Northwest News Bits From Spokane And Nearby Areas
Northwest items report pleading guilty to forging a father's name on a $20 check in North Yakima. Fire drill emphasis grows in Davenport schools. Japanese visitors Prince Haseba and Yashahiro Yamashita visited Spokane as guests of local alumni. Eastern court sessions discussion prompts Spokane Bar Association meeting invitation. Skagit River rises near Sedro and floods Sterling bend, threatening Great Northern line. Minkler sits in a lake as homes abandoned. Seattle reports currency shavings in circulation. Brewster Bridgeport steamboat service hindered by low water. Wenatchee trips longer in low water. Rambouillet sheep of R A Jackson to appear at Chicago show. gold medal winner at St Louis exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Thede
North Yakima
Davenport
Prince Haseba
Yashahiro Yamashita
Spokane
W. F. Meier
George A. Lee
Yamashita
University of Nebraska
A. E. Mead
Supreme Court
Washington
William E. Richardson
Spokane Bar Association
Skagit River
Sedro
Sterling Bend
Great Northern
Minkler
Seattle
Brewster
Bridgeport
Wenatchee
R. A. Jackson
Columbia County
Chicago
Idaho News Highlights From Sandpoint To Lewiston
Idaho briefs report Sandpoint boys seeking basketball schedules, Taft's campaign stops in Boise and Pocatello on November 2 and 3, and a Lewiston fuel relief in sight. An inquest in Mullan into James O Neil’s death cites possible foul play. $5000 claim sale noted. Mud in Moravia linked to volcanic dust from Washington. Coroner Keys holds pending verdict. Robert Lansdon resigning as state secretary candidate. no change. Clearwater logs and wood boom in the east end. Oregon Railroad bridge falsework washed away. Sandpoint Presbyterian church completed. Hope Athletic Club grows to 36. Miner James Casey dies after a missed hole at Osburn prospect shaft. Lewiston prep star Lloyd Fenn set to enter Ann Arbor after setting interscholastic records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandpoint
Eee & Taft
Washington
Boise
Pocatello
Lewiston
Mullan
D. E. Keys
James O'Neil
Clearwater
O'Neil
Moravia
Idaho Panhandle
Walla Walla
Palouse
Big Bend
Idaho
Robert Lansdon
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
New Presbyterian Church
Hope Athletic Club
James Casey
Capitol Prospect
Osburn
Lloyd Fenn
Idaho Forest Reserve Superintendent’s Son Mentioned
A fragment notes that the subject is the son of the Idaho forest reserves superintendent, linking a family detail to official position. The brief hints at a governance context without broader narrative.
Montana Items on Indictment and Local Tragedies
F E Garside of the Aetna bank in Butte is missing after a grand jury indictment linked to the bank’s failure. Investigations into Aetna affairs proceed amid rumors of further disclosures. A Montana wool growers organization effort intensifies to unite sheepmen statewide. Back driver Joseph Gardiner died after a six block sprint down Wyoming street in Butte, struck against a telegraph post. Harry Penna, convicted of first degree murder of Mrs. Susan Bryant in Butte last April, awaits sentencing as defense seeks time to perfect an appeal, with Judge Donlan delaying to November 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Garside
Defunat Aetna
Butte
Grand Jury
Aetna
Montana
Wyoming Street
Joseph Gardiner
Harry Penna
Susan Bryant
Donlan
Alex Mackel
Oregon Squibs and Wheat Trade Moves
Governor Chamberlain and officials toured the Walla Walla penitentiary jute mill to study a possible similar project for Salem. W J Burns of Balfour Guthrie & Co signed the grain exporters and handlers contract. All waterfront exporters are listed as fair. Grain ship loading began Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Chamberlain
Walla Walla
Salem
W. J. Burns
Balfour, Guthrie & Co
Northwest
Sporting Notes From Moscow and Beyond
Recap of early 1900s sports notes. Fred Moulton boots Oregon to a 12 0 win over Idaho on their field. Promoter Coffroth targets big purses while boxing names clash. Also reports on horses, racing, and Saturday college football results across several teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Idaho
Fred Moulton
Oregon
Biddy Bishop
Louie Long
Nelson
Spokane
Joe Gans
Kid Hermann
Chicago
Coffroth
Terry McGovern
Young Corbett
Colma Club
San Francisco
Jimmy Britt
Jeffries
Jack O'Brien
Los Angeles
Eddie Graney
James W. Coffroth
Kaufmann
Berger
Tommy Corcoran
Hughey Jennings
Baltimore Orioles
Harry Pollock
al Hereford
Eureka Athletic Club
Baltimore
Tommy Stone
Barney Oldfield
California
Mutiny Reported at Harbin Amid Bandit Plundering
Army circles admit serious trouble at Harbin Manchuria though exact details are scarce. Censorship on Harbin press dispatches noted as several battalions mutinied while Chinese bandits plunder toward the city gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin
Manchuria
Heroines of Fiction Color Frontispiece Series
The November Century frontispiece will feature Becky Sharp from Vanity Fair as the first in a color portrait series titled Heroines of Fiction. Artist Sigismond de Ivanowski promises sympathetic, brilliant interpretation and the new overcoat remark hints at technical comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Sharp
Vanity Fair
Sigismond de Ivanowski
North Pole claims and political shifts headline week
A dispatch mix reports Mrs Peary asserting the North Pole discovery, San Francisco's mayor touring London to study reconstruction for a 200 year horizon, and state affairs including post office stamp production shifts. It notes a fatal wagon collision on Great Northern train No 272 and a murder mystery near Bristol S D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
S. D
Coeur d’Alene
F. Augustus Heinze
Monitor
Montana
Heinze
Butte
Portland
Maine
New York Times
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Eugene Schmitz
San Francisco
Melilla
Morocco
Mullaya
Perry Ryan
Seattle
24Th
Iowa Volunteers
Kane County
Illinois
George B. Cortelyon
Republican National Committee
SHE LOVES HER FOUR HUSBANDS New York Woman Bigamist Knew How to Handle the Boys
Augusta Brunning a former cook appeared in police court after admitting four marriages to different men. Magistrate Steinert held her on five thousand dollars bail for the grand jury after she waived examination. She claimed she did nothing wrong, saying all four husbands were nice and she loved them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Augusta Brunning
Steinert
Four More Die in Kansas City Building Collapse
Four additional bodies were recovered from the Chamber of Commerce building ruins in Kansas City Kansas raising total deaths to 12 with four others still missing. The report notes a separate Vancouver Island whaling station has reduced Puget Sound herring abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Puget Sound
Vancouver Island
Tragedy in Hotel Griffon End of Fatal Pact?
Louis G. Hampton assistant secretary of the United States Trust Co of New York shot Victoria Taczkow in the Hotel Griffon on West Ninth Street and then killed himself. Hampton reportedly courted the young woman and they were together at the hotel since yesterday. It is unclear if a mutual pact to die was arranged, though circumstances suggest she agreed to die with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis G. Hampton
United States Trust Company
New York City
Victoria C. Taczkow
Griffon
West Ninth Street
Hampton
St Nicholas to Feature Serial For Boys and Christmas Tale For Girls
The 1907 issue will include a boys serial from the author of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabage Patch and a Christmas story for girls by the author of Rebecca. A girls story from Emmy Lou's author and further Pinkey Perkins adventures are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Hodgson Burnett
St. Nicholas
Mrs. Wiggs of
the Cabbage Patch
Rebecca
Emmy Lou
Pinkey Perkins
Daring Robbery Stirs St Petersburg Rail Split
A band of revolutionists attacked a customs official in St Petersburg and stole about 200 000 in cash after bombing the carriage. A running fight with guards, soldiers, and police lasted 15 minutes, with two killed and several captured. Authorities report the haul as 195 000 to 330 000 depending on counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Customs Service
Parce
Ekaterinsk Canal
Moscow
Warsaw
Customs House
Cuban Treasury Deficit Revealed in Havana Report
Major Ladd, treasury supervisor, reports to Governor Magoon on Cuba's finances. Liabilities total 31 million dollars while assets stand at 27 million, leaving a deficit of 4 million if all obligations are met this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Major Ladd
Treasury
Magoon
Standard Oil Wins Over Ohio Attorney General
Attorney General Ellis of Ohio was defeated in a case against the oil trust. Judge Dillon in the common pleas court ruled against the state on a Willis law claim for fines totaling 270000 derived from the Manhattan Oil Company, part of Standard Oil. The company admitted nonpayment of the tax but claimed exemption. motion for judgment upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Ellis
Ohio
The
Oil Trust
Dillon
Common Pleas Court
Manhattan Oil Company
Sixty Weeks for $1.75 Youth's Companion Offer
An advertising note offers a 1906 subscription deal. New subscribers who remit $1.75 now receive all remaining 1906 issues free, with the Youth's Companion published in Boston at 144 Berkeley Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Youth's Companion
Berkeley Street
Boston
Mass
Castro Again on Duty Returns to Presidency in Venezuela
Cablegram from Caracas dated October 25 reports President Castro has returned and resumed the duties of the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcas
Castro
Forty-two States Vote as Ballots Rally Next Tuesday
A national election wave sweeps 42 states and three territories next Tuesday. Governors and state officers are chosen in 23 states, with varying legislative and judicial selections. Senators' terms expire March 3, 1907, and the Sixtieth Congress faces a 386-member House with Republicans holding a 250 to 136 edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Maine
Vermont
Congress
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
Virginia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
Senate
House of Representatives
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
Washington
Delaware
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Utah
Connecticut
Colorado
Idaho
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Massachusetts
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
Seventy Drowned Electric Train At Atlantic City
At least fifty, likely seventy five, people died when a three car electric train on the Pennsylvania Railroad third rail system struck a spread rail on a drawbridge near Atlantic City and plunged into 35 feet of water. Conductor James L. Curtis survived but cannot confirm passenger totals. boats and wrecking equipment comb the canal as desperate search efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Beach
James L. Curtis
Fated Camden Train Sets Sail on Sunday Trip
A Camden bound train of three cars left on time at one o clock with Motorman Walter Scott as controller, Charles Wood brakeman, and James L Curtis conductor. The usual Sunday crowd included Philadelphians headed to the beach to try the new electric road operating since September. The report notes freedom to state actions under other circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Walter Scott
Charles Wood
James L. Curtis
That City
Millionaire Robert Snyder Dies in Kansas City Auto Crash
Kansas City mourns Robert M. Snyder a wealthy capitalist and St Louis bribery indictment target who died from injuries after an auto collision. Driver Frank Schroeder claims slow speed while witnesses say racing. Snyder survived by a widow and three sons. Arthur Rodell a 13 year old boy died from skull injuries in the same crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert of Snyder
St. Louis
Robert Snyder
Carey Snyder
Woolford
Criminal Court
Young Snyder
Hillsboro
Ore
Forest Grove
Oregon
Frank M. Schroeder
Cleveland
Ohio
Schroeder
Snyder
Arthur Rodell
Agnew Hospital
Young Rodell
Robert M. Snyder
Joseph W. Folk
Supreme Court of the State
House of Delegates
Gas Blast Destroys Coffeyville Block Killing Two
In Coffeyville Kansas a natural gas explosion at noon Sunday razed five two story buildings on Eighth Street. Two people were killed, one is missing, four were seriously injured and about 20 others injured. Names include Jess Ross Mrs J E McDaniel C J Clossen Colton Ray and Mrs Pearl Kellar and her three year old son. The blast likely due to gas leaking from a main igniting after accumulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
Topeka
Jess Ross
J. E. McDaniel
J. E. Clossen
C. J. Clossen
Colton Ray
Pearl Kellar
Kellar
Eighth Street
Delays in Priest River Forest Reserve Extension
The extension of Idaho’s Priest River forest reserve into Washington to include hundreds of thousands of timber acres has been postponed until Congress convenes. Forester Pinchot will press the plan with Stevens County land withdrawals and the state congressional delegation who oppose a larger reserve. Forest officials say the timbered area has suffered fire damage and could be saved only by including it in the reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priest River
Idaho
Washington
Stevens County
Congress
Forester
Pinchot
Mense
Forest Service
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News OF Northwest
Washington, Idaho, Oregon
Acci
Washington Notes
Idaho News
Sporting Notes
Oregon A. C
Multnomah
Whitman
Idaho Preps
Lewiston High
Livingston High
Butte High
Spokane High
Blair
Heroines of
News OF the World
Globe
Newfield
Cape May
Pleasantville
AM. Snyder
Kansas City, Mo
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