Western Union shutdown spreads as strike action grips rail telegraph
Northern Pacific telegraph office orders bar Western Union business under Grand Secretary L W Quick. Yakima and Spokane feel the impact as three Order of Railway Telegraphers members at the NP refuse, threatening a wider walkout. Coast offices report outage with no clear status across the region.
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Northern Pacific Telegraph Office
L. W. Quick
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Western Union
Yakima City
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Quick
Northern Pacific
Associated Press
Herald
Yakima
Spokane
J. H. Henry
O. M. Murray
S. A. Gagnon
West
Seattle
Northwest
Lewiston Man F. Barr Dies After Wagon Accident
Lewiston Idaho reports that F Barr a Uniontown hardware dealer died from injuries after being thrown from his wagon on Lewiston hill Saturday He suffered a fractured skull and possible internal injuries He landed on his face leaving severe cuts Funeral arrangements have not been made
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Lewiston
Idaho
F. Barr
Uniontown
Lewiston Hill
Governor Gooding may call September special Idaho session
State Senator Elmer Waldrip of Lewiston says Governor Gooding will convene an early September special session of the Idaho legislature to authorize an appropriation. He cites the heavy drain on the state treasury caused by the Haywood jury as the deficiency warrant’s source.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Gooding
Elmer Waldrip
Haywood
Coffin Bros Offers Low Prices on Pitchforks and Hay Slings
Coffin Brothers advertise discounted tools including pitchforks hay slings and rope at low prices. Local shop promotes bargains to farmers and laborers amid general market competition.
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Coffin Bros
Brooklyn Men 10 Come Here for Pacific Northwest Tour
Seventy five members of the Brooklyn league and their families travel in a seven car train on a ten day Pacific Northwest circuit. Stops include Spokane Seattle Tacoma Portland North Yakima Wenatchee and Inland Empire towns with Spokane hosting a luncheon and resort visits. The group promotes municipal reform social purity and city service improvements during their observation tour. They depart August 17 from New York and return via California visiting San Francisco Sacramento and Los Angeles.
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Brooklyn League
Pacific Northwest
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
North Yakima
Wenatchee
Inland Empire
New York
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Levi G. Monroe
Coeur d'Alene
Hayden Lake
Northwest
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
Denver
City to appoint meter inspector for water and gas systems
Everett reports indicate city officials plan the appointment of a meter inspector to inspect water and gas systems city wide. The council may act at the next meeting or defer to the following one. A competent inspector is deemed necessary due to numerous complaints about the meter system.
Potato Sorting Underway As Good Crop Supports Labor Demand
Farmers across several regions, including North Yakima, dig and sort crops with strong demand for labor. Ten workers were sent to Parker bottom yesterday and about twenty more will go today and tomorrow. Potatoes fetch a fairly high price, with expectations of further increases as the crop quality remains high and sorting continues.
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Harry McSpadden
Railway Stock Transferred for New Yakima Line
At a Yakima Valley Transportation meeting the Inter-Valley traction stock was transferred to the new company and work on the first line from the state fair grounds to the city will begin as rails arrive. Rails departed Minnesota on August 6 and two cars were reported in town Tuesday. Electric service will be provided by the power company as construction proceeds.
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Yakima Valley Transportation Company
Inter-Valley Traction Company
State Fair Grounds
Minnesota
Redbird Scores Fast Dead Heat in County Race
Redbird and Populist finished a quarter mile in 22% seconds at Toppenish with a dead heat for a large stake of $500. Redbird, owned by Wallabee, had previously defeated Gray Eagle in town, about $2,500 changing hands, while Populist is an outsider owned by Mr. Vincent.
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Redbird
Gray Eagle
Toppenish
Vincent
Wallabee
Medal in suitcase earns joy for Tom Oki
Tom Oki a correspondent for a Japanese paper in America is the happiest man in North Yakima after his stolen suitcase containing a gold medal from Japan’s government was recovered in Seattle. The medal honors bravery at Port Arthur during the Russo Japanese war where Oki was wounded and exposed explosives under heavy fire. The medal is one of only 100 awarded. Oki plans to travel to Seattle to retrieve the case and proceed.
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Day’s Herald
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Oki
Port Arthur
Tokio
Pardoned Spokane Lawyer Shares Tender Prison Release Moment
W A Lewis, a Spokane attorney paroled by the governor’s order, tearfully embraced a pet cat he raised in Walla Walla prison. The warden called him a model prisoner and noted the man and cat shared meals and companionship during three years behind bars.
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Spokane
Lewis
Kincaid
Spanish girl Juana Aristua ends life in Fresno home
In Fresno California Juana Aristua a young Spanish woman who arrived from Spain three months ago killed herself by stabbing her abdomen with a soldering iron. Despondent after her arrival she died in her residence.
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Fresno
Cal
Juana Aristua
Spain
Heat Wave Claims Several Men in Memphis
In Memphis several men died of prostration after days of extreme heat during a torrid spell.
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Memphis
Will of Halton MP Waldie Probate Granted
The will of John Waldie former Halton member of parliament has been probated revealing an estate valued at about 457000.
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Toronto
John Waldie
Halton
Consul Aims to Register Americans in Vancouver
United States Consul Dudley will prepare a register of all American citizens living in Vancouver. He estimates about 200 U S citizens reside there.
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Vancouver
B. C
United States
Dudley
Uncle Sam
Watch on Female Loiterers Triggers Citywide Crackdown
Police and sheriff officers vow strict action against women loitering on city streets after a recent robbery in a restricted district and the discovery of a runaway girl in the New York house. A raid found no arrests, but officials promise to drive these women from the city and keep a mass watch on the lodging house on First Street near Clestnut.
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New York
Reform School
Cornell
Miss Smith
Taylor
New York House
Grant
Metzger
Bert Cayou
Charles Niles
First Street
Clestnut
National irrigation congress to meet in Sacramento
J R Nagel traveling passenger agent promotes the fifteenth national irrigation congress to be held in Sacramento on September 27. He says the event will draw national prominence, with programs on irrigation forestry conservation and resource development and delegates from all states and territories. cash prizes, trophies, and interstate competitions are planned with California excluded from contests. Special harvest excursions and harvest festivals are among attractions.
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J. R. Nagel
Southern Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Nagle
National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento
National Congress
Nagel
California
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W. M. Ladd
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Charles Carpenter
A. B. Oline
R. Donovan
Brooklyn
Everett
Black
Carl Carlson
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Carlson
Parker Bottom
North
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Yakima Valley Company
Gage
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