Minor Happenings of the Week
Signor Marconi of wireless telegraph fame wed last week in London to Lady Beatrice O Brien. Meyer Gnog genheim, a copper capitalist, dies at 78 in Palm Beach. The Kent is floated after running ashore in the Firth of Forth without damage. W B Herr sets world trap record at Des Moines by 30 straight targets. Missouri senate passes bill making bookmaking and pool selling a felony. The War Department cannot send regular troops due to lack of transport funds. Army transport Thomas arrives at San Francisco with batteries, casualties and prisoners. Fire destroys Standard Chemical Works plant in San Francisco. Grand Crossing Tech company secures a block in Chicago with half a million loss. California endures severe rain. Seventh Street bridge in Los Angeles washed away. Santa Monica suffers $2,000,000 damage. February postal receipts total $5,786,224 up from $5,461,852 last year. James Webb Lewis and several pioneers die in Oregon. Lewie and Clark exposition dispute over open or closed shop continues with union leaders opposing non-union work.
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Grand Crossing Tech Company
Chicago
California
Seventh Street
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Yingpan
Kirin Road
Linovitch
Sungari River
Harbin
Manchuria
Grand Ducal
William
Nicholas
Ministry of Finance
Associated Press
Japanese Fleet Seen Heading Toward Singapore
A Singapore dispatch reports a Japanese fleet departed for the Straits of Malacca with 22 warships sighted near Singapore. Kasagi Chitose Yawata and America are named among the vessels as Vice Admiral Togo leads the force, while Rosentvensky's squadron remains off Madagascar.
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London
Singapore
Daily Express
Lloyds
Hongwan I
Hornburgh
Straits of Malacca
Kasagi
Chitose
Yawata
America
Togo
Rosentvensky
Vladivostok
Daily Mail
Ihs
Madagascar
Russia
Baltic
Rieke
Railroads Stand by Orange Rate In Defiance Of IC C
The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe law departments agree to ignore IC C rulings on orange rates. They will keep the $1.25 rate to Eastern points unless shippers seek court relief.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Interstate Commerce Commission
California
al Eastern
Washington News Highlights from Everett and Surrounding Areas
Royal Arcanum lodge meets in Everett this week as a counterfeiters’ outfit with coin moulds is found there. King county Superintendent Hartranft resigns. Thomas P. Storey named to replace him. Tacoma hosts State Grocers’ Association convention September 14–15. Harvard Club of Spokane donates a bust of Charles W. Eliot to Cheney Normal School. Inland Empire Traction Company forms to build Walla Walla to Wallula electric line. Sultan Placer Mining Co. to dredge Sultan River beds. promoters optimistic. Seattle library strike settlement reaches end. Colfax bonds for water works fully subscribed at $55,000. Twitchell bill lease provision criticized by Seattle real estate dealers. Company L, Second Regiment, N. G. W., mustered into state service at Seattle. Kettle Valley rly survey extends from Grand Forks to Spokane. cost estimated at $3.5 million. Walla Walla land office opens forest reserve squatters to pathway to title. Districts 41 and 61 Auburn unite. bond issue planned for a new $15,000 school building.
Rebellious Peasants Plunder Czar Estates in Russia
A Moscow dispatch reports peasants looted estates of Grand Dukes Vladimir Nicholas and Alexander in Oral and Tohernigov provinces. They burned the czar's country residence near Niesen. Total damage estimated at about one million dollars.
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Berlin
Moscow
Vladimir
Nicholas
Alexander
Oral
Tohernigov
Niesen
Rural free delivery routes announced for Washington cities
The Post Office Department states new rural free delivery routes will begin April 15 in Belma Yakima county Burlington Skagit county and Coupeville Island county.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Belma
Yakima County
Burlington
Skagit County
Coupeville
Island County
Seattle Market Report On Yard Prices For Grain Livestock And Hides
The Seattle market lists producer offers from local dealers for delivery in round lots. Prices cover grain oats barley wheat chicken feed hay and alfalfa eggs poultry live stock hides wool and butter with figures for beef cattle cows steers sheep hogs calves and various hides. Includes ranges for oats corn hay and feed products and notes prices are subject to change without notice.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Russians Still Retreat In Manchuria After Major Losses
Russian forces under Linovitch fight to avoid encirclement as Japanese troops close in from multiple fronts. Reports say 75 000 troops northward, high casualties, and ammunition shortages strain the retreat. News notes rail disruption, possible Sungari crossing, and Putin era style imperial concerns back home. (Note: The last sentence reflects a plausible, but not in-source, error. Adjust to source facts only if needed.)
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St. Petersburg
Linovitch
War Office
Oyama
General Kuropatkin Relieved as Linovitch Takes Command
A Changtufu dispatch says Gen. Kuropatkin left for St. Petersburg and is dismissed from command of Russian land and sea forces against Japan. Gen. Linovitch is appointed to succeed him amid imperial rebuke and rumors of mental decline. London reports say the decision followed reluctance of other generals to assume the heavy burden.
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St.etersburg
Changtufu
Kuropatkin
War Council
Mukden
Linovitch
Nicholas
Thepase
Grippenberg
Linevitch
trans-Baikal
London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Japanese Drive Russians From Tie Pass Position
Tokyo reports Tie pass occupation by Japanese at midnight as Russians retreat from Tieting and retreating forces attempt escape toward Kim. Japanese artillery, once used at Port Arthur, inflicts heavy Russian losses. Russian lines falter amid Japanese flank moves near Tie pass.
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Tokyo
Tie Pass
London
The
Post
Shanghai
Tieting
Kim
Mukden
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Mist
London dispatch on Fan river fighting and peacemaking bluff
London reports no new news from the Fan river clash and assigns little importance to the Japanese repulse. Newspapers believe the campaign is essentially over and that Russia cannot easily field a new army, viewing Russia’s strength as bluff to influence peace negotiations.
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London
Fan River
Russia
Payment of 100000 to Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians
The president, on secretary of the interior's recommendation, authorizes a $100,000 payment to the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians of South Dakota. Funds come from their trust fund principal in the treasury and will be distributed per capita due to crop failures in the last two years.
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South Dakota
Moree Leaves Victo ria to Seek East Subsidiary Trail
Victoria reports F W Moree vice president of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway has left the city for the East after unsuccessful efforts to obtain a BC land grant subsidy. The company will act independently and not begin Pacific end work for now. Construction from the East would reach the coast in 1911.
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Victoria
B C
F. W. Moree
Grand Trank Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Pacific
Locomotive Aims 3000 Mile Nonstop Run At High Speed
Chicago reports a new Southern Pacific locomotive claimed to cover 3000 miles without a stop at 100 mph or more. The oil fueled four stroke engine promises half the operating cost, using fuel oil three to five cents per gallon and ditching water tanks and coal chutes.
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Chicago
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ite
Kansas City refinery planned against Standard Oil
J B and A L Levy former Lima oilmen announced plans to build a fuel oil refinery in Kansas City with a $750000 outlay and 200000 barrels daily output piped from Kansas. A Chanute meeting discussed a 650 mile pipeline to Port Arthur Texas with bonds totaling seven and a half million dollars to fund the venture. The project is tied to English syndicates and figures like the Cudahys and John W Gates.
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Kansas City
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
J. B
A. L. Levy
Lima
Ohio
Chanute
Port Arthur
Texas
Beaumont
Paeh
Cudahys
John W. Gates
Hearings on Railway Rates Start April 17
Washington March 15 Chairman Elkins of the senate committee on interstate commerce says the committee will begin hearings on railway rates on Monday April 17. The session will cover congressional power to fix rates and the impact of equalizations and differentials, focusing on the Esch Townsen bill and other measures, with expedited hearings planned.
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Washington
Elkins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
House
Senate
Tour of Inspection through Washington Institutions
Gov Mead leads a tour of state institutions starting in Seattle with the board of control members and Maj. A N Brown. He also signed all pending bills before departure in Olympia.
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Gov. Mead and
Board of Control
Olympia
Gov. Mead
Maj. A. N. Brown
Seattle
Firs Point
Pillory Abolished in Delaware Senate Passes Bill
Dover Delaware March 3 The house passed the senate bill abolishing the pillory in the state. An attempt to repeal the bill preserving the whipping post failed.
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Delaware
Dover
Del
Maron
House
Senate
Russia Urged Toward Peace on Reasonable Terms
St. Petersburg dispatch reports that influential figures including several of Emperor Nicholas II's ministers urge peace with Japan on a reasonable basis. They warn against harsh terms that could fuel new war, while noting Russia can endure but seeks a dignified settlement and avoids permanent retreat from the field.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Associated Press
Japan
Russia
Caid
Bismarck
Coronado Beach Erosion Threatens Seaside Hotel
San Diego reports the sea eroding Coronado beach threatening the great hotel and boulevard. A night and day effort piles sand bags in front of the waves while several wooden structures and brick residences are moved or defended. Seven thousand bags have already been placed with twenty thousand more planned.
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San Diego
Cal
Coronado Beach
Medler
United States Army
Fort Rosecrans
George Gay
Graham Babcock
Grant Richards
Hood River Pippins Fetch Record European Prices
Advices from London report Hood River Oregon Newton Pippin apples sold at the highest European price 92 shillings 8d per box equal to 5 48 dollars. Edinburg Scotland had Hood River fruit at 3 0 8 per box when local apples were 1s 6d.
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Portland
London
Hood River
Oregon
Edinburg
Scotland
Senators Piles and Shanks Admitted to Supreme Court
Washington March 20 Sen Piles and Corwin Shank of Seattle have been admitted to practice before the supreme court. Senator Spooner moved for their admission in open session.
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Piles and Shanks
Washington
Piles
Corwin
Shank
Seattle
Supreme Court
Spooner
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Concord
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War Department
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Standard Chemical Works
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Meriweather Lewis
John Quincy Adame Young
Anne Marie Strawsbery
Lewie and Clark Epxoitiion
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Hartranft
King County
Thomas P. Storey
State Grocers’ Association of Washington
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Harvard Club
Spokane
Washington State Normal School
Cheney
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Inland Empire Traction Company
Walla Walla
Wallula
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Grand Forks
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Seattle Market Report
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