Battleship Vermont launched at Quincy Mass
The battleship Vermont was successfully launched at Quincy Massachusetts on Thursday. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Mrs Wood have sailed on the steamship Teutonic for Liverpool. Philadelphia officials face indictment on conspiracy charges over false election returns. KE Lytle resigns as president of the Columbia Southern railway. United States Steel maintains steel rails price at 28 dollars per ton for 1906. Bjornsterne Bjornson's Daglannet premieres in Christiania with strong reception. Chicago board of trade votes to resume old trading form. Pacific Lumber Company created in Detroit with 10 million capitalization to operate Redwood districts. Heirs of A H Johnson sue banker William M Ladd over estate administration and accounting.
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Pacific Coast
Detroit
Mich
Pacific Lumber Company
A. H. Johnson
William M. Ladd
Portland
Trolley to Portland from Puget Sound
Philadelphia capitalists with Pacific Northwest rail interests back a plan to connect Portland and Seattle by an electric railway. Negotiations span Tacoma Seattle Portland Olympia and other cities with engineers to map a route with low gradients and easy curves.
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Seattle
Philadelphia
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Tacoma
Olympia
F. R. Brown
Portland Consolidated Railway Company
San Francisco
Portland Oregonian
Brown
Puget Sound
Columbia
Clarke County
Washington
Vancouver
Portland Consolidated Railway
Clark and Seligmann
Will Throw Down Gauntlet at Mine Workers Demand
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers pledges to demand union recognition and an eight hour day at the end of the current agreement in April. He aims to present the claim to George F. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading railway, citing 150000 miners and workers as backing.
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Tampaqua
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Manila Park
Mitchell
George F. Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Peasant Agitation Reported in Russian Provinces
At a St. Petersburg meeting of 300 intellectuals a speaker described large scale peasant agitation in Saratoff and Samara provinces with tens of thousands armed and a major autumn movement planned. Cossacks and infantry were dispatched to Rijuki to counter the threat.
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St. Petersburg
Saratoff
Samara
Rijuki
Kirkland Methodist Mortgage Paid Off
The Kirkland Methodists have paid off the church mortgage as a local church milestone. King County votes on Kirkland incorporation set for October 7, with the election date announced by county commissioners. A German warship visit to Pacific ports is anticipated by mid September with port calls listed.
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Kirkland
King County
Lumber and Grain Burn in Portland Suburbs
A gale driven fire in Portland Oregon destroyed the Oregon Railroad and Navigation dock and Pacific Coast Elevator warehouse in Lower Albina. The Eastern and Western Lumber dry kiln on the West side burned and a prior St Johns fire damaged the St Johns Lumber Company Ore gon Fir mill and Peninsula Wood yards. About 100 freight cars on O R N tracks burned with 25 fully destroyed and the total loss estimated above 250000 dollars with insurance coverage partly noted.
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Portland
Oregon Railroad & Navigatiion Company
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
Lower Albina
Willamette River
Eastern and Western Lumber Company
St. Johns
Pacific line contracts awarded to Oakland Salt Lake construction
Western Pacific directors award contracts for building most of the Oakland to Salt Lake City line. Bidders and contract details not released. Estimated total for the several contracts falls between 8 million and 9 million dollars.
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San Francisco
Western Pacific
Oakland
Salt Lake City
Construction Starts On State Penitentiary Wing
Walla Walla August 31 construction begins on a new wing at the state penitentiary. Brick work is supervised by A C Mills for the board of control and steel cell installation is handled by C Newman for the successful bidders. Brick work to be done by convict labor.
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer prices for grain animal products and dairy. Items include oats 27 28 per ton, barley 23, wheat 28 29, hay Eastern Washington 14 50 per ton, eggs strictly fresh ranch 26 27c, poultry live hens 18 13 80 per lb, wool Eastern Washington 18 21c per lb, live stock hogs 6 14 64 per 0, sheep lambs and cattle prices, butter Washington creamery 26c, eggs Oregon 24 25c Eastern 22 28c.
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F.o. B
Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Peace at Portsmouth Ends Russo Japanese War
The long war ends with peace terms agreed by M Witte and Baron Komura. An armistice drafting is set, and a treaty will be framed by Russia's legal adviser and Japan's Demmison. President Roosevelt's mediation is credited with a swift, decisive settlement.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Japan
Russia
M. Witte
Baron Komura
Washington
de Martens
Demmison
Nicholas
Roosevelt
Meyer
Sakhalin
Associated Press
Witte
Oyster Bay
Demands and Disposition From Peace Conference Terms
The document lists terms Russia agreed to or rejected at the peace talks. Key acceptances include recognizing Japan's influence in Korea, evacuation of Manchuria, and open door principles. Notable concessions involve Sakhalin division and Port Arthur surrender. Russia refused remuneration for the war and limited naval power, while Japan accepted several administrative transfers and open access fisheries.
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Russia
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
China
Sakhalin
Liaoyang Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde and
Elliott Islands
Chantfu
Newchwang
Mr. Rothstein
Prince Ouktomsky
Transsiberian
Assuri
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Christiania
Chicago Board of Trade
Washington News
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Ballard
State Supreme Court
Hyades
Manila
Military Department of the
Discovery Bay
Iron Mountain
Clallam County
Seattle Market Report
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Far East
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Laperouse Strait
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Quinine
W. W. Wrenn
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Harper Rye
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Fred Hewitt
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