Machines Wanted and McGrath Held in $2000 Bond
In Athena area farmers report a severe shortage of threshing machines as grain ripens late. Richard McGrath is held on $2,000 bail after a preliminary hearing for alleged arson on a grain field, barn, and dwelling, with circuit court to decide in October. The case drew local spectators and involved multiple witnesses and attorneys.
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Walla Walla Valley
Umatilla County
Walla Walla
Palouse
Thomas Defreece
Athena
Taylor
Justice Chamberlain
Joe Blakley
W. R. Taylor
Richard McGrath
John Bannister
McGrath
Feo
Pendleton
Will M. Peterson
Monroe Palmer
John Palmer
R. J. Boddy
John Daylor
Johny Bannister
Peterson
Benes
Cirowit
Tustive” Chamber
Circuit Court
Moses Taylor
George Taylor
Eive
Rail line valuation disputed at Yakima board
Jay Sedgwick of Northern Pacific protested rail way property assessments before the board of equalization in North Yakima. The county raised the assessment from 816,940 to 1,218,245, an increase of 401,005, with a per mile rate advancing from 6600 to 210 per mile. Sedgwick urged 7920 as a compromise aligned with other counties.
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North Yakima
Wash
Jay Sedgwick
Northern Pacific
Board of Equalization Today
Sedgwick
Adams
Lincoln
Assensor Counse
Rio Grande World’s Fair Flyer Wreck Kills 100 in Colorado
The World’s Fair Flyer crashed through a washed out Dry Creek bridge west of Pueblo after a cloudburst. About 100 passengers, mostly from Denver and Colorado Springs, perished or drowned as cars plunged into 25 feet of turbulent water. Porters and onlookers hurried to assist while later reports noted bodies recovered along the Arkansas and Fountain creeks.
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Pueblo
Col
Dry Creek
Here
Rio Grande Railway
Butte
Jack of Sense
Denver
Colorado
Springs
Ty Pollmans
Arkansas River
Fountain Creek
U S Rejects Russia on Coal as War Contraband Stance
The United States declares it cannot accept Russia’s call that coal be contraband of war. A circular from Secretary Hay cites historical dissent at the West Africa Conference and notes Russia’s possible plan to declare cotton contraband, arguing such a rule would label all useful goods as contraband for belligerents.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Hay
Europe
Hill
Ruaciu
Buesis
Naval Guns Open Up Rowe Port Arthur Fort
A Tien Tain dispatch says Japanese naval batteries opened at Port Arthur after a long cannonade, portending the fort’s swift fall. Berlin reports a heavy attack on Russians north of Hai Cheng with many wounded. Alexei and Kuropotkin in Liao Yang on Sunday amid rumor of wider Japanese pressure.
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Cinde
Hai Cheng
Alexic
Kuropstkin
Liao Yang
Mukdesia
Power Plant Rush Transforms Walla Walla River Scene
Report from the South Fork of the Walla Walla describes a bustling camp with about 400 workers excavating and blasting for a mammoth reservoir and a large flume. The project, costing around 250000 dollars, will harness the river to supply electric power to Walla Walla Milton Pendleton and nearby communities for domestic and manufacturing use.
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Walla Walla River
Forkn
Roberts Place
Aittos
Loule Hol
Walla Wallaby
Mammmoth
Walla Pendleton
Waiteburg
Athens
Roberts
Walla Walla
Milton
Maybrick in France a pitiable wreck and mind prostration
A London dispatch reports Mrs. Florence Maybrick remains in Rouen with her mother the Baroness de Roques in a state described as pitiable and mentally prostrated. Authorities say long imprisonment has damaged her mind and recovery is doubtful as she awaits a hoped later release.
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London
Florence Maybrick
United States
France
Sbe
Abe
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Butterick
Cox & Wewen
South Side Main Street
Oregon
M’'Grath
Not
Wight
C. A. Barrett & Comp’y
Fairbanks-Morse
Dell Brothers
Rio Grande
Ler
Sumpter
McCulloch
A. P. Grons
Bank of Sumpter
Phillips, Geddes & Brown
J. A. Steanuff
Steanuff
Fiat National Bank
A. M. Boynton
Whitney
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