Northwest News Roundup From Washington Oregon and Idaho
A compilation of regional items notes a Northern Pacific freight wreck in Chehalis yards blocking main track and sidings. Spokane court upholds acquittal of H N Martin in disbarment case. Tacoma strike ends. Nine Mile bridge power site development begins. Public building funds allocated for Tacoma Spokane Bellingham North Yakima. Funeral held for Spokane pioneer O O Peck. West Seattle annexation ruling void. Drowning deaths near Lake Washington suspected. Lt Governor Coon elected Eagles president. Davenport courthouse cornerstone planned. Dixie oil prospectors hire Los Angeles drillers. Crown of sheep grazing 250000 head in Cascade area. Mead receives irrigation congress Boise date. Wheat prospects strong in Franklin county. Beekeepers plan Pullman January meeting. Badger Mountain wheat harvest underway. Wheat yields 25–30 bushels per acre. Washington to send 15 delegates. Boise irrigation congress publicity. Two drunken Indians killed near Yakima rail line. Representative Jones to Chicago/St Paul July 7. Kent fatality of John Hodan. Spokane bars Sunday dances.
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Northern Pacific
Chehalis
Davenport
Miles Poindexter
Spokane
H. N. Martin
Tacoma
Street Railway Company
Inland Empire Railway Company
Nine Mile Bridge
Spokane River
Washington
Bellingham
North Yakima
O. O. Peck
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Supreme Court
King County Superior Court
West Seattle
Lake Washington
Seattle
Coon
Eagles
E. F. Waggoner
Masons
Dixie
Los Angeles
Franklin County
J. D. Atkinson
Railroad Commission
Washington State Beekeepers’ Association
Pullman
Badger Mountain
Wenatchee
Mead
National Irrigation Congress
Boise
Idaho
Yakima City
North Coast Limited
Representative Jones
Chicago
St. Paul
John Hodan
Kent
Codington Lumber Company
W H Babcock Sells Eureka Flat Land in Major Real Estate Deal
W H Babcock sold 2080 acres of Eureka Flat wheat land to Charles B Rice for 44000 dollars, the largest real estate transaction in Walla Walla in some time. Oregon items note two men killed after attempting to board a northbound Southern Pacific train near Leland, with Al Fisher among the presumed dead. Pendleton couple Mr and Mrs Taal celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Union Oil tanks at University Park burst, two tanks damaged and 6000 barrels of oil lost, Leonard Jaqui missing and feared dead, with damages around 15000 dollars.
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W. H. Babcock
Eureka Flat
Charles B. Rice
Walla Walla
Oregonian
Glendale
Ore
Southern Pacific
Leland Station
al Fisher
Union Oil Company of California
University Park
Portland
Willamette River
Leonard Jaqui
Roosevelt vetoes Blackfoot reservation bill in Montana
The article reports President Roosevelt vetoing the Blackfoot reservation water rights bill. Other items include a possible reveal from Emma Harris’s attempted suicide and a murder mystery, a court settlement in the Tom Hinds vs Boston & Montana case, Butte Labor Temple plans, a fatal mine shaft accident, Oscar Stephens wills, a July 4 Anaconda parade, and various local notices from Butte Lewiston and Boise including a hang flagging for William Hicks Bond.
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Roosevelt
Emma Harris
E. C. Harris
Hamilton
Harris
Butte
Tom Hinds
Boston & Montana Mining Company
Hinds
Butte Labor Temple
Wee Broadway
John F. McGuire
Eel
We Butte & London Mining Company
Oscar Stephens
Lewiston
Farnk Stephens
Anaconda
Butte Court House
Young Men's Christian Association
Butte City
Thaw's Infamous Spending Spree In Paris Dinner
The report details Harry Thaw son of Pittsburg millionaires renowned for rapid expenditure. From New York to Paris he spent lavishly, racing cabs, tossing $5 tips, sending gems, and hosting a $50 000 midsummer dinner for 25 women that shocked Paris.
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Harry Thaw
Stanford White
New York
Pittsburg
Thaw
Chicago Tribune
Thaws
Harry
London
Paris
Broadway
The
Waldorf
Kansas saloons close as Trickett forces shutdowns
Assistant Attorney General Trickett pressures saloons to close in Kansas City Kansas and nearby towns. Many bars and clubhouses moved fixtures and liquor to Missouri to avoid action, while a Missouri brewing company saloon remains open under receiver. One saloon’s fixtures were destroyed by the sheriff despite a threatened federal restraining order.
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Kansas City
Kan
Elks and Eagles
Trickett
Missouri
Armourdale
Argentine
Rosedale
Missouri Brewing Company
Quiet elections in Colon and Panama bond deputies
In Colon on Sunday the deputy election passed quietly with government candidates winning by 290 votes. Panama also reported peaceful voting and a compromise ticket won. Wo Gen of Wa Chong Seattle faces deportation after a China trip to mend trade relations. He is quarantined at Port Townsend for a severe eye disease despite efforts to overturn the order. The rambling preacher rarely scores.
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Colon
Panama
Wo Gen
Wa Chong Company
Seattle
Northwest
China
Port Townsend
Harvard Triumphs Over Yale in Close New London Boat Race
Harvard defeated Yale by less than two lengths in a hard fought varsity eight race before a record crowd at New London. Time 23:02 to Yale 23:11, with Yale’s crew pushing hard despite a brisk crosswind. The result gives Harvard 18 wins to Yale 22 in the series since 1852.
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Harvard
Yale
New London
M Harvard
Gordon Glass
Chester Glass
Glass
Crimson
Governors Jor
James R. Keene
Sysdaby
Kid Parker
Maurice Thompson
Burke
Idaho
Kamiah
Butte
Recreation Park
David Ellington
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Tremont Temple
Boston
British Naval Practice Ends After Large-Scale Maneuvers
The British maneuvers began June 14 with 325 vessels and about 63 000 men and end this week as umpires prepare to issue general results. The key phase, the attack and defense of sea borne commerce, started June 24 but little has occurred beyond a few gunboats and two cruisers arriving at ports with chequer flag signals of captured fleets.
American train wreck near London kills twenty three
A New York to London special train wrecked near Salisbury eight miles from London at 2 am Sunday after the locomotive jumped the track and hit a westbound freight. Twenty three passengers died and seven were injured. many were identified from the scattered wreckage and rescue operations.
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London
American Line
York
New York
Salisbury
Barwick
Walter
Toronto
Cassier
Louis
Trumbull
Conn
Cassitt
Frederick Henry
Elphicke
C. W
Chicago
Harring
Dudley
West Ninety Seventh Street
Hitchcock
L. N
Central Park West
Howieson
Mary F
West Thirty-first Street
King
Rev
E. L
Koch
Frank W
Geoppinger
Keeler
Jules
Thompson
Allen
New York City
Critcaell
Robert
Griswold
L. S
Allentown
Plymouth
Southampton
England
Atlantic
Davenport Landing
Mrs Tanner Dies After Helena Accident
Mrs James Tanner wife of the G A R national commander died in Helena Montana after a auto ride ended in a hill edge capsize General Tanner canceled western engagements and will return with Mrs Tanner remains to Washington DC President Theodore Roosevelt expressed shock and sympathy also present were Mrs Toole and General Lester Wilson of Bozeman
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Helena
Mont
James Tanner
West
Tanner
Governor Toole
Montana
Lester Wilson
Bozeman
Richest strike of gold reported in Coeur d Alene area veering hope
Mining men claim a vein around James Fairchild near the Pilot group yields 18 inches of exceptionally rich gold quartz found at 175 feet. Ownership cited includes John Docktor Frank Frohling and Louis Prager. Other notes describe wage changes, shaft sinking plans, and a fatal 400 foot fall at Rosnoke Coal Mine.
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Coeur d’Alene
James Fairchild
Murray
John Docktor
Frank Frohling
Louis Prager
Boundary
B. C
Phoenix
Granby
Drummond
Dominion Copper Company
Gem
Idaho
Frisco
Kettle River
Wallace Mountain
Duncan
Groesbeck
Beartop
Herbert Aurbach
Golden Chest
Ted Mueller
Chicago
Don Pedro
Crescent
Greenwood
Rosnoke Coal & Mining Company
Rosnoke
Ill
Insurance company panel to settle San Francisco losses
San Francisco representatives from 36 dollar for dollar insurers propose a five member committee chosen from their number. The panel will bear losses and settle claims rapidly under the plan endorsed by the group.
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San Francisco
Heatwave Hits Washington Tops Nation With 95
Washington D C recorded the peak Sunday in major cities with 95 by the weather bureau. Street thermometers climbed to 101 in the afternoon, and one death was reported as a result of the heat.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Czar Seeks Man of Hour in Uncertain Power Transfer
The article reports the czar seeking a suitable successor amid unclear plans for the Goremiya kin cabinet retirement. Em Nicholas appears to be in trouble locating a trusted figure to hold the reins of power.
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Czar
Man of Hour
Goremiya Kin
Em Nicholas
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