News of the Week Items From Various Parts of the World
Curtis Guild Jr becomes mayor of Boston. A son of Gen McPherson A S A pardoned from Nevada penitentiary. Milwaukee road seeks five steamships for Oriental trade. Managua envoy reports Masaya earthquake halving town and San Dago volcano erupting. Salem Indiana man convicted of fraudulent land certificate signing. appeal to supreme court. Rock Island Co of New Jersey approves quarterly dividends. New York appraiser cites 705,011,487 in yearly merchandise value, up 72.5 million from 1904. Petaluma gains national recognition as a great poultry hub with 4 million residents and 1 million chickens. Agriculture Department calls it the gold mine of the chicken industry.
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McPherson
Nevada State Penitentiary
Milwaukee Road
Petaluma
Cal
Department of Agriculture
San Francisco
Negotiations With England Focus on Other Disputes
A Washington dispatch says Secretary Root will settle with Canada all issues except reciprocity. The plan includes buying out Canadian sealers and paying Britain a share of the seal catch value. Talks will then move to revising the 1817 Great Lakes armament treaty and other cross border matters.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Washington
Great Lakes
Great Britain
Root
Canada
United States
Durand
Congress
Attacks on Education System Spark Calls for Reforms
Rev. E A Paddock of the Idaho Industrial Institute argued at the First Congregational church that current education creates caste and fails to prepare for manual work. He proposed half time schooling with trades training to blend theory with practical labor and reduce social disorder.
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Chicago
E. A. Paddock
Idaho Industrial Institute
First Congregational Church
Wisconsin Senator LaFollette Takes Senate Seat
R M LaFollette appeared in the senate after about a year to claim his seat as senator from Wisconsin. The oath of office was administered by Vice President Fairbanks as the chamber reconvened after the holiday recess.
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Washington
R. M. LaFollette
Senate
Wiseconsin
Ottwe
Fairbanks
New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Alexander E. Orr
McCall
Board of Trustees
Rapid Transit Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Tyrone
Ireland
Washington News Roundup Highlights Colville Club and Local Developments
Businessmen in Colville form a commercial club. Mayor Black of Bellingham calls for gambling cessation. Goldendale Bank stakes traded by K C Gillette of Sterling Colorado. Tacoma post office reports 1905 business up 12 percent. Representative Cushman proposes 30000 for American Lake rifle range land. Tacoma meeting backs appointing a special prosecutor to chase grafters. Spokane pension attorney W H Maloney sentenced to 3 months jail and $25 fine. Walla Walla Elks lodge aims to build an Elks temple with lodge stock company. Weyerhaeuser Timber plans about 50000 to modernize Everett mill with new band saw the largest eleven foot cut.
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W. H. Maloney
Spokane
Whitson
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Evgerett
Ross to Be Heard Before Interior Officials
Acting on a telegram from land Commissioner Ross Senator Ankeny arranged a hearing before Secretary Hitchcock and interior department law officers on state selection of lands in the Yakima valley. The telegram sought January 20 as the date, with Attorney General Atkinson to accompany him, but Hitchcock preferred January 15 and that date was set.
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Washington
Ross
Ankeny
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Yakima Valley
Atkinson
Seattle Market Prices Guide for Farm and Live Stock
Seattle market report lists producer prices for grains, hay, eggs, poultry, hides, wool, live stock, fresh meats, butter, oats, and feed. Regional entries cover Western and Eastern Washington, Puget Sound areas, and various grades, with per ton or per pound rates and ranges.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Eastern Creamery
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Witte Urges Repression Policy Amid arrests in Russia
St. Petersburg January 5 Count Witte orders wholesale arrests of suspected plot participants and leaders opposed to the government. He seeks to suppress socialist and workers groups, vows a severe repression and pressures the czar to end recent civil liberties. Leaders warn of continued struggle across Russia and insist unified action is needed.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Peterhof
Odessa
Moscow
Workingmen’s Party
Liberal movement believed to be broken in Russia
St. Petersburg reports Count Witte’s stance suggests the government sees the liberal movement crushed and a constitution unlikely. Repression continues with Russkia Viedomosti suspended and autocracy praised by Mestchersky. Moscow inquiry criticizes Governor Dubassett’s harsh suppression of revolt.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Russkia Viedomosti
Alexander III
Merendorf
Moscow
Dubassett
Russian workers reformulate plans after long council meeting
In St Petersburg a 36 hour meeting of the workmen's council and proletariat groups ended with recognition that the government is strong and a new armed revolutionary plan will be formed. A 150 member council will be created and elections to the douma will be skipped. Red Sunday on January 22 will be a day of mourning with demonstrations urged abroad.
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St. Petersburg
Workmen
Douma
Socialist Workmen's
Europe
United States
Workmen’s Council
Leuvnatainic
Depew Under Fire in New York Legislature
Albany I Jan 4 The New York legislature opened with the governor’s message and a sensational speakership race ending as James W Wadsworth Jr was elected speaker. A senate debate over Senator Depew prompted Brackett to call for Depew’s resignation over Equitable Life ties. Brackett later withdrew the resolution.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Livington
Senate
Senator Brackett
Depew
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Brackett
Chauncey M. Depew
United States Senate
Chauncey M. Depen
Wanted in Colorado as Idaho warrants threaten
Sheriff Ed ward Bell of Teller county Colorado telegraphed Caldwell Idaho to hold prisoner Harry Orchard on a Cripple Creek murder warrant if the Steunenberg assassination charge is not pressed. Orchard is accused of bombing the Independence depot on June 24 1904 killing fourteen non union miners and wounding others. He fled Cripple Creek and has eluded Colorado authorities while being traced through several states.
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Denver
Colo
Edward Bell
Teller County
Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Cripple Creek
Steunenberg
Orchard
Independence Depot
Colorado
Four Billion Feet Cut in Washington Timber Industry
Robert L. McCormick, secretary of the Weyerhaeuser timber syndicate, estimates Washington saw mills cut four billion feet of timber in 1906 and that about 200 billion feet remain standing. He says Oregon has about 400 billion feet standing, roughly twice Washington, and is not cutting as fast.
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Tacoma
Robert L. McCormick
Weyerhaeuser Timber Syndicate
Washington
Oregon
Canadian Pacific Land Sales Rise in Acreage, Fall in Revenue
New Westminster B C January 5 1906 Canadian Pacific Railway Company reports 1905 land sales totaling 752883 acres for 1041244 dollars, up from 520665 acres sold in 1904 for 2240502 dollars. Per acre value fell compared to the previous year.
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New Westminster
B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
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Rock Island Company of
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Rock Island System of Railroads
Whitehead
Port of
England
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Washington News
Colville
Mayor Black
Bellingham
K. C. Gillette
Sterling
Tacoma Post
Cushman
House
American Lake
Lodge of Elks
Walla Walla
A. J. McCall
Seattle Market Report
Workmen's Council
Russia
Canadien Pacific Land Sales
Tmmscontimetal Machine Com
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
Mentesano
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
General Insurance Agents
Nature
H. L. Cook & CO
E. Heron St
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
R. B. Porter
S. F St
Aderdeca
Kenilworth
W. Heron St
C. C. Sargent
Prop
Henry Jarue
G. Cullen
SP Street
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