Rag Pickers Strike for Union Recognition on West Side
Rhode Island Democrats nominate L. C. Fr. Garvin for governor Cumberland and W. A. Gaston for Massachusetts. Oregon Railroad directors re-elected at Portland meeting. Marion Jones wed to Robert Farquhar Sept 29 former Senator Jones officiated. Springfield mayor Harry E. Devereaux indicted on malfeasance counts involving gambling and slot operations. Creek lands sold without secretary approval. deeds deemed void by the attorney general.
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United States
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Nevada
Robert Farquhar
New York City
Harry E. Devereaux
Springfield
Lls
Sanagmon County
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Justice
Attorney General
Chicago Mayor Harrison vows action against graft within civil limits
Chicago reports Mayor Harrison says the city hall is full of grafts both big and small and he has eighteen months left to remove many officials. He cites lack of proof under civil service rules but promises to find ways to clean departments despite limited evidence.
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Chicago
Harrison
Poison in Foods Under Inspection Warns Public
Dr. Wiley reports 205 imported food cargoes inspected since July 1. 20 samples or 10 percent condemned for violations. Rhine wine with salicylic acid, white wines with sulfurous acid, olive oil with cottonseed oil, Frankfurter sausage with harmful preservatives, canned vegetables with lead, misbranded vinegar, and coal tar dye coloring found. 167 released, 18 under examination. some owners granted time to present proof of purity.
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Washington
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Begins Laying Cable Alaska Route From Juneau
Seattle report notes Alaska cable construction started at Juneau under Capt. W J Clark with Burnside repairs after a collision. Slice to lay between Juneau and Sitka then proceed by open ocean toward Seattle for cables, to complete the line. Washington reports coal production surpassing 800 million tons in 1909 with 400,050,054 tons valued at $75,188,843. London notes Sir James Ritchie elected Lord Mayor for the ensuing year succeeding Sir Marcus Samuel.
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Juneau
W. J. Clark
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Slice
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Sitka
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Get
United States
Edward Parker
United States Geological Survey
London
Childhall
James Ritchie
Chacelleer
Exchequer
Marcus Samuel
Washington State News and Local Updates
Seattle dairymen raise milk price by a cent per quart. Everett opens new Mitchell hotel. Hoquiam gains Western Union office. Vancouver forms a near universal trades labor union. Okanogan cattle feeders worry over hay shortage. Spokane blacksmiths face likely general strike over new scale. Vancouver post office reaches free delivery threshold. Thomas dies after arrest related to Policeman Schaneman murder. coroner probes. no confession. Reporter Guy H. Robertson dies of tuberculosis in Middletown California. Stetson & Post Mill Company case: logs vendor not liable for hidden defects. Everett ministers plan Snohomish county church convention to press Sunday closing law. Spokane broker Kressly pleads guilty to forged stock fraud. sentenced to five years.
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Howard J. Kressly
Lucille Dreyfus Mining Company
F. Bowman
Perjury charges filed against Oregon attorney general
Portland Oregon September reports allege State Attorney General A M Crawford faces formal perjury charges from former law partner Judge William R Willie A spokesman for Crawford calls the charges politically motivated and notes prior similar accusations were adjudicated in court with Crawford prevailing in all cases A second item notes Seattle reports of through passenger trains to Chicago by 1904 with routes described involving Great Northern Northern Pacific Milwaukee and St Paul rail lines
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A. M. Crawford
William R. Willie
Crawford
Salem
Chicago
Seattle
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Iman
California
Southern Transcontinental
St. Paul
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Seattle Market Prices Report From Local Dealers
Market rundown shows grain oats at 22.58 per ton barley 21, wheat 27, bran 21, shorts 21. hay Eastern Washington 16.50, Puget Sound 11.50, alfalfa 12.25. Eggs strictly fresh ranch 28 29c per dozen. live poultry prices include hens 18 14% per lb, old roosters 8c, spring chickens 3.75 4.75 per dozen, ducks 11 15c, geese 9 10c per lb. Livestock figures list beef cattle cows 3c, steers 3 1/2c, sheep 54c, hogs 6% per lb, calves 7e per lb, spring lambs 2.50 2 per head. Wheat and cattle prices mixed. oats 24 50 rolled, hay alfalfa 14.80 15.50, timothy 18 19, bluegrass 10, clover 15 16, alfalfa 13 14. Feed corn 28, wheat 28.50 29, whole grain 21, bran 22.50, shorts 23. Poultry dressed turkeys 20c, spring chickens 16c, ducks 16c, geese 1e. Live chickens 11 12 15, ducks 11e, geese 11e, turkeys 18c. Butter Washington creamery 28 29c, ranch 20 22c, Eastern tub 24c.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Alaska Roads Seen as Key to Territory’s Development
President Roosevelt discussed Alaska road and railway potential with Senator Dillingham. Officials cited vast territory, limited transport, and visions of wagon roads from Valdez to Nagle City boosting copper prospects and revenue, with federal aid and territorial governance needed for progress.
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Roosevelt
Alaska
Congress
Dillingham
Vermont
Senate Committee On Territories
United States
Mississippi River
Valdez
Nagle City
Alagka
Treasury
National employers form federation to curb strikes
A federation of manufacturers and employers with a combined capital of about a billion dollars was formed in Chicago. The group plans a November meeting to form a national employers association aimed at protecting employers and independent workers by lawful means and promoting open shop practices. D. M. Parry and Frederick W. Jacob led the effort to oppose union methods and labor boycotts.
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Chicago
Manufacturers
Auditorium Annex
Employers’ Association
Frederick W. Jacob
Chicago Association
D. M. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Parry
War clouds lighten as Bulgarian government gains assurances
Sofia reports a brighter situation as the Porte states thirty two battalions near Monastir to Adrianople will not move. Bulgarian hopes rise with M Natchovitch named to Constantinople as diplomatic agent, after negotiating with the Porte last June and returning to Sofia.
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Bulgaria
Mon‘stir
Adrianople
M. Natchovitch
Constantinople
Large Hunter's Bay pack tops Alaska canneries
Report from Seattle says the Hunter's Bay cannery pack in southeastern Alaska reached 42 000 cases. The cargo will arrive in Seattle next week aboard the bark Katie Davenport. Separately James F Lawless confirmed his resignation as Pacific Coast Steamship Co manager and said he would be relieved from that position. He declined to discuss future plans. A Clyde Park Canal Company contract for a nine mile canal in Shields river valley near Clyde Park won funding, opening arid land for about 15 000 acres. In Victor a raided Victor Daily Record office was shut for publishing seditious articles. The National Transcontinental Railway bill passed the Canadian Commons on party lines to build a line from Monkton N Y to Port Simpson B C.
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Hunter’s Bay
Alaska
Katie Davenport
James F. Lawless
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Lawless
New York
Montana
Butte
Monnt
Livingston
Mont
Clyde Park Canal Company
Shields River
Clyde Park
Ottawa
Ont
Monkton, N
Port Simpson
B. C
Death of Sir Michael Herbert English ambassador to the United States
Sir Michael Herbert died at Davos Platz Switzerland after a long struggle described as plucky. The death came during the Alaskan boundary commission session as hearings paused and Lord Alverstone announced the loss with emotion. The event stunned those present and shifted the mood of the proceedings.
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London
Michael Herbert
United States
Davos-Platz
Switzerland
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Hannis Taylor
Edward Carson
Alaska
Lord Alverstone
Seattle federal building bid hinges on Chuckanut stone quality
Washington reports the Seattle federal building contract will go to Megarth & Duhamel if Chuckanut stone passes quality checks. The supervising architect’s office confirms completion within available funds, provided the main contract is Megarth & Duhamel’s low bid of 604000 dollars.
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Washington
Seattle
Megarth & Duhamel
Supervising Architect
Wages Cut At Empire Steel And Thomas Iron Firms
Allentown Pennsylvania reports that Empire Steel and Iron Company and Thomas Iron Company have posted notices of a 10 percent wage cut to take effect immediately, affecting six furnaces and six stacks respectively. The move follows labor unrest and is being watched as an early wage dispute in industrial operations.
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Allentown
Empire Steel and Iron Company
Thomas Iron Company
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