Northwest News Roundup From Pacific Northwest Exchanges
A compendium of incidents across Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana includes a $1000 reward in Walla Walla for Cecil Britain missing boy’s return and a $50 reward for returning his body Adjutant General James Crain retires and Captain Matt Gormley is named lieutenant colonel of the Second Washington N G W A Seattle widow travels with her husband’s body from a Seattle hotel and a Spokane depot fire causes extensive damage to offices maps and furniture The Lake Steed steamers Flyer and Cheechacko burned with total loss no insurance Three Kittitas county right of way deeds filed for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line Wheat rate order to interselect traffic becomes active in 16 days Chelan shows a $2 million property value jump Palouse builds a new cooperative creamery and a crested list of editor changes at Walla Walla papers A fatal line accident in Walla Walla County ends a man’s life and a seven year old dies after being struck on a Spokane railway trestle A water works project starts in Clealum and Creston drowning noted In Eureka flat grain yields and Walla Walla county wheat shortages forecast Deliberations include Wilbur Sunday closing repeal and a deadly Spokane youth accident A new Coeur d Alene mining stock exchange forms while Western Union plans a Lewiston to Portland direct line and the State Normal School opens September 11 with strong attendance prospects.
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Cecil A. Brittain
R. L. Brittain
Walla Walla
Wash
National Guard of
Washington
James A. Crain
Ortis Hamilton
Matt H. Gormley
Seattle
Eli E. Gage
E. A. Gage
Great Northern
Spokane
Flyer
Lakested
Charles Wolverton
Kittitas County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ellensburg
Easton
Railroad Commission
Northern Pacific
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Washington & Columbia Company
Puget Sound
Wallula
Hunt's Junction
Chelan
Palouse
Walter Lingfelder
Evening Statesman
Daily Union
Carl Roe
Union
Will Guion
The
Statesman
Andrew Ingerman
W. B. Price
Bartlett
C. R. Offner
Parker Bottom
Yakima
Clealum
Alfred Laber
Philip Laber
Sheep Lake
Creston
Eureka Flat
Walla Walla County
Wilbur Town
Northern Pacific Railway
Madeira Street
Max Gady
Fatal accident near Osburn and camp self-inflicted death
W M Hoffman was instantly killed when struck by an engine while returning to his ranch near Osburn four miles below Wallace. Milos Milosevich a 38 year old Austrian killed himself in a tent at Camp 1 of the B R Lewis project.
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W. M. Hoffman
Osburn
Wallace
Milos Milosevich
Oregon land fraud verdict and local notices from Portland
A jury in Judge Hunt's Portland circuit court found Hamilton H. Hendricks guilty in the Oregon land frauds case. Mrs. H. O. Gorham bore her thirteenth child, a daughter, near Baker City. Willard N. Jones, Oregon legislator and contractor, was sentenced to one year at McNeil's Island and a $2000 fine. Dr. D. D. Stephenson of Baker City died at 78, leaving a wife and four sons. Nine Dayton business houses were leveled by a fire causing $30,000 in losses.
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Hunt
United States
Portland
Hamilton H. Hendricks
Oregon
Hendricks
Fossil
Ore
H. O. Gorham
Baker City
Willard N. Jones
William H. Hunt
United States Circuit Court
McNeil’s Island
D. D. Stephenson
Baker County
Dayton
Montana News Roundup Sees Murders Rates and Local Happenings
In Butte miner Frank Marolt fatally shot his wife Mary amid suspected jealousy at a boarding house where she worked as a cook. Rail freight rates drop beginning August 15 across multiple routes. Montana values set by the state board of equalization rise to 4 500 per mile, up 500. Walkerville resident James Henry Williams dies at 61 after 20 years in mines. The Butte fair program runs August 21 to September 4. Great Falls wool market closes by week end. Nathan Robert Mitchell, 28, killed alone in the Ohio mine crosscut. Frank Williams dies after a Great Northern tracks accident near Woodville. Oil digger H C Howell reports natural gas flow near Lubec. A superb July noted by old-timers. David Hoover and Quon Lee bound over for smuggling charges involving Wong Wing Guey.
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Frank Marolt
Mary Marlot
Butte
Marlot
Oregon Short Line
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
State Board of Equalization
Montana
Lombard
Lewistown
James Henry Williams
Walkerville
West Side
Great Falls
Nathan Robert Mitchell
Ohio
Frank Williams
Great Northern Railway
Woodville
H. C. Howell
Lubec
Mont
David Hoover
Gateway
Quon Lee
Wong Wing Guey
United States
Federal
Negro Educational Congress Ends in Washington With Call for Race Unity
The Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress closed in Washington D C with about 6000 attendees at Convention Hall. Speakers outlined work to raise the race standard and the final act issued a public address urging an aroused public conscience toward a harmonious adjustment of racial relations in America.
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Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Washington, D. C
Convention Hall
Congress
America
Warrior's Son a Laborer in Seattle
Captain Kuropatkin, son of a famed Russian general, works as a street laborer in Seattle with blistered hands from unfamiliar toil. He says nobles must perform peasant labor to survive, after a visit to Bellingham.
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Kuropatkin
Seattle
Belingham
Ideal mate must stand firm in face of ridicule
A serious girl defines her ideal man as one who can stand firm in his convictions amid ridicule opposition and danger. Miss Cayenne remarks that such strength sounds like a baseball umpire reflecting a Washington Star line.
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Miss Cayenne
Wash
Ington Star
Election of ex Governor Van Sant as G A R parade marshal
National highlights report Samuel R Van Sant former Minnesota governor named chief marshal for the G A R parade in Minneapolis on August 15 and other recent events include Belcher sentenced for embezzlement in Paterson and Sedgwick’s death in Canada.
Tunnel No. 6 collapse blocks SP line near Redding
The Southern Pacific tunnel No. 6 near Redding California collapsed, blocking the line. Clearing the 600 foot tunnel will take a week or two, so the company is building a temporary track around the blockage, a four to five day job.
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Redding
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Roosevelt letter backs Audubon effort to end aigrette use
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt express sympathy with the Audubon Society’s push to ban white heron plumes or aigrettes worn on hats. William Dutcher says Queen Alexandra of England has condemned the plumes and urges a Mrs. Roosevelt public stance to help end the practice.
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Roosevelt
William Dutcher
National Association of Audubon Societies
Ciety
Dutcher
Queen Alexandra
England
Buffalo Bill wins Spokane Homing Club race title
Buffalo Bill flew from Connell Washington to Spokane in three hours and 15 minutes in the Spokane Homing Club contest. The nine month old birds produced a fast time despite long distances. Barney Oldfield failed to beat his 55 second circular mile record, clocking 1 09 2 3. The pope noted nine year tenures in church roles during a celebratory dinner for a cardinal elevation.
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Buffalo Bill
Spokane
Connell
Wash
Barney Oldfield
Maud Jeffries to Retire After Marriage Announcement
The article notes the permanent retirement of actress Maud Jeffries from the stage upon her marriage, marking the end of her performing career.
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Maud Jeffries
Mining notes reveal rich placer potential and mine activity
Reports indicate the Silver Crown mine near Kalis pell has ore ready for shipment valued from 30 to 100 dollars per ton. New tunneling contracts on the Reindeer mine near Mullan Idaho and a high grade lead and silver carbonate strike on the Guelph mine near Burke Idaho are noted.
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Silver Crown
Kalistell
Mont
Paragon
Murray
Idaho
Reindeer
Mullan
Paul Paulson
J. B. Cameron
Furnace Creek
Boston & Montana
Butte
Federal Company
Rossland
Phoenix
B. C
Patrick Clark Interests
Spokane
Eureka Mining Company
Nine Mile
Wallace
Douglas Creek
Wyoming
Frank B. Evans
David T. Day
United States Geological Survey
Placer
Day
Secretary Root Arrives in Santos for Ride on Engine
Secretary of State Root aboard the US cruiser Charleston arrives at Santos with Mrs Root and family and Ambassador Griscom. He rides a platform on the engine up a grade of 2000 feet, then is greeted by the governor and officials and escorted to the governor's residence with lancers present.
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San Paulo
Brazil
Root
United States
Charleston
Santos
Brothers Die Rowing In Branch Creek Park Lake NY
William Jacobs 24 and Abraham Jacobs 17 drowned when their boat capsized in Branch Creek park lake New York City. Photographer William Nicholls attempted a rescue but failed. The incident occurred while Abraham stood up to have his picture taken.
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William Jacobs
Abraham Jacobs
Branch Creek Park Lake
New York City
William Nicholls
Nicholls
Seeing New York tour critique sparks Forbes wives remark
A spieler aboard the Seeing New York car denounces wealthy wives as targets while a spectator notes they visit annual sunburn getaways at the shore for five dollars a week. The exchange captures social tensions in a press excerpt from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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New York
Reuben Grassbinder
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Grim relic of Port Arthur arrives at Hakodate
The London Daily Mail dispatch from Hakodate reports that the Russian cruiser Novik, sunk by two Japanese ships after leaving Port Arthur in August 1904 and later refloated, has reached Hakodate.
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London Daily Mail
Hakodate
Japan
Korsakovsk
Sakhalien
Port Arthur
Twenty Injured In Frisco Road Collision Near St Genevieve
Twenty people were injured in a head on collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Frisco road near St Genevieve Missouri on Sunday. The engines were demolished and tracks torn up for a considerable distance.
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Frisco Road
St. Genevieve
Big Strike Fails Amid Limited Russian Support
In St. Petersburg the general strike affects about 70,000 workers but few others across Russia join. Railroad men stay at work as leaders hesitate to call a tie-up, fearing loss of support amid punitive wartime labor laws.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Sveaborg
Cronstadt
Reval
Council of Workmen’s Deputies
Terioki
Finland
Finnish Revolutionaries Order Mutiny for August 14
Telegrams from Stockholm and Helsinki report that the Finnish revolutionary group has issued orders to members in all fortresses to mutiny on Tuesday August 14. The status of Sveaborg Skatudden and Cronstadt outbreaks remains unclear.
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Stockholm
Helsingfors
Sveaborg
Skatudden
Cronstadt
Horrid Murder at Tonopah Stable
In Tonopah Nevada Stewart Burney a prosperous teamster was killed in the corral at the Headlight stable near the depot. John Kemnan another teamster was fatally beaten by robbers. Both men were attacked with a gas pipe. Robbery motive as Burney carried several hundred dollars.
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Tonopah
Nev
Stewart Burney
John Kemnan
Burney
China Opium Trade to End in Ten Years via India Pact
The London Times correspondent says China may seek India’s consent to an annual opium import cut, a move that could extinguish the trade within a decade. This plan would gradually reduce narcotics flow and reshape Sino-British trade dynamics.
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London Times
China
India
Bank Clerk Confesses to Large Embezzlement Case
Official word from H. C. McEldowney, president of Union Trust, confirms a $125,000 embezzlement. The bank’s action follows days after the concealment became known. Frank M. Chapman of the Museum of Natural History heads west to collect bird specimens, planning visits across about 11 states.
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Union Trust Company
H. C. McEldowney
Trust Company
Frank M. Chapman
Museum of Natural History
New York
Irrigation Congress Set in Boise with National Guests
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota will attend the Fourteenth National Irrigation Congress in Boise on September 3 and 8. Vice President Fairbanks will arrive by special train on September 8. a public reception is planned. Government reclamation projects cover 30 million dollars and 1.8 million acres, aiming to boost land values and annual crop value, fueling calls for a 100 million dollar reclamation fund increase. Governor McDonald of Colorado urges attendance, promising a large Colorado delegation.
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Knute Nelson
Minnesota
National Irrigation Congress
Boise
Fairbanks
Idaho
Congress
Government Reclamation Service
McDonald
Colorado
Centennial
Peace Prize Buzz Circles Roosevelt and Bryan
Unofficial chatter links President Roosevelt to the Nobel Peace Prize for helping end the Russo Japanese War with a formal announcement due December 10 in Sweden. Swedish papers also discuss Col. William Jennings Bryan possibly receiving a future prize for peace advocacy at the London Interparliamentary Congress and his amendments promoting disarmament.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
Sweden
Col
William Jennings Bryan
London
Mr. Byran
Portsmouth
N. H
Tragic Duel Ends in Death at Lake Manawa
Ed Youncer, a Western engineer recently from Joliet Illinois, was killed in a pistol duel at Lake Manawa near Council Bluffs Iowa. Deputies tried to disarm him as he fired on them. five deputies returned fire and Youncer died at the scene. His wife and two children witnessed the event.
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Ed Youncer
Joliet
Lake Manawa
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Youncer
Mrs Thomas W Lawson Dies at Dreamwold Home
Mrs Thomas W Lawson wife of the Boston financier died at Dreamwold her summer home in Massachusetts after months of heart disease. Besides her husband and son Arnold her other children were at her bedside. Arnold arrived home shortly after. Born Miss Goodwillie of Cambridge before her 1878 marriage.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Dreamwold
Mr. Lawson
Massachusetts
Mather Makes Endowment to Western Reserve University
Samuel Mather of Cleveland, brother in law of the late John Hay, donates 100000 dollars to establish the John Hay endowment at Western Reserve University. The note appears in a period piece of local philanthropy.
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Samuel Mather
Cleveland
John Hay
Western Reserve University
John*Hay
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Chicago
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