Hepburn rate bill cleared in committee for House
Washington report says the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee approved the Hepburn rate bill with a Democratic concession package and an 18 member panel. The measure sets a just, reasonable maximum rate and includes seven ICC members, with three-year orders and expedited hearings provisions. Arizona and Oklahoma statehood moves follow.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House
Hepburn
Senate
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Democrats
Davie
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Young Men urged to enter politics at Jersey City event
Mayor Mark Fagan of Jersey City and Senator Everett Colby of New Jersey urged young men to join politics. They labeled themselves reformers, criticized political rings, and called for fresh brains to reform the system and end corporate influence. They urged active participation and joining party clubs.
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New York
Young Men’s Christian Association
Majestic Theater
Mark Fagan
Jersey City
Everett Colby
New Jersey
Colby
Fagan
Railroads grant 30000 mile books for guards and patients
Olympia reports the Great Northern Northern Pacific and O R N have agreed to issue special 30000 mile transportation books at 21 cents per mile for guards and patients. The new rate saves about one sixth of prior costs, replacing the former three cent per mile fares.
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Olympia
Gov. Mead
State Board of Control
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Berkeley Wife Says Husband Fled to Oregon in Land Fraud Case
Mrs. S. A. D. Puter reports her husband will be in Oregon when sought in connection with land fraud trials.
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Berkeley
Cal
Railroads May Grant Joint Rate on Wheat
The Washington railroad commission discusses a joint rate for moving the 1906 wheat crop. Commissioners and O R N officials confer in Portland and Seattle Tacoma. Railroads ask for more time to consult, with a formal hearing possible if no amicable adjustment is reached.
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Olympia
Seattle
Tacoma
Washington
Railroad Commission
Lawrence
Ide Gets Governorship Wright Goes to Japan
Washington January 23 The president nominates Luke E Wright Tennessee to Japan as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary James F Smith California as vice governor of the Philippines Henry Clay Ide Vermont as governor general of the Philippine Islands and Lloyd C Griscom Pennsylvania to Brazil plus David E Thompson Nebraska to Mexico Josiah A Vanorsdell Wyoming as assistant attorney general.
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Washington
Senate
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
Japan
David E. Thompson
Nebraska
Mexico
Lloyd C. Griscom
Pennsylvania
Brazil
The
Philippine Islands
Henry Clay Ide
Vermont
Philippines
James F. Smith
California
Josiah A. Vanorsdell
Wyoming
Who'd Be a Queen Louise of Orleans as Royal Bride
A speculative portrait of Louise of Orleans as a future Spanish queen, detailing strict royal protocols in the Spanish court, the invasion of privacy by twelve ladies and twelve gentlemen, and the heavy guard surrounding the monarch, with a closing note on Norway's queen consort in national dress.
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Louise
Orleans
Alfonso
Europe
Spain
Casious
Burgundy
Corps of Halberdiers
Haakon VI
Norway
Edward VII
England
Spanish royal court guards queen with vast ceremonial staff
The description paints a sprawling royal household with a hundred ladies and 250 women for service, a multitude of officials and guards, and a system that limits the queen’s freedom. It contrasts court pomp with the noted lack of hawks and the pressure of formal duties surrounding the monarch.
Royal Household Duties and Privileges Through History
The article traces how medieval Spanish court officials held roles created by a Burgundian princess, detailing each office from gold stick to mistress of the robes. It notes that privileges substituted for salaries, preserving noble careers through ceremonial duties and proxy offices in courts.
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Mme. Recamiler
Mme. de Stael
Empress Josephine
Rockefeller
Henry the brittle quarterback faces a rough fate
A Springfield Republican and Montreal Star inspired tale contrasts a frail young quarterback Henry with a heroic damsel on a canoe. Henry, tall and skilled, suffers severe injuries on the field yet survives amid hospital care, while a Western lake accident highlights quick thinking and courage as a woman steadies a canoe leaking below the waterline.
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Springfield Republican
Potatoes In Greenland Quip Draws Reactions
A Washington Star exchange notes a remark about Greenland potatoes and a reply that compen sation exists in any climate. The dialogue jokes about marble sized produce versus larger summer lumps.
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Greenland
Washington Star
Suppers and Eyes in Washington Talk
A sardonic friend jokes about catching a speaker’s eye while a prelix member of Congress says he will speak only when the speaker is not looking. A prominent oculist is cited as not seeing perfect eyes, and Miss Cayenne counters that the doctor may have never known a love.
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Congress
Washington Star
Miss Cayenne
Doctor Advertises Aberdeen Area Offices and Hours
PAUL SMITS M D lists multiple offices at Aberdeen General Hospital Crowther Wooding block G and Heron streets Hayes Bank and Zelaska Block G Street Olympia land office four years register. He offers morning afternoon and evening hours and contact numbers for appointments and states he will practice in State and Federal court and defends homesteaders against jumpers. CONSULT HIM.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Zelaska Block
G Street
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
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R. M. Robb Stapp
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Market Street
Cc. Cross
Attorney AT Law
H. Fox
Rooma
Taggart
Dabney Block
Jl, W. Mason
Heron Street
Jesse F. Murphy
Continental
O. C
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Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
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N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
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Roslyn Coal
FE. J. Bradley President
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Central Restaurant
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Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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