Queen of Belgium Dead and Other World Events
Summary of major notes: Belgium’s queen dies. Maine congressman Littlefield may seek House speaker post. Lewiston Idaho land office register John B. Weat reappointed. Missoula railwayman John D. McAllister dies at 62. James Roosevelt, 17, returns from world tour to San Francisco via Boston. East End Jews form United Garment Union of Great Britain to curb American competition. Dublin hosts 20 000 in protest over Irish capital moving. Clergy to the Philippines to aid American church push. Beachcombers seize a US consular schooner near Shanghai. two Britons and an American captured. Bengal floods wipe out 25 villages. 6 000 homeless. Ninth Cavalry sails for San Francisco on Logan. rest due October 1. Queen Wilhelmina opens the States General at The Hague and appears recovered from illness.
Russian Measures Against Sea Poachers Stop Short of War
Odessa dispatch reports M. Yermiloff, Russia's agriculture minister, announced strict steps to curb American and Japanese poaching in Siberia. He says violators within Russia's maritime zone face three months imprisonment, seizure of ships and cargo, and may be sunk if they resist. Gunboats will enforce the order with no discrimination between nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Odessa
Standard
M. Yermiloff
Siberia
Russia
Washington
Tokyo
Siberian
Wyoming Leads In Wool Production With Record Sheep Count
The state board of sheep commissioners reports 6 724 475 sheep in Wyoming as of July 1, a rise from last year. Wool output reached 32 963 130 pounds, up 3 000 000 pounds from 1901, keeping Wyoming first in wool among states and territories. The article also notes traveler information pamphlets from the Northern Pacific that simplify train details.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Wyoming
Marines Preserving Order From Panama Train
Commander McLean of the cruiser Cincinnati cables the navy department that marines guard the train to Panama with a machine gun. A freight train was stopped by the insurgents, but the passenger train proceeded and the threat was removed. He vows to maintain unobstructed traffic vigorously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McLean
Cfuiser
Cincinnati
Navy Department
Panama
Washington state notes and incidents arc broad
Humane officer Ridgeway to wage war on Seattle baby farms. Fire at a Goldendale restaurant causes 40000 dollars in damage. Seattle Carnegie Library bonds sold with spring work likely. Charles A. Cole named northeast Washington state revenue collector. Gambler Mark Carter robs Colfax A and J saloon of 2850 dollars after evening cards. Annie Howard becomes preceptress at state university dorms. Whitman college coach praises a strong football team with three pairs of brothers in the lineup. George Oswalt injured in wagon accident. paralyzed below the fracture but conscious. Puget Sound M E conference meets at Seattle. John W. Filkins Lumber mill at Sherwood destroyed by fire. Colonel Dougherty and staff move to Fort Lawton for new camp quarters.
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John W. Filkins Lumber Company
Sherwood
Columbia and
Puget Sound
Seattle
Beef Trust Method
Attorney General Crowe opened the meat trust investigation in St. Louis with Thomas O Sullivan as the first witness. O Sullivan testified that a combine existed to raise prices, that salesmen knew in advance of increases, and that chemical washes restore color to deteriorated meats and sausages. He said cheaper meats are not smoked but dipped to simulate smoking and that the wash harms health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Crowe
Meat Trust
Thomas O’sullivan
O'Sullivan
Alaska gas oil gusher at Cotella draws attention
Gusher at Cotella Alaska struck on Sept 1 to 200 feet depth, rising 150 feet before being capped. Oil described as good quality lies near water transport costing 3 dollars per ton. Ten miles of deposits located near Kayak, 30 miles south of Copper. Large coal body found nearby.
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Valdes
Alaska
Ashcroft
Cotella
Monte Cristo railroad passes to Northern Pacific
Everett September 17 trustees met at noon to transfer Monte Cristo railroad property to the Northern Pacific. The price is undisclosed but described as a substantial sum, reflecting a paying property with rising value. C. S. Mellen succeeds F. T. Gates as president.
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Everett
Monte Christo Railroad
Northern Pacific
C. S. Mellen
F. T. Gates
State arid lands meeting to aid expansion in Yakima
A meeting of representatives from the state chambers of commerce and boards of trade will convene in North Yakima October 2 to devise means for benefiting the state from the arid lands act. The Seattle chamber received the invitation and referred it to the reclamation committee with power to act. Seattle will send representatives during the state fair.
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Seattle
Sept. IS
State Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade
Yakima
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Committee On
Relief committee named for forest fire victims in Seattle
Gov McBride announces a relief committee led by Jacob Furth C J Lord and Judge Miller to collect and distribute funds for forest fire sufferers. He estimates 10000 to 15000 dollars needed immediately to ease distress while rebuilding needs will be assessed later. The plan aims to organize quickly and begin distributing subscriptions.
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Seattle
McBride
Jacob Furth
C. J. Lord
Olympia
Miller
Vancouver
Henry McBride
No Concessions Declared in Anthracite Talks
A Philadelphia and Reading company office conference of leading anthracite coal interests issued a firm refusal to concede. John Markle reiterated that operators will not yield, insisting the strike ends only when workers return. Conditions are improving with more miners back, and past settlement efforts, from Senator Hanna onward, are deemed futile.
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New York
Philadelphia and Reading Company
J. P. Morgan
John Markle
Mitchell
Hanna
Forest fires spare Washington timber supply says officials
Railroad officials and lumbermen report that recent forest fires did not seriously affect standing timber in Washington. Loss to the state is estimated under 1 percent, though individual settlers face greater impacts from burned lands and disrupted railroad shipments. Logged-off areas remain more vulnerable to fire spread.
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Seattle
Washington
Bank of Commerce Robbery Ends in Brutal Explosion
At Skagway Alaska on September 18 an unknown man entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce with a revolver and a nitro bomb demanding 20000 dollars. The blast wrecked the bank but two clerks escaped with cash as the robber was killed by the explosion. The bank resumed business next day. Police and soldiers pursued suspects linked to Dawson. Cashier Pooley is son of Hon. Pooley of Victoria.
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Skagway
Alaska
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Pooley
Wallace
Summerall
Marshall Shook
Dawson
Hon
Victoria
Lay
White Horse
Peary Returns From Arctic Quest With New Discoveries
The Windward docked with Lt Peary and Dr Diedrichs aboard. Peary says scientific gains in Arctic geography exceed pole success and promise future progress. He notes health of most his party, with Mrs Peary ill but recovering.
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North
Sidney
S A.m
Peary
Diedrichs
Pole
Arctic
Five Civilized Tribes to Meet on Statehood Plan
Pleasant Porter the Creek governor calls a Sept 28 meeting at South McAlester I T with the governors of the five civilized tribes to discuss a general plan to bring Indian Territory into statehood after the tribal government ends in 1906. The tribes oppose statehood with Oklahoma. The gathering aims to dissolve tribal governments and adopt white governance.
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Guthrie
O. T
Pleasant Porter
Creek Indian Nation
Five Civilized Tribes
South McAlester
I. T
Indian Territory
Porter
Oklahoma
Puget Sound Exports Surpass San Francisco in Seven Months
Washington reports show seven month exports from the Puget Sound customs district at 20,180,442 dollars versus 18,880,005 from San Francisco. Pacific Coast total exports reach 46,150,494 dollars, Alaska included, with Puget Sound handling nearly four ninths of the regional total.
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Washington
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Treasury Bureau of Statis
Puget Bone
Pacific Coast
Alaska
General Miles Heads to Forts Casey Flagler Worden
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles toured Seattle then planned inspections of Forts Casey Flagler and Worden on the lower Sound. He would visit Fort Lawton before departing for San Francisco and the Philippines.
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Seattle
Philippines
Nelson A. Miles
Lower Sound
Casey
Flagler and Worden
Fort Lawton
Miles
San
Francisco
Coal strike near end as major mine to yield to strikers
Henry E. Weaver of the Weaver Coal company reports from Buffalo that the anthracite strike is nearing a settlement. One of the largest mines in the disturbed district plans to yield to the strikers, with other mines expected to follow the lead.
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Cheago
Chicago
Henry E. Weaver
Weaver Coal Company
Buffalo
AFL Leader Gompers Talks With Mine Workers on Strike Funds
Wilkesbarre Pa Sept 18 President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor meets with President Mitchell and UMW officials to plan raising funds to sustain the strike toward a successful outcome.
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Wilkesbarre
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Post Office Building Collapses in Minot Wreck
In Minot North Dakota the post office building collapsed last evening leaving the structure a total wreck. County Treasurer John Lynch and prominent attorney N Davis were seriously injured in the disaster.
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Minot
N. D
John Lynch
N. Davis
Man Arrested After Banker Nicholas Fish Dies From Assault
New York police arrest a man calling himself Thomas Sharkey for the assault on banker Nicholas Fish. Fish died hours after the incident as investigators determine the injuries came from a brutal assault rather than a fall.
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New York
Thomas Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
Fish
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State of Washington
Belgium
Littlefield
Maine
House
Henderson
John B. Weat
Idaho
Register of the Land Office
Lewiston
John D. McAllister
Missoula
Mont
James Roosevelt
Boston
East End
United Garment Union of Great Britain
Dublin
Phoenix Park
Trish
Daniel O. O'Mahoney
Andover
Mass
J. E. McErlaine
Villa Nova
United States
Shanghai
Woomsay
Bengal
Ninth Cavalry
Logan
Wilhelmina
Prince Consort
the Hague
Marines
Washington State News
Humane Officer
Ridgeway
Baby Farms
Seattle Manufacturers’ Association
Goldendale
Carnegie Library
B.D. Crocker
Charles A. Cole
Spokane
Mark Carter
A& J
Colfax
Sid Benton
Carter
Annie Howard
State Agricultural College
School of Science
The
State University
Allen
Whitman College
Chittendens
Galloways
Lasaters
George Oswalt
Davenport
Derrie
Dougherty
Eighth Infantry
Lawton
Monte Cristo System
North Yakima
Skagway, Alaska
Aberdeen Brewing Co
Telephone
B.C. Prima
W. B. Lowrie
C. M. Demeree
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
G Street
Aberdeen State Bank
Aberdeen
Wash
D. McLafferty & Sons
H Street
Heron
Hume
Aberdeen, Wash
Churchill
Burlington
St. Paul
Denver
Billings
HM Hong
Cail
M. P. Benton
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Pacific Hotel
Star Meat Market
James Barrett
H. A. Tereda & CO
F Street
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
Propr
Harter
Minot Postoffice
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