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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
3
Warren Averill, Palouse pioneer, died Monday night near Freese Idaho. At the burial in Palouse cemetery the body showed signs of lasting heat and warmth in extremities. Two physicians ruled death, delaying interment for two hours until the wife consented to burial.
The 1906 San Francisco conflagration wiped out all previous underwriting profits since 1860 and cost insurers about 79.7 million in direct losses. Total property loss reached around 350 million, with 243 companies reporting losses of about 175.5 million and substantial foreign reinsurance exposing global insurers to 220 to 250 million in total losses.
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing company answers in the Kansas supreme court asking to withdraw from the state and pay costs. It seeks no receiver and a modified injunction to allow withdrawal of property, denying violation of the injunction. The firm is among foreign concerns blocked from doing business in Kansas, with a hearing set Friday after receivers were appointed for nine other companies.
A federal court in Indianapolis on May 10 permanently enjoined ninety-two defendants linked to the National Retail Druggists association from conducting their combination. The court ruled the arrangement illegal and a restraint of trade, marking a complete government victory.
Lou Kegley, son of C B Kegley, says eagles are carrying off young pigs on a farm ten miles southwest of Pullman. He notes several eagles have inhabited the area for years and hatch their young each season. His father killed a large eagle last spring and presented it to Washington State College for stuffing.
Lou Kegley reports several eagles have killed or carried off purebred Poland China pigs on his father’s ranch and nearby areas. Efforts to kill all the eagles are planned but deemed difficult due to the birds’ wild and wary nature.
Washington May 10 The Alaska Yukon Pacific officials ask President Roosevelt to attend the June 1 ground breaking in Seattle. Commissioner Ballinger presents the request and suggests Secretary Taft as substitute. Neither Roosevelt nor Taft can attend though a telegram of best wishes will be read at the ceremonies.
The obituary recalls Galusha A Grow born 1824 in Connecticut. He became the youngest speaker of the House in 1861 and led the Free Homestead bill to passage after long effort. He served Pennsylvania as congressman at large and later returned to public life after Years away.
L J Knapp of Mabton served papers against the Northern Pacific Railroad for 15000 dollars alleging injury after being ejected from a moving passenger train. He held a Mabton ticket but did not alight and says the conductor threw him off, injuring his right arm permanently.
Waterville May 8 The superior court docket for the term opening May 13 lists criminal hearings for Henry Larson arson Jot Herron horse stealing H F Chapman burglary John Dodson burglary J T Huston attempted murder Seth Thompson adultery John Muff John Miller George Hendricks Louis Spaulding burglary. The last four face burglary charges related to the Ephrata state bank break in last month. Clayton E Walker previously charged with criminal assault was passed for this term as he is jailed in British Columbia for forged paper.
The Winnipeg Limited northbound on the Great Northern railroad derailed near Robbinsdale, several miles from Minneapolis, when rails spread. The locomotive three baggage cars and a smoker left the track but no one was injured.
Washington University will establish a department for instruction in all lines of newspaper work. The new school aims to give students practical knowledge of news gathering, editing, and the business side, preparing graduates to work confidently in real newsroom settings rather than as mere cub reporters. The article notes the shift from traditional training to a broader, hands on approach expected to produce seasoned journalism professionals.
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