Seventy sixth Ohio assembly opens. bank closed. labor and politics update
The Seventy sixth Ohio general assembly convenes in biennial session. The First National Bank of Storm Lake Indiana is closed by the comptroller for insolvency. Samuel J Randall seeks Congress as Democrats nominate him in Pennsylvania. The Mormon church denies opposing organized labor and a national I C C audit is ordered amid voucher rumors. The Socialist national convention is slated for Chicago May 1 1904. Secretary Hay’s physician reports progress toward recovery. Equitable Life exits Japan due to reserve fund guarantees.
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First National Bank
Storm Lake
Army Change Creates Four U S Divisions Pacific Coast
A Roosevelt directive reorganizes U S military command into four U S geographic divisions with five total including the Philippines. The Pacific Division combines California and the Columbia with San Francisco as HQ. Major General MacArthur leads the Pacific Division and the Columbia department. General Funston heads the Columbia department. Officers must report by January 15.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
General Staff
Secretary of War
United States
Philippines
Division of the Pacific
Califoria
Emperor William to send silver service to St Louis Exposition
Berlin reports that Emperor William told Ambassador Tower he will loan art from royal palaces and send the imperial silver service given at his ascension to the throne. He prioritizes the exposition's success and conveyed New Year cheer and best wishes to President Roosevelt for America’s prosperity.
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Berlin
William
Ambassador Tower
Germany
Tower
Europe
Emperor William
Roosevelt
Longstreet Dies at 84 After Brief Illness
General James Longstreet, the last Confederate lieutenant general aside from Gordon, died in Gainesville at age 84 after a brief pneumonia attack. He had cancer of one eye but generally good health until Wednesday and is survived by his wife four sons and a daughter. Burial will be in Gainesville, his home since the Civil War.
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Atlanta
James Longstreet
Gordon
Gainesville
Longstreet
Mrs. Elizabeth Lovejoy Dies in Portland
Mrs. Elizabeth Lovejoy widow of AL Lovejoy and a founder of Portland dies at home in the city at an advanced age marking the passing of a local pioneer.
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Portland, Or
Elizabeth Lovejoy
AL Lovejoy
Portland
Dowie Leaves Zion City on World Tour
John Alexander Dowie departs Zion City with four leaders to travel the world. The party will stop in New Orleans for a week before continuing to San Francisco and then sailing to Australia on January 21.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Dowie
New Orleans
San Francisco
Australia
Washington state notes and incidents across the region
Douglas county pioneers form an organization. International Shingle Weavers hold their Tacoma convention. The state medical examining board meets in Ta coma. Everett brakeman George T. Blanchard dies after a fall from a train near Merritt. Seattle officials press to remove Chief Sulivan. mayoral meeting cites malfeasance. Capitol cost for 1903 totals 405 141 dollars including unfinished contracts. Muskrat fur trade on Colville river nets over 1 000 dollars this winter. Governor McBride receives notice of a 50 554.25 dollar US treasury warrant for 5 percent of public land sales.
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McBride
United States
Treasury Department
State of
Washington
Burt Resigns as Union Pacific President in World Tour Plan
Horace G. Burt resigns as Union Pacific president and will tour the world. E. H. Harriman is expected to succeed, already heading the Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. Burt’s departure is described as personal retirement, not due to friction.
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New York
Horace G. Burt
Union Pacific Railway
E. H. Harriman
Road
Southern Pacific
C. M. Haggs
Harriman
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Burt
Mail from Tanana Reaches Valdes in Sixteen Days
Valdes reports a Tanana mail run arrived last night after a sixteen day trek from Fairbanks. The trail is described as in fine condition.
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Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
Valdes
Tanana
Fairbanks
Seattle Market Prices For Farm Commodities
Seattle market report lists producer offers for round lots delivered on the dock or in cars. Grain prices: oats 22 23, barley 21, wheat and shorts 21, chicken feed 27, bran 21. Hay prices: Eastern Washington new 21, Puget Sound 13 15, alfalfa 14 15 per ton. Eggs 32c per dozen. poultry prices for live hens 12c per lb, roosters 8c, spring chicks 3.75 4.75 per dozen, ducks 13 13 1 3 c, geese 10 11c, turkeys 18c. Live stock: beef cows 8 3 14c, steers 4 4 1 4c, sheep 3c, hogs 6 6 Y c, calves 5 7c, lambs 2 2 50 per head. Hides and pelts: heavy steers over 60 lb 7 14c, medium 7c, light under 60 lb 6 14c, cows all weights 6 44c, salted hides 7c, calf 8c, stags and bulls 6c, green hides 1c less than salted, dry hides 12 1 1 c, winter deer dry 14 20c, tallow 4 4 c, grease 1 1 4 2 c.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Market Prices Summary for Farm Commodities
Wheat and bluestem at 75 to 79 cents. Cattle cows at 3 3 to 4 4 percent per hundredweight, steers 4 4 ½ cents. Sheep 44 dollars. Hogs 44 ½ cents. Oats between 24.50 and 26.50. Hay values: wheat hay 16.50 17.50, timothy 22 23, bluegrass 16, clover 16.50 17.50, alfalfa 14.50 15.50. Feed costs corn 26, wheat 27 28, barley whole 21, rolled 22.50, bran 20, shorts 21. Poultry dressed turkeys 20 23c, dressed chickens 15 16c, ducks 16c, geese 15c. Live chickens 12 4 13 8 c, ducks 1c, geese 11c, turkeys 18c. Butter prices Washington creamery 30c, ranch 18c, Eastern tub 24 26c. Eggs French ranch 30 32c, Eastern 25 26c.
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Washington Creamery
Roosevelt Attacks Panama Critics Urges Senate on Treaty
President Roosevelt airs a lengthy Panama canal message defending administration actions. He rebuts Colombian objections to sovereignty over the canal zone, argues for recognition of Panama, cites supporting dispatches and officers, and asserts no U. S. complicity in revolution while outlining treaty rights and national interests.
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Washinon
Congress
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Canal
Colombia
Hay-Herran
Panama
United States
America
Republic of
Canal Strip
Hay
Young
Humphrey
Murphy
Bogota
Hubbard
Nashville
Coton
Torres
Nation weighs recognition of Panama and canal question
The president outlines reasons for recognizing Panama as the sovereign state and argues the core issue for the government is whether to build an isthmian canal, not the recognition itself. He asserts safety and civilization as priorities and contrasts force with negotiation in shaping independence and access.
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United States
Panama
Chicago Theatres Dark Until They Meet New Fire Safety Rules
All Chicago theaters are closed pending full compliance with strict fire safety ordinances. Mayor Harrigan ordered the shutdown after a conference with Corporation Counsel Toman, citing asbestos curtain failures and new requirements including roll curtains, wide exits, fireproof furnishings, smokegas vents, skylight lids, and separate stairways for safe egress.
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Chicago
Harrigan
Toman
Harrison
Year in China Shows Slow Improvement and Stable Court
New York correspondent notes little upheaval in 1903 with slow overall improvement. The court remains unreformed while internal conditions brighten and tranquility grows. Trade improves despite taxes and central government rapacity concerns. China meets its debts as railways advance especially the Franco-Belgian line from Peking to Hankow. Japanese influence rises as Chinese students study abroad.
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New York
China
the Times
Japan
Railay
Peking
Hankow
Tailings for pavement considered in Walla Walla
D L Oliver of Kellogg Idaho proposes using mill tailings from Bunker Hill and Sullivan for paving in Walla Walla. He offers 15 to 25 cents a ton, samples have been sent to the commercial club for inspection, tailings already used in Wallace show firm wear and easy cleaning for near white roadways.
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Walla Walla
D. L. Oliver
Kellogg
Idaho
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company
Iowa corn judging school opens at Iowa State College
The department of agronomy at Iowa State College started the annual corn judging school in Ames on January 4. The ten day program draws many farmers eager to learn about breeding selection and seed corn storage.
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Ames
Iowa
Department of Agronomy
Iowa State College
Fire gutted rectory of famed Little Church Around the Corner
A morning blaze in New York gutted the rectory of the Little Church Around the Corner on East Twenty ninth Street. Firefighters rescued four women servants from an upper story.
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New York
East Twenty Ninth Street
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