Global and Domestic News Briefs T: Includes Alaska road funds and eight hour work day push
News items summarize events from Nome to Arkansas. Taft seeks 150000 for Alaska road fund. Wheeler buried at Arlington with honors. Arkansas supreme court upholds drumming prohibition. Western Livestock Show roars at Denver stockyards. Pardee names Sloss to California Supreme Court. House approves deficiency bill with Panama eight hour labor carveout. Apostolic delegates’ residence ground broken on Baltimore street. International Lithographers seek eight hour day in US and Canada.
Railroads May Grant Joint Rate on Wheat
Washington railroad commission studies joint wheat rate after Seattle Tacoma millers and Eastern Washington producers urged action. Commissioners and O R & N officials met in Portland and with traffic managers to seek an amicable settlement and avoid litigation, granting more time for internal discussion.
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Olympia
Seattle
Tacoma
Washington
Railroad Commission
Lawrence
Portland
Life Saving Measures Sought for Puget Sound Vessels
Washington officials press for life saving funding after the Valencia disaster. Treasury and lawmakers discuss a first class revenue cutter to replace the Grant and a sea-going life saving tag. Senator Piles advocates Cape Flattery station and broad vessel owner input.
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Washington
Puget Sound
Treasury Department
Piles
Cape Flattery
Valencia
Congress
Rebels Hold Center as Gomel Burns in Wide Disorder
A Gomel dispatch reports half the town in flames and street fighting between troops and rebels in the city center. Rebels are reinforced by peasantry from surrounding districts who have deposed old authorities and elected new leaders, with disorder spreading to five counties around Gomel.
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St. Petersburg
Gomel
Baltic
Japan Raises Rome Legation to Embassy Status
Tokyo reports the Japanese legation in Rome will become an embassy and Uchida, the minister at Peking, will be named ambassador to Italy.
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Tokyo
Rome
Uchida
Peking
Italy
Shingle Makers Vote to Resume Operations February First
In a mass meeting shingle manufacturers vote to resume operations on February one. Ezra Meeker begins to retrace the Oregon trail from Puyallup. The president nominates C E Vilas as assayer in charge at Seattle and the Minnesota case against Captain John H Rinder is dropped. Heavy garden seed shipments arrive in Brewster for Okanogan Valley farmers. King County good roads clubs seek 150000 dollars yearly for macadamized road construction. 5000 railroad jobs expected in Washington in three months. J E Pharo resigns as general agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company Seattle. Washington Shoe Manufacturing Company plans a new Seattle factory.
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King County Good Roads Clubs
United States Attorney General
John H. Rinder
Minnesota
Czar Toasts Kaiser and Foreshadows Close German Russian Alliance
At Tsarkoe-Selo a banquet honoring Emperor William's birthday ended with Emperor Nicholas praising the German emperor as a brother and ally. The toast signals a new German-Russian alignment while France remains linked only by a limited defense pact.
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St. Petersburg
Europe
Germany
Russia
France
Nicholas
Tsarkoe-Selo
William
Prussia
Herr von Schoen
Frere
Great Britain
Rebels Steal Motions From Trans-Baikal Railroad
Dispatch from St. Petersburg reports arrests of officials and employees at the Trans-Baikal railroad for allegedly stealing 1000 rifles 1000 revolvers and 10000 cartridges from a government munition train and aiding revolutionists. Ridges of cartridges recovered nine bombs found during searches. authorities note a shift to terrorist plots against high officials and suppression of uprisings.
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St. Petersburg
Irkutsk
Siberia
Trans-Baikal
Tasrkoe-Selo
Senator Tillman seeks probe of Chinese alien treatment
Washington January 29 Senator Tillman introduced a resolution urging the immigration committee to investigate charges of ill treatment of Chinese aliens traveling in the United States by immigration service officers.
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Washington
Tillman
Committee On Immigration
United States
Immigration Service
Imperial Chinese commission visits Washington to study American methods
The imperial Chinese commission arrived in Washington, met with the State Department, and dined at the Chinese Legation. Members, fluent in English, toured the city as secretaries prepare to conduct investigations on American government, education, and military costs. The mission aims to foster closer ties and counter claims that the boycott had imperial sanction.
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Washington
Imperial Chinese Commission
State Department
Beef Trust Paid For Favorable Comment
Roosevelt era documents reveal alleged payments to a Chicago reporter by an attorney for beef packers under indictment. The records include Morrison’s charging memo, Moody’s legal opinion, and a directive to publish the correspondence to inform the public of a prosecutorial obstacle.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Chicago
Moody
United States
Morrison
Denmark's aged ruler Christiaaa IX dies suddenly
Copenhagen January 29 Christiaaa IX king of Denmark died suddenly at Amalienborg palace at 3 15 pm after a morning indisposition. His heir Prince Frederick will be proclaimed Frederick VIII tomorrow. The bulletin notes heart failure and a 42 year reign marked by prosperity and strategic regional ties.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christiaaa IX
Europe
George
Greece
Alexandra
Great Britain
Maria Feodrovona
Russia
Haakon VII
Norway
Amalienbrg
Frederick
Frederick VIII
Christian IX
Frederick VII
House of Oldenberg
House of Gluckenburg
Roosevelt Wedding Invitations Issued
Washington January 29 Ladies of the White House decide on a traditional invitation form for Alice Roosevelt wedding. The seal of the president graces the top, and the card at the door of the White House invites guests to the February 17 reception. About 5000 invitations go out for the reception with roughly 3000 expected attendees. The marriage ceremony invites are restricted to family, officials, and close friends.
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Washington
White House
Alice Roosevelt
United States
Miss Roosevelt
Longworth
Too Many Corporations
Stuyvesant Fish of New York spoke at a Louisville banquet, warning that profits rely on balanced corporate power. He argued the root of trouble in the central financial system lies with too few controlling too many corporations and abusing charter powers.
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Louisville
Stuyvesant Fish
New York
Illinois Central Railroad
Board of Trade
Africa's Big Gold Shipment Reaches Southampton
The Carisbrook Castle brought the largest single gold shipment from South Africa to arrive by steamer. The specie valued at 1 825 000 dollars was consigned to the Bank of England.
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London
South Africa
Carisbrook Castle
Southampton
Bank of England
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Kangarok
Gen
Joseph Wheeler
Arlington Cemetery
Taft
Alaska Road Fund
The
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Denver Stockyards
Gov. Pardee
G. C. Sloss
Superior Court of
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
van Diver
House
Panama Canal
Apostolic Deleates
Baltimore Street
International Lithographers’ Benevolent Association
Canada
Buafflo
Washington News
Mass Meeting
J. E. Pharo
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Washington Shoe Manufacturing Company
Waslington
Ezra Meeker
Puyallup
Oregon Trail
Senate
C. E. Vilas
Frederick A. Wing
Brewster
Okanogan Valley
Czar
Kaiser
Williams
Moscow
Seattle Market Report
Shorts
Washington Creamery
Eastern Creamery
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Beef Trust
England
Prince Charles
Constantinople
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Great Belt
Little Belt
Africa
Quinine
Mason
S Ee Electrical
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
Mentesane
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
Nature
E's
H. L. Cook & CO
E. Heron St. Tel
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
Aberdeen Steam Fey
R. B. Porter
Choice Brands of
S. F St
Kenilworth
W. Heron St
C. C. Sargent
Prop
Henry Jarue
G. Cullen
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