Happenings and Hazards Across Nations and Seas
The week’s items include the Oregon Sunday school union convention in The Dalles with 26 new schools and big enrollment losses. Honolulu drill rumors and a Naniwa landing scare stir Hawaii. Behring sea seal branding planned. A six percent Philippine loan contract signed by Spain. Texans amid a church tragedy and a Dallas jail camp disaster.
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Oregon State Sunday School Union
Dalles
San Francisco
Behring Sea
Pribylov Islands
David Starr Jordan
Admiralty
Pembroke Dockyard
Crumpacker
Indiana
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Western Washington W C T U Adopts Prohibition and Suffrage
The 14th annual Western Washington W C T U convention in Vancouver adjourned after four days. Officers were re elected and reports on departments like purity literature and school methods were presented. Resolutions urged prohibition laws universal text book use in schools and suffrage acceptance with next year set for Tacoma unless the national meeting occurs in Everett.
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Vancouver
Wash
Washington
Mary L. Page
Olympia
Ella J. Fifield
Tacoma
Alice R. Rideout
Ellen J. Thayer
Everett
Mra
E. Shorthill
Mattie N. Graves
Centralia
J. C. Stone
Seattle
Mattie Gridley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Narcissa White Kinney
United States
Belle Kearney
Mississippi
Tax on stock and bonds outlined for stamp levy
Senator Lodge drafted a tariff amendment proposing a stamp tax on stocks and bonds with a 0.5 cent per share or fraction and 0.2 cent per $100 on transfers, excluding United States and state bonds and mortgage securities. The measure awaits judiciary committee form approval after Republican caucus action.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Finance Committee
United States
Mutual Benefit
Judiciary Committee
Themas
Harrowing Yellow Fever Voyage Aboard Pacific Mail Steamer
Passengers arriving from Panama tell of a deadly voyage on the City of Para from May 18 to San Francisco, with yellow fever outbreaks aboard, deaths of Captain Mattersen and others, suppression of news by officers, and allegations of spoiled meat and long music amid the crisis. The Acapulco report confirms four deaths on the return voyage.
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New York
Steamship Alliance
Pacific Mail
City of Para
Panama
San Francisco
Martersen
Para
Mitchell
Mattersen
Rengin
Punta Arenas
Echeveria
Costa Rica
Yellow Jack
Corinto
San Jose de Guatemala
San Salvador
Acapulco
Internal Revenue Office Probe Reveals Loose Controls
Investigators in San Francisco report a worse condition in the collector of internal revenue district with deputy Welburn admitting to taking a salary from M Welburn and aiding liquor dealers to evade licenses. Dismissals of Loupe and Chinn expected as books are audited. Spokane fair organizers secure $5,000 guarantees and plan a 12 day event with prizes and exhibits from multiple western regions.
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San Francisco
Collector of Internal Revenue
E. C. Atkins
M. Welburn
Welburn
Loupe
Chinn
Forestry Regulations Approved by Washington Officials
Forestry rules approved by Commissioner Hermann of the general land office and promulgated by Secretary Bliss are announced. In Anacortes, Robert Wolf a packing company night watchman disappeared after going on duty. His clothes were found on the beach and it is suspected he drowned while trying to reach his dory. Wolf was a 45 year old bachelor long resident of Anacortes.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Canada
Professor Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Senor Augustin N. Chavez
Mexican Telegraph
Senor Chavez
Mexcan Republic
Secretary of Public Works
Daily Telegraph Weather Service
Hermann
General Land Office
Bliss
Anacortes
Wash
Robert Wolf
Night Waterman
Wolf
Dory
Melson Executed for Murder at Grants Pass
Lemuel W. Melson was hanged in Grants Pass after a full confession. The town gathered with about 500 spectators as Rev. Isaac Dawson conducted services and Melson, calm and composed, proclaimed his guilt. The case traced to Charles Perry's death near Waldo, Oregon, with Melson linked by money, possession of Perry’s watch, and a revolver used in the crime.
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Grant’s Pass
Lemuel W. Melson
Episcopal Church
Isaac Dawson
Rev
Dawson
Sheriff Hiatt
Melson
Perry
Grant's Pass
Charles Perry
Wallo
Waldo
Siskyou
Crescent City
Cal
W. Melson
Enery
Siskiyou Mountains
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Kentucky
Clatsop County
del Norte County
Connecticut
Five Indians Die From Poisoned Alcohol at Mille Lacs
At Malone's Point on Mille Lacs lake in Brainerd Minnesota five Indians including Chief Wee Sug are dead and several others are expected to die after drinking painkiller hair oil and other preparations containing alcohol bought at Malone's trading post Indian riders search the reservation to unite the band and tensions rise as natives blame Malone for the deaths authorities report a startling figure about babies arriving yearly.
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Brainerd
Minn
Indiana
Wee Sug
Malone's Point
Mille Lacs Lake
Malone
Turkish commander Kem Pasha resigns his post
A Standard dispatch from Constantinople reports Kem Pasha, commander of Turkish forces in Thessaly, tendered his resignation to the sultan citing peace conditions that prevent him from guaranteeing army discipline. The piece ends with a humorous aside noting room for everyone in Pennsylvania.
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Edbewm Pasha
London
Constantinople
Kem Pasha
Thessaly
the Times
Tewfik Pasha
Turkey
Northwest tidbits from Oregon and nearby towns
Mayville builds the county’s handsomest church in Gilliam. Gordon Creek man Ben Ross turned out 65 railroad ties in 10 hours. Sinslaw fair planned for October 15 and 16 at Larane hall. Western Union wires reach Astoria for line to Portland. Rock drilling contest for 250 at Sumpter between Bonanza and Rachael mines. Wallowa council grants saloon license. Grant county grouse and ange hens expected. The Dalles hosts a fall firemen tourney and school opening may be delayed. Grant county jail interior materials arriving at Canyon City. Five US fish commissioners to inspect Pelican bay and Ney Harney lake. Oregon shipped 18,300 crates of strawberries, Montana markets receive a third. Docalburn salmon supply cited as rising prices. Oregon sues Baker county over back taxes. outcome leaves about 3,000 unresolved. Ferndale cheese factory starts. Coomopolis ships 49 cars of lumber east. Mange among Garfield county range horses. Ellensburg cheese factory yields 600 pounds daily. A circus thrills Big Bend boys. Lehtor Mining declares a 15th dividend of 25,000 dollars. Terry Clancey injured near Buckley. Prison inmates suffer tonsillitis but fear eases. Spokane judge rules witnesses cannot be jailed. Central Washington projects 1,600,000 bushels of Big Bend wheat. Gray’s Harbor jetty funds fixed at 350,000. Grain inspection plans eyed for Eastern corn imports. Mill creek cloudburst kills hundreds of fish. Friday Harbor jeweler B W Holloway dies suddenly. Okanogan county tax-into-salary fund ruling allows payments to resume.
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Sinslaw Agricultural Society
Larane Hall
Western Union
Astoria
Portland
Sumpter
Rachael
Joseph
Wallowa County
Grant County
Dalles
Canyon City
United States Fish Commissioners
Pelican Bay
Harney Lake
O. R. & N. Company
Montana
Docalburn
England
Ferndale
Coamopolis
Garfield County
Ellensburg
Big Bend
Lehtor Mining Company
Spokane
Terry Clancey
Buckley
oMicala
State Penitentiary
Richardson
Superior Court
Washington
Wilson
Gray's Harbor
Wright
Mill Creek
Walla Walla
B. W. Holloway
Hanford
Okanogan County
Close Call for Jack Tars on Puritan Boiler Explosion
Thirty sailors narrowly escaped death when a boiler exploded aboard the monitor Puritan at the Brooklyn navy yard. Crown sheet failure caused a scalding blast of steam. Chief Engineer Cowie was burned while help arrived. The vessel will remain for repairs. Also a Chilean labor crisis warned of mass unemployment and potential nitrate industry disruption in Tarapaca.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
August Wilson
Wilson
Cowie
Double Suicide After Love Triangle In Guaymas
In Guaymas Sonora on July 5 Senor Clodomino Maytorena a popular young man killed himself with pistols to the head after a clash over his engagement to Senorita Ampara Ynigo. The young woman, upon learning the news, took poison and is reported to have died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaymas
Sonora
Clodomino Maytorena
Senorita Ampara Ynigo
Maytorena
Bardwell Donates Vast Ivory Collection to San Francisco Museum
John T. Bardwell of San Francisco presents one of the nation’s largest ivory groups to a Golden Gate Park museum. The 700 pieces, valued between 25 and 1000 dollars each, depict animals plants and mythic protectors in delicate carvings. 4-5 lines of summary text omitted for brevity.
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San Francisco
John T. Bardwell
Golden Gate Park Museum
United States
Colfax Murderer Leonard Spared as Appeal Delays Hang
John Leonard, murderer of Jacob Marquist, will not be hanged today after his case was appealed to the United States Supreme Court. Leonard was taken to Spokane amid feared mob violence that proved unfounded. The report ends with an odd aside about a globe and proportion.
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Colfax
Wash
John Leonard
Jacob Marquist
United States Supreme Court
Leonard
Spokane
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
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Portland, Or
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Cuido Real
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Peru
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Berne
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Methodist
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Naniwa
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BR. Dray
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L. W. Melson
Grants Pass
Pennsylvania
Mayville
Gilliam County
Ben Ross
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B. F. Bonham
Jack Tars
Chile
Herald
Valparaiso
Heraldo
Tarapaca
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