NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES FOR GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN
Four electric locomotives ordered by the Great Northern will replace steam in its Cascades tunnel system. The 113 ton units use four 400 hp induction motors, controlled by Sprague-General Electric Multiple Unit apparatus, with regenerative braking and water rheostats for energy dissipation. Power comes from a We Natechee River station via 30 000 volt lines, stepping to 6600 volts at tunnel mouth, feeding an overhead modified catenary.
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Great Northern Railway
L. R. Alden
General Electric Company
General Electric Review
Great Northern
Cascades
Sprague-General Electric
Wenatchee River
Advertised Letters Remaining in Post Office 1908
Postmaster notice lists uncalled for letters including Brophy Thos Blatchle L E Erickson Anton Melvin A Maass G W Opps SA Sisson Jack. Readers should say advertised when requesting. About twenty Wenatchee valley ranchers are spending the winter in southern California.
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Brophy Thos Blatchle L E Erickson
Anton Rows
Melvin A
Maass
Sisson Jack
Wenatchee Valley
California
King County Delegees Split Over Speaker Choice And Local Option
King county legislators remain divided over who to endorse for speaker as the Anti-Saloon League pressures for a local option bill. E B Palmer seeks support but won’t back the league’s exact measure, risking a split in the delegation. Meanwhile Seattle suffragists back a school board candidate to advance woman’s rights at the state session. Washington lumbermen argue against removing the British Columbia lumber tariff, warning it would depress stumpage values and shift power to Canadian timber owners.
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King County
Anti- Saloon League
E. B. Palmer
McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Palmer
Washington
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
King
Seattle Star
Board of Education
British Columbia
Washington Timber
Tf Congress
China Rulers Dead Prince Pu Yi Placed on Throne
News records the deaths of the Dowager Empress Tsze Hsi An and Emperor Kwang Hsu in Beijing. An edict names Prince Pu Yi as heir to the throne with Prince Chun as regent as troops stand ready to quell unrest. Washington confirms the deaths and notes burial plans near Pekin.
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Pekin
Board of Foreign Affairs
Tsze Hsi An
China
Kwang Hsu
Prince Ching
Prince Pu Yi
Prince Chun
Washington
Imperial Mausoleum
McCoys sell 20 acres near Peshastin to Mr Manning
Delbert and A G McCoy sold 20 acres of irrigated fruit land near Peshastin this week to Mr Manning of Skykomish. Manning plans to clear the land and plant fruit trees next year.
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Delbert
A. G. McCoy
Peshastin
Mr. Manning
Skykomish
Manning
Grover Cleveland Memorial Association Formed in Illinois
Residents of Illinois form the Grover Cleveland Memorial Association to perpetuate his memory. Articles filed with the Secretary of State seek to form a corporation to erect a memorial and present it to a municipality in the near future.
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Chicago
Illinois
Grover Cleveland
Tugs Rescue Steamer From Rocks Near Protection Island
A Straits Steamship Co steamer Perdita ran for safety after a boiler tube failed near Middle Point Protection Island. Tug Pioneer and Army Quartermaster's tug General Evan Thomas reached her in a full southeast gale just before she touched rocks, saving 60 passengers as the vessel neared Seattle.
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Seattle
Pioneer
Army Quartermaster
Evan Thomas
Straits Steamship Company
Perdita
Middle Point
Protection Island
Rocky Shore
Straits
Port Townsend
Thomas
Liberal Party Triumph in Cuba Election
Havana reports show General Jose Miguel Gomez leading with 183,823 votes to 118,329 for General Mario Menocal across 1369 polling places. Liberals win every province, signaling a decisive victory.
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Liberal Party
Cuba
Havana
Jose Miguel Gomez
Mario Menocal
Portland and Seattle May Secure Liberty Bell
Portland and Seattle officials plan to secure the Liberty Bell for the Rose Festival in 1909. Seattle’s exposition officials will use influence to bring the relic to Portland next summer. The Bell must depart Philadelphia with an official city government escort, as in prior transfers.
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Portland
Philadelphia
Chicago Rabbi Advocates Jewish Intermarriage
Chicago November 16 Dr Emil G Hirsch urged intermarriage with non Jews as the solution to the Jewish problem in a Sinai congregation sermon He rejected racial purity as a myth and offered emigration and segregation as alternatives to preserve civilization and progress thus sparking debate within the Jewish community
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Chicago
Emil G. Hirsch
Sinai
Dr. Hirsch
Republicans Lose Four in House Roster for 61st Congress
Washington November 16 The temporary roll call for the 61st Congress shows the next House with 219 Republicans and 172 Democrats, 391 total, compared with 223 Republicans and 166 Democrats previously. Democrats gain 17 districts to Republicans 12.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Balloon race ends in failure as America ascends alone
Los Angeles reports a rare atmospheric condition shuts down the transcontinental balloon race. Only the balloon America was launched and drifted south toward the Pacific while United States did not rise. Last night America was near the ocean at about 1500 feet and moving little, with Captain Mueller expected to keep it from being blown out to sea.
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Los Angeles
America
Pacific Ocean
United States
Ocean
Mueller
Boundary Dispute Settled Between Oregon and Washington
The supreme court decreed in favor of Oregon settling the state boundary. The ruling preserves the middle north channel of the Columbia River as the boundary and grants Oregon jurisdiction over Sand Island. Senators Piles and Charles W. Fulton represented Washington and Oregon respectively.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oregon
Middle North Channel
Columbia River
Sand Island
Piles
Charles W. Fulton
Alameda Girl Edna Clark Found Safe in Chicago
Edna Clark the Alameda art student missing since October 27 is found alive in Chicago. She writes to her mother from there stating she is working under the name Edwarda Chase. The Chicago news ends local police searches.
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Edna Clark
Chicago
Oakland
Cal
Alameda
Clark
Edwarda Chase
Taft to Call Special Session on Tariff After Inauguration
Washington November 16 President elect Taft announced after White House talks with Roosevelt that a special session of Congress will be convened soon after March 4 to consider tariff revision.
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Washington
1St Congress
W. H. Taft
White House
Roosevelt
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Peror
Pu Yi
Arms
Cleveland Memorial
Ilinois
Liberty Bell
Wenatchee
S. J. Willman
Echo
Leavenworth, Wash
Wenatchee Heating & Plumbing Co
Daminotent Siling Co
Harringtons
Harrington
The
Leavenworth Mer. Co
Oregon-Washington
M. F. Peake
F. R. Peake
M. F. Peake & Son
General Agency
Timber Lands
Puget Sound
Leavenworth
Tumwater Light and Water CO
Emil Frank
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