Hearst Buys Cosmopolitan Magazine From Walker
A weekly round up notes William Randolph Hearst has purchased Cosmopolitan magazine from John Brisben Walker. Other items mention Grover Cleveland's return from a Southern water cruise aboard the Oneida and a dry summary of global events and a legal notice in Indiana about a trained ape smoking during a show.
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William Randolph Hearst
John Brisben Walker
Grover Cleveland
E. C. Benedict
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Judge C B Bellinger Dies in Portland Oregon
Portland May 13 Judge C B Bellinger United States district court for Oregon died yesterday afternoon from a complication of diseases. He had just read the decision on Mitchells plea in abatement in land fraud cases and the strain affected his health. Born in Illinois in 1839, he moved to Oregon at age eight and served on the federal bench amid the Oregon land frauds investigations.
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Portland, Or
C. B. Bellinger
United States District Court For
District of Oregon
Bellinger
United States
Mitchell
Oregon
May County School Funds Apportionment Announced
Olympia May 12 Eng county receives 205791 40 from the quarterly school fund apportionment raising total to 1021191 25 compared with 886297 44 last May. The distribution uses 2,000,000 excess attendance days and sets the 1905 rate at 5 cents per day versus 4 8 cents in 1904.
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Olympia
Eng County
Assayer predicts gold output from Klondike tops ten million
Seattle May 10 A Wing United States assayer states from Alaska and the Northwest territory that this year's gold output in the Northern country will total 22000000 dollars or more. He notes no unfavorable reports from mining districts. He forecasts 10000000 to 12000000 dollars from the Klondike with the balance from American camps.
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Seattle
A. Wing
United States Assayer
States
Alaska
Northwest Territory
Klondike
Wing
Roosevelt's Western Trip Rounds 6006 Miles Across 12 States
President Roosevelt arrived home at midnight ending a Western tour totaling 6 006 miles. He traveled through twelve states and three territories and has visited every state and territory except Florida and Arkansas. He plans to accept hospitality of these states before his term ends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Florida
Arkansas
Nan Patterson Released On Own Recognizance
In New York on May 12 Nan Patterson was freed from jail on her own recognizance. Lawyers expect the case likely will not go to trial again.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Olympia Everett union boycott hits Paget Sound beer
Union men in Olympia and Everett declare a boycott on Paget Sound beer. Rural delivery route No 1 ordered to start June 15 at Rochester Thurston County serving 504 people and 112 houses.
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Olympia and
Everett
Rochester
Thurston County
Seattle man convicted of manslaughter in Ketchikan dispute
Robert Ball was found guilty by a Ketchikan jury of manslaughter in the death of William Deppe over marble claims on an island near Ketchikan. Ball claimed self defense and received a twelve year federal sentence. a motion for a new trial was to be heard May 9.
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Seattle
Robert Ball
Ketchikan
William Deppe
Humboldt
Ball
Deppe
Tanana River Shifts Channel Leaving Vessels High and Dry
Major W A Glassford reports a new Tanana river channel eight miles above Chena. Fairbanks becomes inland as access to Chena slough is blocked and ships cannot reach the town. Ice jams are blamed for the detour.
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Tanana River
Seattle
W. A. Glassford
United States Signal Corps
Fitzpatrick
Signal
Fort Gibon
Alaska
Tanana
Chena
Fairbanks
Chena Slough
Tacoma to Host Next Red Men Council in May
Bremerton May 11 Tacoma won unanimous selection as the site for the next council of the Improved Order of Red Men of Washington to be held in May. New officers were elected with H E Robbins named Great Prophet Everett and W G Ackerman Great Sachem Tacoma. L G Meeks Spokane becomes Great Senior Sagamore and M F McGowan Bremerton is Great Junior Sagamore. J P Cass Tacoma is Great Chief of Records and H H Kulies Seattle is Great Keeper of Wampum. Frank Doud and J E Aiken named Great Representatives.
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Bremerton
Tacoma
Improved Order of Red Men of
Washington
H. E. Robbins
Everett
W. G. Ackerman
Sagamore
L. G. Meeks
Spokane
M. F. McGowan
J. P. Cass
H. H. Kulies
Seattle
Frank Doud
J. E. Aiken
Grand Jury Probes Tobacco Trust Under Sherman Act
President Roosevelt orders investigation into the tobacco trust revealing that every tobacco form in the United States and Cuba is controlled by the trust. Grand Jury subpoenas issued for officials of subsidiaries as Henry Taft leads a nationwide inquiry.
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New York
Roosevelt
Tobacco Trust
Federal Grand Jury
District of New York
Lacombe
Tobacco Company
Henry W. Taft
Secretary of War
Felix H. Levy
E. N. Hill
Boston
United States
Trust
Iits
New York City
Union
Taft
Washington
Cuba
Score
American Tobacco Company
Edward F. Hale
McAndrews & Forbes Company
Roosevelt Visits Chicago for Storied, Busy Day
President Roosevelt spent twelve and a half hours in Chicago May 11 with eleven and a half hours open to the public. He met labor leaders protesting federal troop use, attended luncheons and banquets, and visited multiple clubs including Merchants Hamilton Harvard and Iroquois, ending with a banquet.
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Chicagoe
Roosevelt
Chicago
Teameters
Pennsylvania
Merchants’ Club
Hamilton Club
Harvard Club
Iroquois Club
Oyama Advances on Kaynen Front
London May 12 dispatch reports Japanese reserves advancing on Kaynen signaling a forward move by Oyama. Gadjegandana notes movements on both flanks eastward with cavalry and Chinese bandits probing Russian positions, while Japanese forces in the west concentrate on the Russian line and seize roads and passes amid sharpshooting along the front.
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London
Guardhuling
Kaynen
Oyama
Conductor Conference Opens in Portland with 30th Session
The Order of Railway Conductors begins its thirtieth session in Portland Oregon with Grand Chief Conductor Clark presiding. Officers’ reports are read, committees appointed, and a proposal to change the convention cycle postponed for two more years. Gov Chamberlain and Mayor Williams welcomed delegates. Clark replied.
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Portland, Or
Order of Railway Conductors
Clark
Bearded Railway Leaders At Banquet Hear Taft Call For Rate Legislation
Secretary Taft addressing 300 railroad men at the New Willard hotel urged passage of railway rate legislation and the creation of a tribunal to fix maximum rates. He opposed government ownership but pressed for timely decisions by courts. President Stuyvesant Fish defended existing anti discrimination laws and urged strict enforcement.
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Washington
Taft
International Railway Congress
American Railway Association
New Willard Hotel
the Apostle
Philippines
Stuyvesant Fish
Fish
Count Cassini Leaves Washington for Madrid as Rosen Arrives
Washington May 11 Count Cassini the Russian ambassador to this country has been transferred to Madrid He will be succeeded here by Baron Rosen until recently Russian minister at Tokyo The move was announced after prior notice to avoid offense Cassini will await Rosen's arrival in June and present himself in Madrid later this fall He reflects on seven years as a personal representative of the czar and the deep ties formed with Americans and friends.
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Washington
Count Cassini
Madrid
Baron Rosen
Tokyo
St. Petersburg
Europe
Council of the Empire
Ore Sale Near Seattle Prompts Mill Expansion
The Iron Mountain group of twenty two hematite ore claims on the west arm of Quatsino Sound were sold for 75000 dollars to J A Moore and William Piggott of Seattle. Piggott heads the new rolling mill at West Seattle. Dispatches from Victoria report the sale.
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Quatsino
Seattle
Iron Mountain
Quatsino Sound
J. A. Moore
William Piggott
West Seattle
Victoria
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