Weekly World Highlights Include Battles and Burns
Gen G B Thomas a noted Confederate officer is dead. The Union passenger station at Louisville Kentucky is destroyed by fire. A severe earthquake shock hits Maine and New Hampshire. Six members of the beggars trust, all property owners, are arrested in New York. The Navy Dept announces a school of application for new paymasters. Hariman railroad consolidation in Texas under Southern Pacific scheduled for August 8. Dean Wright of Yale cites elite dormitory segregation as an evil. John Hicks named United States minister to Chile succeeding Henry L Wilson. Postage increases for second class matter discussed to erase postal deficit. Representative Overstreet backs plan.
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Congress
Representative Overstreet
Indiana
House Committee On Post Offices
New State Course of Study for Common Schools
Olympia July 14 A new course of study for Washington common schools is being prepared and will be submitted to the state board of education for approval at its August 21 meeting. It will be printed as a 125 to 150 page pamphlet outlining work from primary through eighth grade, including teaching method and time allocation, with general directions compatible with multiple textbooks under the new law.
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Olympia
State Board of Education
Arkansas anti trust law upheld by state supreme court
Little Rock July 17 The Arkansas anti trust law is declared valid by the state supreme court two justices dissenting. The decision bars old line insurance companies with rating agreements and any trust products sold in Arkansas as violations. The Connecticut fire insurance company brought the case to test the law.
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Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court of
Old Line Insurance
Supreme Court
Connecticut
United Mine Workers Accept Conciliation Offer in Nanaimo
United Mine Workers in Nanaimo B C decided to wire Ottawa accepting the Dominion government's offer for conciliation. The Western Fuel Company had no comment on the subject.
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United Mine Workers At
Nanaimo
B.C
United Mine Workers
Ottawa
Dominion
Western Fuel Company
Bulgarian Circular Seeks European Control for Adrianople Villages
Sofia July 17. The Bulgarian government sent a circular to powers asking intervention to protect Bulgarians in Adrianople region villages in European Turkey. It cites years of persecution forcing residents to flee to forests and join rebel activity and proposes European supervision of the villages.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Turkey
Judge Bennett Moves To Dismiss Williams Gesner Briggs Case
In Portland on July 17 Judge Bennett opened the Williams Gesner Briggs trial by moving to dismiss charges and seek a direct verdict of acquittal. Judge De Haven later ruled sufficient evidence exists to send the case to the jury and that indictments cannot yet be attacked.
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Portland, Or
Bennett
Williams-Gesner-Briggs
United States Circuit
de Haven
Consolidations and Developments Across Washington State
Chelan and Lakeside districts merge while Pomeroy builds an ice factory and cold storage plant. Waitsburg erects a new Christian church at a cost of 10,000 dollars. Mayor Romaine of Bellingham orders gambling houses closed. Palouse Pottery to start ornamental pottery. Spokane river dynamite damage to trout north of Davenport draws complaint. Wenatchee valley peach and apricot crops expected to be the largest ever. Spokane Inland Railway contracts fencing Palouse right of way for 25 miles with heavy wire. Granite Falls starts a leather glove factory producing 1200 pairs yearly, all hand sewn. I B Lovejoy collects native grasses at Waterville for Washington DC, totaling 18 varieties so far.
Japanese prepare siege of Vladivostok in naval land assault
Tokyo reports Admiral Togo’s fleet to sail from Sasebo with an invasion army landing at Peter the Great Bay. Since July 1, fifty foreign steamers join the Japanese force carrying ammunition and supplies. Marquis Oyama surrounds Linovitch’s Russian lines as Japanese troops move north of the Sungari river to seal the siege.
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Tokyo
Navy Department
Vladivostok
Togo
Sasebo
Peter the Great Bay
United States
Marquis Oyama
Linovitch
Sungari
University Notations and Regional Rail Plans
The University of Washington lists sixty professors with ninety five degrees from forty four leading universities including Michigan Harvard Yale Johns Hopkins Chicago Cornell Columbia and Washington. The university will spend seventy thousand dollars to upgrade engineering facilities this summer with new shops and foundries near Machinery Hall. Prof Henry Landes and twenty seven geology students depart for two weeks on Mount Rainier study. Helena Montana July 17 M L Hewett plans a Montana Northern railroad from Basin to Kalispell with capital of six million dollars and aims to have the line operating within one year.
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University of Washington
Germany
University of Michigan
Harvard
Yale
Johns Hopkins
University of Chicago
Cornell
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Henry Landes
The
State University
Mount Rainier
Helena
Mont
M. L. Hewett
Basin
London
Jefferson County
Kalispel
Flathead County
Montana Northern
Refused New Trial in Mitchell Land Fraud Case
Judge De Haven overruled the motion for a new trial in United States Senator John H. Mitchells land fraud case. Defense requested a week to file a bill of exceptions and writ of error. Senator Mitchell absent. verbal ruling issued after considering Bellinger precedent. Thurston asked for time to prepare bill of exceptions and writ of error.
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Portland, Or
United States
John H. Mitchell
de Haven
Mitchell
Bellinger
Heney
Tanner
United States Grand Jury
Thurston
Portland Chamber criticizes Harriman rail schemes in Oregon report
W D Wheeler of the Portland Chamber of Commerce supports the chamber transportation committee report on Oregon railroads while warning that the Harriman interests are retreating from Oregon. The review cites unkept promises to add track and questions the 50 mile extension of the Columbia Southern versus the expected 100 miles to Bend. It also notes a Reno to Southeast Oregon route aimed at diverting traffic to California.
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Portland, Or
Transportation Committee On Railroads
W. D. Wheeler
Chamber of Commerce
Oregon
Washington
Northren Pacific
Great Northern
Harriman
Transportation Committee
Chamber of Commerce of
Portland
Herriman Railroad
Columbia Southern
Shaniko
Bend
Reno
Nevada
Oregon Country
California
Joy Among Natives in Sakhalin Advance
Reports from near Kakabfuto Sakhalin state Japanese forces inflicted seven deaths and sixty injuries with many seriously hurt as they push northward. Natives express joy at expelling Russians and two delegations pledge loyalty to Japan. Korsakovek residents return to rebuild with Japanese aid and soldiers assisting. Navy notes indicate a major engagement likely within 48 hours threatening the Russian army of defense.
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Tokyo
Kakabfuto
Sakhalin
Japan
Korsakovek
Navy Department
To Los Angeles Postal Rates Mentioned in Brief
A compact note references postage costs for sending mail to Los Angeles with rates listed as 13.50 and 17.50 in first and second class categories.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Transit Timetable Fragments For Regional Routes
Incomplete timetable details show departures from Portland Tacoma Seattle and Acosta with various listed times including morning and afternoon slots. Remaining text references schedules to Hoquiam and links to eastern points but specifics are unclear.
Office hours and contact details listed for Hayes & Hayes
Office hours 8 to 12 a m 1 to 5 and 7 to 8 p m at Hayes and Hayes Building 315 Market Street Commercial Block telephone 177 315 Address and hours for another office 9 to 8 with telephone 1543 residence 541 C Cross
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Hayes & Hayes
Hayes & Hayes Bank
Market Street
Commander Blackmar of G. A. R. Is Dead
Gen Wilmon W Blackmar commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic died at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon his wife at his side. He arrived July 10 for a tour of Northwest posts including Alaska and will be embalmed and returned to his Boston home. The illness was kept private at his wife’s request.
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Boise
Idaho
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Grand Army
Northwest
Alaska
Boiler explosion aboard lightship 67 near U S coast
Port Angeles tolling of a boiler blast aboard United States lightship No 67 last night left several dead and others badly burned. The Tricolor towed the vessel from San Francisco toward Nanaimo, then Neah Bay, as Pioneer prepared to take over the disabled ship. A dispatch from Tatoosh Island confirms the Tricolor reported boiler burst and multiple fatalities.
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Port Angeles
United States
Battery Rocks
Tricolor
San Francisco
Nanaimo
Neah Bay
Pioneer
Merchants Exchange
Tatoosh Island
King Becomes Commander in Chief of G A R
Baltimore notices the death of Gen Blackmar elevating Capt John R King of Baltimore to commander in chief of the G A R under its laws. King serves as pension agent for Maryland District of Columbia Virginia and West Virginia with an office in Washington.
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Baltimore
Blackmar
John R. King
King
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virgnia
West Virginia
Washington
Wish czar to abdicate creates Berlin sensation
News from Berlin reports strong pressure on the czar to abdicate with the dowager empress leading the move. Officials believe a regency could bring reforms to appease the people, and that the czar may retire after peace negotiations or earlier, transferring power to his son.
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Berlin
Cazr
Grand Ducal
Carr
Boiler explosion aboard lightship off Cape Flattery kills several
Reports from Carmanah point say a boiler exploded yesterday on United States lightship 67 near Cape Flattery. Several men are reported dead with others injured in the incident.
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Victoria
B. C
Carmanah Point
United States
Cape Flattery
Landed Proprietors Concede Third Of Crops To Peasants
Odessa dispatch says to curb arson and murder the majority of landowners willingly give the peasants one third of their crops and in many cases one third of livestock as well.
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London
Standard
Odessa
Borden to Inspect Esquimalt Defenses in August
Sir Frederick Borden minister of militia for Canada will inspect the Esquimalt defenses at the end of August. The site recently transferred from the imperial government to Canadian control.
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Victoria
B. C
Sir Frederick Borden
Canada
Esquimalt
Will Open Uintah Reservation for Homesteads
The president signed a proclamation to open unallotted Uintah lands in Utah to homesteaders and townsite entry. Prior reserved lands and disposals under law exclude entries. The 2 445 000 acre reservation leaves 1 069 000 acres for entry, with irrigation required for farming. Registration starts August 1 and closes August 12 at nearby towns.
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Washington
Uintah Reservation
Utah
Fare must be paid by streetcar riders ruling
In Bellingham on July 17 Justice H. B. Williams ruled on a case arising from E. J. Nolan being removed from a streetcar for refusing to pay fare while standing. The decision states that whether sitting or standing, passengers must pay the fare.
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Bellingham
H. B. Williams
E. J. Nolan
Heatwave Roasts Manchuria With 104 Degree Heat
Telegrams report extreme heat in Manchuria reaching 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Torrential rains followed, flooding roads and making transit impassable.
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St. Petersburg
Liaodiagan
Manchuria
Carter May Reconsider Resignation After Taft Request
Private advices from Washington say Governor Carter will reconsider his resignation. In San Francisco Secretary Taft, acting for President Roosevelt, asked Carter to withdraw his resignation.
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Honolulu
Washington
Gov
Carter
San Francisco
Taft
Roosevelt
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Gen. G. B. Thomas
Union
Louisville
Maine
New Hampshire
New York ‘‘Beggars Trust
Texas
Southern Pacific
Dean Wright
Hadley
John Hicks
Chile
Henry L. Wilson
Belgium
Washington News
Chelan
Lakeside
Pomeroy
Waitsburg
Romaine
Palouse Pottery Company
Spokane River
Davenport
Wenatchee Valley
Spokane and Inland Railway Company
Palouse
Granite Falls
I. B. Lovejoy
Waterville
Washington, D.C
University
Judge DeHaven
Fense
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Independent
Grays Harbor, San Francisco
Grays Harbor
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Aberdeen, Wash
Aberdeen
Tacoma
Seattle
All Points East
Hoquiam
Acosta
Paul Smits, M. D
W. M. Karshner, M. D
Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
Heron Streets
Flverett
E. Lane, D. D. S
M. Robb Stapp
U G. Kinnison
C. Cross
Zelaska Block
G Street
R. Fox
Attorney AT Law
Frobert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
W. Mason
Heron Street
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
U. 5
Merchants’ Exchange
Anadian Pacific
Toronto
Montreal
Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
H. A. Tereda & CO
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Zelasko
Czar
Dowager Empress
Borden
East
Hume Street
A. Ingebright Sen
Gov. Carter
Jesse F. Murphy
Olympia Land Office
Continental
O. C
Heron
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
Heron and
F Streets
J. A. Moller
F Street
Hayes & Hayes Bankers
Wash
Focal Mill
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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