Smuggled Jewelry Sold and Naval Review Hints Reported
The Cassie L. Chadwick jewelry auction in Cleveland realized 2154 dollars from a 12000 dollar appraisal. A Japanese naval review is expected in Tokyo bay on October 23. George J. Gould resigns Wabash chair. R. T. Jeffrey named in his place. Ironworks mills in Fall River to restore 12 percent wage cut from 1904. Women’s Home Missionary Society allocates 272129 dollars for year ending July 31. Root and Durand announce fisheries solution near. Prohibition on arms exports from U S to Dominican Republic. Korean rebellion spreads from Chiyung Chyong to Kang You province. Japan sends troops. Hellgate forest reserve proclaimed from Missoula to Bitter Root.
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Tokyo Bay
Chiyung Chyong
Korea
Kang You
Large Car Material Orders Accepted in Seattle Region
Seattle reports show lumber firms and Lumber Manufacturers Agency members accepting over 40,000,000 feet of car material orders in the past week. About 10,900,000 feet remain to be placed, the largest railroad business in the Northwest. Of 15,000,000 feet offered for Harriman lines in Oregon only 10,000,000 feet could be accepted, with the remainder placed under Western Steel Car and Foundry Company.
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Seattle
Lumber Manufacturers’ Agency
Centralia
Northwest
Harriman
Oregon
Western Steel Car and Foundry Company
Northern Pacific reports record earnings and traffic gains
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company releases its ninth annual report showing gross earnings of 50,722,855.72 for the year ended June 30, up from 46,524,574.30. Net earnings rose to 23,914,127.78 from 22,290,051.61, with 5,142,891 passengers carried, up 23,362. Freight rates fell in the year from .00$8 to .00832 per ton mile.
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St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court Upholds Nebraska Laws
The Nebraska supreme court upholds the constitutionality of the anti cigarette law the inheritance tax law and the law to prevent desecration of the American flag in a decision released in Lincoln on October 21.
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Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
Washington News Highlights From South Bend to Spokane
The dog salmon run starts at South Bend while the Northport smelter closes temporarily. Public improvements for Seattle next year are projected near two million dollars. Mount Vernon may seek third class city status. Gov. Mead tours state institutions as the board of control participates this week. Sprague farmers form a mutual benefit company and buy a warehouse. The steamship Minnesota arrived in Seattle from the Orient with 69 first cabin passengers amid a stormy return voyage. A federal suit in Spokane seeks cancellation of patents on several lands, targeting Frederick A. Hyde and John A. Benson as part of ongoing land fraud prosecutions in Washington, D. C.
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Minnesota
Great Northern Line
Seattle
Spokane
Frederick A. Hyde
John A. Benson
California
Washington, D. C
Investigation of Private Car Lines Sparks Interstate clash
Washington October 19 The interstate commerce commission opens hearings linking refrigerator car lines to railroads. Railroads such as Illinois Central and Pennsylvania defend lower shipper rates, while commission aims to assert jurisdiction over private car lines and curb alleged abuses. The fight centers on the commission’s authority and its reach over private car operations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Illinois Central
Pennsylvania
Armour Car Lines
Ballard Annexation Petition Seeks Ballard Name Change
The Ballard city council received an annexation petition with about 350 signatures requesting a special election on Tuesday November 28 to vote on annexation by Seattle and rename Ballard to North Seattle. The measure cites improved school facilities as the sole argument and the petition was referred to the committee of the whole for verification.
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Ballard
Seattle
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer prices for grains, hay, eggs, poultry, wool, live stock, wheat, oats, hay varieties, fresh meats, poultry, butter, eggs with ranges and regional notes for Eastern and Western Washington and Puget Sound figures.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Oregon
Roosevelt at Raleigh Fair Urges Railroad Oversight
President Roosevelt spoke at the Raleigh fair on railroad control and forest preservation. He urged government supervision over railroads, warned against private capture of forests, and called for an administrative body with power to curb anti competitive practices and covert rebates. He stressed quick action and amendment of existing laws.
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Charlotte
N. C
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Raleigh
Durham
Greensboro
High Point
Lexington
Salisbury
Fair Grounds
Congress
Northwest Coast iron find could rival Pittsburg industries
Geological Survey officials announce inexhaustible magnetite deposits at the mouth of the Columbia and along the Northwest coast. A ton of treated black sand yielded 683 pounds of iron, with one carload one third magnetite. Discoveries include monozite near Portland and zircon near the region, signaling vast mineral potential for local iron and related industries.
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Portland
Pittsburg
David T. Day
United States Geological Survey
Columbia
Columbia River
Lake Superior
Norway Iron and Steel
Norway
Germany
Day
Geological Survey
C. E. Wilson
Northwest
Dr. Day
United States
Brazil
North Carolina
Corn Product Rates Cut by Northern Pacific
In response to an interstate commerce commission decision, the Northern Pacific cut rates on corn meal, hominy and brewers' meal from North Dakota and Minnesota to the North Pacific coast. The new rate drops to 55 cents per hundred from 60 cents, effective October 26. The commission did not deem the rate unfair but noted it should not exceed five cents above the whole corn rate of 50 cents.
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St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Minnesota
North Pacific Coast
Cabinet friction prompts Metcalf retirement ahead of schedule
Washington reports indicate Secretary Metcalf of the Department of Commerce and Labor may resign soon due to friction with President Roosevelt over the Chinese exclusion act, signaling an early cabinet departure.
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Washington
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
Asphalt firm testifies on Venezuela revolution funding
In New York on October 21 Gen Avery D L Andrews vice president of the National Asphalt Company testified that $130000 was paid by an asphalt company to support the revolution led by Matos in Venezuela.
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New York
Venezuela
Avery DL. Andrews
National Asphalt Company
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