State No Water For Yakima Lands Under Carey Act
Washington officials faced a key objection to water rights for lands in the lower Yakima valley under the Carey act. Chief Engineer Newell said the reclamation service cannot irrigate the land because Washington has no adequate water supply, a stance tied to federal authority and letters from the secretary of the interior.
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Washington
Newell
Reclamation Service
Yakima Valley
Ross
Secretary of the Interior
Treton
Sunnyside
State Land Commissioner
State of Washington
Act of Congress
Joint rate on wheat to be considered by railroad board
Olympia December hearing planned on establishing a joint rate for wheat despite awaiting shipper complaints. Eastern Washington shippers prepare to file against the O R N and N P price gap, noting a wide Portland Puget Sound differential amid a wheat buyers' combine.
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Olympia
Railroad Commission
Washington
Palouse
Colfax
Portland
Puget Sound
Northern Pacific
Eliot on Cold Slavery in Southern Mills and Mines
President Eliot told the Society for Ethical Culture that a new form of slavery has emerged with 30 000 children under 14 employed in Southern mills working 10 to 14 hours daily and alternating nights. He said 8 000 children are in mines and many more in clothes factories, a condition that should not continue.
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New York
Eliot
Society For Ethical Culture
Trade unions approve yearlong building trades agreements
In New York on December 28 the 100,000 skilled building trades workers see unions except housesmiths and bridgemen sign one to three year trade agreements to start January 1, repudiating the iron workers strike. Many wages will hold, some rise, and the agreements shift the dating from May 1 to January 1 to avoid strikes during the spring building season.
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New York
Christian Endeavor Societies Mark 25th Anniversary
Boston reports the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor. About 70,000 societies and 8.5 million members will mark the occasion on February 2. Growth is noted across the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Hawaii, and worldwide with significant increases in local memberships and mission gifts.
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Boston
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Endeavor
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Christian Endeavor
Philippines
Geneva
Switzerland
Indian lands ceded on Colville reserve south half
Miles Wash special dispatch reports Colville tribesmen sign an agreement ceding south half of Colville reserve to the government. Four hundred fifty adults signed with Maj. McLaughlin and Capt. John Webster securing excess signatures to bind. The pact, needing Congress ratification, includes a million dollar payment, eighty acre allotments for landless Indians, and trust proceeds at four percent for improvements.
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Spokane
Miles
Wash
Colville Reserve
Colville
Maj
McLaughlin
John Webster
Coungess
Conference Sought With Anthracite Operators In Eight Hour Demand
Philadelphia December 27 The Press reports United Mine Workers President John Mitchell has written to anthracite coal producers about miners demands to continue work and an eight hour day plus a proposal for a new conciliation board to settle disputes. The board would have six members split between miners and operators and a seventh chosen by them.
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Philadelphia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Canadian Minister Dies in Paris
Paris reports the sudden death of Raymond Prefontaine, Canada’s minister of marine and fisheries, last night. He had accompanied Canadian solicitor general Randolph E. Lemieux, who recently arrived in France to pursue a plan for a Marseille to Canadian ports steamship line.
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Paris
Raymond Prefontaine
Speaker Cannon Declares Better Times Than Old Days
Washington speaker Cannon visits the White House on Christmas greetings day and defends modern progress. He argues the country is physically mentally and morally better than in earlier times and that the House remains as representative as ever. He cites telegraph and railroads and notes leaders are still impeached or forgotten by voters.
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Washington
Cannon
White House
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
House
William J. Brown
Baltimore
Brown
Interference Not Expected in Santo Domingo Crisis
The United States will not intervene in Santo Domingo unless Americans or interests are directly harmed. Carlos F. Morales, dissatisfied with cabinet support, left the capital night before with followers to oppose Horacio and Jiminez factions. Colton, receivership official, reports potential new capital and cabinet as tensions rise around San Juan and Puerto Plata.
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Washington
United States
Santo Domingo
State Department
White House
Virginia
Edwards
Carlos F. Morales
Jimminez
Horacio
San Juan
Puerto Plata
George R. Colton
Monte Christi
Local Professionals and Attorney Listings in Aberdeen
SMITS M D office hours at Aberdeen General Hospital Crowther Wooding block G and Heron streets hours vary with morning afternoon and evening sessions. FOX ER H attorney at law advertises building plans estimates and thirty years experience with office on Heron Street. Olympia land office register offers homesteader defense in Room 3 Hayes and Hayes Bank Building Aberdeen Washington.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Heron Street
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
Supreme Court upholds anti scalping law in Olympia
The Washington state supreme court unanimously sustains the anti scalping statute at the request of railroads. Hugh J. ONeill of Seattle was arrested for violation and denied habeas corpus. The court rules the act's title valid and that selling railroad tickets for profit is not protected private property.
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Olympia
State Supreme Court
Hugh J. O'Neill
Seattle
Supreme Court
Alton B. Parker
New York
Tas
O'Neill
Volcano eruption reports on Princess Royal Island
Passengers aboard the steamer Tees recount a major eruption on Princess Royal Island on December 2. Mount Peno, over 1,000 feet high, slid into Inlet Lake, lifting the lake level about twelve feet while a Surf Inlet mines party led by General Manager Luceda faced peril during a lake crossing.
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Victoria
B. C
Tees
Princess Royal
Mount Peno
Inlet Lake
Luceda
Surf Inlet
Government tests corporate right to refuse testimony
Washington, Dec. 27. Following President Roosevelt’s suggestion, the government will test a corporation’s right to refuse to testify on the ground it cannot be compelled to incriminate itself. The Justice Department plans cases to determine corporate immunity, a ruling with major implications for the government’s fight against trusts and the trial process.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Hill Denies Retirement Rumor About James J. Hill
In St Paul on December 29 James J. Hill denied retiring from railroad life amid rumors traced to a banquet remark two weeks earlier. The rumor, common annually, lacked any definite plan and was deemed unsubstantiated by Hill.
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St. Paul
James J. Hill
Hill
Walter Scott Only Wounded After Death Valley Report
A letter from Walter Scott indicates he was shot but not fatally hurt and expects to reach Los Angeles by mid January. The cowboy miner previously reported murdered in Death Valley sent a handwritten note to a friend with minimal details of the incident.
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Los Angeles
Walter Scott
Death Valley
Scott
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A. G. Kinnison
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Roomea
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Ocosta
Tacoma
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N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
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Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Blum & Elene
Independent
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San Francisco
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E. J. Bradley
State Bank
N. E
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Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated
A. Ingebrightsen
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Heron and
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Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
F. C. Collins
A. B. Calder
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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