Northwest Items Highlight Exposition Site Choice and Local News
Seattle selected as site for the Alaskan Yukon Exposition after executive review. Otto Raisler identified from a Newport boom death. Methow Valley irrigation advances amid varied railroad talk and local incidents across the Northwest including a Spokane bridge collapse and several murders. Local politics, land fencing cases, and irrigation plans feature in ongoing regional updates.
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Seattle
Fidelity Lumber Company
Newport
Otto Raisler
Pend d'Oreille
Priest River
Methow
State Board of Education
Grace Crooks
Prosger
Benton County
Marcus Whitman
Congressman Cushman
Miss Crooks
Thomas Cullen
Everett
Frank Jones
Spokane
Pasco
Texas Ferry
Snake River
Riparia
Harry A. Brewitt
Walla Walla
Mead
James
Curly) Rodgers
Ferry Hotel
Ferry
Annie Turner
Tacoma
Tacoma Railway & Power Company
Fatal Pasadena wreck roasts two in blaze on Colorado street
An automobile overturned on Colorado street in Pasadena Sunday morning at about 60 miles per hour. The motor exploded, engulfing the car in flames. Mrs. J. J. Cordori was pinned inside and burned to death. Jack Henderson, a Pasadena chauffeur, was severely burned and may die.
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Colorado Street
Pasadena
J. J. Cordori
Jack Henderson
Four Die In Lake Memphramagog Canoe Disaster
Four persons drowned in Lake Memphramagog Vermont on Sunday when a canoe overturned. Names and details not provided. Authorities investigated the accidental drowning as a tragic water incident on lake recreation.
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Lake Memhpramagog
Congress Passes Major Bills and Enacts Labor Reforms
The Fifty ninth congress moves toward many laws including pure food and railroad rate bills. It adds possible new states, dissolves four territories, and advances alcohol and Panama Canal provisions. A record number of nearly 20 000 bills introduced dominates the session.
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Panama
Congress
Panama Canal
Santo Domingo
Philippines
Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
Organized Labor
House
Labor Committee
Soldiers to be Well Dressed Military Uniforms Profit Debate
London reports the United States War Department has hired British tailor G. W. Winter to advise on army clothing. The deal, confirmed in Washington, includes Winter as an expert in military equipment and his son expected to accompany him as a model. The arrangement raises questions about spending for uniforms.
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United States
Junius G. Sanders
Montana
A.W. Erickson
Melrose
Bitter Valley
Billings
London
Washington
United States War Department
G. W. Winter
Rebels Reported Winning in Guatemala Crisis
The Acapulco reports Guatemala’s revolutionaries control the west coast and expect Cabrera’s fall. Rebel forces number around 5000 locally with estimates up to 15,000 from Nicaragua and El Salvador. A Salvadorean border battle allegedly killed 460 Cabrera troops. News censorship under Cabrera continues.
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Cabrera
Pacific Mail
Acapulco
San Francisco
Central America
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Salvador
Mexico
Raid on Mexico City Convent Finds Illegal House
A Moscas street building in Mexico City was raided revealing a convent operating contrary to reform laws. The large house includes cells chapel and refectory with Carmelites veiled inmates. Legal action will be taken in the First District court. Religious orders involved in teaching and charity have not been interfered with.
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Moscas Street
Mexico City
First District
Amador Presidency Endures Amid Panama Unrest
Panama reports that Amador's administration remains in power due to a sizable force of American marines and armed Gatling guns along the canal. Despite this show of force, there is growing discontent among progressive residents that may spark a revolution.
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Panama
Amador
Canal Strip
Panama Republic
Police use fast cars to crackdown on Sunday speeders in NYC
Police Commissioner Bing ham outfits two squads with high powered touring cars to arrest speed law violators. By nightfall they had 22 arrests of chauffeurs and owners with $100 cash bail posted.
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New York City
Bingham
W C T U Prepares Spokane Fair Entertainment Corner
The W C T U prepares to entertain at the Spokane Interstate Fair September 24 to October 6. They restored the old Bandstand on the grounds and will run a convenient headquarters day and night. They will manage the nursery department and supervise babies during the event.
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Spokane
Union
Cosgrove
Public Buildings Bill Totals $12 Million in Appropriations
The omnibus public buildings appropriations bill reported to the House carries over $12,000,000 for federal buildings and sites. Washington items include Spokane and Tacoma at $100,000 each, totaling $500,000 for Spokane and Tacoma buildings, excluding sites. The measure provides for a site purchase for a building at North Yakima.
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House
Congress
Washington
Spokane
Tacoma
North Yakima
Exiled Massachusetts Legislator Threatens Exposures After Guilty Plea
F J Getho, expelled for attempting to bribe legislators, confesses guilt and vows to name every member involved in bribery at the state house. He claims several lawmakers took bribes and says his revelations will end bribery at the state house. Dr William R Brooks of Smith Observatory Geneva NY, credited with discovering the first comet of the year, has 25 discoveries to his name.
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Miles City
Sheridan
Wyo
J. L. Pemberton
Big Timber
Kansas City
Lessner
Kan
Great Falls
Senate
West Gallatin
Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Havre
Congress
Gregson Springs
Butte
San Francisco
Shriners
Montana
F. J. Getho
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Gethro
House
State House
William R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Geneva
N. Y
The Liar Prompts Laughs At Columbia Theater
Spokane theaters feature The Liar at the Columbia this week amid plans for Parson Jim by Lloyd Grand and a July 9 10 engagement by Miss Henrietta Crosman in Mary Mary Quite Contrary. Crosman known for witty impromptu speeches delights audiences.
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Lloyd Grand
Miss Crosman
Henrietta Crosman
Spokane
Mary
New York
Spokane Wholesale Produce Price Report
Wholesale prices list for vegetables fruits and staples in Spokane including potatoes cabbage lettuce tomatoes oranges bananas and dried fruit. Butter eggs poultry beef pork mutton veal and feed prices are also noted with quantities and per unit terms.
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Walla Walla
California
Ford
Minnesota
F. O. B. Spokane
Northwestern Wheat Prices by City and Grade
Northwestern wheat prices in Portland Oregon show club 72 cents bluestem 75 cents red 70 cents valley 72 cents. Tacoma Washington quotes higher for red with see rename 74 cents club 72 cents red 70 cents.
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Portland
Ore
Bluestem
Valley
Tacoma
Wash
Brakeman Injured In Freight Yard Accident
G J Massey a Northern Pacific brakeman from Spokane was crushed between two cars near Marshall Washington and taken to Missoula Montana hospital. He previously saved Mrs Kelly and her daughter in Hoquiam during a log train accident. His real name is G J Miller.
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G. J. Massey
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Marshall
Wash
Missoula
Mont
Hoquiam
Massey
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
G. J. Miller
Mining notes show strikes end and dividends rise in Western fields
The Michigan bituminous miners strike ends after April 1 with wage scales restored and inflation fee cut from fifty to twenty five dollars. Hecla Mining in Coeur d Alene pays a sixth 1903 dividend of sixty thousand, totaling one hundred ninety thousand for the year. Other mines report progress and sales, including compressor arrival at Morning mine Idaho, Le Roi profits at Rossland, and Oro Denoro option taken by British Columbia Copper, with Stewart mine sale rumored and Heinze purchase denied.
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Michigan
Hecla Mining Company
Coeur d’Alene
E. H. Moffitt
Star Mining Company
Mullan
Idaho
Ihe
British Columbia Copper Company
Greenwood
B. C
Rossland
Boundary Mines
Boundary
British Columbia Copper Company, Limited
Oro Denoro
Summit Camp
London Food Inspection Plan Seeks Parliamentary Powers
The London county council health committee urges Parliament to empower London to establish food inspection stations and public slaughter houses and to inspect all food entering the capital.
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London County Council
London
Cramp's Shipyard Wins Bid for Navy Machinery Contract
William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, bids $3,540,000 to build ships of the Michigan and South Carolina type with prescribed machinery. Navy plans likely to be accepted over other proposals as class one bids. The president sent to the Senate the nomination of George B. McGogan of Indiana as consul at La Paz Mexico.
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Cramp’s
William Cramp & Sons’ Ship & Engine Building Company
Philadelphia
Michigan
South Carolina
Navy Department
Department
Cramps
Senate
George B. McGoggan
Indiana
la Paz
Mexico
Burlington Route Offers Eastern Travel At Low Rates
A traveling agent advertises Burlington service with routes via Billings St Paul or Denver promising comfortable journeys and low fares. Separately the mining town of Cobalt Ontario is reported destroyed by fire with several deaths in an explosion.
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Burlington
Billings
St. Paul
Denver
A. B. Jackson
Riverside Ave
Spokane
Wash
Cobalt
New Ontario
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Sam
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