Motorman killed by young robber in Tacoma incident
Frank L. Brown, 28, motorman on street car No 22, was shot and killed by four highwaymen at the end of the P street line in Tacoma. Conductor G R Wilson was robbed of watch and $15 as the assailants forced the car to the line end. Brown, an old employee who had recently visited Eureka, Cal., died within seconds after being shot in the heart.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank L. Brown
South 39Th
G. R. Wilson
Brown
Eureka
Cal
F. H. Potter
Mason
Potter
Will Watch Railway Men in National Campaign
Omaha reports the Nebraska Railway Employer Protection Association aims to mobilize 30,000 state railroad workers and over 200,000 nationwide voters. Leaders say the group intends to support a candidate favored by their report, while denying a fixed pledge to any single nominee.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Railway Employer’ Protective Association
Nebraska
United States
McDaniel
Association
Forced to Run Gauntlet in Deadwood Street Mob
In Deadwood South Dakota George Corey of Terry a mining camp near here was marched from jail and forced to run a gauntlet with blacksnake whips after being accused of wife beating. Women prevented lynching and he was warned never to return. Meantime Edward H Fain a Postal clerk was arrested in Pasco Washington for looting hundreds of dollars from registered mail and claimed the theft funded property purchases in Tacoma. Cuba held its first American supervised election calmly with a minor clash at San Jose de Las Lajas between white and black factions.
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Deadwood
George Corey
Terry
Here
Corey
Walla Walla
Wash
Edward H. Fain
Pasco
Northern Pacific
Dayton
Fain
Tacoma
Havana
Cuba
San Jose de Las Lajas
Soldiers at American Lake Camp Under Canvas
Regular Army troops and Washington and Oregon National Guard are camped at Murray Station near Tacoma. 2584 enlisted men and 118 officers form the regulars with guards from Washington and Oregon, plus engineers, signal corps, cooks, and bakers. Camp layout and sanitation praised, bread baking by 41 men. Oregon and Washington guards stay until August 12 before Montana Idaho and North Dakota units arrive. regulars spend the month in the field.
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Oregon
Tacoma
Wash
Washington and
Oregon National Guard
Murray Station
National Guard of
Engineers and Signal Corps
Engineer Corps
L. H. Watkins
H. T. Ferguson
Washington National Guard
Montana
Idaho
North Dakota
Prohibition Nominee Notification Set for Aug 18 in Chicago
In Chicago on August 18 a meeting will notify E W Chafin the prohibition presidential candidate. Professor Charles Scanlon will deliver the notification address as permanent chairman of the National Prohibition convention. The National Prohibition executive committee will also meet to discuss campaign plans. Lincoln Birthday Centennial Preparations Advance in Springfield
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Prohibition
Chicago
E. W. Chafin
Music Hall
Fine Arts Building
Charles Scanlon
National Prohibition Executive Committee
Cross Land by Balloon Inaugurates Coast to Coast Race Plan
Cross Land by Balloon reports a transcontinental balloon race planned by the Federation of American Aeronauts. The start is from either Los Angeles or San Francisco with the Atlantic seabord as the objective.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Atlantic Seabord
Federation of American Aeronauts
Market Prices From Wheat to Mohair Lists
Wheat track prices for red Russian and bluestem range from 840 to 880. Barley feed at 24.50 to 25.26. Oats No 1 white 26.50 and gray 26. Hay prices across Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon 12 to 17.50. Butter 16 to 25 cents. Eggs 24 25 cents. Hops 1907 crop 5 to 6 percent. Wool Valley 14 14.5 cents, Eastern Oregon 8 to 11.6 cents. Mohair choice 18 to 19 cents.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Valley
Agricultural market quotes for Washington and Oregon products
Market notes list Wheat 88 89c, Oats 25 26c, Barley 23c, Hay eastern Washington 13 14 per ton, Puget Sound hay 9.5 10, Wheat hay 12.5, alfalfa 9.5 10, Butter Washington creamery 28c, ranch 21 23c, Oregon 25c per tb, Eggs selected local 30 31c per doz, Eastern 22 20c per doz, Oregon ranch 24c.
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Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Oregon
Eastern
Oregon Ranch
Fire devastates Crow Nest region in East Kootenay
Vancouver reports a massive wildfire along the Crow Nest region in East Kootenay. Loss of life estimated up to 170 with property damage pegged at 4 to 5 million dollars. Fernie wiped out. Elko Olson and Cokato reported burned. 6000 displaced. Vancouver grants 5000 for sufferers as Calgary and Nelson ship provisions.
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Vancouver
B. C
Wentuiver
Crows Nest
East Kootenay
Fernie
Elko
Olson
Cokato
Hosmer
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Michel
Trites
Calgary
Nelson
Canada
San Francisco
Randall bound over after murder case in Pennington County
Ernest B. Randall, son of Alice Randall of Tacoma Washington, defiant and uncooperative about his past, waived preliminary examination and was bound over to the September term of the Pennington County circuit court without bond for the July 5 murder of Marion Frank Bright. Bright had been a fugitive from Everett Washington, and the case centers on Winnie Bartonne, a young girl whose affections sparked the deadly rivalry between Bright and Randall.
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Rapid City
S. D
Ernest B. Randall
Alice Randall
Tacoma
Wash
Marion Frank Bright
Pennington County
Bright
Everett
Winnie Bartonne
Randall
Miss Anna Howard Leaves UW Deanship for Mule Farm Work
Anna Howard resigns as dean of women at the University of Washington to manage a Kentucky mule farm. Since 1890 she has worked in Washington education, including Cheney Normal School and Washington State College at Pullman where she was assistant professor of English.
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Seattle
Kentucky
Anna Howard
University of Washington
Ben
Miss Howard
Washington
State Normal School
Cheney
State College
Pullman
State Guaranty Illegal Opinion on National Banks
Attorney General Bonaparte rules that it is illegal for any National bank to contract with state officials to create a guaranty fund from deposits or capital stock to pay depositors of banks under state statutes. The opinion was issued at Secretary Cortelyou’s request regarding Oklahoma banks and the state banking act privileges.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Attorney-General
Oklahoma
Mack Forms East Campaign Subcommittee for DNC
Norman B. Mack chairman of the Democratic National committee creates a 15 member subcommittee to run the East campaign with headquarters in New York. Mack will chair. a vice chairman will be named to oversee operations, with Ex Senator James Smith of New Jersey mentioned as likely choice.
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New York
Norman B. Mack
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
East
Good Luck Bottle Note May Help San Quentin Man
A note found in a bottle tossed from a Press Club picnic reaches William Owens, a life prisoner at San Quentin. The message prompts hope a Governor review could lead to a pardon as letters reveal Owens’s claimed innocence and a possible bid for clemency.
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San Francisco
William Owens
San Quentin
San Francisco Bay
Press Club
William Ahearn
Owens
Forgetful German heiress risks vast estate loss in probate
Appleton Wis August 4 due to memory lapse and missing heirlooms 95 year old Mrs Frederika Lorenz cannot name her great grandfather or prove the silver buckle and knife and fork from the King of Prussia. The will demands those items and the full name. German inheritance law and missing relics threaten a fortune tied up for 50 years to pass to other relatives and the Prussian government.
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Appleton, Wis
Prussia
Frederika Lorenz
Ellington
Wis
Arizona mine owner Barron ill on train as doctor refuses aid
Captain H C Barron a wealthy Arizona mine owner and frontier figure fell gravely ill while en route to San Francisco and was left awaiting medical help in Saugus after Dr John J Morris refused to attend. A conflict with signalman J A Burnett over obtaining care led to a gunpoint confrontation before another physician was found. Indignation spreads in the towns.
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San Francisco
Saugus
H. C. Barron
Arizona
Gila Bend
Morris
Burnett
Arizona Ranger
Soledad Canyon
Pettibone Cancer Operation Reveals Terminal Illness
George A. Pettibone, formerly on the Western Federation of Miners executive board, underwent surgery at St Josephs Hospital Denver and was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors said his life could not be saved. Pettibone had fallen ill while in Idaho awaiting trial for alleged complicity in ex Governor Frank Steunenbergs murder and was acquitted.
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Denver
Col
St. Joseph’s Hospital
George A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Pettibone
Idaho
Frank Steunenberg
Ohio Attorney General Wade H Ellis Offered U S Assistant Attorney General
Cincinnati Aug. 4 Wade H Ellis Ohio Attorney General has been offered the post of First Assistant Attorney General of the United States He is resting after Taft nomination and seeks time to consider the appointment Ellis worked on the Republican platform before and during the convention and his exertions are linked to his present prostration.
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Cincinnati
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
United States
Ellis
William H. Taft
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