Happenings of the Week Condensed Summary Across the Globe
Population figures from Japan place the end of 1903 at 48 642 736. King Edward plans to confer orders of merit on Oyama and Togo. Japanese legations in London Washington Paris Berlin and St Petersburg to become embassies. DC moves to establish a juvenile court via congressional action. VS and MS machinists gain 1 cent an hour after a union dialogue. Seattle Spokane miners buy Willow Springs mines near Grants Pass for 20 000 dollars with down payment. Victoria Vancouver and Eastern railway work begins at Cloverdale with 300 surveyors. Roosevelt backed federal probe of Standard Oil rumored in Washington finance circles. Northern Pacific Great Northern double tracking from Walla Walla to Portland. Milwaukee St Paul gains trackage rights into Portland.
Plan for International Senate Proposed at Brussels Meeting
Haine Davis of the American delegation attends the executive committee session where a plan to transform The Hague tribunal into a permanent international body is considered. The proposal follows Bartholdt’s idea and envisions an international senate with a popular branch forming an international house of representatives to work with The Hague body.
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Paris
Haine Davis
Brussels
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Hague
Commission
Interparliamentary Union
International House of Representatives
International Senate
The
Davis
Bartholdi
Flowers Barred From Opening Day of Congress
Washington November 29. No flowers will be allowed in either house on the opening day of Congress. A senate resolution barred flowers from the chamber during the last session and Speaker Cannon has notified not to admit them. Florists’ displays once hid members behind arrangements and desks.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Cannon
Capitol
Barren Island Sinks In Sudden Sea Loss
New York reports more than 100000 feet of Barren Island east of Coney Island has vanished beneath the sea residents of the 2000 resident isle panic as 80000 feet of beach disappeared last Saturday and 20000 feet more Monday endangering plants including the Sani tary Utilization Company rendering plant no lives lost but many narrow escapes recorded
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New York
Barren Island
Coney Island
Roeckaway
Sanitary Utilization Company
Washington News Briefs From Olympia and Across the State
Six inches of snow fell in the Palouse country last week as Tacoma council weighs charter revisions. Beekeepers meet at North Yakima while land office official H V Hinman dies after six months illness. Fuel shortages hit several Eastern towns. Walla Walla opposes a second telephone system. Olympia marks the death of Mrs Lurana Perseval, sixth white settler in 1852. A lobst er hatchery petition circulates at Hood Canal. Dakota arrives in Seattle after thirteen days from Yokohama. The Sylvester heirs sue for state Capitol site tract in Olympia Superior Court before Judge Albertson.
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Sylvester
Edmund Sylvester
Olympia
Albertson
King County
Equal and Universal Suffrage for Austrians
Vienna reports a nationwide push for universal suffrage with Premier von Frankenthurn pledging a bill by February end. Monster demonstrations in major cities showed broad support and orderly conduct, with Austerlitz the only town noting serious disorders. Hundreds of thousands participated, signaling a clear demand for political freedom.
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Vienna
Gautoh von Frankenthurn
Austerlitz
Adams Bound Over After Bank Cashier Arraignment
George E. Adams, a defaulter at the local assay office, was arraigned before U S Commissioner Kiefer for a preliminary hearing. He waived testimony in his own behalf and requested reduced bail. Bail was set at 25000 dollars but not yet posted as grand jury action looms in May.
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Seattle
George E. Adams
United States
Kiefer
Adams
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer prices for grains hay eggs poultry wool live stock and dairy with figures for grain oats barley wheat chicken feed bran shorts corn hay eastern and Puget sound alfalfa wheat hay various forms livestock sheep hogs steers cows calves lambs and wool across eastern western Washington and Oregon noting prices per ton cwt and per head with freshness and packaging terms where stated
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Eastern Creamery
Oregon
Eastern
Washington Ranch
National Grain Inspection Law Urged as Urgency Grows
Washington reports renewed push for a national grain inspection bill led by Senator McCumber of North Dakota. He cites international criticism and cases of misgraded wheat, urging federal grading standards, civil service inspectors, and removal of local influence to boost farmer and exporter confidence. A Washington cargo oat incident fuels concerns over Puget Sound inspections.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
McComber
United States
Marseilles
France
Russia
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Civil Service Commission
Puget Sound
War Department
Philippines
Manila
Seattle
Milwaukee Plans Coast Extension From Evarts To Puget Sound
Milwaukee plans a transcontinental extension from Evarts South Carolina to Seattle and Tacoma with routes via Lolo Pass and the Bitter Roots. Construction starts soon with estimated cost about 50 million dollars and financing undecided. The project will link with a parallel line from Chamberlain to Rapid City and may reach Coeur d Alene and Portland.
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Evarts
Milwaukee Company
Rocky Mountains
Butte
Bitter Root Mountains
Lolo Pass
Wallula
Wash
Pacific Railroad
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver jobbers threaten boycott over CPR freight rates
Vancouver wholesalers press Calgary Edmonton price cuts after CPR raises Winnipeg west rates to counter new line by MacKenz ie Mann. A three day ultimatum to grant reductions expires with merchants ready to switch all shipments to the Great Northern if not satisfied.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
Northwest Provinces
Edmonton
Calgary
Railway Company
Canadian Northern
MacKenzie & Mann
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Board of Trade
Great Northern Railway
Pennypacker presents silver service to cruiser Pennsylvania
Gov. Pennypacker at League Island navy yard presented the armored cruiser Pennsylvania with a silver service of 143 pieces, weighing nearly 750 pounds and valued at $25,000 for the state.
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Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Gov
Shingle Mills Plan Statewide Sixty Day Shutdown
At a Tacoma meeting of state shingle manufacturers it was announced that 90 percent of mills will close for sixty days, with curtailment totaling about 6000 hours and the shutdown to take effect immediately.
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Tacoma
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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East Market Street
Harper Rye
Kentucky
Fred Hewitt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
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Ninemire & Morgan CO
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Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
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All Points East
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Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
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Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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Nature
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