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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
1
Chelan County Assessor J B Holmes reports a county population of 10 059, up 59 from the threshold to a new class, with Wenatchee at 2346 and the valley at 3604. Officials see salary adjustments for several posts and note slow growth since the last census.
A compact dataset lists Leaven Worth Rural District and related districts including Malaga and Environments Entiat Vatler with numeric totals 1694 1595 and a combined total 10 059 across the cited regions.
An 1899 affidavit quoted in New York Morning Journal details a scheme at a Chicago stockyard where condemned cattle were hidden in a tank to fool inspectors. The process involved a steaming noise and a marked beef carcass returned to the market area, exposing a long running hoax by workers led by Nicholav Newsome and the killing superintendent Tom Dolan.
The Democratic Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men's Anti-Trust league plans a reception for William Jennings Bryan on his return to the United States around August 1 after his world tour. President William Hogue says Bryan consented to the reception and Bryan urged stopping socialism in the United States.
London June 8 Mr Terrett Chief Inspector of Meat at Smithfield Market reports frozen hogs arriving from the United States in a diseased state yet carrying a good inspection seal. He questions inspector prudence and notes seals can be attached despite health. Buyers warned they buy at their own risk and diseased hogs are seized if found.
M O Blake proprietor of a Wenatchee avenue saloon pleaded guilty to keeping the saloon open on Sunday May 20. He was fined 25 dollars and costs after arguing that detectives obtained liquor from bartenders at a hotel. Judge Palmer ruled there was a technical violation but the saloon was not open for business.
Vice President Fairbanks grows uneasy over growing talk in Congress that Speaker Cannon should be a candidate for the presidency after Roosevelt. He moves early to hinder the speaker while Cannon has not declared his intentions. A personal paper backed by Fairbanks criticizes Cannon and blames him for political and health policy delays.
Tornado last night destroyed Goessel, fifteen miles southwest of Hillsboro, Kansas. About eighty people were injured, several seriously, as the storm wrecked stores and twelve residences and damaged every home. The Classen mill and German parochial school were wrecked, the Mennonite hospital suffered minor damage, and over six inches of rain fell. The injured were brought to the hospital for treatment.
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