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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
1
Tomorrow the community will raise funds for the Orondo avenue library project between Wenatchee and Mission streets. Encouraging offers have been received and will be published soon. Committees will start work in the morning with hopes of completing the fundraising by night.
The Leavenworth Echo reports Fred Kemp visiting the town this week to meet voters. Kemp stresses that electing a prosecuting attorney is hiring a county lawyer for two years and highlights his firm Corbin Luddington as part of major local cases.
Alva Billy of Ritzville was arrested by Sheriff Webb at Monitor for holding up and robbing an Italian in Ritzville last fall. Bills and accomplices were already jailed and sentenced to the penitentiary. The sheriff tracked Bills to the Canal company’s ranch near Monitor where he was found in bed and taken into custody.
United Press report from Livingston Montana says a lone bandit robbed fifteen people aboard a stage along Spring Creek in Yellowstone Park. A cavalry troop is in hot pursuit, with the bandit two hours ahead in the Timbered mountains. Estimated losses reach from ten to fifteen thousand dollars, including two thousand in cash and ten thousand in drafts, plus watches and jewelry.
United Press dispatch from Sydney reports rising anti Japanese sentiment following the American fleet visit. Whites dominate Pacific cries grow louder daily, with Japanese consul general Uyono narrowly easing tensions at a reception hosted by the Brazilian embassy. The note cites similarities among Western Washington towns Snohomish Skykomish and Snohomish causing occasional misidentifications.
A blaze in Tesla California wipes out much of the coal town after starting in the Tesla hotel kitchen. Fifteen sleepers on upper floors leaped to the ground. many injured and one fatally. Ernest Cerf perished returning for valuables. Mr and Mrs J D Moody of Everest are en route home from Stehekin via Wenatchee today.
Ellis Morrison Republican candidate for lieutenant governor visits Seattle to meet voters in the city and surrounding county. Former speaker of the house 1895 and six years on the municipal council, he served in the house 1893 to 1897 and is viewed as a capable experienced candidate likely to attract strong local support.
Johnston of Cashmere reports Estes a leading candidate in the second district with broad support and promises a fair distribution of road work. The region seeks a square deal from Estes as voters and boosters react with enthusiasm.
Formal notification ceremony at the Indiana state fair grounds drew democratic leaders and supporters for John W Kern’s vice presidential nomination. Bryan delivered the main address criticizing Taft and Republican trust policies while contrasting the Democratic platform calling for vigorous antitrust enforcement and a federal licensing system for interstate corporations.
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