McClellan Declared Mayor After Recount Victory
New York reports George B. McClellan was declared winner of the 1905 mayoral race over William Randolph Hearst after a recount. Justice Lambert found no fraud. Hearst campaigners had alleged ballot stuffing though the jury disagreed. McClellan and advisers consider possible damages suit for defamation, with opinions predicting a substantial verdict.
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New York
George RB. McClellan
William R. Hearst
Lambert
McClellan
Jackson
J. Shearn
Shearn
Hearst
Justice Lambert
George B. McClellan
William Randolph Hearst
Frand
JAP POACHERS NUMEROUS
Floating ice in the Bering sea heaped heavy this summer menacing shipping captain Hagen of the Grace Dollar reports after a 45 day cruise to Dutch Harbor. Revenue officers say several Japanese sealers are on the grounds with over 30 more en route up the coast. Last season’s illicit trade led to a clash in which six Japanese were killed. Four cutters guard northern waters to protect U S interests.
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San Francisco
Bering Sea
Hagen
Grace Dollar
Dutch Bor
St. George’s Island
United States
Foreign Office Refuses Persian Refugee Hand Over
London July 2 The foreign office declines Persia requests to hand over political refugees at the British legation in Teheran and protests the shad troop movement near the legation. Sir Edward Grey says refugees will not be given up without guaranteed safe treatment.
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London
Foreign Office
Teheran
Legation
Edward Grey
First Public Heavier-Than-Air Flight for a Prize
New York plans announce a historic tested flight next Saturday at Hammondsport NewYork by Glenn H Curtiss in the June Bug machine. The test aims to win the Scientific American cup offered for navigation of air by heavier-than-air machines following a 1140 yard flight last week.
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New York
America
Hammondsport
N. Y
Glenn H. Curties
Curtine
Wright Brothers Offered 100000 For Patents Flight
Paris reports from Journal des Debats that the Wright brothers of Dayton Ohio signed a contract with Lazare Weiller for a syndicate. They would receive 100000 dollars if their aeroplane flies 41 miles in an enclosed circuit with two people aboard and repeats the feat within eight days before a committee.
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Paris
Journal Des Debats
Wright Bros
Dayton
Lazare Weiller
Wrights
Fish Trust Pleads Guilty to Accepting Routes
A Booth and Company, a major west coast fish and oyster firm, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to having accepted routes from railroad companies. The indictment against the firm was returned a year ago.
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Fish Trust
Chicago
A. Booth & Co
Zeppelin Flagship Sets Round-Trip Record Over Swiss Lakes
Count Zeppelin's airship maintained 34 mph for 12 hours over Northern Switzerland. The voyage covered Zurich Lucerne and other towns, with precise maneuvers and steady dirigibility as the craft circled Lake Constance and the Albis range before returning home.
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Friedrichshaven
Count Zeppelin
Grater
Switzerland
Zurich
Winterthur
Lucerne
Lake Constance
Constance
Fraudenfeldt
Winderthur
Canton
Counteppelin
Albis
Hearst Newswire Sees Mayor Recount Satisfactory
Cablegram from London July 1 1905 quotes WM Randolph Hearst on New York mayoralty recount results. He says the fight aimed at honest counting, not victory, and commends the effort to curb election fraud and ensure public accountability.
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New York
W. R. Hearst
London
Mhe
Republic
WM. Randolph Hearst
Escapes Custody From Norwegian Steamer Utstein
Francis D. Bailey president of Export Shipping Co of New Jersey and three others were placed aboard the Norwegian steamer Utstein in Honduras when Bailey and Albert W. Bailey Charles H. H. Myers and Captain A Oxley escaped in a small boat. The boat was found on a nearby beach this morning as soldiers search woods and swamps nearby.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Francis D. Bailey
The
Export Shipping Company
New Jersey
Albert W. Bailey
Charles H. H. Myers
A. Oxley
P. W. Berry
New York Police Department
Fishermen Rescued After Months Adrift on Victor Island
Twenty marooned fishermen were rescued after months at Victor Island and landed at Yokohama aboard Brazilian training ships. They had been left to fish by the Hokui Maru on January 1 and were found starving on May 26. The Hokui Maru captain was arrested by Japanese police in Yokohama.
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Victoria
B. C
Victor Island
Yokohama
Batavia Storm Sinks Empress of China Disaster
Victoria B C July 4 news of a marine disaster at Batavia reports over 600 lives lost when boats overturned in a harbor storm. Passengers cried out and were left to drown or be claimed by sharks as nearby boats filled with survivors. About 50 were rescued by fishermen.
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Victoria
B. C
Batavia
French Soldiers Struck By Sudden Illness in Saigon Barracks
Two hundred French Colonial infantrymen in Saigon Cochin China were seized with sudden nausea in their bar racks. Officials cannot explain the illness and suspect a wholesale poisoning attempt.
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Saigon
Cochin
China
Bridal Pair Preparations Ahead of Racconigi Reception
Turin July 3 report says preparations are under way at the Royal chateau of Racconigi for the reception of the Duke of Abruzzi and his prospective bride Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator S B Elkins of West Virginia.
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Turin
Royal Chateau
Racconigi
Duke of
Abruzzio
Katherine Elkins
S. B. Elkins
West Virginia
Plague Continues to Sickens Port of Spain
In Port of Spain on July 2, six new plague cases were reported with three deaths. Four patients are under treatment, and three are improving. The report highlights ongoing outbreak conditions and rising fatalities.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Pendleton Harvest Labor Boom Shifts From Farmers to Workers
Pendleton and Umatilla County see a surge of harvest hands with many strangers arriving. Laborers now seek work at any price while farmers expect cheaper harvesting costs after a year of scarce help. Widespread influx may stem from eastern workers displaced by mill and factory shutdowns.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Tod
Creamery for Clatskanie Nehalem valley dairy plan
Nehalem valley farmers met at Mist to discuss a new creamery at Clatskanie. J Lang a Wisconsin creamery man secured five year contracts to take all cream within 1.5 cents of top butter price and to provide buildings and boiler. District ships 4000 to 5000 gallons monthly to Portland creameries as dairying grows.
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Clatskanie
Mist
J. ©. Lang
Wisconsin
Portland
Oil Tank Steamers Boost Pacific Coast Trade at Portland
Portland reports arrival of the Rosecrans and Colonel E Drake tank steamers each with about 40 000 barrels capacity. Oil shipments grow monthly on regular tank steamers as port traffic shifts from rail to sea. The boom reflects broader oil demand and cleaner liquid fuel adoption by local power craft. Grant's Pass forms ladies auxiliary to promote civic improvements including shade trees sidewalks and beautification efforts following a rose show and festival.
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Portland
Rosecrans
Colonel E. Drake
Portsmouth
Pacific Coast
Grant's Pass
Grant’s Pass
New Squirrel Killer Weston
Edward Anderson of the foothills near Weston claims a simple sulfur and paper method to exterminate squirrels damaging local property. He places sulphur at burrow entrances, lights it, and covers with debris, asserting one pound kills about 200 squirrels.
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Weston
Edward Anderson
Bridge plan eyed to reach Seaside from Astoria
County Judge Trenchard and Portland engineer W A Grondahl visited Seaside to study bridging the Necanicum river near its mouth. Grondahl has bank tests and will draft plans once measurements are sent.
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Necanicum
Astoria
Trenchard
W. A. Grondahl
Portland
Seaside
Road work to resume on Pacific Railway between Hillsboro and Tillamook
Contractors review progress on the Pacific Railway and Navigation line from Hillsboro to Tillamook. About 20 miles of roadbed are finished and six months of uninterrupted work are expected to complete the grade and bridge construction into Tillamook.
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Hillsboro
Pacific Railway & Navigation
Tillamook
Eugene Summer Schools Open At University Of Oregon
Eugene hosts two summer programs with the University of Oregon and Lane County Normal School opening this week. The university program reports strong attendance and varied instruction across biology chemistry education English literature German history mathematics physics and languages. The normal school in the high school building plans a six week term with 34 attendees on day one and expects growth to 40 as it prepares teachers for upcoming examinations.
New Chautauqua Feature Opens for Young Women in Oregon
The State Board of the YWCA offers permanent quarters for young women to attend the Gladstone and Ashland Chautauqua Assemblies with a central reception tent and dormitory tents. Rates are 25 cents per night with simple meals for 15 cents, for a two week house party from July 7 to 14.
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State Board of the
Young Women’s Christian Associations
Gladstone
Ashland Chatauqua
Mies Irances
Gage
Northwest
Mra. W. J. Honeyman
Arhland
Podsille
Mise Gage
McMillan Street
Portland
Oregon
Special Train To Salem For Cherry Fair Visitors
Portland-Oregon Electric Railway negotiates with local business groups to run a special train to Salem on Friday July 9 for cherry fair visitors. Urgent general invitation issued for Salem fair attendance with special rates. Return trip from Salem leaves at 10 30 p m and arrivals in Portland around midnight.
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Portland
Oregon Electric Railway Company
Salem
Electric Road
Oregon Board Recommends Drain School Closure
The Oregon state board of regents votes to urge the legislature to discontinue the Drain school amid fears of an initiative drive abolishing the normal school system. Delegation from Drain includes G. M. Bassett, N. D. Cool, Sid W. C Rawards.
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Salem
Oregon
State Board of Regents
Drain
Henson
G. M. Bassett
N. D. Cool
Sid
W. C Rawards
Packer
Wheat and dairy prices list from Oregon market report
A dense catalog of agricultural prices across grains meats dairy and produce. Includes wheat types like Red Russian Bluestem and Millatuff bran and shorts, various hay Timothy Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon rates, dressed meats hogs veal mutton and poultry prices, cheeses and fresh fruits with per pound or per ton figures, plus potatoes oranges lemons and other crates and sacks across Oregon markets.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Americas
California
Sonchon
Kidnap Rancher's Daughter Returned After Idaho Ranch Hold Up
Edna Domengine a 16 year old daughter of a Coalinga stock and oil man was seized by bandits who used her as a shield during a ranch house raid in Fresno. Cleve Rogers surrendered with the girl after a pursuit and brief gunfire. Tony Loveau fled as posses closed in. Sheriff Chittenden urged calm as a crowd nearly lynched Rogers.
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Fresno
Cal
Cleve Rogers
Edna Domengine
Coalinga
Holy Cross Colege
Santa Cruz
Coast Range
Tony Loveau
Domengine
Rogers
Jacks Springs
Ile
Chittenden
Loveall
Trial of Prince von Eulenberg in Berlin Suspended
The Prince von Eulenberg is on trial in Berlin for perjury and subornation of perjury in last year’s scandal. Hearing is private with the prince pleading not guilty and alleging bribery or madness among Munich witnesses. Baron Alphonse de Rothschild testified, and the prince, weakening, was taken to Charity Hospital where he remains a prisoner.
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Berlin
Vo Eulenberg
Munich
Alphonse de Rothschild
Vienna
Charity Hospital
Flood of Money Announces $195 Million Circulation Today
Chicago reports a nationwide distribution of 195 million dollars in semi annual payments from railroads banks and major industries. The influx is expected to spark a broad business revival and fund improvements railroads may access funds boosting work for thousands of idle workers. Money is described as plentiful globally and much of it in gold.
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Chicago
United States
Arge
Death of 15-year-old detained boy in Los Angeles
Charles Green a 15 year old colored boy died at the Detention Home in Los Angeles. He had been ill with tuberculosis and had begged for a letter from his father serving a five year sentence at San Quentin. Judge Curtis D Wilbur arranged for the letter to arrive hours before death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Green
San Quentin
Curtis D. Wilbur
Defense seeks state funding to subpoena witnesses in Adams trial
In Grand Junction Colorado on July LimmA, defense counsel presented a petition in the Steve Adams trial asking the court to issue an order allowing the defense to subpoena witnesses at the state's expense. The request claims the defense lacks funds and cannot bear the cost, and says without state payment the bulk of its witnesses cannot be produced.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Steve Adams
Outlaws Hold Fort in Oklahoma Jail Escape Run
A posse pursuing three jail escapees from Sliger Oklahoma battled Monday night near Fort Smith Arkansas. One outlaw and a posse member were wounded as the fugitives remained entrenched in a cave.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Sliger
Okla
Noase
Cossacks Drive Rebels From Tabriz Amid Pillage Run
Reports from St Petersburg describe heavy fighting around Tabriz as Cosack forces, including the Cosmek brigade, push rebels from the city. Civilians flee. five women and children are reported as widowed and taking refuge in the Russian bank buildings. Details of the pillaging continue as the offensive rages.
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St. Petersburg
Tabriz
Cosmek
Parte
Russian Bank
Lnteng
Coup D Etat Turmoil Surrounds Shah’s Escape and Palace Clash
A Tehoran dispatch recounts a June coup attempt against the Shah, with horsemen charging through London style streets, swords and rifles drawn, and loyalists guarding the royal carriage. The Shah fled toward the royal garden as crowds panicked and royalist forces established a camp around the gardens.
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London
Tehoran
Kadar
Bageheah
Royal Garden
Western Gate
Caut
Japanese Soldier Disciplined After Missionary Residence Incident
A Japanese soldier attacked a Corean with a bayonet at a missionary residence in Seoul prompting arrest by order of Prince Ito. The soldier was confined for three to seven days while officers and the regiment face disciplinary action for the incident and recent related damage at Wiju.
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Seoul
Yong
Com
Sammons
Prince Ito
Prine Tte
Wiju
Eral
Lone Mariner Rescued After Harsh Voyage to Sea
A Lone Mariner aboard Tri Star, 18 tons register, left San Pedro for a prospecting tour from San Francisco on June 18. After ten days at sea and enduring a severe storm, he suffered a broken leg but sailed for ten hours and kept the vessel secured. He reached best port 500 miles off course despite heavy hardship.
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Lone Mariner
San Pedro
Cal
Tri Star
San Francisco
Una
Iwek
Woman Saves Forest Fire Fight Near Pasadena
A woman braved a wall of fire and reached a telephone to summon help as a blaze burned in Millard canyon near Pasadena. Mayor Kirly dispatched 50 men and rangers aided the effort to control the fire with no serious injuries reported.
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Forest
Pasadena
Cal
Mr J
Millard Canyon
Kirly City
Fores
Tory
Venezuelan court fines New York Asphalt for 6 million
A Caracas civil court orders the New York Asphalt Company to pay 6 million to the Venezuelan igveal with no appeal possible, announced Wednesday. The decision follows a fret instante demning verdict, confirming the fine with immediate effect.
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Caracas
IY i Willametad
Antion Haw
Fret Instante Demning
New York & Af Asphalt Company
Venoxuelan
Igveal
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Shah
Zeppelin
Farma
Creamery
Eugene
Cherry Fair
Portland Markets
Captor
Prince von Eulenberg
Adams
Lagi Bey
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