Notable Distillations From A Week Past
Resume of happenings includes Dan Patoh valued at 16200 by Minnesota board. Mine explosion injures Sam Sheridan and others near Whitney Oregon. Samoa harbor chief Senmanutafa dies August 24 after thirty years in office and wartime conduct. New York DA Jerome seeks 100000 for contingent fund. prior year earnings listed as 50000. J H Tillman arraigned in Lexington on murder charge. eleven defense and five state attorneys. Government printing charges prompt Palmer to form a committee to investigate.
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Apia
Senmanutafa
Samoa
J. H. Tillman
South Carolina
Lexington County
N. G. Gonzales
Columbia State
Government Printing Office
Palmer
Minnesota merger appeal filed in Northern Securities case
A petition seeks an appeal order in the Minnesota v Northern Securities case before Judge Lochren in the U.S. circuit court. It argues errors in dismissing the bill, contends the merger aimed to control Great Northern and Northern Pacific, and claims the court failed to find intent to evade Minnesota law or to grant relief.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Lochren
United States Circuit Court
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways
Lawfuil
Duke of Richmond Dies After Sudden Illness at Gordon Castle
The Duke of Richmond Lennox and Gordon died at Gordon Castle Banffshire on Thursday after a bill contracted illness. He had been hosting a large house party when the seizure occurred and many guests departed the castle on Friday and Saturday.
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London
Duke of Richmond
Lennox
Gordon
Gordon Castle
Banffshire
Butler to retire as national Populist chairman
Washington report states former North Carolina Senator M C Butler will resign as national Populist chairman after the party holds its next convention due to pressing business engagements. He plans to leave once the convention is organized and succession is arranged.
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Washington
M. C. Butler
North Carolina
San Fernando treasurer Dean Tompkins jailed for forgery
Manila reports Dean Tompkins, the defaulting treasurer of San Fernando, convicted of forgery and sentenced to seventeen years in prison. His trial on additional charges is scheduled for December 1.
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Manila
Dean Tompkins
San Fernando
New Postal Treaty With Cuba Ready for October Effect
Washington reports First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne issued an order implementing the new postal treaty with Cuba set to take effect in October. The agreement allows transfer of mails between the two nations at domestic rates.
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Washington
Wynne
United States
Cuba
Chippewa Lands Settlement Opening Set for November 10
Commissioner Richards of the General Land Office announces the opening to settlement of three quarters of a million acres of ceded Chippewa lands in Minnesota on November 10 at 9 a.m. These lands were recently segregated from the timber land of the reservation.
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Washington
Richards
General Land Office
Minnesota
State News Highlights from Washington and Nearby Areas
Chelan county fair closes and Hoquiam dance halls ordered shut while Walla Walla fruit fair opens. A new rural delivery route is added at Spokane on Nov 2 with one carrier. Fire destroys Mechanics hotel and Farnsworth Foster implement house at Garfield. State convention of county superintendents held in Olympia. Farmers of Moscow organize the Farmers State Bank of Moscow to operate this fall. Seattle ordinance bans artificial preservation of milk by formaldehyde. Whitman county pioneer Richard Warmouth dies at his Diamond home. Mount Rainier road work specs issued. Millis expects start this fall. Shamrock I sold and will become a scrap metal schooner in New York and South America trade.
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Spokane
Mechanics Hotel
Farnsworth& Foster
Garfield
Mount Ranier National Park
United States Engineer's Office
Major Millis
Millis
New York
Shamrock I
Cnp
Challenger
Thomas Lipton
Brooklyn
South American
Pacific Coast Steamship to Build Four New Freighters
Seattle reports James F. Lawless, manager, says four modern freight carriers will be started soon to meet an absolute fleet need. The plans come after a year of contemplation by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
James F. Lawless
Kalispell Firm Plans Southern Line to Somers Next Spring
Butte dispatch reports from Kalispell state there is no doubt about the southern railway line. General Manager Ward announced the Northern Pacific intends to build the south line from Somers as early in the spring as possible, after surveying the Columbia Falls and Jennings routes.
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Butte
Mont
Kalispell
Southern Line
Northern Pacific
Columbia Falls
Jennings Lines
Ward
Somers
Jett Found Guilty in Murder of Town Marshal Cockrill
In Cynthia Kentucky on September 25 the jury convicted Curtis Jett of murdering Town Marshal Cockrill at Jackson on July 12 1902 and fixed his punishment at death. The jury deliberated barely two hours making the verdict a surprise to many observers.
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Cynthia
Curtis Jett
Cockrill
Jackson
Seattle Market Report Prices For Farm Produce
Local Seattle dealers publish prices for grain oats barley neat chicken feed bran hay and various livestock products. Listings include eggs poultry beef cattle sheep hogs calves hides and tallow with per unit rates for ton pound and dozen measures across crops and live stock.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
New
Puget Sound
Timothy
Washington Creamery
Demand 850000 Explosions Linked to Blackmail Plot
Helena Montana September 29 reports reveal a blackmail scheme to extort 850000 from the Northern Pacific. Letters demanded cash for immunity and threatened dynamite against lines between Livingston and Missoula Butte to Missoula. Police report guards doubled along the route and two arrests have been made with more captures sought.
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Livingston
Bozeman
Butte
Missoula
Elliston
Blossburg
Holter Hardware Company
Northern Pacific
Garrison
St. Paul
Chief Travis
Train Jumped Trestle Kills Nine In Va Crash
A rapid mail train on the Southern railway jumped a seventy five foot high trestle north of Danville Virginia. Nine crew members were killed and seven injured out of sixteen aboard. New York reports Lewis Nixon announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for mayor. He pledges to stand with reform minded Democrats.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southern Railway
Danville
New York
Lewis Nixon
Colonization Plan Ties Hunt and Washington in Africa
Seattle reports Leigh S. Hunt, a Korean mining magnate, and Booker T. Washington have joined a plan to colonize hundreds of thousands of African descendants in Africa. The scheme would reclaim Nile tributaries and grow crops with U.S. Negroes. Hunt aims to meet Washington in Africa, possibly Cairo, to finalize the plan. President Roosevelt is said to have approved the concept, revealed after a New York meeting.
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Seattle
Sept
Leigh S. Hunt
Booker T. Washington
America
Nile
Africa
United States
Hunt
Germany
Mr. Washington
Cairo
Egypt
Washington
Europe
Mr. Hunt
New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Tlune
Praise for Fort Lawton as major northern post
Adjutant General Corbin praised Fort Lawton after inspection, calling it destined to be a leading army post with a healthful site and high quality water. He cited its strategic Northwest location, potential Pacific trade benefits, and planned improvements including an electric Ballard line to boost freight traffic and speed construction.
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Seattle
Fort Lawton
Corbin
United States Army
Pacific
Northwest
Philippines
Orient
Ballard
Fort
Swamp Land Patent Authorized in Oregon Case
The Interior Department under Assistant Attorney General Campbell issues a patent for land claimed as swamp under the Swamp Land Laws in a long running dispute between Morrow and associates, the state of Oregon, and the Warner Live Stock Company. The department ruled the land swamp land despite a governor's protest, and overruled that protest since two predecessors had requested the patent.
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Washington
Campbell
Secretary of the Interior
Morrow
Oregon
Warner Live Stock Company
Department
Ames Appeals Bribery Case From Ex Mayor of Minneapolis
Dr. A. A. Ames former Minneapolis mayor appeals his bribery indictment in state supreme court contending that the general indictment masked specific trial charges. The case will be heard at the next term. Berlin corruption trial cites five specifications against Herman Baganz secretary of the prosecuting attorney.
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St. Paul
A. A. Ames
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
State Supreme Court
Berlin
Herman Baganz
Herlin
Edward Sandman
France Introduces Nickel Coin Worth 25 Centimes
Paris reports a new nickel coin named nickel with the same value as the old 25 centimes piece, equal to 5 cents in U.S. terms. The issue follows French currency reforms and mirrors the familiar U.S. nickel in composition and denomination.
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Paris
France
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