Short Recap of Notable Legislative and Industrial News
Idaho and South Dakota legislatures adjourned Saturday. Chicago Republicans nominate Graeme Stewart for mayor. A general strike order against the American Bridge Company is issued by bridge and structural iron workers. The cruiser Chattanooga was launched at New York yards. The London board of trade shows imports down 5.6 million and exports up 6.115 million pounds. A cyclone injures no one in Dahlgren Illinois. Kansas Supreme Court invalidates injunction-closing joints under Hurrel law. Ottawa bill to authorize Grand Trunk Railway across Canada prepared for Parliament. capital is 75 million dollars. Equity Court Washington grants injunctions to stop postmaster general from denying second-class rates to Bates Guild Co and Houghton Mifflin.
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Ottawa
Grand Trunk Railway
Canada
Washington
Bates & Guild Co
Boston
Houghton-Mifflin Company
Five Die in Aurora Roadhouse Fire on Hunker Creek
Dawson Alaska Territory March 9 five people were burned to death when the Aurora roadhouse on Hunker creek burned at 2 am. Victims named include Charles Bernsie 38 Mrs Bernsie 32 Beatrice 4 George 10 and Thomas Baird 27. Cause of the blaze is unknown as neighbors discovered the flames.
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Bernsie
Baird
Hunker Road
Boers plan migration to Texas under US aid
London reports private preparations for thousands of Boer families to emigrate to Texas and New Mexico in May. Four pioneers will travel to the United States to finalize arrangements with General Samuel Pearson acting as agent. They seek about one million acres funded by bonds on land and crops. Notable families include De Villiers, Van der Post, De Koch, Steytler, Van Wyk, Viljoen, De Wet, Wesels, Kruger kin, and De Hassall.
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London
South Africa
Texas
New Mexico
America
Madagascar
United States
Samuel Pearson
United States Army
New Meico
P. de Villiers
van der Post
de Koch
Steytler
van Wyk
P. Viljoen
de Wet
Johann Wesels
Stefan Kruger
de Hass
Rapid Settlement Inquiry in Washington State
Washington Land Commissioner Richards will probe rapid settlement patterns and the case for boosting public land survey funds. Current allotment is about 43000 dollars, with a call to raise to 70000 dollars. James H. Blount, longtime Georgia congressman and later Hawaii commissioner, has died of lung congestion in Atlanta.
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Washington
Richards
State of
Atlanta
James H. Blount
Congress
Georgia
Hawaiian Islands
Cleveland
Endicott Bank Opens in Washington State
Endicott gains its first banking institution with the Endicott State Bank opening for business. It operates with a capital of 25000 under state law. Other notes include fire destroying Hattery M E church in Seattle and various public works and bids for Fort Worden Fort Lawton and Fort Worden quarters.
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Endicott State Bank
Endicott
Gambling bill signed by governor amid applause
Olympia report says the governor approved anti gambling and nickel in the slot machine bills to applause in the house. Foreign banking and pilotage bills were killed without ceremony. The governor also vetoed the repeal of the libel laws.
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Olympia
Rewarded for bravery by railroad for Cascade tunnel rescue
Everett March 10 R D Abbott a fireman who backed a stalled passenger train out of the Cascade tunnel after gas incapacitated passengers and crew has been awarded 1000 in cash by the company. His action likely saved the lives of everyone aboard the train.
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Everett
R. D. Abbott
Cascade Tunnel
Abott
Seattle Market Report Prices Beat on Dock and Car Delivery
Local Seattle dealers offer round lot prices for grains eggs poultry and livestock. Grain oats 24 25 per ton barley 24 per ton wheat chicken feed 25 per ton bran 17 per ton shorts 18 per ton hay Puget Sound 8 11 per ton Eastern Washington 16 alfalfa 10. Eggs strictly fresh ranch 82 cents per dozen. Poultry live hens 14 cents per lb old roosters 8 cents ducks 13 14 cents spring chickens 13 cents per lb geese 9 per lb. Livestock beef cattle cows 4 cents per lb steers 41 43 4 cents per lb sheep 4 cents per lb hogs 634 cents per lb calves 5 7 cents per lb spring lambs 4 cents per lb. Wheat Bluestem 2 cents club 72 cents. Cattle steers 4 75 per cwt cows 3 50. Hogs 6 50. Veals 7 00 9 00. Oats 25 50 26 50 rolled oats 26 50. Barley feed whole grain 25 rolled 26 timothy east of the mountains 17 18 per ton clover 15 50.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Timothy
Benson Caught by Lumbermen Near Olympia in Cabin
Christ Benson, the prisoner who murdered Deputy Sheriff David Morrell, was captured by a posse two miles west of Olympia after being located in a vacant cabin. He surrendered unarmed as Sheriff Mills led a guarded arrest at the jail. The reward for Benson’s capture will be shared equally among seven men who guarded him.
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Olympia
Christ Benson
David B. Morrell
Thurston County
Mills
Benson
Morrison
Allen’s
Plank
Rohr
Rose
Conklin
Burdick
Old Mill
Zeb Carter
More Men Walled Out in Vancouver Strike Crisis
Pres ident Estes of the United Brotherhood of Railway Employes vows to fight the Canadian Pacific to a finish after talks fail. He says ships will be tied up and Vancouver teams join a full strike, with Winnipeg and Calgary districts called out. Coal supply may be halted as Western Federation of Miners aid spreads. Freight in Vancouver stands still.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Estes
United Brotherhood of Railway
Teamsters’ Union of Vancouver
Calgary
Winnipeg
Western Federation of Miners
Nanaimo
Montreal
Colima Volcano Erupts Again Alarms Tuxpan Residents
The Colima volcano erupts violently sending ashes and dense clouds over Tuxpan Mexico. Citizens flee to hills as darkness falls on the town. households close up and residents pray amid the ash shower.
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Colima
Mexico
Tuxpan
Kruger Stays in Cannes as Grips Lapse
Paris dispatch reports Mr. Kruger recovering from a light grip attack after three days in his room and planning to extend his Cannes visit until the end of April.
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Paris
Patrie
Canes
Kruger
Ben
Cannes
Mass meeting of Western passenger reps on Elkins law
Chicago March 9 mass meeting of Western passenger representatives adjourned without agreement. Majority report favors restricting party tariffs to theatrical firms, filing excursion tariffs with the ICC, observing full agreed rates with legal deductions, and equalized rates via competing lines for regulars and militia. Reduction of rates for railway laborers only on request of regular railroads and when business is competitive.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rail survey planned for extension into Okanogan mining district
The Bellingham Bay and British Columbia railway launches a seven month survey from Fairhaven through Whatcom county toward Maple Valley to map a route into the Okanogan mining and wheat country. Engineers will move via Wenatchee and the Columbia River, then north toward the Colville reservation to chart a feasible line into Eastern Whatcom county and beyond.
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Seattle
Bellingham Bay & British
Great Northern
Wenatchee
Columbia River
Ceclan
Colville Indian Reservation
Okanogan County
Cascade Range
Whatcom County
Maple Valley
Okanogan
Bellingham Bay
British Columbia
Washington Forest Reserve
Washington funding hits state and Alaska projects
Washington appropriations totaling more than 5.0 million were approved by Congress for the state and Alaska. Major items include aids to commerce in Washington 1,149,225 dollars Puget Sound navy yard 1,470,500 dollars post office buildings and sites 1,150,000 dollars and Alaska lighthouses and cables 951,350 dollars.
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Washington
Alaska
Congress
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Ferry capsizes near Spiers Dam. Italian workers feared dead
A small ferryboat crossing the river below Spiers Dam sank in midstream. Twenty Italian laborers drowned or missing after the vessel struck a log jam and ice. One man grabbed the tackle rope and toppled overboard, causing the craft to surge into ice. A full roll call is pending to confirm the death toll, which may exceed twenty.
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Glenn Falls
N. Y
Spiers Dam
Navy reshuffles assign Iowa captains to yards
The Navy Department detaches Captain Perry from the Iowa to serve at the New York navy yard, relieving Captain Barclay who moves to Washington to command the Bremerton yard. Captain Mansfield will command the Iowa and Captain Wilde will head the Boston yard.
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Washington
Navy Department
Perry
Iowa
New York Navy Yard
Barclay
Bremerton Yard
Mansfield
Wilde
Boston Yard
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Chicago Republicans
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Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Hunker Creek
Washington State News
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United States Engineers
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Wilbur City Council
Wilbur Electric Company
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State Normal School
Lewiston
State Normal School of
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L. Arthur Lewis
R. Edward Trumble
Clement Reid
Otto J. Rust
Joseph McGhee
Harrington
Seattle, Everett & Tacoma Navigation Company
EK. J. George
Yarcott
Portland, Vancouver & Yakima
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Spokane
Moran Prairie Transportation Company
Moran Prairie
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Seattle Market Report
Tacoma
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Texpan
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Okanogan Country
Washington Waterways
Aberdeen Brewing Co
Telephone
A.B. C. Prima
Lowrie
Co. M. Dembree
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
G Street
Aberdeen State Bank
Aberdeen
Wash
Isaitiatis Rainier
H Street
St. Louis
Amano
Gall
M. P. Benton
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Pacific Hotel
Banboo Furniture
H. A. Tereda & CO
Zelasko
Star Meat Market
James Barrett
Propr
F Street
Aberdeen Livery Aa Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
Prope
Foomys
Delton
Haeber
Bealer Ia
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