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Bulgarian situation outlined by Paris Vienna and St Petersburg papers
Paris Vienna and St Petersburg morning papers publish an official view on Bulgaria. The powers accept Bulgaria's course and refuse to allow Turkey to punish Bulgaria for the Salonica outrages. The communiqué states Bulgaria bears no responsibility for Macedonian violence and that the powers will not permit Bulgaria to be blamed. It urges the Porte to pursue Balkan reforms and punish the Russian consul’s murderer.
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Paris
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Figaro
Neue Freie Presse
Associated Press
Bulgaria
Turkey
Salonica
France
Austria
Russia
Balkan
Wagon Load of Clothes Seized by Officers in Vancouver
Government officers raided second hand stores and tailor shops in Vancouver Washington this week searching for missing company clothes. A wagon loaded with 84 overcoats and other items was taken to the garrison. Purchasers will lose their money. Officers warn against further purchases from soldiers to curb a widespread practice.
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Vancouver
Wash
Garison
Walla Walla Graduates 25 and Regional News Highlights
Walla Walla college graduated 25 students last week. John P. Hausman, Seattle customs broker, is dead in New York. Gen George H. Thomas camp Sons of Veterans organized at Seattle. Pullman steam laundry fire causes about 4000 damage with half covered by insurance. Fort Casey to add two batteries of rapid fire guns. Plans for project completed. Wuerch family of Hillyard grows to nineteen with a ten pound baby girl. Captain Haines reports a large bed of shrimps near Tulalip in 45 fathoms. Judge A L Miller compiles all Supreme Court decisions for state and territory. George W Chapman drowns near Night Hawk while connected to Night Hawk mines. Civil service exam announced for Port Townsend to establish eligible registers for Puget Sound district. Munroe faces fire insurance withdrawal due to inadequate water service and no fire department.
Chinese Commissioners Decline Further Talk on Trade Article
Shanghai May 13 Chinese treaty revision commissioners report from the foreign office instructions to resist further discussion with American negotiators on article 12 opening Manchuria to foreign trade. They say negotiations are inadvisable given Russian action and propose settlement by dispatches rather than formal treaty inclusion.
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Shanghai
Chinese Foreign Office
Manchuria
Trainmen Union and Chamber to Meet Great Northern Talks
In St Paul on May 13 a joint committee from the St Paul Workers Union and the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce will meet with Great Northern representatives to harmonize terms and avert a potential strike seen as disastrous to Northwest business interests.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
St. Paul Jobbers’ Union
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer offers for round lots on the dock or at Seattle with grain oats at 21 22, barley 22, wheat 25, chicken feed 25, bran 17, shorts 18 per ton. Hay Puget Sound 12, Eastern Washington 17 28, strictly fresh ranch 17 18. Poultry live hens 14 per lb, ducks 183 114c, geese 9 10c. Livestock beef cattle cows 4 4lac, steers 5 5%4c, sheep 44 54c, hogs 7% 8ce, calves 5 7c, spring lambs 3.50 per head. Jobbing quotes Butter ranch 15 20c, Washington creamery 1 lb and 2 lb prints 26c. Cheese native Washington 13 14c, Eastern 14 15c, half-skim 9 10c, California 13c. Eggs strictly fresh ranch 18 19c, Oregon 18c, Eastern 18c. Honey California comb 15c per lb, strained 6 814c. Poultry live hens 14 4 5 4 15c per lb, ducks 15 16c, turkeys 22c, geese 11 12c.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Butter—Ranch
Washingington Creamery
California
Oregon
Market Prices For Wheat Cattle Hogs and Feeds
Wheat and cattle prices list varied figures including cattle steer at 4.75 per cwt and cows at 4 dollars, hogs at 7.50, veals at 5 plus. Oats priced around 24.50 to 26.50, barley and timothy hay shown with per ton and per unit values. Feed components including bran shorts and alfalfa listed with multiple price points across grains and hay.
Joint Commission to Address Alaska Fur Sealing Controversy
Washington May 16. A united US British commission will study changes to the 1893 Paris accord governing Alaska fur seals. Congress has funded $25,000 for coal experts and jurists to meet, possibly discussing abolition of all sealing restrictions. The move comes amid tensions over the Alaska boundary and parallels to US visa ordinances.
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Washington
Alaska
Joint Commission
United States
State Department
Congress
Great Britain
Large Apportionment For State School Funds Increases
Olympia May 14 The heaviest apportionment by $200 000 of current school funds in state history has been calculated by State Superintendent Bryan and sent to the state auditor The total apportionment is 896 555 79 dollars at a rate of 055 per day s attendance across counties Thurston county receives 18115 75 King 168 942 13 and Pierce 194 800 47 the largest in the list of counties
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Olympia
Bryan
Thurston County
King County
Pierce County
Dominion to grant large subsidy to Grand Trunk Pacific
Ottawa reports government to grant 5000 per mile subsidy for 3000 miles totaling 15 million dollars and bond guarantees of 70000 per mile to enable 60 million dollars more by mortgage. The move aims to finance the Grand Trunk Pacific's expansion.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ottawa
Dominion
Grand Trunk Pacific
Colima Volcano Eruption in Mexico City No Damage Reported
Government authorities confirm activity at Colima with an eruption described as among the most violent of recent years. No damage is reported at neighboring ranches as of yesterday.
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Mexico City
Colima
Black Spot Remedy From Horticulturist Rising Public Bulletin
Tacoma May 14 Horticulturist A Van Holderbeke plans to issue a statewide bulletin on black spot a mysterious disease that weakened Washington fruit trees for years He reports dramatic results at Sumner on W H Panthamus orchard showing trees restored He compares the disease to human scurvy due to a missing nourishment element he has found though the element name is withheld until the bulletin is released The disease first shows on limbs near the trunk then kills infected branches and the entire tree eventually dies experts have struggled to identify a cure though soil enrichment has helped in some cases
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Tacoma
A. van Holderbeke
Washington
van Holderbeke
W. H. Panthamus
Sumner
New York State Society Dinner in Seattle to Welcome Roosevelt
The New York State Society of the State of Washington will hold its first annual dinner in Seattle on May 22 at 8 p.m. Attendees will include New Yorkers in Western Washington for President Roosevelt's visit. Members eligible include Washington residents born in New York or who established residency there.
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New York State Society of the State of Washington
Washington
Denny Hotel
Seattle
Roosevelt
New York
Society
H. L. Sizer
Starr-Boyd
Postmaster General Halts Rural Free Delivery Expansion
Washington May 13 Postmaster General Payne says no new rural free delivery offices will open until July 1 the start of the next fiscal year. He cites a projected $20000 deficit and orders Bristow to cut expenses while continuing route investigations. Payne estimates 88000 routes nationwide may exist in time and asks civil service checks into the Washington post office with a report due tomorrow.
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Washington
Payne
Post Office
Bristow
Civil Service Commission
Washington Post Office
Civil Service
Mabini Former Filipino Foreign Minister Dies of Cholera
Mabini once minister of foreign affairs to the Filipino government died at midnight in Manila after contracting cholera on Tuesday night. Since returning from Guam he had lived in seclusion. Captured Rizal province insurgent correspondence showed contact but not seditious in nature. Filipinos and Americans alike regret his death, but there will be no burial demonstration due to the disease.
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Manila
Mabini
Guam
Rizal Province
State GOP allows Negroes at next Alabama convention
Birmingham May 13 The state Republican committee adopted resolutions permitting Negroes to enter the next state convention if they can vote under the Alabama constitution. The previous convention’s exclusion has now been overturned.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Republican Committee
Alabama
Trainmen Win Wage Increase as Great Northern Strike Averts
Agreement signed after talks between A. E. Garretson and Mr. Newman ends threat of a Great Northern strike. Wages rise by 15 percent for trainmen, yardmen gain 3 cents an hour, and new hires get raises after one year. Double-header demands adjusted to a small extent and routing limits set on mileage. President Hill welcomes settlement.
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Order of Railway Conductors
Newman
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Chicago
St. Paul
Minot
Ward
Twin Cities
Garretson
James J. Hill
Mesaba Range
Tells of the boodling at Missouri capital
Former Missouri state senator Charles Schwickhardt testified before the grand jury in St Louis, admitting he divided 1000 dollars among four senators in 1889 and carried 5000 dollars to Jefferson City to defeat a measure. He paid Senator Farris 1500 of the sum with an agreement of return if the measure failed. The measure was defeated, the 1500 returned, and indictments are reportedly being prepared.
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St. Louis
Charles Schwickhardt
Jefferson City
Farris
Turner Declines Washington Governorship Bid
Spokane May 15 ex Senator Turner rejects Democratic gubernatorial candidacy for 1904 saying he cannot be a candidate next year and has always believed nomination impossible.
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Turner
Spokane
Washington
Highwayman Robs Boise Stage En Route to Idaho City
A noon stage traveling from Boise to Idaho City was held up by a masked robber about a mile past the halfway house. At gunpoint passengers surrendered valuables and the registered mail sack was rifled before the thief fled up a hill into the hills.
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West Liberty
Iowa
Boise
Idaho
Idaho City
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Prop
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