Czar Drops Rome Visit and Notable Week Ends
Miss Isabel McKenna to wed Pitts Duffield of New York. Sir Henry Irving's company sails to New York from Minneapolis with 82 members. Illinois faces a coal mining strike as operators resist hoisting engineers demands. Richard Henry Savage dies in New York at 67 after road accident injuries. U S post offices report September receipts totaling 5 509 422 up 9 percent from last year. Edwin O Soule of Home Savings Bank Iowa Falls IA arrested for embezzlement. bank reports about 30000 shortage.
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Illinois
Richard Henry Savage
Roosevelt Hosital
New York
Post Office Department
Edwin O. Soule
Home Savings Bank
Iowa Falls
Seattle Electric to Extend Ballard Line to Fort Lawton
The war department waives objections to using government right of way for a street railway to Fort Lawton, authorizing Seattle Electric Company to extend its Ballard line to the military depot. Construction is expected to start next spring after General Corbin’s fort visit highlighted the need for access. The government will waive remaining objections.
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Seattle
War Department
Fort Lawton
Seattle Electric Company
Ballard
Corbin
Washington
Secy Shaw awards Seattle federal building contract
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw formally awards the Seattle federal building contract to Megarth & Duhamel of Seattle. The decision followed a near-final determination, delayed briefly by late delivery of a stone sample. Chuckanut stone will be used unless Congress provides extra funds for granite.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Fedeal
Seattle
Megarth & Duhamel
Congress
Roosevelt era Chimney Run ranch sold to Ferris Brothers
The Chimney Run ranch near Bismarck North Dakota once connected with Theodore Roosevelt during his Bad Lands years was sold by the Northern Pacific to Ferris Brothers of Medora. Roosevelt wrote several entertaining Western sketches there.
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Bismarck
N. C
British Generals Visit Gettysburg Battlefield
Lieutenant General Ian Hamilton accompanied by General Oliver and Generals Johnson Nicholson and Davis toured the Gettysburg battlefield during the day and departed in the evening for Antietam.
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Gettysburg
Ian Hamilton
Oliver
Johnson
Nicholson
Davis
Antietem
Stern waives appeal to extradition and will return to Washington
Leopold J. Stern, indicted in Washington over postal lands, has waived his appeal of the extradition order and will return to Washington. Henry A. Castle, auditor of the post office department, has resigned. his resignation was accepted and he was appointed from Minnesota.
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Toronto
Leopold J. Stern
Washington
United States
Henry A. Castle
Post Office Department
Minnesota
Castle
Supreme Court reverses Coryus Spencer case on veteran voting
The Supreme Court overturns Coryus Spencer's case from Leavenworth, granting about 3,000 veterans at the national military home the right to vote as Leavenworth county citizens. The ruling is seen as influential for next year’s First Congressional district contest.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Coryus Spencer
Leavenworth
National Military Home
Leavenworth County
Washington State News Summary
Milk poisoning cases reported from Everett. Chelan crops show unusually Large potato crop and high yields. Seattle reports horse thefts with three animals stolen in days. Walla Walla fire destroys Whitehouse Crimmins mill and 4 000 000 feet lumber. Frost dies at Providence hospital from shooting at Carter logging camp Hood Canal. Judge Bell sentences Kelly brothers for Henry Anderson robbery. Munk, famed Austrian bunko artist, under arrest in Seattle. Skykomish to Berlin consolidation rumored. residents may move.
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Seattle
Walla Walla
Whitehouse, Crimmins & Co
Lester B. Frost
Providence Hospital
Carter
Hood Canal
Bell
James
Jonh Kelly
Henry Anderson
Prison Break at Utah State Penitentiary
A coordinated escape attempt at the Utah state penitentiary left one prisoner dead and multiple injured. A guard was shot and wounded, another beaten, and three prisoners wounded. Two death-sentence inmates escaped, with guards pursuing the fugitives by bloodhound-backed posse as darkness hampered search efforts.
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Salt Lake
Utah State Penitentiary
Seven Die in Blackfoot Reservation Disturbance
A Browning Montana dispatch reports seven people killed and two wounded in a drunken confrontation on the Blackfoot Indian reservation. The dead include W. A. Kesupkst and family, Susan Bigroad, and Mr. Plune. the wounded are Alice Bigroad and J. Little Plune with severe injuries. Four arrests have been made.
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Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Browning
Mont
Blackfoot Indian Reservation
Montana
W. A. Kesupkst
Susan Bigroad
Mr. Plune
Alice Bigroad
J. Little Plune
Alaska Cannery Conditions Probe Hinted Hatcheries Plan
Dr J W Everman returning to Washington after a thorough Alaska cannery inquiry. Commission head Dr David Starr Jordan and Everman will urge the president to set up government hatcheries funded by a tax on canning factories.
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Washington
J. W. Everman
Alaska
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Everman
Seattle Market Prices for Grain Livestock and Miscellaneous
Seattle dealers post seasonal producer prices for delivery on the dock or in the car. Grain items include oats at 22.5, barley 21, wheat 27, bran 21, shorts 21 per ton. hay from Eastern Washington 16.5 to 17.5, Puget Sound 12 to 38.5 per ton, alfalfa 12.25. Eggs 27 to 30 cents per dozen. poultry includes live hens 12 cents per lb, roosters 8, spring chickens 3.75 to 4.75 per dozen, ducks 18 to 13.5 cents, geese 10 to 11 cents. Live stock prices list beef cows 3 per lb, steers 3.5 per lb, sheep 3.25 per lb, hogs 7 to 7.5 per lb, calves 5 to 7, spring lambs 2 to 2.50 per head. Hides and pelts show varied values by weight and type, with dry hides 12 to 18 cents, winter deer dry 14 to 20 cents, good but cher tallow 4 to 4.4, grease 14 to 20.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
New
Puget Sound
Agricultural Market Prices Ledger Entry Summary
The listing shows multiple livestock and produce prices. Wheat and bluestem price at 79 cents, cattle with steers at 8 percent 4 cents per pound, cows 344 3 ge, sheep 3 cents, hogs 6 4 7 cents. Grains oats 23.50 24.50, hay prices for wheat hay 15 16, timothy 18 19, bluegrass 16, alfalfa 15 16. Feed costs include corn 28, wheat 28.50 29, barley 21, rolled 22 50, bran 22 50, shorts 23. Poultry dressed prices 20 cents, chickens 16, ducks 16, geese 11 6, turkeys 18. Live poultry prices 11 12 14 for chickens, ducks 11, geese 1 1, turkeys 18. Butter prices Washington creamery 28 29, ranch 20 22, Eastern tub 24.
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Washington Creamery
In the Balance Far East Crisis as Germany Sees It
Berlin reports say Russia and Japan are prepared to fight if the other sticks to its position from the latest exchanges. The balance is delicate with no ultimatum yet, and officials expect a Russo Japanese war possibly without England or France. Frederick the Great quote frames the mood on negotiations without weapons.
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Berlin
Russia
Japan
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
England
France
Frederick the Great
Associated Press
War Clouds Gather as Japan Likely to Declare Hostilities
London correspondents report October 12 that Japan may declare war by tomorrow after issuing an ultimatum to Russia. Port Arthur fleet movements, Chinese merchant exodus from the Yalu, and troop landings at Masanho Korea are noted. Observers cite German support for action in China and naval leaders plan council aboard H M S Glory to discuss Far East concentration strategies.
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London
Cuervo
Russia
Port Arthur
Mawsanho
Korea
Germany
China
Newchwang
Chefoo
Yalu
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Masanoho
Japan
Singapore
H. M.S. Glory
Far East
End of Slaughter in Monastir Western District
In Monastir vilayet western district operations nearly finished. The last band of 98 insurgents was annihilated Oct 6 after a siege in Peristeri mountains. Bulgarians rolled rocks to kill several Turks. Turks pressed the ascent and a Turkish detachment reached the ridge. 65 Turks killed or wounded. The remaining band surrendered on Saturday and were pardoned.
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Monastir
Turkey
Monastir Vilayet
Peristeri
Lide
Sut
Merchant Robbed of $1000 on Idaho to Oregon Trip
T E Alyea Eureka merchant carrying $1000 in bills on a freight run from Lewiston Idaho to Eureka Oregon. He camped at Sled Springs 25 miles north and found the grip missing next morning. Fifteen teamsters were at the site. one is suspected.
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Portland
Oregonian
Enterprise
Ore
T. E. Alyea
Eureka
Immnaha River
Alyea
Lewiston
Idaho
Sled Springs
Here
Freight piles up as Yukon river navigation tightens
With Whitehorse water low and ice forming on Yukon tributaries, about 2000 tons of Dawsen freight lie at White Horse and rail shipments face a possible logjam. The White Pass and Yukon Railway warns stern wheelers may stop by the 20th and warehouses will be strained. Shippers fear hundreds of tons will stall.
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Vancouver
B. C
Yukon
White Horse
Dawson
Tower River
White Pass
Much Land Reclaimed by Log Dredging on Colville River
Logging crews along the Colville river between Colville and Meyers Falls clear driftwood cut banks and dredge the river bottom to aid rafting. The river now drains thousands of acres previously seasonally underwater and rendered worthless. Drainage districts form and a legislative appropriation is sought to extend dredging upriver. Some submerged farms become prime meadow land restoring value to the valleys.
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Colville
Meyers Falls
Majorities settled in British Columbia election recount
The final recount in Fernie district confirmed Ross, Conservative, elected by five votes with a seven vote margin after ballots were challenged. Conservatives hold 22 seats, Liberals 17, Socialists 2, Labor 1, giving a two seat overall majority. Socialists expected to align with the government.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fernie
British Columbia
Ross
Smith
Liberals
Socalists
Labor
Supreme Court opens fall term with new justices
The Federal Supreme Court began its regular fall term after the summer recess. No business on opening day. The court met with the president, then heard bar admission applicants. Key cases include Northern Securities appeal and tariffs in Porto Rico and the Philippines, plus citizenship of Porto Rican natives.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Northern Securities Company
United States Circuit Court of Minnesota
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Taft Requisition for Shanghai Extradition of Customs Inspector
Manila reports Governor Taft has requisitioned Shanghai authorities to extradite W. J. Ballantine a Chinese customs inspector accused of complicity in issuing suspected fraudulent Chinese certificates An officer is en route to Shanghai to bring Ballantine back The article also notes discovery of large quantities of anise seed oil mislabeled as tar and seized by customs authorities.
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Shanghai
Manila
Shuster
Taft
W. J. Ballantine
Customs
Graphite Find Reported Inland Near Grantley Harbor
Ex governor J H Hutch inson of Idaho reports a graphite discovery a few miles inland from Grantley harbor near Eller Alaska. Two hundred pounds of ore from the Oregon exhibit will be shipped to Providence Rhode Island. Alabama mined 200000 worth of graphite last year at 75 dollars per ton.
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Seattle
Grantley Harbor
Eller
J. H. Hutchinson
Idaho
Oregon
Providence
R. I
Alaska
Alabama
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