World News in Brief: Crime, Politics and Industry
The Oregon hop crop will be well below average this year. Smyth and Jones of Portland bid lowest on the Dalles-Celtic canal work. London police hold over 70 000 sets of fingerprints. Johann Hoch, convicted murderer and bigamist, is reprieved. Bryan plans a long European tour to study good government. Carbutt, Philadelphia photographer inventor of the dry plate, dies at 73. Great Northern special train departs St. Paul for two weeks of inspection. Albert E. Loutzenheuser, ex teller of the Duluth First National Bank, arrested in St. Paul for embezzlement. Caribou and White Pass forest fires die down aided by timely rains.
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Albert E. Loutzenheuser
First National Bank of
Duluth
St. Paul
Plebiscite in Norway on Dissolution Question
Christiania July 28 The Norwegian government proposes a referendum on dissolving the union with Sweden. The proposal goes to a special committee for action while Stockholm reports broad Swed en approval of the Ramstedt ministry’s fall and a move toward firmer action toward the Norwegian revolutionaries. Parliament approves the crisis report with unanimous backing for dissolution discussions and a contested loan proposal. Swedes urge moderation and a peaceful settlement to avert war.
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Christiania
Starming
Sweden
Stockholm
Ramstedt
Oscar
Norway
Americans Seek Timber Licenses Near Queen Charlotte Islands
Vancouver July 29. An onslaught on Mores by Island timber lands in the Queen Charlotte group is reported as Americans in close touch with Grand Trunk Pacific promoters apply for licenses on 107 square miles. Annual fees amount to about 15000 dollars. Vancouver men also take up land near Bulkley Nechaco valleys along the proposed Grand Trunk route.
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Vancouver
B. C
Moresby Island
Queen Charlotte Group
Grand Trunk Pacific
Bulkley
Nechaco
Stamp firm manager charged with trading stamps sale
Seattle on July 27 reports Ernest Hutchinson, manager of the local National Stamp Company branch, was informed against by Prosecuting Attorney McIntosh and charged with selling London store trade stamps worth $20, violating a statute from the last legislative session. Bond set at $500. Hutchinson released on recognizance.
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Seattle
Ernest Hutchinson
National Stamp Company
MclIntosh
London
Hutchinson
Wilhelm der Grosse Sails with Russian Peace Delegate
The North German Lloyd steamer Wilhelm der Grosse departed Cherbourg for New York yesterday at 1 30 p m with M Witte the Russian peace plenipotentiary and his party aboard.
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Cherbourg
M. Witte
New York
Great Northern Starts Similkameen Branch Work
Washington news notes progress on the Similkameen branch by the Great Northern. Ballard census records a 12000 population amid plans for a large Pacific coast saltwater natatorium.
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The
Great Northern
Commission Interprets $300 Exemption Clause
Olympia July 29. The state tax commission issues guidance to Oren C. Wilson on the $300 exemption for heads of families. If a resident supports a family abroad, the exemption applies. a man living alone without family support does not qualify. The letter directs factual inquiry and lawful application.
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Olympia
State Tax Commission
Oren C. Wilson
Pacific County
South Bend
Russia Eyes Norway Throne via Hohenzollern Claim
Daily Mail report from Stockholm says Emperor William met with Emperor Nicholas to seek consent for a Hohenzollern prince to become Norway's king. Russia might grant approval if allowed a frontier rectification along the Atlantic to gain a seaport by the Arctic coast.
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London
Daily Mail
Stockholm
William
Nicholas
Norway
Russia
Atlantic
Finland
Arctic Ocean
Japanese Emperor Hosts Taft Party Luncheon
The emperor and Crown Princess of Japan hosted Secretary Taft's party at lunch with official members. A garden party followed, and the private park was opened for the Americans. The grounds, completed three centuries ago, had never admitted foreigners before.
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Tokyo
Japan
Taft
Shipment of five million in gold bullion arrives in Philadelphia
Advices report a $5,000,000 gold bullion shipment arriving in Philadelphia under armed guards. The cargo, shipped from Seattle, traveled covertly by a special four-car express train from St. Paul to Philadelphia and is now stored in the mint.
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Seattle
Philadelphia
Quaker City
St. Paul
White Pass and Yukon route declares ad interim dividend
Skagway reports the directors have declared a 2 percent ad interim dividend for the year ending June 30. Freight and passenger business for June doubled the level of June 1904. A branch to Fairbanks is projected if the territory continues to prosper.
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Skagway
White Pass
Yukon
Fairbanks
Japanese Envoy Seeks Indemnity in Peace Talks
Baron Komura’s spokesman Aimar Sato said Japan will demand Russia pay indemnity and that the war will end with the peace negotiations at Portsmouth. Sato noted Japan’s costs, hopes for an armistice, and preference for English talks after Roosevelt’s mediation. He praised Witte and Rosen, and spoke on China, Manchuria, and U.S. friendship.
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New York
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Komura
Aimar Sato
Sato
Mr. Sato
Roosevelt
Japan Likely to Seek Vladivostok Neutralization and Port Arthur Pact
Washington learns that Japan may demand neutralization of Vladivostok and, in exchange, pledge not to fortify Port Arthur. Reported by informed sources, the move signals a bold two sided proposal affecting Pacific naval balance and Russian Pacific defenses.
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Washington
Japan
Vladivostok
Pacific
Port Arthur
Cotton declines judgeship for Oregon district
William W. Cotton, already holding a commission, has declined the U S judge appointment for the district of Oregon to succeed the late Judge Bellinger. He left New York for Oregon after talks with Harriman line officials and will arrive in Portland Monday. No reason given. reports say Harriman inducements influenced the decision.
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Portland
William W. Cotton
United States
District of Oregon
Bellinger
Cotton
Harriman
Slight Wheat Damage Report From Eastern Washington
Seattle dispatches show only slight damage to grain in Eastern Washington from a week of extreme heat. Winter and early spring wheat appear unharmed or helped, with late sown spring grain bearing the only damage, estimated at 3 to 5 percent in most cases.
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Seattle
Washington
Bennington Disaster Probe to Open on Arrival
Rear Admiral Goodrich, commander of the Pacific station, is due in San Diego aboard his flagship Chicago to convene a court of inquiry and begin the Bennington disaster inquiry without delay. The Navy department expects a thorough investigation and has arranged to preserve conditions aboard the vessel until his arrival.
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Washington
Goodrich
Pacific Station
San Diego
Chicago
Navy Department
Bennington
Department
Drake
Admiral Goodrich
Swedish cabinet resigns after union crisis report
Stockholm July 26 The cabinet resigns after a special committee report on the crisis over the union with Norway. The committee says the government bill cannot be adopted and urges the riksdag to negotiate dissolution if the newly elected storting seeks repeal and union dissolution or if Norway plebiscite favoring dissolution is received.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Riksdag
Norway
Storting
Wenatchee Fruit for Pair at Lewis and Clark Exposition
A Wenatchee shipment to the Lewis and Clark exposition includes peaches apricots harvest apples and a sweet clover bundle eight feet high grown by E Messerley. The collection features a two foot branch bearing seventy two apricots from an apricot bud grafted onto an Italian prune tree just over a year ago.
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Wenatchee
E. Messerley
First Conviction Under Oregon Anti-Scalp Law
Portland finds first conviction under January anti scalp ing law in municipal court. Carpary a cut rate broker was found guilty yesterday and will appeal the case.
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Portland, Or
Oregon
Carpary
Land Fraud Trials Begin in Western Montana Case
Helena July 26 trial opens before Federal Judge Hunt for fifty or more defendants linked to Western Montana land frauds involving Senator William A Clark. Proceedings likely to last several weeks due to extensive testimony.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
William A. Clark
Hunt
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Johann Hoch
William J. Bryan
John Cartbutt
Great Northern Railway Company
Caribou
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Pomeroy
J. D. Cummins
St. John
Pacific Coast
Drain
Davenport
Rochedale
Kirkland
Independent Telephone Company
Silver Lake
Everett
Puget Sound Navigation Company
State Supreme Court
Commission
Mikado
Erate
Witte and
Rosen
Baron Rosen
Peace Party
Future of
China
Manchuria
Hay
Korea
Hawaii
America
Lato
England
Commodore Perry
Philippine Islands
Philippines
hEzovee
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Kentucky
Harper
St. Louis
Fred Hewitt
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
Thos. Morgan
Pres
Ninemire & Morgan CO
Montesano
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
Nature
Herald
Tacoma Daily News
Tacoma
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