Western railroads plan 1000 miles of new trackage this year
A Ledger dispatch from St Paul reports merger railroads map extensive western expansions. Northern Pacific plans a Palouse wheat country north south branch while Great Northern eyes southeast lines from Spokane into Idaho. Milwaukee and Burlington show restraint on coast advancement.
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Tacoma
St. Paul
Western Railroad
Northern Pacific
Palouse
Great Northern
Spokane
Idaho
Hutchinson
Minn
Marshall
Sioux City
Twin Cities
Iowa
Denver
Burlington
Earling
Milwaukee
Karling
Puget Sound
James G. Woodworth
Wheat Country
Ellensburg
Emperor to Toast Officers With Water Feasts
Berlin reports Emperor William will back officer toasts in water or non alcoholic drinks. Dr Adolph Banzer of Munich, member of the society against liquor misuse, prompted the question. The war ministry says there is no compulsion to drink alcohol and supports promoting the water toast movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William
Adolph Banzer
Munich
Society
Prussian Ministry of War
Five State Senators Arrested in Bribery Indictment in Sacramento
Sacramento corruption case reports State Senators Eli Wright Bankers French and Emmons indicted for bribery and placed under arrest. Each posted bail of five thousand dollars. Superior Court rules set arraignment for Saturday February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Eli Wright
French and Emmons
Superior Court
Garfield residents back Spokane & Inland Railway bid
Two hundred farmers and business men from Garfield Washington gathered at the opera house to hear Spokane & Inland Railway Company representatives. They asked for the right of way through the city and countryside and pledged subscriptions to stock, along with financial and moral support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield, Wash
Garfield
Opera House
Spokane & Inland Railway Company
Mason promises railroad start by spring to Boise
Butte dispatch from Salmon Idaho quotes William Peyton Mason president of the California Idaho and Montana railroad saying work will begin on the Butte to Boise segment within ninety days and the section between these points will be completed within two years.
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Butte
Mont
Salmon, Idaho
William Peyton Mason
California, Idaho & Montana
Boise
Minnesota Arrives Yokohama After Fast Transpacific Voyage
The Minnesota reached Yokohama after a voyage of just under nineteen days, a rapid trip for a vessel of its size and cargo. The message came to Northern Steamship Company offices in Seattle.
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Seattle
Northern Steamship Company
Minnesota
Yokohama
Porto Rico House Delivers Resolution On False U S Reports
In San Juan on February 14 the house of delegates adopted a resolution denouncing false accounts in the United States accusing Porto Rico of hostility to the American people. In Washington on February 14 President Roosevelt urged Congress to appropriate 35000 for discovering and disinterring Paul Jones remains in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
House of Delegates
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Paul Jones
Paris
Treaties Amended to Refer All Agreements to Senate for Ratification
Washington reports the Senate ratified arbitration treaties with eight governments after two sessions. A protest over amendments preceded a change turning “agreement” into “treaty” in article 2, prompting a shift that would require Senate approval for all such matters. The debate centered on executive versus Senate control over treaty language and arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
Cullom
Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Will Enter A New World. Convict Seeks Clemency After 45 Years
A Hartford Times piece profiles John Warren, a wife murderer imprisoned in Connecticut State Prison for forty five years, approaching clemency. The narrative contrasts his long confinement with sweeping 19th century and early 20th century advances from Darwin to the telephone, electric light, and wireless tech.
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John Warren
Connecticut
Board of Pardons
Warren
Darwin
Oregon
United States
Commonwealth
New Haven
Gettysburg
Lee
Grant
Appomattox Courthouse
Atlantic
Pacific
Brooklyn Bridge
Pasteur
Scranton
T.a
Mergenthaler
Hartford Times
Second Table at Supper Sparks Northland Debate
A nostalgic tale contrasts boys at the second table with company meals, then shifts to Arctic life describing igloos, sealskin garments, and child storytelling. It also notes mail carried by reindeer from Kotzebue to Point Barrow, highlighting the practical role of reindeer in Arctic transport and settlement expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northland
Kotzebue
Point Barrow
Alaska
Roosevelt will not present arbitration treaties amended by Senate
President Roosevelt will not submit the general arbitration treaties in their Senate amended form. Secretary Hay says the senate action closes the matter and the treaties, altered, no longer advance arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of State
Mexico
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Hay
Burials in Freiburg Show Five Classes and Free Graves
Freiburg funerals are offered in five classes by city undertakers with prices from 32 to five dollars and city defrayed care for the very poor. Graves are free except in select sites. the process includes removal to the Hall of the Dead, viewing, and a 48 hour display in an open coffin. A late-night wake and viewing precedes the service while family and friends gather in the waiting room before the ceremony. The piece also includes a humor column about proposals and a reflection on men’s aging habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freiburg
America
Fourteenth Infantry to Vancouver Barracks Landing at Portland
Washington announces a transfer of the Fourteenth Infantry to Vancouver Barracks in place of the Nineteenth Infantry as that unit sails for the Philippines. The regiment will be landed at Portland rather than San Francisco or Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Fourteenth Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Philippines
Portland
San Francisco
Seattle
Rumor Spoils Mirsky Return to Power In St Petersburg
A persistent rumor in St Petersburg on February 13 suggests former Interior Minister Sviatopolk Mirsky may soon regain influence and return to power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Sviatopolk-Mirsky
Food and Lodging for Birds by Cocoanuts
A short piece explains using cocoanuts as bird food and nesting sites for winter. Drill holes, string through, hang from a tree, and birds will feed for weeks then nest in the empty shells come spring. Eskimo children are noted briefly amid the discussion of cold weather.
Sweat bath of Eskimo boys in Norton Sound described
A reporter describes Eskimo boys in Alaska performing a weekly sweat bath in a kashimi. Fire heats the room, respirators protect lungs, and after hours of heat the boys plunge into snow to cool, then repeat. A government investigator notes the harsh custom and the danger to white boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton Sound
Alaska
W. Nelson
Behring Strait
Medical and legal notices from Aberdeen area
Physicians and surgeons advertise around the clock at Aberdeen General Hospital with offices in Crowther-Wooding block near Gand Heron streets. Everett E. Lane D D and A G Kinnison list hours and contact numbers. J C Cross announces state and federal court practice. E H Fox occupies rooms in Post Office Block.
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Aberdeen General Hospital
Gand Heron Streets
Everett E. Lane
D. D
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Farmers Support Railway
Erother
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Paul Smits
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J. A. Mapes, M. D
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Crowther-Wooding Block, Cor
Hayes & Hayes Bldg
Tel
R. H. Long
M. A. Smoot
Osteopathic Physicians
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
A. G. Kinnison
Market St
J.C. Cross
Attorney-at-Law
Zelaska Block
E. H. Fox
ROBERT_E. TAGGART
Wil
Dabney Block
I. W. Mason
Heron St
D. C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen
Humbolt
Fred Hewett
Prop
Heron and Fats
Aberdeen, Wash
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J. A. Moller
F St
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes
Bankers
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Walters
Wishkah
Royal
M. Francescovich
Heron Street
Wash
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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