New Senate Opens In Extraordinary Session Adds Oath For Fresh Members
Washington March 5 In obedience to the president s proclamation the senate of the Fifty eighth congress convened in extraordinary session at noon Ankeny absent ill 74 senators present President Roosevelt s message urges action on two key treaties Colombia canal rights and Cuba reciprocity with urgency highlighted by the White House note from March 5
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Gorman
Cannon
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Hale
Allison
Teller
Smoot
Utah
Ankeny
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Hoar
Cockrell
Roosevelt
Republic of Colombia
United States
Isthmian Canal
Republic of Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Monroe Doctrine deemed empty pretension by German economist
Berlin on March 5 Professor Adolph Wagner of Berlin University called the Monroe doctrine an empty pretension with no energetic will or power behind it. He argued no conqueror would endorse it and questioned its binding force as international law for Germany and Europe.
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Adolph Wagner
Berlin University
England
Russia
Napoleon
United States
South America
North America
Omnibus Road Bill Approved By Joint Committee
The joint appropriation committee instructed a sub committee to draft an omnibus road bill carrying $100 000 for state wagon road construction endorsed giving the state board of control audit authority over educational institutions and to recommend improvements to the legislature approved the printing appropriation for the biennial period and a deficiency bill of $28 400 was also approved
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Olympia
State Board of Control
Death of Mrs Wells in Washington District
Mrs L H Wells wife of Rt Rev L H Wells bishop of Spokane dies at her sister Mrs J H Ramedell's residence in Washington She was a delegate to the Daughters of the Revolution convention and fell ill after arriving for the event. In Newcastle Pa Charles I Sankey learns cousin Ira D Sankey the evangelist has gone blind at his Brooklyn home recovery hoped after treatment.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
L. H. Wells
J. H. Ramedell
Newcastle
Charles I. Sankey
Ira D. Sankey
Brooklyn
University Gets First Rhodes Scholarship Award Plan
Dr. R G Parkin, agent of Cecil Rhodes trustees, met with presidents of six colleges in Washington, Idaho and Oregon to plan Rhodes scholarships at Oxford. Each state keeps two scholars. annual $1,500 per scholar. Rotation assigns 1903 Washington State University, 1904 Whitman College, 1906 State Agricultural College at Pullman, 1907 Whitworth College Tacoma.
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Oregon
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Whitworth College
Tacoma
Names of New Warships
Secretary Moody named the five new battleships from the 1900s naval act. The 16 000 ton ships will be Kansas Vermont and Minnesota and the 12 000 ton vessels Mississippi and Idaho. Connecticut and Tennessee class ships follow with plans soon. Mississippi and Idaho plans take longer due to size and list status.
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Connecticut
Tennessee
Alaskan boundary treaty ratified amid swift prep
Secretary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert exchange ratifications sealing the Alaskan boundary treaty. The two sides begin immediate preparations to present their cases to the arbitrators within sixty days, with ex Secretary John W. Foster and Mr Lansing handling the U.S. data and research.
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John W. Foster
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Bering Sea
State appointees fail confirmation in Senate vote
The senate in executive session refused to confirm Col A J Blethen and several capitol commission nominees Sol G Simpson Van R Pierson James McNeeley and other Rogers and McBride appointees. Remaining appointees were confirmed with little opposition.
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Shelton
van R. Pierson
Seattle
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Buckley
Capitol Commission
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Blaze devastates Dekum block in Portland fire
Fire erupted at 12 45 a m on the eighth floor of the Dekum block at Third and Washington, destroying property worth about 250000. Lipman Wolfe Co occupy the first two floors with 500000 in stock damaged by water and smoke. The fire confined to the three upper floors, leaving the building gutted.
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Lipman, Wolfe & Co
Congress Appropriations Totals Reported in Session Close
The March 6 report shows this session’s appropriations totaling 753,484,019 dollars, versus 800,624,496 in the prior session. The full congress expenditures reach 1,514,085,14 dollars, about 100 million more than the Fifty-sixth congress total of 1,440,489,438 dollars.
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Home Rule Understanding Reported For Ireland
The Daily Express claims a passive understanding between the government and Nationalists allowing home rule on lines advised by Chamberlain. In Seattle, February imports totaled 2,201,939 dollars while exports reached 1,704,330 dollars, a surplus of about 497,609 dollars for imports.
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Chamerlain
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Jansen
Sagging Doors Fix and Aims at Livestock Welfare
A kitchen-door repair suggests using a wheel and iron bar to prevent sagging, with a flat stone under the door sill for support. The piece on cruelty to cows argues for exercise and sunlight, asserting healthy cows yield better dairy, and criticizes confined systems. It then surveys seed quality and prices, noting variability by region and crop, and ends with guidance on feeding ground grain with whole grain to stock, recommending shared grinding and economical fuel use.
Seed quality and fowl shelter in farm notes
Readable extracts cover weed seed contamination in grain seed analysis in Ottawa, warnings about wild carrot invasion, and advice on breeding stock advertising. Poultry housing guidance emphasizes shelter, exercise, and cleanliness to sustain egg production and fertility. Dairy notes stress temperature control, milking routines, and equipment care for better butter and milk quality.
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Ont
Massachusetts
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