World News in Brief This Week
French squadron will visit United States waters at October’s end. Austro-Hungarian agent Herr Mueller in Macedonia is dead. Drain Oregon loses depot and two hotels to fire leaving no hotel accommodations. Idaho forest fires threaten Clearwater river area. Alaska road fund reaches forty thousand dollars. Northern Pacific machinists dispute settled with new wage scale. Sebastopol reports mutinous conspiracy among Black Sea fleet crews cancelling summer maneuvers. One thousand sheep killed in Grant county mining district en route to Wyoming. Fort Gibbon reports no robber activity in Fairbanks region. two highwaymen captured. Canadian counsel in US case against Green and Gaynor reports withdrawal of petition to appeal.
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Drain, Ore
Idaho
North
Clearwater River
Sebastopol
Black Sea
McMaster
United States
Green
Gaynor
Department of Justice
London
Privy Council
Witte Ordered to Hold Out on Indemnity Demand
St. Petersburg July 24 Russia has instructed M Witte to resist paying any money indemnity to Japan. The government would accept abandoning Sakhalin if needed to avoid haggling during peace talks. Russia will cover Japan war expenses but rejects broader concessions and no armistice until plenipotentiaries meet. The Associated Press interview with Witte drew praise across the empire except from Sviet and the Moscow Gazette.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
M. Witte
Sakhalin
Japan
Associated Press
New York
Empire
Sviet
Moscow Gazette
Mitchell Sentenced to Six Months and 1000 Dollar Fine
Portland news reports United States Senator Mitchell, convicted of using his office to aid the law firm Mitchell & Tanner, sentenced to a $1000 fine and six months penal servitude. The sentence is stayed pending a review by the federal supreme court, with bail set at $2000.
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Portland, Or
United States
Mitchell
Mitchell & Tanner
Federal Supreme Court
Immigration June: Over 10,000 Chinese seek admission
Reports from the immigration bureau for June show more than 10 000 Chinese applied for admission and nearly 9 000 were admitted.
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Washington
Immigration Bureau
Taft Leads Taft Party Aboard Steamer Manchuria Arrives
Yokohama reports the steamer Manchuria arriving with Secretary of War Taft and party on board. Washington notes the will of the late Secretary Hay filed for probate worth $2,000,000. The estate assigns life interest to a widow, then to children and relatives, mainly real estate.
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Yokohama
Manchuria
Taft
Washington
Hay
Douk hobors Prepare Mass Move to Canada
St Petersburg reports the Douk hobors plan a large shipment to Canada while Yakutsk residents sell property and prepare to depart as a group.
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St. Petersburg
Canada
Yakutsk
State Bank opens in Seattle and other regional notes
The State Bank of Seattle began operations Monday. The First National Bank of Port Townsend has moved to Seattle. A Colfax dealer sold a 5 cent cigarette pack to an 11 year old for 32 cents. Pullman agricultural college reports 793 students. A 12 pound trout was caught in Lake Whatcom earlier this week. Van Holderbeke says fruit crops are small but berries are plentiful. A South Bend San Francisco steamer line subscription was raised. The attorney general seeks inheritance tax cooperation from superior court judges. A Woman's International Label League formed in Bellingham to promote union-made goods and labor. UW summer school ends July 28 and the enrollment reaches 160, total 974 for the year. Regular college session starts September 18.
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University of Washington
Carter to Continue as Hawaii Governor Despite Talks of Resignation
Oyster Bay July 25. President Roosevelt and Hawaii Governor George R. Carter discussed Hawaii affairs. Carter offered to resign to restore harmony, but Roosevelt urged him to stay and Carter agreed to continue as governor and return to Hawaii to press his policies.
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Oyster Bay
George R. Carter
Hawaii
Carter
Sanford B. Dole
Honolulu
Roosevelt
Gov. Carter
Grants Franchises In Everett For Two Utilities
Everett city council grants two franchises, one to Farmers' Mutual Telephone Co and another to Rapid Railway Co for a northward trolley line. J T McChesney offers to aid the Rapid venture, including track use and cash subsidies tied to further expansion to Marysville and Arlington.
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Everett
Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Company
Rapid Railway Company
J.T. McChesney
McChesney
Nct
Marysville
Arlington
Czar and Kaiser Hold Private Gulf Meeting
The meeting between the czar and Kaiser occurred on the imperial yachts in the Gulf of Finland with no official explanation. Officials say a secret conference was held and another is planned, with potential impact on upcoming peace talks in the United States.
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St. Petersburg
Hohenzollern
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Roosevelt
France
Czar
Kaiser
Germany
Count Alvensleben
Michael Alexandrovitch
Pole Star
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Kaiser's meeting with czar seen to balance Europe tensions
London reports say William aims to curb European fears of German danger by pledging peace, aligning with powers seeking stability, while signaling to Russia a possible peace with Liberal rulers. Observers warn revolutions fear German dominance after 1870's Franco Prussian victory.
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London
England
William
Europe
Germany
Vienna
Rome
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Ealdom
Nicholas
France
Russia
Valdez to relocate townsite three miles up bay
Flood threats push Valdez Alaska backers to move the townsite away from the current location to a new site opposite the U S Army barracks. The move enables a deep water wharf and a railroad to the Copper river country, easing engineering and shipping costs.
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Seattle
Valdez
Alaska
Ihs
United States Army
Copper River
Rockefeller tightens linseed oil grip in Buffalo
John D Rockefeller through the American Linseed Oil Company corners the flaxseed market forcing three large mills to close and triggering a 40 cent per gallon price rise. Analysts estimate a $20 million profit on a modest investment, increasing power over industry and workers in paint linoleum oils and related sectors. Also in Philadelphia 31 187 names are struck from voting lists after a police canvass though officials plan a new tally.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
American Linseed Oil Company
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Protest Against Rates Pleads Spokane Favoritism
Olympia July 24 A protest to the railroad commission alleges Spokane favoritism in rates. The Pullman Mill Company cites lower Spokane to Pullman freight and a disparity in flour shipping costs, claiming Spokane mills pay far less for similar traffic. A separate Spokane complaint targets the O R N company.
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Olympia
Spokane
Railroad Commission
Pullman Mill Company
Pullman
Pullman Company
Farrell resigns from Great Northern roles in railroad shift
Seattle July 24 J D Farrell president of the Great Northern Steamship Company and assistant to J J Hill president of the Great Northern Railway Company has resigned his position and will retire from railroad work to focus on private business affairs Howard James president of the Northern Steamship Company is expected to be named Farrells successor
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Seattle
J. D. Farrell
Great Northern Steamship Company
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Howard James
The
Northern Steamship Company
Mr. Farrell
Alaska Board Approves 5000 for Fairbanks Trail
Major Richardson, chairman of the Alaska board commission, authorized expenditure of 5000 dollars to improve all American routes between Fairbanks and the head of Little Delta. He is understood to match a similar amount for the Delta to Valdez trail.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Major Richardson
Alaska Board Commission
Little Delta
Delta
Valdez
German steamer Theben rushes wheat to Mexican ports
The German steamship Theben returned to Tacoma with orders to load one thousand tons of wheat for Mexico, aiming to sail before Mexico's tariff comes into effect.
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Tacoma
Theben
Mexico
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