Summary of Hap penings Across Regions and Events
Weekly condensed notes report multiple incidents and items: Frazer River fishing strike ended. Poultney Bigelow's wife obtains a divorce. A Bonner Springs sanitarium fire kills four. Kearsarge speedily crosses the Atlantic. A Cumberland mine blast in British Columbia leaves twelve dead and eight wounded. Burlington Railway borrows 5 million dollars for improvements. Oregon City woolen mills destroyed by fire with 40 thousand dollar loss. United Gas Improvement Company to buy Cincinnati gas properties for 39 million. Kentucky Republicans in convention back Roosevelt administration and candidacy. Delight Prentiss dies by self-inflicted poisoning. Roland Molipeaux seeks liberation of his portraits from a rogue’s gallery. London traffic commission plans to study U.S. street railways this autumn. A British Persian Gulf treaty becomes a blue book under review.
Not a Felony Ruling in Seattle Slot Machine Case
Judge Bell ruled that operating a merchandise paying slot machine is a misdemeanor not a felony. Harry Smith paid a 100 fine from Liquor Dealers' Protective Association funds. The court warned that if a future case shows the location becomes a gambling resort, the offense could fall under the general felony statute.
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Seattle
Hell
Harry Smith
Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
Bell
Beavers Indicted Over $840 Bribe in Brooklyn
A bench warrant issued by Judge Thomas in the United States circuit court Brooklyn targets George W Beavers on an indictment alleging he accepted a bribe of 840 dollars. Investigations trace payments to government purchases from Brandt Dent Cashier Registering Company, with linked accounts at Nas sau Trust Company and checks from ex congressman Driggs. Beavers elusive. aides say he would surrender by Monday to enter a plea.
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New York
Thomas
United States Circuit Court
Brooklyn
George W. Beavers
Federal Grand Jury
Beavers
Brandt-Dent Cashier Registering Company
Nassau Trust Company
Washington State News Highlights From August Chautauqua To Courthouse Plans
A Chautauqua meeting is set for Lake Stevens in August. Port Townsend hires H and Edsel as Chinese inspector. Hall post office renamed Ka powsin with Charles A. Fix as postmaster. Stevenson to get a new courthouse modeled after Moro Oregon. county treasury holds 22000 for construction. Bridgeport to Waterville star route delivers three weekly trips over 45.5 miles. Norman postmaster named William McDougall. Baird and Gig Harbor new postmasters named. The warehouse case ends in favor of the railway, force sidetracks to warehouses. Five Knights of thunder strike kill five Colville Indian Reservation heroes near Midway BC.
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Supreme Court
Odell An Ex Governor Odell Arrives In Seattle On Western Tour
Governor Odell of New York arrives in Seattle with a party of prominent New Yorkers including T. E. Ellsworth and General Francis V. Green. They travel via a private car attached to a Northern Pacific train and plan a West Coast tour stopping in Portland and California. Odell discusses politics and says Parker is the likely Democratic president candidate with Cleveland a Less likely option unless sentiment proves unanimous.
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Seattle
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
New York
T. E. Ellsworth
Senate
Francis V. Green
West
Northern Pacific
Portland
Southern Pacific
California
Odell
Judge Parker
Cleveland
Illinois Tornado Strikes La Salle and Grundy Counties
A tornado swept La Salle and Grundy counties last night with eight miles of width. Five dead identified in Streator and four in Mendota, with Gardner reportedly wiped out. Hundreds injured and overall death toll may reach sixty as wires to Gardner remain down.
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Chicago
la Salle
Grandy
Streator
Mendota
Lasalle County
Gardner
Grundy County
Strength Holds as Pontiff’s Condition Stays Unchanged
Rome July 18 bulletin reports the pope rests quietly with improved nourishment but unchanged overall state. Doctors note pleural fluid around 1200 grams, heart rate 88, temp 36.3, respiration 36.7, while fears of end-of-life approach persist amid fluctuating signs through the second week of illness.
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Rome
Lapponi
Associated Press
St. Leo
Mer. Pifferi
Seattle Market Prices At-a-Glance From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer offerings for round lots in cattle hogs sheep and calves with prices for grains hay poultry butter eggs potatoes hides and tallow. Prices are given for live stock grains and byproducts including oats 22 barley 21 wheat 22 hay 24 per ton and potatoes from White River and Yakima fob Seattle.
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Washington
Timothy
Seattle
White River
Yakima
Market Prices For Wheat Cattle Hogs And Farm Goods
Readable entries show prices for farm products including Wheat Bluestem at 82c and 78c, cattle steers 4.50 per cwt and cows 3.50, sheep 3 percent and hogs 56 cents, veal Stue. Butter from Washington creamery 24c, honey California comb 114c, strained 9c and home 14c. Eggs 22 to 24c, oats 23.50 to 24.50, rolled 25 to 26. Feed barley whole grain 20.50, rolled 22.50, wheat 27.50 to 28, wheat hay 19 to 20, timothy 25 to .26, bluegrass 18, corn 26, bran 22, shorts 23.
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Washington Creamery
California
Remarkable rally as Pope Leo defies illness yet again
Rome July 15. Pope Leo after a morning of delirium and weakness showed renewed vitality by rising from bed and conducting private business. He talked animatedly with four cardinals despite restless respiration and a tranquil sleep following the outing, stunning doctors with the day’s surprising turn.
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Rome
Leo
Monsignor Bisseti
Oliver Seen as Likely Successor to Secretary Root
Washington reports a broad understanding among War Department officials that Robert Shaw Oliver, recently named assistant secretary of war, will be favored to become secretary when Root retires. Root plans to return to New York to resume law practice after completing current duties, with an August sail to England to chair the Alaska boundary commission.
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Washington
War Department
Robert Shaw Oliver
Root
New York
Secetary Root
England
American Commission
Alaska
Congress
State Department Talks Hint at Manchuria Breakthrough
Washington reports a high level meeting at the state department between Secretary Hay and Russian chargé d'affaires Hansen, focusing on Manchurian ports to be opened to the United States. The talks followed by a session with Rockhill, underscoring possible pivotal developments in the Chinese American treaty.
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Washington
State Department
Hay
Theodore Hansen
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Russia
China
United States
Hansen
Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
East
Count Cassini
Moukden
Ta Tung Kao
Yalu River
Port Arthur
St. Peetrsburg
Japan
Rich Placers Near White Horse Rampant Gold Reported
Report from White Horse to the northwest 150 miles confirms rich placer diggings. Worshipp and McMillan back the find with surface pans yielding 3 to 15 cents. White Horse, Caribou, and Skagway see stampede as crews desert boats. Dawson Charlie calls the district as rich as Bonanza and notes easy travel with no major mountains or rapids. White Horse remains the near outfitting point for a great game country.
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White Horse
V. T
Worshipp
McMillan
Caribou
Skagway
Dawson Charlie
Bonanza
Sanger Resignation Prompted by Wife’s Ill Health
At Oyster Bay on July 15 President Roosevelt and Secretary Root agreed to appoint Robert Shaw Collier of Albany as assistant secretary of war, replacing William Cary Sanger who resigns due to his wife’s ill health. Sanger had planned retirement.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Root
Robert Shaw Collier
Albany
William Cary Sanger
Sangre
Sanger
Government Issues Naturalization Certificate Notice
The state department construes the naturalization law passed by the last congress to require all certificates issued after July 1903 to state that the naturalized person is not opposed to all organized government and not affiliated with any opposing organization and does not advocate killing government officers.
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Washington
State Department
China and Russia Agree to Open Ports for World Trade
The United States announces that China will soon open treaty ports to world commerce and Russia will not oppose the move. Likely openings include Monkden and Ta Tung Kao on the Yalu, with September evacuations cited for timing. Secretary Hay and Count Cassini coordinated the policy, aiming for a broad open-door approach for Manchuria.
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Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Hay
Count Cassini
Newport
Hansen
State Department
Conger
China
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Monkden
Ta Tung Ko
Yalu
Wejn
Liao River
Sineria
Niu Chwang
Bureau of Labor and Commerce
Miller
Moscow
Plague in Chile Spreads Report From Santiago
United States Minister Wilson reports from Santiago de Chile that the plague has reached nearly all Chilean ports. He notes disorganized postal service and no American mail arriving at Santiago for nine weeks.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Santiago de Chile
Estate Department
Santiago
Artillery Company Ordered to Fort Flagler Washington
The Sixth company artillery corps, arriving from Manila on the transport Thomas, is ordered to Fort Flagler Wash. Commanded by Second Lieutenant J. M. Walling of the nineteenth infantry.
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San Francisco
Artillery Corps
Manila
Thomas
Fort Flagler
Wash
J. M. Walling
Nineteenth Infantry
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Baird
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Commerce of the World
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Fashion Saloon
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H. A. Tereda & CO
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