World News Highlights From The Week
A digest of world events reports ships, fires, and politics. The Milwaukee cruiser achieved 22.22 knots on a Santa Barbara test while the Great Northern hotel in Leeds burned for a $750,000 loss. A Cascade timber fire near Detroit Oregon spread rapidly. Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul dividends remain 3 12 percent. Roosevelt to review the Atlantic fleet September 3 aboard the Mayflower at San Domingo waters. Copenhagen telegraph reports Russian revolutionists smuggling arms into Russia. Countess Boni divorce hearing set for October 17 or 24. Southern California Automobile Club plans sign posts on roads within 50 to 100 miles of Los Angeles.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
San Domingo
The
Automobile Club of Southern
Bryan's Amendment Recast and Adopted
London reports that William J. Bryan's proposed rider to the model arbitration treaty was rewritten to require inviting an international commission of inquiry or mediation before hostilities. The recast rider was unanimously adopted after speeches by Von Plener and Bryan. Bryan praised the measure as expanding arbitration to honor questions and promoting peace.
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London
William J. Bryan
International Council of the Interparliamentary Union
International Commission of Inquiry
Commerce von Plener
Bryan Warlly
Bryan
Hearst Has Clear Field for Governor Nomination
The Press reports William R Hearst will be nominated for governor at Carnegie Hall on September 11 or 12. nomination to be tendered at Madison Square Garden mass meeting, with Independence League campaign to begin. Justice William Gaynor not a Hearst candidate. Delegates to state convention will not use Gaynors name.
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New York
William R. Hearst
Carnegie Hall
Hearst
Madison Square Garden
Independence League
William Gaynor
Justice Gaynor
Wireless plan links Atlin to Quesnel across 1800 miles
Dr. Alfred Thompson, Yukon MP, returns from Ottawa and undertakes a wireless telegraph line between Atlin and Quesnel. The 1800 mile route will follow the Dominion government wire. Marconi and De Forest companies show interest in installing the service.
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Dawson
Alfred Thompson
Yukon
Ottawa
Atlin
Quesnel
Marconi
de Forest
Wenatchee Ships Six Cars of Fruit Daily
Washington news notes Wenatchee ships six cars of fruit daily while Whitman county hoboes face chaining. Seattle razing of Hotel Washington has begun and Chehalis county leases fifteen convict laborers for road work. Port Townsend suspends business for annual picnic. Fireman Bell and Engineer Newcombe bodies recovered from Great Northern wreck near Camden. Calhoun named superintendent of Western Washington hospital at Steilacoom. Interior awards Umattilla project storage works contract to Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle.
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Whitman County
Washington
Seattle
George Bell
E. M. Newcombe
Camden
Diamond Lake
Arthur P. Calhoun
Western Washington Hospital For the
Steilacoom
E.E. van Zandt
Bellingham
Secretary of the Interior
Puget Sound
Great Northern plans Colville Reservation branch line
Olympia July 25 The Great Northern will extend from Republic to Hell Gate by a new branch directed to the Columbia river near Hellgate. The certificate shows a Washington and Great Northern Railroad Company vote to build and operate a line down the San Poli river valley toward the north bank at Hellgate. The route passes through the Colville reservation area opened to homesteads, not the Wenatchee extension toward Oroville.
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Colville Reservation
Homestead Entry
Wenatchee
Okanogan River
Oroville
Luper and Miller Start Wiring for Harrington Electric Plant
Harrington dated July 26 reports L. T. Luper and S. H. Miller, farmers living three and five miles away, are erecting poles and stringing wires to connect with Harrington’s electric plant to light their ranch houses and barns. Other nearby farmers are expected to install lights once the line is completed.
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Harrington
L. T. Luper
S. H. Miller
Big Bend
Grain rate cuts to 8 and 5 cents announced in Chicago
Chicago Great Western announces proportional grain rate reductions from the Missouri river to Chicago: 8 cents on wheat and 5 cents on coarse grains. Competing lines indicate they would match any cut.
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Chicago
Missouri River
Chicago Great Western
President Fallieres Receives Dreyfus in Paris
President Fallieres yesterday greeted Major Dreyfus and his ally Joseph Reinach in a marked compliment to the reinstated officer. Dreyfus begins a two month leave of absence and travels to Switzerland.
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Paris
Fallieres
Dreyfus
Joseph Reinach
Switzerland
Seattle Market Prices for Grains and Livestock
Market report from Seattle listing dealer offers for oats barley wheat chicken feed and other grains by ton and per unit, plus hay eggs poultry wool and live stock prices. Prices cover Eastern and Western Washington regions with ranges for oats barley wheat corn hay eggs poultry wool sheep hogs cattle calves and lambs. Local delivery terms are f o b Seattle and subject to change.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma Quotations for Wheat Oats Hay and Poultry
Market quotes list prices for wheat and bluestem at 71 and 73 cents, oats at 31.50 to 34.50, various hays from 12.50 to 24, feed items including corn, wheat and barley with mid-20s to high-20s, shorts and bran around 19 to 20.50, and poultry meats and live birds with dressed prices and live rates, plus butter and eggs from Washington sources.
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Washington Creamery
Washington Ranch
Zion Church Governed by Referendum After Court Ruling
In Chicago on July 28 the federal court deposed Dowie Voliva and Granger from Zion, appointing John C Hateley as receiver to run financial affairs. An election of officers will occur in December with all members over 21 voting. The church publication Leaves of Healing was ordered to publish the decision and then cease. Judge Landis oversees Zion affairs to protect members. The church loses governing power, becoming scripture expounding only, while Zion city operates like a republic under federal guidance with referendum voting and state-appointed election judges.
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Chicago
Dowie
Voliva
Granger
Zion
Illinois
John C. Hateley
Leaves of Healing
Landis
Zion City
Appointments announced by Gov Mead list reappointments
Olympia July 25 Gov Mead announced reappointments and new appointments to boards and delegations. James R Yocum Tacoma retains seat on state board of health. J D Cornett North Yakima and Henry W Collins Rockford renew terms as trustees of Ellensburg and Cheney normal schools. Melancthon Walters Walla Walla to transmission congress in Kansas City November 20. Rev A H House Puyallup to trans Miss conference. L D Williams Ilwaco joins Columbia river pilot board. D S Yarwood Mohler Joel Shoemaker Seattle and John F Green Harrington named national irrigation congress delegates Boise Idaho September 38.
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A. H. House
Puyallup
L. D. Williams
Ilwaco
Board of Pilot Commissioners
Columbia River and Bar
L. L. Tallman
Walla Walla
State Board of Pharmacy
D. S. Yarwood
Mohler
Joel Shoemaker
Seattle
John. F. Green
Harrington
National Irrigation Congress
Boise
Idaho
Hague Conference Outlines War Contraband Rules
London July 26 The Interparliamentary Union adopted resolutions defining contraband of war as arms munitions and explosives. It urged protection of ships carrying non contraband goods and immune private property at sea. It also called for reducing armament expenditures at The Hague conference.
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London
Conference of the Interparliamentary Union
Interparliamentary Union
Hague
Field estate faces record Chicago tax bill
Marshall Field's executors will owe about 2.5 million dollars in taxes. The board of review has assigned personal property taxes at 130000 and added 50 million in real estate value, bringing the total taxable property to roughly 180 million. Back taxes for seven years prior to 1899 drive the large sum.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Board of Review
Field
Los Angeles Men Held for Trial in Timber Land Case
Judge Ross denied the motion to dismiss the case against eight Los Angeles businessmen charged by a Portland grand jury with defrauding the government in timber land cases. Defendants' counsel plan an appeal to the Supreme Court. original bail remains.
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Los Angeles
Ross
Portland
Supreme Court of the United States
State Press Association closes meeting at Mineral
Tacoma July 28 members of the State Press Association held the closing session at Mineral Lewis county by special train. Officers elected include E E Beard Vancouver first vice Eugene Foster Sedro Woolley second vice Albert Johnson Tacoma secretary E H Hutchinson Spokane treasurer DeWitt C Britt Chelan historian John Miller Murphy Olympia orator W H Pratt Tacoma and poetess Mrs Carrie V Shaw Rice Tacoma Next annual meeting set for Everett A rate committee was named to press postal rate changes for newspapers and a new patent medicine ad rate was approved with 12 1 2 cents per inch for papers 1000 subscribers or less and 5 cents more per inch per additional 1000 subscribers. A resolution to repeal the libel law was passed and loyalty to direct primary legislation was affirmed.
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Tacoma
State Press Association
Mineral
Lewis County
Tacoma Eastern
E. E. Beard
Vancouver
Eugene Foster
Sedro-Woolley
Albert Johnson
E. H. Hutchinson
Spokane
DeWitt C. Britt
Chelan
John Miller Murphy
Olympia
W. H. Pratt
Carrie V. Shaw Rice
Everett
Lovett M. Wood
Seattle
T. J. Bell
Orno Strong
Washington
Congress
Direct Primary League
Boundary Commission Hears Oregon Side
Portland July 25 Testimony for Oregon was presented to the U S boundary commission in the dispute with Washington. G W Woods a Columbia river bar pilot and 1867-68 survey participant testified the north channel was navigable as of that era though the south channel was preferred due to Astoria customs. Washington claims would shift fishing grounds north of the ship channel. The commission is to adjourn today with final hearings at Olympia where Washington testimony will be offered.
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Portland
Oregon
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
G. W. Woods
Columbia River
Capt. Woods
Coast Survey
Custom House
Astoria
State
Mayor Johnson Cited Over Fulton Street Tearing
Papers served on Cleveland Mayor Tom L. Johnson require appearance in common pleas court to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court. The order restrains continued tearing up of Fulton street railway tracks begun under Johnson's direction, linked to a dispute between the Cleveland Electric Railway Company seeking a franchise extension and the Forest City line backed by Johnson.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Common Pleas Court
Ford
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Fulton Street
Johnson
Forest City
Man Sentenced for Horse Stealing at Walla Walla
William Marsh arrested in Starbuck, brought to Walla Walla, pleads guilty to horse stealing and begins an 11k month term immediately.
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Walla
Starbuck
William Marsh
Marsh
Walla Walla
Mazamas Strike Mount Baker Expedition from Seattle
More than fifty climbers left Seattle yesterday bound for Mount Baker. The group includes Mazamas from Portland and enthusiasts from Seattle Tacoma and other cities. A delegation of about thirty joined the party at Bellingham.
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Seattle
Mount Baker
Mazamas
Portland
Tacoma
Bellingham
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