Railroad alliance to enforce law meets in St Paul
Railroads east and west of Chicago plan joint efforts with the Interstate Commerce Commission to curb violations of transportation law. A summit is expected in St Paul next Friday to discuss end of secret rates and unlawful commissions under the act and Elkins amendment.
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Chicago
Olive Branch
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
Stubbs
Western Railroad
St. Paul
All Railroad Bids Rejected for Philippine Roads
Washington December 25 All bids for concessionary railway contracts in the Philippine islands were rejected for deviations from the invitation terms. Secretary Taft will readvertise with changes and set January 20 for new bid openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Taft
Wright
Forbes
Philippine Commission
Edwards
Insular Bureau
Pew
All Russia Paralyzed by Empirewide Strike
St Petersburg reports the empirewide strike growing more alarming as leaders oppose violence yet lose control. Famine looms as food supplies in the city have been heavily drawn for 30 days and output has ceased, pushing prices up and risking widespread hardship for the common people.
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St. Petersburg
French cruiser moves from Saigon to Shanghai on precaution
Paris reports a French cruiser detached from Saigon to Shanghai as a precaution. Officials say no French interests disturbed yet. Disturbances occurred in the international concession, separate from the French concession. Pekin dispatch says an imperial edict issued after foreign minister protests aims to end the trouble.
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Paris
Saigon
Indo-China
Shanghai
Pekin
Dey Eaye
Not a Wheel Turns in Moscow
Moscow crowds face darkness as theaters and clubs close. Municipality workers abandon duties and fifty thousand factory hands are idle. Troops stay in barracks while strikers’ pickets roam the city persuading or threatening those reluctant to join the strike for freedom.
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Moscow
Troops Move to Suppress Baltic Revolt
Paris dispatch reports the government plans to suppress a Baltic revolt as troops are deployed. The Petit Parisien correspondent cites action ongoing after a dispatch dated yesterday.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Parisien
Baltic
General Strike Call in Russia Tissues Unified Labor Front
Dec 20 in St. Petersburg a general political strike across Russia was called to begin Thursday at noon. Approved by the Union of Union the Union of Peasants the General Railway union and the Council of Workmen. Moscow railway workers sup port the strike and vow to halt trains. Government efforts to arrest union members via Durnovo law face technical delays. Leaders fear loss of prestige and fear a government universal suffrage law changes the ground rules.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Union of Union
Union of Peasants
General Railway Union
Council of Workmen of
Moncow
Mowcow
Durnovo
Moscow
Workmen's Council
Witte Only Titular Ruler
A Boston dated dispatch reports a Russian communication from exile revolutionaries alleging a secret government beneath Count Witte. It claims Odessa governor Meidgard, linked to massacres, was reassigned to Nijni Novgorod by Witte without his knowledge. The text asserts secrecy blocked emancipation manifestos and worsened killings.
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Boston
Russia
League of Leagues
Count Witte
Odessa
Meidgard
Witte
Nijni Novgorod
WRECKERS DRAW SPIKES ON REBELLED RAIL LINE
Reading Kansas December 20 train No 17 westbound wrecked at Badger creek five miles west of Heading. One express car overturned and burned. Express Messenger EK, Derrrick in Kansas City killed. Engineer Henry Davis of Topeka died after rescue. Two other express messengers fatally hurt. Two smokers passengers slightly injured. Wreckers believed to have ditched the train spikes securing one rail removed. Three other trains passed over tracks shortly before.
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Reading
Kan
Santa Fe
Badger Creek
Heading
E. Derrick
Kansas City
Henry Davis
Topeka
Fox
Eame
No. 17
Fire destroys Schenk enamel factory. fireman dead
Chicago report says one fireman killed and several workers may have died as a blaze at the Charles M. Schenk Company enamel factory at 7 to 15 Park Street raged tonight. Officials fear more deaths as ruins are searched and the explosion and collapsing walls are investigated. Loss to building and contents placed at 250000 dollars.
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Chicago
Charles M. Schenk Company
Park Street
Contentars
Rioting in Shanghai Reported Amid Naval Guard Action
Washington wired word from Shanghai that new disturbances occurred with some casualties. Naval forces landed from warships and a volunteer guard of various nationalities helped restore order while Chinese authorities worked to suppress unrest and the city remained quiet at the time of the report.
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Shanghai
Washington
State Department
Saint Petersburg police halt large loyalist demo
A planned loyalist demonstration in St. Petersburg was canceled at the prefect of police's request to avoid bloodshed. Machine gun nests and infantry and Cossack units were deployed citywide with a heavy guard near the Jewish market.
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St. Petersburg
Cuba to intensify mosquito extermination in Havana
President Palma authorized an additional expenditure of 200000 for sanitary purposes in Havana. Despite the decline of yellow fever, the mosquito eradication program continues. One new yellow fever case was reported today.
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Cuba
Havana
Palma
Complicated Primary Dates Outlined by Secretary Dunbar
Oregon Secretary of State Dunbar explains the direct primary system with a detailed schedule of important dates for registration, petitions, and elections. The guide notes the primary on April 30 and the general election on June 4, plus deadlines for nominating petitions and assembly certificates.
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Dunbar
Salem
Oregon
Danbar
Assembly of Electors
Secretary of State
ORGANIZE SCHOOL LIBRARIES Salem State Library Commission Meets
The State Library commission chaired by Governor Chamberlain and including W B Avera Miss Isom and Acker man met to review library progress. Miss Marvin filed a report on organizing local libraries and plans to require bids for school libraries next June.
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Salem
State Library Commission
Chamberlain
W. B. Avera
Campbell
The
State University
Isom
Portland Library
Ackerman
Marvin
Echools
Miss Marvin
Brown contracts 1000 chittim tree sprouts for bark supply
Dr. L. W. Brown contracted for 1000 chittim tree sprouts as supply of chittim bark grows scarce. He will plant the trees on his farm southwest of the city in the early spring, aiming to harvest bark in a few years as the trees mature.
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Eugene
L. W. Brown
Weston land transfers and new Weston resident moves
Weston J. B. Hart buys 8214 acres of alfalfa and wheat near the Walla Walla valley from R. O. Fitch for 5000. Fitch will move to Alberta. Frank King, former Helix farmer, buys the Weaver property in Weston and will become a Weston resident after completing extensive improvements.
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Weston
J. B. Hart
Walla Walla Valley
R. O. Fitch
Trajan Tucker
Fitch
Alberta
Frank King
Helix
Railroad advance guard sights Weed Road survey crew
Engineer PD Griffiths arrived in Klamath Falls with a dozen railroad engineers and surveyors claiming to be the advance guard of the California Northern Railroad Company. The Weed Railroad successor plans a $100,000 bonus to build a railroad into town.
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Weed Road
Klamath Falls
PD. D. Griffiths
California Northeastern Railroad Company
Weed Railroad Company
Northwestern Fruitgrowers' annual meet to be held in La Grande
The Northwestern Fruitgrowers' association schedules its next annual meeting in La Grande from January 3 to 5. Delegates will discuss fruit growing issues and association affairs at the event hosted in La Grande.
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St Paul
la Grande
Northwestern Fruitgrowers’ Association
Freight service improved on Southern Pacific route
Portland shippers win daily freight service in each direction between Portland and Corvallis after a new supplementary timecard. The St Joseph Lafayette cut off opens, reducing usage of eight and a half miles between Lafayette and Whiteson. Travel gains include Dayton and Newberg riders reaching McMinnville the same day via Dayton and McMinnville. The $44.47 cost funded track work enabling the upgrade.
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Portland
Southern Pacific
Corvallis
Dayton
Newberg
McMinnville
Yambill
Lafayette
Whitesaw
West Side Division
MacMinnville
Forest Grove
Hillsboro
Good Library at Asylum in Oregon Prison System
Secretary Cornelia Marvin reports to the Oregon Library commission on prisoners at the state penitentiary lacking good reading. Marvin leads a movement to provide reading matter for state charges. The insane asylum has a large, well used library, while the prison has little to no usable books and a high demand.
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Salem
State Penitentiary
Cornelia Marvin
Oregon Library Commission
Weyerhaeuser Road for Lumber Reach in Klamath Falls
Weyerhaeuser Lumber company has purchased the Klamath Lake railroad. They do not plan to build to Klamath Falls. The road will instead serve as an outlet for their timber holdings. They will remodel the line converting the route with a tunnel to move timber from the river bottom to Pokegama.
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Weyerhauser
Klamath Falls
Klamath Lake
Weyerhaeuser Lumber Company
Weyerhaeuser
Klamath River
Pokegama
Weston Sawmill Sold to Farmers Bank and Fletcher Co
The largest sawmill in Umatilla county near Weston, 12 miles east, was taken over by Farmers Bank of Weston with the Fletcher company, which had collaborated with the bank. W W H Fletcher, manager, has run sawmill operations for 16 years on Weaton mountain. Included is 1,000 acres of timber to be converted into lumber.
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Weston
Umatilla County
Farmers’ Bank of
Fletcher Company
Ww. H Fletcher
Weaton Mountain
Portland Markets Prices for Wheat to Pork Dressed Meats
Portland market reports list grain prices for wheat barley rye and oats along with hay apples pears and vegetables. Live poultry eggs butter wool hops and meats are shown with varied per unit or per sack pricing across Oregon regions.
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Oregon
Valley
Crater
Oregon Ranch
Isthmian canal scandal debates prompt reform
President Roosevelt pressed for immediate disbanding of the Secretarial literary bureau and a salary cut for Secretary Bishop as Senate debate on canal corruption unfolds. The canal bill authorizes 11 million dollars with a 90 day review to show salaries and admin costs. Tillman plans a broad inquiry after the holiday recess with mixed Republican support.
Trade With Philippines Seen Growing in 1905 Volumes
U S commerce with the Philippines is expected to total about 20 million dollars for 1905, up from 15 million in 1904. Exports from the United States to the islands are projected near 6 million, with imports around 14 million led by hemp and sugar.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Philippines
Bank Robbers Escape With 50000 In Bonds In Suffield
Six masked thieves bound a railroad watchman and his 12 year old son at Suffield Savings Bank on Main Street before daylight. They pried open the safe after a fourth attempt and escaped with 50000 in registered bonds and nonnegotiable stock. They left 3000 in cash and negotiable bonds behind.
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Suffield, Conn
W. Jones
Suffield Savinge Bank
Main Street
Newton
Conference at White House on appropriations talks
In Washington at the White House on December 19, Senatore Alli son and Hale of the appropriations committee and Isthmian Canal Commission Chairman Shonta and Secretary Bishop met with the president. The Bish op matter as agent for the commission was expected to be discussed, though no statement was issued.
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White House
Washington
Allison
Hale
Committee On Appropriations
Shonta
Bishop
Isthmian Canal Commission
Commission
Congress
General Strike Seems Improbable in Russia
London December 10. Daily Telegraph correspondent at St. Petersburg says public opinion and the peasantry oppose a general strike. He notes Moscow’s military outbreak does not indicate widespread army disaffection.
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London
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Russia
Moscow
Fire destroys $200,000 in furs at Paisecki Co
A blaze today at the Max Paisecki & Co wholesale furriers and automobile garments firm on East Twenty first street caused $200,000 in fur losses. Water damage affected other tenants in the building. Fire officials reported the incident in New York.
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New York
Max Paisecki & Co
Eaut Twentyfiret
Baltic revolts erupt as castles siege rebel strongholds
Insurgent forces seize control of Baltic provinces with medieval castles turned fortresses. Provisional leadership forms in Petrograd as government troops face siege and supply cuts. Agrarian unrest spreads across the empire with landowners ceding property to rioters and calls to free imprisoned rebels intensify. Finland arms anew amid regional turbulence.
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Peteraburg
Lithuania
Cxar
Kharkoff
Finland
Hoodoo of Kansas Seeks Senate Lineage in Early State History
In a Topeka dispatch from December 21 1861 the article traces Kansas Senate succession from the early union days. It notes leaders like Lane Caldwell Harvey Plumb Baker and Ralph Barton with brief mentions of impeachment pressures and political turmoil shaping the 1860s legislature.
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Topeka
Kan
Kanu
Ralph Burton
James HH. Lane
Kanear
Colin
Lane
Ros
Kanes
Dent Johnson
Ross
Alexander Caldwell
Robert Crozier
James M. Harvey
Prenton P. Plumb Wae
Jowepo Ralph Barton
Kaneas
Pomeroy
Ingalls
W. A. Harris
Dynamite Blast Kills Three in New York City
Explosion at the Altman building excavation on Fifth Avenue near Fourth Street injures seven and kills three workers. A workman detonated a heavy dynamite charge that had proved difficult to ignite, scattering debris and bodies across the site.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Street
Altman
Germany apologizes to Brazil over Panther incident
Berlin dispatch reports the German government directed its ministry to express regret to the Brazilian government after an officer aboard the cruiser Panther went to Itajahy to obtain information about a deserter. The German government also says Heinhof, said to be wounded, was not taken aboard nor near the ship.
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Germany
Brazil
Berlin
Dee
Ernment
Polis
Panther
Itajahy
Hieinhof
Two Americans Killed by Robbers in Mexico
Two men named Rutherford and McMurray from Philadelphia were killed at night by highwaymen near Diaz, a small settlement in Chilo Mexico. A man named Angeles and another unnamed person were wounded.
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Mexico
Paso
Tex
Dee. G
Rutherford and McMurray
Philadelphia
On & Diaz
Chilo Mexico
Angeles
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