Weekly News Recap from Outside Washington State
Highlights include Butte school children threatening a late start strike over 8am openings, the Kaiser ordering gray uniforms for Germany, Tremont bringing 6 000 barrels of Japanese oysters to Sameh flats, riots in Kiachinets Russia with many dead and wounded, a plot against Emperor Francis Joseph during maneuvers, pension granted to Civil War widow Mrs Edward Montgomery after six years, Transcontinental Passenger Association choosing Chicago for a July 21 meeting, Vanderbilt’s reported marriage to Mrs Rutherford, W P Lord ill in Argentina, Wyoming Governor Richards critically ill, Wavelet's Pride winning the Metropolis Stakes at Epsom, Dick Croker's Liquidator placing second, Rep Richardson of Tennessee retiring from politics, eastern coal roads accused of discriminatory rates by Hearst, and Rev Mgr O Connell installed as rector of Catholic University in Washington.
Ramsey Ex Governor Ramsey Dies in St Paul at 85
Alexander Ramsey former Minnesota governor secretary of war and U S senator died at his St Paul home after a gout bout dating from February. Longtime real estate and civic leader, he offered Minnesota troops at Fort Sumter and was the last surviving war governor. He was 85.
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St. Paul
Alexander Ramsey
Minnesota
Mares
United States
Ramsey
Washington
Fort Sumter
Fred
War Department
Simon Cameron
Cameron
Capitol
Moton
Rameer
Bos ci
Librariert Amd
Grastle
Alaska Press Rate Aims to Boost News Dissemination
Washington reports a new press rate set for Alaska messages to go into effect March 1. The rate, about one third of ordinary commercial mail, seeks to encourage news transmission from Alaska. A Seattle to Anchorage cable connection will enable newspapers to push news across the territory the same day.
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Washimeton
Chance
Alaska
Mann Towne
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Shutdown Ends Mills Protest At Minneapolis
The April 22 shutdown of four Minneapolis mills ended without formal concessions. Reported signs of awakening among millers appeared after a brief pause in coordinated action. The protest targeted discriminatory freight rates versus wheat and involved local workers and unions.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Four Mills
Index Takem &F
Ome
Minneapolis Chivas
Washingtonstate town grants waterworks franchise and more
Mesa wins a waterworks franchise while prunes look promising for the season. Seattle Council addresses dwindling employment agencies as Mukilteo Lumber files for 200000 pounds capital. Ballard leases its electrical plant to Kilbourne Clarke Seattle. Almira man arrested on horse theft charge. Four Fort Lawton buildings bid opened. Jailer Morrell killer Christ Benson to serve twenty years. Longshoremen wage increase approved by Paville Navigation. Walla Walla police chief Kauffman resigns after years on the force. Port Angeles telephone exchange begins with 160 subscribers. Everett depot to be abandoned as offices move to new site. Coulee City Adrian cut-off grading nears completion. rail laying starts. trains expected by June 1.
Economic Aspects of the Liquor Problem Lecture
Chicago April 22 D D Thompson editor Northwestern Christian Advocate opened a lecture at First Methodist Church on the danger of the liquor bill. He cited Dr B R Gould from Johns Hopkins who calls the economic phase vital in temperance, noting 2 billion yearly spent on drink affects labor peace and industry.
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Chicago
D. D. Thompson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Dro B. R. L. Gould
John Hopkins University
United States Department of Labor
Europe
Seattle Market Report Textual Listing of Commodities
Seattle market report lists producer prices for oats, barley, wheat, chicken feed, bran, shorts, hay, and various live stock items. Poultry prices include live hens, roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys. butter, cheese, eggs. and regional dairy baselines from Washington and Oregon.
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Seatwe
Puget Sound
Washington
Ington Creamery
California
Oregon
Llington
Washington Creamers
Homer
Lée
T&e
Whest Bleestein TSeelah Cattle Market Prices
Fragmentary OCR lists livestock and feed prices across categories. Mentions cattle steers cows sheep hogs butter cream California terms and assorted commodities with dollar figures scattered and unclear.
British Disaster in Somaliland Losses Heavy in Plunkett Mission
General Manning reports Colonel Plunkett’s detachment and 87 Yaos arrived after a hard fight west of Gumberra. Cobbe’s column feared annihilation as Plunkett’s forces were overwhelmed, many killed or wounded, Maxim guns lost, and remaining fighters retreat with scarce water.
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London
War Office
General Manning
Somaliland
Galadi
Cobbe
Walwal
Gumberra
Zareba
Olivey
Plunkett
King’s African Rithes
Oliver
Plunket
Manping
Gumber- Tu
Margz
Gamberrn Tomorow
Ott
Gamberrn
Prevented a War Involving Guatemala and El Salvador
A U S minister Leslie Combes helped avert conflict between Guatemala and El Salvador. A Guatemala letter thanks the U S diplomat for efforts toward peace. Combes says the U S can aid peace. Meanwhile Minnesota's legislature adjourned sine die after about 300 laws, with a tax reform and a timber industry measure among them.
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Washington
United States
Leslie Combes
Guatemla
Salvador
Estrada
Guatemala
State Department
Combes
Portland’s Scandals Expose Commission Warrants Fraud
Portland officials face scandal as revelations show commissioners exchanged thousands for warrants ruled worthless by the court. One tax case saw a $1,350,000 reduction slashed to $15, highlighting alleged corruption and drastic value changes.
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Portland, Or
Porther
Cha Apa
Alaska commissary scandal prompts army court martial
Secretary Root orders a court martial for several Alaska officers accused of profiting from commissary supplies. Investigations span over a year with a 500-page inspector report. Potatoes figurate in schemes, goods moved to a trading company, and officers at Skagway implicated. some have changed posts as the case progresses.
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Washington
Root
Alaska
Funston
Department of the Columbia
Skagway
War Department
Roosevelt Ends Yellowstone Visit In Winter Wonder Paradise
President Roosevelt completed a Yellowstone Park excursion during winter, viewing geysers and falls amid ice and snow. He traveled on sledges and skis with naturalist John Burroughs, surviving rugged conditions as guards kept elk and buffalo safe near Fort Yellowstone. The presidential train is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 6 p.m.
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Mont
Roosevelt
Yellowstone
Great Park
Fort Yellowstone
Gerser
John Burroughs
Burroughs
TOWED IOWA INTO PORT AFTER PIPE BREAK
The battleship Iowa arrived in Pensacola after a steering gear tear from a burst pipe during target practice in the gulf. Government tugs aided the vessel, with repairs expected to take ten days or more. The squadron planned to sail today, but seas prevented sailing.
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Pensacola
Fla
Lowa
Gulf
Navy Land
Portland Building Tie Up Threat Looms in Labor Dispute
In Portland on April 22 the four teen saw mill and lumber firms threaten to stop supplying to local contractors until conflicts between contractors and unions are resolved. About three hundred workers have been laid off due to lumber shortages, risking a citywide halt in building within two weeks. In St Paul on the same date Stewart L Moore, 50, general freight agent for the Northern Pacific railcar, died suddenly at his desk from illness.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Portland. Or
Union Lehovere
St. Penl
Stewart L Moore
Pactte
Moore
Tyner is Fired by Postmaster General Payne
Washington reports a sensational post office inquiry development with James N. Tyner dismissed as assistant attorney general for the post office department. Mrs Tyner is accused of abstracting papers from Tyner's office safe with others, and the matter will be referred to the justice department.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Payne
James N. Tyner
Tyner
Department of Justice
Ross Perry
Knox
Plans for Alaska salmon fishery investigation expedition
Washington April 23 plans have been completed for a thorough investigation of the Alaska salmon fishery industry. Commissioner George M Bowers orders the largest expedition yet sent by the fish commission to depart from Seattle aboard the Albatross with a team led by Dr. David Starr Jordan and Dr. Barton Warren Evermann. The party includes navy Lieut Francis Swift and University of Stanford scientists to dredge, survey, and collect data through the northern waters, aiming to return by October.
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Alaska
George M. Bowers
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Fish Commission
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Albatross
Boorth
Seattle
Roosevelt
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Barton Warren Evermann
Ish Commission
Lieut
Francis Swift
Navy
A. P. Alexander
Chudsley Rutter
J. Nelson Wisner
Harold Heath
Stanford University
D. Charles H. Gilbert
F. M. Chamberlain
Henry G. Fassett
H. Davis
Washington State Universit
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Jordan
Evermenn
Neattie Inn
Iwo
Abain
Nena
Prince
Redjak
Klewak
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Bristol Har
Nasneen
Women in China and Rails Strike Tangle
Hongkong reports women in Krwangsi province selling themselves to avoid starvation while in the US Canton news there is a new dispute between the Great Northern Railway and its trainmen. A conference between the railway and the trainmen's committee is being arranged with cautious optimism for an end to the dispute.
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Hongkong
Krwangsi
Soldiers Sentenced to Death in Ireland Barracks Incident
Five private soldiers belonging to the Leinster regiment were sentenced to death at SARE TIA Wharf after a chaotic barracks clash on March 25. The army garrison reported arrests and reinforcements as the riot escalated, with the post incident details still unclear.
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Leinster Rewi
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Seattle Market Report
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