Happenings of the Week Abroad and in the West
Summary of varied incidents includes Texas quarantine plans against Mexican towns due to yellow fever, Royal Typographical Union to meet in St. Louis, death of California figure William D. English, armed saloon robbery in Baker City Oregon, freight train tramp clash with two killed, a San Francisco arrest for alleged fraud, Minnesota banker embezzlement case, Kansas wheat yield record at 90,270,000 bushels, and German war minister Von Grosse relieved with Von Ernem named successor.
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von Grosse
Lieut von Ernem
Department of War
Jeffries Dominates Corbett in Nine Round Triumph
James J. Jeffries, world champion, toyed with former champ Jim Corbett for nine and a half rounds before Corbett’s seconds halted the bout to prevent further punishment. Jeffries showed marked scientific improvement, combining speed with his size to outpoint Corbett in every round except two.
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San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Corbett
Eddie Graney
Jeffries
Jim Corbett
Billy Delaney
Bob Fitzsimmons
Mount Vesuvius Erupts Sparking Panic Near Ottajano
Rome reports intense alarm as Mount Vesuvius erupts heavily and two lava streams threaten Ottajano. Despite crowds praying in churches and seeking open spaces, experts say there is no immediate disaster, while authorities assess the evolving eruption.
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Rome
Vesuvius
Ottajano
Real estate booms and fires mark Washington state news
Garfield real estate sales stay brisk while Curlew’s fire destroys David Murray’s saloon and three other structures. Walla Walla chatter swirls over potential fort abandonment as Seattle post receipts rise 17.1 percent year over year.
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Curlew
David Muray
Taft Faces Uncertain War Secretary Appointment Rumors
Manila reports Governor General William H. Taft declines to discuss possible succession to Secretary of War Root. He may not wish to leave the Philippines until outstanding problems are solved, though he could depart by next February to honor President Roosevelt's wishes.
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Manila
William H. Taft
Root
Taft
Philippines
Roosevelt
Seattle Market Report Shows Varied Farm Prices Across Sectors
Market report lists producer offers in Seattle for grains oats 21 22 per ton barley 21 per ton wheat chicken feed 26 27 per ton bran 21 per ton shorts 22 per ton hay eastern Washington 15 16 per ton alfalfa 10 10.50 per ton eggs ranch 23 25c per dozen poultry live hens 13 14 15c per lb old roosters 8c spring chicks 8 4.75 per dozen ducks 11 12c per lb geese 9 10c per lb livestock beef cattle cattle and steer prices per lb hogs 6 7c per lb calves 5 7c per lb spring lambs 2.50 3 per head hides pelts and tallow heavy salted steers over 60 lbs 8c medium 6c 50 lbs 6 15c cows all weights 6c salted kips 7c calf 8c stags bulls 5c green hides 0 5 c less than salted dry hides 12 13 8c winter deer dry 14 20c good butcher tallow 4 4 14c grease 11 2c
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Washington
Market Prices Section from Tacoma Quotations
Wheat and cattle prices listed for Wheat-Bluestem at 82c and 78c respectively with cattle at 4.50 per cwt for steers and 3.50 for cows. Sheep at 31.4c, hogs at 6c, veal 4c. Butter from Washington creamery 26¢, ranch 18 20c. Honey California 14c, strained 9c, home honey 14c. Oats 23.50 24.50, rolled 25 26. Barley whole 20.50, rolled 22.50. Wheat 28 28.50, wheat hay 14 14.50, timothy 18 19, bluegrass 17, corn 27.50, alfalfa 11.50 12, clover 13 14. Bran 22.50, shorts 23. Poultry dressed turkeys 3c, chickens 16c, spring 19c, ducks 16 17c, geese 14c. Live chickens 11 14c, ducks 1 1c, geese 1 1c, turkeys 21 15c.
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Washington Creamery
California
Root Plans Resignation Before Alaska Boundary Trip
Secretary of War Elihu Root will resign and hand the notice to President Roosevelt within days, before sailing for Europe to join the Alaska boundary tribunal. The timing aims to permit a successor to be chosen before his return, with Root intent on resuming private law practice in New York.
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Washington
Toot
Europe
Alaska Boundary Tribunal
Root
War Department
Roosevelt
Alaska Boundary Commission
Althougth
Empire State
New York
General Miles urged disarmament plan at Chicago visit
General Miles traveled through Chicago en route to San Francisco for the Grand Army encampment and endorsed a world disarmament rule. He proposed one soldier per 1000 inhabitants and argued armies are artificial and parasitic, to be transformed into artisans and farmers. Veteran Gen Maus accompanied him, heading to Fort Reno to take command.
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Chicago
Miles
San Francis
Grand Army
Powers
Maus
Fort Reno
Postal scandal developments loom with imminent arrests
Washington reports an imminent wave of arrests in the postal scandal as the Christiancy inquiry nears completion. The investigation concludes he committed no intentional wrongdoing and he is deemed too weak to continue, likely retirement with no integrity stain. Christiancy was in the office during Mrs Tyner's safe raid.
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Washington
Christiancy
Licenses to Hunt in Each County Advised by AG
Olympia reports Attorney General Stratton says hunters must obtain a separate license in every county where they intend to hunt. Licenses are valid only in the issuing county. The guidance responds to a Sprague Rod and Gun club inquiry, noting it is not the office’s usual practice to opine for individuals.
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Olympia
Stratton
Nimrods
R. D. Anderson
Sprague Rod and Gun Club
Russians Get Lease of Korean Timber Land
The Times reports Korea granted the Russian Lumber Company a twenty year lease for 850 acres at Yonghampoh with the option to purchase timber floated down the Yalu by Japanese subjects. This creates a practical lumber monopoly in the Yalu valley and secure access to the estuary for Russia despite opposing Wiju’s opening.
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London
Times
Korea
Yonghampoh
Yalu
Japan
Russia
Wiju
Western man named Chief Justice of Canada
Vancouver B C August 13 Chief Justice Killam of Manitoba has been appointed to the position of Chief Justice of Canada. The post was vacant by the death of Chief Justice Armour. This marks the first time a Western man leads the Dominion’s bench.
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Vancouver
B. C
Killam
Supreme Court of Manitoba
Canada
Armour
Dominion
Washington Irrigation Report Shows Growth Since 1900
Washington’s irrigation expanded east of the Cascade to 1902. Key figures: irrigated farms rose. acres irrigated climbed from 135,470 in 1899 to 154,962 in 1902. Main ditches totaled 1,095 miles. Cost of systems rose from 1,679,319 in 1898 to 2,330,758 in 1902.
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United States
Washington
Cascade Mountains
Columbia
Salmon catch expected to fall short in British Columbia
Vancouver reports indicate a significantly smaller BC pack this year due to short Frazer river season and weak Skeena canning. The Tees confirms northern totals may exceed 50 000 cases versus over 150 000 last year on Skeena. Naas river conditions are poor while Rivers Inlet cannery shows strength with 19 000 cases. northward workers move south as boats ferry crews.
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Vancouver
B. C
Skeena
Frazer River
British Columbia
Tees
Naas
Rivers
Nephew of Pope to contest will from papal estate
Rome reports that M. Pecci, a distant nephew and son of the pope’s elder brother, plans to challenge the late pontiff’s will. He dismisses his title, says he earns coal selling and poaching, and vows to fight for what he calls the pope’s family inheritance despite church wishes.
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Rome
M. Pecci
Vatican
Papa
Plague Reappears in San Francisco Despite Officials
Washington reports officially that bubonic plague has resurfaced in San Francisco with three July fatalities after initial cases in June. Marine hospital authorities continue aggressive cleanup of Chinatown as officials admit the outbreak challenges containment efforts. Grants Pass reporters note Roche Harbor Lime Company officials exploring Cheney Creek marble deposits led by William Kneel and J. E. Verdin. Leipsic court convicts German Tolstoy pamphlet publisher for treason and orders destruction of unsold copies and plates.
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Washington
San Francisco
Marine Hospital
Marine Hospital Service
Chinatown
Grants Pasa, Or
Roche Harbor
Leipsic
Tolstoi
William
Special Session Aims At Cuban Treaty Finance Legislation
President Roosevelt held a late night conference with the Senate Finance Committee on Cuban reciprocity legislation and broader financial reform. The group emphasized procedural planning and the urgency of an extraordinary session, possibly in October or November, to enact Cuban treaty measures and elastic currency reform.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Aldrich
Pratt
Connecticut
Allison
Spooner
Sagamore Hill
Virginia
Providence
Senate Committee On
Cuba
Paatt
Platt
Senate
House
Associated Press
Finance Committee
Warwick
KR. i
Feu
Mass shooting in Winfield crowds kills and wounds
In Winfield Kansas on August 14 a man named Twiggs opened gunfire from a double barreled shotgun into a Main Street concert crowd of about 5000. Four dead and many wounded, including several fatally, before Twiggs was shot by a police officer. Twiggs had served as a Philippines veteran and had been nicknamed crazy Twiggs by locals.
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Winfield
Kan
Camen
Main Street
Gilbert Twign
Twiggs
Twigg
Craey Twiges
Philippines
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International Typographical Union
St. Louis
William D. English
Baker City
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E. F. Adams
Seattle
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Minnie Healy
Supreme Court
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Eunice Faulds
Postmaster Faulds
Redmond
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Ohio
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Spokane
William H. Gilliam
King County
Seattle General Hospital
Nineteenth Infantry
American Lake
National Guard
Washington State Press Association
Victoria
Will A. Steele
Victoria Tourists’ Association
Seattle Market Report
Tacoma
Boundary Commission
Gen. Miles
Chief Justice of
Irrigation Report
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Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
DR. M. Robbstapp
Heron and
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Hayes & Hayes’ Bank
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Olsen's
Aberdeen
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Everett E. Lane
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Kaufman Blo
Aberdeen, Wash
E. H. Fox
Kaufman Block
E. E. Shields
R. E. Taggart
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George A. Black
Canadian Pacific Railway
R. L. Caldwell
J. C. Cross
Telephone
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G St. Near Heron
Humbolt
Fred Hewitt
Propr
Heron
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H. A. Tereda & CO
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