Outside the State of Washington News Summary
A condensed weekly roundup from Cincinnati notes various items: Cairo messenger boys strike. Kruger's 77th birthday in Utrecht. Egbert sold for 50000 dollars. thirteen deaths aboard the Sherman on Manila to San Francisco voyage. Court martial for Lt Col Huston. Peruvian ministry resignation after congress vote of censure. Henry White to Rome ambassador. Dudley Evans named Wells Fargo president. Davenport safe robbery nets 6000 dollars. Generals invited to lunch with King Edward. Barrett Wendell titled at Trinity. Captain Sverdrup receives St Olaf cross and pension. Northeastern Railway converts 415 miles to electric. Yokohama rumor of Japan building fleets abroad within ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
St. Olaf
Capitan
Otto Sverdrup
Capt Sverdrup
London
Northeastern Railway Company
Irrigation Congress Votes to Stay Independent in 133 to 91 Split
Colorado Springs members vote 133 to 91 to keep the National Irrigation Congress separate from the National Irrigation Association for now. Delegates debate merger amid a stormy session with speeches by Tawney, Morris, Stevens, and others on irrigation law, policy, and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
National Irrigation Congress
Congress
George Maxwell
Chicago
National Irrigaton Association
Irrigation Congress
F. J. Keisel
Ogden
Carey
Wyoming
Tawney
Morris
Stevens
Minnesota
R. W. Boynge
Colorado
L. G. Carpenter
Colorado State Agricultural College
Thomas Shaw
Minnesota Agricultural College
Thomas Holland
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
Worst gale in years wrecks litter Labrador coast
The Virginia Lake reports a severe Labrador gale driving ashore eighteen fishing vessels and wrecking them. It returns with 139 shipwrecked fishermen among the crews of the lost vessels. The current gale is the worst since a prior season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labrador
St. Johns
N. F
Virginia Lake
Asis
Washington State News Highlights Fort Lawton Plans
Fort Lawton will add a new target range. A Columbia river cable ferry operates at Harvey. A $35 000 hotel plan at 141 Third Avenue Seattle awaits building inspector approval. A gun accident near Hunter injures George Carpenter, 15. Standard Oil buys Everett block for tanks and stores. King County tax levy set at 13 mills raising $866,429.19, down 14 mills from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Seattle
King County
Cost of Living Weighed by Arbitration Panel
Chicago October 11 arbitration committee hearing grievances of Union Traction workers shows 37 necessities up and 15 down. Street car employees have held wages for 16 years with an average 40 percent rise in living costs over five years. Meats rise 15 to 65 percent. coal impact not estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arbitration Committee
Union Traction Company
Sioux in Rosebud Agency Threaten War Path After Ration Cut
Warlike Sioux at the Rosebud agency show unrest over ration reductions and a ban on selling wood. In Naper Nebraska Edward Taylor, a local farmer, was shot by Red Bear, who had killed Johnny Shaw hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naper, Neb
Rosebud Agency
Bosa
Edward Taylor
Red Bear
Johnnie Shaw
Cuba Drifting Away Raises U S Concerns
Washington reports growing indifference and possible hostility in Cuba toward cultivating friendly commercial relations with the United States as of October 11. Officials fear Cuba is drifting away, with evidence mounting daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
United States
Seattle Market Report Covers Local Price Offers
Seattle dealers publish dock and car delivery prices for grains, hay, eggs, poultry, live stock, butter, cheese, wool, hides and tallow. Oats 21.25 per ton, barley 21, wheat 22, chicken feed 22, bran 15, shorts 16. Puget Sound hay 8.10, eastern Washington 12.50, alfalfa 9.50. Eggs 31 to 32 cents per dozen. Live hens 13c per lb, roosters 8-9c, ducks 12 13c, spring chickens 16-17c, geese 8-10c. Beef cows 34 0c, steers 4-4 0c, sheep 34 4c, hogs 74 9c, calves 5-7c, spring lambs 0 0c. Butter 28c, western cheese 12 13c, Calif 12-14c. Wool western 13c clean, 10-11c dirty. eastern 10c. Hides and tallow quotes: heavy salted steers over 60 lbs 5c, medium 7 8c, light under 50 lbs 3c, cows all weights 2c, calf 5c, stags and bulls 5c, dry hides 12c, summer deer 20-25c, winter deer dry 14-20c, butcher tallow 4 4 1/2c, grease 11 2c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
California
Stewart Named G A R Commander In Chief
Washington reports the Grand Army encampment of 1902 elected Gen T J Stewart of Pennsylvania as commander in chief with Gen John C Black and Col John McElroy among rivals. William M Olin and James M Averill chosen as senior officers. Pensions committee criticized pension bureau medical division while denying large fraud claims. Memorial bridge cornerstone dedication at Arlington with Secy Root as orator. New council of administration announced with members from Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grand Army
Torrance
T. J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
John C. Black
Illinois
John McElroy
Daniel Sickles
New York City
William M. Olin
Massachusetts
James M. Averill
Georgia
Pensions Committee
Pension Bureau
Women’s Relief Corps
Daughters of Veterans
Ladies of the
G. A R
Stewart
Council of Administration
Idaho
James L. Fuller
Montana
P. H. Manchester
Oregon
Orville Dodge
Washinton
Alaska
J. T. Sharfey
Rails See Possible Shift to Coeur dAlene Line
Missoula report says engineer R I Gleason and a twenty man survey party begin work along the Coeur d Alene branch to study changes. The plan contemplates moving main line business to the Coeur d Alene route via Wallace and Spokane shortening the Spokane run by about eighty miles. Existing curves and steep grades would be corrected to suit main line traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Missoula
R. I. Gleason
Rocky Mountain
Northern Pacific
Coeur d’Alene
Wallace
Idaho
Spokane
Here
Coeur d’ Alene
Gleason
Rumor of a new Northern Pacific branch line
Vancouver Washington October 9 a corps of railroad surveyors have been along the northern bank of the Columbia river east of the city fueling talk that the Northern Pacific plans a branch on the north side. Officials refuse comment yet every sign points to a forthcoming line with right of way secured through the government barracks follow up expected within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
Columbia River
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Buys Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railway
The Northern Pacific has purchased the Bellingham Bay & Eastern railway and absorbed it into its system. Seattle division officials have traveled to Whatcom to complete the formal transfer of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railway
Whatcom
Sultan in Critical Condition Reported in Vienna
A Vienna dispatch states the sultan's condition is critical and his death may be imminent. The message emphasizes the precarious health of the ruler and the potential for an imminent demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Mitchell Refuses to Advise Miners to Return to Work
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers declines to urge a return to work without concrete assurances. He cites going more than halfway in proposals at the White House and criticizes operators for refusing a tribunal's findings, urging continued strike action until fair terms are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
White House
Wilkesbarre
Theodore Roosevelt
The
United Sates
Washington, D.C
Carroll D. Wright
John Mitchell
Mob Riot Grips New Orleans Street Cars
A massive mob of strikers attacked streetcar lines in New Orleans at 10 a.m. Police opened fire after failed attempts to disperse the crowd, causing numerous injuries among officers and strikers. Motorman Johnson and Conductor Clark were beaten unconscious. The mayor invited volunteers, but only 30 joined. militia and state troops are expected as 700 non union workers from Chicago are said to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Johnson
Clark
Candeville
Chicago
Neew
Hungarian Chamber Debates Hungary Austria Separation
The Hungarian chamber reconvened to argue for Hungarian separation from Austria and to express support for Archduke Ferdinand’s newborn son as the next emperor. The session centers on national self governance and imperial succession questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Austria
Archduke Ferdinand
Kron Prinz Wilhelm Collides In Dense Fog Off Beachy Head
In thick fog the Atlantic liner Kron Prinz Wilhelm collided with the British steamer Robert Ingham off Beachy Head. The Robert Ingham sank in five minutes. 13 crew were rescued by the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, while the mate and a passenger drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kron Prinz Wilhelm
Robert Ingraham
Beachy Head
Konn Prinz Wilhelm
Also Mentioned on This Page
State of
Cincinnati Messenger Boys
Kruger
Utrecht
Holland
Egbert
Dollar Steamship Company
Sherman
Manila
San Francisco
Huston
Nineteenth Infantry
Presidio Reservation
Henry White
Rome
Meyer
Dudley Evans
Wells-Fargo Company
Lawrie Hardware Company
Davenport
Kan
Corbin
Wood
Young
King Edward
Buckingham
Barrett Wendell
Harvard
Trinity College
Cambridge
Yokohama
England
France
Germany
Trans-Mississippi Organization
Washington State News
Fort Lawton
Harvey
George Carpenter
Hunter
Standard Oil Company
Everett
Pacific Avenue
Jerry Cooney
Springdale
Mr. Cooney
Dr. I. 8. Clark
George S. Smeeth
Arlington Hotel
Walla Walla City
A. Vandusen
Cherry Valley
Munroe
Randall
War Department
Cost OF
Rosebud Souix
Island
Seattle Market Report
Pension Committee Scores Bureau Medical de
Northern Pacific Engineers
Bellingham Bay Road
Sultan
MR. Mitchell
President Roosevelt
Aberdeen Brewing Co
Telephone
B.C. Prima
W. B. Lowrie
Co. M. Demeree
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
G Street
Aberdeen State Bank
Aberdeen
H Street
Churchill
Burlington
St. Paul
Denver
Billings
Hato Hues
M. P. Benton
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Pacific Hotel
Star Meat Market
James Barrett
Propr
F Street
Aberdeen Livery
ANS Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
H. A. Tereda & CO
Harbor
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!