Northwest Deaths and Disasters Across States
A summary of Northwest items reports drownings in Lake Washington and Spokane River, suicides in Spokane, drownings of youths, legal moves on Tacoma bonds, Yale acceptance for UW law graduates, Cannery progress at Wenatchee, convicts recaptured, wildlife pest control, floods injury to alfalfa, major Spokane fire damage, forged wealth with heiress found, fraud suspect avoidance of extradition, drownings in Idaho canal, Nez Perce liquor case, Craven slime table test, robbery along Meadows Warren route, Boise saloon closures, and leadership changes at Federal Mining & Smelting Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Gibson
James Mitchell
Lake Washington
Seattle
Union Bay
William
John Davison
Palouse
Harry C. Boyd
Spokane
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company
Northwest
Big Bend National Bank
Davenport
Wash
R. H. Chilton
Dayton
Reif
Albert Irving
Kettle River
Danville
Curlew
Irving
Ulysses S. Grant
Marshal Lyons
Toledo
Hezekiah Hall
Lee County
Virginia
Hall
John Grubb
Grubb
Urquhart
Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Supreme Court
Law Department
University of Washington
Yale Law School
Wenatchee Cannery
Foy
Canning Company
Mr. Davis
Solon H. Seaman
Wenatchee
F. B. Wright & Co
Louise Colotchi
San Francisco
J. J. Lewis
Wheaton, II
John Blomquist
Idaho Canal
Weiser
Tom Henry Maxmax
United States
Schattner
Philip H. Craven
Federal Mining & Smelting Company
Wallace
Coeur d’Alenes
Meadows-Warren
Golden Rule Placer Mining Company
Warren
Boise
W. Clayton Miller
Fred W. Bradley
Idaho News Miss Jucy Aiken Shocked at Moscow Board
Miss Jucy Aiken a telephone operator at Moscow suffered a severe shock Sunday afternoon while at the long distance board and will be off work for several days. Fred Sweetman was killed Sunday morning by a train a mile west of the scene. When seen by the engineer the report details the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jucy Aiken
Moscow
Fred Sweetman
Miner Blown to Pieces in Oregon Mine Accident
Timothy J. Ryan, a pumpman at the E and E mine near Sumpter, was killed by a blast Saturday evening at 5 o'clock. He was at the bottom of the main shaft when the explosion occurred and may have walked into the blast zone after leaving his post. Only portions of his body were recovered. Also noted: the Preston Parton flouring mill at Athena to reopen July 15 after overhaul, Missouri day set for September 14 at the Lewis and Clark exposition with Gov. Folk attending, Eastern Oregon State Normal School repairs underway, Trail concessionaires not opening, and Lewis and Clark authorities standing firm on positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy J. Ryan
Sumpter
Preston-Parton
Athena
Folk
Eastern
Oregon State Normal School
Trail
Oil Strike in Swift Current Field Near Browning Montana
Swift Current Oil Land and Power reports a strong oil discovery in its Browning area well, with hundreds of gallons of high grade oil flowing from a 1050 foot depth and oil to 150 feet in the well. The Montana news also notes a lightning strike damaging E B Carter’s Musselshell home and a prominent obituary for Colonel Wilbur F Sanders in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Current Oil, Land & Power Company
Swift Current
Browning
Great Falls
E. B. Carter
Musselshell
Cinnamon
Wilbur F. Sanders
Montana
Helena
Colonel Sanders
Leon
N. Y
Phelps (New York
Akron
Ohio
Ohio Volunteers
Nashville
Tillie Luis
Geo. Luis
Livingston
West
Nannie Brown
Homestake
Butte
Tragic death of 11 year old in San Francisco
Walter St Clair aged 11 hanged himself in the San Francisco cellar after a tantrum over chopping wood. The mother discovered the body Monday, ending a troubled episode at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter St. Clair
San Francisco
Potato crops show railroads aiding local farmers
The exchange piece cites President Hadley and President Tuttle to illustrate how railroads like Michigan lines and the Boston & Maine help Aroostook and Michigan potato growers. Low freight rates move eight to ten million bushels to Boston and New England, preventing rot and supporting local economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Yale University
Aroostook
Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Boston
New England
Maine
Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Michigan Railroads
France
England
Germany
Traveling salesman faces full sentence for cigarette smoking
Edward Hammel a traveling salesman for a medicine company and convicted smoker is serving a 29 day sentence in default of a $25 fine and costs assessed by Judge Foster at Utterbein Indiana. He will likely be compelled to serve the entire sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hammel
Foster
Utterbein
Indiana
Cashier Bowman Death Ties Bank Shortfall to $369000
In Hagerstown Indiana the cashier Bowman of the Hagerstown National Bank killed himself on July 3 after revelations that he had defrauded the bank to the tune of at least $369000. The investigation confirms the loss amount and links it to his embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown, Ind
Bowman
Hagerstown National Bank
Swimming in Salt Lake The Water's Striking Effects
A Salt Lake City correspondent describes the peculiar buoyancy and challenging swimming in Great Salt Lake. Readers learn the water’s 21 percent salt content keeps bodies afloat, making diving hard to master, with many tourists visiting the shores for baths and health claims. The piece notes receding shores and rising resort development as evidence of the lake’s enduring allure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake
Union Pacific Railroad
The Wedding Ring Finger and Electrical Warnings
A village grocer comments on an old farmer Uncle Josh who jokes about electric beer and damages. The essay notes the belief that the left fourth finger can detect poison via a private wire to the heart and that wedding rings gain curative powers. A quip about penny saved versus earning $50 closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh
Caele Josh
London Chronicle
Eight Men Die in Pennsylvania Railroad Blast Near New Cumberland
Eight men employed by P S Kenbaugh & Co were killed and two injured when a rock powder explosion during double track work near New Cumberland, across the Susquehanna from the May 11 wreck site, caused a premature blast. Names include James Wiseman, Arthur Green, Robert Thompson, Frank Mullach and three Italians plus a Slav. an inquest found premature explosion from unknown cause with no blame on contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Cumberland
Susquehanna River
P. S. Kenbaugh & Co., Incorporated
Moscow reform leaders threaten national assembly and new czar
A telegram from St. Petersburg states Moscow reform leaders may convene a national assembly to elect another czar if the czar persists in a hard line. Nicholas aims to buy time by sending envoys to Washington for peace talks while Russia faces revolution and Japanese advances. The czar plans to return to Moscow and seek support from city mayors at the Illensky palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Nicholas
Washington
Muravieff
Linovitch
Japan
Sakhalin
Hazegawa
Ussuri
Illensky Palace
Hill Roads Made Money Show Strong Railway Growth
The 1904 5 fiscal year marked the greatest for the Hill system of railroads. Great Northern profits around 18 percent on stock, Northern Pacific about 13 percent, Burlington near 9 million dollars for joint owners. System runs about 20 000 miles main track with over 400 million in bonds and nearly 400 million in stock. Market value about 63 thousand dollars per mile. Net earnings roughly 3400 dollars per mile vs fixed charges about 1150 dollars per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Hill
Lake Superior Company
Roosevelt Order on Military Promotions Tied to Records
President Roosevelt issues a policy for military appointments and promotions. Officers who seek influence outside their service records on file in the war or navy departments shall be barred from advancement. The directive aims to curb outside interference and preserve merit-based advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
War
Navy Department
Kissing Across Cultures Through History And Law
The piece surveys kissing as a science, custom, and ethnological trait, noting varied explanations and the playful yet serious perspectives from Dickens to a 1837 nose biting case. It mentions Japanese and South Sea islanders as kiss unfamiliar, contrasts oscula basia and suavia, and critiques diplomatic kissing in royal contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Squeers
Queen Victoria
Thomas Savuland
Caroline Newton
Japan
Oscula
Basia
Suavia
Martial
Rome
Hobson
James E Kelly One of Americas Foremost Sculptors
A feature on James E Kelly highlighting his bronze panel The Prayer of Washington at Valley Forge, detailing Washington in Continental uniform kneeling, background thicket with a waiting horse, and noting Kelly from New York City with training at the National Academy of Design and role in founding the Art Students League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Kelly
America
Washington
Valley Forge
James E. Kelly
Mr. Kelly
New York City
National Academy of Design
Kelly
Art Students’ League
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