Northwest States News Roundup Bright Outlook Amid Local Events
Washington notes report threshing underway in Lincoln county with prices at 57 cents for wheat on the Palouse market. Postmaster appointed in Hay Whitman county while Elberton farmers finish harvest. Spokane school property valued at 1.53 million with districts taxed on 34 million. Weyerhaeuser negotiates for Port Blakely sawmill. Railroad and land reform actions stir the region. Tramp ship Como sails with 4.5 million feet lumber, largest cargo from Bellingham. drownings and shootings seed local tragedy. Allen county and Moscow arrests stir crime updates. Moran dies in Helena related property disputes surface.
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Washington
Lincoln County
Frank M. Baker
Hay
Whitman County
L. M. Buff
Elberton
Anna Hood
Seattle
Anacortes
Baty
Spokane
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co
Port Blakely
General Land Office
Waterville Land District
Board of
County Commissioners
State Board of Equalization
Bellingham Bay
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Northwest
Thomas Brown
Yend
Chehalis
Lewis County
Rice
Superior Court
Hanford
Como
Panama Canal
Bellingham
Puget Sound
Oregon News Highlights From Albany to Salem
Ira McReynolds dies after a crushing accident at Albany mills. A breakout erupts at Salem reform school as 12 inmates escape during a roll call with officers present. Athena flouring mills run on electricity with 500 barrel daily capacity, paying 62 cents per bushel for club and 72 cents for blue stem.
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Red Crown
Ira McReynolds
Albany
Reform School
Salem
Preston- Parton Milling Company
Athena
Club
Explosion injures Percy White at ranch dynamite blast
Percy White of Siler sustained severe injuries from a dynamite explosion at Louis Hermosconi's ranch in Owyhee county. The blast occurred when White opened a fire-damaged ice house doorway after sparks from a blacksmith shop started a fire. Hermosconi was also hurt by flying debris.
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Percy White
Siler
Louis Hermosconi
Owyhee County
White
Herma Coni
Lewiston
Hanlon
Herman Hartwig
George Kent
Hartwig
Kern
Dubois
Fred T. Dubois
Philippines
Taft
Montana items recounts accidents and plans across state
News notes from Montana detail a Havre race meeting planned for mid September, a fatal lightning strike on Mrs. George Brown, a Japanese worker killed and three injured near Missoula, a $25,000 gift toward a $100,000 Montana college endowment, school levies in Great Falls, a suicide attempt by Elmer Dore of Butte, Elks convention at Anaconda, a Kalispell marriage prize at the fair, a large sheriff levy on Adams Dry Goods in Butte, burial of Sperry glacier climber injury, Cobban case verdict of not guilty, sale of Missouri River Power property to White & Co., and the death of Mrs. George Reese in a windpipe accident.
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Industrial Association of
Havre
George Brown
Montana
Wyoming
Louis Hill
Missoula
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Montana College and School of Manual Art
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Elmer Dore
Butte
Elks
Anaconda
Flathead County
Kalispell
Adams Dry Goods Co
A. M. Burt
Jamestown
N. D
Sperry Glacier
Lake McDonald
United States
R. M. Cobban
United States Court
Hunt
M. H. Gerry, Jr
Missouri River Power Company
Light & Traction Company
Helena
J. U. White & Co., Electrical Engineers and Contractors
New York
George Reese
Reese
Boycott and treaty clash prompt U S action
Washington reports the state department will hold the Chinese government responsible for boycott impacts on the 1858 Tientsin treaty. Olympia aug 15 supreme court affirms Whitman county ruling giving Jacob Slaight a right of way through Palouse city and allows 90 day stay for condemnation. Calcutta forms society to protect wild animals.
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Washington
State Department
United States
China
Olympia
Wash
Supreme Court
Whitman County
Jacob Slaight
Northern Pacific
Palouse City
Railroad Company
Japan and Russia Seek Negotiated Peace Terms
Baron Komura presents peace provisions to M. Witte detailing reimbursement for war costs and no fixed indemnity. Major terms include cession of Port Arthur and Dalny leases, Manchuria evacuation, open door open to China, railway and protectorate arrangements, fishing rights, interned ships release, and naval limits in Far Eastern waters.
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Sakhalin
Baron Komura
M. Witte
Japan
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Manchuria
China
Russia
Harbin
Vladivostock
Korea
Siberia
Far Eastern
Manifesto Held Back in Petersburg War Contingencies
The imperial manifesto calling for a national assembly has not been issued yet. The senate printing office is on duty to prepare it. Two drafts exist, one linking imperial favor with a call to arms to continue the war if needed, and a contingency version.
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St. Petersburg
Senate Printing Office
Bombing on Sourayskaia Street Kills Several
A bomb was thrown on Sourayskaia Street in Belostok Russia Saturday causing multiple fatalities. The arbitration commission on the Anglo French Newfoundland treaty has ended hearings after awarding 275000 dollars in compensation to French fishermen forced to leave the French shore.
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Beliostok
Russia
Sourayskaia Street
Arbitration Commission
Newfoundland
Envoys Enjoy Sunday in Pleasant Portsmouth
Relief from recent heat and the decision to drop the Sunday peace conference session allowed the foreign visitors to relax. The day featured ideal roads bay and ocean smooth and air bright as officials enjoyed driving boating sailing and steaming.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Miss Roosevelt Honored At Manila Government House Ball
Citizens of Manila hosted a grand ball in the marble hall of the government house in honor of Miss Alice Roosevelt. The event was described as the most brilliant function in the city's history. She wore a vice regal native gown presented by Filipino ladies who spent three months making it.
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Government House
Alice Roosevelt
Manila
Roosevelt
Orange Riots in Londonderry Attend Relief Celebration
Fierce Orange riots mar the relief of Derry with hundreds injured and eighty to ninety houses wrecked as Orangemen clash with nationalists and police. No deaths reported. Mrs. George von Lengerke Meyer gains popularity in St. Petersburg amid international events and butter production in Britain reaches about 90,000 tons yearly.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Derry
George von Lengerke Meyer
Russia
St. Petersburg
Rome
Great Britain
Polly Porter Parrot and Parlor Pranks Highlight Polly’s Memory
A detailed portrait of Polly Porter the parrot shows a remarkable memory and social awareness as he recalls family names, greets guests, teases children, requests breakfast, and even imitates newsboys cries and a popular tune. The piece blends Polly’s antics with a note on Speaker Reed and Henry Rogers in a separate anecdote about a West Indies voyage and a postscript from Mark Twain.
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Polly Porter
Polly
New York
Journal
Sun—Herald
St. Nicholas
Speaker Reed
Henry H. Rogers
Thomas B. Reed
Mr. Rogers
Mark Twain
West Indies
Mr. Reed
Old Point Comfort
Reed
Colonel
Hilton
Foote
Dr. Rice
Mr. Twain
T. B. Reed
Mark
Lattakia Tobacco and a Grafters' Vocabulary Change
Lattakia tobacco known in Europe and America is black from Nusairieh mountain fumigation with an eleazer tree smoke. The smoke imparts a unique aroma and the tree grows wild. A cheeryless prediction notes graft removal will come as language evolves and new terms replace old meanings.
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Europe
America
Sorghum
Washington Star
Bad All Around
The Detroit Tribune quotes a exchange where one woman’s focus on her troubles makes her ill and spreads fatigue to others. A separate aphorism notes a man valuing his own greatness by belittling neighbors.
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Detroit Tribune
Reclamation Act Aims to Temper West Irrigation Policy
The article lists seven core features of the National Irrigation or Reclamation Act as explained by Congressman C D Van Duzer of Nevada. It details a reclamation fund from land disposals, federal investigations, funded construction, water rights sales, homestead land limits, private water rights, and settler control under home rule to relieve East taxes. It also covers California irrigation work overseen by Elwood Mead and an extensive study of water claims, rights, storage, distribution, and contracts to guide policy. The piece then shifts to praise for John Hay, noting his roles as diplomat and secretary of state, his birth in Indiana, education, Civil War service, and influence during the Boxer Rebellion and tensions in China.
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C. D. van Duzer
Nevada
Treasury
California
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
Elwood Mead
United States
John Hay
Salem
Ind
Charles Hay
Warsaw
Springfield
Ill
Brown University
Washington
Lincoln
Europe
England
Say
New York Tribune
Hay
McKinley
Roosevelt
China
John Hay Death Marks End of Aiplomacy Era
John Hay longtime secretary of state dies ending a career that shaped American diplomacy He defined and practiced the direct method of negotiation in disputes between nations and influenced international relations beyond U S borders. His approach extended to issues not directly involving the United States.
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John Hay
United States
Trotting or galloping how animals move
A wide-ranging inquiry notes how various animals move their limbs or fins, comparing walking, trotting, galloping, and swimming across species. Questions include whether fish swim with alternating fin strokes, how frogs use their hands, and how insects like caterpillars and spiders coordinate multiple legs.
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E. Ray Lankester
St. Nicholas
Regional quakes and fever misreadings provoke chuckles
In Yonkers a North and South exchange jokes about earthquakes versus chills and fever. The Northerner notes earthquakes, the Southerner laughs that sometimes tremors resemble illness warnings.
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Yonkers Statesman
Laying the Bame In Clumsy Flour Complaint
Mrs Newliwed complains to a grocer about flour that made tough biscuits her husband refused to eat. The grocer asks what was wrong and the exchange hints at product quality issues in a domestic setting.
That New Hat and A Price On Her Head
In a Philadelphia Press snippet a woman’s image is shown with a visible price tag reading 3.75 reduced from 5. The text warns against judging dishonesty by political affiliation suggesting a broader critique of appearances and judgments. The brief reflects social commentary tone.
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Philadelphia Press
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