News of the Day Outside Washington Condensed
A weekly condensed recap lists varied items from Idaho to Mexico. It notes a paper mill planned at Post Falls Idaho the deaths of Baron von Manlichre Albert Von Maybach and J M May cedar rapids and a fire destroying the Salt Creek cyanide mill with heavy losses. It mentions a $10000 ministerial salary and a prohibition convention in Indianapolis beginning June 29. It also reports a 800 driver strike in St Louis a railway extension deal between Chicago and Salt Lake and Ogden and a $25000 donation for Old Mexico archaeology with Cayocan excavations led by Mrs Crocker and Mrs Nuttall.
Precedence dispute at White House judiciary reception
At the presidents reception in Washington on January 28 a Marine aide briefed the line to permit diplomatic corps guests to meet the president first. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan led the judiciary in line. Justice Harlan protested the change insisting on supreme court priority. The president was unaware of the incident.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Fuller
Harlan
Charles McCawley
Marine Corps
Diplomatic Corps
Body of Smithson Arrives From Genoa for Washington
The body of John Smithson founder of the Smithsonian Institution arrives in New York aboard the Princess Irene. He died in Genoa in 1829 and is accompanied by Prof. Alexander Graham Bell and Mrs. Bell. Remains will be moved to Washington on the United States Dispatch boat Dolphin.
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Smithson
New York
John Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Genoa
Irene
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Italy
United States
Dolphin
Secretary Hay Travels South for Health Based Visit
Secretary Hay heads to Thomasville Georgia as a guest of Col Payne traveling two weeks at his physician advised. KS objects to remaining in the South while the secretary seeks rest and recovery.
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Thomasville, Ga
Remrain
Col. Payne
Army Appropriation Bill Totals Set
Washington January 20 The army appropriation bill completed by the house committee on military affairs carries a total of 73 million 956 thousand dollars. The appropriation for the current year amounts to 74 million 637 thousand dollars.
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Washington
House Committee On
Alaska Land District Proposed at Nome in Alaska
Senator Foster introduces a bill to create an additional land district in Alaska located at Nome. The measure authorizes the president to appoint a land office register and receiver there.
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Washington
Foster
Alaska
Nome
House Passes Pure Food Bill By 201 To 68 Vote
Washington January 22 The House approves the Pure Food Bill by a 201 to 68 margin. Also in Washington January 20 the Senate passes a bill to establish a life saving station at Cape Flattery.
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Washington
House
Cape Life-Saving Station
Senate
Cape Flattery
Washington State News Highlights Change and Projects
A gas plant franchise is sought for Vancouver. Wilbur welcomes a new Baptist church. Governor McBride audited state institutions. Colfax surveys for a Colfax Palouse electric line begin, with construction soon. Monroe Bank plans to open in about a week with 2500 capital stock. president will be M Stevens of Stevens Bros Lumber. John Hanson of North Cove life saving crew has patented an improved windlass requiring half as many workers. Washington senators back A J Gillis for land office receiver at Walla Walla. Blalock resigns to resume medicine. Walla Walla Hospital Association outlines a new three story brick hospital at 70000 total cost.
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Monroe State Bank
Monroe
M. Stevens
The
Stevens Bros. Lumber Company
John Hanson
North Cove
South Bend
Washinon
A. J. Gillis
Y. C. Blalock
Walla Walla
Blalock
Gillis
Walla Walla Hospital
River and Harbor Committee Drops Omnibus Bill Plan
Washington with a Jan 23 report states the river and harbor committee will not introduce an omnibus bill in the current session. Only small separate measures may pass, while about 50 million dollars remains appropriated and unspent for waterways to cover needs until the next Congress.
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Washington
House
Congress
Pension Bills And War And Attorney General Inquiries Passed
The House approved over a hundred pension measures and adopted resolutions seeking information from the secretary of war and the attorney general about horses and carriages kept at government expense for department officers. A bill to allow duty free withdrawal from the St. Louis exposition for gift items to institutions was also enacted. The public lands committee reported a bill to bar forest reserve liens on timber valuable lands.
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Washington
House
Secretary of War
Attorney General
St. Louis Exposition
Public Lands Committee
National Board of Trade Pushes Land Reform and Transit Measures
The National Board of Trade adopted resolutions calling for repeal of the timber and stone acts and desert land act, reserving forest lands to stumpage sales, and consolidating forestry with the agriculture department. It urges rapid irrigation works, a 160 acre farm size, and repayment through land charges, plus other measures on immigration, postage, parcels post, and international trade relations.
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Washington
Natonal Board of Trade
Bureau of Forestry
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Postal Committee
Dominion of
Canada
Soldiers Turn Cowboys Drive 12000 Head of Livestock from Fort Assiniboine
At Fort Assiniboine the cavalry used swords to drive more than 12 000 horses cattle and sheep off the reservation after which authorities warned stricter action if any herdsmen or cowboys are found. In Havana President Palma ordered Congress adjournment after a disputed closing date and the session ended following approval of the interest payment bill on revolutionary bonds.
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Seattle
Washington
New
Puget Sound
Great Falls
Mont
Fort Assiniboine
Havana
Palma
Congress
Senate
Walla Walla Plans First Permanent Road Improvement Trial
The county board of commissioners orders a thorough trial of crushed stone on county roads. A rock crusher capacity thirty tons per hour and six stone hauling wagons will be procured. Six miles of road will be built in trial sections with county and private farm efforts matching each mile. The aim is to improve the worst sections before the next harvest.
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Walla Walla
Board of County Commissioners
W Hich
Shareholders Decide Bank Assessments, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court held that when the Comptroller of the Currency signals capital impairment, shareholders—not directors—must decide on stock assessments. The Portland Commercial National Bank case involved a 50 percent assessment in 1896. Justice Day ruled the directors acted without shareholder approval and the assessment was void.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Henry Weinhard
George H. Williams
Commercial National Bank
Portland, Or
Eckels
Justice Day
Rumor of Frigid Reception Sparks Anger in Russia
Reports from St. Petersburg claim Count Benckendorff met Lord Lansdowne in London with a cold reception signaling only business relations. The rumor has intensified hostility toward Britain and the United States, seen as backing Japan in its war posture.
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St. Petersburg
London
Count Benckendorff
Great Britain
Lord Lansdowne
Foreign
Aaffirs
United States
Japan
Abandon Fort Walla Walla Decision Reported
Washington decided to abandon Fort Walla Walla as soon as the Boisy barracks are enlarged to hold regimental headquarters and four troops of cavalry. The news, received by the Walla Walla Commercial Club, dulls local hopes after years of regional support and the fort’s long history since 1850.
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Walla Walla
Northern Pacific Completes Survey For Line To Vancouver
Vancouver notes that the Northern Pacific railroad has completed surveys for a potential route from Sumas at the boundary to New Westminster and then to Vancouver crossing the Fraser River by a new bridge. The line would extend from Sumas and join the Canadian Pacific into Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B. C
Northern Pacific Railroad
Sumas
Boundary Line
New Westminster
Fraser River
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Fire destroys two stores on First Avenue causing heavy losses
Dawson Y T reports fire ruined Ladue Trading Company and Ames Mercantile Company on First Avenue. Ladue losses around 80000 dollars, Ames 10000 dollars, with Ames fully insured and Ladue possibly insured through Plattsburg New York. Ballard reports record shingles output in 1903 with 680 110 000 shingles produced. Pullman postpones opening of the annual School of Dairying to February 29 due to creamery delays.
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Dawson
Y. T
Ladue Trading Company
Ames Mercantile Company
Frst Avenue
Ladue Company
Ames Company
Ames
Ladue
Plattsburg
N. Y
Pullman
Wash
Washington Agricultural College
Fire at Shelby Steel Tube plant causes $3 million loss
United States Steel Corporation reports a devastating fire at the Shelby Steel Tube Company plant in Shelby Ohio. A defective wire started the blaze in a small room and rapidly destroyed the stock rooms and six months of production within an hour. Separately in Seattle the Republican state committee schedules a February 27 meeting to set a date for the statewide convention to choose delegates to the national convention.
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United States Reduction and Refining Company
Florence
Colo
Shelby
Ohio
United States Steel Corporation
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Seattle
Republican State Committee
Ellis Morrison
Mutual Life
Estate of ex Gov Bushnell Estimated at 7 Million
Springfield Ohio January 22 The estate of the late ex Governor Bushnell is estimated at nearly seven million dollars. Executors expect to inventory property and settle claims in the coming months.
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Springfield
Bushnell
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State of
Post Falls
Idaho
Baron von Manlichre
Manlichre
Panama
Indianapolis
Albert von Maybach
J. M. May
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Beaupre
Colombia
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
St. Louis
Salt Lake Tribune
J. J. Burns
Chicago & South Shore Railway
Simon Bamberger
Salt Lake
William H. Crocker
San Francisco
Old Mexico
Cayocan
Mexico
Croker
Zelia Nuttal
Archaeological Department
University of California
Hay
Nome Land District
Washington State News
New Baptist Church
Wilbur
McBride
Colfax
Palouse
Seattle Market Report
Tacoma
Washington Creamery
National Board OF Trade
Paul Smits, M. D
J. A. Mapes
M. D. Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
DR. Watkins
F and
Wishkah Sts
Nicholet
Everett E. Lane
D. D
Becker
U. C. Kinnison
Aberdeen, Wash
R. E. Whittaker
Wishkah St
Telephone
J.C. Cross
Attorney-at-Law
Herald Bldg
E. H. Fox
Aberdeen
C.a.clark
R. L. Caldwell
Notary Public
J. C. Cross
Humbolt
Fred Hewitt
Propr
C. Vammen
Heron
F Sta
Bowes & Thompson
L. W. Walker
I. W. Mason
Heron St
Bonney & Magee
Hotel Northern
J. P. Nelson
Prop
Walla Walna
N. P
Wolff-American
Yale Wheels
A. Ingebrightsen
G Street
Ballard
Belingham
State Republican Committee
J. M. Lupton
Cor. H and Hume
M. A. Tereda & CO
Zelasko
Berry A. Hage
Hayes & Hayes
Central Restaurant
M. Antigh
Heron and
Wiehkeh
W& Royal Restaurant
M. Francescovich
Sesmos
Pelite Ce
Heron Street
Montesano
W. E. Crist
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Tay
F. Street
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer Co
Pfund Bros., Proprs
Grays Harbor
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