World News in Brief From Across the Globe
Manila streetcars debut in a modern American design. Nanaimo collieries to close for a season as miners reject a ten percent pay cut. Belgian Catholics plan a new church in Rome designed by the pope in the San Lorenzo quarter. Vesuvius erupts with four new lava openings. surrounding area blanketed in ash. Dawes Indian Commission head Tams Bixby to extend work past July. Northern Pacific No. 2 held up at Bearmouth Cut. one robber wounded. total heist fails. US Supreme Court grants partial rehearing in Philippine tariff cases. Oregon approves site title for proposed Dalles canal. war dept to proceed. Campania reports cross-ocean wireless during voyage between America and Europe, unprecedented in midsea.
Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line Plan Long Nez Perce Route
A new agreement signals Hill and Harriman interests align as Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line plan a joint 500 mile line into the Nez Perce country via the Snake River valley. The move ends old Clearwater fight tensions with Union Pacific and Northern Pacific over territorial division.
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New York
Hill
Harriman
Northwestern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Oregon Short Line
Nez Perce
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Northern
Culdesac
Snake River
Nez Perces
Durham Admits Defeat as Weaver Takes City
Philadelphia May 80 State Insurance Commissioner Durham, longtime Republican leader, surrendered to Mayor John Weaver who has begun a citywide reform push. Weaver controls municipal affairs as reform groups plan to oppose Sheriff candidate Harry C. Ransley. Governor Folk’s telegram urges continued fight against corruption.
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Philadelphia
Durham
John Weaver
Harry C. Ransley
Select Council
Ross Named Panama Canal Purchasing Director
David W. Ross, general superintendent of transportation for the Illinois Central, was appointed purchasing director for the Panama Canal. The post carries strong authority and responsibility, with Ross moving to Washington to set up headquarters after June 1.
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Chicago
the Post
David W. Ross
Illinois Central Railroad
Panama Canal
Ross
Washington
Russian Transports Off Woosung Haul Flags
London dispatch reports from Woosung that the Russian transports have hauled down their flags, signaling a change in posture or surrender. The May 30 date is noted by the Morning Post Shanghai correspondent.
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London
Shanghai
Morning Post
Woosung
State Federation of Women's Clubs in session at Walla Walla
Washington news brief reports the State Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Walla Walla this week. Other items note Seattle racing at The Meadows for six weeks, Lake Washington up one foot due to heavy rains, 80 trains daily through Seattle, Puyallup to issue 33000 in water system bonds, alfalfa acreage up in Kennewick valley, first hay crop looking good, 20 new dental board passers at Vancouver with next meeting in Seattle on November 20, and the Trail ballad author revealed as Mrs. A A Lindsley from Portland.
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The
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Walla Walla
State Dental Board
Vancouver
Seattle
Free passes to be abolished on major railroads
A Chicago sourced report says the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Burlington lines will end free transportation for all but railroad employees and witnesses for railroads. Washington's new railroad commission law takes effect June 9, with June 5 deadline to reclaim annual passes. many judges, legislators, and officials could lose privileges.
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Spokane
Spokesman Review
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Washington
Railroad Commission
Count Kinjiro Hirosawa Opposes Emigration Restrictions
Count Kinjiro Hirosawa of the Japanese house of peers arrived in San Francisco with naval officers to discuss immigration limits. He favors an international bureau in Japan to judge emigrant desirability and plans a long England trip to study European naval affairs for Japan. He said Japan can endure two more years of war goods and morale remains high.
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San Francisco
Kinjiro Hirosawa
House of Peers
America
Hirosawa
Japan
Count Hirosawa
Woolwich Arsenal
Many Russian ships sunk by Togo's fleet
Tokyo reports Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet nearly annihilated with twelve warships sunk or captured. Two transports and two torpedo boat destroyers lost. Dispatches note Japanese victory in the Straits of Korea, with Orel and Borodino among ships sunk or reported sunk, and over 8,000 prisoners taken.
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Rojestvensky
Chicago
Associated Press
Straits of Korea
Nagasaki
State Department
Washington
Korean
Orel
Borodino
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
Oki
Sea of Japan
Japan
London
Daily Mail
Seoul
Korea
Togo
Masampho
Tsu
Quelpart Islands
Tsu Island
Vladivostok
Thirteen Ships Sunk and Six Captured in Battle
Washington reports Tokyo telegrams detailing Russian fleet losses in the Korea Strait action. Sunk: two battleships, five cruisers, three destroyers, two coast defense armored ships, and three other craft. captured: two battleships, two coast defense ships, one special ship, one destroyer, with 2,000 prisoners. The Japanese squadron remained undamaged. Subsequent telegram notes further losses and captures in the same engagement.
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Manchuria
Tokyo
Legation
Nebagatoff
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Associated Press
St. Petersburg
France
M. Delcasse
Washington
Roosevelt
Rosestvensky
Togo
Straits of Korea
Borodino
Alexander III
Nakahimoff
Dmitri Donskoi R
Vladimir Monimach
Oushbakoff
Svietlana
Jemtchug
Kamchatka
Irtesin
Orel
Nicolai I
Admiral Senivin
Apraxine
No Restrictions This Year on Grazing in New Forest Reserves
Washington May 29. The secretary of agriculture orders no grazing restrictions within new forest reserves created this year. The forestry bureau will study safe stock levels and set grazing seasons next year, tailoring limits to climate and range conditions.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
West
Wilson
Forestry Bureau
Hop Growing Combine Form Planned by Krebs Bros
Krebs Bros of Salem proposes forming a perpetual corporation uniting hop growers across Washington Oregon California New York and England. The aim is to pool 1905 crops and market under a sales committee to shield growers from bear market pressure. Last year's aggregate hop crop across the listed regions reached 225000 bales.
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Salem
Washington
Oregon
California
New York
England
Krebs Bros
Bellingham Bay and BC railway seeks bids for Mount Baker branch
The Bellingham Bay and British Columbia railway issued a call for bids to build the Mount Baker district branch from Glacier to Nooksack falls. Bids due June 7 with 100 days to complete. A large power plant is being built at Nooksack falls by local interests.
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Bellingham
Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railway
Mount Baker District
Glacier
Nooksack Falls
Restriction Emigration Bill Introduced in Diet
Budapest May 29 a bill to restrict emigration proposes prohibiting steamship companies from employing emigration agents limiting advertisements abolishing emigration officers and punishing those who entice people to emigrate.
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Budapest
Forest Reserve Service to Add Foresters
The forest service of the Department of Agriculture will add a trained forester to the executive staff of each forest reserve to introduce practical forestry practices across reserves.
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Washington
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Zeigler Heir to $25 Million Estate Inheritance Case
Des Moines reports that William Conrad Brandt, 12, adopted son of the late millionaire William Zeigler, will inherit a $25,000,000 estate. Brandt is the son of Zeigler’s half brother George Brandt and was adopted at age three.
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Des Moines
William Conrad Brandt
William Zeigler
Mr. Zeigler
George Brandt
Zeigler
Martian Canal Photographs Shot by Indiana Alum
Bloomington Indiana May 29 Prof C O Lempland a former Indiana University astronomy student now with Lowell University Flagstaff Arizona has taken twenty photographs of the canals on Mars, a record achievement.
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Ind
C. O. Lempland
Astronomy
Indiana University
Lowell University
Flagstaff
Arizona
Mars
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