Happenings of the Past Week Across The Nation
Freight handlers threaten strike in Chicago over nonunion employment. Wyoming ranchers pursue wild horse roundup. East suffers heat and costly electrical storms after a hot wave. Washington Park track seeks court action to stop betting. San Francisco labor council imposes a general boycott against Pacific States Telephone. In Portland Martin V Lesia is sentenced to life for killing his father in law and abducting his wife. Hoboken pier of the Thingvalla line burns leaving 150 men to evacuate. Panama dispatch notes likely ratification of canal treaty by Congress on July 20. Minneapolis ex-chief Fred Ames jailed for graft. brother of ex-mayor Ames.
Exports of Flour Rise Sharply in Puget Sound Trade
Washington July 13 The Puget Sound district shows a major rise in flour exports for the eleven months ending May 30 totaling 5 701 949 dollars up from 2 487 860 the previous year an increase of 2 214 089. San Francisco flour exports fall to 2 888 118 while the Sound leads with 5 701 949. Total Puget Sound exports reach 30 282 852 dollars a drop of 1 589 437 versus the prior period.
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Washington
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Sound
Golden Gate
Seattle Leads Post Office Receipts Increase in June
Washington July 13 The Seattle post office tops 49 major offices for June with receipts of 25671 up from 19277 in June last year an increase of 6394 or 31.1 percent Brooklyn is second with 32 percent rise. Pacific coast offices show gains including Portland up 5409 or 25.1 percent total 2583 San Francisco up 12.4 percent.
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Washington
Seattle
Brooklyn
Pacific Slope
Portland
San Francisco
Indictments Soon Expected in Kischineff Massacre Case
London reports that Vienna sources say examining magistrates have finished work on the Kischineff massacre inquiry and will prepare indictments in a few days. Officials remain reticent on prisoner counts and charges while predicting that the harshest sentences will not exceed twelve to fifteen years penal servitude for the principal perpetrators.
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London
Vienna
Kischineff
Tacoma Students Arrive to Work Geology Near Haystack Peak
A group of Tacoma university students has arrived in Big Timber Montana to conduct geological work in the mountains south of town near the Wyoming line. They traveled by Boulder stage to Contact and will hire a guide for the trek to Haystack peak in the Snowy Range near Yellowstone Park. The party plans a two week stay.
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Big Timber, Ment
Tacoma University
Big Timber
Wyoming State Line
Boulder
Haystack Peak
Snowy Range
Yellowstone Park
Haystack Mountain
Last state troops leave Evansville amid civil unrest
Evansville reports the final state troops departing as the local militia is advised by its captain to evacuate the city until tensions subside, signaling a temporary dispersal of forces.
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Evansville
Washington state glimpses from the region and economy
The report highlights strong prospects for the Blue Mountain huckleberry crop and rapid work on Seattle’s municipal lighting plant. Haying is active in the Palouse with good yields. rural delivery routes expand between Vancouver and Fruit Valley. Other items note a Spokane telephone strike, Ballard city funds recovered, a Seattle real estate broker jailed for embezzlement, new state grain inspectors and commissioners, the Whitman county coroner’s death, and a Cedar canyon ore strike with early estimates of $25 per ton.
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Palouse
Vancouver
Fruit Valley District
Cedar Canyon
Stevens County
Austin
Crogs
Hawaiian Campaign for Dole Successor Begins
Honolulu reports campaigning for Governor Dole successor even though his term ends next June. Dole allies claim Roosevelt approval and reappointment chances. Quiet maneuvers in Washington involve several potential candidates. Native Hawaiians discuss petitioning Roosevelt to appoint a native as island head.
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Honolulu
Dole
Washington
Roosevilt
Islands
Verdict in Bushfield court martial dismisses officer
The war department公布s that First Lieutenant L. M. Bushfield of the Seventeenth Infantry was found guilty on all charges at Vancouver barracks after trial for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman false statements conduct to the prejudice of good order disobedience and breach of arrest. The president approved the sentence of dismissal from the service.
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Washington
War Department
L. M. Bushfield
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Lawton
Vancouver Barracks
Seattle Market Report Shows Producer Prices Across Livestock and Grain
Market rates list live stock prices for cows steers sheep hogs calves and hides, with grain oats barley wheat and chicken feed noted. Potatoes butter eggs poultry and hay prices in Seattle and regional delivery terms are included for 1910 style market reporting.
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Washington
Timothy
Seattle
White River
Yakima
Ft. O. B
Market Prices Snapshot from Tacoma Quotations
Wheat and feed commodities show varied quotes with Bluestem at 82 cents and 78 for club. Cattle prices include cattle at 4.50 per cwt, cows 3.50, hogs 81 cents, veal 8. Butter ranges from 24 cents Washington creamery to 18 cents, honey states California entries at 14 and 9 cents. Oats quoted 23.50 to 24.50, rolled oats 25 to 26. Feed prices for Barley 20.50 whole grain and 22.50 rolled, wheat 27.50 to 28, wheat hay 19 to 20, timothy hay 25 to 26, bluegrass 18, corn 26, bran 22, shorts 23.
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Washington Creamery
California
Pope Leo XIII in grave condition amid repeated medical updates
Reports from Rome and London detail Pope Leo XIII's worsening health with bouts of unconsciousness and fainting fits. Medical bulletins note a grave, fragile state, while some hope persists that improvement could occur if he lasts until July 21.
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London
Rome
Central News Bureau
Vatican
Leo
Capponi
Mgr. Marsoni
Army transport Burnside to lay Alaska cable route
The Burnside arrived at Juneau after sailing from Nagasaki on June 15 to lay the Alaskan cable. It will move from Juneau to Sitka then to Seattle to take 580 miles of cable from New York. A survey of the route will be made during the voyage down.
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Washington
Burnside
Juneau
Scriven
Philippines
Nagasaki
Sitka
Seattle
New York
Emigrants sail for Canada to form Saskatchewan colony
A 1500 strong party from London and southern England sails for Canada to establish a cooperative colony on the Saskatchewan plain. The piece argues Canada offers vast land and growing cities, with ample room and a favorable climate, while Britain bears defense costs.
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London
Canada
England
Dominion
Saskatchewan
South Africa
Great Britain
Tempered Copper Gains Ground in Seattle Startups
Carrie Renstrom in Seattle unveiled a process for tempering copper now patented and used by the Aztec Tempered Copper Company. Trolley wheels, tested by Seattle Electric, show service life exceeding three ordinary wheels, with further tests by United Railway and others on the Pacific coast. The firm, organized in April, markets a nonrusting noncrystallizing bearing and valve materials for various uses.
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Seattle
Carrie Renstrom
Renstrom
Seattle Electric Company
Kempster
United Railway
San Francisco
Oakland
Tacoma
Pacific Coast
Proclamation Prohibits Hop Oil Imports to Australia
Washington July 14 A proclamation issued by the governor general of Australia bans import of hop oil hop extracts hop flavors and hop bouquets into the commonwealth. Consul General Bray at Melbourne forwards the text and notes a customs rule that goods containing advertising matter face forfeiture if not shown on invoices.
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Washington
Governor General
Australia
Commonwealth
Geneal Bray
Melbourne
Bryan to Visit Europe for Sociology Study
A Lincoln dispatch reports William J. Bryan plans to travel to Europe this fall to study sociology under monarchic governance. He intends to depart in September and stay through December studying form.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Lincoln
Neb
Wiliam J. Bryan
Europe
Bryan
Cail
Russians Bitter Over Manchurian Program Yet Army Drills Grow
War talk rises among lower Russian officers while Kuropatkin directs meetings in Port Arthur. Officials seek consolidation of Far East possessions under one governor general. Britain and the United States interest Russians as 30,000 troops defend Port Arthur with 16,000 more on the way and a busy fleet nearby.
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Port Arthur
Che Foo
China
Manchuria
Korea
Kuropatkin
Russia
Far East
Japan
United States
Great Britain
America
Aliexeff
Wei-Hai-Wei
Vladivostock
National Art Gallery plans and key donors debated
The Post reports Harriet Lane Johnston bequest won t be accepted by Corcoran Gallery but may join a national art gallery. Congress may fund a national gallery with over 1 million dollars. J P Morgan talks with Washington leaders about donating works and funding a Morgan wing unnamed location.
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Washington
the Post
Harriet Lane Johnston
Corcoran Art Gallery
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery
Corcoran Art Galery
Boston
New York
Congress
J.P. Morgan
Corcoran Gallery
Nation Gallery
Smith waives exam in perjury case over naturalization papers
Walla Walla July 13 Adam Smith arrested for perjury in securing Russian native naturalization papers waived preliminary examination before United States Commissioner Strong. Trial before Judge Hanford set for November. Evidence suggests involvement of prominent machine politicians who employed Smith.
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Walla Walla
Adam Smith
Russia
United States
Strong
Hanford
Smith
Livestock Shipment Lands 8,000 Sheep on Kodiak Island
The steamer Melville Dollar arrived from Alaska with 8,000 sheep 260 young cattle and ten horses landed on Kodiak Island. Backed by Frye-Brohn Co the voyage aimed at stock breeding. Thirty sheep were lost during the trip reportedly from saltwater ingestion.
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Seattle
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Frye-Brohn Company
Hope Fades for Hanna Mine Rescues in Wyoming
Rawlins Wyoming July 13 can not recover the dead bodies of the Hanna mine miners at least for now rescuers tapped the brattice and air fed the smouldering fire flames roared and only the most experienced men may enter any part of the mine due to the danger of a second explosion.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Anl
Hanna
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