Happenings of the Week Include Coal Prices and Royal Gift
The week reports coal wholesalers raising prices due to a looming miners strike. Emperor William gifts Miss Alice Roosevelt a fine bracelet for her wedding. Megato resigns as Japanese advisor amid differences with Marquis Ito. Three hundred thousand letters were opened at the dead letter office in January.
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Emperor William
Alice Roosevelt
M. Megato
Marquis Ito
Korea
Ali Roads Head to Seattle in Major Railway Amendment
The Denver Yellowstone Pacific Railway remade mortgage to the International Trust Company of Boston to cure 8.7 million dollars of 5 percent thirty year bonds. The road plans to run from Denver northwest to Walcott Wyoming on the Union Pacific and extend to Seattle tapping Yellowstone Park.
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Washington
New York Sun
Denver, Yellowstone & Pacific Railway
Mortage
International Trust Company
Boston
Teabee
Denae
Walcott
Wyaming
Union Pacific
Seattle
Yellowtome Park
Harriman Gains Control of Illinois Central Railroad
News from New York reports a major transfer of railroad control as Union Pacific consolidates Illinois Central with the Northern Pacific and Great Northern group. The deal would shift management to the Pacific merger group, with an official date to be announced.
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Harriman
Illinois Central
New York
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Roads
Burlington
Union Pacific
Smalllmers Central
St. Pe
Eat Northern
Great Northern
Pacife
Rail and industry briefs from Washington state news
Canadian Pacific survey parties push south from Bellingham while Renton glass works resume after two week shutdown. A czar appointed commission may visit Seattle in May to discuss Trans Alaska-Siberia route. Tacoma lumber shipments reach 640 cars in January with 98 carloads of shingles. Denny Renton Clay starts two brick kilns to meet order rush. Spokane and Pend d Oreille rapid transit engineers survey Spokane valley route to a lake. Rep Jones seeks 120000 for farm management bureau and experiment stations in Eastern Washington. Agriculture sec to send Drainage Bureau engineer Elliott to Stevens County for 30000 acres reclamation study on Spokane Northern line.
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Jones
Secretary of Agriculture
Elliott
Drainage Bureau
Stevens County
Spokane & Northern Railway
Secretary rescinds rulings to aid steamboat prosecutions
Secretary Metcalf of the Department of Commerce and Labor rescinds Treasury rulings in ISSS to allow local steam boat inspectors to assist U S district attorneys in preparing steamboat law cases. The change applies to pending cases. inspectors had not previously aided in evidence collection.
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Washingon
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Fiber
Secretary of the Treasury
Isss
United States
Bellingham Seeks Milwaukee Rail Connection
Citizens of Bellingham plan to secure a Milwaukee road branch to the city. They are preparing figures on local shipping volume and nearby territory to present to the new transcontinental line.
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Seattle
Bellingham
Spokane Directory Census Population Rise in Polk Directory
Spokane census figures show the city’s population at 5 205 and the Polk directory lists 34 082 names in the upcoming edition, up from 29 451 names in 1905.
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Spokane
Polk Directory Company
Fish Hatchery Bill Passes in Senate
Washington Fet 5 The senate approved Senator Ankeny s bill to approprate 50000 for establishing one or more fish cultural stations on Page Island.
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Washington
Senate
Ankeny
Paget Soand
Seattle Market Report Notes Mixed Prices and Unclear Details
Market terms show prices for hay and alfalfa per ton and per bale, with references to eastern Washington and Seattle dealers. The fragmentary text lists values like 17 dollars per ton and 335 dollars per ton for alfalfa, but several lines are garbled, hindering full interpretation of commodities and locations. The report mentions eggs and ranch-related terms with incomplete figures, leaving the overall market picture unclear.
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Washington
Oregon voters to decide on ten measures in June election
Salem Feb 5 ten measures will go to the people at the June 4 general election including a 1 000 000 appropriation bill held up by referendum, local option liquor amendments, a road purchase bill, equal suffrage expansion, anti free pass provisions, license tax on rail and oil firms, and several constitutional amendments expanding initiative and referendum powers and municipal charter framing.
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Salem, Or
Oregon
Secretary of State
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Barlow Road
Equal Suffrage League
People’s Power League
Legislative Assembly
Ture
London to Canada Emigration Scheme for English Families
A plan by Lord Lidow provides fifty English families with passage food and clothing to Canada. The scheme funds initial support at his own expense to address unemployment in Britain. Adults receive sums to cover emergencies and will repay costs later.
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Londorn
Lidost
England
Great Britain
Lanses Gheer
Greet Northern Completes Tunnaci tee a US road of this s
The fragmentary OCR text mentions a completion related to a road project in the United States and a monetary value of 1 dollar. Readable entities include Greet Northern and Tunnaci.
Across Channel by Balloon From London to Bermonville
The Aero Club balloon left London Saturday afternoon and crossed the channel in four hours ten minutes. It landed safely at Bermonville, France, twenty miles inland. Occupants were Messrs Pollock and Dale of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom. A northwest gale blew during the crossing. The ascent reached 10,000 feet where a snow storm frost encrusted the airship.
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London
The
Aero Club
France
Channel
Bermonville
Messrs. Pollock and Dale
United Kingdom
Insurance delegates propose new laws at national convention
Delegates to the national insurance convention adopt comprehensive resolutions after two days of talks. Six states oppose. New York abstains pending Armstrong committee report. A fifteen member committee may widen as needed to draft a report due in Washington at the September meeting. The deferred dividend plan is condemned and annual surplus accounting is favored.
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Chicago
National Insurance Convention
New York
Armstrong
National Insurance Commissioners
Washington
Recovery of Thirty Bodies After Sea Incident
A U S cutter Perry arriving at Bamfieldersek recovered nine wreck victims from the shore and took them aboard. Lieutenant Bromville and six men left the area the previous night. The Perry also found a badly decomposed male body at sea and another body found by the Grant could not be identified.
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Victoria
B.C
Associated Press
Mfeld Sars
United States
Perry
Bamfieldersek
Tesch
Bromville
Grant
Valencia Dead Now Estimated at 118
The report lists 118 dead aboard the steamer Valencia after it sank. Names and details are incomplete in the fragments, but the casualty figure is cited and tied to rescue efforts involving Mr. Broer and a Miss Mins Bruer.
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Valencia
District Attorney Frye to Question Witnesses
District Attorney Frye plans to question witnesses as part of ongoing investigations. The department telegraphed to officials seeking additional input and updates on the case developments.
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Frye
Uni- Attorney
Prie
Steamer Charters to the Selauhee Army Reported
A fragmentary note describes steamer charters linked to the Selauhee Army and distribution along the Atlantic route. The readable text mentions Tedglr S 74Wazis and references Canada, March, and Mareh in a wartime transport context.
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Beosewrork
Eneland
Canada
Selauhee Army
Ateca Tetewes
Atlantic
Ps Cise
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Board of Construction of the Navy
South Carolina
Michigan
Stillings
Charles S. Brown
Grand Rapids, Mich
Government Printing Office
Colombia
Panama
Root
Senor Mendosa
Gen. Reyes
Alaska
Congress
Ilinois Central
Gina
BRIS
Pacis
Bobdings
arTax
Saemerterer
Calbatzer
Washington News
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Renton Glass Works
Tacoma
Denny-Renton Clay Company
Pend d’Oreille
Farm Management Bureau
Agricultural Department
Milwaukee
Spokane Directory Census
Seattle Market Report
Tacema Quotatioes
Tamck
State Grange
Lord Rothschild
Ballon
Thousand Airis
Uinine Grip
Transcontinental Machine Company
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
Ninnemire & Morgan Co
Montesane
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
Nature
H. L. Cook & CO
E. Heron St
Tel. Taal
Kenilworth
M. Lupton
Bene
C. C. Sargent
Prog
Cal
R. B. Porter
Mee
SP Street
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