News of the Week Items From Around the World
A digest of varied world items noting the Idaho battleship launch in Philadelphia, sultan’s acceptance of Macedonian financial control, Nobel prizes to Lenard Boyser Koch and Sienkiewicz, Roosevelt’s possible nomination of W. T. Vernon as treasury registrar, indictments for railroad rebates, and a reinstated 1906 close season for British Columbia fisheries.
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Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
London Daily News
Constantinople
Macedonia
Philip Lenard
Kiel University
Adolph von Boyser
University of Munchen
Robert Koch
Berlin
Henry Sienkiewicz
British Columbia
Fishery Department
Ottawa
British Colubia
Demands to End Boycott Presented by China
A Hongkong meeting of Chinese guilds and American merchants outlines twelve conditions to end the boycott. Key points include defining labor, Chinese government approval of legislation, consular certificates for admission, passports, medical examinations, most favored nation treatment, and readmission of deported Chinese with property or creditor proof.
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Hongkong
China
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
Siberia Alaska Railroad Plan Approved by Russia
St Petersburg dispatch reports Baron de Lobel chosen to build a Siberia to Alaska railroad. Commission named to set contract rules. French capitalists back a project via bridging and tunneling under Bering Strait with capitalization from 250 to 800 million dollars and funding sought from France Russia and the United States.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Baron de Lobel
Siberia
Alaska
France
Russia
United States
Isle of Pines Delegate Edward C. Ryan Heads to Washington
Edward C. Ryan, elected territorial delegate by Isle of Pines residents, sails from Havana to Washington to present credentials to the house of representatives. He will carry the Isle of Pines legislative assembly's credentials.
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Havana
Edward C. Ryan
Isle of Pines
Congress
Washington
House of Representatives
Legislative Assembly
Kioua Men Form Commercial Club In Washington
A group of Kioua businessmen establish a new commercial club. Other items note the state teachers association meeting at Spokane December 27 to 30, religious leaders opposing Sunday funerals in Spokane, and a graft probe to be led by Tacoma grand jury. Editorial actions include tax commissioners meeting at Hotel Butler Seattle December 18 to discuss new assessment details.
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Teachers’ Association
Spokane
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Bankers’ Association
Butler
Seattle
Witte Declares Order by Force in Russia
From St. Petersburg December 11 reports say Count Sergei Witte has switched to anti reformers and ordered use of force to quell uprisings. Three strike leaders in the city were arrested and badly beaten as mutiny spreads in Lodz Lublin and other Polish towns with troops mutinying and some firing on officers.
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St. Petersburg
Sergius Witte
Russia
Workingmen’s Council
Witte
M Midway
Warsaw
Lodz
Lublin
Poland
Manchuria
Harbin
Roosevelt to Fight Standard Oil Trust
President Roosevelt intends to prosecute the Standard Oil Company for anti trust violations. Attorney General Moody will use summer investigation evidence from the bureau of corporations. The case may be filed in Kansas or another state, with time needed to prepare.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. T. Vernon
Industrial Institute
Quindaro
Kansas
The
Treasury
Vernon
West
Standard Oil Company
Moody
Bureau of Corporations
Europe
State land board deeds said forged by land fraud conspirators
Special dispatch from Salem reports State Land Agent West found evidence that deeds of the state land board may have been forged by land fraud conspirators. If confirmed, the public land conspiracy in Oregon would be more extensive than previously suspected.
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Portland
Salem
West
State Land Board
Death toll on Great Lakes tops prior years at 215
Chicago reports the season’s death list on the Great Lakes reached 215 lives lost. Of those, 116 perished in the three major autumn storms, marking the heaviest toll since steel vessels became common on the lakes.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Chicago Steamer Indianapolis Heads to Seattle
The steamship Indianapolis weighed anchor at Hoboken bound for Seattle. From Chicago she will travel to Seattle and make one of the most noteworthy voyages in steam navigation history.
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New York
Indianapolis
Hoboken
Seattle
Chicago
Seattle Market Prices From Local Dealers Report
Seattle and Tacoma market quotations show grain oats at 26 27 per ton barley 22 23 per ton wheat and feed at 24 50 per ton bran 19 per ton shorts 20 per ton and corn 26 per ton Hay Eastern Washington 15 Puget Sound 10 11 and alfalfa 9 59 10 per ton Eggs ranch 38 per dot poultry prices for live hens roosters ducks geese and springs varied by weight Hides pelts and wool cover ranges for cattle sheep hogs and calves plus leather and wool premiums Eastern Washington and Tacoma quotes list wool tallow grease and other byproducts Live stock prices for sheep hogs steers cows calves and lambs include per lb and per head figures References to both Washington and Tacoma markets appear throughout the list.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Wheat—Club
Washington Creamery
Eastern Creamery
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Rob erts at Seattle Investigates Mint Assay Office
George E. Roberts director of the United States mint arrived in Seattle to personally probe conditions at the local assay office after irregularities led to the arrest of Cashier Adams on embezzlement charges. He plans to stay several days as a thorough inquiry proceeds and to determine steps to reimburse miners who lost gold. Frederick W. Wing, Seattle assay office superintendent, met him at the Butler hotel.
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Seattle
George E. Roberts
United States Mint
Adams
Roberts
Butler Hotel
Sweden Exports Arms to Finland Amid Export Limit
Stockholm dispatch reports large quantities of arms and ammunition sent to Finland. Each passenger steamer bound for Finland carries 100 pounds of ammunition, the legal limit under Swedish law for passenger vessels.
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Stockholm
Finland
Senator Proctor May Retire From Senate
An intimation by Senator Proctor of Vermont that he might retire on March 3, 1909 prompted reports he would resign soon. The suggestion is denied.
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Washington
Proctor
Vermont
Senate
No Hearing Needed Civil Service Dismissals Authorized
Washington December 11 An executive order published in the November Postal guide authorizes the president or department heads to summarily remove classified service employees without a hearing if the public service is improved by the action. The order requires written cause and permits summary removal for misconduct in the president's presence.
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Washington
Executive Department
Civil Service Commission
Balfour Resigns as Cabinet Is Replaced by Campbell-Bannerman
London reports the premier Arthur J. Balfour formally tendered his resignation with the cabinet to King Edward. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is invited to form a new government. Morley likely to join as adviser and Asquith may become chancellor of the exchequer. The Irish question looms with Home Rule policy under debate. An alliance between Irish and labor forces surfaces as a potential voting bloc for the next parliament.
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London
United Kingdom
Arthur J. Balfour
Edward
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry
Lord Roseberry
John Morley
Henry
Morley
Indian Office
Herbert Henry Asquith
Lord Elgin
Sir Edward Gray
Ireland
Stirling
James Kerr Hardie
Darling and Pearson Swap Chief Engineer Posts
In Chicago on December 11 W L Darling chief engineer of the Pacific Railway and E J Pearson chief engineer of the Northern Pacific swapped positions. Pearson left the Northern Pacific suddenly and joined the Milwaukee extension project while Darling moved to the Northern Pacific after resigning from the Pacific Railway.
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Chicago
W. L. Darling
Pacific Railway Company
E. J. Pearson
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Mr. Pearson
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast
Mr. Darling
Northern Pacific
Pearson
Pacific Railroad
Rock Island
Russian Officers Urge Resignations Amid War Strain
London dispatch from St. Petersburg reports high ranking officers seeking permission to resign. Minister of War Rudiger asked the emperor to retire, interior minister Durnovo and others have followed, while Count Witte remains isolated but appears discouraged.
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London
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Rudiger
Interior
M. Durnovo
Count Witte
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Power of Attorney
North Yakima
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Peo
Standard Oil Trust
Seattle Market Report
Mint
Assay
Pinland Importing Arms
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Harper Rye
Kentucky
Fred Hewitt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
Thos. Morgan
Pres
Ninemire & Morgan CO
Montesano
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
Nature
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J. M. Lupton, Mer
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Choice Brands of
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