Weekly News Wrapup: Harper Honored. Fires Hit Grand Pacific
President Harper of Chicago University receives the Legion of Honor. The Bricklayers and Masons Union plans to meet in San Francisco next year after a Trenton convention. Bryan says no Palmer Buckner voters will gain Democratic nomination. Armour Institute suspends 85 seniors for incident at Twenty sixth Street station. Nebraska seeks a temporary receiver for Bankers' Union of the World amid insolvency claims. Grand Pacific hotel Chicago suffers a third fire in two weeks. source unknown. The sultan grants amnesty to Bulgarians and Macedonians with conditions. Gold strike reported near San Rosa Arizona, a promising mining district with a six foot ledge and wide pay streak.
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the Bricklayers’ and Masons’ International Union
Trenton
N. J
San Francisco
Chicago
San Rosa
Arizona
Douglas
Mob of Koreans Attacks American Owned Electric Road
The War Department reports a mob attacked and partially destroyed an American owned electric railway in Seoul after a Korean was accidentally killed. 100 Marines from the American legation aided the rescue and guards may be reinforced within a week.
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Washington
War Department
Allen
Seoul
Korea
Americasn
H. R. Bostwick
San Francisco
H. Collbran
Legation
Philippines
State Department
Russia
Japan
Min Hui Cho
Dakota to Be Launched as Sister Ship of Minnesota
New London Connecticut January 25 A week from Saturday the Eastern Ship building company will launch the Dakota a sister ship of the Minnesota. The Dakota will reach fourteen knots and measure 630 feet in length with a 73 foot six inch beam. It will be a four masted schooner with pole shafts five continuous decks and four short decks. The ship is owned by J J Hill and will serve Great Northern's Pacific carrying trade.
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New London
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Sixth annual convention of national guard association opens
St Augustine Florida January 25 the sixth annual convention of the interstate national guard association is in session for three days Critics expect it to be the most representative gathering of national guard officers ever held in the region Negotiations and sessions will cover drills leadership and readiness matters.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Interstate National Guard Association
National Guard
Wenatchee Ships 300 Boxes of Apples to St Louis Exposition
The Wenatchee district ships 300 boxes of choice apples to the St Louis exposition. In Everett a delinquency court fines eleven militiamen who absented drill from $1 to $6 each. Spokane sees Patrolman Logan kill a safecracker in a running gun battle.
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Wenatchee
St. Louis Exposition
Everett
Spokane
Logan
Starved to death among Labrador wilds Hubbard Jr. died October 14
A dispatch from Chateau Bay Labrador reports Leonidas Hubbard Jr. died of starvation in Labrador on October 14 while exploring for Magazine Outing of New York. Remains travel by dog train toward Quebec with other expedition members expected to reach Chateau Bay in March. A Dawson Times correspondent notes new mining riches on Squaw Creek and nearby creeks with claims paying well and a major cleanup at Jack Wade Creek this spring.
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Quebec
Chateau Bat
Labrador
Northwest River
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr
Outing
New York
Chateau Bay
Seattle
Dawson
The
Times
Squaw Creek
Canyon Creek
Forty-Mile
Stone House Creek
Senator Levi Ankeny Struck by Severe Rheumatism
Walla Walla reports Senator Levi Ankeny has suffered a painful rheumatic attack for ten days. The illness was serious several days ago, but he is now able to walk with crutches.
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Walla Walla
United States
Levi Ankeny
Seattle Market Prices Reported for Farm Commodities
Seattle market report lists producer prices for oats barley wheat chicken feed and bran at the dock or car lots. It covers hay Eastern Washington Puget Sound alfalfa eggs live poultry beef cattle sheep hogs hides pelts wool tallow grease and related items with per unit rates across weights and regions.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Local Agricultural Price List Details Commodities and Rates
The notice lists prices for Wheat Bluestem and cattle products, sheep and hogs, dressed and live poultry, butter from Washington creamery and Eastern tub, fresh ranch eyes, oats, and various hay and feed items. Prices include per cent figures and per unit rates for live weights and packaged goods across grains, hay, and feed supplies.
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Washington Creamery
Panic in Masonic Temple as Twenty story building evacuated
Fire in the five room suite on the fifth floor of the Masonic Temple, Chicago, caused a panic among about 4 000 occupants. X ray equipment and tubes exploded as flames spread rapidly through the packing rooms. The building was emptied in half an hour thanks to prompt employee fire drill and use of standpipes before the department arrived. damages reach about 20000 dollars.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Robert Friedlander & Co
Tempe
Fire Department
Hartwick Mine Disaster At Cheswick Claims Nearly Two Hundred
At Cheswick Allegheny Coal Company mine 180 to 190 miners are believed dead after a catastrophic explosion. Rescue attempts revealed the engineer Selwyn M. Taylor among the dead, with one survivor Adolph Gunin in a hospital. The two shaft mine, opened two years ago and described as gaseous, suffered a massive blast sending a mule from the shaft and blowing the tipple and shaft top apart.
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Pittsburg
Hartwick
Allegheny Coal Company
Cheswick
Cage
Adolph Gunin
Selwyn M. Taylor
Relief Efforts Mobilize for Aalesund After Disaster
Stockholm reports the national government has begun relief for Aalesund residents left homeless after a fire and hurricane. Twelve thousand people face cold and hunger while German aid arrives on the Phoenicia and the Weimar with provisions for four thousand and medical support. The Kaiser ordered the emergency shipments and hospital units prepared for departure.
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Stockholm
Aalesund
Weimar
Hamburg
Kaiser
Senate adopts resolution of inquiry on Panama by Gorman
Washington January 25 The senate approved a resolution of inquiry by Mr Gorman asking the president to inform the senate on four points about U S military involvement in New Granada or Colombia including dates, circumstances, and directives issued by the Navy and State departments The inquiries cover past interventions requests for armed force to guarantee neutrality or sovereignty and instances of unilateral action on the Isthmus Panama Lewiston Idaho January 25 The Mohler State Bank organized at Lewiston files incorporation articles Directors named and authorized capital stock 15000
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Washington
Senate
Panama
Gorman
United States
New Granada
Colombia
Department of State
Navy Department
Lewiston
Idaho
Mohler State Bank
W. P. Hurlbut
G. W. Thompson
E. D. Thomas
T. O. Hanlon
A. T. Hincley
Mohler
No Hostility to America. Port Arthur Dispatch.
Port Arthur officials deny Russian hostility to the United States amid Manchurian policy and consular appointments. They say no large Eastern force reinforcements are expected, but ponies from Shi Li are being supplied for Cossacks and mounted infantry amid railway traffic demoralization and freight blockades at Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur
United States
China
Shi Li
Port Danny
C College
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Cross of the Legion of Honor
William J. Bryan
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Armour Institute
Twenty-sixth Street
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Bankers’ Union of the World
Omaha
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National Guard Convention
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Congress
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William Owen
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Three Lakes
Snohomish County
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Hanford
Alice Roeper
San Quentin Penitentiary
California
Snoqualmie
Meadow Brook Farm
B. J. Blomberg
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Charles H. Hamilton
Vancouver
Labrador Wilds
Senator Ankeny
Seattle Market Report
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J. A. Mapes
M. D. Physicians and Surgeons
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DR. Watkins
F and
Wishkah Sts
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Everett E. Lane
D. D
Becker
Aberdeen, Wash
A. C. Kinnison, R. E. Whittaker
Wishkah St
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J. C. Cross
Attorney-at-Law
Herald Bldg
E. H. Fox
Aberdeen
Wash
C.a.clark
RL. Caldwell
Notary Public
Norway
New Bank Incorporated
America
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Stanford University
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Lake Union
Lake Washington
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Gulf
Nebraska
Winnipeg, Yankton & Gulf Railroad
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Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Yankton North
North America
I. W. Mason
Heron St
Bonney & Magee
Hotel Northern
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Prop
YALE
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G Street
J. M. Lupton
Cor. H and Hume
Wholesak
H. A. Tereda & CO
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D. C. Vammen
Heron
Humbolt
Fred Hewitt
Propr
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Heron and Fats
Bowes & Thompson
Heron &T
L. W. Walker
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes
Bankers
M. Antich
Walters
Wishkah
Royal Restaurant
M. Francescovich
Heron Street
Montesano
W. E. Crist
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
F. Street
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer Co
Pfund Bros., Proprs
Grays Harbor
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