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Died. Jacob H. Vanderbilt, 70, last of the second generation of financially prominent Vanderbilts; in Tacoma, Wash., of heart disease...
...Tacoma News-Tribune...
...person or any organization that opposes Tacoma's pet ambition is subjected to vilification and misrepresentation...
...That the name Tacoma was never heard or printed until Winthrop brought out his book in 1862; and that he either invented it or corrupted from some Indian word which he did not understand, such as "tkohph" (white), which his guide might have used in pointing to the snowy mountains...
...State of Washington watches the action of Congress with anxiety, divided against itself. If Tacoma loses, she has still the option of following the example of the ancient prophet: she may change her own name to Rainier...