Washington Roundup of World News and Events
Outside Washington a week includes notices of deaths Sir George Stokes and Mgr Denecere. Boer generals visit Diaz who welcomes colonists. Marquard art sale totals 706019 dollars. Plague deaths rise Mazatlan eight with 44 in lazaretto. Philippine constabulary appoints Captain Henry E. Allen brigadier general. Army War College cornerstone ceremony set for Feb 12 with Roosevelt Root and General Young invited.
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Mazatlan
Henry E. Allen
Sixth Cavalry
Philippine Constabulary
Army War College
Washington Barracks Reservation
Gillespie
Roosevelt
Root
Young
Sultan's Troops Crush Moorish Pretender Force
Tangier reports the sultan's army routed the Moorish pretender's force at daybreak last Thursday. Bu-Hamara was allegedly captured, though a second source doubts the capture and whether Bu-Hamara survived the battle. Vast numbers were slain or taken prisoner. Public rejoicing follows the sultan's decisive victory.
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Tangier
Bu-Hamara
Fez
el Menebhi
Bu- Hamara
Great Northern Coulee City Adrian rail line progress
A W Flower of Adrien said the Coulee City Adrian extension of the Washington Central line, now part of the Northern Pacific, is advancing rapidly. Contractors expect trains to run in six weeks and the road to be turned over in about two months.
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Seattle
A. W. Flower
Adrien
Great Northern
Coulee City-Adrian
Washington Central Railroad
Northern Pacific System
Hunter Acquitted in Guatemala City Murder Case
Loninville Kentucky reports Godfrey Hunter Jr. was acquitted of murder in the killing of William Fitzgerald of Grand Rapids Michigan. The trial featured 38 witnesses claiming a conspiracy and self defense as the defense in Guatemala City. Also noted are Republic Iron and Steel Company profits and a lawsuit by Frank P. Roberg against the Bonner estate.
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Loninville, Ky
Guatemala City
Godfrey Hunter, Jr
William Fitzgerald
Grand Rapids
Mich
Young Hunter
Godfrey Hunter
United States
Guatemala
William Hunter
Venezuela Rejects Pref erential Share and Seeks Hague Ruling
Herbert W. Bowen representing Venezuela rejects the two thirds share for Allies and ten percent for others in customs receipts at La Guayra and Puerto Cabello. He notes Venezuela will take the issue to the Hague tribunal, asserting no basis for preferential treatment. The note follows a conference with British envoy and Hay talks. Springfield orders rush 100000 Krag rifles to arsenals due to militia bill.
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Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
London
Rome
Berlin
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
United States
France
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Bowen
Hague Tribunal
Americas
Hague
Hay
Springfield
Mass
Seattle Market Report Prices for Grain Livestock Dairy and Poultry
Seattle dealers quote farm buyers prices for oats barley wheat and feed ingredients along with eggs poultry and livestock values. Prices span oats 24.25 ton barley 24 ton wheat 25 ton chicken feed 25 ton bran 17 ton shorts 18.40 ton eggs 32c per dozen live poultry prices per lb and meat prices per cwt for cattle calves sheep hogs and veal.
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Seattle
Shorts
Puget Sound
Washington
Timothy
Federal probe into Franklin County homestead proofs in Washington
Special Agent Miller of the Interior Department begins an inquiry into Franklin County homestead commutation proofs in Pasco Washington. The investigation targets Land claimants who paid four hundred dollar commutation fees and may face loss of funds or imprisonment for perjury if fraud is proven.
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Pasco
Wash
Franklin County
Department of the Interior
Miller
Federal Bureau
Estopia
Connell
Franklin
Adama
Balkan trouble deepens as yellow book cites reforms in Macedonia
European commentary signals an acute phase in the Balkan question after the French yellow book details efforts by France and Russia to press Macedonia reforms. Rumors of Austrian naval buildup and Russian Dardanelles movements raise anxiety, with reports of war material purchases in Roumania and the Balkans.
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London
France
Russia
Turkey
Macedonia
Balkans
Count Lamedorff
Balkan
Pola
Dardan
Odessa
Austria
Rambury
Yildiz
Food supply security group formed to press inquiry
An influential committee led by the Duke of Sutherland and including Lord Strathcona Sir Conan Doyle and forty admirals has been formed to press for a royal commission on Britain's food security in war time, after government inaction.
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London
Great Britain
Duke of Sutherland
Lord Strathcona
Charles Beresford
Hugh Cecil
Conan Doyle
House of Commons
Western Railroads Impose Flour Blockade on East
Western carriers issue blockade notices due to eastern traffic overflow. They will not receive flour for delivery to eastern roads until further notice as congestion on eastern lines worsens compared with the western system.
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Chicago
Coal prices steady in New York across town
In New York on February 2 coal is selling at 7.50 dollars per ton for thracite and expected to hold through summer. Soft coal remains high but less than thracite, bituminous coal selling from two to two dollars and fifty cents per ton.
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New York
Town
Tribunal to Answer Questions on 1825 Alaska Boundary Treaty
The president sent a corrected draft of the 1825 treaty to the senate establishing a mixed tribunal to decide six key questions about the boundary line from the Portland channel to the 56th parallel and to define the lisiere width. Final decisions rest with a majority vote. unresolved points will be reported to governments by their agents.
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Washington
Senate
Skagway
Dyea
London
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Portland Channel
Greenwich
Water Mains Frozen and Dawson Depends On River
Dawson water system has been out for a week as mains froze and thawing incurs high costs. Water is hauled from the river to supply the city amid record cold. Selkirk reports 76 below zero, Ogilvie 72, Forty Mile 74, and Dawson 61 on January 26. The past days are warmer.
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Dawson
Y. T
Selkirk
Ogilvie
Forty Mile
Hobson Resigns Naval Post After Bremerton Duty Order
Captain Richmond P. Hobson, famed for Merrimac raid, resigns as naval constructor. Although he sought relief, a board found him fit for duty and he was ordered to Bremerton Washington in charge of construction at the naval station.
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Washington
Richmond P. Hobson
Merrimac Fame
Hobson
Bremerton Naval Station
Ottawa summons parliament for March 12 session
A proclamation from Ottawa on February 2 calls parliament to meet March 12. The upcoming session is expected to be long and lively with two major bills: redistribution of constituencies and the Grand Trunk Pacific transcontinental subsidy.
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Ottawa
Ont
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Herr von Delberneck
M. Jusserand
House of Representatives
Senator McMillan
Mgr. Denecere
St. Peter’s
Diaz
Mexico
Henry G. Marquard
George Gabriel Stokes
Pembroke College
Cambridge
The
Royal Society
British Association
Pretender
Sultan
Adrien-Coulee
Hunter
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Thompson
Sue Bonner
Frank P. Roberg
Robert Bonner
Roberg
Seattle Market Report
Tacoma
England
Alaska
Yukon
Bremerton
Aberdeen Brewing Co
Telephone
ABC
Lowrie
C. M. Demered
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
G Street
Aberdeen State Bank
Aberdeen
Wrens
H Street
Aberdeea
St. Louis
Burlington
M. P. Benton
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Pacific Hotel
H. A. Tereda & CO
St., Zelasko Block
Star Meat Market
James Barrett
F Street
Aberdeen Livery
AMW Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
Harbor
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