Weekly World Happenings Condensed From The Era
News briefs cover Foster’s appointment by China to The Hague, Britain restoring relations with Servia, Whitehead named minister to Belgrade, beer production and liquor use in 1905, railroad wage dispute amid looming strike, Pennsylvania GOP ticket leaders, and delays in Binger Hermann trial linked to public record destruction.
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Great Britain
Servia
J. B. Whitehead
Berlin
Belgrade
Build Street Railway for North Yakima
North Yakima June 9 A movement is on foot to organize a syndicate of business men to build and operate an electric railway for the city and connect with the valley. They will invest 100000 with any excess financed by mortgage. A franchise will be sought at the next council meeting. The plan aims to turn operations over to the city later.
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North Yakima
Washington flag of First Washington infantry found
The flag carried by the First Washington infantry volunteers has been found and identified. Major Brown located it in the state arsenal and a letter from former Adjutant General R. G. O'Brien confirms the identification. The flag, though dilapidated, is highly prized and will join other historic battle flags in the governor's office.
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Olympia
First
Washington Infantry Volunteer
Capitol Building
State Arsenal
Brown
R. G. O’brien
San Francisco
Portland Indicted Land Frauds Witness Arrives for Bail
S A D Puter, charged in state land frauds and a key witness for the government against Representative Binger Herrmann, has reached Portland from California with a federal agent and is jailed in Multnomah county. Friends plan to seek bail.
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Portland
S. A
D. Puter
Binger Hermann
California
Multnomah County
Puter
Seattle Exceeds All Records in 1905 Growth
The British vice consul reports to the British Foreign Office that Seattle topped 1905 in commercial and financial expansion and manufacturing, forecasting a marvelous future for the Puget Sound region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
British Foreign Office
Puget Sound
Canal Bill Heads to President for Law
The Lake Washington canal bill passed the house yesterday and awaits the president's signature to become law. Representative Jones announced the measure from the speaker's table and moved for passage with unanimous consent and no opposition or votes recorded.
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Washington
Lake Washington Canal
House
Jones
Prosectuting Attorneys to Meet in Everett in July
At the suggestion of State Bar Association members the prosecuting attorneys of the state will attend a meeting in Everett July 12 14 while the bar association is in session They will consider amendments to criminal laws and legislation regarding county government.
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Olympia
State Bar Association
Everett
Bar Association
Fight to Finish Across Ohio Miners and Operators
In Columbus on June 9 the joint conference of Ohio miners and operators adjourned amid disagreement. Both sides declare the fight now on to a finish.
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Columbus
Ohio Miners
Washington News: Mead to Deliver Fourth of July Oration
Governor Mead accepts invitation to speak at Hoquiam for Independence Day. Free city delivery planned in Hoquiam starting September 1 with new carriers and twenty one street boxes. Northwest notices include postal appointments and railway upgrades across several cities.
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Gov. Mead
Hoquiam
Tom Payne
Seattle
Senator Piles
Miles Taylor
Gold From Tanana Falls as Drouth Slows Output
Six hundred thousand to seven hundred thousand dollars in gold left Fairbanks on the Tanana Wednesday night as drouth curbed mining. Half the Cleary creek plants shut down and others ceased sluicing and hoisting to dumps. Nome and Esther creek report similar slowdowns while Al Murphy travels from Circle with supplies for the Chatanka ditch to secure water.
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Fairbanks
Drouth
Tanana
Cleary Creek
Nome
Esther Creek
al Murphy
Circle
Chatanka
Sheriff Word challenges Stevens election in Portland
Sheriff Word has served formal notice to contest the county election held Monday. He claims irregularities and errors were committed in each of Portland's ninety precincts and plans to file suit in circuit court.
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Portland
Word
Robert L. Stevens
Circuit Court of
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists FOB Seattle round lot prices for grain oats barley wheat and feed at various per ton and per unit rates. Includes eggs poultry wool live stock and animal classes with specific price ranges for Eastern and Western Washington regions and per head or per pound figures.
Tacoma Quotations Wheat and Feed Prices
Wheat Club 72c bluestem 74c red 69c Oats 31.50 88.50 rolled oats 33 34.50 Hay Alfalfa etc Wheat hay 15 16.50 timothy 22 24 mixed 13 17 clover 16 18 alfalfa 13.50 15 Feed Corn 26 wheat 26 barley whole 25.50 rolled 26.50 bran 18.50 19.50 shorts 19.50 20.50 Poultry Turkeys dressed 25c chickens dressed 21 0 ducks dressed 15c geese dressed 16c Live Hens 14c spring chickens 17 18c ducks geese 12 0 Butter Washington creamery 21 22c Egg Washington ranch 23
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Washington Ranch
Sailors Locked Out as Union and Association Clash
San Francisco report says the United Shipping and Transportation Association ordered a lockout of all water front workers, halting all freight handling and leaving steamers idle. Stevedores discharged, ships moved to Oakland, and broader consequences feared for city rebuilding efforts.
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San Francisco
Water Front
United Shipping and Transportation Association
Sailors’ Union
Water Front Federation
Pacific Mail
Korea
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Oakland Creek
Association
Sailor wage dispute spreads to Aberdeen
In Aberdeen on June 7 the coastwise steam schooner Grace Dollar was tied up after eight crew members quit. The cook and engineer remained aboard to watch union actions, and all future arrivals are expected to face similar stoppages.
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Aberdeen
San Francisco
Grace Dollar
Cook
Coast Steam Craft Lockout Threatens Wider Coverage
The Seattle report notes a sailors union lockout in San Francisco spreading to coast steam workers. Shipping and lumber sectors face disruption as more employees join the action. shortages of California supplies loom. In New York, Mutual Life sues former VP Granniss over funds from the yellow dog fund and potential further accounting suits.
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Seattle
Sailors’ Union
San Franciso
San Francisco
California
New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Robert A. Granniss
Granniss
James McKee
Mutual Life
Tornado Damages Wyoming and North Branch Areas
A tornado formed near Lindstrom and moved northeastward from about five o clock yesterday afternoon. It cut a 500 yard wide path for 15 miles causing major property damage. One man was killed and many injured in Wyoming and North Branch, with additional destruction reported at Stoddard Wisconsin.
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St. Paul
Wyoming
North Branch
Here
Lindstrom
Minn
Stoddard
Wis
Walla Walla Plans Fourth of July Celebration
Walla Walla on June 7 reports plans for a Fourth of July celebration nearly complete. Correspondence has been opened with Senator Piles to secure him as orator. Special railroad rates have been arranged.
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Walla Walla
Senator Piles
Trust in Denver Officials Shaken as Grand Jury Calls Fraud Probe
Judge John I. Mullins grants Honest Election League petition for a grand jury to probe alleged frauds by Denver utility firms tied to May 15 franchises. District Attorney Stidger Sheriff Alexander and Coroner Collins are removed from grand jury duty. special officers may be appointed to ensure impartiality.
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Denver
John I. Mullins
District Court
Honest Election League
Stidger
Alexander
Robert P. Collins
Mullins
Senate Passes Navy Appropriation Bill
The Senate approved the naval appropriation bill with a $108 117 670 funding level. It includes no ship size limits for a proposed monster warship and calls for plans to Congress before construction. Senators Tillman and Hale debated cost and size as the measure moves back to conference.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Oregon
Tillman
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Committee On Judiciary
Nelson
Odd Fellows Elect Leaders At Seattle Grand Lodge
Seattle June 6 The continued influx of Odd Fellows from Washington swells the crowd for the grand lodge meeting. Chester F. Miller Day ton was elected grand master. Joseph A. Graham Aberdeen deputy grand master L J Birdseye Spokane grand warden L F Hart grand secretary and H S Holmes Seattle grand treasurer F R McLaren Seattle elected grand representative to the sovereign grand lodge to meet in Toronto next September Spokane chosen to host the 1907 convention.
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Seattle
Washington
Grand Lodge
Chester F. Miller
Dayton
Joseph A. Graham
Aberdeen
L. J. Birdseye
Spokane
L. F
Indians Pick Choice Pieces On Colville Reservation
In Conconully Washington on June 9 the Colville reservation Indians seek prime tracts for allotment and blaze trees around favored selections to be noticed by government surveyors as the south half is parceled. It remains to be seen if the government will honor these squatters’ claims once surveyed.
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Conconully
Wash
Colville Reservation
Actua
Essa Avamainus
Pos
Express
DBD
Wead Cycle Company
Dept. “Jl
Chicago
Ill
City payroll shows 51,146 workers in New York last year
Official payroll figure confirms 51,146 persons employed by New York City in the previous year with total salaries of $64,264,547.62.
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New York City
New York
Alaska trail survey funds pass house
Washington June 6 The bill appropriating 35000 for the survey of a trail from navigable waters on the Tanana river in Alaska to the Seward peninsula has passed the house.
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Washington
Tanana River
Alaska
Seward Peninsula
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China
Pennsylvania
Edwins. Stuart
Philadelphia
Robert S. Murphy
Robert K. Young
Henry Houck
Justice Gould
District of Columbia
Baker
General Land Office
Hyde
Benson
First Infantry
Washington News
Charles Herman
Steilacoom Insane Asylum
Washington and Northern Idaho Christian Endeavor Union
Lewiston
Idaho
Samuel A. Wells
W. W. Ward
F. W. Miller
Oakdale
W. L. Lemon
Joseph G. Cutler
Washington & Columbia River Railway
Levy
Joseph McCabe
Northern Pacific
Interbay
Maltby
Machias
Arlington
Bellingham
Sedro-Woolley
Corwin
Dutch Harbor
Bering Sea
Bondemen
Walla Walla, Jane
CO. McCoy
McCoy
Sheriff’s Office
Seattle Market Report
Tacoma
Wheat—Club
Bluestem
Sailors Union
Grays Harbor
Yellow Dog
Minnesota
NAVY
ODD Fellows Elect
Tanana-Seward Trail
Tmmscontmetal Ace.com
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Harper Rye
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
Thos. Morgan
Pres
Ninemire & Morgan CO
Montesano
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance
MacLafferty & Sons
Heron
Hayes & Hayes Banke (Incorporated
J. Bradley
C. W. Miller
State Bank
N. E
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