Postage Rates Would Limit Second Class Papers
Washington reports Edward Madden proposes four cent per pound rate for all periodicals not in second class and a consolidation of third and fourth class mail with postage prepaid by stamps. He cites abuses of second class privileges and premiums to subscribers, urging reform for fair distribution and reduced costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Edward C. Madden
Congress
Madden
Postal Service
California Fruit Exports Boost English Market Demand
London reports show California fruit flooding the English market with figs plums and grapes at low prices in October. California shipments of plums rose by 5 000 tons over the prior record due to superior packing that keeps fruit intact on the long journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
California
Kent
Gardner’s
Portland Merchants Decry N P Chief Over Fair Remarks
Portland business groups condemn President Mellen of the Northern Pacific for comparing the 1905 Lewis and Clark fair to a Fourth of July parade with no spectators. A strong retrenchment is urged and a boycott of the Northern Pacific is threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Mellen
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Rail freight rates to rise early next year officials say
Pittsburg officials of the Pennsylvania railroad announce a broad freight rate increase on all commodities will take effect the first of the new year with classified rates likely unchanged. The move may presage similar actions by other American railways.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
All American Railways
Danish West Indies commission named for economic improvement
Copenhagen reports the Danish government has chosen all members of a December commission to visit the Danish West Indies and study steps to improve the islands' economy. M Nordlson leads the railways and telegraphs department in public works. Manila notes the US commission approved the coastwise shipping bill with a ban on pooling and a license revocation penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Danish West Indies
M. Nordlsen
Manila
United States Commission
Kennedy Testimony Aims to Prove Northern Securities Illegal Merger
John S Kennedy testified in the Minnesota suit against Northern Securities Company as attorney Magnus D Dunn argued the merger aimed to prevent competition. Kennedy said proxies were given to J J Hill and that holding company stock would control both railroads. Clough testified Great Northern voting records showed holdings by trustees for the securities company.
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New York
John S. Kennedy
Northern Securities Company
Minnesota
Kennedy
Magnus D. Dunn
Great Northern
Mr. Munn
Northern Securities
The
Securities Company
Lettering On Stone Houses In Portand Canal
A special dispatch from Ottawa reports that the Dominion state department knows of American monument houses on Portland canal shores in northern British Columbia. Communications pass between Ottawa London and Washington. New detail notes cut stone lettering on the monuments reading This house is the property of the United States government.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ottawa
Dominion State Department
Portland Canal
British Columbia
British Foreign Office
Washington
United States
Indians Protest Limits of Colville Reservation
Delegations from the Colville Agency led by Agent Anderson protest any attempt to reduce reservation boundaries. Rumors circulate that reduction may occur, while Maj. Anderson discusses allotting Spokane lands for mineral prospecting. An appropriation to authorize allotment will be sought at the next session. Whites are kept off by injunction.
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Washington, D. C
Colville Agency
Anderson
Maj. Anderson
Spokane
Trouble Brewing in Cuban Nationalist Control
Havana reports the Nationalist party now controls the house of representatives after a Radical alignment. Speaker Pelayo and Republican associates resign from the executive committee as they fall to minority status. A campaign against the Platt amendment may start and military orders could be rescinded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
House of Representatives
Pelayo
Palma
Noonan Convicted of Manslaughter in Minnesota Slaying
Preston Minnesota reports Patrick Noonan is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to one year in state prison for the October 1874 killing of John McDonald alias John F. Pinner at Fountain. He fled to Helena Montana last summer, where he ran a hotel before being found.
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Preston
Minn
Patrick Noonan
John McDonald
John F. Pinner
Fountain
Helena
Mont
Railroad President Resigns Amid Management Dispute
Philadelphia November 20 Alfred Walters resigns as president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company effective November 30. The move follows differences of opinion over company management.
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Philadelphia
Alfred Walters
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Protect Water Three Hundred Thousand Acres Set Aside
Secretary Hitchcock signs order withdrawing about 300 000 acres in southeastern Washington from settlement to join the Blue Mountain forest reserve project. Inspectors will survey the tract to protect water sources and timber while preserving any settlers homes or agricultural lands.
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Hitchcock
Washinon
Washington
Blue Mountain
Columbia
Asotin
Oregon
Geological Survey
Interior Department
Snake
Walla Walla
Wasatch Volcano in Utah Resumes Activity Says Doctor
Dr. D A Turner of Milford Utah reports an ancient Wasatch range volcano between Beaver and Plute counties has erupted anew. Explosions heard for miles, fresh lava found on mountain sides, periods of heavy smoke and dust, and several recent earthquakes indicate renewed volcanic activity in the area.
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Salt Lake
Utah
D. A. Turner
Milford
Wasatch Range
Beaver and
Plute Counties
Turner
Wasacth
Earthquake Ravages Washington County Utah Towns
No chimneys stand in Santa Clara after Monday quake. Two houses are ruined and the Mormon temple tower at St George oscillated ten inches. A new schoolhouse ceiling collapsed causing panic and injuries among pupils while teachers restrained a chaotic exodus.
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Salt Lake
Washington County
Utah
Santa Clara
St. George
Latter Place
Indemnity Reached Over Honolulu Plague Losses
Acting Consul General Chow Yu Kwan reports from San Francisco that a Chinese government representative and a U S official resolved losses from Honolulu plague relief. Indemnity set at 800000 dollars with one ninth paid immediately and the rest within a year. In New York thousands of bushels of apples rot awaiting barrels for shipment to England and the Philippines. barrels scarce and costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chow Yu Kwan
Hawaii
Honolulu
New York
Tribune
Greenwich
Witty Snippets and Gentle Ironies From Various Papers
A collage of jokes, quotes, and brief humorous exchanges drawn from multiple newspapers. The items feature puns on memory and age, wedding and funeral inquiries, light banter about love and money, and quips about rain and time. Notable voices include Puck, Baltimore Morning Herald, Philadelphia Press, Chicago Evening Post, and Judge.
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Willie Swenton
Baltimore Morning Herald
Gladys
Ethel
Puck
Detroit Free Press
Badhley
Benedict
Badley
Maggie
Bazar
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California Fruit
Munn
U.S
Colville Reservation
Volcano
Yonkers Statesman
Venus de Milo
Philadelphia Press
Middlebury
Chicago Evening Post
Jaspar
Chicago Daily News
Bizzer
Mickey Welsh
Nobby
Miss Hittem
Bridget
Hiram
Chicago Record-Herald
Tess
Jess
Morris Fallarmour
Chicago
Walter
Morris Fairarmour
Parson Henrust
Baltimore
Newa
D. C. Vammen
G St
Heron
Aberdeen
Fred Hewitt
Heron and
F Sts
Wash
K. Bowes
Propr
Heron Street
Fashion Saloon
W. W. Wren
Heron ST
Aberdeen Hotel
New Management
P. Whitney
Geo. A. Woodward
F Street
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes, Bankers
Aberdeen, Wash
J. G. Lewis
C. W. Miller
Aberdeen State Bank
George L. Hilton
San Francisco Examiner
Heron ST. Aberdeen
R. P.porter
Choice Brands of
Wishkah Hotel
Charley Matteus
Wishkah Street
Herald Office
Montesano
W. E. Crist
Palace Restaurant
S. Tadejevich
Mitchell
Mitchell & Co
M. Antich
Walters
Wishkah
Telephone
St. Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
A. B. C. Denniston, G. W. P. A
First Avenue
Seattle
Wishkah St
Fred Redinger
Fish Market Cs
Michael Finn
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