Happenings of the Week Highlight Glass Prices and Global Steps
Window glass prices rise ten percent. A Portland Methodist congress continues through the week. The Brood Pastor telegraph station burned. Washington probes cotton statistics leakage. A Milwaukee grand jury may target paper trust deals in September. Braun claims directed wireless waves. energy saved. The 16000 ton battleship Kansas set for August 8 launch at Camden. Boise judge halts Shoshone Falls water diversions. Calhoun named Roosevelt special agent to Venezuela. French Senate grants amnesty for 1899 revolutionary cases and allows Deroulede’s return to France.
Convicts Captured at Ellensburg Brought to Tacoma
W D McCarty and Clyde D Castle, convicts captured at Ellensburg, were brought to Tacoma and jailed. McCarty needed a nurse all night due to a severe wound. All others were sent back to McNeil Island and the man hunt is off. George Wade remains at large.
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W. D. McCarty
Clyde D. Castle
Ellensburg
McCarty
McNeil Island
George Wade
Liberty
Victoria Vancouver and Eastern railway bill awaits royal assent
The bill passed the senate and now awaits royal assent. It would permit J. J. Hill to diverge into United States territory in two places while building the line from Midway to the coast, despite opposition from Canadian Pacific.
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Senate
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Canadian Pacific Railway
J. J. Hill
United States
Midway
Havana Central awards Cuba electric railway contracts
New York reports that the Havana Central railway company awarded to a leading electric firm contracts to construct and install the largest electric railway system outside the United States. The project will build interurban lines from Havana into the interior, expanding transportation in Cuba.
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Havana Central Railway Company
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Cuba
United States
Havana
Timber testing shows Alaska spruce weaker than Douglas fir
The first tests at the new timber testing station at the state university compared Alaska spruce with Douglas fir. Results show spruce modulus of rupture 4,580 psi versus 7,775 psi for Douglas fir, indicating spruce is less valuable for structural use.
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Seattle
The
State University
Alaska
Prospects for Second Furnace Start at Everett Smelter
Everett July 13 report says a second furnace may begin operation soon once ore arrives in sufficient quantities. Manager Braden declined to specify a date. One furnace has run steadily since March last year and ore reserves are growing.
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Everett Smelter
Braden
Roosevelt Receives Gold Inaugural Medal Replicas
President Roosevelt has received solid gold replicas of the inaugural medal by Saint Gaudens. The obverse features a profile of Roosevelt with the caption Theodore Roosevelt president of the United States ac quam cuipue meaning square deal in Latin.
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Roosevelt
St. Gaudens
Theodore Roosevelt
The
United States
Washington News Briefs Highlight New School and Fires
South Bend plans an upper-town school building. Camp No 3 of the Twin Falls logging Co near Yacob burned in a forest fire. State Fire Warden Welty names timber cruisers as unpaid forest rangers. Standard Oil buys tide flats property in Tacoma for a tank holding a million gallons. F E Huntley of North Yakima named fruit inspector succeeding A Van Holderbeke of Tacoma. Wheelihan Weidauer sash and door plant at Everett destroyed by fire. losses around 6000 dollars, insured. Washington millers form a mutual protection group with HQ in Tacoma. A M Ingersoll of Tacoma president, Alexander Thomson secretary. If Seattle water use grows three more years, a Cedar River pipeline expansion may be needed. Bellingham post office leads second class receipts and may soon become first class.
New State Course of Study Planned for Common Schools
Olympia July 14 a revised course of study for Washington common schools is being prepared by the state superintendent. It will go to the state board of education for approval at its August 21 meeting. The pamphlet length will be 125 to 150 pages and cover work from primary through eighth grade with general teaching methods and time allocations.
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State Board of Education
Spokane Considers Municipal Own Telephone System
Spokane leaders debate municipal ownership of the city’s telephone system with a league meeting likely to decide on opposing new franchises. If favored, opponents aim to block a Spokane franchise and later resist the Pacific States company when its license ends next year. Lincoln ovation for Thomas Lawson as railroads face critique over rates amid a lukewarm Chautauqua attendance. Lewiston land fraud grand jury reports eight indictments. Ivan Cornell perjury case set for August pleading.
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The
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Municipal Ownership League
New Telephone Company
Pacific States Company
Boise
Idaho
United States Grand Jury
Lewiston
Ivan Cornell
Moscow
Melting Up a Million in Seattle Bank Gold
A remelting operation began at the government assay office on gold shown in the Scandinavian American bank windows. The gold, sold to the government the previous afternoon, was paid for with exchange across various cities and $150,000 in coin demanded by the bank.
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Bank Receiver Ordered to Pay Depositors in Full
St Louis July 12 Judge Mc Ilhenney directs S P Spencer receiver of the People's United States bank to pay depositors on demand. Spencer says he expects to pay all depositors in full and leave funds to pay stockholders at least 75 cents on the dollar.
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S. P. Spencer
The
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Spencer
Wireless link proposed from San Francisco to Orient
A complete wireless telegraph service between San Francisco and the Orient is proposed within a year with a commercial service to Honolulu within six months.
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Orient
Honolulu
Danish Cabinet Seeks Charles as Norway Crown
Copenhagen reports ministers favor Prince Charles of Denmark taking the Norwegian throne if King Oscar and other sovereigns approve. King Christian and royal family members also back Charles, while Berlin notes a Kaiser fleet visit signals monarchist support for Norway, urging avoidance of a republic amid union crisis.
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Hohenzollern
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Sweden
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Oscar Made Grand Admiral of German Navy
Kiel July 15 Emperor William appoints King Oscar as grand admiral of the German navy in a formal imperial ceremony.
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Kiel
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Supreme Court Invalidates Probate Tax Part
Olympia July 15 A Washington Supreme Court ruling declares the 1903 act imposing ad valorem probate court fees invalid only in its graduated probate fee portion. Debate continues among attorneys on whether other probate fees remain legal or are wiped out by the decision.
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King County
Supreme Court
Atttorneys
Bitter Pill for Czar
M Witte leads peace negotiations for Russia amid court intrigues and a hostile military faction. He aims for the best possible terms despite revolutions and possible humiliation, backed by foreign minister Count Lamsdorff and the emperor's reluctant support.
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St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Count Lamesdorff
Czar
Russia
Lawson’s plan to end inflation by turning the system on itself
Thomas Lawson told a July audience at the People’s church in St. Paul that his remedy would trigger a financial revolution rather than a political one. He argued the public must dump stocks to the system, then buy back cheaply to reclaim control, ending stock inflation and returning wealth to the people.
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St. Paul, Minn
Thomas Lawson
People’s Church
Praise for Coast Country and Westward Migration Vision
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis in Seattle predicts a mass East to West migration if East youth knew Pacific coast opportunities. He says the West offers breathing room and chances to develop originality, while the East is crowded and land values low.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
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Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Russell Named Minister to Venezuela by State Department
The state department announces William Russell of Maryland as minister to Venezuela, succeeding Bowen. Russell formerly served as secretary of legation at Caracas and was posted to Bogota as minister to Colombia, where he has been relieved by Mr. Barrett.
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State Department
William Russell
Maryland
Venezuela
Bowen
Russell
Caracas
Bogota
Colombia
Barrett
Everett Chosen For Pacific Norwegian College
The Pacific district committees select Everett as the site for a new Norwegian Lutheran college. Tacoma was the other candidate. Everett wins five votes to two. A college building costing 20 000 to 30 000 dollars will be erected.
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Everett
Pacific District
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Sound
Tacoma
Smugglers Sentenced in Federal Court
In Tacoma on July 2 Larry Kelly and Andrew J. Doyle pleaded guilty to smuggling. Doyle received six months imprisonment and a $100 fine. Kelly, described as an old offender, was sentenced to two years and a $1,000 fine.
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Jully
Larry Kelly
Andrew J. Doyle
Doyle
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