Daily News in Brief from Washington and Beyond
Key items include the battleship Oregon reaching Yokohama Japan and Austro-Hungarian minister Hengelmuller von Hengervan being raised to ambassador. Spike Sullivan defeated Bill Chester in London for England lightweight title. Lyon Cypress Lumber Company formed in Chicago with 2 million dollars to operate in Louisiana. Russian navy expansion planned for 1903 with a 9 million dollar ship budget. Hancock sails from San Francisco to Philadelphia as receiving ship. Water train accident near Bannock Idaho injures five aboard. Nantes professor Peduc finds electricity can be used as anaesthetic. Navy court martials Alfred Cowen confirmed with dismissal. Richmond Pearson named minister to Persia. W H Bishop named Genoa consul general. Solomon Hirsch, ex minister to Turkey, dies in Portland.
Washington state news summary of diverse local events
The report covers a closing deer season in Washington State and notes crime, court, and public notices. It mentions 150 carloads of apples from Toppenish, a grand jury drawn in Seattle, a major fire at the Hotel Ridpath in Spokane causing 200000 in loss, price cuts by Samuel Hill on gas lines, recovered drowned bodies from Tumwater canyon, a Walla Walla church mass meeting for a penitentiary chaplain amendment, a Spokane public building site priced at 100000, Oscar Bradshaw’s murder sentence set for February 2, 1903, an opinion on selling fish from private ponds during closed season, and Spokane county residents’ question on fishing rights.
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Walla Walla
C. C. Dalton
Spokane County
Hill to retire from active management next year
Chicago Dec 15 J J Hill announced in an interview his plan to retire from active management of his great enterprises at the earliest feasible moment. He cited advancing age as the reason and said his sons are capable and ready to assume the duties he would abandon.
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Chicago
J. J. Hill
Venezuela closes legation as U S intervention doubt
Washington reports Venezuela plans to sever ties with Great Britain over Caribbean claims. Officials gauge Castro move toward Monroe Doctrine intervention. Berlin and London warned against territorial grabs. Kaiser and Britain acknowledge understanding in writing.
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Washington, D. C
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Presient Castro
United States
U.S
Smith
Department
Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Kaiser
Caribbean Sea
Danish West Indies
United Stttes
England
Foreign Office
State Department
Colombia Plans Invasion of Nicaragua Across Mosquito Strip
Semi official reports say Panamanian and Colombian officers are preparing for an invasion of Nicaragua to seize the Mosquito strip and control both isthmian canal routes. The move would also provide work for idle Colombian soldiers and prevent a new domestic revolt. Managua officials fear the assault and seek countermeasures.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Colombia
Panama
Colon
Mosquito Strip
Managua
Moros Attack Americans at Camp Vickers
A Moros force attacked Camp Vickers on the island of Mindanao near midnight but was repulsed with no American casualties. The defenders rallied quickly and drove off the attackers. The attackers are believed to have originated from east of Lanao.
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Manila
Vickers
Day seeks permanent injunction against rail rate rebates
Special Counsel Day in Chicago urged a federal court to convert a temporary restraining order into a permanent injunction. The government argues that 13 railroads’ special rates and rebates to favored shippers, including packers, distort competition and benefit the alleged beef trust. Arguments proceed.
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Chicago
Day
Interstate Commerce Commission
Appointment to Manila Archdiocese Reported
It is reported on good authority that Rt. Rev. Mgr. Chase of St. Peter's Church Laredo Texas will be named by Pope Leo to the Manila archbishopric, one of the vacant dioceses of the Philippines.
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San Antoniod
Teaas
Mgr. Chase
St. Peter’s Church
Laredo
Texas
Leo
Manila
Philippines
Trusts Threaten Republican Foundations, Urges Judge Grosscup
Judge Peter Grosscup of Chicago lectured at the University of Nebraska law school on so called trusts as the next great step in American politics. He condemned the Sherman act as misapplied and urged repeal with new measures against artificial prices and overcapitalization plus government inspection.
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Lincoln, Neb
Peter Grosscup
Chicago
Law School
University of Nebraska
Grosscup
Supreme Court
Herod
Georgia Supreme Court backs Christian Science ruling
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed a lower court verdict, finding that a Dublin father who refused medicine for a sick child did not violate state law. The decision, seen as a vindication by Christian Scientists, came after the child died and the man was fined $300.
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Georgia Supreme Court
Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Dublin
State Supreme Court
Treasury stance amid New York money stringency
Secretary Shaw declines to speak for publication on Treasury attitude toward the money stringency in New York. It is believed no action is planned in the near term, and Wall Street must rely on its own resources. The Treasury lists about 58 million dollars in cash for a moderate working balance and has no plan to reduce it further by deposits in banks.
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Washinon
Shaw
Treasury Department
New York
Wall Street
Treasury
Adulterated Foods Test Begins at Agriculture Dept
About a dozen young men start boarding on a diet from the agricultural department to test food adulterants. It is the first day preservatives like borax are used in meats for a long term study under Chemist Wiley. The aim is to assess harmlessness of preservatives cited in exports.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Wiley
United States
Dr. Wiley
Bogota Gunboat Sunk in Magnolia River
Bar Ranquila reports the steamer Bogota, formerly the Jessie Banning, laden with soldiers, sank in the Magnolia river. Built as a gunboat in Seattle for Colombia, she carried an American crew from San Francisco and recently reached the isthmus. Several crewmen were killed in a prior engagement.
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Colon
Barranquila
Bogota
Magnolia
Jessie Banning
Seattle
San Franciscco
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J. Harris & Sons
State of
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Yokohama
Japan
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Spike Sullivan
Boston
Bill Chester
London
Lyon Cypress Lumber Company
Louisiana
Hancock
Frederick W. Coffin
The
Navy
San Francisco
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Bannock Station
Pocatello
Idaho
Peduc
Nantes Faculty of Medicine
Alfred Cowen
Richmond Pearson
Persia
W.H. Bishop
Genoa
Italy
Mr. Bishop
Yale University
Solomon Hirsch
Turkey
Portland
Washington State News
Sullivan
Bell
Superior Court of
King County
Ridpath
Spokane
Samuel Hill
Seattle Gas and Electric Company
Cooley
Martin
Tumwater Canyon
Vna
Wenatchee
Wash
Lincoln Street
Riverside Avenue
Oscar Bradshaw
Peter Nelson
Pasco
Hill
Moros
PET Packers
Adulterated Foods
Magnolia River
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