Sailors strike in San Francisco ends amid news from around the world
A week in review notes diverse events from across hemispheres. Bryan and family in Dresden. Dr. Parks Ritchie resigns. Tokyo social reception. Lipton plans new stockyards near Cary Indiana. a New York murder case remains unsolved. Kentucky gains Democratic chairmanship. an absolute divorce granted in New York. fires burn San Quiricio Samar. a fire destroys Mexican freight and 50 cars. Brisson elected president of the chamber. Sing Sing prisoners to wear honor marks. Nippon Yusei Kaisha inaugurates Yokohama Shanghai freight run. Hetrick tops US Military Academy class. Gov Warfield appoints Whyte to Senate seat. David Hobbs under arrest in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Jennings Bryan
Dresden
Parks Ritchie
University of
New York
Blackburn
Kentucky
Democratic Conference Committee
Senator Gorman
John H. Madden
San Quiruicio
Calbaga
Samar
Mexican Central
Shanghai
Nippon Yusei Kaisha
Harold S. Hetrick
Connecticut
United States Military Academy
Edward Warfield
Govenor Pinkney Whyte
Baltimore
United States
Arthur Pue Gorman
David Hobbs
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hobbs
Pittsburg
Mining notes from western coal regions and Alaska sea voyage
Eight men die in a Rocky Fork mine fire near Red Lodge Montana. Ernest Pa clashes injure eight strikers, three fatally. Copper ore strike reported at Mullan Idaho. Indiana mine workers reach agreement to end two-year scale. Kansas Indian Territory Arkansas and Missouri affected. over 10 000 workers involved. John Mitchell helps secure settlement. Cleanup orders issued. work to resume June 18. Amalgamated Copper Co of Butte reports 1906 mine net profits of 13 805 811 67. Manuel Martinez 17 arrested for arson at Suntory coal mine Trinidad Colorado. loss exceeds 100 000. Alaska steamer Dolphin arrives Seattle with 53 passengers bringing treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Fork
Red Lodge
Montana
Ernest
Mullan
Idaho
Mine Workers of America
Indiana
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers
Kansas
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Missouri
Mitchell
Baker City
Ore
Ison
Sparta
Department of Mining
University of Idaho
Herbert M. Smith
Tacoma
Yukon River
Alaska Steamship Company
Dolphin
Seattle
Dawson
Atlin
Skagway
Thistle
Prospector
White Horse
Rapids
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
Amalgamated Company
Manuel Martinez
Trinidad
Colo
Suntory
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Martinez
Coburn declines Kansas Senate appointment
Foster Dwight Coburn, appointed by Governor E W Hoch to succeed Joseph R Burton as U S senator, has resigned and will not accept the post. Hoch quickly offered the vacancy to Judge A W Benson of Ottawa Franklin county who is expected to accept. Benson, about 60, is a prominent figure in Kansas Republican politics.
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Coburn
Foster Dwight Coburn
E. W. Hoch
Kansas
United States
Joseph R. Burton
Hoch
A. W. Benson
Ottawa
Franklin County
Judge Benson
Whitney resigns as Great Northern passenger head to start new business
F I Whitney who has led the Great Northern general passenger department for 18 years resigns effective July 1 to become an independent business operator. The Transvaal reports monthly gold production around 400000 ounces.
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F. I. Whitney
Great Northern
Rockefeller and Aldrich Start Rubber Trust Monopoly
John D. Rockefeller Jr and ER Aldrich have built the Continental Rubber Company of America to control rubber supply and refining. The move drives down rubber prices, reducing last year’s crop value from $116,158,000 to about $82,000,000 at current prices and harms competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
ER. D. Aldrich
Aldrich
Rubber Trust
Continental Rubber Company of America
Young Rockefeller
Rockefeller
San Francisco Mint resumes operation after fire
The San Francisco Mint machines are running again as the facility restarts money production. The mint will not open for regular sessions until July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Mill
San Francisco
Tragic Church Shooting Outside Lithuanian Parish
Anthony Leitch 30 was shot at the doorway of the Providence of God Lithuanian Catholic Church at West Eighteenth and Union in Chicago. Police say janitor John Bendzal fired the fatal bullet as Leitch prayed on his knees with hands raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Eighteenth
Union Streets
Chicago
Anthony Leitch
John Bendzal
Leitch
Northwest News Bits Report Local Education and Crime
The state board of education weighs a Boise plan to open a school for the dumb and blind, awaiting Attorney General Guheen's view. Lewiston arrests the burglar gang linked to Clarkston thefts, with $500 in goods recovered. Rathdrum sells $12,500 bonds for a water system upgrade, Port land bank premium 8 percent. Payette hosts GA R encampment June 26. Andrew Gilstrom dies by self-inflicted force in Post Falls. New Mullan postmaster candidate Harry Ingalls poised for appointment. Moscow forms Clearwater Fire Protection Association for patrols. Rathdrum timber sale planned on 8500 acres in Kootenai county with 100,000,000 feet at about $145,000 upset. bidding July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Boise
Guheen
Bayard T. Byrnes
Regents
University of Idaho
Carithers
University Hill
Moscow
Agricultural Department
Rathdrum
Bankers & Lumberman’s Bank of
Portland
Ore
Idaho
Payette
Andrew Gilstrom
Post Falls
John H. Newbury
Mullan
Harry Ingalls
Clearwater Fire Protective Association
Kootenai County
Washington
Colfax
John D. Atkinson
Alaska
Spokane County
Medical Lake
Tacoma
Everett Milling Company
Ephrata
Cc. E. Briggs
Methow Valley
John Carroll
Garrison Creek
Walla Walla
Kettle Falls
George Taylor
McInnis Lumber Company
Newport
Mead
John Harrigan
Charles W. Hamlin
Whatcom County
Everett
State Bar Association
William Campbell Beasley
Commonwealth Magazine
Seattle
Peoria
Kittitas Valley
Samson de Thorembrais
McLaughlin Brothers
Columbus
Ohio
Yakima County
Bounds Ranch
Selah Valley
P. A. Bounds
Urban Ditman
Theodore Strong
Erickson-Peterson
Riparia
Samuel A. Wells
Spokane Land Office
Roosevelt
Eugene B. Hyde
Wells
Washington State College
Okanogan County
Cunningham
A. A. Armstrong
Robert Patton
Aberdeen
Penitentiary
Lennox
Whitman County
Wenatchee Valley
Reclamation Service
Oregon Hot News Roundup: Killings Amalgamation and Fire
In Enterprise Oregon John Bear killed Brick Johnson in a Otis saloon and escaped. Pacific States Telephone and Farmers Line companies amalgamated after a April meeting. August Ebell of Baker City killed by falling tree while felling. Umatilla grand jury indicted F G Naylor murderer poisoned Pendleton. Heacock and Lawrence iron works Portland gutted by fire caus e spontaneous combustion loss 25000. Over 20 injured in Portland head on collision Woodlawn cars Union and Holladay avenues. eight hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bear
Johnson
Otis
Enterprise
Bear
Pacific States Telephone and Farmers’ Line
Walla Walla Valley
August Ebell
Baker County
Baker City
Umatilla County
F. G. Naylor
Athena
Pendleton
Heacock & Lawrence Iron Works
East Sixth
Belmont Streets
Portland
Woodlawn
Portland Railway Company
Union and
Holladay Avenues
Six Men Buried After Red Lodge Mine Disaster
Six victims of the Red Lodge mine disaster are buried Saturday as the town suspends business. The victims are Thomas Skelley Terence Fleming Michael Garrage William Bailey Alvin McFate and Matt Reik ka(who) were laid to rest while the fire between the mine remains burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Red Lodge
Thomas Skelley
Terence Fleming
Michael Garrage
William Bailey
Alvin McFate
Matt Reikka
Fatal shooting of Percy Hanson by William Hanson in Harlem
Washington notes report a fatal shooting as Percy Bonathan Hanson section foreman is killed by William Hanson flockmaster in Harlem. Other items include Colfax July 4 plans, Alaska trip for AG Atkinson, and a Spokane pioneers picnic success.
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Percy Bonathan Hanson
William Hanson
Harlem
Chinatown Smuggling Ring Exposed In Confession
United States Immigration Inspector J R Dunn reports a confession from Lee Suey Yom, arrested in East St Louis, detailing a Vancouver B C smuggling scheme. Chinese are rowed across the bay to an immigration official for a 100 fee to obtain a forged genuine US certificate. One arrest has been made with more to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. R. Dunn
Lee Suey Yom
East St. Louis
Vancouver
B. C
Lee
Guarded Vatican Beatification Amid Plot Rumors
Rome reports record police guard at St. Peter's for beatification of Spanish martyrs after Paris warns of a plot against the pope. Suspects including two men and a woman were removed before services. a French tip tied the plan to France and America. Anarchist arrests rise as authorities vow firm action.
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Rome
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Paris
Secret Service
France
America
Merry del Val
Italy
Npe
Ancona
Brave Girl Shoots Thug in North Carolina Office Yard
Miss Pearl Jones a night operator at Selma North Carolina on the Atlantic Coast railroad shot and fatally wounded Richard son a man who confessed to premeditated assault. She defended her honor by firing as he attacked her in the office yard. The assailant was dying and his accomplice jailed. Citizens plan a fund to honor the brave girl with a gold mounted revolver and a gold medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pearl Jones
Selma
N. C
Farmers Endorse Roosevelt On Beef Trust Probe
Washington State Farmers at Pullman met Saturday and passed a unanimous resolution endorsing President Roosevelt for probing Chicago packing house conditions. Farmers and livestock men expressed strong support amid approving shouts, showing their stand against the beef trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Roosevelt
Chicago
Washington State
Pullman
Lightning hits oil tank near Neodesha Kansas
Lightning struck a Prairie Oil and Gas tank near Neodesha causing a fire that destroyed the oil storage tank holding 18 000 barrels and the pumping station and company buildings. The loss stops oil pumping to Kansas City and Whitng refineries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Standard Oil
Neodesha
Kan
Kansas City
Whitng
Ind
President's travel expense cut in sundry appropriation
The sundry civil appropriation bill lost the $25,000 provision for the president's traveling expenses after a point of order by Representative Williams of Mississippi. Democrats and Republicans debated the new legislation with mixed views but many favored a fund for railroad travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Williams
Missippi
Electrician Killed Clutching Live Wire at San Francisco Plant
Ed Kelley, 18, employed by Standard Electric Company at 34 Kansas Street in San Francisco, died after he fell while working on a transformer and grasped a live wire. An electrical fault sent 2200 volts through his body as he slipped.
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Ed Kelley
Standard Electric Company
San Francisco
Kansas Street
Distillery Whisky Flood Dries Kentucky Stream Fish
Fishermen along Benson Creek in Kentucky gathered thousands of live fish after 13 000 gallons of whisky spilled from Fitzgerald distillery. The drunk fish surfaced and displayed odd behavior while the distillery faces $25 000 in losses and a plant shutdown for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Benson Creek
Fitzgerald
Arctic Missionary Bishop Bompas Dies in Alaska at Caribou Crossing
Bishop Bompas longtime Arctic assistant and former Bishop of Selkirk died at Caribou Crossing aged 84 after a heart failure. He served 43 years among Yukon Indians and resigned last fall. his successor Bishop I C Stringer arrived from Winnipeg a week ago. He is survived by his wife and to be interred at Caribou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
White Horse
Alaska
William Bompas
Selkirk
Caribou Crossing
Yukon
Bompas
I. C. Stringer
Northwest track meet to feature star athletes in Spokane
Sixty top track and field athletes gather in Spokane on June 22 and 23 for a major Northwest meet. Notables include Gilbert of Multnomah Portland who recently set a 12 ft 6 in pole vault world record, Carey from Montana who may become a world champion, and Coates of Washington State College with a sub 4:40 mile potential. The event promises fast sprints, a celebrated mile relay, and strong hurdles with heightened local interest and hotel offers for visitors.
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Northwest
Spokane
Gilbert
Multonomah Club
Portland
Carey
University of Montana
Sullivan
A. A.U
Washington State College
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club
Kelly
University of Oregon
Alpha Cox
Pacific Coast
Coates
Michigan
Mathews
Edminson
Idaho State College
Parker
University of Washington
Fawsett
Tholme
Malony
Mulonenmah
Seattle
Inland Empire
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Casper
Wyo
Syracuse
N. Y
Desmond Davis
Homer Alexander
Davis
Gladys
King Victor Emmanuel
Titoni
Pennsylvania University
Lexington
Jess Johnson
John Ratliff
Edward O'Dea
Portland General Electric Company
Oregon City
Transvaal
Rockefeller Trust
SAN Francisco Mint
News OF Northwest
Washington, Idaho
Oregon
Idaho Notes
Michael Burns
Frank Brown
Fred Stang
Lewiston
Dent
Clarkston
Strick
Brave Girl
Thug
Leach
Ager
Robert Cosgrove
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