Week in Review: Political Moves and Legal Actions
Police will enforce Sunday saloon closings in St. Louis. Frank Oliver named Canadian interior minister to be returned without opposition. Hawaii passes county government bill over governor veto. Ex Senator Thurston retained as chief counsel to Senator Mitchell. Government may abandon Seward cable terminal site due to land costs. Illinois house approves pipelines as common carriers and sets railroad rate authority. Boston reports a new firm to control Great Northern ore lands. Independent Oil wins Nebraska state institutions contract. Standard held monopoly. Wisconsin bans cigarettes and related tobacco products effective July 1. St Louis federal grand jury again indicts Senator Burton on five counts re Rialto grain company contacts.
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Frank Oliver
Sisler Exonerated In Lands Conspiracy Case
United States District Attorney Heney dismissed the indictment against H. L. Sisler of Seattle for conspiring to defraud the government of public lands. Sisler, aided by Willard N. Jones, allegedly sought title to large tracts in the Siletz Indian reservation via old soldiers' claims. Heney believed Sisler acted unwittingly and had no guilty knowledge of the alleged scheme.
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Portland, Or
United States
Heney
H. L. Sisler
Seattle
Sisler
Willard N. Jones
Siletz
Consolidated Railway Companies
Omaha
Northwestern
W.N. Jones
Citizens' union debate on municipal ownership stalls
At Cooper Union the Citizens' union halted a proposed amendment favoring municipal ownership of public utilities. Delegates voiced strong support for nonpartisan municipal control and an investigation of public service corporations as a first step toward remedying conditions.
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New York
Citizen's Union
Cooper Union
Citizens’ Union
Tacoma Mayor Sees A U W Elects Officers for Year
The grand lodge A. O. U. W. in Tacoma announces officers for the coming year with E. Steinbach as grand master workman and J. H. Hemer continuing as grand recorder. The slate also names L. M. Sims, A. M. Baldwin, and state reps from Tacoma, Seattle, and Kalama.
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Tacoma
Grand Lodge
E. Steinbach
L. M. Sims
Kalama
A. M. Baldwin
Spokane
J. H. Hemer
Seattle
John Spedding
Bellingham
Supreme Lodge
H. R. Cox
National Council of Women Holds Fifth Triennial Meeting
Washington reports the National Council of Women convenes its fifth triennial session lasting four days. Leaders and delegates gather to discuss women's issues and progress.
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National Council of Women
Washington
Washington notes on projects from Wenatchee to Spokane
Reports list a new large capacity canning plant for Wenatchee, a Great Northern station at Monitor, paving plans in Bellingham including asphalt, a ten week summer school at Everett starting June 20, and a Pocahontas coal mine trestling contract near Palmer. Eighteen carloads of creosote plant machinery for Lowell arrive by April 24. Spokane and Big Bend Railway incorporation filed. an electric line from Spokane to Crescent Davenport and others near the Spokane River is protected. Entiat Improvement Company plans to divide its Waterville ranch into fruit farms for about sixty families.
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Lowell
Spokane
Spokane and
Big Bend
Crescent
Reardan
Davenport
Spokane River
The
Entiat Improvement Company
Waterville
Entiat River
Trust Deed Filed For $5 Million Railway Extension
A deed filed in Seattle details a $5,000,000 trust arrangement between the Washington Trust Company of Seattle and the Great Southern Railroad Company. The plan extends a railroad from The Dalles Oregon toward San Francisco and north to Puget Sound, with bonds issued to finance construction. The trust company could foreclose if bond payments fail. John Heimrich and Julius I. Meier sign for the railroad. J W Clise and M D Barnes for the trust.
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Seattle
Dalles
San Francisco
John Heimrich
Julius I. Meier
J. W. Clise
M. D. Barnes
Washington Trust Company
Heimrich
Meier
Portland
Insurance Rates at Lloyds Rise on Pacific Squadron News
London on April 12 reports Lloyds shipping insurance rates advancing sharply after word that the Russian second Pacific squadron had passed Singapore.
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London
Lloyd's
Singapore
Albany road amendment advances to voters in November
Albany New York April 14 The proposed constitutional amendment providing 10 million dollars for state aided road building has cleared the senate. It already passed the assembly last year and will be put before voters at the November election.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Assembly
Seattle Market Report Prices for Grain Livestock and Hides
Prices offered by Seattle and Tacoma dealers for grain hay eggs poultry live stock hides and wool with ranges for oats barley wheat chicken feed bran shorts corn and various live stock weights and byproducts. Includes poultry dairy eggs oats hay and feed costs across regions and items with fluctuating figures.
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Washington
Puget Sound
Western Washington
Tacoma
Russian Fleet Heads East as Vladivostok Trip Looms
Berlin reports Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron lies off Cayos Islands near Mindoro watching for an opening to Vladivostok. The Orel hospital ship ferries wounded and coal and supplies for the long voyage, while German steamer convoys prepare to rendezvous with the Russian fleet.
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Rojestvensky
German Navy Department
Cayos Islands
Mindoro
Philippine Islands
United States
East Indian
Cochin China
Sulu Sea
Togo
London
Saigon
Orel
Vladivostok
Hongkong
Daily Mail
Pescadores
China Sea
Makung Harbor
Pescadore Islands
Formosa
Rosestvensky
Singapore
St. Jaques
Harriman Lines Plan Survey for Coast to Puget Sound
Portland reports indicate Harriman controlled lines aim to run a northwest coast route into Puget Sound. Surveyors are to begin within a fortnight, with stakes to be set as part of preparations, though little detail is released. The project would extend the system into all parts of the coast.
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Portland, Or
Harriman Lines
Portland
Cascades
Sound
Harriman
Puget Sound
Alaska Boundary Finally Located and Agreed
Washington reports that Britain and the United States have agreed on the entire Alaska boundary after months of negotiation. The disputed southern stretch between Kate's Needle and Devil's Thumb is now fixed, with intermediate mountain markers chosen within 2,500 meters of a straight line. The region is inaccessible and heavily snowbound, making visible monuments impractical.
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Washington
Alaska
Great Britain
United States
Kate's Needle
Devil’s Thumb
Alaska Boundary Line
Canada
London
Skagway
Land Commissioner in Trouble in Washington Case
Spokane reports Land Commissioner Noyes from Loomis Washington jailed in Conconully on embezzlement charges. Special Agent Leach accuses him of stealing 400 dollars of government funds over four months, including a 40 dollar payment on a homestead right. He alleges widespread neglect, with mills dismantled and timber confiscated across Okanogan and Oroville.
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Spokane
Noyes
Loomis
Wash
Conconally
Leach
Waterville District
Okanogan County
Oroville
Bank Tax Decision Reverses Foreclosure In Port Townsend
Olympia April 13 the Washington supreme court holds personal property taxes on bank stock must be charged to individual stockholders not the bank corporation. The Jefferson county case reversing a superior court ruling invalidates foreclosure of a delinquency tax certificate on real estate owned by First National Bank of Port Townsend and clears the title cloud.
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Olympia
Supreme Court
Superior Court of
Jefferson County
First National Bank of
Degree of Honor elects new grand officers
The grand lodge elected new officers led by Grand chief of honor Lucy Brownie of Seattle and Grand lady of honor Amy E. Ellis of Dayton. Adelaide Clark of Bellingham was named grand chief of ceremonies with Cora Kenoyer of Chehalis as grand recorder and Hannah Senfesty of Hoquiam as grand receiver.
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Tacoma
Grand Lodge
Lucy Brownie
Seattle
Amy E. Ellis
Dayton
Adelaide Clark
Bellingham
Cora Kenoyer
Chehalis
Hannah Senfesty
Hoquiam
Elizabeth Richardson
Lon M. Case
Port Gamble
Mary O. Hodges
Walla Walla
Heavy Registration in Spokane Municipal Campaign
Spokane reports 9025 registered voters as campaign books close on April 12. This marks an increase of over 1000 since two years ago, indicating stronger participation prospects for the municipal race.
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Spokane
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