louis Beymour, an American mining engineer, leads the Peketein properties effort and argues the true position of aliens there is misunderstood and needs better sympathy for the Boers. He says the group has asked the U S government to address unrest and improve conditions for fellow citizens.
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New York
Transvaal
Seymour, Seymour & Harmon
Walla Street
State Department
Washington
Louie J. Beymour
Johannesburg
John & Beymour
John 8
Beymour
Wasington
Great Britain
Huntieh
Orange Free State
Krueger
England
The Text Struck Home at Episcopal Service
A merchant’s wife dressed in a shirtwaist judged stylish by her husband and father. They attended church where Rev Worthington opened with a warning from Matthew about waste. The wife fainted and kept her head down for the rest of the service.
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Reuben
Worthington
Merritt Criticizes Army Ordnance Bureau Report
War Department releases Major General Wesley Merritt East Department chief report criticizing the artillery branch. He faulted the ordnance bureau for control over guns and quarters, noting artillerymen have no say in selecting posts and equipment. The quartermaster's department is also implicated for inadequate quarters at artillery posts.
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Warphington
D. C
Wesley Merritt
Department of the East
Clovernor’s Island
New York
War Department
Ordnance Bureau
Quartermaster’s Department
Merritt
Merritt Enye
Robber's Body Identified Brain Doctor Lewie Linked to Palatine Bank Crime
Chicago October 20 identification of the dead bank robber from Palatine is attributed to Dr William J Lewie who vanished from the Palmer House the day before The declaration comes from a Lewie brother and Adjutant General G A Partridge of Illinois G A R notes Lewie a medical college graduate and former traveler in Alaska and the West is believed driven to crime by morphine distress.
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Chicago
Charlies H. Patten
Palatine
William J. Lewie
Palmer House
Lewis
A. Partridge
Waukegan
Department of Iiinoia
Wisconsin
Alaska
West
Freight Rates Advance From Chicago to New York
The trunkline freight committee approved by the central freight association in Chicago recommends an advance in pastbound grain rates from Chicago to New York by November 1, the highest in five years. The Chicago action is official and effective as it involves all initial lines between Chicago and New York.
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New York
Chicago
Trunkine Freight Committee
Central Freight Association
Chicago Committee
Korn Deng Ce Kiten and Pike Prescription Notice
Korn Deng Ce Kiten and Pike Prescription specialiata Tel Pike 25.
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Korn Deng
Kiten
Pike Prescription Specialiata
Tel
Pike
Mackintosh Outerwear Sale Highlights Deep Discounts
Varied ladies and misses wool serge and tweed mackintoshes with detachable capes, velvet collars, and plaid linings offered at reduced prices. Options include blue, brown, navy, tan and black coats, with values ranging from four to sixteen dollars, now marked down to as low as two dollars and sixty five cents. Mens serge box coat style mackintosh also discounted.
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Mackintosh
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Twenty-seventh Street
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Wea
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West & CO
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Sprge Mackintosh
O. W. Peterson & Bro
Pike St
Moran Bros. Company Engine and Ship Builders
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Incorpe ‘Ss
Gold M. & S. CO
G & Thorston & Co., Oficial Brokers
Cherry St
Third Ave
Catarre
Medical Institute
Pacific
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Yesler and
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GEO. H. Woodhouse
Dartner
Marion St. Bel
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R.k. Aves
Pigott & French CO
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