Happenings of the Week Including Notables and Local Notes
Retired Rear Admiral Lewis J. Allen is dead. The National Woman's Suffrage Association held its annual convention in Portland. Winnipeg reports a population of 78,367, up 35,833 since 1900. San Francisco newsboys refuse to handle the Bulletin over editorials on Mayor Schmitz. President Roosevelt remains at Oyster Bay until September. Violinist Jan Kubelik signs for 100 US concerts starting December 1. Miss Amy Phipps wed Captain Tredeple in London. The Charleston cruiser's official trial averaged 22.3 knots, exceeding contract by 0.3. Harvard alumni elected Joseph H. Choate president. Bishop William Lawrence and President Roosevelt named vice presidents.
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Lewis J. Allen
National Woman’s Suffrage Association
Portland
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Association of Alumni
Harvard College
William Lawrence
Boston
Roosevelt
Nome Wires Down As Yukon Fires Cut Off Link
Forest fires along the Yukon River between Tanana mouth and Eagle City disrupt all contact with Nome and St. Michael. For four days the Seattle cable office cannot reach those points on Bering Sea. Maj. Glassford says line restoration is uncertain. Fires may have destroyed miles of wire and poles.
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Seattle
Yukon River
Tanana River
Eagle City
Nome
St. Michael
Bering Sea
Glassford
Southern Pacific to cut Portland San Francisco train time
General Manager J P O'Brien announced a plan to reduce the Portland to San Francisco trip to twenty seven hours by adding another train and minimizing long stops The improvement comes as travel surges from the Lewis and Clark exposition and will take effect soon in Portland Oregon on June 28, 1905.
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Portland, Or
J. P. O’brien
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Portland
Small Cattlemen Ask State to Enforce 640 Acre Limit
Olympia June 28 The attorney general is asked to enforce the state enabling act restricting land leases to 640 acres per person firm or corporation Ralph Kalfmann of Ellensburg represents several small cattlemen who say large firms hold vast state lands If the AG declines the case will be taken to federal courts to challenge such leases as unconstitutional under state land grant laws
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Olympia
Ralph Kalfmann
Ellensburg
Washington
Prosecute Railroads Under President's Rebates Directive
Washington June 28 The attorney general directs the prosecution of railway corporations including the Santa Fe for rebates. Assistant Attorney General Purdy will devote full time to the work and has gone to Kansas City to advance the case.
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Washington
The
Santa Fe
Purdy
Kansas City
Puritan Yacht Sold At Auction For 4025 Dollars
Boston June 28 The schooner yacht Puritan once famed as the Genesta defense sloop of 1885 has been sold at public auction for 4025 dollars.
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Boston
Walla Walla oils streets and regional changes noted
Walla Walla begins oil on streets while Port Townsend cannery to reopen and Silverton mine resumes after four years idle. Sultan incorporated with H M Meredith as first mayor. Labor unions invited to Seattle labor temple dedication. Colfax banks consolidate. Pacific Synod meets in Tacoma. Belcher mountain railroad pushes construction with gravity ore transfer.
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Everett
Tacoma
Seattle
Belcher Mountain
Great Northern
Reciprocity Conference Set for Chicago in August
Prominent agriculture, commerce and livestock leaders from across the nation met in Chicago to finalize plans for a national reciprocity conference in August. The event aims to counter a looming European commercial war through coordinated U S efforts, chaired by Alvin H Sanders of the International Livestock Exposition with former Senator William A Harris and William E Skinner on the arrangements committee.
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Chicago
United States
Alvin H. Sanders
Sanders
William A. Harris
Kansas
William E. Skinner
International Livestock Association
Rumors Reign As Kuropatkin Status Uncertain In Russia
From St. Petersburg on June 28 a misleading rumor claimed Gen. Kuropatkin was killed or captured amid reports of 70,000 Russians cut off, but official sources deny any major development. Gen. Linevitch’s retreat toward Harbin and Vladivostok isolation are seen as likely, as Oyama presses a frontal strike while critics anticipate enveloping maneuvers.
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St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Harbin
Vladivostok
Oyama
Welty Chosen State Fire Warden in Washington
Former State Senator J R Welty of Lewis county was named state fire warden by the state board of forest commissioners. Deputies for Thurston Lewis Wahkiakum and Island counties were elected with July 1 effective appointments. The board limited spark arrester rules to nets with at least six meshes per inch and set a July 20 deadline to enforce penalties on nonconforming companies.
John Hay Aided Lincoln and Shaped Open Door Policy
Born October 8 1838 in Salem Indiana John Hay studied law in Illinois and joined Lincoln as a private secretary during the Civil War. He rose to secretary of state in 1898 guiding open door negotiations and the Hay Paunceforte treaty while shaping U S diplomacy.
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John Hay
Salem
Ind
Brown University
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ils
Lincoln
Washington
Hunter
Gilmore
Legation
Paris
Vienna
United States
Madrid
New York Tribune
Pike County
the Tribune
Amassa Stone
Cleveland
Hayes
Evarts
The
Tribune
Whitelaw Reid
Europe
Garfield
McKinley
England
London
State Department
Hay
China
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Italy
Japan
Cuba
Secretary John Hay Dies Suddenly in New Hampshire
Secretary of State John Hay, former Lincoln secretary and diplomat, died at 12:25 a.m. in Newbury New Hampshire after a day of improving condition. He had been in Washington recently and planned to retire, leaving a legacy as author and statesman including works on Lincoln and Castilian Days.
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America
New Hampshire
Newbury
N. H
John Hay
Dr. Scudder
Dr. Murphy
Mrs. Hay
Demnity
Venezuela
Hague Tribunal
Panama Canal
Great Britain
Hay
Pike County
Spain
Abraham Lincoln
J. G. Nicolay
Lincoln
State Department
New York
Europe
Washington
Lake Sunapee
Fires devastate northern forests severing Alaska Canada lines
A sweeping forest fire across British Columbia Yukon territory and Alaska has cut a thousand miles of telegraph lines and disrupted Dawson to White Horse and Fairbanks communication. River traffic suffers without wires while telegraph crews battle the blaze at great risk. Seattle reports Metlakahtla near Ketchikan ablaze with probable ruin after June 26 fire, as Cottage City passengers relay the news.
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Dawson
V. T
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Alaska
Skagway
White Horse
Eagle
Valdez
Fairbanks
Dawson Committee
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Seattle
Metlakahtla
Annette Island
Ketchikan
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Cottage City
Great Northern trains adopt deep green color
In Saint Paul on June 28 the Great Northern announces a new passenger equipment color a green shade almost black matching the Pullman green. Previously Tuscan red and then olive green were used before this change aimed at a more attractive look and to boost the road’s prominence.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Pullman
County road funds allocated for Snoqualmie Pass repairs
Olympia on June 28 reports the state highway commissioners met to allocate repair funds for the old Snoqualmie Pass road. They apportioned 4000 dollars to King County and 3000 dollars to Kittitas County for maintenance and rehabilitation efforts.
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Olympia
State Highway Commissioners
Snoqualmie Pass
King County
Kittitas County
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News OF the
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Schmitz
President Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Jan Kubelik
Amy Phipps
Henry Phipps
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
Tredeple
Lord Wimborne
Charleston
Frisco
Small Cattlemen
Washington News
Walla Walla
Port Townsend
Silverton
Sultan
Snohomish County
H. M. Meredith
First National Bank of
Colfax
Colfax National Bank
Pacific Synod of the English Lutheran Church
Welty
Fire Warden
Forest Commissioners
Lewis County
G. N. Coaches
Por Snoqualmie Pass Road
G bLovee
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Kentucky
Harper
St. Louis
Fred Hewitt
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
Thos. Morgan
Pres
Ninemire & Morgan CO
Montesano
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
Nature
Herald
Tacoma Daily News
Pacific Coast
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