Resume of the Week Happenings in Brief
Former Michigan governor Luce is dead. The Uruguay extradition treaty is ratified. M. J. Costello is promoted to general industrial agent of the Great Northern. Early Grey to open the Dominion exhibition in Vancouver. The cruiser Washington launched at Camden with Miss Wilson as sponsor. La Province, a French liner, launched at St Nazaire to be the largest French ship at 19160 tons. A 50 ton furnace is built at Rossland smelter to replace a 150 ton unit. Two suits for 257000 against tobacco trust subsidiaries over New York lottery laws. Weyerhaeuser Timber will build a mill at St John Oregon border area to serve burned districts tributary to the Columbia River.
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President Roosevelt to Call Congress in Extra Session
Senator Allison says the president will convene Congress on October 1 in an extra session to address the railroad rate investigation. He favors empowering the railroad commission to adjust rates and highlights abuses needing correction.
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Mothers Congress adjourns appoints juvenile court chair
The National Congress of Mothers, after a week in session, adjourned in Washington. The next meeting is set for March 1906 in Los Angeles. Judge Lindsey of Denver became chairman of the juvenile court probation committee as the board urges states and mothers clubs nationwide to oppose Mormon influence.
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National Congress of Mothers
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Board of Managers
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Mothers’ Club
America
Flour orders from Japan boost Minneapolis mills
Heavy flour orders from Japan flood Minneapolis mills with two 20000 sack consignments and multiple Pacific coast clearances in April and May. Company managers report full mill operation and Japan business exceeding 60,000 sacks last week, with other firms noting similar activity.
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Pacific Coast
Editors Admit Possibility of Peace in War Talks
St. Petersburg March 21. The Vremya newspaper editorially concedes for the first time the possibility of peace. It notes that all wars end eventually and urges diplomacy to look ahead to peace, recalling prior failures that left the military and navy underprepared.
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Novoe Vremya
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Secretary Cortelyou Names Harry S New As Vice Chairman
Secretary Cortelyou announces the appointment of Harry S New as vice chairman of the Republican national committee and notes he would become chairman upon Cortelyou's retirement in a few days.
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Sully declares plan to pay creditors in full after cotton collapse
New York report states Daniel J. Sully, once central to the big bull movement in cotton, announces through his lawyers an eventual full payment to all creditors despite his recent bankruptcy discharge.
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Daniel J. Sully
Grey and Laurier to Visit Regina and Ottawa
Earl Grey and Premier Laurier are expected to visit Regina on Dominion Day July 1 to attend the celebration marking the birth of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The lieutenant governors of the two provinces will be sworn in during the event. Dover Del March 2 The house has passed a senate bill abolishing the pillory.
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Presbyterian church dedication and regional civic notes
The Port Blakeley church was dedicated. Deputy clerk Frank C. Nash named for the Eastern Washington federal district. Rural free delivery starts April 15 at Oak Harbor and Renton. Zionists scouting a new colony may bring about 250 settlers. Elsewhere, water pumping tests near Walla Walla force work pauses until the city pump can be used. Seattle civic union pushes charter change to remove underperforming officials, inspired by Los Angeles. Chicago city railway franchise dispute, injunction sought to enforce expiry. Geat Northern liner Dakota will reach Seattle June 5, shifting from Oriental route. Minnesota arrives April 12 and heads to the Orient on April 29.
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Minnesota
Orient
Railway chief Morse plans independent Pacific railway
Victoria March 20 F W Morse vice president of the land Trunk Pacific railway has left Victoria for the East after failed BC government land grant talks. He says the company will act independently of the province and, not at present starting work on the Pacific end, will build from the East to reach the coast in 1911.
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F. W. Morse
Land Trunk Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Pacific
Appointment of Robert S Booth Seattle as assistant attorney general
Olympia March 20 The announcement of Robert S Booth of Seattle as assistant attorney general follows increased duties in the attorney general's office due to railway and tax commission bills and legislative expansion.
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Robert S. Booth
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Railway Commission
Tax Commission
Seattle Market Report Prices for Grain Livestock and Wool
Seattle market report lists f o b Seattle round lots with prices for grain including oats at 27.28 per ton barley 24 per ton wheat chicken feed 28.50 per ton bran 19 shorts 22.50 corn 25 hay in Eastern Washington 15 16 Puget sound 11 12 alfalfa 10 11 eggs strictly fresh ranch 17 15 percent poultry live hens 11 11 percent c per lb old roosters 10c ducks 12 1 44 geese 9c springs 180 live stock beef cattle cows 24 c per lb steers 41 5 c sheep 54c hogs 64 70c dressed calves 7 9c live 5 7c hides pelts and wool prices for various weights and conditions plus Tacoma and Western Washington wool and dairy prices and date 27 29 rolled oats 29 80 hay alfalfa wheat hay 18 50 14 50 timothy 16 00 17 00 mixed 13 50 15 clover 13 00 14 00 alfalfa 11 50 12 00 Puget sound 12 14 feed corn 25 wheat 32 barley whole grain 25 rolled 26 50 bran 21 50 shorts 22 33
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Peace terms debated as Russia hints at possible settlement
St Petersburg reports influential ministers urge peace with Japan on reasonable terms. A minister says Russia suffered heavy losses but can endure. a durable peace would require Japan to accept Manchuria renunciation and international control of the Chinese Eastern railway, with compensation only from sale of railway assets if needed.
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Vladivostok
New four stroke locomotive could revolutionize travel
Chicago March 20 Three thousand miles without a stop at speeds over 100 miles an hour may be achieved by a new type of locomotive ordered by the Southern Pacific railroad. Described as a power house on wheels it promises half the operating cost of steam engines and uses fuel oil priced at three to five cents a gallon. The design features a four stroke cycle with air starting a compressed reservoir and oil injection for the working stroke followed by expansion and exhaust.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Peasant Disorders Grow in Southern Russia
Report from St. Petersburg dated March 20 describes rapid spread of peasant unrest in Southern Russia with reigns of terror in districts. Estates plundered and set afire, landlords murdered, armed moujiks clash with estate guards, and circulation of The Golden Scroll and Division of Lands agitates peasants urging land division by imperial decree. Provincial papers urge government action.
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Russia
Coronado Beach Erosion Threatens Hotel and Homes
The San Diego coastline reports waves eroding Coronado beach as a large hotel district is endangered. Workers pile 7000 bags of sand with 20000 more planned, moving Army surgeon Dr Medler and Mr George Gay while brick residences of Graham Babcock and Grant Richards face displacement. In Portland reports, Hood River apples Newton Pippin fetch 22s 6d per box in London, a european market high, while Edinburgh buyers pay 20s per box for local supply.
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Senators Piles and Shank Admitted to Supreme Court
Washington March 20 Senator Piles and Corwin S Shank of Seattle have been admitted to practice in the supreme court Spooner made the motion for admission.
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Corwin S. Shank
Seattle
Supreme Court
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Governor Miasodoff Shot in Finland Office
Viborg March 21 Governor Miasodoff was shot and seriously wounded by a 15 year old boy identified as Malli Hjalmar Reinekke who gained entry to the governor's office and fired three shots. The youth, from Kurikke parish, admits revolutionary motives and was arrested. The governor has pushed Russification policies amid resident protests and calls for his removal.
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Stockholm
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Ditches Planned for North Country Near Nome
Seattle reports $500000 capital raised in New York and other cities to fund two large ditch projects in the Kugarok country 110 miles north of Nome. Andrew J Stone and the Kugarok Mining and Ditch Company will supervise the work with extensive dredging to divert water from the Kugarok river onto nearby benches.
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Kugarok
Nome
Andrew J. Stone
Kugarok Mining and Ditch Company
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Taylor Creek
Olympia adopts two year trade boycott against Tacoma
At a well attended businessmen meeting in Olympia a resolution pledges all signers to sever trade relations with Tacoma for two years. The move is a reprisal for Tacoma efforts to move the capital. A similar consumers agreement will be submitted to Olympia residents for signature.
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