Happenings Abroad and National Notes This Week
Miss Alice Roosevelt returns to Washington from Cuba. E H Harriman re elected president of Southern Pacific. Pension bill favors Mrs McKinley at $5000 yearly. Northern Pacific donates 40 acres for Montana observatory. Groceries sent from New York to Bermuda for POWs. Gen Wade Hampton reportedly critically ill at 84. San Francisco presidio hospital crowd. 47 convalescents sent to Fort Logan. Meat scarcity raises prices in Birmingham. Mrs Marion Roosevelt dies of cerebral paralysis at Atlantic City. Armour estate valued at 15 million. Robert Winne becomes first assistant postmaster general. Marconi sails to England for rest. Elizabeth Whittier Pickard dies in Boston. Life buoy from Condor found 45 miles southwest of Cape Flattery. Montenegrin fighting reported near Novibazer.
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Birmingham
England
Marion Roosevelt
Robert Roosevelt
New York
President Roosevelt
Atlantic City
8 Candy Trust
Dutch captain pays fine after nolo contendere plea
In Spokane on April 10 Captain J. De Vries master of the Dutch steamship Wilhelmina paid a 1500 dollar fine after entering a nolo contendere plea to charges of landing three contraband Chinamen. The attorney described the plea as not admitting or denying guilt but allowing punishment to be imposed.
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Spokane
Nolo Condendere
J. de Vries
Nolo Contendere
DeVries
Troops for Ireland Embodied Amid Coercion Act Push
Dublin dispatch reports ten battalions of English and Scotch militia to be embodied and sent to Ireland within a month under the coercion act. Lord Londonderry threatened resignation from the cabinet unless active measures are taken to counter the United Irish League.
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United Irish League
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Dublin
Ireland
Lord Londonderry
Grain and livestock price listings for Seattle buyers
Local dealers offer grains and feed at Seattle dock prices including oats 27.50, barley 22, wheat and chicken feed 22 22.50, bran 16, shorts 17, and Puget Sound hay 11 12. Fresh eggs 15 16c, butter 13 11?6c, creamery 25c. Live poultry and livestock priced by category. hides, wool, tallow, and grease listed with varied per pound rates.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Timothy
New
Seattle dog show sets state record for success
The Seattle dog show held this week is described as the most successful ever in Washington. Port Townsend sardine canneries ship ninety tons to Manila. Chelan incorporation is assured as county commissioners grant the petition. April 26 marks the election date for municipal officers and final vote.
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Seattle
Port Townsend
Manila
Chelan
State
Electro-Medical Institute
Coughlin Revealed as Jamaica Banana Planter
Chicago reports Daniel Coughlin, once a fugitive linked to bribery and the Cronin case, now identified as owning and running a Jamaica banana plantation. The letter from Jamaica ends years of uncertain sightings and false leads about his location. Authorities had extended a reward for his capture amid ongoing searches since his flight with William Armstrong.
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Chicago
Daniel Coughlin
Cronin
Jamaica
Coughlin
Venezuela
Seattle
William Armstrong
Seattle Considers Cedar Falls Municipal Lighting Plant
The lighting plant committee of Seattle's city council prepares preliminary steps for a Cedar Falls municipal plant. Members confer daily with City Engineer Thomson on site details and may tour the area next week with Thomson to explain the project.
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Seattle
Cedar Falls
Thomson
Granby smelter deal tied to Hill interests
A Grand Forks report states James J. Hill and associates have a large stake in the Granby smelter. Local chatter says an American syndicate may eventually acquire the entire Granby consolidated for 22,300,000.
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Spokane
Grand Forks
B. C
The
Chronicle
James J. Hill
Granby Consolidated
Inland Empire Teachers Favor Cross-State School Consolidation
The Inland Empire Teachers Association plans a Walla Walla meeting next spring to urge Washington Oregon and Idaho legislatures to allow school districts to consolidate and transport pupils at public expense. The move aims to keep costs similar to operating separate schools. In Colfax a fire destroyed a farmer’s home and most belongings after exploding bullets damaged the water pump and forced evacuation. loss estimated at 1200 dollars with 55 dollars insured.
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Spokane
Inland Empire Teachers’ Association
Walla Walla
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Colfax
Martin Madison
Madison
Fourth Canadian Contingent Enlistment for South Africa
Vancouver April 9 the Canadian militia department began enlisting a 2000 man contingent for South Africa to be formed into four regiments of five hundred men each.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Militia Department
South Africa
Dominion
Pacific cable reaches Fiji and ends at Vancouver Island
Melbourne reports the Pacific cable has reached the Fiji islands with the eastern terminus at Kelp Bay, Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island.
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Melbourne
Fiji Islands
Kelp Bay
Barclay Sound
Vancouver Island
Riots and Rioters Clash in Brussels Mob Violence
Socialists clashed with police and mounted guards early morning as rioters looted cafes and fought with sabres. One officer was shot and beaten. numerous injuries reported. Militia reserves and gendarmes were mobilized. protests continue with calls for an April 14 general strike.
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Brussels
Maison du Peuple
Lenin Street
Schaerbeek
Riots and Mutiny Spill Through Belgian Cities
Exchange Telegraph reports troops near mutinous, anti government sentiments. Militia wear protest colors, sing Carmagnole and Marseillaise while regulars stay in barracks. Civics guard mobilized in Schaerbek St Josse Ten Noode. assemblies banned. Dynamite at Houdeng Aimerias. Liege fortifies with artillery. April 14 general strike considered. warrant for M Volkaert of the Young Socialist Guard expected.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bruesels
Schaerbek
St. Eosse Ten Noode
Mons
Charleroi
la Louviere
M. Volkaert
Society of the Young Socialist Guard
Automatic switchboard to handle 40000 telephones in Europe
The Daily News reports Germany will buy patent rights for an automatic Chicago manufactured switchboard covering all Europe except Britain Ireland and France. The seven month inquiry in Chicago found the system would replace 40000 instruments and put many operators out of work.
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Germany
Europe
Great Britain
Ireland
France
Chicago
Ware chosen to succeed Evans as Commissioner of Pensions
Washington April 12 Eugene F Ware of Kansas selected by the president to succeed Henry Clay Evans as Commissioner of Pensions. He hails from Topeka and is partner in the law firm Gleed Ware Gleed. The White House said the president wanted a known Kansan. Ware was not a candidate.
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Washington
Eugene F. Ware
Kansas
Henry Clay Evans
Ware
Topeka
Kan
Gleed, Ware& Gleed
White House
Noted Presbyterian Minister L L Shearer Dies in Idaho
Weiser Idaho April 12 L L Shearer a Presbyterian minister who had lived in the town for about 20 years killed himself at his home yesterday morning after years of consumption and despondency He was about 55 years old and leaves a wife and five children.
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Weiser
Idaho
L. L. Shearer
Shearer
Blame on Army in Gardner Report Sparks Debate
Major Cornelius Gardner, governor of Tayabas, charges incompetence and mismanagement by U S Army officers in pacification efforts in the islands. He alleges brutal treatment of natives and widespread torture in barrios to starve insurgents, blaming inexperienced lieutenants for the conditions and inviting Congress scrutiny.
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Washington, D. C
Root
Congress
Cornelius Gardner
Tayabas
Gardner
United States Army
United States
Oregon Democrats Nominate Chamberlain for Governor at State Convention
Portland delegates met to organize and adopt a platform advocating revenue tariffs, opposing protection for trusts, and supporting free-listing trust-made articles. The party backs Chinese exclusion, limits on Japanese immigration, popular US Senate elections, initiative and referendum, a Nicaragua canal, a cabinet department of labor, and Columbia River improvements.
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Portland
Ore
George E Chamberlain
Orient
Mitchell-Kahn
United States
Nicaragua Canal
Congress
Department of Labor
Northern Securities Company
Columbia River
Democratic State Convention Nominates 5 State Officers
Portland Oregon April 12 Democratic State Convention reconvened and nominated five state officers including Supreme judge B F Bonham of Marion county secretary of state D W Sears Polk county treasurer Henry Blackman Morrow county attorney general J H Raley Umatilla county and state printer J E Godfrey Marion county.
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Portland
B. F. Bonham
Marion County
D. W. Sears
Polk County
Henry Blackman
Morrow County
J. H. Raley
Umatilla County
J. E. Godfrey
Tragedy in Everett Ends in Family Slaughters
In Everett at about 7 pm Mrs. Shepard R. Bucey killed her husband the bank assistant cashier and their six year old son Eugene then herself in a crime described as a fit of insanity. The other victim was 8 R Bucey with two wounds behind the ear as neighbors offered aid. In Washington the insular committee split party lines voting down a Democratic substitute and approving a Republican plan for a complete civil government in the Philippines.
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Everett
Shepard R. Bucey
American National Bank
R. Bucey
Washington
Insular Committee of the House
Philippines
General Young Ordered President of Army War College
Maj. Gen. B. M. Young, recently relieved from command of the department of California at San Francisco, has reported to the war department and been assigned to duty as president of the army war college to be established in Washington.
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Washington
B. M. Young
Department of California
San Francisco
War Department
Army War College
Colonel Coolican Dead in Minnesota
Col James B Coolican prominent Seattle real estate man and Port Angeles promoter died in St Paul on Monday telegrams confirm his death but give no details on illness or cause.
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Seattle
James 8. Coolican
Port Angeles
St. Paul
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