Port Arthur Assault Report Sparks Allied Hope
Aug 20 dispatches from Chefoo and St. Petersburg report Japanese forces making a supreme assault to take Port Arthur with hopes of capture. Messages note repulses at times and mobilization in Russia, while Bruessel strengthens three-section defense and gratitude to defenders.
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Port Arthur
Tientsin
ST. Petersburg
Stoesse
Mukden
Diana
Saignon
Cochin
China
Novik
Tsing Tan
Korohakoff
Rome
Bruessel
Cear
Bloesser
Russia
Brutal attack hits strike breaker near Chicago stockyards
Chicago August 20 a colored non union worker Allen Patten was found severely injured near the stockyards with a damaged eye and likely to die. Strikes flare with violence at the plants as union officials vow action and packers seek court injunction. Hospitals report injuries and mobs fire on a passenger train.
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Chicago
Allen Patten
Donnelly
Harrison
Soenger House
Fortieth Street
Stewart Avenue
J. G. Baywater
Hammond Packing Company
Burglary at Whiten Hardware Loots 350 Value
Burglars looted Whiten Hardware at 116 First Avenue South last night fleeing with 24 revolvers, pocket knives, razors, cutlery, and $3 cash from the rear office. The haul, among the largest in months, follows a similar break-in less than a month prior, with police suspecting a three-man crew.
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Whiten Hardware Company
First Avenue South
Peasants Child in Gzars Palace Rumor Resurfaces
A New York cable reports Russian revolutionists claiming the empress bore a daughter and that a peasant woman's male infant was substituted. They insist the claim will be verified later and warn the czarist court faced risk if a czarovitch birth failed again.
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Clare
Revolutioniata
Russia
Mining suit filed over Nome property split
John A. Dexter and R. Lang sue Leo Leowenherz for division of mining property in Nome claiming thousands in stake. The suit cites an 1898 agreement where Dexter and Lang would share half of the undivided interest, with Leowenherz failing to provide a full report beyond claim No. 9.
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NOME
John A. Dexter
R. Lang
Leo Leowenherz
Dexter
Lang
Ince
Tioe
Dispute Over Dexter Creek Property Interests and Injunction
The case centers on Dexter Creek where $200,000 is claimed to be taken. Dexter and Lang seek a half interest and an accounting for other claims located at No. 10 below discovery on Anvil and No. 14 below discovery on Dry Creek. A motion requests an injunction to halt further development until settlement.
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Dexter Creek
Dexter and
Lang
Anvil
Dry Creek
No Lynching Attempt Reported in Black Diamond
Citizens of Black Diamond dispute a Seattle paper claim that an attempt was made to lynch Anton Vehoe and Mrs. Johanna Swetiaker after their release on murder charges. Local residents say there was no lynching plan or violence, only talk of forcing them to leave town, described as unfounded and aimed at harming Black Diamond.
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Seattle
Anton Vehoe
Johanna Swetiaker
Justice George
D. N. Stone
Black Diamond
Townanarchy claims fade after false riot talk
Deputy Sheriff Hodge said there was no riot or lynching in Black Diamond that night. People oppose Judge George's decision and want to oust Johann Swetisher and Anton Wehoe. The only trouble was a street fight between Mr Shares and Frank Sharer, a witness for Anton Vehor, and Mrs Swetisher.
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Hodge
Black Diamond
George
Johann Swetisher
Anton Wehoe
Mr. Shares
Frank Sharer
Anton Vehor
Bids Opened for Major Street and Water Projects
The board of works opened bids for several street improvements and new connectors. Lowest bids include Molt & McGuire for Ward Street and Warren Avenue at 14 088, Bell Price for Latona Avenue water main at 96 858, and Pacific Coast Pipe Company for North Pitty second street water main at 61 562. Other bidders include Marber Asphalt Company 41 663 and Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging 2 754. Plans for Minor Avenue fire engine house and Colo rado Street water main were approved.
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Board of Works
James Markey
Marber Asphalt Company
Queen Anne
Molt & McGuire
Ward Street
Warren Avenue
P. KB. Melough
William Stanley
Bell @ Price
Latona Avenue
Pacific Coast Pipe Company
Wee
Puget Sound Ridge and Dredgeing Company
Miret Avenue
Valley
Harrison Street
T. FE. Imekema & Co
Stireatt & Geeta
J. A. Halley
John Street
Seventh
Ninth Avenues
North Coast Concrete Company
J. M. Mellowen
North Pitty-second Street
Interlake
Meridian Avenues
Review of troops as court-martial lessons abroad
In Prussia on August 26 the sovereign reviewed the troops and summoned senior officers for a lecture on Far East war lessons. He harshly criticized Russia while praising Japanese organization and conduct.
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Prussia
Far East
Russia
Republicans Frying the Fat in Washington Scandal
Everett, August 20. A potential political scandal emerges as a Republican State Committee notice demanding sinews of war from postmasters surfaces. Postmasters face campaign-contribution demands despite postal rules prohibiting such practices. First class posmasters targeted at 250 dollars, second class 100, third 50, fourth class fees set.
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Everett
Wash
Republican State Committee
Mittee
Postal Department
Miners' bodies exhumed finding copper and tin in stomachs
In Grangeville Idaho three miners who died a month earlier were exhumed and found to have copper tin and zinc in their stomachs, a mystery surrounding their deaths. A skeleton believed to be Frank Ritter, missing four years, was located on Williams Creek. Fires near the Great Northern tracks heated interior railroad coaches. Hope Idaho reports a town surrounded by fire with a forest blaze across the river.
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Frank Ritter
Williame Creek
Everett
Great Northern
Hope
Idaho
Eight Year Old Heroine Rescues Drowning Girl in Idaho
In Wallace Idaho on August 20 Alice Newell aged eight leaped into Placer creek and saved 2 year old Dorothy Brow from drowning after she fell into the stream. Deputy Sheriff Cook reported the incident noting the swift current and the quick response by the child who acted with courage.
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Wallace
Idaho
Alice Newell
Placer Creek
Dorothy Brow
Dorothy
Wheat market wild with record advances in Chicago
The wheat market surged to new highs with May wheat at 1.16 dollars, the highest since the Leiter deal, and new September bids around 1.11 to 1.1058. Corn and oats also rose, with quotes near 53 7-8 to 34 3-8 cents, amid rain and rust fears in the Northwest.
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Leiter
Storms Leave Death and Destruction in Their Wake
Tornadoes struck North St. Louis and across the river into Illinois causing many injuries and multiple deaths. Names of the dead include John Ellington and Mrs Margaret C Beal with a long list of injured. The storm also damaged Granite City Venice and Madison then moved into Illinois causing farm destruction and river ferry damage. In Globe Arizona a cloudburst caused deaths and rail damage with seven bodies recovered and trains unable to run.
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ST. Louis
North St. Louie
Mississippi River
Ilinois
John Ellington
Margaret C. Beal
Herman Sauerwine
Maybie
Jacob Harmeste
William Lindman
Edward Pattison
Gertwood Powtneki
James Crosby
William Diechkaver
William Fouche
Louie McCullin
William Bigger
W. H. Largan
T. Sommers
W. Fricke
William Toricke
Neidringhaus
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas
Nellie Schmidt
John Rennett
Wealle Bennett
Laura Bennett
Minnie Bennett
Bennett
John Foster
Foster
Nineteenth
Angelradt Streets
Tri-City
Granite City
Venice
Madison
Illinois
Coroner Examines Body for Tom Tierney Case Link
Coroner Hoye examined a floating body found near Galbraith's dock on July 1 to identify it as Tom Tierney. Tierney, who disappeared from Arlington in late July, was headed to Harrington with plans to work harvesting and to drop $2,000 from property sales in Seattle. Friends doubt the Aug 2 sighting and fear the unknown man may be Tierney murdered for his money.
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Galbraith’s Dock
Potters’ Field
Tom Tierney
Arlington
L. A. Fraser
John Noe
Tierney
Harrington
Seattle
James P. Lewis
First Annual Meeting of King County Veterans Association
The King County Veterans Association will hold its first annual meeting in the Woodland Park large pavilion on August 25. The executive committee met at Wrestling & Wirtling last night and arranged the affair with Gen. H. A. Blee to preside over the public event.
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Woodland Park
Wrestling & Wirtling
Gen. H. A. Blee
Farmer Jesse Reeder Dies in Thrasher Accident
In Wallada Washington on August 20 Jesse Reeder farm hand fell into a feeder box of a thrasher and was mangled to death. He leaves a widow and a baby.
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Wallada
Wash
Jesse Reeder
Shaw Plans Western Speaking Tour Schedule
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw visited the national Republican headquarters to arrange a western speaking itinerary. He departs Chicago Sunday night and will speak at Helena on the 24th, Spokane on the 26th, Seattle on the 29th, Portland on the 30th, San Francisco from the 3rd to the 6th, and Los Angeles thereafter.
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Treasury
Shaw
National Republican
Helena
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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Ing
Grangeville
Lucy McLean
South” Park Woods
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Sterlacoon
Hattie J. Smith
James VI. Smith
Igrounds of Cruelty
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Aris
EL Paso
Texan
Globe
Ariz
Bowie
M. N. Mitchell
Southern Pacific
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Olle
Globe and Northern Railroad
Pinal Creek
O. D. Wicson
Charles Sima
Hurd
Moody
John Epley
Tom
Hoye
King County Veterans’ Association
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