Aldrich tariff raises duties on hundreds of articles
Senate records show the Aldrich tariff bill increasing duties over the Dingley plan across metal goods and grains. Ferro tristen jumps to 4900 percent from four dollars a ton, with other metals and castings rising sharply. Beveridge cites tobacco trust losses and proposes higher tobacco taxes to boost revenue, while cigarette and snuff rates also rise.
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Washington
Senate
Culbertson
Texas
Tobacco Trust
Beveridge
Indiana
Gotch Plans Retirement From Wrestling After Australia Bout
Spokane reports Frank Gotch, the world champion, hints this trip could be his last as a wrestler. He threads a move to theater work in Minneapolis and vaudeville, noting earnings of about fifty thousand dollars this year and the toll of maintaining top form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Frank Gotch
Jim Jeffries
Gotch
Hackenschmidt
Australia
Minneapolis
Farm sale and town cleanup in Cashmere report
Last week F D Slawson sold 10 acres of his Mission creek farm four miles south of town to George Fasken for 6000 while taking a house and lot in South Cashmere for 3500. The farm includes three acres of two year old trees and seven acres of alfalfa. Gus Shafer died in Seattle after a long illness. Cashmere begins cleanup cleanup of streets and homes as schools prepare to close a successful year on May 28 under J H Scott."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Slawson
Mission Creek
George Fasken
South Cashmere
Gus Shafer
Seattle
Cashmere
J. H. Scott
Edwardses Return from California to Wenatchee
Mr and Mrs Ira D Edwards arrive Saturday from California after months away with a stop in Phoenix Arizona. They plan to reside in Wenatchee Ira D Edwards is noted as an early Wenatchee enthusiast whose vision foretold a growing city here Mrs Grace Parker Edwards formerly Wenatchee teacher is also remembered.
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Ira D. Edwards
California
Phoenix
Arizona
Wenatchee
Mrs. Edwards
Grace Parker
Rider Haggard's Cousin Suspect in Idaho Embezzlement Case
Spokane May 17. Burl Haggard alias Harry Lavelle a journalist printer hotel waiter and ex convict claimed cousin of Rider Haggard is wanted at Lewiston Idaho for embezzlement and forgery the accuser Mrs A P Eck owner of Mothers Kitchen. He was last seen in the Palouse south of Spokane and is said to be heading east. He previously served time in Washington Oregon and was jailed at Colfax and Walla Walla for theft and embezzlement. The Ladies Aid of the Christian church will hold a all day lunch Tuesday May 18 at Eagle hall.
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Spokane
Burl Haggard
Rider Haggard
Inland Empire
Harry Lavelle
Lewiston
Idaho
A. P. Eck
Palouse
Here
Haggard
Pullman
Wash
Walla Walla
Oregon
Portland
Castle Rock
Washington
Colfax
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Eagle Hall
Roosevelt criticizes platform on Asiatic labor and navy
Theodore Roosevelt, in Outlook, says the sole point of danger in both parties is the Bryan plank for immediate exclusion of Asiatic laborers, including Japanese. He attacks a defensive navy as useless and condemns Tolstoi as corruptive to the weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Count Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Baraca federation aids Spokane youths and first-offense offenders
Spokane leaders announce a worldwide movement to unify Baraca classes into a federation to help young men in need of friends, employment, and guidance. Judge Samuel A. Mann outlines plans to aid first offenders with work and lodging under safeguards, with the relief committee coordinating with local courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Samuel A. Mann
General Assembly of the Baracas Union
Grace Baptist Church
Man Sacrifices Sons as Security for Travel Funds
Spokane on May 17 harbors a dramatic case as Daniel Mann farm laborer releases his four sons aged 9 to 20 as security for a $1200 money order sent to Genoa Italy to cover debts incurred while pursuing immigration schemes abroad. Mann recounts a perilous journey from Kuraka Russia to Brazil amid deception, detention, and rumored executions, with Spokane residents pressing for settlement or legal action against the Bremen steamship agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Daniel Mann
John Kranish
Moran Prairie
Genoa
Italy
Spokane County
Bremen
Mann
Kuraka
Russia
Germany
New York
Washington
Brazil
Prosttenort
Michael Loufti
Europe
Presbyterian Men’s Brotherhood Convention in Spokane
Arrangements are completed for the annual Men’s Brotherhood convention of the Presbyterian church in the Inland Empire at First Church in Spokane on June 14 and 15. Nationally prominent speakers will participate, including Dr. Ira Landrith, Charles S. Holt, H. E. Rosebear, and J. Ernest McEffee of New York, with authorization pending.
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Men’s Brotherhoods of the Presbyterian Church In
Inland Empire
First Church
Spokane
Ira Landrith
The
Brotherhood of the United States
Charles S. Holt
H. E.rosebear
J. Ernest McEffee
New York
Pacific Coast Presbyterian Brotherhood Sets June Conventions
The Pacific coast Brotherhood of Presbyterian churches spanning Washington Oregon and California schedules conventions in June in Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle and Spokane. The executive committee appointed by President Holt includes Rev. William Hiram Foulkes Portland chairman John Willis Baer Los Angeles Rev. Mark A. Matthews Seattle George N. Stone Tacoma Rev. William Rader San Francisco and Rev. S Willis McFadden Spokane. Local executive committee chair F M Goodwin leads with Frank B Macken Dr F C Harvey A E Miller and Dr T O Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Brotherhood of Presbyterian Churches
Washington
Oregon
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
The
Coast Brotherhood
Holt
National Brotherhood
William Hiram Foulkes
D. D
John Willis Baer
LL. D
Mark A. Matthews
George N. Stone
Tacoma
William Rader
S. Willis McFadden
Olympia Arrivals Sunday Names Listed
Will Dun from Chelan F D Stoop and wife from Rocky Ford Colorado C Armstrong and wife from Seattle Mrs L I Trow A F Stine from Seattle James Keane from Rock Island Edith Williamson and Jack Nelson arrived in Olympia on Sunday listing several travelers from varied cities and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Dun
Chelan
F. D. Stoop
Rocky Ford
C. Armstrong
Seattle
Quote on rules that fail both ways
A pithy maxim stating that a rule that fails in both directions is ineffective. it highlights the paradox of rules that cannot adapt and thus hinder fairness or efficiency. The remark emphasizes practical limits of rigid governing logic.
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Daily World
Knoges
Democrat
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Theodore Roosevelt
Securit
United Brotherhood
Greater
Norris & Rowe
Marvelous Belfords
Famous
Gardner Bros
Victorellas
Kishimona sAanss
Jolly Jes Royal Roman Hippodrome
Olympian Gradiun Grand Gold
Ns & Celebrities
McDonald Family
Challenge
NG Clowns
Mammoth Aerial Enclave
F. M. Goodwin
Frank B. Macken
F. C. Harvey
A. E. Miller
T. O. Cole
Olympia
Colo
Ezra
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