Canada poised for timber boom says forestry chief
E. Stewart Canadian Superintendent of Forestry argues Canada holds vast timbered land and growing stock. He warns a global timber famine looms unless nations harvest responsibly and urges a broad forest policy to sustain water, revenue, and employment while keeping Canada as a major supplier to rival nations.
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Board of Agriculture
Europe
Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society
John Nisbet
Arctic Ocean
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Canada
M. Melard
French Republic
College Brother Not Back Yet Says Then Quarterback
A girl asks Willie if his brother has returned to college. The reply notes the brother is the quarterback, as quoted by a Times reporter.
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Willie
Will case bars Bryan from $50 000 bequest
In New Haven, Judge Cleaveland rules the secret letter directing Mrs. Bennett to pay William J. Bryan $50,000 is not part of Philo S. Bennett’s will. Bryan’s lawyers will appeal. higher court reversal or legal action against Mrs. Bennett could still force payment under the will’s twelfth clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Livingston W. Cleaveland
Probate
Philo S. Bennett
Bryan
Cleaveland
New Haven
Conn
William J. Bryan
Parks Sentenced to Sing Sing for Extortion
Sam Parks was sentenced to two years and three months in Sing Sing for extorting $500 from Tiffany studios. The walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridge men’s union allegedly pressured payment to call off a strike. Judge Newburger noted Parks’ advanced consumption. attorney Osborne indicated a probable appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam Parks
Sing Sing
Tiffany Stodks
Parks
Housesmiths’ and
Bridgemen’s Union
Tiffany Studios
Newburger
James W. Osborne
Postal Estimates for 1905 Budget and Deficit
Postmaster General Payne presents estimates to Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905. Total postal service needs amount to 168,085,770 dollars with 1,511,050 dollars for the Washington post office department. A deficit of 8,613,709 dollars is projected. The prior year appropriations were 153,511,550 dollars with revenue of 140,204,643 dollars. Estimated revenue for 1905 stands at 159,456,965 dollars.
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Washington
Payne
Treasury
Congress
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Explosion at U S Naval Arsenal Kills Six
Six workers at the U S naval ordnance facility on Iona Island New York died and ten were injured when a charge drawing accident caused a massive explosion. Three shell houses were destroyed a rain of fragments scattered over Peekskill and other towns. Names of the dead include Fred Ward George Morehead Fred O Locke Patrick Curran Fred Brown and James Connolly.
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Iona Island
N. Y
United States Naval Arsenal
United States
Massachusetts
Peekskill
Hudson
Naval Ordnance Department
Fred Ward
Stony Point
George Morehead
Tompkins Cove
Fred O. Locke
Patrick Curran
West Haverstraw
Fred Brown
Haverstraw
James Connolly
Nine Die in Kearsarge Mine Fire Near Virginia City
A fire at the Kearsarge mine six miles from Virginia City kills nine men, including R. B. Turner of Butte the superintendent. Four bodies have been recovered. The dead are all single miners from Butte. the mine, run by the Alder Mining Company, is a principal gold operation in the state.
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Butte
Mont
Virginia City
Kearsarge
R. B.turner
R. B. Turner
George Allen
John Tobin
James Powers
Edward Lahredy
William Fleming
Robert Donnelly
Kearsage
Alder Mining Company
William L Elkins Dies at 71 in Ashbourne Mansion
William L Elkins prominent financier and railroad figure dies at his Ashbourne home near Philadelphia at age 71 after a battle with blood poisoning. He helped organize Standard Oil and played key roles in Philadelphia and Chicago traction firms alongside partner P A B Widener.
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New York
William L. Elkins
Widener-Elkins
Americas
Europe
Africa
Far East
Ashbourne
Philadelphia
Mr. Elkins
P. A. B. Widener
Union
Young Elkins
Peter Saybolt
Elkins
Standard Oil Company
Philadelphia Traction Company
Metropolitan Traction Company
West Side and
North Side Companies
Chicago
Baltimore Traction Company
Pittsburg Traction Company
Fire at Bibon destroys lumber yard in Ashland report
A Bibon fire confined to the Chicago Coal and Lumber yard destroyed four million feet of lumber. Estimated loss is forty thousand dollars with little insurance. The wind shift saved the village.
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Milwaukee
Wis
The
Sentinel
Ashland
Bibon
Chicago Coal & Lumber Company
Lumber Yard Destroyed by Forest Fire in Thorpe Area
Hollister Bros. lumber yard six miles south of Thorpe was destroyed by forest fires early Thursday evening. About 700000 feet of lumber was insured. The sawmill was saved.
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Thorpe
Wis
Hollister Bros
Pennsylvanian Train Hits Austrian Laborers in Fog
A Pennsylvania passenger train traveling through fog near Steubenville Ohio struck nine Austrian laborers walking along the track. Three were killed and the remaining six escaped or were injured.
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Steubenville, O
Pennsylvania
State and Nation Clash Over Michigan Fish Spawn
A long running dispute over U S rights to fish in Michigan waters after the commercial season closed escalated with the arrest of S P Wires and others connected to the Duluth hatchery and fishing tugs Theora and Columbia Warrants were issued by Deputy State Game Warden Brewster Wires pled guilty and was fined while others faced dropped charges The U S Fish Commissioner urged closing five Michigan propagating stations risking the loss of 300 to 400 million spawn fish if not resolved United States and Michigan authorities face a potential higher court ruling and extended dispute over federal fishing rights
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Detroit
Mich
Marquette
Michigan
S. P. Wires
Duluth
United States
Theora
Columbia
Brewster
Wires
Washington
Bowers
Cortelyou
United States Fish Commissioner
Michigan Fish Commission
Explosion kills four children in Buck's Run
Four children die instantly in a nitroglycerin blast at Buck's Run Hocking County Lancaster Ohio on Sunday. Oscar Bohn age 14 Charles Bohn age 12 an eight year old sister and nine year old son of Robert Conrad died while playing with aNitroglycerin can damaged the Bohn home.
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Lancaster
Buck’s Run
Hocking County
Oscar Bohn
Charles Bohn
Robert Conrad
Bohns
Sees Loss in Texas Cattle Report
The West Texas Stockman estimates Texas cattle totals at 7,000,000 head with 5,000,000 range cattle and notes at least 21 million dollars in depreciation in value for cattlemen. Stockmen doubt the 7 million figure.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
West Texas Stockman
Durham postmaster and tobacco magnate suffers stroke
Col. W. T. Blackwell of Durham was stricken with paralysis Sunday in Charlotte and no recovery is expected. He rose from poverty to build a tobacco manufacturing fortune, later losing it. He served as postmaster at Durham during President Cleveland's administration.
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Great Britain
Charlotte
N. C
W. T. Blackwell
Durham
Iveland
Cannon for Speaker and Williams Named in House Caucus
Joseph G Cannon of Illinois was unanimously chosen by the Republican House caucus as speaker candidate. He urged a trade convention with Cuba and cautious public spending. The Democratic caucus elected John S Williams of Mississippi as its speaker candidate.
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Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
House of Representatives
Cannon
United States
Cuba
House
John S. Williams
Mississippi
LABOR LEADERS MEET AS LABOR ISSUES DEBATED
Boston delegates gather at Faneuil Hall for the American Federation of Labor convention opening with 475 delegates representing 17 000 votes. Debates to cover socialism, industrialism, eight hour workday and union government roles.
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Boston
Mass
American Federation of Labor
Faneuil Hall
Pittsburg
Dispatch Today
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers Union
Mitchell
Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cortelyou
Department
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