Rich Idaho quartz discovery on Salmon river reported
The article notes a rich quartz find on the Salmon river in Idaho. Other items include the death of Milwaukee hotel owner William Plankinton, the St Paul Globe ending publication, and concerns over ad revenue. It reports Russian agents seeking 40 000 tons of steel rails, church congress in Brooklyn May 9 to 12, army transport service criticism, and plans for Thanksgiving week synagogue celebrations marking 250 years since Jewish settlement.
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Salmon River
Idaho
Birmingham Post
United States
Siberian
Boycott Placed on All Seattle Beer
In Seattle on May 2 the Western Central Labor Union and the joint local executive board of the International Brewery Workmen of the United States ordered a city wide strike. The boycott targets Seattle Brewing and Malting and Heinrich Brothers Brewing, with about 800 workers affected across Western Washington. No violence is expected as workers rely on public sympathy and union support to press their demands.
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Seattle
International Brewery Workmen
United States
Western Central Labor Union
Union of Maltstery
Seattle Brewing and Malting Company
Heinrich Brothers Brewing Company
Washington
Ctizens’ Alliance
Endowment Fund For Old Teachers Established By Carnegie
New York May 1 A gift of 1000000.00 by Andrew Carnegie to provide annuities for college professors unable to continue in active service is announced by Frank A Vanderlip vice president National City Bank of New York Professors in the United States Canada and Newfoundland will share in the income distribution Dr Pritchett MIT president and Vanderlip named to gather data for the first trustees meeting set for November 15.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vanderlip
Carnegie
Northern Pacific reports eight months surplus rise in year
The Northern Pacific Railway Company reports eight months of the fiscal year show a surplus increase of 2,225,894 dollars and over 4,000,000 dollars remaining for total surplus after accounting for betterments and improvements.
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Boston
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Washington News Roundup of 1905 Northwest Events
Census for Palouse shows 876 population gain since 1900, or 5 percent. Seattle forms Domestic Guild to tackle servant girl issue. Clarkston’s new 1500 horsepower power plant to be completed within two weeks. Seattle bank clearings for April 1905 rise by $5 million from April 1904. Seattle police seize fifteen fan tan games, arrest ten Chinese. about ninety escape. Over 600 civil service exam applicants for Seattle city government positions. Bellingham opens wagon and carriage factory in days. Rosarian Society distributes 1,500 rose plants to Bellingham schoolchildren on Arbor Day. John McLeod, longest-tenured white resident of Washington, dies at 97 near Steilacoom. hired by Hudson Bay Co. in 1838.
Strike Averted In Crow's Nest Coal Field Pact
Nelson British Columbia May 2 All fear of a strike in the Crow's Nest coal field is averted. Amicable negotiations have produced a new two year agreement for eight hours daily with concessions on the company store and weigh rates subject to ratification by ballot. The pact ensures uninterrupted mine and smelter supply for the district including the Marysville lead operation with output a third of the province.
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Nelson
B. C
Crow’s Nest
Fernie
New American Enterprise
Marysville
Vogel elected president of Milwaukee bank
Milwaukee May 1 Fred Vogel Jr elected president of the First National Bank to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Frank G Bigelow. Vogel is among Milwaukee's wealthiest business leaders.
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Milwaukee
Fred Vogel, Jr
First National Bank
Frank G. Bigelow
Vogel
Wyoming Wool Tops Market With Record Prices
Salt Lake reports the highest Wyoming wool prices in two decades. Buyers from Boston and Philadelphia paid 23 cents per pound for 75 000 pounds and 22 1/2 cents for 300 000 pounds on Saturday.
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Salt Lake
Wyoming
Boston
Philadelphia
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer offered prices for grain oats barley wheat chicken feed bran shorts corn hay and wool. Includes eggs poultry live stock hides and rough figures for beef cattle hogs sheep and calves with regional variations and date notes.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Indicted Teamsters Leaders Face Six Conspiracy Counts
Twelve labor chiefs tied to the Chicago strike are indicted on six counts each for conspiracy. The charges include aims to bar nonmembers from driving, obstruct Ward & Co deliveries, and force a hotel to eject Ward employees. The walkout expands to lumber, grocers, and coal workers, with 2,500 involved and 800 more to join. President Roosevelt may be asked to intervene upon his May 10 arrival. John Mitchell met with leaders as the strike grows.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Montgomery Ward & Co
Employers’ Association
Hartwell Coal Company
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
Parmlee Company
Norway Will Act Alone In Consular Demand
Christiana May 1 The crown prince discusses Norway stance with ministers and politicians. Norway will not concede on separate consuls, and the storthing may pass a law by mid May creating a separate Norwegian consular service. A 40 million kroner loan is planned to boost financial reserves to 3 million. Salem Oregon May 1 State Printer J R Whitney and local offices adopt eight hour day for composing and mechanical departments, nine hours previously.
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Christiana
Norway
Sweden
Storthing
Salem, Or
J. R. Whiteny
International Typographical Union
International Union
Salem
Schiff Desert s Harriman in Union Pacific Power Struggle
Boston May 2 The next man to resign from the Union Pacific board is likely K H Harriman as financiers name him the ex head of the line two months ago. Harriman battles Hill with Morgan Vanderbilt Rockefeller Frick Baker Rogers and Stillman aligned against Schiff and Harriman amid proxy fights and continuing rumors of private stock dealings The cloud over Union Pacific persists with no resolution in sight.
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Boston
George Gould
Union Pacific
Kk. H. Harriman
Securities-Union Pacific
Morgan
Hill
Vanderbilt
Rockefeller
Frick
Baker
Rogers
Stillman
Harriman
Schiff
New System of Bidding for Army Forage
The quartermaster general orders bids for army forage on a quarterly and annual basis to boost competition. Bidders can propose three month supply periods to better reflect market conditions and crop uncertainties, reducing speculative price effects on yearly contracts.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Quartermaster General of
Army
Supreme Court Logs Record 258 Decisions in Three Months
Olympia May 2 The supreme court handed down 258 decisions in the past three months the greatest number in its history Of these 94 were rendered in April 92 in March and 72 in February The court with its increased number of justices is catching up with its work The coming calendar shows 144 cases to be heard more than 100 fewer than disposed of last quarter Scores of old cases remain submitted months ago yet to be acted upon
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Olympia
Supreme Court
State road plans map 180 mile route through three counties
The state railway commission in Olympia approved a state road project through Clallam Jefferson and Chehalis counties. Each county gets 4500 and the state highway fund adds 13500 with equal county costs for surveys supervision and inspection. The route runs from Montesano to Port Angeles, passing timber and farmland with about 180 miles total and varying existing wagon access.
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Olympia
State Railway Commission
Clallam
Jefferson
Chehalis
Montesano
Port Angeles
Chehalis County
Clallam County
Supreme Court ruling on liquor sales to Indians
The U S supreme court decision upholding a federal rule on liquor sales to Indians who sever tribal ties does not grant land owning Indians in Olympia free entry to saloons. State law still prohibits such sales and prosecutions fall to state authorities.
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Olympia
United States Supreme Court
Oregon division railroad improvements approved
Portland Oregon May 1 It is announced that General Manager B A Worthington of the Harriman lines in Oregon has approved plans for the betterment of the Oregon division of the Southern Pacific railroad to cost 1 453 000 This is in addition to improvements already completed or now being carried on.
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Portland, Or
B. A. Worthington
Harriman Lines
Oregon
Southern Pacific Railroad
Indictments Return Against Missing Tax Collector Smith
The grand jury returns two indictments against Edward A. Smith, the missing tax collector, for failing to pay into the city treasury 39,000 dollars personally collected from the Southern Pacific for taxes, and bench warrants are issued for his arrest.
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San Francisco
Edward A. Smith
Smith
Southern Pacific
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