World News in Brief Condensed Highlights
Mississippi makes house breaking a capital offense. Marblehead sails to Manila from Mare Island. C W Johnson dies in Minneapolis. Yamagata named president of Japan privy council. Admiral Dewey opposes hazing and favors dismissal. Miss Ethel Watterson marries Alexander Gilmour in Louisville. Henry Harland, author of The Cardinal's Snuff Box, dies. born 1861 in St Petersburg. Roosevelt hosts cabinet dinner. Kelley resignation at Union Pacific. Diamond imports exceed 36 million dollars. Bob Fitzsimmons loses to OBrien in SF. vows no more fights for money. Congress recess set December 21 to January 6. Postal deficit tops 14 million. Mexican congress adjourns to April. permanent congress to sit. Marquis Ito appointed resident general in Korea. L R Schmidt post office fraud case. alleged racing pools. American relief gifts to Russian Jews exceed one million. Los Angeles defeats Tacoma to win 1905 Pacific Coast league pennant. President Loubet resigns, plans private life in early 1906.
Washington News Highlights From State Reports
Washington state ranks ninth in postal expenditures and Seattle post office receipts for 1905 reach 404572 with expenses 163652. The First Presbyterian church of Quincy files incorporation papers. The North Coast Railway secures 25 million for Washington construction. Tacoma tide lands deal totals 93000 for railroad purposes. Other items note mill expansions in Everett, poultry show in Seattle, and a $117885.38 insurance tax take.
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Stewart
Seattle
Seattle Poultry Association
The
North Coast Railway
Washington
Supreme Court Rules Against Property Owner in Seattle District Case
In Olympia on December 22 the supreme court affirmed a city of Seattle ruling in C. B. Smith v Seattle. The plaintiff received $50 for damage to property within the Pike and East Pike improvement district but was taxed $345.67 for project costs. the court rejected the claim that damaged property cannot be taxed for benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Supreme Court
C. B. Smith
Seattle
Pike and
East Pike
Favor Removing Tariff on Philippine Products
Washington reports the house ways and means committee favorably amended the Payne bill to admit all Philippine products into the United States free of duty except sugar and tobacco at 25 percent until 1909. Sugar and tobacco would enter free then. Amendments include duty-free admission for American sugar and tobacco in the Philippines and a clause denying exemption for Philippine goods already warehoused in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
Payne
United States
House
Representative Hill
Connecticut
Philippines
Wisconsin hosts central division Modern Language Association meeting
In Madison on December 22 the annual meeting of the central division of the Modern Language Association of America will be held with the University of Wisconsin as host. More than 100 language instructors from top colleges are expected to attend, with papers on English German and Roman philology and literature and discussions on teaching methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
The
Modern Language Association of America
University of Wisconsin
Seattle Market Prices for Grain and Livestock
The Seattle market reports dealer offers for round lots f o b Seattle with current prices on grains oats barley wheat chicken feed and bran hay and alfalfa Eastern Washington Puget Sound and Tacoma quotations for wheat fresh meats poultry butter eggs and other commodities. Also listed are live stock notes for sheep hogs steers cows calves lambs and hides with per pound and per head figures.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Wheat—Club
Washington Creamery
Eastern Creamery
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Moscow Street Fighting Deepens as Casualties Rise
Moscow reports a violent Monday with estimates of 5 000 killed and 14 000 wounded as rebels clash with troops. Fire destroys hundreds of buildings. a revolutionary government is proclaimed while civilians plead for arms. Communications with Moscow falter as fighting spreads through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Paris
Revolutionary Party
Odessa
Mistchenko
Czar urged to leave Russia amid revolutionary turmoil
A circulating rumor claims a known revolutionary leader warned the czar to depart at once. The message reached him by three methods, promising no harm to the imperial family yet refusing to guarantee their safety. The emperor, unsettled by recent events, blamed Count Witte after failing to avert the strike, while grand dukes press for a tougher response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Cazr
Witte
Vladimir
Faulkner Urges Wage Concessions to Avert Crisis
Cleveland December 22 President A L Faulkner of the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America issues a special letter urging members to accept wage reductions. He argues the cut will prevent disaster to workers not aligned with machine made products and protect the industry.
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Cleveland, O
A. L. Faulkner
Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America
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Mississippi
Marblehead
Manila
Mare Island Yard
C. W. Johnson
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Field Marshal
Yamagata
Privy Council of Japan
Dewey
Ethel Watterson
Henry Watterson
Alexander Gilmour
Louisville
Henry Harland
Italy
Mr. Harland
William R. Kelley
Union Pacific
John R. Baldwin
Council Bluffs
Mr. Kelley
Bob Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
O’brien
Fitzsimmons
Congress
Cortelyou
London Standard
Kobe
Marquis Ito
Korea
Post Office
L. R. Schmidt
Oakland
Cal
New York
Los Angeles
Angels
Loubet
France
Washington News
Washington State
First Presbyterian Church of
Quincy
State Plumbing Board
Everett
State Dairymen’s Association
Bellingham
Tacoma Tide
J. P. Chilberg
Andrew Chilberg
Scandinavian American Bank of
That City
Mitchell
Frederick A. Wing
Multnomah and
Seattle Athletic
Tacoma Mill Company
Merchants’ Association of Seattle
I. H. Jennings
Portland
Alaska
Washington Insurance
Schively
Seattle Market Report
Herge
Nicholas
Alaska Central
Quinine
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
H. L. Cook & CO
E. Heron St. Tel
J. M. Lupton, Mer
R. B. Porter
Choice Brands of
W. Heron St
C. C. Sargent
Prop
Henry Jarue
W. G. Cullen
S. F Street
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