Long Beach accidents and global notes collide
A string of perilous incidents includes Mrs. A L Ferguson dying and Miss Henrietta Shrake injured from a streetcar fall in Long Beach California while Mrs. Martin Curtis perishes from a gasoline explosion. Across the globe governments pursue rail and cotton plans with Japan, Nigeria, and Cuba featuring in a wide set of political and economic moves.
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A. L. Ferguson
Henrietta Shrake
Long Beach
Calif
Martin Curtis
Japan
Embezzler Adams Claims Paid in Full Totals $107000
Will H. Thompson the special master in chancery filed a report approving $107000 in claims against George EB Adams the embezzling cashier at the Seattle assay office. Pioneer Mining Co Nome leads with $26000 while other claims range from $8000 to $46. Adams property located is sufficient to cover all claims in full.
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George EB. Adame
Seattle Naesay
Will H. Thompson
United States District Court
Adams
Miya
Seattle News
Pioneer Mining Company
Nome
Harney County Sheep Flourish Under Dipping Law
Burns Times Herald reports Harney County has about 300000 sheep on its ranges under the new dipping law. Inspectors say only about 100 head were not dipped and only two flocks tested infected with scab. these flocks are quarantined to specific ranges while clean flocks remain off other ranges.
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Harney County
Burns Times A- Herald
Women Vote Battle in Washington Suffrage Drive
The Walla Walla Union reports organized efforts by Washington women to gain the ballot. Led by the Washington Equal Suffrage Association and figures like Mrs. Besse Issacs Savage, backers plan to test court legality by attempting to register a woman voter in King County and cast votes in the general election. The piece notes Washington’s territorial history granting voting rights, overturned by courts, and recalls prior constitutional questions about female personhood in suffrage law.
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Walla Walla
Besse Issacs Savage
Seattle
Equal Suffrage Association
King County
Washington
State Court
United States Court
Supreme Court of
Congress
Corporation Tax Comes Slow in Idaho State
The Boise Capital News reports slow corporate tax receipts for the month with only 400 of over 8000 notices paying $15,000 so far. The law taxes corporations on total capital, regardless of stock value, with August 16 as the due date, drawing opposition from small irrigation firms and critics of Jim Hill's large holdings facing the same license tax as smaller companies.
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Boise
Newa
Jim Hill
Filing Fees for Incorporation Differ Greatly Across States
The article notes that Utah Sugar company paid 95 250 to file articles of incorporation in Utah for a 13 million capital, while in Idaho the same filing cost only 75. It argues filing fees are disproportionately high in Utah compared to some states.
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Exappie
Utah Sugar Company
Idaho
Utah
Itm
Eddy Beveridge wedding planned in Berlin with Senator Beveridge
Ad vices from Tuna Chicago say United States Senator Beveridge of Indiana will wed Miss Katherine Eddy in Berlin today. The ceremony will occur at the bride’s brother Spencer Eddy’s apartment on Hohenzollern Strasse after a civil marriage at the city office. Katherine Eddy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Augustus N Eddy and niece of Mrs Marshall Field, has a cosmopolitan education and public‑minded interests. Beveridge, Indiana’s senior senator since 1899, was born in Ohio in 1862 and practiced law after graduating from a university in Deppaw. He wed Katherine Langsdale in 1887. she died seven years ago.
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United States
Tuna
Chicago
Mies
Katherine Eddy
Beveridge
Indiana
Berlin
Spencer Eddy
Hohenzollern Strasse
Eity Registration Office
Augustus N. Eddy
Marshall Field
Katherine Maude Langsdale
Mr. Beveridge
Ohio
Deppaw University
Iawyer
Siwash Trick Delays Pay in Timber Claim
A northwestern Washington timber company hires Siwash workers to cut land. One elder collects pay, then uses a ruse to bring Injun Johnson to the office by claiming knowledge of a past deed. Johnson enters for his own payoff as the trick unfolds.
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Washington
Saya
Injun Johnson
Ger
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