Senate finance panel pushes tariff talks and forest policy
Senate finance committee begins wrapping up the tariff bill with talks on wood pulp paper and free pulp. Western leaders expect forest reserves with agricultural lands to be opened back to public use as Secretary Wilson orders mapping and classification.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Wilson
Forest Service
Roosevelt
Forestry Service
Congress
Fair to Be Open Sunday at Seattle Exposition
A.Y.P. directors vote to open the Seattle fair gates on Sunday with hours from 1 p.m. to midnight for Sundays and 8 a.m. to midnight on weekdays. The government building will stay closed and exhibitors may choose to close. State law requires quiet Sunday amusements. Congress not involved in the decision.
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Seattle
A.Y.P
Congress
Bargain Riots and Nominations Stir Multiple Cities
In New York a bargain riot erupts as crowds flood five and ten cent stores prompting police to restore order. in Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee backs Judge Bean for Oregon federal judgeship and Taft nominates Edward Cushman for Alaska Third Division. in Kansas City Dr Roller challenges Frank Gotch in a boxing and wrestling event.
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New York
Brooklyn
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judge Bean
Oregon
Taft
Edward K. Cushman
Representative Cushman
Alaska
Western railroads seek freedom from Harriman control
Western railroads grow restive under E. H. Harriman dictation. They plan agitation to free Mid West and Missouri river routes from Harriman rates to Pacific Coast, arguing the policy drains traffic profits to preserve coast to coast lines. Waters-Pierce pays Texas fine. The Waters-Pierce Oil Co. settles state litigation by paying nearly 2 million dollars, in what may be the largest corporate fine in Texas history.
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New York
Western
E. H. Harriman
Middle West
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Harriman
Waters-Pierce
Austin
Tex
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
State of Texas
Railroad Tax Pile Reaches Nearly One Million in California
In Sacramento on April 26 the state treasurer’s office showed a pyramid of tax payments totaling 949,406 dollars from four railroad companies. The metal heap weighed almost two tons.
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Sacramento
Cal
Colier's Weekly Founder Peter Collier Dies Suddenly
New York April 25 Peter F Collier founder and publisher of Collier's Weekly died suddenly of apoplexy at the Riding Club.
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New York
Peter F. Collier
Collier’s Weekly
Riding Club
Abdul Hamid Surrenders as Turkish Crisis Deepens
Constantinople reports the Yildiz garrison capitulated to Constitutionalists after heavy losses in the battle for Istanbul. Sultan Abdul Hamid remains in Yildiz Kiosk under siege conditions while parliament to probe alleged royal complicity. martial law and record-setting casualties mark the nationwide turmoil with Adana and surrounding areas bearing tens of thousands killed.
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Constantinople
Yildiz
Mahamoud Sekefket Pasha
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Adana
Roosevelt Shoots First African Hunt During Africa Journey
Theodore Roosevelt and party begin safari in British Africa after a Khapita Plains hunt. Roosevelt bags a Thompson's gazelle while Kermit and others pursue Grant's gazelles. Weather cooperates as the group proceeds to Sir Alfred Pease's Athi River ranch on Saturday.
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Africa
Roosevelt
Nairobi
British Africa
Khapita Plains
Theodore Roosevelt
Sir Alfred Pease
Athi River
Kermit
Colonel Roosevelt
Grant
Scott declines Mexico ambassadorship offered by Wilson
Portland April 26 Harvey W Scott editor of the Oregonian declines the Mexico ambassadorial post despite appreciation for the tender. He cites business concerns as the reason for not accepting the mission.
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Portland, Or
Harvey W. Scott
The
Oregonian
Mexico
Scott
Coast Charities Plan Seattle Meeting
Miss Virginia McMeachem secretary of the Charity Organization Society of Seattle drafts a Pacific Coast plan to gather charity representatives from major cities to discuss harmonizing operations and funding methods.
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Seattle
Virginia McMeachem
Charity Organization Society of Seattle
Pacific Coast
BillionDollar Merger Target for Harriman Rail Empire
New York April 27 A billion dollar project from BE Harriman aims to consolidate and control 12 000 miles of New York Central railroad under a single central management The consortium includes eminent lawyers in New York Chicago Cincinnati and Buffalo to create a homogeneous giant in transportation finance and power
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Harriman
New York
BE. H. Harriman
New York Central
Chicago
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Earthquake Devastates Portuguese Towns Killing and Famine Threats
Lisbon report states Friday quake left Benavente Samosa and Sante Estevan nearly destroyed. At least 39 dead and 100 wounded removed from ruins. An estimated 4000 people lack food as aftershocks raise emergency needs. Hawaiian Posts to Be Garrisoned with 45 officers and 1056 men to man Honolulu defenses July 15 plan.
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Lisbon
Benavente
Samosa
Sante Estevan
Hawaiian
Washington
War Department
Hawaii
Department of the Pacific
Jap Cruisers Saya and Aso Enter Pacific Coast Port
Japanese training squadron ships Saya and Aso, under Rear-Admiral H Ijichi, entered San Pedro California for the first time in ten years. The cruisers are prizes of the Russo Japanese war and mark a notable Pacific coast visit.
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Los Angeles
Japan
Pacific
United States
Saya
Aso
H. Ijichi
San Pedro
Ijichi
Taft Invited to Gunnison Tunnel Opening
Montrose Colo April 26 President Taft will be formally invited by the Gunnison Tunnel Opening Association to attend the opening ceremonies of the government irrigation project. The exercises will occur three days in August or September depending on the President's convenience.
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Montrose
Colo
Taft
Gunnison Tunnel
Markets Report Wheat and Hay Prices Across Regions
The market page lists wheat varieties with prices from Portiana and other regions, including bluestem at 1.28 to 1.30 and oats around 39.50. It reports barley at 31 to 31.60, timothy hay from Eastern Oregon and Puget Sound ranges, and butter, eggs, and potatoes with local grades and ton prices. It notes wool by region, with Eastern Oregon at 16 to 18 cents per pound and Washington creamery butter at 30 cents per pound.
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Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Portland
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
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M. D
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Frank Gotch
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Russia
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Garret
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Orchard Hopes
Chelan County
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Harrington
Leavenworth Mer. Co
Rvett Brossed
Wenarcuee Melline
L.D. Store Co., Agts
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
Tumwater Savings Bank
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M. A
Marley
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