World News in Brief Rumors and Appointments Across Powers
Roosevelt accepts invitation to speak at Oyster Bay celebration on Independence Day. Nicholas resigns Admiral Rojestvensky for ill health. Metcalf cites Chinese government stamp of approval on goods boycott. Crow reservation Montana to open June 14. Lacey renominated in Iowa Sixth. Shaw named presidential nominee candidate. Denby bill creates U S district court in China to sit in Shanghai Canton Tientsin. China to install Marconi wireless stations aboard four warships. Senate passes $29 815259 appropriation bill. Second peace conference likely postponed to late May 1907. German Reichstag approves naval bill six armored cruisers and new taxes. Tanner names Jesse Cole chaplain in chief. US-Mexico Rio Grande waters treaty in motion. Graves named special envoy to King Haakon coronation.
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China
Marconi
Shanghai
Senate
Hague
Washington News Roundup From State Convention To Rail Plans
The annual state dental association convention met in Bellingham. Rumors denied that Northern Pacific will build shops at Pasco. Arthur F. Statter named secretary to Secretary Shaw. Joseph McCabe resigns as VP and GM of Washington & Columbia River railway to pursue rail construction. Wheat prospects buoyed by rain. acreage down but yield forecast strong. King County Horticultural Society plans Seattle flower show June 2023 with a new exhibit building. Governor Mead appoints three to the state medical board: Sharpless, Wright, Turner. Dr F Watson invited to lead Idaho school for the deaf, dumb and blind starting in September. Cashmere votes bonds for water works. Seattle health officer Ludlow resigns. Detective Wappenstein named Seattle chief of police. Fire at Medical Lake damages property near 13 000. insured about 6 000. Oysters worth 1 600 killed at Anacortes during cold snap. Construction work on Columbia river bridge caissons under way with 200 men. Bellingham Timber & Logging completes four miles of rail to connect timber lands with NP line. Alaska-Yukon exposition officers announced: Chilberg president, McGraw 1st VP, Ballinger 2nd VP, Kerry 3rd VP, Collins treasurer, Sheffeld secretary, Nadeau director general.
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Columbia River
Vancouver
Portland
C. R. Collins
William M. Sheffield
Ira A. Nadeau
Republican Convention Set for Seattle in September
Seattle May 24 The Republican state convention will convene in Seattle September 19 at 10 a m to nominate congressional candidates four supreme court judges and to promulgate a platform and select a state central committee The committee chose Seattle as the meeting site by a large majority and named S H Piles as temporary chairman Delegates are apportioned with Benton County receiving seven delegates after appeal and the plan includes joint judicial and senatorial conventions The Douglas County Court House in Waterville will host the adjourned meeting on September 14 and Bricklaying begins for the Douglas county courthouse with completion expected by October 1
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Seattle
Congress
Supreme Court
Walla Walla
Tacoma
Rogers
Douglas County
Samuel G. Cosgrove
Benton
KE. L. Boardman
HL. Piles
Alayo
Attacking the Douma Faces Peasant and Jewish Dissent
In St. Petersburg on May 26 members of the douma receive threatening letters from dissatisfied peasants and Jews. The government backs opposition to the douma, allows socialist meetings to denounce it, and the Official Messenger prints telegrams urging the czar to disperse the assembly.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Seattle Market Prices Report For Farm Commodities
Seattle market report lists producer prices for oats barley wheat chicken feed and more in round lots f o b Seattle with values for hay eggs poultry wool live stock and meats across Eastern Western Washington Puget Sound and local ranch markets including oats 29 31 per ton barley 24 24 50 per ton eggs 19 cents per dozen live hens 15 16 cents per lb and beef pork lambs and veal prices with regional variations and multiple items in the listing
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washinon
Fire devastates Fairbanks business district in Alaska
A massive blaze struck Fairbanks on Cushman street destroying the three story Fairbanks building and the entire business corridor from Tur ner to Lacey street. Loss estimated at 1 million with no lives reported. relief and rebuilding efforts are underway as firemen battle the spread toward the Northern Commercial Company. The town, founded in 1902 after a gold strike, now faces severe shortages of supplies with about 5 000 residents.
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Seattle
Fairbanks
Alaska
Cushman Street
First Avenue
Chena Slough
Third Avenue
Lacey Street
Washington and Alaska Bank
Northern Commercial Company
Second Avenue
First National Bank
Callahan's
Beula
Tanana
Eagle
Senate
Court House
Casey Moran
Chena
Turner
Water Front
J.it. Barnett
Fairbanks Declines Outside Aid After Fire
Fairbanks Chamber thanks aid offers but says no outside help is needed. The fire zone is being rebuilt with a large workforce clearing debris and laying foundations. Banks offer unlimited credit, and many businesses saved despite losses. The city plans to rebuild Better, with many landmarks saved.
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Fairbanks
Chamber of Commcore
Brrch
McArthur’s
Gordon's
New Third Avenue
Gilsey House
Fairbanks Banking Company
Northern Commercial Stores
R. H. Miller Company
Dominion Commercial Company
Telephone Plant
Alaska Machinery Company
Smith's Gun Store
Refuses to Enjoin Union in Cumberland Presbyterian Case
Judge Johns refused to grant the injunction sought by anti unionists and dismissed the bill on demurrer in the Cumberland Presbyterian church and Presbyterian church union case. Anti unionists will appeal likely to Illinois Supreme Court.
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Decatur
Lls
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Johns
Supreme Court of Illinois
Standard Methods Hear 19 Witnesses In Cleveland Oil Inquiry
Interstate Commerce Commissioners Prouty and Clements hear testimony on Standard Oil tactics in Northern Ohio. Witnesses describe efforts to force independent oil peddlers from Youngstown Canton and other towns, including claims of “kill them off” instructions. Other testimony covers rival shipments logs telegraph networks and alleged railroad rate discrimination.
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Cleveland O
Interstate Commerce
Prouty and Clements
Standard Oil
George L. Lane
Mansfield
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Youngstown
Canton
Girard
Warren
Massilon
Ravenna
Elyria
Oberlin
William H. Vahey
Vahey
Elizabeth Protesman
Dayton, O
Draymen
John O’brien
Lima
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Standard Concern
Independents Urge Standard Oil Methods at ICc Hearings
In two lengthy Interstate Commerce Commission sessions Cleveland witnesses testified about Standard Oil business practices. F. P. Westgate of American Oil Works charged freight rates had nearly doubled since 1886. Senator Louis Emery recounted battles to secure two seaboard pipelines and losses exceeding 700000, alleging railroad control by Standard and coercive tactics against competitors.
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Cleveland, O
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
Clements
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
F. P. Westgate
Titusville
American Oil Works
Louis Emery
Bradford
Seaboard
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Standard
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Standard Concern
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Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
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Consular Court
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Reichstag
Tanner
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Jesse Cole
Department of Iowa
J. F. Leary
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Charles H. Graves
Sweden
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Washington News
State Dental Association
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Elliott
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Arthur F. Statter
Ankeny
Shaw
Joseph McCabe
Washington & Columbia River Railway Company
King County Horticultural Society
Mead
State Medical Board
Casper W. Sharpless
H. A. Wright
Wilbur
Kenneth Turner
E. E. Shaw
Portland Oregonian
F. Watson
Idaho
Cashmere
William Ludlow
Charles W. Wappenstein
Thomas R. Delaney
Medical Lake
Anacortes
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Waterville
Wash
Seattle Market Report
Fairbanks Burns
Cleveland
D. E. Byles
Independent Refining Company, Limited
Oil City
Lake Shore
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E. Gibbs
Tipton
W. W. Wrenn
East Market Street
Harper Rye
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
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Thos. Morgan
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Patterson & Locke Co
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