Northern Pacific survey in Kennewick valley and regional incidents
News from Washington Idaho Montana and Oregon report Northern Pacific survey crews finishing work in the Kennewick valley. A stock of local accidents includes a fatality in Walla Walla and a Seattle saloon robbery. Railroads plan Spokane fair crowds and possible Colfax banking expansion. A Stampede tunnel wreck delays westbound wheat traffic with no injuries.
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Harrington
Northern Pacific
Kennewick Valley
Jessie Bacon
Chris Issit
Walla Walla
George Schmidt
J. Overbaugh
Schmidt
Sedgwick Post
Woman's Relief Corps
Spokane
Washington
Asotin
North Yakima
Portland & Seattle Railway Company
Olympia
Columbia
Okanogan Rivers
Oroville
Okanogan County
British Columbia
Barneston
Cedar River
Kent Lumber Company
Reclamation Service
Kennewick
Yakima River
Prosser
Kennewick Canal
Colfax
Farmers & Traders
Merchants & Farmers Bank
Bank of
Western Division
Northern Pacific Railroad
Tacoma
Oregon Items From Athena Mills to a Fatal Bullet
Oregon items report the Preston Parton Flouring Mills at Athena running double shifts on a 7000 barrel contract for oriental delivery. The mill outputs 100 barrels per day with 23 men and a 100 dollar daily payroll. Colonel R. C. Judson, Oregon Railroad and Navigation industrial agent, died in Portland after a short illness at age 60. The steamer W. H. Harrison struck a bar near Alsea and drifted to the South spit, likely a total loss with all crew safe. A 14 year old boy died from a 32 caliber bullet fired by a playmate at Baker City. coroner’s jury absolved the other boy. Harry Roll escaped serious injury in Salem when a horse bolted and crashed into a telegraph pole, tossing him 20 feet but leaving him unharmed beyond fear.
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Preston-Parton
Athena
Oriental Delivery
R. C. Judson
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Portland
Judson
Baker City
Harry Roll
Salem
Rescue aided by ladder after buggy wrecks injuring horse
Assistance used a ladder to bring a man to the ground after a buggy overturned. The buggy was wrecked and the horse sustained injuries, with no further details provided.
Montana News Snippets From Butte And Beyond
Butte reports ten murder cases on file. Fergus County pioneers form in Lewistown. Kirby rancher Hugh Redmond slain by Albert Wesley in a Kirby store. Marcus Daly ranch creamery near Hamilton in operation. Forest riders recover a saddle pony of Miss Clara Lamport from the National Park. Eastern Star session in Butte elects officers led by Zona Y Kenyon of Bozeman. Forest supervisor E C Russell injured in altercation with Wild Bill Meyers. Montana prison band praised for skill. John Tully, Fort Missoula soldier, released after federal court review. National Guardsmen gripe over camp pay versus the Dick bill. demand $1.50 daily.
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Butte
Society of
Fergus County Pioneers
Lewistown
Hugh Redmond
Kirby
Albert Wesley
Marcus Daly
Hamilton
Forest Reserve
National Park
Clara Lamports
Red Lodge
Grand Chapter
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Zona Y. Kenyon
Bozeman
E. C. Russell
Absarokee
Wild Bill” Meyers
Russell
Wild Bill
Montana
John Tully
Fort Missoula
John Kennedy
Supreme Court
Tully
W National Guards
Fort Ellis
National Congress
Wardner Public School Opens In Idaho
The Wardner public school opened last Monday and Caldwell voters approve 60 000 bonds for a new courthouse by 292 to 265. Mabel Day a 22 year old former teacher in Weiser and Council Idaho commits suicide in Wallace. Secret service agents investigate western land frauds in Lewiston and Moscow ahead of federal grand jury digs at Moscow. George Ball 22 drowns in the Snake River near Spokane while trying to recover a mud den. An attempted robbery at Rathdrum Club case yields 16 dollars before the thief is caught. Shoshone county and state tax from mining companies in Coeur d Alenes totals 114 204 30 dollars for 1905 with county valuation about 6 148 000 and a 3 per cent levy.
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Wardner
Canyon County
Caldwell
Mabel Day
Weiser and
Council
Idaho
Wallace
Lewiston
Moscow
Shoshone
Coeur d’Alenes
Paid For His Own Defeat In A Life Policy Inquiry
Franklin Leonard Jr a defeated Democrat candidate for Congress in New York Seventh district writes to John A McCall of New York Life asking how much of a life policy payment was used to defeat him The inquiry follows McCalls statement to a legislative committee that he ordered about 48000 dollars to the 1904 Republican national campaign fund
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New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Franklin Leonard, Jr
Congress
McCall
Teonard
Legislative Investigating Committee
Republican National Campaign Fund
President Harper Sick at University of Chicago
Chicago Sept 26 President Harper of the University of Chicago remains very ill though slowly improving and is reported to be suffering severe pain while his condition is monitored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harper
University of Chicago
Prominent New York Manufacturers Arrested for Labor Violations
Eleven heads of New York manufacturing concerns were arrested on warrants charging conspiracy to violate the contract labor law by importing foreign workers. The case centers on the Mosaic Caustic Tile area and an England recruitment sweep offering five dollars per day, with four English workers providing key testimony. The Department of Commerce and Labor directs the prosecution with secret service aid, asserting a perfect case ready for appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secret Service
Ellis Island
Tile, Grate & Mantel Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Spokane Market Prices for Bran and Grain Commodities
Bran and shorts priced at 17 to 19 cents per unit with other feeds. timothy hay 14 per ton, alfalfa 12 per ton, oils and grains listed. Livestock values include steers 2.50 to 2.75 per cwt, cows 2.00 to 2.25, calves 4, sheep 3 to 3.50, pigs 6.25. Dressed meats and hides noted with regional variations. poultry eggs and creamery butter prices provided. Regional prices span Spokane, Portland, Tacoma, Lewiston, Colfax, Davenport, Moscow, and Minneapolis futures.
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F. O. B. Spokane
King Victor Emmanuel Attends Sforzesco Memorial Tower Dedication
In Milan on September 26 King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena received a poplar ovation during the dedication of a monumental tower on Sforzesco hill. The tower honors King Humbert, the king's father, with many cabinet members in attendance.
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Milan
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Sforzescohii
Humbert
Chinese Minister to England Named by Washington
Wang Tai She, first secretary of the Chinese delegation, is designated as Chinese minister to the court of Great Britain. Mrs. George von Lengerke Meyer wins popularity in St. Petersburg as in Rome. The Rev. H. A. Baumgartner of Henley on Thames, 85, rowed for Caius College Cambridge at the first Henley Regatta in 1839.
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England
Washington
Wang Tai She
Legation
Court of
Great Britain
George von Lengerke Meyer
Russia
St. Petersburg
Rome
H. A. Baumgartner
Henley-on-Thames
Caius College
Cambridge
Mining notes on copper firms and rail expansion
Reports detail the incorporation of Furnace Creek Copper by Patrick Clark and associates to manage newly found copper properties in California. The San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake expansion into Bullfrog and Goldfield regions will be via Las Vegas Tonopah Railroad in Utah. A steamer arrives with $215 914 in gold bullion from Nome to Tacoma. Le Roi in Rossland plans deepening shaft at 1350 feet, costing 100 to 125 dollars per foot. First ore train from Le Roi to Trail under a new three year contract. Granby Consolidated reports one of two large furnaces at Grand Forks blast after adjustments due to power limits. You Like vein found in Morning mine tunnel at over 2000 feet depth. Three miners killed at Gladstone mine near Redding when cage drops 285 feet. coroner clears company, blames engineer Stewart.
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Furnace Creek
Patrick Clark
Furnace Creek Range
California
Philip Creasor
Fred Birney
W. J. C. Wakefield
W. A. Clark
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Nevada
Las Vegas & Tonopah
le Roi
A. B. W. Hodges
Granby Consolidated
Grand Forks
Mullan
Gladstone
Redding
Cal
John Healy
Darby Judge
W. Hayes
Stewart
Dressmakers' Convention Opposes Hoopskirts Price Rise
Chicago report says the National Dressmakers' convention rejected raising prices as Madame Baker states the group is not yet strong enough to move. Boer women reportedly pay $30 to $40 for American corsets while hooped garments are opposed to reduce garment burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Madame Baker
Antis
Swell Athletic Club
Gypsies Deposit $20,000 at Chicago Bank
Nine travelers entered the First National bank in Chicago and deposited $20,000 in coins. They wore sacks slung over shoulders and used inked fingerprints on identification cards as they completed the transaction under guard.
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Chicago
First National Bank
Norway and Sweden Reach Separation Agreement at Karlstad
Delegates from Norway and Sweden met in Karlstad and have concluded an agreement on all points of separation after weeks of protracted sessions. The terms were not made public. The report also notes a strong revenue for 15 years and public debt reductions in New South Wales. In Germany state railways the carriage colors match ticket classes.
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Karlstad
New South Wales
Germany
Butte Fire Destroys Major Blocks and Library
A Sunday fire in Butte Montana caused about 1 million dollars in damage, destroying the Shodair block to Renshaw alley area including Maule York Barrett Woodward and Odgen streets and heavily damaging the public library. The Symons store and multiple downtown blocks burned while all county fire apparatus aided the effort with Anaconda and other city crews arriving by train to help contain the blaze.
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Butte
Mont
Shodair
Renshaw Alley
West Park Street
Public Library
Maule
York
Barrett, Woodward and Odgen
Symons
Cora
Parrot
Original
Gagnon
Anaconda
Centennial Brewery
Walkerville
Williamsburg
Butte Reduction Works
Fire injures several residents and damages blocks
Persons injured include John Neil slight burns and head cut Frank Harrington and Robert Simmons bruised from a fall from a roof Mel Pearl scalp wound Jack Curley head cut W D Tracey arteries cut in left wrist and right hand badly cut Frank Robertson a volunteer fireman hands burned Chief Mulholland right leg cut by flying glass. Symons store Maule and York blocks owned by New York Realty company loss 600000 insurance entire about 350000 18000 on buildings library 70000 insured Baltimore block 200000 insured.
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John Neil
Frank Harrington
Robert Simmons
Barrett Block
Mel Pearl
Jack Curley
W. D. Tracey
Frank Robertson
Police
Mulholland
Symons
Maule
York
New York Realty Company
Library
Baltimore
Accuse Japs Of Crime In Sakhalin Reductions
Reports from the Siberian coast allege Japanese forces are forcing Sakhalin residents to sell property at ruinous prices under threat of death. Southern inhabitants are driven to emigrate while northern households lose homes cattle and crops. General Senemovsky cites 180 Russian colonists led into marshes and decapitated. Okhotsk suffered little damage when Japanese landed August 17.
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Russia
Sakhalin
St. Petersburg
Siberian
Senemovsky
Okhotsk
Britain Eyes Singapore Naval Base in Postwar Plan
London Sunday Observer reports Britain intends to build a vast Singapore base as a tangible outcome of the new Anglo Japanese alliance and the Russo Japanese War end. Newspapers stress Singapore’s strategic value guarding the Pacific gateway and enabling Britain and Japan to dominate Far East power.
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Singapore
London Sunday Observer
Admiral Fisher
Pacific
Japan
Great Britain
Far East
Bomb Explodes At Pekin Station Killing Officials
At Pekin railway station a bomb in a private car exploded as a train carrying four missions abroad to study foreign governance was departing. Four minor officials died and over 20 were wounded including Prince Tsia Toba and Wu Ting Fang. The bomber was killed. Authorities tighten guard on government offices and railways. The missions were appointed to study foreign systems as a new parliament was planned for 12 years hence.
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Pekin
Prince Tsia Toba
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Roumania and Greece Break Off Diplomatic Ties
Bucharest reports the Roumanian minister has left Athens ending ties with Greece. Roumania assigns Greek interests to Italy while the Russian legation protects Greeks in Roumania. Disputes stem from Greek demands for compensation after Greek shops were pillaged and Greeks maltreated during demonstrations in Bucharest and the burning of the Greek flag at Gurgeroo. Greek complaints also cite general insecurity and expulsions of Greeks in Roumania.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Greece
Athens
Italy
Bucarest
Gurgeroo
British Squadron Heads to Tokio Bay After Peace Treaty
London reports the British far eastern squadron will assemble in Tokio bay in October following ratification of the Russo Japanese peace treaty. Also, "Ben Hur" plays all next week in Spokane with Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
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London
Tokio Bay
Spokane
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Outa
Northwest States
Oregon
Washington Notes
Idaho News
Harper Sick
Bluestem
Valley
Wheat
Wash
Davenport
Minneapolis
Northern
Royalty
the Dressmakers’ Convention
Norway
Sweden
Main
Park Streets
A. H. Wethey
Senator Clark
Butte Properties
Clark Mines
McKenzie
J. T. Shinnick
Cigar Company
Big Symons Dry Goods Company
Symons Company
Renshaw Hall
Park
Department
Renshaw
Lewis, King and Clark
Louis Rosenstein
Clark Block
Thomas Mulholland
Shodair Block
Boucher's
West Galena
Colorado
Britain
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