Summary of World Happenings in Brief
India reports wheat crop well above average for 1905 while Chile faces poor crop prospects due to heavy rains. A $200000 Ellis Island rail station is planned to aid immigration control. Indictments of Taylor and Collins from Standard Oil Illinois cases will be quashed. Newfoundland pulp mill merger worth $1000000 consolidates 1500000 acres of lands under British capitalists. University of St Andrew’s to award Doctor of Laws to Ambassador Tower on October 17. Allan and Donaldson lines settle two and third class transatlantic fares at $35 and $25 respectively.
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Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Newfoundland
Ambassador Tower
University of St. Andrew’s
Edinburgh
Andrew Carnegie
Allan and Donaldson Steamship Lines
Attorney General Sues Equitable Life in New York
New York state Attorney General Julius Mayer filed suit in New York County Supreme Court against the Equitable Life Assurance Society and its officers directors and finance committee members. The complaint accuses the defendants of negligent improper and improvident duties causing substantial loss to the society and of improperly transferring money and property to themselves or others.
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New York
Julius Mayer
Supreme Court of
New York County
State of
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mahan Aims to Fly to Washington in Original Airship
Chicago July 31 Frank L Mahan of Chicago announces plans to build an airship that will fly to Washington in ten hours at 125 to 150 miles per hour. He insists wings powered by gasoline will move the craft and that propellers at the stern are unnecessary. He is a nationally known engineer and says observers may witness the start and finish.
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Chicago
Frank L. Mahan
Washington
Mahan
United States
Bumper Apple Crop Reported In Stevens County Orchards
Horticulturists of Stevens county report abundant late fruit yield with a bumper apple crop. Carload shipments of this fruit are expected to be popular this year, though price details have not yet been announced.
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Colville
Stevens County
Chicago Firms Rally Against Municipal Ownership
Chicago July 31 reports street railway companies unite to oppose municipal ownership plans backed by the Dunne administration. The firms coordinate to use their influence against the city’s proposed control.
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Chicago
Dunne
Johnson named assistant U S district attorney in North Idaho
Boise Idaho July 31 Miles S Johnson of Lewiston has been appointed assistant United States district attorney for North Idaho. The appointment is seen as significant amid land fraud cases involving leaders from two political factions.
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Boise
Idaho
Miles S. Johnson
Lewiston
United States
North Idaho
Purse of Washington News Highlights Local Projects
Walla Walla launches a pure milk crusade while Cashmere plans a free delivery route. Wenatchee votes bonds for a sewer system and Garfield buys a new pumping plant. Seattle receives 40 cars of the 1905 wheat crop for inspection. Mount Vernon’s Swedish Baptists dedicate a new church. Twisp surveys irrigation canal routes led by Garratt of Spokane and Fairfield of Seattle. Chewelah set for Northeastern Veterans encampment September 5 to 8. Vancouver Barracks plans double officers’ quarters and barracks. bids invited. Waitsburg Gazette notes county jail prisoners work on roads and public grounds along with sidewalk and pipe projects.
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Waitsburg
Washington probes sweeping changes in department spending
High congressional sources indicate plans for an investigation of departmental appropriations next session. Proposals include ending lump sum and contingent funds, reforming blanket voting practices, and curbing the expanding treasury secret service bureau which now funds investigations beyond counterfeiting. A past warning reportedly warned that secret service agents interfering with congressional matters would provoke a strong response.
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Washington
Congress
Secret Service Bureau
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Capitol Hill
Principal points of Russia electoral system debate
St Petersburg July 31 The council of ministers approved a national assembly electoral plan aiming to curb class representation. Franchise excludes soldiers under 25 foreigners women provincial officials nomads and civilly deprived persons. City classes have electoral colleges and some show property qualifications. Elections use secret ballot and require absolute majority.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
National Assembly
Convert Mormons Protest Prompts Utah Propaganda
Frederick W. Smith descendant of Joseph Smith begins a campaign to win Utah Mormons away from polygamy commerce and political meddling. Authorities cite Brigham Young as having steered believers from the prophet’s teachings.
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Salt Lake City
Frederick W. Smith
Joseph Smith
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Utah
Brigham Young
Timber wolves surge near Mount Rainier foothills
In Tacoma on July 31 reports describe a spate of big gray timber wolves in the Bear prairie district and in forests west of Mount Rainier. Cattle and ponies will not pasture there as wolves threaten ranch lands near Wilkeson Carbonado and Fairfax. Old hunters blame the reserve's abundant game for the rise, and no one is allowed to carry small arms there.
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Tacoma
Mount Rainier
Bear Prairie
Wilkeson
Carbonado
Fairfax
Chinese Boycott Prompts San Francisco Merchants Meeting
Louis Getz of Getz Bros. & Co. seeks Vic Metcalf's attendance at a San Francisco gathering of commercial bodies after a Shanghai cable announced a Chinese boycott of American trade. The move halts Getz orders and could influence the Chinese exclusion law debate. The plan aims to gauge response to the August boycott and ensure equal treatment for travelers and merchants.
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San Francisco
Louis Getz
Getz Bros. & Co
Shanghai
R. H. van Sant
Getz
China
Victor Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Boycott Spreads From Ships To Railroads In China
Shanghai July 31 Chinese boycott expands from American trade to shipping and rail concessions. Coolies urged to avoid loading cargo on American ships as anti foreign sentiment grows against British French Belgian and German capital in railway deals. Canton building of a Standard Oil project halted by boycott committee order stopping work. Students abroad inspired movement driving widespread native guild resolutions against American products.
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Shanghai
Standard Oil Company
Canton
Europe
Japan
America
Hongkong
Standard Oil
Funds From All Over World Chinese Seek to Boycott American Goods
Funds are being collected from Chinese merchants worldwide to oppose the American exclusion law. The money, raised by subscription and directed by Chinese guilds, will be sent to China and spent there. Two prominent Seattle merchants confirm money will play a role, while local merchants await a request before contributing. Leavenworth surveyors finish Red Mountain road study for Cascades summit, six weeks work, thorough route found with heavy work needed near the summit.
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Seattle
America
China
Leavenworth, Wash
Navarre
Red Mountain
Cascades
Engineers See Bright Future for Yukon and Alaska
Skagway observers report Robert W. Hunt and a party of about one hundred engineers toured Dawson White Horse and mining areas between Skagway and Dawson. Hunt predicted vast future wealth from Yukon resources noting abundant water and coal deposits and urging capital investment. He and others plan return visits to deepen development while praising Alaska hospitality and favorable weather.
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Skagway
The
Klondike
Robert W. Hunt
Chicago
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Robert W. Hunt & Company
New York
Pittsburg
London
Mr. Haunt
Dawson
White Horse
Yukon
Alaska
Hunt
News of Great Moment From Front in Manchuria
St. Petersburg July 31. War news from Manchuria promises a major engagement. Army headquarters show high activity and the war party leads while peace talks remain unlikely. Clergy in Orenburg send a petition to the czar urging not to end a shameful peace. the czar pledges a strong Russia. Reservists in Manchuria complain of neglect and hardship faced by their families due to authorities' delays.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Orenburg
Russia
Novoe Vremya
Boycott in Asia Grows Across Hong Kong Canton
Reports from Hongkong and Canton show the anti American boycott gaining speed Chenese workers leave Standard Oil premises to seek local jobs in Canton and Shanghai observers note bitterness persists USA China tensions rise as guild meetings plan further actions.
Major Fire Ravages Fernie B C Buildings
A disastrous fire in Fernie B C destroys many town buildings including the Fernie Free Press office and the Northern Pacific office. Loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Victoria
B. C
Fernie
Fernie Free Press
Northern Pacific
Tacoma Kantern railway extension aimed for September completion
Reports from Tacoma indicate the Ashford to Mineral Lake extension of the Kantern railway will reach the head of Mineral Lake by September 1. Construction work is advancing rapidly.
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Tacoma
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Garfield
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Swedish Baptists of
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Twisp
Garratt
Spokane
Fairfield
J. A. Neuville
Northeastern Veterans’ Association of Washington
Chewelah
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Wanich
Metcalf
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Peking
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England
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Pacific Coast
West
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Tartar
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CMA
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Harper Rye
Kentucky
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St. Louis
Fred Hewitt
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
Thos. Morgan
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Ninemire & Morgan CO
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Patterson & Locke Co
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Nature
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Herald
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