Senate Passes Landings Bill and Various Legislative Measures
The Senate approved a bill authorizing county boards to build wharves on navigable waters and to pursue eminent domain for rights of way, with exemptions for first class lands. Other passes included a $120 relief grant for Edson Gerry, a petition to promote Lieut Hazzard, and a railroad commission bill. House actions covered anti trust measures, truancy schools, and the creation of Port Orchard Charleston name changes, with ongoing second readings and allocations for state projects.
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Summarized Weekly News Recap From The Nation
A condensed wrap reports Brigadier General Foote’s retirement after confirmation. Robbers on a Los Angeles trolley target 32 passengers, while Chicago street railway workers threaten strikes over grievances. Germany’s minister to Venezuela is ordered to Caracas. A Springfield fire kills three, with one expected to die. The Cedric completes maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York. Cassatt & Co.’s Howard Goodwin, a defaulter, dies by his own hand. The Cuban senate backs the reciprocity treaty ratification with the United States. The Chicago & Southeastern rail joins the Big Four system. a $1 million bid secures Anderson Indiana property for the Big Four. Three trainmen die in a head-on collision in Illinois. E L Cantie receives a Delaware, Lackawanna & Western appointment. Military nominations advance Ludington, Breckenridge, Wade to major generals and Wallace Randolph to brigadier general. Chicago Great Western stock rises to 59 million dollars with plans for Mason City Fort Dodge, and Omaha Sioux City extensions. P M Meyers, longtime secretary of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railway, dies at 67 in Spring Green Florida.
Important Judicial Appointments by President Day and Morris
Washington February 21 The president announced Judge William R Day will become supreme court justice replacing Justice Shiras. John K Richards named to the fifth circuit bench and Henry M Hoyt to solicitor generalship. Representative Paige Morris of Minnesota assigned to a new district judgeship.
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William R. Day
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Knox
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Richards
Hoyt
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Guests in Cedar Rapids Hotel Caught in Fire
The Clifton house in Cedar Rapids Iowa housing 100 guests caught fire about 2 o clock in the morning. Many people leaped from windows to escape, and two guests were severely injured in the jump to safety.
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Iowa
Clifton House
Parsonage Deaths Linked to Parsnip Poisoning in Idaho
Payette Idaho February eighteenth report proposes a possible cause of two Fisher children deaths and the family illness. Officials suggest a deadlier parsnip crop eaten by the Fisher family may explain the rapid fatalities and subsequent sickness.
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Idaho
J. M. Fisher
Trout distribution planned for Umatilla County creeks
Pendleton Oregon February 18 one hundred thousand trout grayling and rainbow will be released across Umatilla county this spring. North fork of Meacham creek 50000 Walla Walla river 10000 Bear creek 10000 McKay creek 20000 Umatilla 10000
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Walla Walla River
Bear Creek
McKay Creek
Umatilla
Governor to honor Minnesota requisitors for ex Governor Ames
Concord New Hampshire on February 21 governor Bacheldor will issue papers on March 5 authorizing former Governor Ames of Minneapolis to travel. Physicians declare he should be fit to travel by that date.
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Bacheldor
Minnesota
Ames
Minneapolis
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer prices for delivery on the dock or car. Grain oats 24.25 ton barley 24 ton wheat chicken feed 85 ton bran 17.00 ton shorte 18.40 ton Hay Puget Sound 8 11 ton Eastern Washington 16 alfalfa 10 Eggs strictly fresh ranch 82c dot Poultry live here 14c per lb old roosters 8c ducks 14 18c spring chickens 18c per lb geese 9 per lb Livestock beef cattle cows 40 per lb steers 43c per lb 4 3 4c per lb sheep 4c per lb hogs 6c per lb calves 5 7c per lb spring lambs 4c per lb
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Wheat and feed prices in Tacoma market report
The Tacoma listing shows grain and feed prices including wheat, oats, barley, timothy and alfalfa. Prices are given per cwt or per ton with figures such as wheat at 26 dollars, oats around 25 to 26, barley 25 to 26, and timothy near 17 to 18 per ton.
Eight Newark High School Children Killed in Streetcar Crash
A Lackawanna express derailed a trolley at Clifton Avenue in Newark as icy grades caused a crowded school car to slide into a passing train. Eight children died and many others were injured, with the motorman and engineer severely harmed.
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Clifton Avenue
Roosevelt to Call Extra Session If Treaties Fail
President Roosevelt told several senators he will call an extra session of the Fifty-eighth Congress if the Panama and Cuban treaties are not ratified at the current session. Officials expect ratification by March 4, but the president says urgent state reasons require swift action.
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Roosevelt
Panama
Bankers Convention Likely To Go East
Chicago dispatch reports a prominent banker says the next national bankers convention will not go to the Pacific coast and is headed for an Eastern city. The source claims intimate knowledge of the banker committee’s intentions and names a likely eastern host.
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the Times
Chicago
Bankers’ Convention
Pacific Coast
Bankers’ Executive Committee
Seattle
Foster Named to Lead Alaska Boundary Case
Ex Secretary Foster selected to present the United States case before the boundary commission. Secretary Root to accept appointment as US commissioner alongside Senators Lodge and Turner. Root's work is urged to be handled in summer without major impact on his duties.
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Foster
United States
Root
Boundary Commission
Lodge
Turner
Blake Retained as Counsel for Alaska Boundary Commission
Ottawa reports Edward Blake has been retained by the Dominion government to serve as counsel before the Alaska boundary commission.
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Ottawa
Edward Blake
Alaska
Want Two Million Acres
The Rev Barrie’s immigration plan asks the Dominion government for forty more townships for a British colony. He offers to pay entry fees and settle colonists within six months, backed by 2.5 million dollars on hand. The proposal would grant over two million acres and cites American frontier migration as influence.
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Barrie
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Northwest Territory
Canada
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Rhodesia
Powers Present Joint Note On Turkish Reforms To Sultan
Paris reports that Russia, backed by all European powers, sent a united note to the Ottoman Sultan on reforms in Turkey. The protocol omits Macedonia named regions and focuses on protecting Christian lives and interests in localities with Christian populations. Zinovief and Baron von Calice will present the note, with Germany fully aboard.
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Count Lamsdorf
Russia
Turkey
M. Zinovief
Constantinople
Baron von Calice
Germany
Macedonia
Navy Appropriation Bill Passes After Long Session
The naval bill secured passage in the house after a lengthy session. A key amendment allowed the secretary of the navy to buy or contract for submarine torpedo boats with a 500000 dollar appropriation. The bill includes three new battleships an armored cruiser two steel training ships and a wooden brig plus ten submarines and a navy personnel increase though the cap per congressman was not limited to two midshipmen.
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Secretary of the Navy
Hill
Connecticut
Naval Committee
Spain获 Clyde Shipbuilding damages for delayed torpedo boats
The judiciary court in Edinburgh awards Spain 337000 dollars against Clyde Shipbuilding for late delivery of four torpedo boats before the Spanish American War. Spain argued delivery could have halted Cuban filibustering and prevented hostilities with the United States. In Missouri, Cole Young er to receive a large welcome at Colonel Bramaugh home with a barbecue amid support from James and Younger kin.
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Judiciary Court
Spain
Clyde Shipbuilding Company
United States
Clinton
Cole Younger
Bramaugh
James Boys
Youngers
Bromaugh
Blow to Beef Trust in Chicago Court
Judge Grosseup in the circuit court granted a temporary injunction against the beef trust merger and dismissed the demurrer by the beef packers. The ruling effectively restrains the packers from completing the trust.
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Chicago
Grosseup
Beef Trust
Tillman denied bail in Editor Gonzalez murder case
Columbia district court refused bail for former Lieutenant Governor Tillman after the hearing on his bid for release on bond. He remains jailed on the charge of murdering Editor Gonzalez.
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D. C
Tillman
Gonzalez
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