Weekly Miscellany of Global Happenings
The Mississippi battleship was launched at Cramps yards last Saturday. Milwaukee grand jury indicts city council president and three others for graft. Ecuador president seeks congress approval for a 20 million dollar gold loan. Lewis and Clark fair admissions for Portland day reach 5153. United States mail wagon drivers in New York settle after weeks long strike. Two Seattle direct steamships to Seward planned for next spring. Consul Gowdy banquet in Paris honors with Legion of Honor insignia to Gowdy. Canadian Pacific reports 50,481,882 gross earnings and 55,006,794 expenses for year ending June 30, net 15,475,088. 6% dividends declared.
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Canadian Pacific
Shipping Boom Drives New Orders in Clyde Yards
London reports orders for about 100000 tons and 34000 tons launched in the past month. The surge follows expectations of revived Far East trade after the war. Scottish iron and steel firms are filled with orders and can only take new work with a $2.70 per ton premium as wages rise.
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London
Clyde Builders
Scotch Iron and Steel Makers
Franco German Accord Ends Morocco Conference Negotiations
Paris October 2 Premier Ronuvier and German ambassador Prince vom Radelin signed an accord settling the Morocco conference and ending the difficult negotiations.
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Paris
Ronuvier
Prince Vom Radelin
Addicks Loses Stay of Proceedings in $45,000 Judgment
In Wilmington Judge Gray dismisses J Edward Addicks petition for a stay of proceedings in the $45,000 Hinchman judgment. U S Marshal Flynn orders sale of Addicks four Delaware farms on October 11 to satisfy the levy.
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Wilmington
Del
Gray
J. Edward Addicks
Charles S. Hinchman
Camden
N. J
Addicks
United States
Flynn
Canadian Pacific awards record railcar contract in Montreal
Ottawa reports Canadian Pacific has placed a 5,000,000 contract for rolling stock for Western traffic. The order includes 3,115 cars: 25 parlor sleeping and dining cars, 90 passenger coaches, and 3,000 freight cars. All work to be done at Angus shops in Montreal, creating thousands of jobs.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Angus
Miners End Four Month Strike In Nanaimo Compromise
In Nanaimo British Columbia on Oct 2 the miners vote 289 to 93 to accept the committee's conditions to the colliery company. The bitter strike ends with a two year working agreement signed and work resumed after a four month dispute.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Fire at Hiroshima army storehouse destroys twenty buildings
A telegram from Hiroshima reports a blaze that started at 1 pm yesterday gutted twenty temporary buildings and contents mainly provisions and clothing. Several fodder buildings were also lost, with total damages estimated between 2 million and 5 million dollars.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Fire insurance agents of Ashtabula county disband
Jefferson Ohio Oct 2 The fire insurance agents of Ashtabula county 28 of whom were recently indicted on the charge of violating the anti trust laws in maintaining an association to regulate rates have decided to disband.
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Jefferson, Ohbico
Ashtabula County
Washington News Roundup Highlights September State Finances and Local Affairs
Seattle recruits topped nationwide enlistments for September while the state reports cash on hand totaling 725530.58 as of September 30. Wenatchee cannery plans mid December operations with daily output 4000 cans. Only 1292 of Seattle’s 40000 voters registered for the school bond election proposing 500000 dollars for new schools. Fort Lawton branch post office to open November 1 attached to Seattle. Tacoma schools enroll 8513 pupils at month’s end. last year 555 pupils enrolled at this time. State liquor license fees net 38984.40 and inheritance tax receipts amount to 5271.36 for the quarter ended September 30.
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Seattle
Post Office Department
Fort Lawton
Lawton Station
Warner
Tacoma
State of Washington
Farmers vow to counter millers exporters wheat cartel
Tacoma dispatch reports W A Reed warns Washington Millers Association and Northwest exporters have formed a price cutting cartel against growers. Reed outlines a plan for farmers to form cargo lot combines, offer to outside buyers, and undercut the merger to force higher prices for heavy and high grade wheat, projecting savings and premiums for growers.
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Tacoma
W. A. Reed
State Grain Commission
Washington Millers’ Association
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Minneapolis
State Inspection Department
Smaat
Portland Chamber of Commerce Committee
Millers’ Association
San Francisco
Arcanum Rate Change Upheld by Justice Street
In Toronto on October 2 Justice Street ruled that W Barlow cannot block the Royal Arcanum supreme council from raising its rates. The reform changes were deemed within rights and binding on the plaintiff.
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Toronto
W. Barlow
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Justice Street
Conference ends bid for three-way city ticket
In New York on October 2 representatives from the Republicans Citizens' Union and the Municipal Ownership League met but failed to agree on candidates. The conference committee reported the deadlock and each group blamed the others for the breakdown.
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New York
Fve
Republicans
Citizens’ Union
Municipal Ownership League
China boycott in Canton worsens foreign sentiment
United States Consul Lay reports to the state department from Canton China that the Chinese boycott against American goods remains lingering with strong hostility to foreigners. He urges the boycott to die a natural death, though it shows persistence.
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Washington
United States
Lay
Canton
China
State Department
British Columbia Municipalities Form New Union
Representatives from every city and municipality in British Columbia gather in New Westminster to form a provincial union aligned with the Dominion of Canada Union, signaling a coordinated umbrella across the province.
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New Westminster
B. C
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
McLaren Buys Seattle Tide Lands Block in $255000 Deal
George S. McLaren of the Seattle Trust and Title Co purchases block 335 tide lands from H. H. Dearborn & Co for 255000. The asking price two months earlier was 220000, and McLaren is believed to represent the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line which bought nearby tide lands last year for 550000.
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Seattle
George S. McLaren
Seattle Trust and Title Company
H. Dearborn & Co
McLaren
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Russian envoy Witte crested count amid czar absence
St. Petersburg reports M Witte has been crested a count. With the czar away it is announced the peace treaty will not be signed until week’s end.
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St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Anglo Japanese ship owner group to run 40 steamships
A planned Anglo Japanese ship owning company with 25 million dollars capital aims to run forty steamers of 2000 to 8000 tons. Headquarters will be in London with Liverpool as management offices. Names such as KR. D. Holt and Sir Alfred Jones appear among leading merchants. The Japanese government is said to approve and grant dock and warehouse concessions. Ships would sail from Japanese ports to Liverpool London Antwerp and selected French ports.
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Liverpool
London
KR. D. Holt
Alfred Jones
Combine Wall
Antwerp
Norwegians Seek Republic Form of Government
A storthing resolution proposes summoning a constituent storting before mid November to decide Norway's future government. It also calls postponing final decision until after 1906 elections. Proponents say Norwegians reject a Bernadotte throne and favor a republic. Foreign powers would not object. Papers mostly approve.
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Christiania
Norway
Storthing
Reclamation Fund Grows as Lands Sell in 16 States
The federal reclamation fund rose to 4,757,978 from public land sales in the past fiscal year across 16 arid and semi arid states. Washington contributed 522,203, North Dakota 870,290, Oregon 675,375, Oklahoma 572,633, with total irrigation funds reaching about 27,795,000 since the laws. Expenditures are heavy and the fund may not exceed 30,000,000 in the near future.
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General Land Office
Federal Reclamation Fund
of Washington
North Dakota
Oregon
Oklahoma
Great Northern Flyer Held Up Near Ballard
The Great Northern eastbound overland passenger train was halted near Ballard by about ten masked men last night at 9 o clock. They dynamited the express car and took contents from the safe after a stay of one hour and twenty minutes. Rewards totaling up to five thousand dollars plus additional amounts for convictions are offered by the Great Northern Express Company. The company also cooperates with the sheriff's office and the Pinkertons in the manhunt for the robbers.
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Seattle
Great Northern
Overland
Ballard
Scott
Great Northern Express Company
Express Company
Sheriff’s Office
Pinkertons
Nine hot springs discovered near Sitka Alaska
Discovery of nine hot springs at Fish Bar on Barsnof Island fuels local interest beyond a notable gold find on Chicago Island. Found by John Clements, Frank Biles and W R Hanlon, the springs lie thirty miles from Sitka five miles off the steamboat route and show water rich in sulphur soda magnesia and salts. The bay promises ample water for steamboats and the scenery is described as highly picturesque.
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Sitka
Alaska
Fish Bar
Barsnof Island
Chichago
Sitks
John Clements
Frank Biles
W. R. Hanlon
Czar Hosts Satennay Official in St Petersburg Lunch
In St Petersburg on Oct 2 M White dined with the czar and received a cordial reception. The czar proposed to salute M Witte and called him the most able diplomat in the world while praising his services.
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St. Petersburg
M White
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