Seattle grocers seek 1907 state convention in Spokane
A Seattle committee of retail grocers appointed to attend the state convention at Spokane plans to secure the 1907 gathering for their city. Other items include a fatal auto accident in Ser Battle, carnival queen Edna Lavell named for the Spokane Interstate fair, and various national woes from labor to politics.
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Seattle
Spokane
Lauritz Bakken
Ser Battle
Pine and
First Avenue
John Mcgrath
Edna
Inland Empire
Edna Lavell
Butte
St. George Island
Andrew Fruseth
Sailors’ Union
Alaska
British Columbia
Moscow
Min
Stolypin
Byran
New Zealand
Earl
Real Estate Trust Company
Philadelphia
Trust Department
Hipple
Nasas
Gomez Palacio
Lerdo
Mexico
Mexican Central Railroad
Frank H. Hipple
Constant Williams
Department of Columbia
Denver
San Diego
Cal
Secretary of State of Colorado
Denver Transcontinental Railway Corporation
W. J. Bryan
W. R. Hearst
Bedford
Jane Stanford
Leland Stanford
South Africa
Africa
Elbert Hubbard
Eleventh
Iowa
Congress
Sheridan
Honolulu
Geneva
Feraro
Glacier de Triolet
President Roosevelt Reviews Massive Naval Parade
At Oyster Bay on September 4, President Roosevelt stepped aboard the Mayflower to review what is believed to be the largest war fleet assembled in American waters. A 21 gun salute sounded as two score warships fired in unison for the spectacle aboard the naval yacht Mayflower.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Record Verifications and Local Sports Highlights
Secretary Sullivan says Kelleys world record 935 seconds at Spokane will be verified with Bert Kerrigan of Portland. Whitman College hires J H Baird as football coach. Percie Cove stops Bobby Johnson in Everett two rounds as Kid Scaler eyes a rematch. Nelson B C lacrosse claims Kokoways title. Hanlon may retire after season with Cincinnati. Nehring drafted by Philadelphia Americans. Portland results surprise include Miss Campbell’s loss in the ladies final 8 6 7 5 6 1. Philadelphia beats Boston 4 1 in 24 innings. Coombs 18 strikeouts, Harris tied at 23 innings.
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Sullivan
Spokane
Kelley
Bert Kerrigan
Portland
Oregon
Dan Kelley
Northwest
J. H. Baird
Northwestern University
Whitman
Percie Cove
Bobby Johnson
Miss Campbell
Bank Robbery Strikes Rainier Oregon Bank
Two men robbed the State Bank of Rainier Oregon in broad daylight on a holiday afternoon. They looted 2000 to 2500 dollars in gold coin while cashier P W Van Aucher was bound and gagged in a back room and escaped before the alarm. One suspect was American with a dark mustache about 30, the other a Swede about 45 with sandy hair.
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Rainier
Ore
P. W. van Aucher
van Aucher
Aucher
Fairbanks Addresses Irrigation Congress in Boise
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks was the guest of Boise and the 14th annual national irrigation congress. The event opened with a Roosevelt greeting and a congress resolution thanking the president. Fairbanks urged support for irrigationists and received hearty applause.
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Boise
Idaho
Charles W. Fairbanks
National Irrigation Congress
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Fairbank
Clumsy Attempt to Kill Police Lieutenant in Bialystok
A bomb attack in Bialystok failed against Lieutenant of Police Hodoroffsky on Sunday. A Jewish suspect, identified as the author of the attempt, was arrested.
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Bialystok
Hodoroffsky
Bloodshed at Florence mine siege in Punxsutawney
In Florence seven miles from Punxsutawney Pennsylvania a fierce confrontation between 20 state constabulary troopers and a group of foreigners led to 500 shots fired. Two troopers died and one wounded. rebels barricaded in a house as dawn neared. The siege drew in police and townspeople ready to assist.
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Troop D
State Constabulary
Florence
Logan
Lepold Scarlet
Salvatore Walzoch
Black Hand
John Henry
Waltzoch House
Chambers
Mullen
Zehriger
Gross
Cummings
Zehringer
Punxsu
Tawney
Egle
Stensland Caught in Morocco
Chicago dispatch reports Paul O. Stensland president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank has been captured in Tangier Morocco. A Tribune representative and Assistant States Attorney Olsen conducted the arrest after tracking him since August 13.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Tangier
Morocco
Paul O. Stensland
Millwaukee Avenue State Bank
The
Tribune
Olsen
Stensland
World News Roundup: Stoulpin Favor With Emperor and Root in Chile
Premier Stoulpin enjoys strong favor with the emperor as roots of domestic opposition are ignored. Secretary Root arrives in Santiago, Chile, and is greeted warmly at the station before a state coach procession to the palace with cheering crowds. In Havana insurrection opinions split as both sides concede stalemate. Von Becker named temporary governor general of Warsaw. In St. Petersburg terrorism rises and anti Jew hostility grows, limiting potential rights gains.
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Stoulpin
Peterhof
Root
Santiago
Chile
Columbia
United States
Havana
von Becker
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Labor unions win rights to call boycotts upheld
Justice Stafford in the district supreme court at the national capitol ruled that union sympathizers may urge patrons to withhold from non-union tradesmen. He dismissed the temporary injunction against the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union, which had been sought by baker John Bender.
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Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
National Capitol
Lady Campbell Bannerman Taken for Funeral Train
The body of Lady Campbell Bannerman wife of the British premier was sent by train after brief cemetery chapel services. King Edward joined mourners in the funeral procession as it moved toward Lonton.
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London
Marienbad
Nelson Loses To Joe Gans In Long Fight Foul
Goldfield report describes a 42nd round foul by Battling Nelson on Joe Gans. Referee Siler halted the bout and awarded victory to Gans for the deliberate groin blow. Gans, injured in round three, fought effectively with his left hand and superior endurance.
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Goldfield
Nelson
Joe Gans
Gans
Gan
Siler
Hhe Ring
Billy Nolan
Nelson Gan
Evans
Larry
Sullivan
Labor Day boxing rounds headline big fights
Joe Thomas stopped Bill Mellody in the 11th round at Chelsea Massachusetts. Mellody suffers first defeat in nearly two years. Abe Attell defended the featherweight title by stopping Frank Carsey in Davenport in the third of 15. Freddie Weeks stopped Monte Attell in Victo r Colorado in the fifth. Attell’s seconds protested foul. Mike Sullivan knocked Jack Dougherty out in the 19th of a scheduled 20 round welterweight title bout at Butte.
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California
Bill
Honey
Mellody
Spokane
Chelsea
Mass
Tin
Mellod
Abe Attell
Frank Carsey
Davenport
Iowa
Freddie Weeks
Butte
Monte Attell
San Francisco
Victor
Col
Attell
Mike
Twin
Idaho notes and incidents across the region
Lewiston hosts 32nd degree Masons fall consistory. A nitro glycerine bomb found near Payette turned to authorities. Coeur d'Alene banks form a clearing house. Pocatlatch river lease for fish preserve by Pickett and McGary. Government to stock 22,000 trout fry in October, fishing banned two years. Wreck near Wrenceo delays trains. no injuries. Heinze sawmill at Counci restarts after fire with new machinery. Miners Wardner aide Landers committed to Orofino asylum. Pier accident injures carpenter Britt saved by fellow workman. Culdesac boy Lawrence ordered to Orofino asylum. Post Falls schools open with five teachers.
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Lewiston
Payette
Coeur d'Alene
G. G. Pickett
J. D. McGary
Moscow
Potlatch River
West Fork
Ruby Creek
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Wrencoe
Great Northern
Heinze
Counci
Fred Landers
Wardner
Orofino
George Britt
Northern Pacific
Clearwater
Art
Britt
Joseph Lawrence
J. B. Lawrence
Culdesac
Post Falls
Washington Items: Trout Creek Fatalities and Local News
Fullerton and Wonderlick, prosperous farmers, died after a buggy rollover near Trout Creek nine miles north of Republic. Robbery at Latah depot. Thurman seen near Waukon after Lipscomb murder. Davis, a former Fairfield businessman, missing. New freight rates out of Walla Walla. Scott shot by Robinson near Lake Washington. death of bear mistaken. Deckhand Schlaeppe drowned in the Columbia at Wenatchee. Berg set sheep sale record of 8500 head in North Yakima. Electric railway to Big Bend area assured. Davenport churches open harvest reading room. Colfax merchant Hincliff dead. Wenatchee merchants plan October harvest festival. Hazelwood of Kane buys a ranch near Krupp. Census shows 219,211 children, 179,994 pupils, 127,505 daily attendance in Washington schools. A. A. Walgren dead. Wilson hospitalized. Jones jailed after Aberdeen dance hall fight. Shively resigns as deputy insurance commissioner. State state lands near Priest Rapids sale brings over 100000 dollars. Hanford Irrigation firm buys most bid land. Spokane County to incur minimal funeral cost.
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S. Fullerton
Martin Wonderlick
Trout Creek
Republic
Latah
Theodore Thurman
Mark Lipscomb
Tyler
Waukon
Edwall
W. A. Davis
Fairfield
Walla Walla
Paul Scott
James Robinson
Lake Washington
Seatttle
Robinson
Robert Schlaeppe
Columbia
Wenatchee
Ernest Berg
North Yakima
Spokass
Big Bend
Davenport
E. H. Hincliff
Colfax
Powering Northwest News From Spokane to Montana
Reports cover a Toppenish powwow plan in October and an October Riverside fair for Okanogan county, the Bradley hotel fire at Waterville, Ellensburg rail work by C M St P, and a Spokane broker paroled after a court fraud case. Also noted are Walla Walla mine wrecks, Oregon rescue incidents, Montana drownings, dam contracts, railroad proposals, and a wave of fatalities from Red Lodge to Billings with religious and immigrant notes.
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Riverside
Waterville
Big Bend Country
Bradley
Big Bend
Ellensburg
Howard Kressly
Spokane
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Govenor Mead
H. S. Gowing
Prescott
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Weston
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