Oregon and Utah siting in federal joust and assay bills
Roberts of Utah vows court fight if denied a House seat contending qualification due to constitutional limits while the House may judge its own members. Oregon assay offices bills move forward in committee. Idaho reacts to proposed forest reserves and a large Snake River military reservation planned across Lincoln and Cassia counties near Boise.
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Washington
Roberts
Utah
House
Oregon
Idaho
Interior Department
Canyon County
Boise County
Boise City
War Department
Snake River
Lincoln
Cassia
McBride Bill Refunds Land Grants In Pacific Coast
The bill by Senator McBride to refund 1.25 per acre to settlers who paid 2.50 for lands within railroad limits passed the calendar without opposition. It concerns lands within railroad grants forfeited for failure to construct the road, affecting Oregon and Washington. Representative Moody will push it through despite opposition.
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McBride
Pacific Coast States
Oregon
Washington
House
Moody
Lawmaker Introduces $25,000 Willamette River Revetment Bill
Representative Tongue introduced a bill pledging 25000 dollars for a revetment on the left bank of the Willamette River one mile below Independence. The project aims to curb river overflow into La Creole Creek and protect navigation on the Willamette.
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Willamette
Representative Tongue
Willamette River
Independence
la Credle Creek
Wellington Voices Philippine Self Rule Plan in Senate Debate
Senator Wellington of Maryland argued against permanent U.S. possession of the Philippines and urged after subduing the insurrection that Filipinos be allowed to govern themselves with protections. Teller criticized Secretary Gage over National City bank negotiations during the fiscal bill discussion. The census directorate funding amendment failed amid printer and labor opposition. Meanwhile William A English returned a $1,172 service check to the treasury, the lone such case in the Spanish war.
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Washington
Wellington
Maryland
United States
Teller
Gage
National City Bank of New York
House
Senate
New York
William A. English
Indiana
Spain
Treasury
Boers occupy Prieska in Cape Colony action
Craddock Cape Colony January 15 Boers with two commando units occupy Prieska a village on the Orange River ten miles northwest of De Aar The note adds Portland Vancouver and Yakima Railway may build to Portland using the old bridge pier across the Columbia opposite Vancouver
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Craddock
Cape Colony
Orange River
de Aar
Portland, Vancouver & Yakime Railway Company
Portland
Old Bridge
Columbia
Vancouver
No Bar to Great Canal Abrogation Talks Move Canal Ahead
Washington reports a foreign relations committee member says an understanding allows U S action on the Nicaragua canal without Clayton Bulwer treaty constraints. Britain supposedly agrees not to block 1850 provisions if concessions are given in Alaska boundary disputes. Representative Sulzer drafts an amendment to require American labor for construction.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
Nicaragua
Congress
Alaska
Sulzer
Wheeler's Seat in the House Likely Vacant Until Special Election
Washington reports General Joseph Wheeler cannot claim a seat in Congress without re-election. Precedents show the seat is vacant until a special election is held, though he could run again in his district. Some friends urge him to seek immediate re-election to win full term pay from March 4.
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New York
the Times
Washington
Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Philippines
Low
House
Wheeler
The
Herald
Otis
General Otis
Rebuilt Track After Destructive Flood Paralyzes Northern Pacific
Lewiston Idaho reports complete paralysis of Northern Pacific train service with 25 miles of track washed out. Rebuilding costs will be tremendous and no trains may run for about 15 days. Andrew Gibson leads 1,000 workers and four trains to the disaster site as engineers assess the ruin.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Potlatch
Andrew Gibson
Clearwater
Burglars Blow Safe At Ellensburg Mill Office
The Trossem & Son millers office three miles from town was robbed last night. The safe was blown with nitro glycerine and emptied of about 300 in cash and similar in checks. Papers inside the safe were destroyed, many valuable. Safe fragments were found 40 feet away and a typewriter wrecked.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Trossem & Son, Millers
Railway War Ends as Northern Pacific Dominates Clearwater
A New York dispatch reports the Clearwater dispute between Northern Pacific and O R N has ended. The O R N withdraws its claims, Northern Pacific gains control, and A L Mahler will move from O R N to Kansas City Pittsburg Gulf presidency. Formal notices due February 5.
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A. L. Mahler
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
Clearwater
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Portland Tacoma
Columbia
Hale's Senate speech stirs pro Boer sentiment in U S
In Washington the senate heard Tate of Maine defend a pro Boer stance as Hale blasted Britain over the Transvaal war. The debate touched on U S recognition of the Transvaal envoy and drew wide attention for its passion and international scope.
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Senate
Tate
Maine
Allen
Nebraska
Transvaal
Hale
Great Britain
Balfour
House of Commons
Atlantic
Spooner
Wisconsin
Morgan
Alabama
Mining growth sparks Grand Ronde valley awakening
An Oregonian writer notes Eastern Oregon mining activity is energizing the Grand Ronde valley agriculture. The Ilsilgar Granite Southwest railroad proposal aims to connect farms with mining centers, boosting timber and sawmill industries and market access. Copper Butte mine workers exceed a $1,600 monthly payroll as heavy drilling continues.
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Oregonian
Grand Ronde
Cornucopia
Snake River
Baker City
Grande Ronde
Ililgard, Granite & Southwestern Railroad Company
Grand Ronde Canyon
Blue Mountains
John Day River
Granite
Grand Ronde Valley
Pacific Mail’s Algoa Arrives With Record Load at San Francisco
The Algoa, largest vessel to enter San Francisco, arrived from China with 11 854 tons, 9 614 tons bound for San Francisco, and required three docks to unload after partial discharge at Honolulu. The J M Griffiths fine reduced from 5 000 to nominal on appeal. A new domestic refrigeration method was showcased at Philadelphia’s export exposition involving a frozen water tank. In 1899 Tacoma reports 586 new suits filed, down from 1 233 in 1898. Roseburg notes bloom and frogs in southern Oregon.
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Pacific Mail
Pacific Mail Company
Algoa
San Francisco
China
Honolulu
J. M. Griffiths
Port Townsend
Nenchang
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
Tacoma Ledger
Plan for early census of floriculture by mail
The census office plans an early 1899 floriculture census by mail with special schedules. About 10 500 florists in the United States will receive schedules noting acreage under glass, crop varieties, employment, wages, catalogues, postage, fertilizers, and gross receipts. Data will be confidential and published only as figures.
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United States
Division of Agriculture
Census Office
Lake County and County Happenings in Oregon and Washington
Lake county Oregon pays four dollars and twenty five cents weekly for paupers. The Lake county court approved bounty scalps totaling seven hundred twenty one with one cougar forty seven wildcats and six hundred seventy eight coyotes. Pierce county quarterly receipts total three hundred thirty six thousand with one hundred thousand earmarked for Tacoma taxes. Plans consider two new salmon canneries at Blaine including one to be operated by Oregon men. A San Francisco firm seeks fifty thousand rabbit and hare skins for winter. Wool prices lift morale of sheepmen as profits improve at sixteen cents per pound. A Steilacoom farmer reports raspberries ripening well and tasting good.
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Lake County
Oregon
O. K
Whatcom
Pierce County
Tacoma
Blaine
San Francisco
Wallowa News
Quiet demand and steady prices across trade lines
Bradstreet reports demand quiet but prices steady in mid year trade. Pork products hold firm amid tight hog and meat supplies while tannin and woolen goods show sharp advances. Sugar prices rise as raw supplies shrink and lumber remains in light demand with shrinking pine stocks.
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Bradstreet
Pacific Coast Trade Prices from Seattle Market
Seattle market daily prices list onions to flour and millstuffs, with fresh meats and hams. Items include new onions at 1.00 to 1.25 per sack, potatoes 16 to 20, beets 60 to 85 cents, cabbage 78 to 90 cents per 100 pounds, apples 1.25 to 1.50 per box, butter 82 cents, eggs 24 cents, cheese 16 cents, poultry 9 to 10 cents dressed 13 to 14 cents, hay 12 to 18 dollars per ton, flour 3.00 to 3.25 per barrel, millstuffs 15 to 17 dollars per ton, feed 20 dollars per ton, fresh meats varied from 7 to 10 cents per pound, hams up to 13 cents.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Young America
Wool—Valley
Nevada
Yaleley
Northern
Fancy Ranch
Local Market Prices for Grains Livestock and Produce
A dense listing of prices from Wheat to Wool across regions and markets. Items include Bluestem and Oregon hay, oats, barley, millstuffs, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, vegetables, hops, wool, mutton, hogs, beef, veal, and San Francisco market notes with varied per unit quotes.
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Potlatch Valley
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the Chronicle
Great Trunk Railways
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Mohler
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Britain
Redwood Falls
Minn
Man Slover
Moses Lufkins
Gales Township
William Rose
Victoria
B. C
Atlin
Oom Paul
Portland, Or
Dom Paul
Ladysmith
London
Daily Mail
Spearman
Cotenso
Buller
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Batchelder
Chamber of Commerce
Copper Butte
W. B. Gilkison
Union
Union County
Roseburg
Census Bureau
Dawson
Skagway
Bennett
K. P. MccLennan
McLennan
Yukon
Selkirk
Dominion
Canadian Development Company
Dumbalton
Caribou
Thistle
Stewart
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Cold Run
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