Minor Happenings of the Week in Brief
A week of varied news from finance to storms. Copper Company declares a quarterly dividend of one per cent. H A Mudge resigns as Santa Fe general manager to become second vice president of Rock Island. A blizzard rages over Western Nebraska with heavy snow and strong winds. Hamburg American steamer America launched at Belfast with 16 000 tons cargo and about 4 000 aboard. Senate interstate commerce committee meets in Washington on railway state question with many railroad leaders invited. Insolvencies hit two fire insurance companies of St Paul. policyholders to be served by other firms. State Department red book reports improved Jewish conditions in Romania. Daughters of the American Revolution hold their national convention in Washington. San Francisco rumored gas war with Claus Spreckels and Addicks-Rockefeller figures prominent. Japan and Indian government sign reciprocal tariff treaty. Bequimalt naval station abandoned with sale of stores. Hungary customs district movement noted amid Austro-Hungarian questions. Union pacific enforces safety appliances on all cars. Finnish miners near Red Lodge plan socialist colony near Havana.
Togo Will Try to Avoid Big Sea Fight
Baron Hayashi, Japanese minister to Great Britain, told the Associated Press that Admiral Togo would not seek a full fleet engagement with Admiral Rozhdestvensky. He expects Togo to use torpedo boats to harass the Russians and damage them while minimizing his own losses, leveraging night work and narrow channels to hinder large warships.
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London
Baron Hayashi
Great Britain
Associated Press
Togo
Rosentvensky
Port Arthur
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Oregon Hop Pool Announcement Stirs Tacoma Market
Tacoma hop dealers report Portland that Oregon growers have pooled holdings, tying up fifteen thousand of nineteen thousand bales. The agreement runs to July 1 with a minimum price of 80 cents.
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Oregon Hop Pool
Tacoma
Portland
Oregon
New York Y M C A build formally opens in Ssington
ssington News highlights a formal opening of a new Y M C A building in Ssington amid ongoing city prohibitions on peddling in certain districts. The piece also notes a mining excitement in McCoy creek country, plus local political and civic developments across Washington state in 1905.
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Nam
Y. M.C. A. Buid
Ras Snaes City
Sehionase
McCoy Creek
Lewis County
Russian Navy warned on neutrality by St Petersburg telegram
A telegram from St Petersburg, stated as official, warns Admiral Rojestvensky that prolonging the squadron off Annam would threaten peace and that he will follow the formal instructions. The note stresses neutrality laws and potential consequences of continued stay.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Annam
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer prices for grain hay and live stock with figures for oats barley and wheat corn and other feeds. It covers poultry hides wool and various forms of livestock with per pound and per ton rates and notes prices are subject to change without notice.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Eastern
Farm Price Listings for Grain, Poultry and Hay
A compact price table lists Wheat and Bluestem no 1 values, dressed poultry prices for turkeys chickens ducks geese, live birds, butter creamery quotes, oats hay and straw figures, corn prices, barley and shorts figures, with assorted weights and per unit amounts. Names of commodities include wheat bluestem oats hay corn barley shorts and farm poultry items.
Speculated Lost President of Milwaukee Bank in Trouble
Frank G. Bigelow, president of Milwaukee First National Bank, confessed embezzling about 1.45 million, fled from the presidency, and faced federal charges after a lengthy director meeting. He alleged losses from wheat and stock speculation with only personal securities totaling about 500,000 available for repayment. The bank directors pledged 1.685 million to cover the deficit while Bigelow was held for the federal grand jury.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
United States
H. G. Butterfield
Bigelow
First National Bank
Henry 3
Goll
Bloodgood
Horace M. Brown
Arthur Mcooch
American Bankers’ Association
Wall Street
Europe
Chinook Salmon Strain Reaches Frazer River
In Vancouver B C on April 24 reports say spring salmon of a new variety are running in large numbers in the Frazer river. They are identified as Columbia river chinook, which turned north toward Frazer after missing the Columbia. They winter near Monterey California. Canneries and others in the salmon fisheries watch the year’s thief-like appearance with interest.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frazer River
Columbia River
Monterey
Cal
Fraser River
Haggard Sails Home From New York to Liverpool
Novelist H. Rider Haggard sails for Liverpool aboard the Majestic from New York on April 34, accompanied by his daughter and Commander Booth Tucker, former Salvation Army head in the United States. Commissioner Came assists in a Salvation Army plan to move the congested poor from cities to countryside to foster self support.
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New York
Liverpool
Majestic
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
Gould Aims for Pacific Term in California under Gould control
J Dalsell Brown, a Western Pacific director, says George J Gould authorizes announcing his overland system backs Western Pacific to build a California coast terminal in San Francisco. E T Jeffery will be president. Walter J Bartnett becomes vice president and chief counsel. Eastern and local directors will meet in New York to finalize board changes and line construction.
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San
Western Pacific Railroad Company
J. Dalsell Brown
George J. Gould
California
San Francisco
E. T. Jeffery
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Walter J. Bartnett
George A. Batchelder
E. H. Rollins & Sons
A. C. Rains
Canadian Bank of Commerce
New York
Edwin Hawley
William M. Taylor
Bowling Green Trust Company
Oroville
Beckwith Pass
Reno
Nevada
Southron
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Salt Lake City
Joseph Jefferson Dies at Palm Beach After Long Career
Eminent actor Joseph Jefferson died at his home The Reefs in Palm Beach at 6 15 PM after a day of unconsciousness and a protracted struggle. He rose from child actor to famed comedian, known for Rip Van Winkle and Our American Cousin, with stages in New York, the United States, England, and Australia. His widow, sons Charles B and Frank, nurse Miss Mabel Bingham, Dr. R B Potter and servant Karl Kettler were at his bedside. He leaves plantations in Louisiana and a farm in New Jersey.
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Joseph Jefferson
Palm Beach
Charles B
Frank Jefferson
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R. B. Potter
Carl Kettler
Philadelphia
United States
Burke
Pizarro
Texas
Mexico
Asa Trenchard
Laura Keene
New York
Newman Nogge
Nicholas Nickleby
Caleb Plummer
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Bob Acres
the Riale
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Gentleman
Rip van Winkle
Mr. Jefferson
England
Australia
Louisiana
New Jersey
Assistants to Attorney General Move to Seattle and Spokane
The attorney general announces new office locations in Seattle and Spokane in addition to the state capital. Assistant Attorney General Robert M Booth will oversee Seattle and E C MacDonald will be stationed in Spokane.
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Olympia
Seattle
Spokane
Robert M. Boothin
E. C. MacDonald
Empire approves first war tax law in St Petersburg
The council of the empire announces a new war tax law in St Petersburg, enacted April 24, taking effect May 1. It raises duties on matches and petroleum and applies a graduated tax on officials' salaries, with total revenue estimated at 11 million dollars.
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St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Plot to kill czar uncovered among imperial guard
A World dispatch from St. Petersburg reports a plot by imperial guard troops to kill the czar and kin. Noble conspirators reportedly held large dynamite caches, with Trepoff's agents saying officers and guard members are involved and silent under threats.
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New York
St. Petersburg
Imperial Guard
Trepoff
State population nears million mark in Oregon
A special from Olympia reports Oregon's population at 874,000 with Seattle about 154,000. Other cities like Tacoma and Spokane are not listed individually. Figures rely largely on the school census from the secretary of state's statistics office.
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Portland
Oregonian
Olympia
Cetcna Een
Statistical Department
Secretary of State
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Convicts Not Kept In Penitentiary For Costs
Olympia April 24 Prisoners serving sentences in the state penitentiary cannot be detained there to serve costs of prosecution. Assistant Attorney General Falkner says no law permits holding convicts to pay court costs. release must occur at term expiration. The ruling cites John Clark case and notes costs may be served only in county jails, not the penitentiary.
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Olympia
State Penitentiary
Falkner
Rees
John Clark
Seattle
Mr. Falkner
Costa
Russian fleet sails from Kamranh bay amid heavy firing
Saigon April 24 The Associated Press says the full Russian fleet left Kamranh bay on April 22 at midday. Night cannonading followed and it is believed the fleet carried part of the Japanese squadron. No Russians landed from the fleet and Nebogetoff’s detachment was anticipated. Local natives welcomed the Russians with relief over prices of provisions.
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Saigon
French
Cochin China
Associated Press
Kawmranh Bey
Kamranh Bay
Nebogetoff
Convention Call For Western Washington Merchants Meet
In Bellingham on April 24 a conference of railway officials and the Chamber of Commerce led to a call for a convention May 16 in Bellingham. Western Washington cities and commercial bodies will send delegates to discuss cooperative plans to prepare and distribute material describing Western Washington. The committee will mail circulars to city councils commercial groups and newspapers urging representation and cooperation. A hearty response is anticipated and a successful convention is hoped for.
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Bellingham
Bellingham Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Conoat
Turbines for Navy T: Board of Construction Recomm New Type of Engines
The Board of Construction has recommended new turbine engines for naval use. Details indicate expansion of propulsion capacity and improved efficiency for future ships. The recommendation signals a shift toward advanced powerplants amid ongoing modernization efforts in the Navy.
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Board of Construction
Washington
Naval of Construction
New Western Rail Route Aims for Missoula Link
A proposed road would run from Palouse through Clearwater Idaho to Bitterroot mountains with possible ties to the Northern Pacific near Missoula or Great Northern at Anaconda. Backers, allied with J J Hill, intend a Maine chartered company capitalized at 1 million dollars. Surveys in Clearwater spur talk of a Missoula Pasco cut off and promise access to Montana timber and transcontinental routes.
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J.J. Hill
Palouse
Great Northern
Missoula-Pasco
Idaho Timber Belt
Congressmen get copies of rate hearing testimony
Senate committee on interstate commerce decides to send copies of the railway rate hearing to every member of Congress. Boston & Maine president Tuttle states financiers do not control railways to harm or help the public. He notes even Morgan would be consulted on financial matters. He adds that government ownership with absolute control is impractical in a political system.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Morgan
Newlands
Alaska Delegate Prospects After Platt's Death
Washington notes say Senator Platt of Connecticut opposed Alaska representation. His death may allow next winter's bill to grant Alaska a delegate in Congress. Platt's seat elevates Senator Clars of Wyoming to judiciary chair, a milestone for the West.
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Washington
Platt
Connecticut
Alaska
Congress
Cushman
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Clars
Wyoming
Judiciary
Prisons Full as Workers and Intellectuals Are Held
In St Petersburg on April 34 police report many arrests of workingmen and intellectuals. Prisons overflow as delegates to the Sohidlovaky commission are detained. Small riots occur nearly daily, marking widespread agitation among the working class.
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St. Petersburg
Sohidlovaky Commission
Governor McDonald Signs Anti-Boycott Bill in Denver
Governor McDonald signed the anti boycott bill in Denver, enacted by the late session. The Citizens' Alliance urged the measure, while labor organizations vigorously opposed it. Violations carry fines or imprisonment.
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Denver
McDonald
Citizens’ Alliance
Rain Helps Fruit Crops Around Colville
Rain in the last three days provides essential moisture for a good fruit crop. Snow on mountain summits has mostly melted and frost risk is low as blossoms emerge across Colville County orchards.
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Colville
Daggett Nominated for Mayor by Democratic Convention
Spokane April 8 Daggett city comptroller named for mayor by acclamation at the Democratic city convention H L Lillienthal submits petition to run independently with about 1300 names on the ticket and filed with the clerk
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Daggett
Spokane
H. L. Lillienthal
Albany April 8 report on Gov Hig pat ones ne
Albany dispatch notes a government official named Hig in a partial April 8 report. Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR but indicate a governance matter under review in New York state.
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Albany
N. Y
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