World News in Brief From Several Continents
Edward Atkinson of Boston, noted political economist, is dead. The president may send a special message to Congress on the insurance question. Galveston and Chattanooga cruisers chosen for Asiatic service, to depart early next year. Gen Herman Haupt, Civil War veteran and railroad engineer, dies suddenly in New Jersey. Sen McCreary proposes tariff cut to three quarters of present rates on imports. House insular affairs backs Cooper bill using 75 percent of land sale proceeds in the Philippines for schooling. Gen Corbin retires in September. MacArthur to be promoted to lieutenant general. Independent woolen manufacturers in New England announce wage-raising plan aligned with the American Woolen Company.
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Herman Haupt
West Point
New Jersey
War Department
Corbin
Bates
Army
MacArthur
Cochran
Equitable
Princeton
Mutual
Wheat Experiments at State College Start to Aid Northwest
Prof. Thatcher of Washington State College conducts scientific wheat trials at the experiment station in Pullman. A new flour mill will grind samples from eight varieties and bake bread to study quality, with results to be shared at the winter school and wheat convention in January. Soil analyses and regional adaptability also form part of the project.
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Pullman
Thatcher
Department of Agriculture
Washington State College
Northwest
Department of Domestic Science
Inland Empire
Publicity plan tied to federal control of insurance
A bill by Representative Landis of Indiana proposes federal oversight of insurers in the District of Columbia territories and insular possessions. It argues Congress has exclusive jurisdiction and would empower the Commerce and Labor Department to require full statements from all companies, making publicity the key safeguard to supervision.
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Washington
Landis
Indiana
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
G. A. R. Encampment Set For August in Minneapolis
The G. A. R. national encampment is scheduled to begin August 13 in Minneapolis, with officials confirming the plan at the conference in December.
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Minneapolis
Washington News Highlights From The State
Granger builds brick and tile plant as Waitsbury sees a building boom. Deer season closed. Everett poultry show runs Dec 29 to Jan 1. Tacoma council passes independent telephone franchise over veto. Great Northern branch to the boundary from Oroville completed. Bar association convention scheduled in Everett Jan 11 to 14. Carnegie library at Walla Walla opens with $25,000 cost. Seattle seeks street railway franchise backed by Kuhn Loeb & Co. Walla Walla penitentiary findings find charges not proven. Kettle River bridge bids due Jan 3, 1906. Washington Wood Distilling near January 1 operation with three shifts.
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Carnegie Library
Walla Walla
Seattle
Peabody Elected President Of Mutual Life Insurance
George W. Perkins resigns as New York Life vice president and chair. Alexander E. Orr becomes vice president and John Claflin takes finance chair. Charles A. Peabody is elected Mutual Life president at fifty thousand dollars annually, replacing Richard A. McCurdy. Peabody is a lawyer and Astor representative with banking and railroad ties.
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George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Alexander E. Orr
New York City Rapid Transit Commission
John Claflin
H. B
Peabody
William Waldorf Astor
Ilinois
Free Trade Bill Aims Unqualified US Philippines Access
Senator Mc Creary introduced a bill proposing unqualified free trade between the United States and the Philippine islands. The measure seeks to remove trade barriers and expand economic relations with the Philippines from the United States.
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Washington
McCreary
United States
Philippine Islands
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists grain prices per ton for oats barley wheat and feed with cereals bran shorts corn and hay values. It also covers eggs poultry hides and wool live stock sheep hogs steers cows calves lambs and regional Tacoma quotations for wheat meats poultry butter eggs oats hay and feed components with varied per unit figures.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Wheat—Club
New
Washington Creamery
Eastern Creamery
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Insurance Debate: Cochran Urges Uprooting of Present System
Washington report on five hours of congressional debate over regulating life insurers. NY judge Cochran urged confining all insurers to their charter state via taxation power, accusing executives of misusing policyholders funds and calling for reform and action.
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Washington
House
Sherley
Kentucky
Cochran
New York
Congress
Moody Orders Probes Into Rail Rebates Under Elkins Act
Attorney General Moody directs all U S district attorneys to aggressively enforce the Elkins Act against carrier rebates and discrimination, seeking indictments where evidence supports. Chicago officials plan a federal grand jury probe, issuing subpoenas to railroad leaders and major shippers tied to interstate commerce findings.
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Washington
Moody
United States
Department
Chicago
Morrison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Special Atttorney J. T. Marchand
Washington Senators Dominate Committees In Republican Caucus
In Washington, Senator Piles secures seven committee posts including chair of coast and insular survey, and a seat on interoceanic canals replacing the late Oregon senator. Ankeny to head irrigation and reclamation, plus service on commerce and other panels. The holdings mark an unusually large committee share for a newcomer.
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Washington
Senator Piles
Mitchell
Oregon
Ankeny
Million Immigrants Arrived Past Year
Washington reports 1 026 999 aliens arrived last year an increase of 213 629 from the prior year. The Pacific coast saw fewer arrivals largely due to the Russo Japanese war. Commissioner Sargent notes immigration driven by transportation agents and that enforcing the contract labor ban is challenging.
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Washington
Sargent
Pacific
Coronation Set for June 23 Next Year in Norway
Christiania reports the government fixes June 23, 1907, as the coronation date for King Haakon VII and Queen Maud. The announcement confirms the upcoming historic ceremony to crown the new monarchs.
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Christiania
Haakon
Maud
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Edward Atkinson
Boston
Galveston
Chattanooga
Asiatic Station
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Cooper
Wisconsin
Philippines
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
American Woolen Company
State College
Insurance Publicity
Washington News
Granger
Waitsbury
Everett
Great Northern
Oroville
Washington State Bar Association
State Board of Control
Rees
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Stevens County
Board of County Commissioners
Kettle River
Barstow
Stevens
Ferry Counties
Washington Wood Distilling Company
Bellingham
McCurdy
Mutual Life
Perkins Out
Legislative Investigation Committee
Free Trade For
Seattle Market Report
Bourke Cochran
New York Life
ACHE
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Harper Rye
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
H. L. Cook & CO
E. Heron St
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
R. B. Porter
Choice Brands of
Kenilworth
W. Heron St
C. C. Sargent
Prop
Henry Jarue
W. G. Cullen
S. P Street
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