Minor Happenings of the Week in Washington
The Vermont battleship was launched at Quincy Massachusetts. Maj Gen Leonard Wood and Mrs Wood sail on the steamship Tentonic for Liverpool. Several peace officials indicted for alleged conspiracy to forge election returns. E B Lytle resigns as president of the Columbia Southern railway. United States Steel maintains 1906 steel rail price at $26 per ton. Bjorn Bjornson's Daglannet produced in Christiania with success. Chicago board of trade to resume old form trading. Pacific Lumber Company formed in Detroit with $10 million capitalization. Heirs of A H Johnson sue William M Ladd to remove him as administrator. Chicago and Northwestern posts $55,745,275 earnings. North German Lloyd orders a duplicate Kaiser Wilhelm II. Berlin gallery buys Meiner painting for $40. International parliamentary congress in Brussels with large U S delegation. Miss Gladys Lawson to Eben Blaine Stanwood announced. Yacht Marquedora destroyed by fire at Carabelle Florida. Gen Kuropatkin resigns command. health declines. Massachusetts census: Chief Pidgin conducts race-death inquiry. Chicago Pacifico Railway incorporation filed in Casper Wyoming with $100,000. Labor Day parade planned in New York with over 60,000 union men.
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Leonard Wood
Wood
Tentonic
Liverpool
E. BE. Lytle
Columbia Southern Railway
United States Steel Company
Bjornsterne Bjornson
Christiania
Chicago Board of Trade
Massachusetts
Pidgin
Chicago & Pacifico Railway Company
Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Ogden
Utah
New York
Lumber and grain burn in Portland suburbs blaze
A gale driven fire destroyed the Seavrs and Pacific Coast elevators warehouse in Lower Albina and set ablaze the Eastern and Western Lumber kiln. A prior St Johns fire wiped out the St Johns Lumber mill and Oregon Fir yard. About 100 freight cars on the O R & N line burned, 25 fully ruined with wheat and lumber. Total loss over 250000. insurance not yet known.
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Portland
Daiienseh
Seeeve Railroad & Navigatiion Company
Pacific Coast Elevaor Company
Lower al
Willamette River
Eastern and Western Lumber Company
St. Johns
Dooks
St. Johns Lumber Company
Oregon Fir Company
Peninsula Wood Company
Lower Albina
Seow
She Lees
Graft Allegations at Puget Sound Navy Yard Examined
Washington D C Aug 80 Secretary Bonaparte will order a thorough investigation of the Puget Sound navy yard amid graft allegations. The charges claim graft is epidemic at the station and are supported by affidavits and testimony in summarized form.
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Bremerton
Washington, D.C
Bonaparte
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Kirkland Methodists pay off church mortgage in Washington
In Washington state news, Kirkland Methodists clear their church mortgage. Meanwhile, Sobey Manufacturing starts a new shin gle mill at Ballard and Seattle bank clearances rise nearly 7 million dollars year over year. The King county commissioners set October 7 for Kirkland incorporation election.
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Kirkland Methodists
Sobey Manufacturing Company
Ballard
King County
Kirkland
Seattle Market Prices Read Off For Producers
Seattle market report lists price quotations for grain oats barley wheat and feeds to producers in round lots. Also provides figures for hay eggs meat poultry wool live stock butter and creamery products with regional Northwest ranges and live animal quotes.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Treaty Signaled End Of Portsmouth Conference Ceremony
The Portsmouth peace treaty was formally signed at 3 pm in the naval stores building. The brief ceremony was attended by plenipotentiaries and officials, with the Russian mission later attending a Te Deum at Christ Church. The Russian and Japanese delegations hosted a cordial reception, hailing the outcome as best for both nations.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Stores Building
Pierce
Gov. McLane
Admiral Mead
Winslow
Christ Episcopal Church
New York
Witte
Baron Komura
Oyster Bay
Harvard
Christ Ohurch
Alexander Hotoviski
Nicholas Church
Father Brine
Sakhalin
Takahhira
John McLane
Meade
Baron de Rogen
Associated Press
Russia
Japan
Lidziapudze
Bulgarian Insurgents Rally for Turkish Raid Readiness
London reports 800 Bulgarian Macedonian insurgents loyal to Boris Sarafoff have left Sofia and may raid Turkish territory. Sofia fears a large movement and Turkish authorities anticipate disturbances as Bulgarian forces in Macedonia appear highly mobile. Seattle notes the White Star steamer Ohio brought meagre details of a reported rich strike near Nome, with Oregon and Senator en route for full particulars.
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Serafoff
London
Sofia
Boris Sarafoff
Macedonia
Seattle
Ohio
Nome
St. Michael
van Syde
Oregon
Senator
Fraud in Life Insurance Writing Reported in Senate Probe
New York on September 4 the Armstrong investigal committee disclosed extensive fraud in life insurance writing on bad risks. Officers and agents from reputable companies allegedly colluded. Subpoenas to medical examiners of some firms have been issued. Also in San Francisco Eugene A Schmitz was renominated for mayor by the Union Labor party for a third time.
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Freud
New York
Armstrong Investigal Committee
Schmitz
San Francisco
Eugene A. Schmits
Union Labor Party
Alliance Denied Over Hill Grand Trunk Link Rumor
Robert I. Farrington of Great Northern rejects reports of a Hill Grand Trunk Pacific alliance. He calls the claim an old fabrication tied to Vancouver Westminster Yukon promoters. Farrington notes GN’s control of Vancouver area traffic and says Hill would not build north of Vancouver, framing the rumor as hostile to the Canadian road.
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Great Northern
Grand Trunk
St. Paul
Robert I. Farrington
Great Northern Railway
James J. Hill
Grand Trunk Pacific
Vancouver, Weatminster and Yukon
Farrington
Mr. Hill
Vancouver
Fort McLeod
Hill
British Northwest
Seattle
Orient
Pay of Engineers on Isthmian Board Fixed
President Roosevelt signs executive order halting compensation for engineers on the Isthmian canal advisory board and sets 5000 dollars per member upon report completion. Members receive 15 dollars per day while on duty plus transportation. Gen Davis and Gen Abbott retire pay adjustments added.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Advisory Board of Engineers
Isthmian Canal
Gen. Davis
Gen. Abbott
Great Northern Plans Large Coast Train Upgrades
St. Paul Sept 4 James J Hill proposes to spend over a million dollars to improve Great Northern passenger service. Most equipment will be replaced with new observation cars and a scenic combination type. Howard James estimates car cost at about three quarters of a million dollars. An additional order for eight identical trains will be placed in December for service between St. Paul and Seattle.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Howard James
Road
Paul
Seattle
Fire at Adrianople destroys seven thousand houses
Fire at Adrianople on Saturday caused massive damage with seven thousand homes gone in the Greek Armenian Bulgarian and Jewish sections. Many victims reported. Except for the Catholic church mosques schools a convent and telegraph offices few structures were insured.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Cold Storage Plans For Isthmus Described By Shonts
Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Canal Commission outlines a plan to set up cold storage on the isthmus. The program includes refrigerators on ships a large warehouse at Colon and ten refrigerator cars to deliver food to Panama and labor camps along the route. Food from the United States would arrive in five days and be delivered quickly without spoilage.
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Isthmus
Washington
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Oyster Bay
New York
Shipe
Colon
Lee
Panama
United States
Everett to Re-register Voters After List Update
About 500 voters in Everett must re register for the winter election as old registration records are invalidated by the updated enrollment. The change requiresffected voters to enroll anew to be eligible to vote.
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Everett
Four years after marked Willapa salmon release a fisherman catches four
South Bend Washington September 4 four years after the Willapa hatchery released marked salmon Chris Korkan reeled in four of these fish from his seine on the North River near its mouth.
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South Bend
Wash
Willapa
Ealmon
Chris Korkan
North River
Thirty-ninth Grand Army Encampment Opens in Denver
The national council of administration selected E B Bullings of Boston as senior vice commander in chief to fill the vacancy from Commander-in-Chief Blackmar’s death. Denver hosts thousands of Union veterans with elaborate decorations, parades, receptions, and a two day program starting with parades and camp fires.
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Denver
Colo
Grand Army of the Republic
National Council of Administration
E B. Bullings
Boston
William W. Blackmar
Blackmar
George W. Cook
Grand Trunk Pacific selects terminus site in British Columbia
Vancouver announces the Grand Trunk Pacific will base its Pacific coast terminus at Tuck's Inlet on Tempeanean peninsula near Port Simpson after purchasing 10 000 acres for 1000 per acre and reserving water frontage in the new townsite.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
Pacific Coast
Teimpeean Peninsula
Tuck's Inlet
Port Simpson
Kitamaat
Carnegie to Receive Honorary PHD at St Andrews
Glasgow Sept 5 The university will confer an honorary Doctor of Laws on Andrew Carnegie at the October 17 installation as lord rector. Other honorees include Whitelaw Reid ambassador to Great Britain Lemagne Tower ambassador to Germany Bishop Potter of New York Ni Murray Butler president of Columbia University and William Museum at Pittsburg.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrew's University
Mr. Carnegie
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Lemagne Tower
Germany
Bishop Potter
New York
Ni Murray Butler
Columbia
Oto William Museum
Pitesburg
Next Congress to Be Convened in United States
The article states plans to hold the next congress in the United States. It discusses expected sessions and organizational details, highlighting procedural steps and anticipated schedule changes.
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United States
Japanese gains lauded in Portsmouth terms by Russian official
Prince Wollonsky minimized Russian losses and blasted claims of Russian strength in the Far East after the Portsmouth peace, arguing Japan secured Sakhalin south, Korea, Liaojiang, Port Arthur and Dalny, Manchuria return with the Chinese Eastern railway, fishing rights, cash and global prestige. He warned Russia lost its influence and treasure.
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St. Petersburg
Prince Wollonsky
Portsmouth
Linovitch
Witte
Sakhalin Island
Korea
Liaojiang
Port Arthur
Dalny
Japan
Manchuria
China
Chinese Eastern Railway
Siberian
Far East
Russia
Chicago Printers Begin Big Strike
Chicago reports an acute labor conflict as Typographical Union No. 16 strikes against the Chicago Typothetae. About nineteen large printing houses with nearly 500 printers idle reject open shop and nine hour workday demands. Several plants stay neutral as the strike extends, with further actions depending on employer decisions.
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Chicago
Typographical Union No. 16
Chicago Typothetae
Typothetae
Puget Sound Mills Told to Prepare 25 Million Feet for China
Seattle reports Puget Sound mills are asked to size an order for 25 000 000 feet of lumber for delivery to China. The deal is among the largest in the region with an estimated value near 2 500 000 dollars. The cargo would require tonnage and concentrate orders among a few top mills.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
China
Ban On Graft Extends To Domestic Helpers And Agents
New York lawmakers tighten anti graft laws affecting both household workers and commercial agents. The act, effective September 1, prescribes penalties from a fine of 10 dollars up to 500 dollars or a year in jail for giving offering or promising any gift or gratuity to an agent or employee without the principal or employer consent.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
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