Vast Northwest News Roundup From Washington to Oregon
A windstorm hits the Sound as a Wallula grading crew of about 4100 workers operates on the Columbia north bank. Nome pledges 10000 for Alaska exposition in Seattle 1907. Great Northern posts 5000 reward for train holdup suspects near Ballard. Missing person Frances Bartlett or Frances Erz sought by George Erz Lynden. Newport barge wrecked by dynamite. three deaths occur in separate spots plus a Northern Pacific yard wreck. Spokane pastor A F Hawk sells 320 acres for 14000. Washington State forestry honors at Lewis and Clark expo with gold medals for forestry. Teachers total 5179 with male 64.51, female 51.61 salaries. Spokane opens new public library November 1. State Edu association meets in North Yakima December 28–30. Governors pardon 112 convicts in eight years. Mead pardons 25 in nine months. Rural route from Pomeroy to Tucamon and Marengo starts December 1. Palouse farmers face grain losses as threshing delays bite. Thornton secures $2240 bank capital. Columbia River rising 18 inches in a week from heavy rains. Albert Lambs buys half section near Davenport for 17000. Richland postmaster appointment to W R Lamb. Colfax to hear joint-rate complaints at railroad meeting. 80-year-old Rev David Leland Spaulding dies. U S surveyors finish 49th parallel line work. Canadians to finish next season. Island County sheriff and Island County Times publisher White in a liquor-fueled shooting scrape. White wounded after rampage in Kinith & Wigans store.
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Sound
Wallula
Columbia
Nome
Seattle
Great Northern
Ballard
Frances Bartlett
Frances Erz
Madge Cohen
George Erz
Lynden
Wash
Newport
Pend d’Oreille
Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Edward Tromar
John F. Keiser
Charles Robinson
A. F. Hawk
Spokane
Colfax
Paul Priest
F. W. Statt
Washington Water Power Company
Presbyterian State Synod
Presbytery
Puget Sound
King, Jefferson
Clallam
Whatcom
Skagit, San Juan
Chelan
Presbytery of
Bellingham
State of Washington
Evergreen
State Educational Association
North Yakima
Rogers
McBride
Mead
Pomeroy
Tucamon
Marengo
Palouse
Thornton
Columbia River
Albert Lanbs
C. C. Buck
Davenport
W. R. Lamb
Richland
Kennewick
H. A. Fairchild
John S. McMillin
State Railroad Commission
David Leland Spaulding
E. H. Sullivan
Spokare
United States
Rocky Mountains
Island County
B. J. White
Iguer White
Kinith & Wigans
Kniv
Idaho News Flash an Idaho City and County Highlights
William P Dale aged about 60 died suddenly at his Moscow home. Senator Heyburn recovered from illness and left Washington for Pennsylvania and New Jersey to visit kin. Lieutenant George Steunenberg organizes University of Idaho cadets. Potlatch region has heavy rains injuring wheat. George W Spencer of St Maries dies after paralysis. Idaho State Medical Society meets at Boise elects officers J B Morris E W Kleiman E E Maxey. Northern Pacific to redeem Kootenai county property for 1903 1904 taxes. Russell A Shaw 18 inherits 50000 from Canada. Auclair saloon Butte held up two masked men one arrested Arthur Cummins. second man sought. Mrs Eric Long burned at Meaderville. lamp caused fire. Wasson Oliver 24 suspected murder. French suspect unnamed. Frank Ellison Oscar Matti Swedish miners killed at Rarus mine Butte. Falls sons in Astoria and Hibbing brothers in Lead City. Lightning near Bear Tooth mountain leads to oil gas find. Governor Toole approves Pat Crowe reprieve from Nebraska. Roosevelt proclaims two more Montana forest reserves Hell Gate and Big Belt totaling about 2 250 000 acres. Little Belt and Madison additions 82000 and 88000 acres.
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William P. Dale
Moscow
Heyburn
Washington
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
George Steunenberg
University of Idaho
George W. Spencer
St. Maries
Spencer
Odd Fellows
Idaho State Medical Society
Boise
J. B. Morris
Lewiston
E. W. Kleiman
Shoshone
Russell A Shaw
Butte
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Auclair
Arthur Cummins
Eric Long
Meaderville
Wasson Oliver
Beaverhead County
Frank Ellison
Oscar Matti
Fallison
Astoria
Ore
Hibbing
Minn
Matti
Lead City
S. C
Bear Tooth Mountain
Helena
Toole
Mickey
Nebraska
Pat Crowe
Roosevelt
Montana
Hell Gate
Big Belt
Little Belt
Madison
Dredger Columbia Sunk After Collision Near Portland
A dredger named Columbia sank after colliding with the lighthouse tender Maranilla about 70 miles below Portland. In Portland a 60 year old bachelor William K Burns of Lowe Idaho married a woman of the same age, Jennie Cangborn, license issued by the county clerk. Charlie Wing a Chinese man recently shot another Chinese man Lip at the former's restaurant in Sumpter, likely fatally.
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Columbia
Maranilla
Portland
William K. Burns
Lowe
Idaho
Jennie Cangborn
Charlie Wing
Lip
Sumpter
Dr Hart Denies Guilt In Irene Klokow Case
Chicago reports Dr Oliver B Hart son of a millionaire and husband of a 16 year old wife faces formal murder charges in the death of 10 year old Irene Klokow. The waif from an industrial school, father an insane asylum patient, mother missing, and Hart alleged to be morphine and cocaine addict. A continuance of 10 days was granted after police questioning. Hart maintains the girl swallowed morphine pills by mistake and that he did not attack her.
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Chicago
Oliver B. Hart
Irene Klokow
Hart
Premonition of Death Leads to Buried Plans
Pittstown Pa October 11 Henry Klein aged 60 in good health sought an undertaker last Saturday to arrange burial beside his wife in Philadelphia. He was stricken with paralysis yesterday and died today. The remark about leadership and genius appears as editorial reflection.
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Pittstown
Henry Klein
Philadelphia
Wreck kills three as mail train crashes into horse freight
Millersburg Pa Oct 10 three men died and one was injured after the Erie mail train collided with a caboose and boxcar carrying race horses at a junction south of Millersburg. The horses were bound for the Bloomsburg fair and belonged to eastern owners.
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Millersburg
Lykens Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theodore Scott
Northumberland
Ralph Hendershott
Charles E. Berry
Sanbury
Julius Lesh
Erie
Harrisburg
Berry
Hendershott
Caboose
Bloomsburg
Will Pope Leave Vatican Question Reignites Italy Rift
Rome reports revived debate on the pope possibly leaving the Vatican for health reasons. Heat and summer strain have been cited, with Castel Gandolfo noted as a former summer retreat. Vatican politics and church state relations, generally improved, still influence any potential move despite the pope’s personal hesitance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
Papal Palace
Castel Gandolfo
Alban Hills
Holy See
Italy
Senators Visit North Yakima for Fair Grounds Speeches
Senators Levi Ankeny and Sam H. Piles arrived in North Yakima on Saturday and spoke at the state fair grounds after touring exhibits and watching races. Piles supported a law allowing half breed Indians to sell lands on Yakima’s reservation and irrigation plans were discussed. Ankeny cited a Palouse reclamation project and a $30,000,000 fund from public land sales, insisting the state should receive a fair share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
North Yakima
Levi Ankeny
Sam H. Piles
Yakima Hotel
State Fair Grounds
Piles
Congress
Yakima
Ankeny
Japanese Casualty Totals Reported in War
Official war casualty figures from Victoria B C dated October 10 list 46 108 Japanese soldiers killed 10 970 died of wounds and 15 300 died of disease totaling 72 450 deaths across the theater as reported aboard the steamship Tartar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Victoria
B. C
Mob lynches Black man near Bainbridge Georgia
News from Bainbridge Georgia reports a Black man was lynched by a mob of fellow Black residents 78 miles west. The victim had assaulted a Black girl and attempted another assault, during which she cut him in the breast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge, Ga
Bainbridge
Here
Yellow Fever Figures Improve in New Orleans
New Orleans reported by 6 p.m. on October 10 that new cases reached 19, bringing the total to 3,195. Deaths remained at 419 with no new fatalities. There are 41 new foci, 4 under treatment, and 2,595 discharged from care.
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New Orleans
Sex of angels sparks churchmen debate in England
London discussions echoed New York cabled debates on angel gender. Archdeacon Sinclair sided with traditional views noting angels appear as men or youths and hold no earthly sex, while Dr Peters suggested no scriptural basis for male dominance. He pointed to kingdom language and historical biases shaping belief.
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England
London
New York
Archdeacon Sinclair
Peters
Mining notes recount deals, crimes, and mine rumors
Americans Scully Perry and Newell acquire Durango mining claims for 2.5 million dollars with 1.4 million paid to National Bank of Mexico. Bradley faces an accounting suit in San Francisco over 900 thousand in alleged losses at Bunker Hill Sullivan. Spokane assault on Tom Graney prompts fresh mining word from Wardner. Frisco company formed in Maine with 500 thousand capital to revive an old Coeur d’Alene mine. Quebec Gold Mining starts work near Grand Forks BC. Seattle property sale to an American syndicate. Monitor mine sale for 150 thousand to Rossi and Reed for eastern interests. Lake Shore Moyie fire may cost 30 thousand. Swiftwater Bill Gates returns to Seattle with Alaska tale. no divorce. Morning mine in Mullan Idaho reportedly under option to Federal Mining for 3 million amid silver-lead strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Scully
Perry and Newell
Durango
National Bank of Mexico
Frederick W. Bradley
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Company
Oroville Gold Dredging & Exploration Company
San Francisco
Bradley
Tom Graney
Wardner
Ida
Spokane
Maine
Coeur d’Alenes
Quebec Gold Mining & Smelting Company
Brown's Creek
Grand Forks
B. C
Seattle
Monitor
H. J. Rossi
H. J. Reed
Wallace
Idaho-Montana Line
Northern Pacific Company
Lake Shore
St. Eugene
Moyie
Swiftwater
Bill Gates
Alaska
Mullan
Idaho
Federal Mining & Smelting Company
Will colonize Siberia under new home steading plan
St Petersburg reports a proposed home steading law granting officers and soldiers preemption of free farms in Siberia within two years. Ranges go from 135 to 14,000 acres with bonuses, loans, and five years tax exemption. The policy aims to settle unoccupied lands connected by Transcaspain and Transsiberian railroad developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Far East
Ministries of the Interior and Agriculture
Siberia
Clark at St Luke's Hospital Facing Cancer Battle
New York October 10 General William Thomas Clark chief of staff to Grant’s Army of the Tennessee lies near death from cancer in St Luke’s Hospital after being brought from Washington in hope of an operation. Provincial legislature of British Columbia passes law banning wigs with official attire. Popular preacher may be very popular yet unprofitable.
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New York
William Thomas Clark
Grant
Army of the Tennessee
St. Luke's Hospital
Washington
British Columbia
Review of Happenings in Eastern and Western Hemispheres
National world roundup notes a Moscow bakers strike spreading while ex congressman Jerry Simpson improves in Wichita. Komura sails home from Vancouver. Empress of Russia expected to become a mother. Ambassador Tower and wife hosted by Andrew Carnegie at Skibo. Vladikavkaz train wreck kills 27 and injures 35. Edhem Pasha dies. Alameda to undergo repairs after rock injury. Miss Alice Roosevelt and party return to U.S. St. Paul wreck near Eureka raises total loss fears. Milwaukee typographical union leader vows contract adherence to 1907. French gold shipments to U.S. unclear amid 5 million withdrawal. Dr Munoz of Chihuahua Texas claims serum cures consumption. legislature to fund tests. President creates Tonto forest reserve in Arizona to protect Tonto creek watershed. Michigan hazing erupts. E F Dunne Jr. injured. Stoessel retires with honor. Mme Stoessel buys St Petersburg home. Vatican urged to appoint delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico. Archbishop Farley of New York favored. Clarence B. Ross court martialed for disrespect. reprimand and reduction to 10 files.
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Moscow
Russia
Jerry Simpson
Wichita
Kan
Komura
Japan
Vancouver
B. C
Empress of Russia
Tower
Germany
Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle
England
Vladikavkaz
St. Paul
Eureka
Cal
Milwaukee Typographical Union
United States
Bank of France
Daniel Munoz
Chihuahua
Texas
Arizona
Tonto Reserve
Tonto Creek
University of Michigan
E. ‘Sf. Dunne, Jr
Chicago
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Mme. Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Vatican
Rome
Cuba
Porto Rico
Archbishop Chapelle
New Orleans
Farley
New York
Clarence B. Ross
Artillery Corps
Fort Rodman
Mass
City profits by rum proposed in Gothenburg saloon plan
A written city proposition from 25 Los Angeles business leaders suggests replacing private saloon ownership with a Gothenburg style system. The plan would license 25 saloons, pay the city 18,000 annually, buy fixtures and goodwill, and divide 6 percent dividends to stockholders while excess profits revert to the city treasury.
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Los Angeles
Toe City
Middleton triple murder shocks New York region
In Middleton New York on October 9 investigators uncovered the bodies of Willis and Fred Olney in nearby woods. Nearby, the murdered girl Alice Ingerick lay dead. The Botan brothers were also shot. Before night officials feared a fourth victim, Georgia Ingerick, Alice’s mother.
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Middleton
N. Y
Willis
Fred Olney
Alice Ingerick
Botan Brothers
Georgia Ingerick
Alice
Millions to Reconstruct After Calabria Earthquake
Official reports show 300 villages destroyed in Calabria by the quake. Reconstruction costs are estimated at 30 million dollars with 400 thousand dollars contributed to date.
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Calabria
Boxing notes point to Mellody vs Peterson night in Spokane
Sporting notes say Mellody from Chicago and Peterson arrive for a Spokane Amateur Athletic Club night bout after a draw between Mellody and Fitzpatrick last Saturday. Gardner announces a 133 pound limit for Nelson, and Dan Patch sales filter through with a $180,000 New York syndicate bid. Football results include Wash State 52 Lewiston High 0 and a 0–0 Willamette vs California tie. Willie Fitzgerald defeats Jack Clifford in an eight rounder.
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Mellody
Peterson
Spokane
M. W. Savage
New York
Dan Patch
Wash State College
Lewiston High
Whitman College
Walla Walla
California
University of Willamette
Ore
King of
The
Pacers
Willie Fitzgerald
Jack Clifford
Regional fraternal and fair events listed for autumn
The notice lists upcoming gatherings across the Northwest and Mountain states including the Montana Rebekah state assembly in Anaconda on October 17, Idaho and Montana I O O F events, Spokane grand encampment, Moscow carnival and street fair October 10-14, Lewiston fair October 16-21, Wilbur fair October 24-27, and the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition in Portland June 1 to October 15 with October 6-12 National Poultry Show.
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Montana
Rebekah State Assembly
Anaconda
Washington Educational] Association
North Yakima
Idaho State Rebekah Assembly
Lewiston
I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge
Idaho
Spokane
Moscow
Wilbur
Portland
Car Crash Kills Walter Palmer Near Athens
Athens Mich Oct 10 Walter Palmer was killed instantly in an auto accident two and a half miles west of the village. Chauffeur Blake of Kalamazoo was fatally injured. Mrs Walter Palmer and daughter Frances were bruised though not badly hurt. Vehicle swerved off road into a marsh and capsized.
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Athens
Mich
Walter Palmer
Blake
Kalamazoo
Frances
Vilage
Mer
Monk Gibson Captured After Edna Murder Case
Monk Gibson, a Black man accused of aiding in the Conditt family murders at Edna, Texas, has been captured and is confined in Edna jail. Troops sent by the governor remain nearby as Gibson faces possible vengeance. he was found sleeping in an outhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monk Gibson
Houston
Tex
Conditt
Edna
Gibson
Judge rules papers not appealable in paper trust case
In St Paul United States Judge Vandeventer holds the case United States v General Paper coin cannot be appealed. The ruling concerns a motion to stay a prior court order while awaiting appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandeventer
United States Court At
St. Paul
United State
United States Supreme Court
Hughes declines Republican mayor run in York city
New York on October 11 reports Charles EB Hughes counsel for the insurance investigating committee declined the Republican nomination for mayor of York city. The brief item notes the political move amid local party maneuvering.
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New York
Charles EB Hughes
Insurance Vestigating Committee
York City
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