News Of The Week In Condensed Form
Jerome's plurality in the recent New York election stood at 15064. Viscount Shuzo Aoki named as Japan's first ambassador to the United States. Bolivian congress ratifies the Bolivia Peru treaty signed November 27. Sir Wilfrid Laurier accepts Dominion for Raymond Prefontaine's body transport to Canada. E. E. McJimsey selected American consul at Callao Peru. Sarah Bernhardt seeks action against theatrical ban in the U S. Bu Hamara plans Moorish frontier attack near Algeria. Portland of Alaska Commercial Co fleet ship will be total loss after December wreck near Spire Island. Sixth universal postal congress to convene Rome first week April 1906. Loud to represent U S at congress. Hazleton union members gift Miss Roosevelt coal for ending 1902 strike. New papal delegation planned for Washington lease maneuver by spring 1907 rent free cost about 100000 dollars.
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Sixth Universal Postal Congress
Rome
Loud
California
United States
Hazleton
United Mine Workers of America
Alice Roosevelt
Chinese boycott remains strong against American goods
Dr. F. E. Tong, Chinese government representative, says the boycott will not ease until the China exclusion law and its enforcement are changed. He notes retaliation has spread to all provinces with merchants and customers boycotting U S products. Mills for cotton and wool in Tientsin are operating and women join the effort, asking if powder is made in America before buying.
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New York
F. E. Tong
China
United States
Tientsin
Tong
America
Dr. Tong
Van Nuys Broadway Hotel Destroyed In Major L A Fire
The Van Nuys Broadway hotel in Los Angeles suffered its largest fire ever, nearly wiping it out. More than a hundred guests escaped in night attire as flames swept through the building. Six firemen were hurt when the rear second floor collapsed during the blaze.
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Los Angeles
van Nuys Broadway
Pacific Railway to advertise bids for East waterway dredging
Bids will be called for immediately after January 1 by the Pacific Railway Company for dredging the East waterway in front of tide land blocks 873 and 372 acquired for dockage facilities. Extensive improvements are planned and work will start as soon after the first of the year as bids can be received and contracts let.
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Seattle
Pacific Railway Company
East Waterway
State Library Association to Meet in Seattle in July 1906
Washington notes report the State Library Association will hold its next meeting in Seattle during the first week of July 1906. Other items include Spokane rail link completion planned for September, gold and silver production totals, Seattle postoffice carrier increases, UW recognized in Spaulding manual, new state trade group formed, two new Seattle postoffice stations in January, and a potential Tacoma power plant creation.
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The
State Library Association
Seattle
Fort Lawton
Rail upgrades and expansions totalling billions planned
The Wall Street Journal reports current railroad improvements cost 333 million dollars with 454 million more in contemplation, excluding new transcontinental lines. Roads listed include Milwaukee, Rock Island, Santa Fe, Burlington, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Northwestern, and others.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Burlington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Northwestern
Western Pacific
Gould Roads
San Pedro
Denver
Northwestern & Pacific
Colorado Southern
Illinois Central
Soo Line
Seattle Market Prices Report From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists FOB prices for oats barley wheat chicken feed and more with figures per ton and per pound. Tacoma quotations include fresh meats poultry butter eggs and farm produce with ranges in cents and dollars across wheat hay feed and livestock.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Wheat—Club
New
Eastern
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Rebels at Moscow Still Very Active
Moscow reports show ongoing insurgent activity with bombs under a bridge, attacks on police, and seizures of bombs. Despite efforts to quell violence, rebels maneuver through streets as troops struggle to secure the city.
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Moscow
Tevor
Social Revolutionary Committee
Revolutionary Committee
Exports to China and Japan Lead U S Trade Growth
Washington bulletin shows exports to China reaching over 50 million in the ten months to October 1905, and Japan at 46.5 million, vastly higher than 1904 figures. Growth spans copper, cotton cloth, flour, sewing machines, locomotives, paper, canned beef, tobacco, lumber, and vehicles. Flour to China declines slightly this year.
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Washington
United States
China
Japan
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Soil Surveys Mapped 15 572 320 Acres in Fiscal Year
The agriculture department reports 28 states surveyed with Rhode Island achieving a complete soil map. The study highlights three major problems: alkali control in the West, crop-soil adaptation in the East, and maintaining soil fertility. Texas introduces cooperative tobacco trials yielding 28 to 40 cent filler tobacco, boosting profits from 5 to nearly 30 dollars per acre.
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Washington
Soil Survey
Department of Agriculture
Soils Bureau
Rhode Island
Union
Bureau
Texas
Bureau of Soils
District Attorney Baxter Removed by President Roosevelt
Washington December 27 Irving F Baxter United States district attorney for Nebraska has been removed from office by President Roosevelt The White House announced the action citing Baxter leniency in prosecuting Nebraska land fraud cases as the primary reason
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Washington
Irving F. Baxter
United States
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Baxter
White House
Western Association of Fruit Growers Opens Fight in Des Moines
The Western Association of Fruit Growers begins its annual session in Des Moines Iowa with plans to renew the campaign against private car lines. The group will discuss strategies to press for changes benefiting fruit shipments and grower interests.
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Des Moines
Western Association of Fruit Growers
One Million Silver Dollars Pass Through Laredo Port
One million silver dollars packed in 834 boxes and weighing 70 000 pounds, consigned to China, have just passed through the port of Laredo, Texas as of December 27.
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San Antonio
Texas
China
Laredo
Proposes Municipal Congress
Sir Edwin Cornwall offers a proposal to convene an international congress of representatives from capitals with populations over 500000. The body would meet annually to discuss municipal methods and best practices for urban governance.
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London
Edwin Cornwall
London County Council
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News OF the
Jerome
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Fame
Paris
Viscount Shuzo Aoki
Bolivian Congress
Bolivia
Peru
Wilfrid Laurier
Lord Tweedmouth
Dominion
Raymond Prefontaine
Canada
E. E. McJimsey
St. Joseph, Mo
Callao
Mr. Gottschalk
Mexico
Sarah Bernhardt
Theatrical
Tangier
Echo de Paris
Bu Hamara
Portland
Alaska Commercial Company
Spire Island
Ketchikan
Catholic Hierarchy of
Big
Burns
Washington News
Canadian Pacific
Spokane
State of
Seattle Postoffiie
Postoffice
University of Washington
Spaulding
Northwest
State of Washington
Marble and Granite Dealers’ Association
E. M. Thayer
I. M. Crosbie
Thomas Sizer
State Supreme Court
Alfred Bergfeldt
General Land Office
Walla Walla
Yakima
Seattle-Tacoma Electric Company
Tacoma Railway and Power Company
Seattle Market Report
Drajina
Tverska
Rostoff
Red Cross
Enbloc
Bureau of Agricultural Department
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
J. M. Lupton, Mer
R. B. Porter
Choice Brands of
Kenilworth
W. Heron St
C. C. Sargent
Prop
Henry Jarue
W. G. Cullen
S. F Street
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