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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1906
Page
3
A roundup of incidents across Washington Idaho Oregon and Montana includes drownings in the Columbia River heat related fish kills in the Yakima valley and a Tacoma streetcar collision. Other items note arrests for immoral uses of rental space and a university student involved in a fatal shooting in Seattle.
Judge A H Tanner once tied to shield Senator Mitchell faces presidential pardon. A 14 year old girl Allison killed herself in Portland after her father scolded her for a relationship. Robert O Roesch of Pendleton gains midshipman status at the U S Naval Academy. The Gaekwar of Baroda visits Portland during a tour of the United States.
Congressman Burton L. French and wife return from Washington. Two young sons of B T Livingston drown in Boise. Cedar known as Cedarstrom dies in Wardner jail. Forest fires blaze east of Clarks Fork and near Cabinet. Lewiston and Idaho Falls postmasters gain an extra clerk. Treasury bids set for August 7 in Washington and for Lewiston site. Mrs Frederick Osterberg shot by her son near Nora post office. Lee Phinney jailed in Lewiston over murder of Jeff Lytton. Cambridge Washington county suffers 40000 fire loss from coal oil explosion. John J Gulstrom dies after asylum transfer. Norwegian mother heir to $10000. Nez Perce County assessed value totals 777387. Electric Laundry in Wallace destroyed. losses and insured amounts listed. Supreme Court reverses venue ruling in Agnes Day v Eugene Day divorce, orders costs and action to proceed in another court.
Montana news item notes Missoula residents traveling to St Ignatius for war dance festivities. Rumor claims Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad gained title to Montana Central between Butte and Great Falls via Helena.
British forces in Natal encircle and defeat a rebel body in Umvati district. Seven hundred forty seven rebels killed with few escaping. Pope during a dinner noted his nine year periods in seminary curate rector and bishop roles. Pius X also noted as patriarch of Venice and cardinal for nine years.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft announce a major army reform at Sagamore Hill. Seven brigade posts will be established to be commanded by brigadier generals with smaller posts abandoned. Plans direct enlargements at Fort Riley Kansas Fort Leavenworth Kansas Fort Sam Houston Texas Fort Robinson Nebraska Fort D A Russell Wyoming Fort Sill Oklahoma and Fort Oglethorpe Georgia with two more to follow later. The move aims to train a mass army and support field maneuvers while ensuring proper funding and planning. Taft will join the president on a trip to Panama after the November elections.
Howard E Burton of Leadville Colorado offers specimen prices for metals and assay services with full price lists on request. References include Carbonate National Bank The Texas Out of the Navy. The battleship Texas moves to Charleston as its guns are removed. Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup during teething.
The column reports rising interest in Washington Cascade mining with Red Mountain district drawing capitalists. It notes nine hour shifts now standard at Mother Lode and Granby mines, Dominion Copper follows, and Snowstorm Mining buys upper mine lease for 225000 in company shares. It mentions a copper strike on Maple Leaf, a canceled Patterson-Backlund drill match after Cox pulled funds, a Wallace rock drilling event, a hoax claim about Wilbur Greenough winning at Mullan, Berry’s five year San Quentin sentence, steady demand for skilled labor, and a July Fourth drilling contest in Sumpter Oregon.
August Rosenberg an alleged anarchist from Seattle was arrested at Altona Prussia while alighting from a train. He says he is an American citizen who sold his Seattle property and came to Luetjenburg where his wife grew up to spend the rest of his life.
Advices from Maracaibo state the dun geons in the fort of San Carlos island have been opened and prisoners freed except those charged with treason. Prisoners’ property is returned. The move coincides with President Castro’s July 5 return to Caracas.
An official source states Senator Depew has largely recovered after a winter of illness in Washington. He does not plan to resign and intends to travel to Europe for the summer.
The German government expels 1000 alien cigarette makers and their families for underselling German labor. No protests arise, and the workers possibly seek work in London sweat shops in England.
Bedovi surgeons tell of Admiral Rojestvensky’s wounds rendering him partly insane and unable to pass orders to surrender during the Sea of Japan battle. The testimony centers on his fitness to command after the Bedovi incident and the surrender decision.
Secretary Hitchcock approves contracts totaling 50000 for surveying the south half of the Colville Indian reservation. About 1300000 acres will be surveyed at an average cost of 5 cents per acre. Officials say the per acre price is cheap and the sale value is 1.25 dollars per acre, promising profit for the government.
The Annapolis examining board said examinations began June 19 for 233 candidates seeking midshipman appointments. Of these, 146 passed and 97 failed. Those who passed will face another exam focusing on physical fitness. Emperor William plans a broad amnesty tied to his grandson’s baptism, limited to cases without serious crimes or loss of civic honor.
The Byron Douglas company stages A New Magdalen at Spokane's Columbia theater with new scenery. The play unfolds during the Franco Prussian war from a French frontier prologue to London acts, featuring Mercy Merrick and Grace Roseberry in a tale of imposture and romance. All next week the company will perform The Girl I Left Behind Me.
A listing of wholesale prices in Spokane including vegetables such as potatoes cab bage lettuce rhubarb onions spinach and fruit like oranges lemons dried figs cranberries bananas and more. Also notes butter eggs cheese honey sugar coffee seed and grain prices along with live stock hides and poultry rates and first grade creamery butter fat.
A London writer staying with friends attempts a quiet return via latch-key. His head becomes lodged after fitting it through the door while the door remains chained. He loses faith in science as a locksmith frees him at 5:30 amid a cheering crowd.
A report from the Los Angeles Examiner recounts a German medical student in 1878 New Orleans who treated yellow fever patients with sauerkraut. He observed a recovered Hellander after a plate of the dish, while a Spaniard given the same food died, prompting a note on the contrasting outcomes.
A Washington Star quotation notes Uncle Eben’s wit about weather and labor. He claims a man cannot beat the lady when weather dictates work versus leisure. The piece reflects humorous regional speech on propriety and gender roles.
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