Appointment planned for Spokane deputy customs post
Senator Wilson recommends Jas E Daniels of Spokane for deputy collector of customs at Northport Washington to replace Mart J Maloney. Salary is 1800 dollars annually and Housus will also recommend to the department. Daniels is expected to secure the position.
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Wilson Las
Jas. E. Daniels
Spokane
Northport
Wash
Mart J. Maloney
Housus
Department
Daniels
Charles W. Jones
United States
Florida
Wyoming
Thomas Taggart
W. N. Harding
Indianapolis
Ind
Taggart
C. J. Smith
Oregon Improvement Company
Field
United States Supreme Court
McKinley
Joseph McKenna
California
Congress
Justice Field
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ed Vwatkins
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Elmer Gifford
Pittsburg
Arimal
Santa Clara
Peoria
Canada
Mexico
Iowa Hills
Placer County
Cal
Edwin Arnold
London
Actor John W Hague Dies in Boston at 58
Boston October 19 John W Hague the well known actor is dead aged 58 He supported many famous stars including Edwin Booth Mary Anderson John McCullough and Charlotte Cushman Meyer
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Boston
John W. Hague
Edwin Booth
Mary Anderson
John McCullough
Charlotte Cushman
Spokane Judge Delivers Life Sentence and Scathing Denunciation
In Spokane Judge Brents sentencing Elmer Gifford to life in prison for trafficking a girl under 16, the judge denounced the crime as depravity beyond belief. He cited the raised age of consent to 18 and urged protection of white girls from such influences, arguing for the severest penalty.
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Spokane
Elmer Gifford
Brents
Gifford
Regents Removed in University of Washington Changes
Governor Rogers reshapes the University of Washington board in Olympia appointing R Winsor Seattle for an unexpired term ending March 1899 and C M Easterday Tacoma for the 1902 term, replacing Clark Davis James R Hayden and J P Fay amid alleged misconduct and Fay resisting removal.
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Olympia
Wash
Rogers
Board of Regents
University of Washington
R. Winsor
Seattle
Clark Davis
John B. Allen
James R. Hayden
C. M. Easterday
Tacoma
J. P. Fay
Fay
Fifty sleeping boys escape as Spokane school burns
The Father B Held Technical College for boys in Spokane was destroyed by fire early yesterday. About 50 students woke in time to flee in their night clothes, with no injuries reported. Loss runs to roughly 10 000 to 11 000 dollars, only 2500 insured. Fire origin unknown, seen near the rear pantry and oil room.
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Spokane
Spokane Technical School
Father B. Held
Cook’s
Father Held
Troy's Accounts Short in Ex-Auditor Case at Port Angeles
Douglass Young and G C Lyon filed their report on ex-Auditor John W Troy's books in Port Angeles Washington on October 16. The shortage is about 11000 dollars, with 6000 from Baker's term. Sheriff Dyke heads to Skagway to arrest Troy. Baker faces no charges due to statutes.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Douglass Young
G. C. Lyon
John W. Troy
Baker
Troy
Sherriff Dyke
Skagway
Marks Liquor House Fails. Helena Dealer Assigns Assets
Marks, Helena’s longtime liquor wholesaler and retailer since 1866 after moving from Virginia City, has assigned his business to David Morris for creditors. Liabilities total 62000 with 38800 in preferred claims. ordinary creditors are largely eastern wholesale firms.
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Helena
Mont
Marks
Virginia City
David Morris
Miner Ryan Shot in Wallace During Payday Celebration
In Wallace Idaho on October 18 a quarrel at a payday celebration led to a miner named Ryan being shot by an unknown assailant. The bullet pierced the chest, draining him of life, and he was transported to a hospital with slim chances of recovery.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mullan
Ryan
Cashier Convicted in Argentine Bank Wreck case
Cashier Gee A. Taylor of the Argentine bank that failed last year was convicted in the criminal court in Argentine Kansas of wrecking the concern. The bank owed thousands to depositors.
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Kansas City, Mo
Gee. A. Taylor
Argentine, Kan
Reverend Ford Convicted in Seduction Case in Seattle
After a two week trial in the superior court Rev. W. T. Ford was found guilty of seducing Jessie Moreford, a 15 year old former household and church member. The report notes the accused man’s long pedigree is no shield.
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Seattle
W. T. Ford
Superior Court
Jessie Moreford
Inland Empire items show tax levies and rail plans
Washington Montana Idaho and B C briefs record Tacoma city tax at 10 mills King county 11 mills for 1897 Everett adopts 10 mill school tax Adams county wheat at 2.5 million bushels Rosalia ships 800k bushels Arlington shingles plant 100000 daily Pullman engineering enrollments rising Great Falls to standard gauge Fort Harrison barracks expansion Lewis county levies 15 mills Sage Creek wool sells at 163 cents per pound Livingston land office 27 homesteads 21 desert entries Boise judge rules Lincoln county in accounting Juliaetta cleaner runs 60k bushels wheat Bitter Root road Gibbonsville funds Sheep and cattle movements Nez Perce reservation settlement Nez Perce county sheep 15000 head Grand Forks plastering London Catholics option on Duffy hall New Westminster college opening and river flood plans.
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Tacoma
King County
Adams County
Seattle Board of Education
Everett
Rosalia
Arlington
Mechanical Engineering
The
Agricultural College
Pullman
Eichner
Pacific County
United States
Hanford
Spokane
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Sawyer
Atlantic
Mississippi
Seattle
Helena
Jefferson County
Fort Yellowstone
Great Falls
Fort Harrison
United States Infantry
Lewis County
Sage Creek Sheep Company
Boston
Montana
Messrs
Boise
Stewart
Blaine County
Lincoln County
Juliaetta
Gibbonsville
Chris Thiessen
Idaho
San Francisco
Thiessen
Northern Pacific Railway
Coeur d’Alene
Nez Perce
Salmon Country
Spokane Fruit Fair Closes After Successful Run
Spokane October report shows the fourth annual fruit fair ending with about 70 000 paid attendees. Manager Bolster praised exhibitors for satisfaction and profit from exchanges with prominent growers. Financials show a positive balance, though exact figures were not disclosed.
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Spokane
Wash
Bolster
Cubans Seek Fair Play and Independence in War
Colonel Jose Zayais claims the Cuban junta seeks fair play and belligerent rights from Britain and the United States, says the war may end within a year, rejects US annexation, and notes Spain cannot fund the campaign or accept a 150 million dollar insurgent offer, with no US aid anticipated.
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London
Jose Zayais
Palma Cuban Junta
New York
Great Britain
Cuba
Spain
United States
Zayais
England
Supreme Court rules against Southern Pacific in land case
The Supreme Court issues an opinion against the Southern Pacific Railway Company in the case over about 700,000 acres of Southern California land. The dispute arose from overlap with the Atlantic & Pacific grant as the two land grants intersected government claims. Port Townsend reports a fatal shooting on Hood's canal where J E Luckey was killed by neighbor W J Keller during a quarrel on the county road.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Railway Company
United States
California
Atlantic & Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific
Port Townsend
Wash
Brinnon Point
Hood's Canal
Hamilton
J. E. Luckey
W. J. Keller
Luckey
Ex-Treasurer Bristol Appeals Embezzlement Conviction
Great Falls Montana October 16 ex treasurer Bristol of Teton county convicted of embezzling 435.15 from the county and sentenced to one year in prison has filed notice of an appeal to the supreme court from Judge Smith denial of his motion for a new trial. He posted 5000 bond and has been released from custody.
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Great Falls
Mont
Bristol
Teton County
Supreme Court
Smith
Death of Admiral Worden in Washington
Admiral John L Worden retired and dying in Washington this morning He commanded the Monitor against the Merrimac at Hampton Roads during the Civil War He was retired with full admiral rank and pay in 1886 the sole instance and he received congressional thanks for gallantry in the war
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Washington
John IL Worden
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Congress
Freight Rates Higher on Grain From Chicago
Chicago news reports a 2 1 2 cent increase in all rail rates from Chicago to the Atlantic seaboard for grain products. Eastern lines planned lake and rail increases, but the Soo line did not join, so lake and rail rates stay unchanged through navigation’s end.
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Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Soo Line
Dome Collapse Kills and Injures at Cincinnati Opera House
A dome failure at Robinson's opera house during the Dangers of a Great City performance in Cincinnati leads to three deaths and over 30 injuries. The central truss collapsed from 40 to 50 feet above, striking the parquet and gallery, with stage surroundings unhurt.
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Cincinnati
Opera House
Klondike expedition grim reports from Aspen professor says
Professor Charles M Daggett returns to Aspen after failed Klondike attempt. He says 9000 to 10000 started for the Klondike, fewer than 2000 reached the passes, with many destitute and 26 stowaways found aboard the returning ship. Circle City now deserted while Dawson City remains lively though food worries persist.
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Aspen
Col
Charles M. Daggett
Klondike
Daggett
Circle City
Dawson City
Winds or Fire Destroys Historic Nova Scotia Town
Fire devastates Windsor Nova Scotia destroying about a mile square area. In six hours starting before 3 a m the blaze overwhelmed the town leaving only a few scorched structures. Roughly 3500 residents displaced with 3000 cared for in surrounding communities and Halifax. Estimated loss reaches 3 million dollars.
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Halifax
N. S
Windsor
Nova Scotia
Dean Babbitt Denied Admission to All Saints Cathedral
In Spokane on October 18 Rev. Dean Richmond Babbitt was twice refused entry to All Saints' cathedral. The door was locked at morning services and门 keeper said instructions barred him from entering. George Brooke cited legal counsel advice as the reason for excluding him from the cathedral. He was advised to worship at Trinity or St. David's chapel instead.
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Spokane
Wash
Dean Richmond Babbitt
All Saints’ Cathedral
George 8
Brooke
Dean Babbitt
Trinity
St. David's Chapel
Increasing England's Defense Urges Big Military Buildup
In Bath the Duke of Cambridge backs Lord Wolseley and John William Broderick on expanding empire defense. Sir Robert Finsley in Forest Scotland calls for a large rise in army and navy spending and suggests militia service may be funded by ballot.
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London
Duke of Cambridge
Bath
Lord Wolsely
John William Broderick
Robert Finsley
Forest
Scotland
Fire at Spring Street factory claims life of man
A $300000 blaze gutted a seven story factory at 279 and 281 Spring Street in New York. Cormus Christus aged 60 and his 14 year old nephew Michael Christus leapt from a nearby tenement to escape the flames and were severely burned. The elder Christus died soon after.
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New York
Spring Street
Cormus Christus
Michael Christus
Actor Joseph Jefferson Delivers Temperance Sermon to Prisoners
Boston October 19 800 convicts at Charles Town state prison chapel heard Joseph Jefferson the Rip Van Winkle actor preach a temperance sermon marking the first time an actor has spoken to prisoners on record The speaker urged restraint noting the ruinous trap of drink while urging reform for the incarcerated audience
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Boston
Joseph Jefferson
Charlestown
Rip van Winkle
Li Hung Chang to retire from active government
Li Hung Chang, the Chinese statesman, plans to retire from public life due to ill health. A Pekin dispatch reports he has obtained indefinite leave and will relinquish his duties as grand secretary and minister of the Tsung Ti Ya men to allow China time to pursue reforms while preserving national unity.
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Tacoma
Tsat
Earl Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Earl Li
China
Tsung Ti Yamen
Li Hung Chang
Anhin
Parochial Schools Affiliation Proposed in New York
Archbishop Corrigan reportedly offers to turn the 70,000 Catholic pupils over to New York City Public Schools in exchange for authority to provide daily one hour of Catholic instruction to public school children. No other changes to texts or teachers are requested.
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New York
Corrigan
Jasper
Apostolic Delegate
Attempt on Rio de Janeiro consul general ends in arrest
A Rio Janeiro assault against United States consul general William T. Towne failed. The attacker, a servant of Towne's, was arrested. Towne, a Virginian, was named consul general in 1893 by President Cleveland. President McKinley later named Eugene Zeger to succeed Towne.
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United States
Rio Janeiro
New York
Herald
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Brazil
William T. Towne
McKinley
Eugene Zeger
Illinois
Towne
Counterfeit Fifty Cent Coins Made by Riverside Convicts
Pittsburg reports Warden Wright at Riverside penitentiary has uncovered convicts producing counterfeit fifty cent pieces. He found the metal and molds used, with the fakes described as magnificent works of the coiner’s art. Some of the money is said to be in circulation through outside connections.
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Pittsburg
Wright
Riverside Penitentiary
Germany urged to import Canadian lumber instead of U S
The Komische Zeitung calls for Germany to start talks with Canadian railway and canal firms and German chambers of commerce and timber companies to import lumber from Canada rather than the United States. It proposes German investment in Canadian timber and the groundwork for a future treaty.
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Berlin
The
Komische Zeitung
Germany
Canada
United States
Tragic Run-Over Killing of 2 Year Old in San Francisco
In San Francisco on Harrison street Howard Wildgans, age two, was struck by an electric car as he ran to join his sister. The child’s head and arm were severed, and the motorman was arrested for manslaughter then released on own recognizance.
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San Francisco
Howard Wildgans
Harrison Street
Six Years for a Dynamiter in Kansas Case
James W. Oliver an elderly army veteran was sentenced by Federal Judge Foster to six years in the government penitentiary for attempted murder connected with the dynamite outrage at the home of Governor Smith of the national soldiers home in Leavenworth Kansas on October 16.
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Leavenworth
Kan
James W. Oliver
Smith
National Soldiers’ Home
Foster
Government Penitentiary
Lexington Hotel Building Company Assigns Assets
The Lexington Hotel Building Company owner of the Lexington hotel assigns its assets to Adelbert Batchelder. Assets total 1 078 000 dollars with liabilities of 660 794 dollars.
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Chicago
Lexington Hotel Building Company
Lexington Hotel
Adelbert Batchelder
Death of Charles A. Dana editor of the New York Sun
Charles A. Dana longtime editor of the New York Sun died at his home in Glencoe L I at age 78 after months of illness caused by cirrhosis of the liver. Born August 8 1819 in Hinsdale NH Dana helped shape American journalism and held key posts including assistant secretary of war during the Civil War before founding and directing the Sun since 1867.
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New York
Charles A. Dana
The
New York Sun
Glencove
L. I
Dana
Paul Dana
Draper
Underhill
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Harvard
Brook Farm Association
Harbinger
Elizur Wright
Boston Chronotype
New York Tribune
Europe
Tribune
Greeley
Stanton
War Department
Lee
Grant
Sun
Washington
United States District Court
Blatchford
Supreme Court of the United States
James H. Wilson
Ulysses ”. Grant
Springfield
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Yaqui
Wells-Fargo Express
Quincy
Charles B. Hopkins
TH. T. Mallon
Pennsylvania
Marshal Blanco
Blanco
Pather Hels Technical College
Skagwing
Ford
News OF
British Columbia
Grand Forks
Duffy's Hall
Miners’ Union
Ainsworth
Columbian Methodist College
New Westminster
B. C
Dewdney
Roy
Golden
Kicking Horse
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Sam
Admiral Worden
Dean Habbitt
All Saints
Archbishop Corrigan
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Reer
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