Massive Northern Pacific timber fire devastates 63 square miles
Tacoma dispatch describes a vast fire along the Northern Pacific line burning 550600000 feet of fir timber, valued at about 1100000 dollars, threatening Lester Washington as wind shifts push flames toward the town. Fire engines on standby and relief trains remained ready as blazes spread, with many lumber camps and mills burned in King Snohomish Pierce counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Dentros
Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific
Washington Woods
Hot Springs
Malles
Cascades
Covington
Auburn
Mountain Mill
Enumclaw
King Hansen Bros. Mill
Morgan's Lumber
Maywood
Camp
Pierce County
Kanaokat
Gould
Black's
8Ultan
Snohomish County
Lyman Lumber
Hamilton
Skanatenia
Snoqualmie
King County
Fairhaven
Homan
Various Northwest News Items From Spokane Area
Prescott plans a July 4 celebration while a new Northern Pacific station is promised in Aberdeen. Spokane fair subscriptions near the goal as an Everett Creamery output rises to 1200 pounds daily. Auburn’s creamery burned out. Green River valley sees seven miles of flames. Spokane County Pioneer association fixes July 26 for its parade. A body believed to be James Grives found on Yakima river. Colfax L G unit faces court martial. Garfield timothy crop doomed by wireworm. former Whitman auditor found guilty of embezzlement. Bank president Lyon arrested in Spokane for misappropriation. encampment of National Guard set for July near American Lake. Fires threaten Mountain mill and Green River country. looming Sunday closing orders spark statewide tension. Dr James G Stewart and O W Lawson convicted of exam answer trafficking.
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Prescott
Aberdeen
Northern Pacific Railway
Spokane
Gss
Auburn
Everett Creamery Company
Green River
Spokane County Pioneer Association
Bob Murray
Nelson
Kettle River
Humes
Seattle
Earl Miller
N. G
Colfax
Garfield
C. G. Raby
Whitman County
American Bridge Company of
Chicago
Raby
James Grives
Yakima River
Charles H. Lyon
First National Bank of Mount Vernon
Adjt
Crain
Natonal Guard
Murray
American Lake
Mountain Mill
Enumclaw
Walla Walla County
Supreme Court of the State
James G. Stewart
O. W. Lawson
Lawson
Extradition Fight Sends Gaynor and Greene Back to Quebec Jail
In Quebec on June 22, attorneys for Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene, linked to harbor fraud allegations in Savannah, faced a tense legal battle with U.S. government lawyers over extradition. The pair were returned to Quebec jail for eight days as the habeas corpus petitions move forward. Judge Andrews denied certiorari while ordering their return to Montreal to resume extradition proceedings.
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Quebec
Gaynor
Captain Greene
Savannah
United States
Greene
Andrews
Langelier
Montreal
Western Horse Wyeth Wins Derby at Chicago
Wyeth the gray colt owned by John A. Drake clinched his first Derby in a clean race at Chicago on June 22. He surged to the lead in the stretch defeating eastern contenders, with no rough riding or fouls noted as Wyeth proved the best of the two three year olds at the barrier before Starter Dwyer.
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Chicago
Wyeth
John A. Drake
Dwyer
Wyoming man commits self inflicted death near Arevada
A Sheridan Wyoming special reports Frank Starcup died by his own action at Arevada a small station near Butte Montana. He placed the shotgun muzzle over his heart and pulled the trigger by a cord due to financial troubles suspected as the motive.
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Butte
Mont
Sheridan
Wyo
Frank Starcup
Arevada
Here
Cornell Wins All Regatta Cites Greatest Boat Triumph
Cornell swept the Intercollegiate Amateur Association regatta in Poughkeepsie on June 23, winning four oared, freshman eight, and varsity eight races. Four oared by five lengths, freshmen by two and three quarter lengths, varsity by three lengths. Wisconsin earned runner-up honors in two races. Columbia third in all. Syracuse and Pennsylvania also placed.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Wisconsin
Syracuse
Varsity
Pensylvania
Georgetown
Ithacans
Hudson
Chas. Courtney
Quakers
University of Syracuse
Washington
Shootout at Shipman Home Ends Marshal Death in Iowa
In Jefferson Iowa on June 23 a peace warrant arrest led to a fierce gun battle. Horace Shipman shot Marshal John Swearingen in the face, killing him. Deputies and citizens fired hundreds of shots at Shipman, who died inside his two story house after hours of exchange.
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Jefferson
Iowa
Horace Shipman
Shipman
John Swearingen
C. H. Grimmell
Swearingen
Fred Kendall
Grimmell
Anderson
James May
Trade report notes mixed momentum across regions
R G Dun Weekly Review of Trade reports quiet East markets due to season and labor disputes, while interior and Far West show promise with bountiful harvests and steady quotations. June railway earnings rise 3.9 percent. footwear quiet. silver export demand and woolen purchases limited. shoe makers busy but many idle. leather dull. rainfall scarce in Southwest. Domestic grain improving though foreign news is negative. large export outlook. Weekly US failures total 194, Canada 19.
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R. G. Dun & Co
East
Far West
China
New England
United States
Canada
Oregon Notes from the State Ledger
The Oregon asylum at Salem housed 1247 patients as of May 31. The U S paid 790.07 for Alaska inmates for the quarter ending March 31. Pendleton will receive three daily mail deliveries in business areas and one daily in residence districts starting July 1. A Portland laborer, Louis Bargus of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co, was murdered and his body dragged to the Willamette Iron Works. The seventeenth annual meeting of Oregon Washington Idaho Indian war veterans was in Portland, with relief as Congress passed the Indian war Pension bill.
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Oregon
Salem
United States
Alaska
Pendleton
Louis Bargus
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Portland
Williamette
Washington
Idaho
Congress
Political and religious events listed across western states
A compiled list of meetings and gatherings including Idaho Democratic and Republican events in Pocatello and Lewiston Wilbur Washington and Oregon Episcopal convention in Portland Seattle Tacoma and Great Falls with dates, plus a note that Basel hosts the sole zoological garden in Switzerland.
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Pocatello
Lincoln County
Wilbur
Nelson
B. C
Montana Pioneer Association
Dillon
Portland
Montana Undertakers
Great Falls
Washington Republican
Tacoma
Douglas County
Waterville
Washington Holiness Association
Elberton
World News Summary of Eastern and Western Happenings
A weekly review notes events from Netherlands to California. It reports battles in Germany and Italy, political moves in Alaska and the Philippines, a train collision near Milan injuring many, and the Kai Chi cruiser disaster with heavy loss in China. Also covered are a prison escape in Washington, a boy's poisoning death in Idaho, railroad wrecks in Minnesota and Washington, a Seattle mill fire, grasshopper plagues in Modesto, Nome City icebound voyage, and a dramatic Nome reception on arrival with wide disruption.
Coronation Posponed in Quiet Anthracite Strike
Mwilkesbarre Pa June 24 The seventh week of the anthracite coal miners strike began quietly with no visible total walkout in big towns while small settlements show idle men waiting for a turn. President Mitchell address drew crowds as readings of the address circulated. Some men express willingness to return but few join the ranks. Company officials report receiving applications from strikers but no reopens in mining. The miners committee urges continued work stoppage with little progress in recruiting new workers.
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Mwilkesbarre
Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Committee
Spokane Fourth Celebration Plans For July 3 4 5
Spokane prepares for a three day city celebration with downtown events free to spectators. Business leaders raised funds to cover costs and ensure visitors incur no charges. The program includes varied street amusements across several city areas and all features have been decided, pending final form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Paterson silk mills see heavy attendance drop Monday
In Paterson New Jersey on June 24 a large number of silk mills opened but fewer than a third of the usual workers reported for duty. The scene reflected a widespread disruption in the textile sector with many plants operating below normal staffing levels.
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Paterson
N. J
Wheat Report From Tacoma And Portland Markets
Wheat markets show quiet steady trends in Tacoma with blue stem at 65 percent and 64 cents. Portland listings note nominal values with Walla Walla at 65 4 66 cents and blue bluestem around 67 to 68 cents. Whitman soldiers reunion at Colfax scheduled for the 16th and 18th.
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Tacoma
Blue Stem
Club
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Patal Ruplesha
Ore
Pacific Coast Biocuit Company
Eleventh
Davie
James Griffin
Ler Brill
Lee Rositer
Office
Griffin
Roster
Elisabeth Yerke
Elizabeth Yerke
Germany
Wyoming
Ber
London
Lloyds
Caretu
Alderhot
War Office
Earl of Minto
Lord Strathcona
Lord Pullatier
Mice Hargear
Thad Huston
Lillian Hargear
Virginia
Lionor Foli
England
Bessie Walker
Foli
Miss Harge
Oregon Notes
Basel
Switzerland
World's News
A. Abeilles
Bay Cott MacDonald
Illas
Texas
St. James
Rogers
Washington State Penitentiary
Russia
Cassano Alfoinio
Department of Calabria
Italy
Milan
F. Augustus Heinze
Montana
Central Alaska Railway Company
Leo W. Pepperman
Philippines Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Manila
Morral Mercene
Western Union Telegraph Company
Otis Bunch
Ensley
Ala
Sonneman
A. Blefgen
Cheney
Medical Lake Road
Edwin Austin Abbey
Abbey
Shanghai
Yangtse
Boise
Oscar Brunsell
Reynolds
Staples
Minn
Walter Scott
Miller
George Rasmussen
John Noble
Dan Kennedy
Gladstone
N. D
Helen Stratton
Emma Ramstead
O'Brien
James Miller
Benjamin O. Winkler
Kellogg Mill Company
Ballard
Stimson Mill Company
Modesto
Cal
la Grange
Sierra Nevada
Anton J. Neemes
Dort
H. A. Bates
Nome City
Nome
Island of
St. Lawrence
Diamondes
Daniels
Bering Sea
Edward
Aulet
Whitman
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