Public Schools in the Philippines and Pacific Northwest Observations
The Philippines opening of public schools is seen as a peaceful civilizing influence, with prior church-led instruction and low teacher pay. Visiting editors recall Mt Rainier’s brightness, Japan’s military stance, and tensions between Secretary Alger and Eastern papers, highlighting regional views and press reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
National Association
Tatome
Pacific Northwest
Mt Rainier
Mining News From Republics Gold Mines
Mining reports from Republic describe the Admiral Dewey Gold Mining Company planning a 166 foot shaft, Insurgent mine development advancing with good ore, Marmion Gold Mining preparing a 1600 foot tunnel to the ledge, rich ore specimens found, and Treasury Fraction driving a 25 foot tunnel to cut the Treasury ledge.
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Admiral Dewey Gold M Company
Republic, Fa
Republic
Marmion Gold Mining Company
Treasury Fraction Company
Treasury
Miscellany of odd notes and social quips from the era
A collage of brief items spans topics from library growth in Wisconsin and English locomotive exports to quirky claims about etiquette and public figures. It mentions Daniel Welle of Milwaukee as a long surviving ex congressman, the Queen of Portugal translating Hamlet, and varied curiosities about elephants, boars, and pickpockets in a miscellany tone.
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Daniel Welle
Milwaukee
West
Diverse 19th century snippets mix culture science and travel
A collage of notes spans fireworks at church services, a London tea firm run by women, Russia’s nutri tives and imports, culinary facts, and anecdotes about public figures. It includes Roosevelt's son at Oyster Bay, a fire aftermath with General Hampton, a 1652 Book of Common Prayer return, and notes on Hamburg's tropical disease school and a Philadelphia bishop monument drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biishop Creighton
Bath and Wells
England
Wells
Speedy Legislation Expression From Industrial Commissioner
Industrial Commissioner John M. Farquhar, veteran Buffalo Republican and former Typographical Union president, states the commission will not push new antitrust laws. He says trusts arise from overproduction and aim to lower costs and stabilize prices, not to profit beyond prior levels. He cautions that trusts are an outgrowth of changing business conditions in the young nation.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Congress
McKinley
John M. Farquhar
Buffalo
Typographical Union
Farquhar
Lange Will Play Ball In New League Favor
Chicago July 1 The proposed new baseball league opposing the National league gains momentum as Bul Lange hinted at future play with a major club. Lange comments avoid specifics due to his Chicago League ties but does not deny plans to continue playing next year. Reports link him to a captaincy if a rival league forms, with no retirement implied. Trade talks involving Amos Russell and Mike Griffin are reported as part of ongoing discussions.
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Chicago
Bul Lange
Lange
Chicago League Baseball
Pewcele
Ational
Anson
Tee
Amos Russe
New York
Rough Riders
Brooklyn
Mike Griffin
Liquor Shipping to Alaska Under New Law
Large shipments of liquor are being sent to Alaska since the high license law took effect. Before July 1 liquor could not be sold there but that trade persists. The law requires saloon keepers to pay a $2000 annual license to the government.
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Alaska
Gray's Harbor Co. starts new box factory and mill work
Cosmopolis Washington July 12 The Gray's Harbor Commercial Co has begun a new box factory 80 by 160 feet with machinery on the ground. The same company started today one side of the big mill for a day and night run. Numerous men will be required for some time.
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Cosmopolis
Wash
Gray's Harbor
Fuller Bond Fixed for Elberation Charge
The bond of J. C. Fuller a traveling salesman accused of elberation from Dryfoos & Co wholesale liquor dealer was fixed yesterday at 8400 cash or 8700 with sureties.
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J. C. Fuller
Dryfoos & Co
Battle of Trusts in Indianapolis Prompts Western Alliance
Col. Winfield T. Durbin announced formation of a western trust to counter an eastern trust. He disclosed selling his stake in a paper mill at Anderson to Crawford Fairbanks, leader of a major strawboard trust. The International Paper Co. operates mainly in the east, with limited western activity.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Winfield T. Durbin
Anderson
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Great Strawboard
International Paper Company
Pitteburg
Chicago Agency Controls Key Casterner Business
A Chicago agency maintains control over a major casterner business while a plan to merge with a prominent eastern trust is discussed. It is expected that the paper mill west of Pittsburgh will be absorbed or run in conjunction with the strawboard plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Catsrner
Eastern Trust
Pitteburg
Doa Mounts Suit Over Infected Milk Disease
W. O. Clark won $855 in district court against Edward Dicks over milk from a diseased cow linked to tuberculosis. Clark claimed physicians said his blood disease was incurable and sought $16,000 in damages. Evidence showed Dicks knew the cow was diseased.
Local Court Fines Three Over Slot Contrivance
Dave Hinke Herman Lenait and J Némon were fined $10 by Judge Cann yesterday for maintaining a nickel-on-the-slot contrivance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Hinke
Herman Lenait
J. Némon
Woman Reports Theft During Move On Morrison and Queen Anne
Mrs Eather Sayre reported to police that during her move she was robbed of an $80 gold watch and a $125 diamond ring. The incident occurred at her residence near Morrison street and Queen Anne avenue yesterday.
Burns W Beal Seeks 12000 Damages For Boiler Blast
Burns W Beal, a victim of the March 21 boiler explosion, petitions the city council for 12000 damages claiming injuries to his limbs have left him crippled for life.
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Burns W. Beal
Boilet
Gang Kicks Man to Death in Philadelphia Street Fight
A midday brawl at Conestoga Street and Wyatusing Avenue left 45 year old Thomas Ashworth dead after a gang attacked him. Police captured John Kennedy, 223, of 2717 Auburn Street, as the sole suspect in custody at the Twenty Ninth District Station. others remained at large.
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Conestoga Street
Wyatusing Avenue
John Kennedy
Auburn Street
Twenty-Ninth District
Ice Companies Combine Form New Consolidated Trust
New York July 14 report in Wall Street states Consolidated Ice Company of New York with 10,000,000 capital merges with Knickerbocker Ice Company of Maine, active in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington, also with 10,000,000 capital, and American Ice Company, a new corporation, to form a fast news era alliance.
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New York
Wall Street
Ice Company of
Knickerbocker For Company of
Maine
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
American Lee Company
Camp
A Hitch in Negotiations Between Tug Trust and Dunham Towing
In Chicago the tug trust committee and Dunham Towing exchange terms over the sale of Dunham property and the option granted to the trust is withdrawn. Dunham and possibly other lake lines may stay outside the trust, while efforts to unite outside lines for harmony rise if war with the trust occurs. Capt J A Dunham left for Cleveland and denied selling out to the trust. Reports also claim Barry Bros independent line and the trust committee have reached an agreement.
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Chicago
Tug Trust
Dunham Towing Company
Dunham Line
J. & Dunham
Cleveland
Barry Bros
Trust Committee
Woman Leads Manual Training School in Conshocken
Conshocken Pa July 13 The local school board votes to hire Miss Ida Davis to head the manual training school over two male candidates. Skepticism about a young woman's ability to teach boys carpentry and shop skills surrounds the decision, but support rests on her Drexel Institute training and recommendations she presented.
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Conshocken
Ida Davia
Mise Davis
Drexel Institute
Chicago butcher Becker tried for murder and sentenced to death
In Chicago on July 12 the jury found August Albert Becker guilty of murder in manner and form. The court imposed the death penalty after a one hour and ten minute deliberation. Becker showed pale agitation as he faced the verdict and cursed the jury on the way back to jail.
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Chicago
August Albert Becker
Albert Becker
Ida Satterlin
Becker
Ballista
Peck
Clerk Cummings
Foreman Barrett
Trusts Are Troubling in Anti-Trust Debate and Silver Issue
In New York on July 13 Senator J. Y. Jones of Nevada discusses Democratic anti-trust tactics for the forthcoming campaign. He questions remedies for trusts, links the issue to the gold standard and currency, and notes the silver question may be overshadowed temporarily by anti monopoly talk while Philippine concerns arise in the West. Proverb samples from Mexico follow.
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New York
Benator J. Y. Jones
Nevada
Havemeyer
Ryan
Uryan
McKinley
Philippine
West
California
Wisconsin Central Railway to Form New Company
Milwaukee July 12 The new Wisconsin Central Railway Co will be formally organized at a Milwaukee meeting Saturday. H F Whitcomb, longtime receiver and former general manager, is named president and general manager though formal confirmation awaits the meeting.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway Co
H. F. Whitcomb
Wisconsin Central
Young Tacoma Bandman Shot in Accident
July 13 Tacoma report states Henry A Pelletier, brother of Major John Pelletier and Governor Rogers' secretary, in a Tacoma military band member, was accidentally shot after a bicycle fall near the reservoir on water ditch road. A revolver discharged, wounding his thigh. he was moved to St. Joseph's Hospital. The wound described as serious but not fatal.
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Tacoma
Henry A. Pelletier
John Pelletier
Rogers
Pelletier
Offcer Bhock
Twenty-seventh Street
Tacoma Avenue
Rt. Joseph's Hospital
Cary
Miners Lose Their Gold in Shifting Dump Dangers
Thomas Parka, a Klondike arrival aboard the Humboldt, reports mine owners on Eldorado and Bonanza Greets dumped pay dirt near the shaft mouths last winter. As warmth spread, dirt shifted back into shafts causing thousands of dollars in losses and weeks of hard work wasted. Parka, a four-year north visitor, notes the season’s output may reach about 20 million dollars.
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Thomas Parka
Klondike
Humboldt
Eldorado
Bonanza
Mr. Parks
Parks
Commercial Hotel
Sugar Demand in Spain Hit by High Duties
Washington July 1 The sugar industry in Spain faces a home demand of about 100000 tons annually while factories produce 60000 tons. Consular Agent Mertens in Valencia reports a petition to reduce the prohibitive duty of 102 percent to a lower rate, despite refinery opposition, aiming to boost revenue.
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Washington, D. C
Pain
Mertens
Valencia
Separated for Fifty Years Meet at Soldiers Home
In Dayton Ohio a father and daughter who had not seen each other for nearly fifty years met at the Soldiers' home. John Fisense left Germany before the Civil War, enlisted, and never heard from his family. His daughter, Mrs Anna M Miller of Williamsport Pennsylvania, learned of a veteran Bisente In the home and traveled to Dayton where she found him, now in a hospital on what may be his deathbed, and they reunited after decades apart.
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London
Dayton
John Fisense
Germany
America
Anna M. Miller
Williamsport
Lycoming County
Bisente
Died on a Street Car in Tacoma
James C. Richardson father-in-law of Mohawk Mining president Frank M. Harshberger died suddenly yesterday afternoon on a Point Defiance street car after a brief visit to Seattle. He suffered apoplexy and heart trouble in transit.
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Tacoma
James C. Richardson
Frank M. Harshberger
Mohawk Mining Company
Point Defiance
Richardson
Seattle
Weather Outlook for Seattle and Vicinity
Tonight and Friday show fair to cloudy skies with cooler readings and a southerly wind. Northwest temperatures rise slightly while Oregon and California hold steady. Boise City reports a thunderstorm and Pocatello has .4 inch rainfall. A broad high pressure area dominates the coast with low pressure over Nevada and a strong Idaho high forming. A Nevada to province trough may bring cloudiness Friday around Seattle. Swigsby was absent midweek due to celebrations for the Fourth.
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Seattle
Oregon
California
Boise City
Pocatello
Nevada
Idaho
Arema
Proverb Lore and A Railway Farewell
A compact note on Mexican proverbs and Spanish epigrams notes their terseness and aptness. It cites a gentleman at a railway station who, amid farewell kisses from young ladies, proclaims his discomfort with the scene.
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Seattle Star
EB Wells
Penisners
Wwr . Chase
Tver
Nees Manacer
Pike
Third Avenue
Pestottiorat Beatile
Japan
Russia
Marquis Ito
Yokohama
China
Alger
Mabie
Mining News
Wal
Pretoria
Transvaal
Wisconsin
Portugal
Hamilet
Cecil Rhodes
H. Boerite
Maitland
Australia
Nowers
Hahla
Breall
C. A. Steele
Kansas
General Finton
Clark
Montana
Algoma
W. Va
George F. Hamlin
Europe Hamlin
Asia
Africa
Mannibal Hamlin
Joseph Faudios
Porto Rico
Bt Benedict's College
Atchison, Kan
Hay
Omar Khayyamite
Nathan Haskell Cole
Oyster Bay
Gev
Roosevelt
Harvard
Fuegende Blatter
Wade Hampton
Columbus
Gen. Hampton
Hamburg
Koch
Fret
Berlin
Melbourne
A &T Kilda
Providence
Sydney Bulletin
Fairmount Park
Richard Alien
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Java
Old Maida
Moore Inv, Co
Ferquaher
WATS
Thomas
Ashworth
Ice Companies
the Democracy
Jones
Mexico
Aateten
Mexco
Spain
Weather Forecast
Eo To
Sparkman & McLean Fun Bapgaing la Real Estate Whone Hed
Lailey Midg
Iar
Sos
Crigler's
Best Hotels
LH. Place
Bailey Block
Stecas Sdovpetlorey Spot Cash
Jake Martin
Oberon
Irvin Baruch, Prop
Oberon’s Ladies’ Orchestra
Herr Irvin Baruch
Neipel Eartern
Winter & Harper
Wasn
AT the
Second Avenue
Seattle Gas and
Columbia Std
Shorrock
Bonney & Stewart Funeral
Embalmore
Third Ave
Columbia St
Beattie
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