Happenings of the Week From Across Regions
A condensed roundup notes a cold eastern wave a new New York chamber building dedication J P Morgan illness denial and later appearance in his office Cape Town fire devastation eight acres center of East London thirty large buildings lost Australian harvests poor with 1 000 000 bushels missing Queensland and federation states expected poor yields Yukon river navigation season ends Rev Mignot longtime New Orleans cathedral rector dead Judge Wickersham to preside in Valdes February consul exchanges James C McNally and Alfred A Winslow postings in Guatemala City and Liege Cincinnati Terminal Company plans electric railways Chicago Indianapolis and Cincinnati link Dr Robert Newton Tooker Chicago physician and Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association president dies News of tax rebellion in Chile province troops deployed to quell riots William H Eustis named special treasury representative to Honolulu to review Hawaiian postal service.
Balliett Appeals as Court Denies New Trial
Des Moines Judge Munger refuses Letson Balliett known as the mining king a new trial and sentences him to pay a $1000 fine and one year in county jail. Balliett bought the White Swan mine in Baker City Oregon and sold stock by monthly payments. Witnesses testified over $180000 came from small investors nationwide while no mine expenses were shown. Balliett announced an appeal. the case cost the government about $50000.
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Des Moines
Munger
United States Court
Letson Balliett
Balliett
United States
White Swan
Baker City
Ore
Balliet
Railway Trainmen vote for strike over wage demand
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Chicago votes in favor of striking if railroads in the Chicago district refuse more than 24 cents per hour in pay. The vote precedes further talks as managers hint at a higher offer and a possible three cent increase to be accepted after the result.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood
Tts
Bingham Removed as Alabama Revenue Collector
Washington date: Julius H. Bingham, the internal revenue collector for the District of Alabama, is removed. J. O. Thompson is appointed to succeed him amid political tensions after colored Republicans were barred from Alabama Republican state convention.
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Washington, D. C
Julius H. Bingham
Internal Revenue
District of Alabama
J. O. Thompson
Alabama
Bingham
Yields Are Big Production of Corn and Wheat Enormously Larger
Washington reports spring wheat average yield at 26.8 bushels and 16.7 in 1901. Corn yields average 26.8 bushels per acre, up from 16.7 in 1901, indicating a strong increase in crop production this year.
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Washington, D.C
Walla Walla
Disappearances and fires dot Washington state news
Everettman Samuel Cayton is missing amid fears of foul play while a Spokane bunk-roomer named Gower, just from Wisconsin, lost 3220 dollars to three men. Machias shingle workers uncover 900 quarts of whisky hidden by a fleeing saloon keeper.
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Samuel Cayton
Everett
Gower
Wisconsin
Spokane
Machias
Not Guilty Declared in Kate Adams Murder Case
Roland B. Molineux was acquitted by a jury after a brief deliberation in New York. Applause erupted as the verdict was read and supporters amid a celebratory courtroom scene hugged the defendant and congratulated him.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Kate Adams
Molineaux
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
The Seattle market lists grain oats 21.96 per ton barley 21, wheat 22, chicken feed 22, bran 15, shorts 16, hay Puget Sound 80.10, eastern Washington 12.50, alfalfa 0.50. eggs strictly fresh ranch 37689. poultry live hen 18 cents per pound, old breeders 90 cents, ducks 12-13, spring chickens 16-17, geese 8-10. live stock beef cattle cows 6.0 per lb, steers 4.4, sheep 3.8-4.0, hogs 7-3, calves 5-7. spring lambs 6-8. Butter native creamery 30. eastern 26. cheese native 12-18, California 12-14. wool western Washington clean 18, dirty 10-11, eastern Washington 8-10.
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Seattle
Shorts
Puget Sound
Washington
Alge
California
Tacoma Quotations Wheat and Barley Prices
Wheat Bluestem 74c club 69c. Date 22.50 24 ton. Barley Feed whole grain 22.50 ton rolled 23.50 24. Hay Timothy east of mioutains 14 15 ton clover 11.50 12 al falfa 10 11 wheat hay 12 13. Beans No 1 small white 3%c large white ? Lima 4c Bayo 4ac pink 34c. Butter Washington creamery 30c ranch 24 25c. Eggs Freeh ranch 36c eastern 25c. Cattle Steers 4 5.50 per cwt cows 3.75 4.00. Sheep 3.00. Hoges 5.50 6.25.
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Tacoma
Mioutains
Lima
Washington Creamery
Egge
Rural Delivery Appeals Surpass 12,000. Service to Self Sustain
Washington reports the annual gross cost of a nationwide rural free delivery system will reach about 24 million dollars. The extension to 700,000 more square miles will need 26,000 to 27,000 additional carriers, totaling 40,000. Deficits may run 8 to 10 million yearly until the system is universal, after which revenues should cut deficits. Petitions surged through 1902 with 12,403 filed, and monthly intake remains high. 1,700 routes lack appropriation with 2,500 expected by January, prompting call for extra funds to avoid delays.
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Washington
United States
Wynne
August W. Machen
Machen
Congress
Department
Eagan Missing as Reward Rises to 1000
In Kalispell country search efforts intensify for Superintendent Eagan of the Great Northern rail line. Brackenbridge division workers offer 500 dollars for his recovery alive or dead, with the Great Northern adding another 500, bringing the total prize to 1000. The disappearance occurred during a hunting trip, with no sign of him after a day apart from companions.
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St. Paul
Minn
Eagan
Kalispell Division
Great Northern Road
Bracenbridge
Kalispell
Training Ship For Sound Recommended At Puget Sound
Admiral Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, urges locating a training ship at Puget Sound naval station to train recruits, citing San Francisco's overcrowding. The report notes Washington coal with fixed carbon 50 to 78 percent and lists tested mines, with Cook Inlet coal at 38 percent. It also calls for more officers to man vessels, announcing a 1,005 officer shortfall on July 1, 1906.
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Wahington
D. C
Ad_diral Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
Puget Sound Naval Station
San Francisco
Bureau of Equipment
Washington
Elkhorn
Montezuma
Blue Canon
Fairhaven
Franklin
Wilkeson
Black Diamond
Roslyn
Cook Inlet
Alaska
Teachers Vote to Affiliate With Federation of Labor
Chicago teachers at a special meeting voted to affiliate with the Federation of Labor. Officials said the move would garner voter support from the federation to aid their campaign for higher wages and improved schoolroom conditions.
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Chicago
Federation of Labor
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
Mitchell Declines AFL Presidency Candidacy
Wilkes Barre November 11 President John Mitchell announces he will not seek the American Federation of Labor presidency to succeed Gempers and would refuse the office if elected, believing he can better aid miners in his current role.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
Gempers
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Congress aims to open south half of Colville reservation
Congressman Vesey L. Jones plans to introduce a bill in the next Congress to open the south half of the Colville reservation. He believes it can pass in the short session, else gain early consideration next year. The area remains closed while the north half is settled. Rich mineral deposits and immediate agricultural land are tied to relief from Congress, which Jones expects to receive on support in Washington.
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Seattle
Vesey L. Jones
Congress
Colville Reservation
Jones
Washington
Harness Glacial Waters Power Plans Near Rainier
Boston engineers from Stone Webster depart to Tacoma and Seattle to develop a project tapping Puyallup glacier waters on Mount Rainier for commercial power. A 14 mile flume will carry water to generate about 50 000 horsepower with a 600 foot drop, feeding turbines and three phase generators to supply electric light and power to Tacoma and Seattle.
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Boston
Tacoma
Seattle
Puyallup Glacier
Mount Rainier
Washinon
Stone & Webster
Seatle
No business can stand still for long say Printers Ink
The adage warns that a business that feels content with growth and refuses to advertise will stagnate. It notes that growth or decay is nature’s law and a standstill cannot endure lengthy, as ebb follows flood in commerce.
Central Cuban railroad completes Santiago Havana link
Officials from Santa Clara arrive with the finished track uniting Santiago de Cuba and Havana by rail. Superintendent Ward cites poor track bed conditions yet notes thousands of workers ballasting the line. The completion marks a major Cuban achievement of American enterprise and is described as a safeguard against future revolutions.
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Santiago de Cuba
Central Railroad
Santa Clara
Santiago
Havana
Ward
Senators Visit Territories To Study Statehood Claims
A five member senatorial committee on territories led by Beveridge Nelson Dilhgton Bate and Heitfeld left Chicago on November 10 to examine Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona which may influence Congress on statehood.
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Chicago
Beveridge
Indiana
Nelson
Minnesota
Diltingham
Vermont
Bate
Tennessee
Heitfeld
Idaho
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Territories
Congress
Sagasta Cabinet Resignation Crisis In Madrid
Premier Sagasta has offered the entire Spanish cabinet’s resignation to King Alfonso. The king will decide today whether to accept. If confidence is continued, the ministry may be reformed and key posts in war, marine, and justice could be removed.
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Madrid
Sagasta
Alfonso
Justice
Crow Hunt in Bureau County Yields Two Thousand Crows
Residents of Milo township in Bureau county report a great crow hunt on Sunday killing about 2000 crows. They hunted from dawn until nightfall as crows lay so thick they stepped on them. Crows have damaged fall seeding and poultry, and another hunt is planned.
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Sterling, Ill
Milo Township
Bureau County
International School of Social Economy Opens
At Argen tine Kansas there is opened the International School of Social Economy for teaching socialism. Founded by Walter Thomas Mills the college's premier, it began in Chicago in 1900 and has moved through Girard and San Francisco. About 100 students from the United States and Canada are enrolled.
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Kansas City
Argentine
Kan
International School of Social Economy
Chicago
Girard
San Francisco
Cal
Walter Thomas Mills
United States
Canada
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