World News in Briefs Resume of Happenings Around the Globe
Secretary of State Hay arrives from Europe on the Baltic. Terranova sets sail to aid the Ziegler Arctic expedition. Leland leads surveyors to Alaska to mark the international boundary per the 1902 London commission. Kanana City courts block Missouri rail barriers over maximum freight law. Gifts to Princeton include 334 acres near campus and a $300,000 recitation hall announced by Wilson. Zanzibar reports the death of Tippo Tib, feared Arab chief and slave trader. Stanley once met Tib in 1874 and later named him Congo governor.
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Hay
Europe
Baltic
Terranova Han
Tremance
Ziegler
Sanita
Kanana City
Missouri
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Laat
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Zanzibar
Tippo Tib
Henry M. Stanley
Tib
Stanley Falla
Upper Congo
Guilty of Land Frauds Involving Timber Claims
Seattle June 15 F M Barrett and F W Bone wealthy Wheaton Minn plead guilty in a federal court to a conspiracy to defraud the government by inducing Italians to take timber claims near Kalispell Mont They are sentenced to one year in the penitentiary and a fine of 1000 dollars plus costs Judge Hanford criticised the case and noted a letter from Barretts cousin a Maine supreme court judge The Spokane defendants H J Shout and G Brokaw refused to plead and the Shout case may be dismissed.
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Seattle
F. M. Barrett
F. W. Bone
Wheaton
Minn
Kalispel
Mont
United States Penitentiary
Hanford
Barrett
Supreme Court of Maine
H. J. Shout
G. Brokaw
Spokane
Shout
Alaska gold movement to Seattle totals 1.92 million
Within a week Seattle will receive 1,920,000 in Alaska gold, including 1,200,000 from Tanana on the Dolphin and 400,000 from Nome on the Senator. The Dolphin shipment is the first Tanana cargo, with prior consignments from Klondike.
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Seattle
Alaska
Tanana
Nome
Klondike
Northern Pacific bids on Pasco bridge project
In Pasco Washington a new bridge to span 2,250 feet with nine 250 foot steel spans attracted bids last week. The lowest offer came from McCreary & Williams of Spokane, bidding for the Northern Pacific railway project.
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St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
Pasco, Wash
McCreary & Williams
Spokane
Pasco Forms New Volunteer Fire Company Aimed at Public Safety
Washington report notes Pasco creating a volunteer fire company with a new chemical engine. State Horticultural Commissioner Van Holderbeke cites prospects for a record apple crop. Puyallup berry cannery nears completion and a Northern Pacific spur to the building will be laid. Hantern Washington railroad work to begin within two weeks from Cowell to Fletcher. Seattle Chamber invites Christian Endeavor Society to hold national convention in 1907. Frank Richards of Seattle pleads guilty to counterfeit money to shield his sister and her husband, who were implicated by secret service officers.
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Hantern Washington Railroad
Cowell
Fletcher
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Christian Endeavor Society
Seattle
United States Penitentiary
Frank Richarda
Secret Service
France and Germany on Verge of War Cited By Delcasse Resignation
The article notes European peace talks face pressure as France and Germany near conflict after Delcasse resigns. Rouvier pressed Russia to act under the Franco Russian alliance, warning that without Russian military readiness and support France cannot see value in continuing the alliance amid German threats.
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Paria
Roosevelt
M. Delcaase
Foreign Office
Germany
France
Delcaase
Rouvier
Raasia
Delcanse
Russia
Czzl
Kaasia
Carl
Europe
Governor names two new railroad commissioners for state
Gov. Mead announces John S. McMillin of Roche Harbor and John C. Lawrence of Garfield join H. A. Fairchild on the state railroad commission, to be organized in Olympia June 21. He plans a normal school trustee from outside the city and foresees no other local board changes.
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Bellingham
A. E. Mead
Masonic Grand Lodge
State Railroad Commission
John S. MsMillin
Roehe Harbor
John C. Lawrence
Garfield
Whitman County
H. A. Fairchild
Olympia
Gov. Mead
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
McMillin
Lawrence
Washington
Fairchild
Commission
New Normal
Roche Harbor
Frank C. Teck
King
Clallam
Skagit County
Mead
Normal
Grand Duke Alexis resigns as naval head after Sea of Japan losses
In St Petersburg on June 14 Grand Duke Alexis, head of the navy and uncle to the czar, and Admiral Allevan resigned from the navy's supreme direction. The imperial edict relieved the grand duke, ending a long era begun under Alexander III. Public reaction and rumors followed, seen as a concession to harsh criticism after the Sea of Japan defeat.
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St. Petersburg
Alexia
Allevan
Alexander III
Raneia
Japan
Naaca Shiah
Grand Duke
Sea of Japan
Gothenburg System Considered For Los Angeles Saloons
Initiative petitions will circulate within ten days to adopt a Gothenburg like plan granting a benevolent corporation a monopoly on Los Angeles saloons. The plan would cut saloons from 200 to 75, close residence-district outlets, fund public improvements, cap profits at 6 percent, and limit sales to beer and light wines in mills and factories.
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Los Angeles
Benevolent Corporation
Gothenburg
Corporation
Peace Conference Set in Washington for Russia Japan Talks
Washington was chosen as the seat of negotiations between Russia and Japan for a peace treaty. Secretary Loeb announced at the White House that Washington will host the plenipotentiaries after the two governments rejected Chefoo and Paris locations. If heat becomes uncomfortable, the meeting may adjourn to a northern summer resort to continue talks.
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Washington
America
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Loeb
White House
Chefoo
Paria
Great Britain and United States Avoid Morocco Conference
London reports that Britain will not join the Madrid 1880 conference on Morocco unless France approves while the United States agrees to participate only if all signatories are involved. Washington notes limited interest and says it may join if invited and accepted by France.
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London
Great Britain
Morocco
France
United States
Washington
State Department
London Dispatch
Bulb Farms in Whatcom County Draw Government Interest
Prof. G W Oliver of the agriculture department inspected Whatcom county bulb farms at the Chamber of Commerce request for a government experimental station. He notes hyacinths and tulips thrive here, with soil and climate deemed ideal by growers.
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Bellingham
G. W. Oliver
Department of Agriculture
Whatcom County
Chamber of Commerce
Oliver
Cable orders rush transport Dix to Seattle for mule shipment
Honolulu on June 14 reports orders to move the transport Dix from its anchorage to Seattle. The vessel is to be used for transporting mules to Panama, with the move described as urgent.
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Honolulu
Dix
Seattle
Panama
Pioneer Dolph B Hannah Dies in Tacoma at 82
Dolph B Hannah 82 a longtime Oregon Washington pioneer died at his Tacoma home. He led a 1845 Northwest immigrant party from Fort Madison Iowa drove for Mrs McCarver helped lay out Tacoma then called Commencement City. He sat on the 1878 Walla Walla convention delegation and served Pierce County official roles. He aided the anti Chinese drive in Tacoma and engaged in early affairs of California Oregon.
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Tacoma
Dolph B. Hannah
Oregon
Washington
Mr. Hannah
Fort Madison
Iowa
Northwest
Hannah
McCarver
Walla Walla
Pierce County
Pacific Coast
California
Orego
Oregon Building and Palaces Dedicated at Expo
Portland observers marked the formal dedication of the Oregon state building and nine exhibit palaces at the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. The event occurred yesterday in Portland with state officials and attendees witnessing the ceremony.
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Portland, Or
State Building
Oregon
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