New Law Course At University Opens Next Week
City schools start the year with 9 000 pupils and 300 teachers. High school entrance exams run tomorrow and Friday for non graduates. The University of Washington opens next week with at least 600 students, adding a two year pharmacy course under Dr Horace Greely Byars. Dormitories are under construction for 119 students and new books totaling over 1 000 volumes arrive for the library.
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Hester Maison
Lillian Deneldevon
South School
Frances Dougan
Rainier
Alice Leslie
Melen G. de Voe
Denny
Katherine Quinn
Pacific
Margaret Haldwin
Queen Anne
Maud Walker
Gouth
Martha Pike
Greenlake
Harriett Kelloge
University School
Lilian Nash
High Schol
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Derby
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Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill School
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Madison Street
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Queen Anne School
Old University
St. Francis
Jewish Synagogue
Walla Walla
Armory
Youn Naturalists
Trinity Guild Hall
Pike and
Madison Streets
Adah FE. Core
Mayme R. Ellis
Edna M. le Roy
Ella M. Peckham
Clara K. Adams
Board of Education
Niehr
Boston
New York
Wisconssa
California
Oregon
Washington
Broadway
Olive
Pine Streets
University of Washington
Graves
A. Eb. Coffey
Horace Greely Byars
Beant of Pharmacy
Board of Regents
Coffman
Madison
Wia
University of Wisconsin Summer Library School
Address on the Orient by ex-Envoy John Barrett at Moanke Hall
Hon John Barrett former US minister to Siam will lecture at Moanke Hall under the chamber of commerce on Oriental Commerce from a Pacific Coast Standpoint. Barrett has long studied Asia and will share insights on Asia and Pacific Coast opportunities for investment and trade.
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United States
Siam
Moanke Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Harrett
Asia
Atlantic
Pacifi
Academy of Science Reopens With Alaska Expedition Talk
The Academy of Science reopened the fall season at Minckley Block Hall with a lecture by Prof. Trevor Kincaid of State University. He discussed the Harriman expedition to Alaska and his role reaching Humlaggin Islands with Prof. Mitteroft Berkeley and Prof. Saunders of the University of South Dakota.
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Minckley Block Hall
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Harriman
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Kincaid
Hhumaggin Islands
Mitteroft Burkeley
Saunders
University of South Dakota
Siberia
Alaska Shumagin Islands Expedition Notes Distinct Life Forms
The report details a voyage returning from the Shumagin islands noting new bee life species yet to be classified and discoveries about geographic distribution on Math glacier. It describes Unga gold mine operations, coal mining, and the unusual coast formation on Poppo Island with inland lakes formed by wave action. It also explains insect wing loss due to strong winds and the absence of reptiles, with hawks, owls, and many small mice as higher life forms.
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Shumagin Islands
Math Glacier
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Kincaid
Poppo Island
Mies
Stores Prepare to Fight New Tax Law in Kansas City
Mo. stores oppose a September 16 tax law affecting retailers with fifteen or more employees. A tax from 200 to 400 dollars per class of goods applies to large stores, with two Kansas City shops under the law facing about 27,000 dollars annually at the minimum rate. Local merchants form a fund to hire lawyers as they pursue court challenges.
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Kansas City
Treasure Hunters Seek 1812 Vessel Loot
A group of unnamed men in Pine Bluff Arkansas claim to search for treasure buried in an extinct lake bed from the 1812 war era. They carry elaborate charts and refuse to disclose their identities.
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Ark
Minnesota’s New Ore Road Project
Duluth September 6 The company incorporated to build a tram ore carrying road for Henry W. Oliver interests tied to Carnegie has surveyed a line from Mesaba to the Vermilion range. The plan aims toward Lake Superior shore to establish ore docks and a new harbor for lake carriers.
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Duluth
Henry W. Oliver
Hailstorm Hits Hewitt Area In Texas
A midday hailstorm struck Hewitt, eight miles south of Waco, with wind and rain. The storm stripped a five by two mile cotton strip of foliage, leaving only stalks and bolls, and knocked out open cotton buried in dirt.
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Parke Smith Wins Yale Scholarship for Studies Abroad
Parke Smith returns to Seattle from Auburn after summer break and learns he has been awarded a Yale University scholarship. He plans to depart in about a week to begin his studies, following his graduation from the University of Washington last summer after entering in the fall of 1896.
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Yale University
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University of Washington
Where Women May Wear the Pants
Susie McKinney 19, daughter of a Girard, Illinois banker and Missouri State University graduate, was arrested in Indianapolis for masquerading in male attire. Police report she may have a husband in the city. she was released as Indiana law does not bar women from wearing trousers.
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Ind
Susie McKinney
Girard
Missouri State University
Indiana
Mob Attacks Mormon Meeting. Fatal Shooting and Suicide
In Pine Bluff Tennessee on September 6 a mob of over a hundred farmers attacked a Mormon meeting at a schoolhouse. May Harden was killed by gunfire while Elders Hiram Olwon and J C Petty escaped. Haston Vinson confessed, then killed himself at his doorstep as a posse approached. A mob member named Winton suspected as the shooter later confessed.
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Mies May Hareden
Haston Vinson
Bloodhommia
Mewart County
Hiram Olwon
J. C. Petty
Mine May Marden
Misa Harden
Winson
Capitalists Arrive From Buffalo Stay At Hotel Hutler
A party of eastern capitalists arrived from Buffalo last night in F. H. Goodyear's private car 116 and will stay at the Hotel Hutler. The group includes F. Ht. Goodyear chair man of Buffalo & Busequehanna railroad Frank H. Pearye grain operator A. D. Bissell tanker HKpewell Park surgeon and author M. Clement Marine bank president Frank Smith chief attorney for Buffalo St Marys Southwestern all of Buffalo and New York City leaders.
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Hutler
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Frank H. Pearye
A. D. Bissell
Hkpewell Park
M. Clement
The
Marine Bank
Frank &. Smith
New York City
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St. Mary's
Steamship Movements and Crew Updates Across Sound Ports
The Umatilla purser J W Campbell contracts fever in San Francisco while the Utopia remains on Tacoma to Victoria freight duty. Laurada heads to St Michael with heavy cargo including 160 tons for Fort Gibbon. vessel to drydock in Tacoma and not return north after this trip. N A T T C Roanoke set to sail for St Michael next Friday carrying large loads and US troop supplies. some expect it as transport, officials confirm steady voyage. George K E Starr arrives with passengers and cargo. Gen M Wilson departs for Port Townsend. Topeka leaves Lynn Canal for the north. Umatilla sails with many northbound passengers. evaluative note on Excelator pending. Britannia ship Mair Gowrie unloads 12,853 barrels of cement at Tacoma amid crew intoxication incident. Plowderly (?) leads wheat shipment to UK after cargo discharge. Oriental Sher Gienogies chartered as transport. sails from Carmannah Point with tea and silk freight.
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N. A. T. & T. Company
Roanoke
United States
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White Star Dock
Seattle Steamship Company
United Stats
Hritheh
Mair Gowrie
Antwerp
Plalrowrie
United Kingdom
PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS FORM PACIFIC NORTHWEST GROUP
Tacoma meeting of cafe piano and organ dealers from Oregon Washington and Idaho leads to the creation of the Piano and Organ Dealers Association of the Pacific Northwest. D S Johnston elected president H C Reichert secretary. committee named to draft constitution and by laws. no price controls planned. convention to report today.
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Ralph Ramaker
H. ©. Reichert
Seattle
A. & Taylor
Olympia
Johnston
W. W. Pickerill
Association
H. C. Reichert
Beattie
Ths Association
Musical Instrument Trust
Messrs
Allen and
Chesebro
Seattle Invited to National G A R Encampment 1900
The chamber of commerce forwarded an invitation to the National G A R encampment in Philadelphia to hold the next encampment in Seattle in 1900. Col J W Langley of Seattle, a delegate, will present the proposal to the Philadelphia gathering, citing Seattle's scenic beauty and commercial importance.
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G. A. TH
Philadelphia
Seattle
G. A. RB
J. W. Langley
Department of Washington
National League Games Reported From Septembers Standings
National League results list games across cities with scores led by Philadelphia 18 over Washington 10, Cincinnati sweeping Cleveland 19-4 and 9-7, Boston 8 over Baltimore 4, Chicago 13 over Pittsburgh 7, New York 5 over Brooklyn 16, St Louis 8 over Louisville 4. Standings show Brooklyn leading at 69-56, Philadelphia 76-66, Chicago 61-61, and New York 50-87 with others trailing including Washington at 41-97 and Cleveland at 20-108.
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Kents
Trailmiore
Loula
Cincinnati
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Husband Missing Man Returns to Seek Work
Henry Ashworth reappeared at police headquarters after a week missing from a lodging house at Third and Pike streets. He claimed to be seeking work and said he had returned to Seattle to search for his wife. Police say he was not in his right mind and had believed foul play occurred.
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Capt Willard
Seattle
Fine Wool and Silk Waists On Sale In Apparent Deal
Fine wool CABH MERE WAITS with lining and rich colors offered at 1.00 each, a 2.00 value. Fine SICILIAAN WAISTS feature a tight body and pointed yoke at 2.00 each from a 2.50 value. Ned Plaid Twisled FLEECE SHIRT WAIST described with a handsome finish.
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Our Boys In Blue
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Yesler Way
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