Van Houten & Messenger Planing Mill Fire at Union
Fire destroyed the Van Houten & Messenger planing mill at Union. Losses were 2000 dollars for the mill, 1000 dollars for lumber, with 1000 dollars insured. The cause is unknown but believed to have originated from the mill. In Washington the Umatilla reservation bounds for stock crossing under a special tax were issued by Major Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Houten & Messenger
Union
Major Edwards
Umatilla Reservation
Department
Washington
Washington Items Summary of 1910 Northern Northwest notices
The Photographers' association of the Pacific northwest elected W. G. Emery president. The Masonic fraternity will lay the cornerstone of a Spokane Y M C A building. Palouse area grain losses from recent fires and extensive harvest work in Whitman county. Vancouver school for deaf and blind reopens with higher attendance. Franklin B. Gault elected president of the South Dakota state university. Coeur d A lene Indian agency headquarters to move to Tekoa. Palouse levies 15 mills for municipal purposes. Tacoma Hotel Donnelly and Northwestern Woodenware factory damaged by fires with losses. Glacier Peak ascent by C E Rusk and A L Cook. Fire season finances under review by State Fire Warden Welty. Walla Walla heiress to German fortune valued at about 50 000. Vashon Island fears prompt warrants for arrest of Bridges gang. Addy farm purchase by N E Christie. Spokane fairgrounds home industry building hosts carnival floats. Walla Walla soda dispensers fined for licensing issues. Union Pacific road plans viewable in Seattle. bids invited. Federal Judge Hanford issues temporary restraining order over wheat-rate enforcement. Professor Cotton extols timothy and red top for restoring depleted ranges. Westbound freight derailed near Camden tunnel due to broken flange. no injuries. Track clearance proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Photographers’ Association of the
Pacific Northwest
W. G. Emery
Masonic Fraternity
Spokane
Palouse
Whitman County
State University of South Dakota
Coeur d’Alene Indian Agency
DeSmet
Tekoa
Donnelly
Tacoma
Northwestern
C. E. Rusk
Chelan
A. L. Cook
Lucerne
Glacier Peak
Washington
J. R. Welty
E. G. Stanly
Walla Walla
Germany
Vashon Island
Seattle
N. E. Christie
Iowa
Internal Revenue
W. E. Blow
Union Pacific
Portland
Sound
Union Pacific Engineers
Hanford
State Railroad Commission
J. S. Cotton
Ellensburg
Timothy
Red
G. N. Camden
Idaho Notes Chronicle From Wallace and Nez Perce Region
Regular notes report deeds for about 2960 acres of timber land in Shoshone and Kootenai counties, a steamboat sale, and a camp outfit on the St. Joe. Witnesses attend land fraud grand jury in Weiser. Indians on Kamiah seek treaty changes. Luz Lyle Gregory murder warrant, lynx capture, Burns theft case, and a Hailey jail stand reveal ongoing regional concerns.
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Idaho
Solomon Hasbrouck
Supreme Court
Boise
Wallace
Shoshone
Kootenai
St. Joe
M. D. Wright
C. H. Reyes
Weiser
Cook Lumber & Timber Company
Pennsylvania
Ed Kitt
Moscow
Gamewell Fire Alarm Company
William McCullough
Charles Brown
Steve Douglas
Dent
Nez Perce
Kamiah
Joseph
Adams
Lyle Gregory
N. P. Hateley
Moscow Mountain
W. L. Burns
San Francisco
Burns
Oregon Short Line
Short Line
Arco
Hailey
L. J. Johnson
Chicago
Bitter Root crossing eyed by railroad plan in Montana
Montana dispatch notes Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway weighing Bitter Root crossing at Saltese. Other items report a Crow Indian chief and relative found dead near Sisseton after a quarrel, public administrator Wisner's suicide in Butte, and autos to be numbered in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Bitter Root Mountains
Saltese
Little Thunder
Crow Wild Reservation
Montana
Crazy Bear
Sisseton
J. S. Wisner
Deer Lodge County
Butte
Silver Bow
T. E. Murphy
Forsyth
Billings
Albert J. Galen
Echo Lake Fish Hatchery Company
Echo Lake
Granite
Milwaukee
Miles City
Cesar Myher
Mary Dinsdale
Red Lodge
Hunt
Helena
Oregon
Butte City
Frank Ely
Mathew Fogarty
Andrew Mehar
Folgarty
Mehar
Ely
Roosevelt Speech at Oyster Bay 200th Episcopal Anniversary
President Roosevelt spoke at the 200th anniversary of Christ Episcopal Church in Oyster Bay. He urged that national wealth should nurture spiritual development and civic virtue, stressing religion's role in daily conduct and the need for Christians to live their faith beyond Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Christ Episcopal Church
H. H. Washburn
Frederick Burgess
Long Island
America
Episcopal
Dev. W. Montague Geer
New York
George R. Vandewater
Dr. Geer
Palma Calls Congress for Cuba Special Session
President Palma issues a call for a special session of congress in Cuba to convene September 14 to address the disturbed country conditions and seek measures to end the crisis. He seeks to share responsibility with Congress amid wearying, complex events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma
Congress
Cuba
Powder Explosion at Mimours Dupont Works Kills One
An explosion at the Dupont powder works in Mimours Virginia fatally injures C. D. Clark and wounds four others. The cause remains unknown as investigators assess the blast site. Emperor William of Germany sails along the Norwegian coast on his imperial yacht Hamburg with limited interaction and a strict social protocol.
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Dupont Powder Works
Mimours
C. D. Clark
Emperor Willam
Germany
Hamburg
Wealthy bachelor James H. Smith to wed Mrs Rhinelaacher Stewart
Banns for the marriage of James H. Smith of New York heir to George Smith of Chicago and Mrs Rhinelaacher Stewart of Baltimore were read at the Parish church of Alvie Invernesshire Scotland. Smith a bachelor known as Silent Smith inherits from his uncle an estate valued at over 50 million dollars and owns the Whitney residence on Fifth Avenue. Stewart recently divorced, is prominent in society and sister of Mrs Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia.
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James H. Smith
New York
George Smith
Chicago
Rhinelaacher Stewart
Baltimore
Alvie
Invernesshire
Scotland
Silent Smith
Smith
Whitney
Fifth Avenue
Spokane Theatre Opens September Run With Uncle Josh Perkins
The Spokane Theatre in Spokane begins September 2 with Uncle Josh Perkins for two nights. September 14 to 15 feature Hi Henry's Minstrels, September 16 to 22 The Roscinas, September 24 to 26 The Juvenile Bostonians, September 27 to 28 Checkers, and September 30 to October 1 The Maid and the Mummy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Josh Perkins
Hi Henry
Hi Henry Minstrels Attract Spokane Theater This Week
The Hi Henry minstrels returning to the northwest after seven years will perform Friday and Saturday nights and a Saturday matinee at Spokane theater. The program features varied talents, elaborate stage settings, moving electrical effects, and fine singing and music. Mr Hi Henry will present his famed solo and selections from The Old Songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Henry
Northwest
Spokane
Roscean Opera Company to Open Spokane Engagement
The Roscean Opera Company is set for a one week run at the Spokane theater starting Sunday evening September 16. The company will present many of the West’s best operas led by Fra Diavolo, their recent crowd favorite from prior Spokane appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscean Opera Company
Spokane
Roscean Opera Co
West
Fra Diavolo
Derailed Train Sparked Cuban Revolt Clash Near Consolacion
Government troops from Havana derailed near Consolacion del Sur as insurgents led by Kino Guerrera attacked the forced train. Colonel Avalos with 400 men arrived, repelling the assault and driving rebels westward after a bridge was destroyed. Casualties included one killed and six wounded. Reports claim 200 insurgents were killed, unconfirmed, with further fighting in Guanajay and a halt to hostilities.
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Paso Real
Cuba
Havana
Consolacion del Sur
Kino Guerrera
Avalos
Santa Clara River
Herradura
Arroyo Cruz
Guerrera
Ravenna
Pino Guerrera
Diaz
Guanajay
Santa Clara
Spokane Wholesale Market Prices for Produce and Feed
Wholesale prices list Spokane market figures for vegetables fruits and dairy with items such as cabbage onions tomatoes watermelons cucumbers cantaloupes and peaches. Also includes butter eggs cheese honey sugar coffee seed alfalfa timothy hay and grain costs plus Northwest wheat quotes from Portland Tacoma and Spokane markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Ford
Minnesota
California
F. O. B. Spokane
Growth of Washington Population Surges Past Forecasts
A census by Washington police shows the national capital growing faster than its federal role suggests. From 1900 to 1905 the population rose to 822,572, a 15.03 percent gain, with potential to reach about 336,000 by 1910. The city climbs to fourteenth or higher among major U.S. cities, driven by government advance and urban expansion.
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Washington
National Capital
Baltimore
Federal Service
District of Columbia
Federal District
Philadelphia
Atlantic Seaboard
Detroit
Milwaukee
New Orleana
New Orleans
United States
Ift
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Montana News
Creed
Mr. Roosevelt
United Railroads
Ferry Building
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Philadelphia Press
Hi Henry Minstrels
TRIN
Guererra
Ore
Valley
Wash
Browning
Persevera U
England
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