Senator Templeman named inland revenue minister in Dominion cabinet
Victoria Senator Templeman will be appointed minister of inland revenue in the Dominion cabinet. Gen Joseph Wheeler, famed Confederate leader and since the Spanish war brigadier general of the US army, is dead at age 69. The trans Siberian railway resumes full operation after mutinous reservists were brought under control. Senate commerce committee favors prohibiting vessels from anchoring near lights and establishing a fog signal at Humboldt bay. Ohio passes Rathburn two cent bill despite railroad protests. US imports and exports total 2.806 billion in the past year, up from 2.307 billion in 1900. Ouster case against David Storms dismissed. Storms remains secretary of state. Marshall Field's estate valued around 150 million. 8 million to Field Columbian Museum plus charitable and familial bequests.
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Joseph Wheeler
United States Army
Senate Committee On Commerce
Humboldt Bay
Cal
Oregon Seeks Puter and McKinley for Land Frauds
Oregon authorities launch nationwide hunt for S A D Puter and Horace G McKinley linked to land frauds. Descriptions and photos sent to leading papers and all U S consuls to secure arrests. Government and state have pursued the pair for two months without success.
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Portland
Evening Telegram
Salem
State of
Oregon
S. A. D. Puter
Horace G. McKinley
West
Union
Canada
United States
Codfish From Anacortes Expands East Market Reach
Anacortes, Washington reports strong East Coast demand for Bering Sea codfish packed locally. Carload shipments reach Boston Chicago and St Louis as Atlantic catches dwindle. A dozen vessels will sail in spring with enhanced crews and gear, aiming to nearly double output this season.
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Anacortes
Wash
Bering Sea
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
Girl Labor Under Light Investigation Proposed
Washington January 24 congress may assign the bureau of labor to exhaustively study conditions of girl labor in the United States. President urges action. Miss Jane Adams of Hull Settlement Chicago and Miss McDowell of Chicago University settlement have pressed the bill proposing a 200000 dollar appropriation. Congressional leaders likely favor a limited appropriation and Metcalf may recommend it.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of Labor
United States
Jane Addams
Hull Settlement
Chicago
Congressional
Metcalf
Rural route and fish hatchery bills ahead in Olympia
Rural route No 1 for Kent is ordered. the senate receives a favorable report on a 50000 fish hatchery appropriation for Puget Sound. Walla Walla hosts a poultry show opening February 9 and the Citizens Bank of Anacortes moves to a new brick building.
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The
Citizens’ Bank of
Puget Sound
Senate
Railroads Face Labor Shortage Delays West Extensions
Chicago Jan 26 Railroad builders in the West and Northwest report a shortage of about 30,000 workers. This labor gap has delayed many planned projects for the year, with the Northwest hardest hit as ongoing construction stalls. The Milwaukee and other lines may abandon some extensions to focus on the Pacific Coast project.
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Chicago
West
Northwest
Far Northwest
Milwaukee
Model road project to span six states announced
Washington January 26. Samuel Hill of Seattle says the agricultural department agrees to build one mile of model road in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota and Minnesota next summer. The federal government will supply machinery and expert supervision if state or county cooperation is secured.
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Washington
Samuel Hill
Seattle
Agricultural Department
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Alaska Salmon Regulation Bill Sent to House
Washington January 22 Secretary Metcalf forwarded a draft bill embodying Commerce and Labor Department ideas for regulating Alaska salmon fisheries to the House. The document outlines regulatory authority aims and proposed management measures.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Alaska
House
Metcalf
Seattle Market Prices From Local Dealers Report
Seattle market report lists f o b prices for grains, hay, eggs, poultry, wool, livestock, and dairy. Notable figures include oats 26 27 per ton, barley 22 23, wheat 24 25 per ton, eggs ranch 32 33c per dozen, live hens 13 13 1 2c per lb, lambs 3 per head, butter Washington creamery 32c, and cattle prices by weight across regions.
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Seattle
Shorts
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Eastern
Oregon
Washington Ranch
Valencia Wreck Toll Grows After Fog Bound S teamer
The Valencia steamship, carrying 94 passengers and 6 crew, ran aground off Vancouver Island in thick fog. Survivors and wreckage reports vary as救 aid boats reach the scene but many aboard perished, with the vessel breaking up and survivors rescued under freezing conditions.
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B. C
Valencia
San Francoiso
Vancouver Island
Cape Beale
Cloo Ose
San Francisco
Johnson
Umatilla Reef
High Bluff
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Field Columbian Museum
Puter and
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Japan
General Staff of the Army
American Lake
Harry C. Coffman
State University
Chehalis
J. D. Smith
Benjamin Hoffstatter
J. C. Robinson
Justice Gordon
Fred T. Sherman
Wright
N. A. Laughbon
Davenport
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Topeka
Burke
Pacific Coast
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
Copper River
Omar J. Humphrey
Alaska Commercial Company
Transport Service
Manila
Nome
Whaling Company
Pacific Packing and Navigation Company
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
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St. Michaels
Cramps
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Caribbean
Post - Intelligencer
Port Angeles
City of Topeka
Z. D. Harden
M. Tarpey
P. O'Brien
W. Raymond
G. Willis
P. Primer
B.C
Queen
F. C. Clarke
Associated Press
Czar
Salvor
Bamfield
Patterson
Pharo
Cousins
Carl Samuel
Mike Hone
R. Brown
Hasoda
T. J. McCarthy
Thomas Shields
F. Campbell
B. N. Ledhos
Albert Wells
United States Navy
John Mark
W. Goslin
T. Lampson
C. Brown
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Toquart
Ucluelet
F. Hancock
Cook
Max Stanslar
George Long
Turret Island
Barclay Sound
Charlie Ross
Alberni
W. W. Wrenn
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Harper Rye
Kentucky
Fred Hewitt
South F Street
Aberdeen, Wash
G. W. Ninemire, Pres
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Pres
Ninemire & Morgan CO
Alec
Ninnemire & Morgan Co
Mentesane
Aberdeen
Patterson & Locke Co
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Nature
H. L. Cook & CO
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Mgr
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Hume
R. B. Porter
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W. Heron St
C. C. Sargent
Prop
Henry Jarve
G. Cullen
S. P Street
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