Explosion Kills Entire Sweeny Family in San Francisco
A massive blast and fire at John Sweeny’s Diamond Street grocery killed four people including John and Mrs Sweeny and his granddaughter Ella aged 10, with seven others injured or endangered. Police probe whether dynamite or gas leak caused the explosion as ten others escaped. The Sweeny family planned to depart for a vacation.
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San Francisco
John Sweeny
Diamond Street
Sweeny
S. F. Johnson
Dissmeyer
Fred Sweeny
Pukawana Tornado Destroys Town in Brule County
The town of Pukawana near Mitchell on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line suffered near total devastation from a tornado. Thirteen stores and homes were destroyed while every house in town was damaged. Two large elevators and the railway station were blown down and the adjoining ranch buildings were wiped out, with losses exceeding 100000 dollars. The storm brought rain hail and a three mile wide path ruining crops.
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Mitchell
D. D
Pukawana
Brule County
Milwaukee Track
Women of Woodcraft Safe Robbed in Portland
Robbers familiar with the Women of Woodcraft office gained entry by using the secretary's written combination. They rifled the inner strong box, taking 200 in gold and bonds valued at 6668.45. The desk with the combination remained undisturbed where the secretary left it.
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Women of Woodcraft
Portland
Bank to Pay Dividend in Portland
Receiver R.8. Howard Jr of the defunct Title Guarantee Trust Company announces a dividend distribution next month. The exact date and amount depend on the United States District Court order. W. M. Ladd, who took on bank liabilities, has made progress in asset liquidation.
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Portland, Or
Howard, Jr
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
United States District Court
Howard
W. M. Ladd
First to Return Fleet Finds Worst Behring Sea Ice
Seattle June 30. The steamship Victoria reports the worst ice in Behring Sea since navigation began by white men. Captain Porter, the first home on the returning fleet, says vessels may miss schedule times unless conditions change radically since the Victoria sailed.
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Seattle
Wash
Victoria
Porter
Behring Sea
Washington news in brief highlights regional events
The Garfield National Bank is organized as the only National bank between Colfax and Spokane. Ambergris valued at about 40000 dollars is found by the Mary fishing schooner off Cape Flattery. Forgery guilty pleas by O C Mathis, former Exchange bank cashier in Blaine. Interior rejects timber removal bids for Yakima irrigation reservoirs, re advertisements planned. Wheat damaged up to 50 percent in Douglas County due to lack of rain. Harrington National Bank capital approved. Carolina barrow incident ends with horses shot. Nellie Giggey vanishes after failing exams, presumed suicide. Temporary receiver appointed for John W Dickie & Son Company. Primary law enforcement may void candidates’ qualifications. Efforts to declare Frank Heddorf legally dead. Isthmian Canal Commission purchasing agent office closed. A Spokane murder pursuit trace and suspect confession. July 10 to August 8 declared as declaration dates for candidacy. Hill’s railroad plans seen to affect central Washington wheat shipping. Surveyors linked Adrian to Snake River connection.
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Garfield National Bank
Colfax
Spokane
Mary
Port Townsend
Ambergris
Cape Flattery
O. C. Mathis
Exchange Bank of Blaine
Secretary of the Interior
Yakima
Coulee City
Douglas County
Nellie Giggey
Bellingham
United States
Sol Friedenthal
Schwabacher
John W. Dickie & Son Company
Raymond Shipbuilding Company
Little
Rowland
Tacoma
State Tax Commission
Frank C. Heddorf
Medical Lake Insane Asylum
Heddorf
Okanogan County
Isthmian Canal Commission
Haradon
Supreme Court
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Seattle
Washington
James J. Hill
Adrian
Washington Central
Northern Pacific
Portland
Snake River
Freaklin County
Pasco
City Attorney Arrested After Office Subdues Real Estate duo
Bremerton city attorney J W Bryan and real estate salesmen William Duncan Jr and I H Hendrickson were arrested after an assault on Bryan in his office. The men claimed wages and filed a labor lien against a real estate firm, prompting a heated confrontation and a complaint of assault before Municipal Judge Paddock.
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Bremerton
J. W. Bryan
William Duncan, Jr
I. H. Hendrickson
Paddock
Bryan
Duncan
Hendrickson
Iowa's Executive May Resign
Des Moines report notes persistent rumor Governor Cummins may resign to return to law practice. While public life tempts, he prefers to stay to aid the fall campaign and back the Republican ticket, though many expect Senate ambitions or Taft and Sherman victory to influence his decision.
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Cummins
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Senate
Allison
Taft
Sherman
Barnes Convicted of Murder in First Degree
The Walla Walla jury found Bud Barnes guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Mrs. Anna Aldrich after a 45 minute deliberation. The panel held that his plea of former jeopardy and acquittal had not been proven, and that he was not acquitted due to the cited plea. The verdict followed court instructions addressing a technical issue from the prior discharge.
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Walla Walla
Bud" Barnes
Anna Aldrich
Barnes
Bridegroom Receives Tongue Injury in Seattle Wedding Fight
Seattle Charles Brown was released from Wayside Hospital after a barbed tongue injury during his wedding festivities. A jealous former sweetheart of the bride attended and a heated quarrel led to a swing that struck Brown as his tongue protruded. Part of the tongue will be saved to allow speech later.
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Seattle
Charles Brown
Sherman Has Good Day In Cleveland Campaign Stop
SHERMAN HAS GOOD DAY, Cleveland, O., June 30. James S. Sherman, Republican candidate for Vice-President, passed a very comfortable day and tonight his temperature, pulse and respiration were not-
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Cleveland, O
Horton Charged in Spokane City Treasurer Shortage
Charles E. Horton, chief deputy in Spokane's city treasurer office, was arrested last week on a warrant from Mayor Herbert Moore after auditors uncovered a $3329 deficit in the water receipts. Horton denies theft, cites his assistant C. B. Sheldon, blames the accounting system, and bonds were set at $5000.
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Spokane
Charles E. Horton
Herbert Moore
Horton
C. B. Sheldon
Sherman to be kept in hospital to recover strength
Mr. Sherman will remain hospitalized for a few days to regain strength. Plans to return home to Utica, New York are progressing as he enjoyed a good night’s sleep and woke with normal temperature, pulse, and respiration.
Cox Explains Tragedy in Rex Douglas County Shooting
William Cox 21 surrendered after killing his stepfather Major Whittred near Rex Douglas county on June 24. At Hartline preliminary hearing he claimed illness and being in bed when he heard the dispute. He said his mother called for protection, then he shot his stepfather three times from behind.
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Spokane
William Cox
Major Whittred
Rex
Douglas County
Waterville
Hartline
Wash
Cox
Seattle Exposition Secures Federal Readiness Funds
A telegram to Secretary Cortelyou confirms the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition met the $1,000,000 funding requirement from subscriptions and local sources before the $600,000 federal appropriation. Sub totals include $800,000 in stock, $190,120.91 in county funds, $4,000 from telephone companies, and $25,000 Arctic Brotherhood gift. Progress is satisfactory. two main palaces are finished, a third near completion, and Oregon’s state building and service structures nearly ready. Ground work is 90 percent done.
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Seattle
Wash
Treasury
Cortelyou
Treasury Department
The
Exposition Corporation
Arctic Brotherhood
Oregon
Man Lost in Chuckanut Woods Found Alive in Exhausted State
James E. Smith, missing since last Sunday after hunting in Chuckanut Mountain, was found in South Bellingham on Saturday. He endured extreme exposure, ate raw pheasants for sustenance, and lacked matches to start a fire.
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Bellingham
Chuckanut Mountain
James E. Smith
Vice Presidential Hopefuls Stir Democratic Convention
Denver dispatch notes a lively race for the Democratic vice presidential nomination with Bryan’s influence guiding the platform. Possible candidates include Governor Johnson of Minnesota Judge George Gray of Delaware and ex Mine Workers president John Mitchell, whose name proponents favor for union labor support.
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Denver
Col
Bryan
Republican Resolution Committee
Resolutions Committee
Johnson
Minnesota
George Gray
Delaware
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Northern Pacific Upgrades Palouse Line to Lewiston Route
The Northern Pacific orders 72 pound steel on the Lewiston line from Pullman to Howell a 20 mile stretch as preparation for routing Palouse grain via Lewiston to the Coast. Upgrades aim to finish Kendrick hill improvements and place the Palouse branch in first class shape by Riparia Paseo completion for a water grade to Portland.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Lewiston Gateway
Snake River
Northern Pacific
Pullman
Howell
Kendrick
Kendrick Hill
Palouse
Riparia-Paseo
Portland
Cascade Mountains
Negotiations Near Over Seattle and Everett Interurban Sale
Seattle Stone and Webster interests have nearly completed negotiations to buy the Seattle and Everett interurban line under construction by Fred B. Sander and associates. The price has been ratified by the road's stockholders.
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Seattle
Stone & Webster
Seattle & Everett
Fred B. Sander
Stanford Trustees Sell Mrs Jane Stanford Jewels
Stanford University trustees announced after their meeting that the complete sale of Mrs Jane Stanford jewels amounted to 500000 dollars. The funds will be invested in five percent bonds and the interest used to purchase books for the university library.
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Stanford University
Jane Stanford
University Library
Scarlet paint to color all U.S. street letter boxes
The Postoffice Department announces all street letter boxes nationwide will be repainted a bright scarlet. The main reason given is to make mail deposit boxes easier to spot and use.
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Washington, D. C
Postoffice Department
United States
War Department to Spend 250000 for Maneuvers at American Lake
Seattle June 30 The American Lake maneuver grounds will host 6000 soldiers from Oregon Washington Idaho Montana North Dakota and California this August. The War Department plans to buy the grounds, spending 250000 this year. Oregon will send 1100 men with a battalion infantry and artillery battery.
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War Department
Seattle
Wash
American Lake
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
California
Pacific Coast
Four in Bay After Coronado Ferry Car Accident
San Pedro reports four aboard an automobile driven toward Coronado slip plunged into the bay as the vessel entered the dock. District Attorney Louis R. Kirby County Auditor Howard Cherry and his wife and two daughters were in the car. Kirby had stepped out to crank the engine when the car lurched forward and went overboard. The Cherry family and Kirby were rescued as the ferry backed away.
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San Pedro
Cal
Coronado
Louis R. Kirby
Howard Cherry
Airship inventor Morrell arrested over alleged
John A. Morrell, designer of a Berkeley airship that injured 15 crew members, is jailed on a false pretenses claim for $3000 by Alexander Ots. Four thousand dollars in certified checks were found. a writ of attachment was filed, but bail funds may be attachable.
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San Francisco
John A. Morrell
Berkeley
Alexander Ots
Morrell
Ots
Cabaniss
Negroes to Defeat Taft National Conference Planned
Colored voters opposed to W. H. Taft announce a national conference in Denver on July 7 to map plans to shift political power in key states and consider actions at the Democratic convention. They seek a strict constitutional adherence and may discuss Civil Liberty party nomination or direct support for the Denver nominee.
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Springfield
United States
W. H. Taft
Denver
United States Army
Civil Liberty Party
Disease Bar to Marriage in San Francisco
Miss Maria Bernardine of San Martain renounced George C. Mangels after learning she had tuberculosis. She refused to marry despite his urging. She bequeathed all her property in her will to her betrothed as compensation for his loss.
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San Francisco
Maria Bernardine
San Martain
George C. Mangels
Trousseau
Pacific Torpedo Fleet Organized on Pacific Coast
A Pacific torpedo fleet under Commander William A. Gill has been organized on the Pacific Coast from torpedo vessels and will be split into three flotillas. With the Atlantic battleship fleet due to depart July 7, the Navy Department ordered auxiliaries including Ajax Glacier Panther Yankton Culgoa and Relief to proceed on specified dates.
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Washington
William A. Gill
Solace
Pacific
Navy Department
Ajax
Glacier
Panther
Culgoa
Relief
Portland market wheat and related commodities report
Portland market reports show wheat prices for red Russian 84c and bluestem 88c with Valley 87c and Club 8Te. Barley feed ranged 25 to 27.60 with brewers at 26, oats No 1 white 27.50, hay Timothys from Willamette Valley 15 fancy and 12 ordinary, Oregon 17.50 mixed 16, clover 14, alfalfa 12. Butter prices range 25c to 43c with store stock léc, hops 1907 crop 5.6 percent, candied eyes 18c, wool Valley 12 12½c and Eastern Oregon 8 11½c, mobair 18 18½c.
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Wilamette Valley
Oregon
Eastern
Mobair—Choice
Commodity Price Snapshot for Wheat Oats Barley and More
Eastern Washington oats Puget Sound oats quoted at 27 28 per ton. Wheat 89c. Barley 25 26 per ton. Hay Eastern Washington 17 18 per ton Puget Sound hay 10 12 per ton wheat hay 12 50 per ton alfalfa 9 50 10 Butter Washington creamery 26c per TM ranch 20c per TM Oregon 24c per WB Eggs Selected local 23c per dos Eastern and Oregon 7Kc per doa
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Puget Sound
Washington
Oregon
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Harry Odie
Grant McCann
T. A. Hansard
August Timm
C. A. Pegle
E. J. Hirschman
First National Bank of
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John Simpson
Garfield
Simpson
News OF the
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Short
Seattle Fair
Stanford Jewels
Crats
Sweetheart Property
Pacific Torpedo Fleet
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