Weekly Digest of Notable Events From Across the Nation
Highlights include Shamrock III ready for launch on April 1 in the cup challengers race. Portland iron workers win a nine hour day without wage cuts. Fort Brady fire destroys barracks at an $80 000 loss. A warehouse fire at Franklin MacVeagh Co. costs $150 000. St Pauls School in Walla Walla seeks endowment funding. Bret Harte estate valued at $1 800. Vanderbilt recovering plans cruises abroad next month. Montmarte astrologer predicts a serious accident for President Roosevelt in 1903. General Friedrich dies from ptoamine poisoning. The pope to issue an encyclical against dueling. Gottlieb Schreiber marks 100th sharp shooter birthday. Five bank robbers blow safe at Abingdon Illinois stealing $4 800. Bulgarians vs Turkish troops in Monastir region see 15 dead or wounded. Lorenz Orthopedic Charity Hospital of New York filed for incorporation. Secretary Wilson to trial cattle raises in Alaska with Angus herd. Rev D C Garrett leaves Seattle to pastor Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill Boston.
Objects to the Hague by Castro in arbitration bid
Castro favors arbitration but wants the case heard by a fellow American republic. Roosevelt declined to act as arbitrator, so U S endorsement of Castro’s plan is unlikely. The original Hague tribunal proposal remains the probable path forward unless Castro insists on his alternative.
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Washington
Castro
Roosevelt
United States
Rumor of Indian Raid and Trader Murder Declared Baseless
Ottawa reports that a Salmon River Indian circulated a tale of 200 upper Pelly Indians raiding a trader and killing two whites. Assistant Commissioner Wood finds no truth to the murder rumor and says Tatlemana patrols found no trouble. The informer now says the shooting happened two years ago.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ottawa
Salmon River
Upper Pelly
Wood
Mounted Police Department
Tatlemana
Washington State Labor and Business Conventions in Seattle
The state Federation of Labor meets in Seattle with the King county grand jury also in session. The Hotelkeepers Association holds its annual convention in Seattle on January 14. Journeymen barbers seek a Sunday shop ban via a statewide petition. J J Bogardus of Lily Bogardus Co. dies at his Seattle home, born 1828. The Washington State Dairymen's Association meets January 14 and 15 in Kent, expecting record attendance. Naval constructor F W Hibbs resigns to join Moran Bros to build the battleship Nebraska.
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State Federation of Labor Convention
Seattle
State Hotelkeepers Association
State of
Washington
J. J. Bogardus
Lily, Bogardus & Co
Washington State Dairymen’s Association
Kent
F. W. Hibbs
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Moran Bros. Company
Nebraska
China Indemnity Debate: Silver Basis Refusal Sparks Hague Talk
Washington reports confirm China will not accept the silver basis for the second indemnity installment. Powers favor gold, with potential reference to the Hague tribunal. The United States weighs arbitration as a possible path if tensions escalate while seeking max indemnity.
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Washington
State Department
Peking
China
Hague Tribunal
United States
Russian famine sparks relief rush and grim child sale fears
Report from St. Petersburg describes 15 million Russians facing starvation across Central and Eastern provinces and along the Volga. The government, urged by Finance Minister Witte, has dispatched funds and rye shipments totaling millions, while aid may not reach those in need. Families sell daughters to buy plows and oxen, with fears many bought girls become slaves in Damara Somatoff and Perm provinces.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Volga
Witte
Damara
Somatoff
Perm
China Indemnity Yet Again Threatened Over Protocol
Chinese peace protocol signatories aside from the American have conferred with their governments. They plan to notify China that noncompliance will bring grave consequences. A compromise favors gold payment of the indemnity, arguing debt hardships from a 209 percent increase. Some powers may seek territory or concessions if China stands firm.
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Peking
China
Beed Combine Report Files with Supreme Court Inquiry
Special Commissioner Kinley submits findings on a beef trust inquiry filed with the court. The report states a combine fixed prices for dressed beef and pork in St. Joseph from 1899 to 1902, with rebates paid to select customers. The case is set for January 26 with Attorney General Crow filing exceptions.
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Jefferson City
Kinley
Supreme Court
Crow
St. Joseph
Corporations Win as Court to Rule on Franchise Tax
Albany January 6 The New York Supreme Court is expected within 24 hours to rule the 1899 franchise tax law unconstitutional as it applies to the state constitution. The decision could cost the state about 12 million dollars in taxes and affect future revenues estimated at 4 million yearly. Corporations argue the law oversteps the home rule provision and violates the federal contract clause.
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Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court
Greater
New York
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Board of Assessors
Salmon streams closed in southeast Alaska until July 1
Secretary Shaw announced a fishery order closing southeast Alaska salmon streams from 59 30 to 54 40 north and east of 141 meridian until July 1. The compromise favors earlier spawning, avoids depletion, and allows Native subsistence use. agents to report infractions.
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Washington
Shaw
Alaska
141St
Treasury Department
Department
Castro refuses to abdicate as Venezuelan crisis endures
Caracas report denies rumors Castro will resign the presidency. The AP correspondent notes the president laughing at the question and stating he will not abdicate or resign, asserting two years of effort to retain power and the Malos revolution moving toward a close without foreign aid.
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Caracas
Castro
Associated Press
Venezuela
Novel defense in Puget Sound fish trap case
Whatcom January 5 Attorneys Fairchild and Hardin raise a novel defense for men jailed on charges of stealing fish from fishing company traps last fall. They argue traps on Puget Sound waters require government consent and that no fish were taken from water, so no larceny under common law. The case could reach the U S Supreme Court to decide if fishing companies have rights to trap in navigable waters and whether consent was given.
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Whatcom
Fairchild and
Hardin
Supreme Court of the United States
Puget Sound
Seattle Market Report
Seattle dealers quote dock and car delivery prices for grains, hay, eggs, poultry, and livestock. Oats 24.25 per ton. barley 24. wheat 25. chicken feed 25. bran 17. shorts 18.40. Puget Sound hay 8.10. Eastern Washington hay 14. alfalfa 10. eggs 88 cents per dozen. live hens 12 cents per lb. old roosters 8. ducks 12. 4 or 18 cents per lb. spring chickens 13. geese 8 per lb. beef cows 34 67 per lb. steers 441⁄4. sheep 14 c per lb. hogs 64 3⁄4. calves 5 7. spring lambs 84 per lb.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Sagasta Dies at 75 Former Premier Passes in Madrid
Sagasta formerly led Spain as premier and died in Madrid at 11 p.m. in his 76th year from bronchitis and gastric trouble. His family and former cabinet members were by his bedside.
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Madrid
Praxedes Mateo Sagasta
Senor Sagasta
War department transport sale shift to private lines
Secretary Root and Quartermaster General Ludington propose a bill to the secretary of war authorizing sale or charter of government transports between San Francisco and Manila and long term contracts with private commercial lines. A supporting letter argues for moving the transport business to a commercial basis.
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Washington
Root
Ludington
Secretary of War
San Francisco
Manila
Congress
Ireland Land Conf Report Seen as Hopeful for Solution
London reports the Irish land conference as a hopeful, ripe-for-solution document. It is said to offer valuable suggestions to secretary for Ireland Wyndham for the projected land bill and to repudiate the Gladstonian policy of dual ownership despite limited landlord representation.
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London
Ireland
Wyndham
Market Price Snapshot for Grains and Livestock
The listing shows cattle prices with steers at $4.75 per cwt and cows at $3.50, hogs at $6.00, and veal and sheep prices noted at $7.00 and $3.00 respectively. Oats and barley quotes appear around $24.50 to $26.50 per unit, with forage like timothy and clover priced per ton and other grains at $26 for wheat.
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Timothy
Supreme Court Affirms California Stock Margin Ban
Justice Holmes delivers first opinion as a Supreme Court justice in Otis Gassman vs E Parker. The case tests whether California’s margin dealing ban conflicts with the U S Constitution. California courts ruling upholding the prohibition is sustained. Justices Brewster and Peckham dissent.
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Washington
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Otis Gassman
E. Parker
California
United States
Brewer
Peckham
Japan relinquishes Marcus Island claim says Tokyo to allow U S possession
A letter from Thomas Fitch Washington attorney for the Marcus Island Guano Company reports Japan is relinquishing its claim to Marcus Island and is willing to let the United States take possession.
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Honolulu
Thomas Fitch
Washington
Marcus Island Guano Company
Japan
Marcus Island
United States
Sousa Band Returns to London With Mixed Audience Reaction
In London on January 5 a large crowd greeted Sousa and his band. At the concert opener the band played God Save the King and the audience rose, but when the tune seamlessly shifted to the Star Spangled Banner most seated, creating a curious incident.
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London
Sousa
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