Suicide Found At Great Northern Depot
A railroad employee discovered the body of J. M. Cunningham, 45, a Tacoma carpenter, in a seated position at the Great Northern depot. A small gun was found, indicating suicide. Cunningham, staying at the Columbia hotel, had recent troubles with his tool chest and planned to work on a flume for Valhalla Orchard Co. His son in South Park was notified. The Tacoma lodge of A. O. U. W. and local authorities are handling notices to kin.
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Great Northern
Saunders
Sprague
J. M. Cunningham
Tacoma
Columbia Hotel
Colfax
Valhalla Orchard
South
Yakima Street
South Park
Seattle
Power site option sold near Oroville
Spokane May 22 Professor G W Adrian says he sold an option on the falls of the Siliikameen river about a mile and a quarter from Oroville to San Francisco parties for 85000. The site is controlled by the Washington Midland Southern Railroad company of which he is general manager. The company never utilized the site though there is a minimum horsepower of 7280. He notes buyers claim San Francisco interests but suspects Jim Hill involvement.
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Spokane
Siliikameen River
Oroville
San Francisco
G. W. Adrian
Washington, Midland & Southern Railroad Company
Jim Hill
Re-enters Real Estate Business
Ira D. Edwards returns to Wenatchee real estate, securing offices under the Columbia Valley Bank set to vacate June 1 by Red Apple Real Estate. Edwards, a pioneer of the valley, cites superior opportunities for homeseekers, investors, and business leaders after exploring irrigated districts in Idaho, Oregon, California, and Arizona.
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Ira D. Edwards
California
Arizona
Wenatchee
Columbia Valley Bank
Red Apple Real Estate Company
Edwards
Wenatchee Valley
Daily World
Idaho
Oregon
Churchill Defends Labor Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance Plan
London outlines a bill creating a national system of labor exchanges and a state backed unemployment insurance. The plan would start in 1910 covering house building and shipbuilding trades, funded by workers employers and the state with weekly contributions of five to six pence per man. Parliament is expected to support the measure as a remedy for social disorganization.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Churchill
Power project cited with a million and a half plan
Source notes that buyers will spend about a million and a half to develop the power, but lacks detail on the intended use. The remark focuses on the cost estimate rather than final purpose.
German boy arrested on charge involving Kriete daughter
Math Alten a 19 year old German boy was arrested Saturday afternoon on the complaint of Fred Kriete charging him with attempting to assault Kriete's eight year old daughter Hazel Alten who worked at Kriete's milk farm two miles southwest of the city confessed in writing to the extent of the crime but denies the act. Sheriff Ferguson made the arrest and bound Alten over to the superior court for trial.
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Math Alten
Fred Kriete
Kriete
Hazel
Alten
Ferguson
Kreite
Death of Miss Francis Honey in Wenatchee
Miss Francis Honey died Saturday from pulmonary tuberculosis at the home of Mr and Mrs E E Bradley on West Douglas street. Undertakers shipped the remains to Seattle on Sunday. She had been brought to Wenatchee weeks ago after isuffering acute consumption and had lived in a tent at the Bradley home. She leaves her father and mother Mr and Mrs John R Honey and sisters Miss Nona Honey and Mrs Gertrude Lester of Seattle where burial will take place.
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Francis Honey
E. E. Bradley
Douglas Street
Seattle
Wenatchee Undertaking Company
Miss Honey
Bradley Place
John R. Honey
Nona Honey
Gertrude Lester
Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Liquor to Indian
Frank Burch pleaded guilty in superior court before Judge Grimshaw to selling liquor to an Indian. He received a $100 fine and costs, with the amount turned to the county sheriff. Due to jail space limits, he is working on the streets of Wenatchee under the street commissioner.
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Frank Burch
Iffigers Capture Crooks In River Bank Heist
J B Gibbins an itinerant optician had his optical case stolen from the Pacific hotel on May 16. Police learned two men were seen digging near a bridge and burying something. Officers recovered the case later and arrested George Dolson and James A McCormick, transients, for preliminary examination.
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J. B. Gibbins
Pacific
Pacific Hotel
Ferguson
Nelson
George Dolson
James A. McCormick
Myerberg Is Sentenced In Child Assault Case
Louis Myerberg of Cashmere was found guilty of criminally assaulting an 8 year old girl near Cashmere. Judge Grimshaw sentenced him Saturday to five to thirty years in the penitentiary. He will appeal.
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Louis Myerberg
Cashmere
Grimshaw
Myerberg
Washington Bridge deal blocked by title defect
The Washington Bridge company holds a toll bridge over the Columbia near Wenatchee. The state will not buy the span until it secures an absolute easement from the Great Northern Railway and clears a title defect found by Attorney General W. P. Bell. An opinion advised the highway commissioner to pause purchases pending title clearance.
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Olympia
Washington Bridge Company
Columbia River
Wenatchee
Great Northern Railway Company
State Highway Commission
W. P. Bell
Joseph M. Snow
Clausen
John G. Lewis
Snow
Harvey Reed Injured in City Road Accident
Harvey Reed, 62, sustaining a dislocation and fracture of the hip, was seriously injured when a passing automobile forced his wagon onto a log near Tom Chisholm's place while en route from the Reed place below Malaga. He is employed as a locomotive engineer with the O R N and was to leave for Connell. He is in Gilchrist hospital with intense pain.
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Harvey Reed
C. B. Reed
Will Reed
Malaga
Tom Chisholm
A. C. Dallach
Mr. Reed
Connell
Sutherland
Oregon
Reed
Wenatchee Wins By Decisive Score In Exhibition Ball
Wenatchee defeats Leavenworth 80 to 2 in a well attended exhibition game praised for sportsmanship. Lee held strong until the eighth, Longanecker dominated pitching, and a rare squeeze play intrigues spectators as Wenatchee clinches late rallying to the win.
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Wenatchee
Wisnand
Leavenworth
Longanecker
Lee
Taft Proclaims Open Settlement in Western Reservations
President Taft issues proclamation opening settlement and entry on about 440000 acres in Flathead Montana 200000 in Coeur d Alene Idaho and 50000 to 100000 in Spokane Washington reservations Registration runs July 15 to August 5 and must be executed and sworn at Kalispell or Missoula Montana or Coeur d Alene Idaho
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Washington
Taft
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Coeur d’Alene Reservation
Idaho
Spokane Reservation
Kalispell
Missoula
Mont
Coeur d'Alene
Martha Parrish Visits Ephrata With Parents on Ranch
Martha Parrish traveled to Ephrata on Saturday to spend several weeks with her parents who live on a ranch there.
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Martha Parrish
Ephrata
Largest We natchee high school class delivers 19 graduates
The graduating class this year will be the largest in town history with 19 members, most of them boys, marking a record turnout for We natchee high school.
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Wenatchee
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