Washingtons World Fair plans push county exhibits
Tacoma July 18 Edmond Meany reports only three of thirty four Washington counties have not gathered statistics for the world s fair materials The Northwestern Shingle Men association pledges 337000 shingles for the state building Gold Nuggets from Ellensburg total 472 40 to join the mining exhibit W L La Follette funds grass exhibits and a model farm Henry Bucey reports strong fruit exhibit Clubs organized in Seattle Mt Vernon LaConner Anacortes with one dollar membership Lithographs of the Washington building being prepared Three large flag staffs to adorn the exposition grounds Interior decoration led by W P Skillings and Mrs Slaughter Stone for the building supplied by Rigby Evans from Tenino Pittsburg and Chuckanut
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Tribune
Tacoma
Edmond
Meany
Stevens
Douglas
Cowlitz
Northwestern
Frazier
Lumber Manufacturers’ Association of the Northwest
L. R. Grimes
Washington World’s Fair Commission
Swan
Ellensburgh
W. L. la Follette
Thes Department
Henry Bucey
Seattle
Mt. Vernon
LaConner
Anacortes
Washington World
United States
Fresh State News Sparks From Northwest Headlines
Gambling thrives in Seattle Tacoma and Spokane while Vancouver B C reports two new smallpox cases and a death. Tacoma plans a Mashel river water supply and surveyors study altering the Washington Southern railroad main line in Mason county to ease summit grades. The rhododendron faces a clover era as Washington women dispute a state flower. A Tacoma engaged man denounces a newspaper announcement as a lie. A Puget Sound grader was killed by a stone from a distant blast. Makah Indians kill a sperm whale near Cape Flattery and prepare oil and bone. Eastern Washington seeks Columbia River appropriation while Seattle-area canal bets face delay.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Vancouver
B. C
Mount Tacoma-Rainier
Washington Southern Railroad
Mason County
Washington
Colfax
Charles E. Marvin
The
Ledger
Tacoma News
Peeet
Dennis Connor
Puget Sound
Cape Flattery
Tyee
Neah Bay
Columbia River
Palouse Gazette
Cronin case eyes new evidence and Vatican action
A Cronin committee meeting considers recently discovered evidence and seeks expert legal opinions. A letter to the American College in Rome asks cooperation to counter local influences and appeal to Cardinal Ledochowski for Vatican action.
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Curiaco
Cronin Committee
Cronin
Kirby
American College
Rome
Cardinal Ledochowski
Vatican
Political chatter and upcoming elections across Washington
The Walla Walla Spectator backs Hon Thomas H Brents for state senator. Olympia Weekley shifts to the peoples party. Willapa Republican renamed Willapa Pilot endorses Cleveland Stevenson. Surveyor General Cavanaugh visits Spokane amid talk of Doolittle for congress and Judge Turner for U S senator.
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Walla Walla
Thomas H. Brents
Weekley
Olympia
Calkins
Squire
People’s Party
Willapa Republican
Willapa Pilot
Cavanaugh
Spokane
Doolittle
Tacoma
Confess
Judge Turner
Tacoma Ledger
Sheriff Price
James H. Price
Wasson
Lincoln County Times
Davenport
Colonel Eddy
Colonel Visscher
West Side
Zao
Market Notes and Grain Prices From New York to Fargo
New York noon quotes show Pacific 6s and Atchison mixed with various rail stocks. Wheat at Curacao steady cash 79 1/4 cents with September 77 cents. Corn up cash 50 4/8 cents, September 48 3/4. Oats firm cash 31 1/4 cents, September 29 5/8. Pork cash 12.00, September 13.12 cents. Lard cash 7.20, September 7.30. Short ribs cash and September 7.45, Barley 65 cents.
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New York
Pacific
Atchison
Central Pacific
Burlington
Denver & Rio Grande
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
New York Central
Pays
Oregon Short Line
Ah Northern
Pacific Mail
Rock Island
St. Paul & Omaha
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Fargo Express
Western Union
Chicago
Curiaco
Rumor Of Sangis Island Destruction By Volcanic Eruption
The Caetterthun reports Timor port calls and a rumor that Sangis island in the Malay archipelago was destroyed by a volcanic eruption with 12,000 inhabitants said to have perished. The steamer sailed through heavy volcanic debris en route to Sydney, N. Fl. W.
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London
Oaetterthun
Sydney
N. Fl. W
Timor
Sangis
Malay Archipelago
California Gratin Market Report From San Francisco
Wheat futures for December bid $1.42 at the California grain market in San Francisco dated July 18. Barley seller year 90 offered price and quantity noted as context for market activity.
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California
San Francisco
MURDER CHARGED IN Homestead Labor Turmoil
Homestead Pennsylvania July 18 Two McConnell brothers foremen at Carnegie steel mill missing for three weeks fueling rumor they hired non union men to replace striking workers. Militias mass with 250000 rounds ammo from Frankford arsenal. additional regiments brought over the river as tensions rise. Police charge murder against Homestead leaders in the Connors and Wayne killings.
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Homestead
McConnell
England
Carnegie
Philadelphia
Frankford
Nothng
New York
David Lester
Franks
Calbun
East
Amalgamated Lodge of
The Irish Question: A Plan for Ship Canal Across Ireland
Sir Edward Watkin proposes a compromise between Gladstone and Salisbury to build a ship canal across Ireland with a connecting tunnel to Scotland. The plan aims to create a shortest sea route to the west and east, with surveys claiming feasibility and a cost under £20,000,000. It could provide employment and boost Ireland’s prosperity and industry.
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Seattle
Loxton
the Times
Sir Edward Watkin
House
House of Commons
Hithe
Southeastern Railway Company
Gladstone
Salisbury
Ireland
Scotland
Sir Edward Says
Great West
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sir Edward
Doings in Congress on Adjournment and Pinkerton Inquiry
Washington reports that if the House sets adjournment for the 27th, the investigations into Homestead troubles may advance and Pinkerton witnesses could be questioned. Kansas Representative Broderick introduces a bill to ban cross state transport of private armed police not part of U.S. military or state militia.
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Congress
Washington
House
Broderick
Kansas
Judicia Committee of Investigation
United States
Bank official J G Kelso defaulter linked to multiple banks
Campen Ark July 18 The report that J G Kelso president of Magnolia Ark bank Gate City bank Texakana and one of the Oachity Valley bank of this city is a defaulter to the extent of 70 000 and had left the county is confirmed. The last heard of him he was in St Louis.
Tacoma Ties with Olympia Amateurs in First Pro Game
Tomorrow a Northwest league Tacoma team will play Olympia amateurs with two pros assisting. First professional game in Olympia. Stevens and Smith will pitch for the home team early. Game starts at 4 o clock. Admission 60 cents.
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Tacoma
Olympia
Stevens
Smith
Ladies of M E Church Sponsor Indian Orphan Education
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M E Church will fund the education of a native Indian orphan, currently at a mission school, costing 20 dollars yearly. To raise the first installment, a sale with ice cream and cake will be held next Wednesday evening from 5 to 8 at 509 Fourth Street, offering lunch for 15 cents.
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Foreign Missionary Society
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
India
Missionary Board
Olympia
M,ek
Fourth Street
Labor in the South and equal rights in the coming vote
The piece argues that Carnegie and Hewitt say iron manufacture will move south because labor is cheaper in Alabama due to negro labor, which is unorganized. It warns that if voters embrace inequality over civil rights, the party opposing equality will prevail and labor will suffer further.
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Homestead
Andrew Carnegie
Abram
Hewitt
South
Birmingham
Anniston
Pittsburg
Alabama
Europe
New York Morning Advertiser
Mild Looking Desperadoes In History Quote
Major T. C. Dewitt, a California Forty-niner, recalls famous desperadoes from trans Mississippi times. He notes Jesse James resembled a mild pedagogue while Cole Younger and Ben Thompson looked harmless. He contrasts stage villains with real figures in Western history.
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Cole Younger
Ben Thompson
Pacific Slope
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Incendiary Language Threat to Black and White Rights
The Philadelphia Ledger argues that although Boston colored citizens have valid complaints about southern treatment, incendiary rhetoric cannot strengthen their cause. It urges law-abiding citizens to reject anarchistic methods and rely on lawful means to suppress crime.
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Boston
South
Free Country
Philadelphia Ledger
President Harrison Receives Two Maryland Possums At White House
The White House received two possums sent by Adams Express Company marked for the President. The box read To the President Two citizens of Maryland Mr Protection and Mr Reciprocity with compliments of John R Howlett. Each animal wore a ribbon labeled protection or reciprocity. A Tribune reader endorses cooling tempers amid Leagues party rhetoric.
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Harrison
Jerry Rusk
White House
Adams Express Comany
Maryland
John R. Howlett
N Street Northwest
Baseball Results From the Pacific Northwest
Seattle defeats Spokane 6 to 5 on Sunday in Seattle while Tacoma beats Portland 7 to 6 in Portland. The Pacific Northwest standings show several teams with varying records. A political notice proclaims a Thurston County candidate for county school superintendent, submitted by JI8 of L. P. Venen.
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Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Portland
Teo
Thurston County
Republican County Convention
L. P. Venen
Lectures Tonight by Rev George Wilding in Vancouver
The Vancouver preacher Rev George Wilding speaks at the M E church this evening at 8 o clock on The American Idol. The lecture promises profit and entertainment and admission is free.
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George ©. Wilding
Vancouver
M. E
Wilding
Weather summary with warm trend and temps
The 1 30 p m high reached 66 degrees and the low dipped to 44 degrees. Expect fair conditions to continue and warmer weather tomorrow as forecasters note a steady rise.
CARS HAVE COME For Olympia Light and Power palace cars
The morning freight delivered two palace cars for the Olympia Light and Power company on its new line. Cars Nos 1 and 3 will be unloaded and moved to the depot with one free ride for every body on the first day. Interiors show moquette upholstery and polished woodwork. Electric window signals and guard gates added for safety.
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Handsome Palace
Olympia Light & Power Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman
Ill
Columbia Street
Fourth
Philadelphia
Olympia and
Tumwater
Res
Evyergut
Shock
Congress adjournment expected next Monday in Washington
The report notes Congress will likely adjourn next Monday. It also covers various world affairs and local incidents, including deaths in Massachusetts and arrests in Mexico related to bank funds, with political shifts and a fire loss in Cleveland.
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Congress
Springfield
Mass
Rose Terry Crook
Pittsfield
Durborrow
Illinois
Lester Gale
O. W. Turner
City Savings Bank
Nashville
Tennessee
Mexico
Justin McCarthy
Londonderry
Longford
Pall Mall Gazette
Gladstone
Duke of Devonshire
Wilfred Lawson
Coquitlan
United States Revenue
Ieee
United States
Republicans vs Democrats in a Chicago speech clash
A Chicago auditorium speech attacks Democratic flexibility as a kaleidoscope of unprincipled shifts while praising the Republican stiff policy. The piece notes publisher John Blakely’s sons, George at West Point and John Russell Young at Annapolis, both graduates with high honors.
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Philadelphia
John Blakely
Evening Star
Military Academy of
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
John Russell Young Blakely
George Blakely
New Corporations Promised in Washington State
Notice lists several formed entities with capital and locations including Cascade Water company in Tacoma and Tacoma and Chop Lake Mining County in Tacoma. Also mentions Washington Vitrified Brick and Tile company near Clarke County and Vancouver on the Columbia river, plus Farmington Hardware and Furnishings in Farmington. Ends with a note on advertising columns and a piano organ business at 416 Adams St.
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Cascade Water Company
Tacoma
Oye
Tacoma and
Chop Lake Mining Couty
Capital
Hington Vitrified Brick and Tile Company
Clarke
State of Washington
Columbia River
Vancouver
Farmington Hardware and Furnia
Farmington
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Sawyer & Fiskey
Olympia, Washington
Odd Fellows Building
Fourth and
Jefferson Streets
Olympia, Wash
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Northwest
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Adams St
Second Street
W. A. Botkin
Havana
Key West
Main Street
B. FF. Denton
Aler
Singer Sewing Machines
Practical Adjuster
Adams Streets
E. C. Bickford
Columbia
Olympia Marble Works
Newmaker & Sizer
Third Street
B. Hared
D. C. Bates
C. C. Bates
Harned & Bates Brothers
West 116 Sixth Street
West Side Mill Company
Burnham
Exposition Grounds
Evergreen State
Washington’s
W. P. Skillings
Samuel C. Slaughter
Commission
Rigby & Evans
Washington Building
Tenino
Chuckanut
Fresh State News
Cleveland
Curcaco
Ralph E. Hoyt
Los Angeles
Lonpox
Miles
Nerying
Johnson
Ananias
Thomas Henderson
Lincoln County
John L. Wilson
Sprague
Davenport Times
Ralph K. Nichols
Republican State Central Committee
Peta
Eugene T. Wilson
Thomas Burke
D. H. Gilman
W. A. Ryan
Ryan
Henry Drum
Democratic Society of Washington
James KE. Fenton
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Columbus
Spain
Italy
America
Eamel
Ottawa
Ont
Henry Loucks
South Dakota
Farmers Alliance of the United
New York Stock Market
Prrtssure
Carnegie Union Mills
Lovejoy
Potter
Homestead Works
Lamb
Carnegie Mechanical Department
Beaver Falls
Hugh O'Donnell
John McLuckie
Burgess
Sylvester Critchlow
Anthony Flaherty
Samuel Birkett
James Flannagan
Hugh Ross
T. J. Connors
Silas Wayne
Pinkertons
O'Donnell
Hugh O’donnell
Washington, D. C
O’donnell
Samuel Gompers
Federated Labor
Lane
Pacific Northwest
Ceae
Rom
Qnuzy
Observer
Telegraphic Tales
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Gettysburg
H.S. Esterbrook
Nebraska
Bunker Hill Monument
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