Post Office Report Warns of Low Clerk Salaries and Mail Frauds
Washington reports by First Assistant Postmaster Hitchcock cite low clerical pay as hurting efficiency in first and second class offices. He urges phasing out office placements in public buildings, and seeks 375000 emergency funds for rural mail facilities. Money orders rise by over 18 million domestically and 5 million internationally amid fraud controls and postal removals of obscene cards.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Department of
Panama Canal Sone
Department
Flour Trade Hit by China Boycott in Tacoma
Tacoma mill officials report a sharp drop in flour shipments to China due to a boycott. Superintendent Armstrong calls the China boycott a serious menace to Tacoma’s milling industry as exports fall by more than 30 percent while local freight remains steady. Ralph Smith of Puget Sound Flouring Mills says shipments to China are down and home trade is unchanged.
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Tacoma
Wash
Armatrong
Tacoma Warehouse & Sperry Mills Company
China
Orient
Armstrong
Ralph Smith
Puget Sound Flouring Milla Company
Volcano on Savaii Erupts Loudly Forces Evacuations
Passengers arriving aboard the Ventura report a vigorous eruption on Savaii Island in Samoa. Lava flows cover 30 square miles, fill 11 miles of a valley, and head toward the sea as residents brace to abandon homes and coconut groves on short notice.
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San Francisco
Ventura
Savaii
Enettle
Williamsburg Stricken by Meningitis as Horses Die Across Streets
In New York on December 28 a meningitis outbreak struck Williamsburg causing 20 plus horses to die in the streets. Veterinarians were summoned from dawn to dusk to halt the spread and treat 18 cases reported by early evening.
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New York
Williamsburg
Will Adopt Extreme Measures
St. Petersburg delegates of the Union of Unions decide to continue the strike and adopt the most desperate measures after an exciting meeting.
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St. Petersburg
Union of Unions
Rockefeller kin cited in Missouri Standard Oil subpoena
William G Rockefeller son of William Rockefeller and Edward T Bedford directors of Standard Oil were served subpoenas Christmas evening in New York for a Missouri case against Standard Oil. The hearing is set for January 5 at Henry Wollman’s offices with Attorney General Hadley. Depositions may be taken in nearby states.
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New York
William G. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Missouri
Standard Vil Company
Henry Wollman
Rockefeller
Edward T. Bedford
Standard Oil Company
Wellman
Standard Oil
Hadley
Boycott in All Provinces Continues Against Exclusion Law
Dr. F F Tong representative of the Chinese government says the anti exclusion law boycott spreads to every province of the empire. Merchants and customers unite to shut out American goods and mills for cotton woolen products and a flour mill are in operation at Tien Tain. Women join the fight and refuse American powder. Tong seeks adjustment of the law to stop injustice to Chinese in the United States.
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New York
F. F. Tong
China
Antil
Whn
United States
Tien Tain
Tong
America
Claim for Steamboats in Federal Suit Dates to Civil War
Secretary Shaw and the U S treasurer are named defendants in a federal suit filed today to recover 250000 for the Montgomery estate heirs. The case concerns 25 steamboats taken from James E Montgomery during the Civil War by men posing as U S military officers. Montgomery opposed secession but supported the Confederacy after losing his Mississippi assets. He later served as a Confederate commodore and took the oath of allegiance to the United States after the war, in the presence of General U S Grant who welcomed his return.
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Washington
Shaw
United States
James E. Montgomery
Montgomery
St. Louis
Confederacy
Mississippi
A. 8. Grant
Union
Warships to Santo Domingo Mission into Caribbean Waters
The gunboat Paducah left Norfolk for Monte Cristi with orders to join Rear Admiral Bradford in the Dominican waters to protect American interests in the West Indies. After commissioning, the cruiser Dixie will be sent to the West Indies with a strong marine guard.
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Santo Domingo
Washington
Paducah
Norfolk
Monte Cristi
Navy Department
Bradford
Dominican
Dubuque
West Indies
Dixie
Purchase Oregon City Locks
Washington December 29 Congress may authorize the secretary of war to buy the Oregon City locks and locks for six hundred thousand dollars or condemnation if higher. The aim is free navigation on the Willamette and to remove tolls.
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Oregon City
Washington
Congress
Fulton
Willamette
Morales Wounded in Puerto Plata Cable Report
Navy reads cablegram from Commander Chambers in Nashville stating President Morales was shot and severely wounded at Puerto Plata, with government source confirming the attack.
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Morales
Washington
Navy den
Chambers
Gee Nashville
Puerto Plata
Metlako Steamers Link Portland And Klickitat Valley
The Metlako steamer runs from Portland to Wahkiacus Daly Goldendale and Klickitat Valley with a Sunday 7:00 a.m. departure and 5:15 p.m. return from Lyle. It connects with North Bank trains at Lyle and with Goldendale trains for Portland. Portland arrivals around 6 p.m. Steamer serves meals and offers wagon and team accommodations. For rates and berths contact 8 McDonald Portland.
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Daly
Goldendale
Klickitat Valley
Portland Rail
Jones
Lyle
Dalles
Portland
McDonald
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