West Coast steel plant eyed by New York financiers
Walter Kennedy, a mining engineer for iron and steel interests, predicts a 5 million dollar Puget Sound steel plant within weeks. He says 100 million tons of iron and vast coking coal reserves lie from California to Vancouver Island. Tacoma and Everett proposals exist, land may reach about 3200 acres, and construction could start after his return from the East. He expects accelerated Western shipbuilding and population growth, with long term gains surpassing gold mines. Kennedy leaves tonight and will report in six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Walter Kennedy
West
New York and
Pittsburg
Puget Sound
the Post- Intelligencer
Kennedy
New York
J. A. Moore
East
California
Vancouver Island
Pierce County
Moore
Tacoma
Everett
Atlantic
Seattle Introduces Weekly Sailings to the Orient
Seattle now hosts a weekly sailing to the Orient with six steamship lines operating. Four to five vessels depart monthly, all large liners ranging from 12,000 to 28,000 tons capacity such as the Dakota Minnesota and Kanagawa Maru. About 70,000 tons of freight head from Puget Sound to the Orient and England each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Orient
Minnesota
Dakota
Puget Sound
England
Iowa House Kills Sankey Bill for Two-Cent Fares
Des Moines report says the Sankey bill proposing a two-cent railroad fare in Iowa was killed in the house. Statistics showed the three-cent fare only covered expenses on Iowa roads, ending the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Naval Program Set by House Naval Affairs Committee
The committee recommends a naval building plan totaling 99.75 million dollars. It calls for one battleship at 6 million dollars plus three torpedo boat destroyers at 750 thousand each and 1 million for submarines at the navy secretary’s discretion. Also included are 700 thousand for repairing the Constitution and funds for a second Bremerton drydock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Bremerton Navy Yard
Consular Service Criticized by U S Officials in Orient
Washington reports the president transmitted the Pierce inquiry into Orient consular service. Secretary Root notes grave misconduct by ex Consuls Goodnow Canton McWade Shanghai Singapore and warns of other misconduct. The leak highlights corruption, drunkenness and faulty accounting with some consuls praised as excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert H. D. Pierce
Orient
Root
Pierce
Goodnow
Shanghai
McWade
Canton
Williams
Singapore
Levi L. Wilcox
Hanghau
Greene
Vladivostok
East
Seattle designated as a reserve city
Washington March 28 The comptroller of the treasury announced that Seattle’s national banks have united to seek designation as a reserve city under the act of March 3 1887. They may serve as reserve agents for other national banks with his approval. Only a few cities of Seattle’s size failed to request designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
Seattle
University of Idaho Administration Building Burns
Spokane March 31 The administration building the main structure of the University of Idaho at Moscow burned to the ground yesterday. Fire started in the basement of the girls restaurant and before the city fire department arrived it was beyond control. Only a portion of the museum and chemical laboratory contents were saved. Loss is about 300000 with 100000 insurance. Faculty meeting underway to plan future measures. Cause not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
University of Idaho
Moscow
Idaho
Museum
Colonists Resign Over Colonial Office Interference
Petermaritzburg reports the Natal government ministers led by Charles John Smythe resign over imperial interference. Dispatches show colonists rising in indignation with meetings planned to protest what they see as threats to white population safety as conservative papers denounce the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petermaritzburg
Natal
Colonial Office
London
Charles John Smythe
Anonymous Henry Holt ties to two new novels
A column reviews recent books and authors, noting anonymous publication by Henry Holt and Company in New York. It discusses Calmere and Sturinsee, The Portreeve, Yolanda, and The History of Modern England, plus images in Putman Weale’s Far East work and other fiction by Octave Thanet, Parry Lossing, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmere
Sturinsee
New York
Macmillan Company
Henry Holt
Mr. Phillpotts
Devonshire
Putman Weale
Far East
Europe
Octave Thanet
Tarry Leroy
Parry Lossing
Jabez Rivers
Edgewater Steel Works
Nartoum
Gordon
Soudau
Herbert
Pants
England
Ticks
Col David Henderson Dies After Long Illness in Iowa
Col David Bremner Henderson, veteran of the Civil War and former Speaker of the U S House, died after a year of paralysis and mental cloudiness at Dubuque Iowa He was born in 1840 in Old Deer Scotland and immigrated with his family to Illinois then Iowa He led the Forty sixth Town Volunteers and later practiced law before serving twenty years in Congress retiring rather than seek the Speakership again He was famed as a witty after dinner speaker and known as Good Old Dave and the Czar
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bremner Henderson
Towa
Henderson
National House of Representatives
Dave
House
Thomas BK. Reed
Congress
Dubuque
Mr. Henderson
Old Deer
Earl of Buchan
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Thomas Trenderson
America
Chicago
Fis
Illinois
Hendersons
Iowa
David
Payette County
Twentieth Lown Infantry
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Corinth
Forty-sixth Town Volunteers
Col. Henderson
Don Henderson
St. Paul
TSC
Office hours and addresses for medical and legal professionals
A list of offices including Dr Smits at Aberdeen General Hospital with multiple hours and phone numbers, G Kinnison at Market Street, and a Tacoma physician offering gynecology and dermatology services. Also notes attorney at law and locations such as Crowther-Wooding block, Hayes Building, and 054 Pacific Ave.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Steel Works Sure
Naval Program
House Committee
Messrs. Henry Sholt & Co
Navy Department
Col
David B. Henderson
Tom Reed
Stubb
Penn
Caleb
Netty
Cale
Bob
Hetty
Betty
Cole
Margaret Sullivan Burke
New York Herald
David Kb, Tienderson
Paul Smits, M. D
DE. Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
D. M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
G. Kinnison
Market Street
Warren Brown
Pacific Ave
Wash
Co. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
Jesse F. Murphy
U.S. Land Office
Olympia
Continental Saloon
C. C. Vammen
Aberdeen
G Street
Heron, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Andrew Blum
W. Johnston Transfer Co
Roslyn Coal
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
Cor. H. and Hume
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
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