Cause of Big Export Trade Is Very Plain
Washington reports the 1905 commerce data show a $91 million rise in exports of manufactures and a $22.55 million drop in agricultural exports. Copper and its products led gains, with cotton manufactures and iron steel rising significantly as Oriental trade expanded. The trend suggests copper and cotton sales abroad driven by US supply of raw materials, while tariffs and foreign demand shape future prospects.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Gcological Survey
China
Japan
Germany
Orient
IC Cites Investigation Into Railroads Refrigerator Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened an inquiry on its own motion amid complaints against private car liens. It targets Armour Car Line American Refrigerator Transportation Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch and railroads including St Louis and San Francisco Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe St Louis Inter Mountain and Southern Central Georgia Southern Atlantic Coal Line Seaboard Airline Pennsylvania Southern Pacific Kansas City Southern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Armour Car Line
American Refrigerator Transportation Company
Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch
St. Louis
San Francisco
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Inter-Mountain
Southern Centrall
Georgia
Southern Atlantic Coal Line
Seaboard Airline
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific
Kansas City
Venezuela Signs $1,000,000 Guns Contract With French Firm
Caracas reports Venezuela government signed a $1,000,000 contract with Schneider company of Creusot for eight batteries of 75 mm campaign guns and four batteries of 75 mm mountain guns. The deal covers twelve batteries in total and involves a French supplier.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Schneider Company
Creusot
Race
Fatal head on crash near Macon kills two injures three
A head on collision two miles from Macon between a southbound Central of Georgia passenger train and a northbound freight at 5 PM yesterday killed two men and seriously injured three others. The dead are identified as a mail clerk from Macon and a negro train passenger.
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Macon
Central of Georgia
Buin
Jordan
George Enr
Pase Wenger
Corn Crop Is Splendid
The weekly weather bureau bulletin reports favorable corn prospects in central valleys, lake region, and middle Atlantic states with good rains easing drought in the middle Atlantic and Ohio valleys. Some Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, and Texas moisture shortages persist. spring wheat and apples show mixed results across states.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Gulf States
South Atlantic States
Carolinas
Florida
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Arkansas
Texas
Central
Gulf District
Ohio Valley
North Pacific Coast
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Illinois
Kansas
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Oregon
Willamette Valleys
Iowa Crop Report Sees Strong Yields and Good Conditions
Des Moines reports the past week brought the season’s highest temperatures with ample sunshine aiding threshing and stacking. Despite surface moisture shortages and drought fears, a heavy rain Saturday night and Sunday lifted crop prospects. Corn advanced toward maturity, oats and spring wheat show good yields, wild hay is plentiful, soil is good for fall plowing, and showers support late potatoes and pastures.
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Des Moines
Bureau of Crops and Weather Days
Damage at Pierre crops bulletin notes warmth and good harvest
The Pierre SD weekly crop bulletin reports warmer than normal weather with favorable conditions for maturing and harvesting wheat oats spelt and barley. Some rust is local and not material. oats and spelt yields are good. corn progress and early stage, potatoes flax and millet do well. alfalfa second crop good. pastures and hay in good condition with scattered rain in late week.
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Huron
S. D
South Dakota
Sioux River Valley
James
Missouri River
Sanger Reported To Take Assistant Secretary Post
Lenox Mass August 17 A Stockbridge report says William C Sanger of New York will be appointed assistant secretary of state this week He is currently in Labrador with Secretary Root and previously served as assistant secretary of war under Root
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Lenox
Mass
Stockbridge
Wm. C. Sanger
New York
Sanger
Labrador
Root
Western couple’s twists in a Harlem honeymoon tale
Helena Montana August 17 Remarried twenty years after divorce a man learns his new wife is the same woman he once left behind The former spouses James Hurlbutt and Ruth Emery met in Quebec before a first ceremony Their separation and later divorce led to new marriages and a surprising second wedding reveal after the vows
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Helena
Mont
James Hurlbutt
Ruth Emery
Man
Quebec
West
Chicago
Rufus Beresford
New Mexico
Montana
Taggart Divorce Case Brings Sensational Testimony
Wooster Ohio August 17 Major BE F Taggart’s divorce suit resumes with ten more days of testimony expected. General Charles A Miner named as a co respondent may appear. Expected revelations include alleged Taggart habits and prison charges at Fort Leavenworth, plus family secrets about Mrs Taggart aiding brothers, misconduct with several men, cruelty in arresting him, and alleged moral lapses with children involved.
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Fort Leavenworth
Bank directors vote to liquidate after fraud order
In St Louis on August 17 the People's United States Bank directors voted for voluntary liquidation after Judge VanDeVenter denied an injunction blocking the postal fraud order. Separately Judge McElhinney granted a receiver for the bank, with the receiver’s name temporarily withheld. Earlier, in St Paul on August 15 Judge VanDeVanter denied the amended petition seeking to enjoin the postal fraud order.
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St. Louis
VanDeVenter
People’s United States Bank
McElhinney
United States Bank
Hadley
St. Paul
Vandevanter
United States Circuit Court
People's United States Bank
United States Postal Authorities
New Livestock Rules Meet With Rail And Farm Leaders
In Chicago Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and D E Salmon head of the bureau of animal industry plan a conference with railroad and livestock men on Dr Salmon’s stable car rules. National Live Stock association and railroads seek changes to allow packing and feeding en route with forty five seconds per carload instead of five minutes, arguing higher beef prices would result from lighter car loads.
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Chicago
Wilson
D. E. Saimen
Bureau of Animal Industry
Salmon
National Live Stock Association
Testimony Details Major Taggart Wife's Social Life
At Wooster Australia 16 2 PM Major Taggart resumes testimony in which his wife told risqué stories at home and dinners. He repeats several pieces, defends virtue, and mentions hospital stays. Harry Rope is discharged for perjury after Mrs Taggart’s alleged hospital visit and drinking episodes at Fort Leavenworth.
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Captain Taggart
Major Taggart
Fort Thomas
Lover's Tragic Death in Vermont Crossing Crash
Deputy Police Commissioner Harris Lindsley of New York City and Evelyn P. Willing of Chicago were killed when a Rutland railroad northbound train struck their automobile near Pike's crossing Bennington Vermont. Chauffeur J Adamson and the Willing boy Ambrose Cramer were injured. Lindsley was killed instantly and Willing died minutes later before their planned marriage next week. Willing was daughter of Mrs Willing and a Skinner library donor. Lindsley was connected to New York police leadership.
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Rutland
Harris Lindsley
New York City
Evelyn P. Willing
Chicago
Pike's Crossing
Bennington
Rutland Railroad
Miss Willing
Lindsley
Adamson
Sibley
Mangan
Mr. Lindsley
Mark Skinner
Willing
Manchester
Henry J. Willing
Marshall Field
Dine on Chimney's Top Atop New Baltimore Chimney
A dozen men dined today on the 135 foot chimney top at the Wienke Bauerrschmidt company plant in Baltimore. President Fred A. Wienke led the celebration with officers and friends invited to the unusual feast. Guests traveled to the summit by motor basket hung from a windlass, a daring ascent that surprised many present.
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Baltimore
Wienke Bauerrschmidt Company
Fred A. Wienke
Boxing Fatality At Sea Declared Accidental
The navy department received the board of inquiry report on Raphael Cohen a sailor aboard the Yankee who died from a blow in a boxing contest The board ruled the death accidental and attributed it to the boxing match incident in Washington August.
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Washington
Aug
Navy Department
Board of
Raphael Cohen
Yankee
Department
Bradford
Extreme Heat Claims Four Lives in Chicago
Four people died and twenty three others were prostrated in Chicago yesterday due to extreme heat conditions. City health officials warned residents to seek shade, stay hydrated, and avoid strenuous outdoor activity during peak heat.
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Chicago
Liquor Prices Raised as Demand Surges in Peoria
In Peoria Illinois on August 16 spirits rose one cent a gallon and Saturday demand was high. The revenue collected at the Peoria office exceeded 100000 dollars for the week as rectifiers wholesalers and distillers boosted shipments. Some spirits were exported to Japan for smokeless powder production.
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Peoria
Ill
Japan
Peace Terms Progress Report on Japan Russia Talks
Portsmouth August reports rapid progress in twelve peace articles with Russia acknowledging Japan's influence in Korea and mutual pledges to evacuate Manchuria and uphold China's territorial integrity. The railroad concession to China looms as final price while the dispute over Korea remains the central sticking point.
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Russia
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
China
Mhabin
Portsmouth
N. H
M. Witte
Saron Rosen
Sakhalin
Russo-Chinese Bank
Linovitch
Chinese-Eastern Company
Berg
Landslide at Spencer's Bridge Near Vancouver Kills and Injures
A landslide at Spencer's Bridge near Vancouver on August 15 leaves about fifty dead or injured. Sixty Indians were in the village when the disaster struck, with not more than a dozen escaping with injuries or death.
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Vancouver
B. C
Spencer's Bridge
Mount Whitney Measured At 14 502 Feet
Surveyors under R A Palmer of the geological survey completed measurements placing Mount Whitney at 14 502 feet, the highest measured peak in the United States. The result is 13 feet lower than Professor A G McAdie of the weather bureau’s barometric estimate. Exact levels were run from the sea at Benica and from Mojave.
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MT. Whitney
San Francisco
R. A. Palmer
Geological Survey
Mount Whitney
United States
A. G. McAdie
Weather Bureau
Benica
Mojave
Plot 70 blow up
On the Roosevelt presidential trip from Chautauqua to Jersey City a train cryptic threat led to a broken Chautauqua special and detours via two branch lines. Officials feared an attempted attack near Ridgewood New Jersey and instructed security tightened via Erie orders.
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New York
Hve
Roosevelt
Chautauqua
Jersey City
Mane
Suffern
N. Y
Underwood
Erie
Paterson
Ridgewood
Japanese Advance Near Yangda Pass and Zoumoshon
August 16 dispatches report a light Japanese advance against Russian outposts at Yangda Pass and Zoumoshon in Ouitsgou district. Only two battalions per column, the action appearing as demonstration. Russian outposts withdrew in order, and Chinese forces in the area flanked southward. The prior day’s move was described as a demonstration with minimal combat.
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Godysdani
Yangda Pass
Zoumoshon
Ouitsgou
Titomir Streets Turmoil Sparks Serious Disturbances
Kieff dispatch reports serious disturbances erupting in Titomir, Russia, with clashes on the streets amid escalating internal strife and reported unrest spreading through the town.
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Kieff
Russia
Titomir
Roosevelt Girl Injured in Runaway H accident
Gladys Eugenie Roosevelt 16 and Eugenie Roosevelt 18, cousins of President Roosevelt, were injured when a spirited horse drawing a high cart ran away in Sayville. Gladys, driver of the horse, was hurled head first against a tree and died after an hour of efforts to revive her.
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Sayville
LL. J
Gladys Eugenie Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Gladys
John FE. Roosevelt
Eugenie
Senyaemne
Jis
Cure for leprosy found by Manila surgeons
American surgeons with Manila health board report a positive cure for leprosy after treating twenty five cases with a system of X rays. Six patients are absolutely cured and several with advanced tissue loss have recovered. All subjects showed no germ traces in blood after at least six months. Names withheld and rewards declined.
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Manila
Board of Health of
Confesses Wife Killing in Guthrie Ky
Percy J. Luster, held in Ogden Utah, confessed to killing his wife in Guthrie Kentucky about two weeks earlier. He said he bought powder to make her sleep, failed, then shot her in the head, and stated he would go to Kentucky without requisition papers.
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Kentucky
Ogden
Nashville
Percy J. Luster
Guthrie
Utah
Luster
Passion Play in France at Nancy to Open Aug 30
Roman Catholics in France descend on Nancy for an original passion play by Abbe Petit an honorary canon. The spectacle promises unprecedented stage size scenery and costumes and devotion. Performances set to begin Sunday August 30 continuing through early September.
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Paris
France
Nancy
Oberammergau
Abbe Petit
Ortorl
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