Week in Review Highlights From 1906 News
The federal government takes charge of the yellow fever situation in the South. Fire damages Lackawanna docks in Hoboken, New Jersey, causing an estimated 500000 in losses. Sakhalin convicts' fate under Tokyo review with transfer likely to Russian authorities. Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark retires on reaching statutory age. Pittsburg breaks ground on two Pressed Steel Car plants for steel street cars. Franklin birthday centennial commemorations planned in New York. Ketchikan residents form chamber of commerce with 45 charter members led by A P Swineford, planning a mineral exhibit for the district.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Ketchikan
Chamber of Commerce
A. P. Swineford
Alaska slavery story to be investigated
Washington reports an interior department inquiry will examine claims of slavery at Unalaska following statements by former teacher William A. Davis. The probe, aided by education officials and Gov. Brady, aims to uncover whether slavery existed and if similar conditions occur elsewhere in Alaska.
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Washington
Unalaska
Interior Department
Ryan
William A. Davis
Davis
Alaska
Department
Department of Justice
Brady
Bureau of Education
Sheldon Jackson
Trading Stamp Law Declared Unconstitutional in Seattle
Federal Judge Hanford freed Ernest Hutchinson on a writ of habeas corpus after ruling the trading stamp statute unconstitutional. Hutchinson had challenged the law after earlier municipal charges, with the judge finding every clause of the statute unconstitutional and that enforcement violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Seattle
Ernest Hutchinson
Hanford
Survey boats in Seward harbor take soundings
In Seward Alaska on August 7 three government survey boats the Patterson Mac Arthur and Taku are in the harbor taking soundings.
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Skagway
Alaska
Seward
Patterson
MacArthur
Taku
City approves Rapid Railway electric franchise without changes
Everett city council, in a unanimous vote, passes the electric franchise requested by Rapid Railway Company, overriding Mayor Headlee's veto with no amendments.
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Everett
Rapid Railway Company
Headlee
German stance on concessions ahead of international conference
Tangier Morocco August 7 The German government informed the Moroccan government it does not seek concessions before the international conference.
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Tangier
Morocco
Washington News Burdens and Business Boundaries
Clarkson suffered a $10000 fire loss. Bituminous coal found near Okanogan lake. C A Mantz former state senator died in Colville. Douglas county division agitation revived after Waterville courthouse fire. J S Kloeber fined $50 for selling liquor without license. Tax board to visit counties for guidance. Potlatch Lumber bought Palouse flour mill for $20000 ending water rights dispute. Louis W Hill touted as Great Northern president with Howard James as VP in Seattle. Washington Millers Association formed in Tacoma with $150000 capital to handle grain globally.
Albany Department Store Collapse Traps Hundreds
In Albany on August 8 the central portion of the John G. Meyers estate department store at 38-42 North Pearl Street collapsed as workers arrived. About 300 employees were inside. by 10:30 rescue teams extracted 75 people, many seriously hurt, with one body recovered and fears of further fatalities as rescuers continued.
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Albany
N. Y
John G. Meyers
North Pearl Street
State Railway Commission Heads East to Hear Grievances
Seattle Aug 8 The state railway commission led by H A Fairchild and J W Lysons sails for Eastern Washington to hear complaints and study conditions. They met Northern Pacific officials at Rainier club to discuss policy, aiming to gather data for state needs and for delegates to the joint convention in Deadwood S D starting August 16.
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Seattle
State Railway Commission
J. W. Lysons
Washington
H. A. Fairchild
John S. McMillin
Charles M. Levey
Northern Pacific
J. G. Woodworth
Henry Blakeley
Western
Rainier Club
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States
Deadwood
S. D
Collins Loser In Extradition Bid For Perjury
George D. Collins the San Francisco lawyer facing extradition for perjury had his dismissal motion denied by Judge Lampman in Victoria British Columbia. The ruling implies Collins must be returned to San Francisco. Fifteen days are allowed to appeal or seek habeas corpus before a supreme court judge.
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Victoria
B. C
George D. Collins
San Francisco
California
Lampman
Higgins
Supreme Court
Peace Envoys Meet as Host Greets Russians and Japanese
In Oyster Bay on August 5, Russians and Japanese clasped hands and exchanged cordial greetings at a historic gathering. The event marked the first outward sign of peace relations between the two nations as envoys depart for Portsmouth amid toast to peace and prosperity.
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Oyster Bay
America
Peace Envoys of Russia and Japan Meet in Roosevelt Lunch
President Roosevelt hosted the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries aboard the Mayflower for a simple formal greeting and friendly luncheon. He toasted the well being of both nations and the goal of a just lasting peace as the ships sail toward Portsmouth for the first conference exchanges.
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Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Japan
Obstruction Seen in Rail Rate Bill Fight
A Washington dispatch to the Oregonian reports senators aim to delay passage of a railroad rate bill by prolonging the reading of extensive testimony. Committee hearings produced four volumes and a condensed brief may be used, but no progress is visible this summer. Opponents intend a long winter to stall rate legislation, using delay as an excuse to avoid voting until fully studied.
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Portland
Washington
Oregonian
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Japanese Concentrate 430 000 Infantry in Manchuria Front
Lidiaputze August 7 Japanese forces in Manchuria massed 430000 infantry and 1600 cannons facing Russian armies. Gen Hasgawa led Korea forces with a detached unit whose destination is unknown. Weather favorable and roads drying. St. Petersburg reports Japanese units at Castes Bay recently landed and have returned to their ships. shore buildings burned.
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Lidiaputze
Manchuria
Hasgawa
Korea
St. Petersburg
Godziyana
Castries Bay
Jerome rails at Carnegie libraries in New York speech
Chautauqua New York August 7 1900 district attorney William Travers Jerome addressed 6000 people on The Patriotism of Peace condemning selfishness and dishonesty. He questioned widow and orphan protections and urged forgetting Carnegie libraries funded by Carnegie money waiting to be earned by others.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
William Travers Jerome
New York
Assembly
Carnegie
Iron and Steel
Seward Alaska Connected by Cable to Valdez
Seattle reports Seward Alaska is linked to the outside world by a signal corps cable to Valdez, a 200 mile link. The system brings total North Pacific cable length to about 2300 miles with extensive overland lines and wireless links from Nome to St Michael.
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Seattle
Seward
Alaska
Signal Corps
Valdez
North Pacific
Leonard D. Wildman
Nome
St. Michael
Organizing Rebel Peasants Spreads Across Russian Provinces
Moscow reports say peasants are forming political bodies modeled on workers unions. Starting in Moscow province, the movement spreads to ten central and northern regions with Kursk Volh, Boitava, and Kharkoff joining. Southern provinces are already in revolt and may widen the unrest across European Russia.
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London
Moscow
Kursk
Boitava
Kharkoff
Russia
Portland seeks garden plots for aged poor under Pingree plan
Portland mayor proposes adopting the Pingree system to use vacant lots for small scale gardening by elderly or infirm residents who cannot earn a living through ordinary labor and have no aversion to public charitable institutions.
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Potland, Or
Lane
Local Officials Condemn and Destroy 1500 Life Preservers
George H. Whitney inspector of hulls in this district condemned and destroyed about 1500 life preservers at St. Michael after a department of commerce and labor circular barred use of recovered or rejected life pre servers. Inspectors of hulls and boilers conduct strict checks in their departments.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
George H. Whitney
St. Michael
La Follette to resign as governor in September
It is unofficially announced from an authoritative source that Governor La Follette will leave the governor’s office early in September and move to Washington to become a senator in October.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Washington
Trial Run Proves Boat Fastest Ever Built
Bridgeport Connecticut August 7 a trial trip of a motor boat built from Charles H Heresoffs plans at the American Boat Manufacturing Company plant is said to show the boat is the fastest ever built
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Bridgeport
Conn
Charles H. Hereshoff
American Boat Manufacturing Company
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