President Praised Interparliamentary Congress in Session
In Brussels the Interparliamentary congress opened with King Leopold meeting American delegates amid praise for President Roosevelt. Leaders lauded his peace efforts and the Portsmouth treaty outcome while the congress adopted thanks to Roosevelt and prepared a model arbitration treaty. Congressman W. A. Smith of Michigan heads to Berlin for an audience with Emperor William.
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Brussels
Leopold
United States
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Beernaert
Russia
Japan
Baron de Favereau
Bartholdt
Interparliamentary Congress
Hague
Oyster Bay
The
Senate
Chamber of Representatives
W. A. Smith
Michigan
Berlin
William
Commission to Revise Immigration Rules Seeks Field Feedback
Washington August 28 The Metcalfe commission appointed to revise immigration and Chinese exclusion laws asks immigration bureau officials for opinions on current rules. Field officers are invited to suggest amendments and the commission plans public hearings to hear criticisms of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Metcalfe
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Immigration Bureau
Court Martial Concludes for Potemkin Mutineers
In Liban on August 28 the court martial of 137 mutineers from the battleship Kniaz Potemkine wrapped up. Eight were sentenced to be shot but recommended for commutation to life imprisonment. Nineteen others received hard labor or other prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liban
Kniaz Potemkine
Japanese transport Kinjo sunk after Inland Sea collision
The Japanese transport Kinjo was sunk in a collision with the British steamer Baratong on August 22 in the Inland Sea. One hundred twenty seven invalided Japanese soldiers were drowned.
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Tokyo
Kinjo
Big Deal in Coal Lands in Queen Charlotte Islands
Negotiations end with a Montreal company represented by W S Borland purchasing about 30 000 acres of Queen Charlotte coal lands from a local syndicate for 700 000 dollars. The mines prior work ran 1865 to 1872. coal is good, similar to Comox quality, with railway access and government support seen as key to mining expansion.
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Victoria
B. C
Queen Charlotte Islands
Montreal
W.S. Borland
Queen Charlotte
Vancouver Island
Test of Pure Food Law Seeks Court Ruling in Seattle
Seattle manufacturers move to test the constitutionality of the state food law amendment as interpreted by the dairy and food commissioner. The dispute centers on labeling contents versus listing only the article name. The Manufacturers Association will pursue the case, possibly against a non state package, to protect local products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Manufacturers’ Association
Davies
Association of the Desire
Indictment Ties Holmes in Government Fraud Case
Edwin S. Holmes Jr formerly of the department of articulture in Washington is indicted by a grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the government. U S District Attorney Morgan H Beach Jr announced after returning from New York where Peckham and Moses Haas were arrested at Saratoga. Two indictments cover the three men.
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Washington
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr
Washington, D. C
Department of Articulture
Grand Jury
United States
Morgan H. Beach, Jr
New York City
Frederick A. Peckham
New York
Saratoga
Moses Haas
Thurston Board Upholds No Offsets for Bank Debts
The Thurston county board of equalization sustains the assessor in disallowing any indebtedness offset against bank stock. Lord's Capital National Bank stockholders sworn indebtedness totals 162000 dollars. The board also lists local utilities and franchises around 30000 dollars for the first time. Timber land values are cut by half, land per acre dropping from 4 to 2 dollars or 2 to 1.
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Olympia
Thurston County Board of Equalization
Lord’s Capital National Bank
State Tax Commission
Government cable line yields about $100000 in first year
Receipts at the government cable office near Seattle for the first year of operation total about $100000 with August to be added. Excluding transmission costs, which would double receipts if charged at commercial rates, the cable business has grown steadily from all parts of the country.
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Seattle
Government
County Officials Say Railroads Taxable in King County
County Attorney Mackintosh and Corporation Counsel Calhoun state that the franchises of Great Northern and Northern Pacific and all public utility firms in King County and Seattle are taxable. They have advised the county board of equalization, which will act accordingly as railroads prepare to contest the issue.
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Seattle
Mackintosh
Calhoun
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
King County
County Board of Equalization
Equitable Life Acknowledges Mismanagement Aims for Full Board Exoneration
The Equitable Life Assurance Society and the state seek a court investigation of directors and officers amid charges of excessive salaries, improper loans, and improvidence in managing society funds. The firm admits some improper acts, cites individual responsibility, and clarifies positions on key loans to Mercantile Trust and Depew Improvement, while denying full board culpability.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
State of
Ths
Equitable
Depew Improvement Company
Smith
Mercantile Trust Company
Mesars, Alexander, Jordan and
Deming
Broadway
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
James H. Hyde
J. W. Alexander
Gage E. Tarbell
W. P. Snyder
Thomas D. Jordan
Charles B. Alexander
H. R. Winthrop
A. W. Kre
Western National Bank of
New York City
United States National Bank
Scalpers Lose Case In Supreme Court Test Under Ticket Law
Seattle August 28 Judge Gilliam upholds the state law barring dealing in railway passenger tickets without a railroad license in a habeas corpus case brought by Hugh J. O Neil. The decision signals a test on illegal brokerages and may go to the US Supreme Court as attorneys argue over license requirements and public morals concerns.
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Seattle
Gilliam
Superior Court
Hugh J. O’neil
Supreme Court of the United States
Richard Saxe Jones
Employment bureau opened at university Y M C A
Seattle notes the university Y M C A branch opens an employment bureau under C M Rood the new general secretary from Wisconsin. The service aims to link employers and students and ease college funding as many students already support themselves. Last year a trial bureau proved highly successful with more jobs offered than applicants.
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Seattle
C. M. Rood
University of Wisconsin
To Los Angeles 13 50 Second Class 17 50 First Class
A short transport rate note shows postage categories for a trip to Los Angeles with two class options. The figures 13 50 and 17 50 denote costs, likely cents and dollars, for differing service levels. The source emphasizes mailing or ticketing pricing without further context.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Transit Schedules Mention Portland Tacoma and Nearby Stops
Schedules list times for Portland Tacoma and Hoquiam with multiple daily departures including 9 40 a m from Portland and 3 10 p m 8 10 p m from Hoquiam plus 3 45 p m departure from Portland Tacoma Seattle and eastern points.
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Portland
Tacoma
All Points East
Seattle
Nome Gold Output Seen At Ten Million For 1905
United States Assayer Wing reports Nome’s 1905 gold output estimate at 10 million dollars, beating last year by 3 million. He bases the figure on gold shipped so far this year and private advisories from assayers and officials familiar with Seward Peninsula mining. He credits extensive machinery and ditching work in Nome and nearby areas for the rise.
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Seattle
United States
Wing
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Government rules cargo routes for naval supplies
Secretary Bonaparte refused George Campbell’s bid to repeal a Morton era order that limited continental transport of naval supplies to American railroads. The department insists law requires using cheapest route, regardless of ownership, and says congressional action is needed to restrict to U.S. roads.
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Washington
Bonaparte
George Campbell
Great Northern Railway
Morton
Campbell
Challenge to printers in Chicago eight hour day fight
Chicago becomes battleground as open shop notices appear in four leading print shops. Nonunion workers are hired to defeat the eight hour day push by the typographical union. Union leaders warn a walkout will follow a first nonunion hiring.
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Chicago
Typographical Union
Typothetae
Paul Smits M D Announces Office Hours
Dr Paul Smits lists office hours at Aberdeen General Hospital from 10 to 12 a m and 2 to 4 p m and 7 to 9 p m. Telephone contact is 614.
Local Office Hours and Addresses Listed
A directory style notice provides multiple professional contacts. It lists office hours and locations for several individuals, including address details at Market Street and Hayes Building, with multiple telephone numbers and service times.
Government land info line advises contact in Aberdeen
Citizens seeking government land details should call Jesse F Murphy four years register of Olympia land office room 8 Dabney block Aberdeen. Murphy is the official to contact for inquiries about land records and related procedures.
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Jesse F. Murphy
Olympia Land Office
Dabney Block
Aberdeen
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Congress
Occa
Sion
Tion
Queen Charlotte Group
Association
Holmes
Alaska Cable Receipts
Board
Federal Supreme Court
Brinker
James McElroy
Northern Pacific
Auburn
Kent
State University Employment Bureau
Independent
Grays Harbor
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Aberdeen, Wash
Costa
Hoquiam
Joosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
Oregon
Canadian Pacific
Boston
Toronto
Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
C. Collins
A. B. Calder
H. A. Tereda & CO
South G
Zelasko
East
Hume Street
A. Ingebrightsen
G Street
Paul Smits, M. D
Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
U. & Kinnison
Market Street
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
Fox
Rooma
Robert E. Taggart
W. Mason
Heron Street
Continental
O. C
Heron
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
Heron and
F Streets
Sve
J. A. Moller
Prop
F Street
Hayes
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Wiehkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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