Summary of Nine Brief News Items From The Week
Kansas legislature passes an anti slot bill. Colorado battleship launch postponed to April 25. Army surgeon general O Reilly stays home with grip. West Virginia coal mine options acquired by Cleveland syndicate. J M Caldwell declared insane by Chicago jury. Thomas Byrnes sentenced to one year in jail. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul declares 3.5 percent dividend. Three tombs found in Rome catacombs identified as Saint Mark St Marcelinus and Pope Damascus. Ignazio Allegretti dies at 86 in Wisconsin. Consul Bittinger of Montreal to resign. Major Edwards named successor. Sixty four post offices to rise to presidential class Apr 1. Francis and Schwab aboard Kronprinz Wilhelm to New York. Ceibal Honduras captured by revolutionaries. warship advised. Run on Butte bank stemmed by rescue efforts. Sea-farer wages under $100 non garnishable per San Francisco court.
Colville to get a new brewery in Washington state
Washington state notes report Colville will host a brewery. Other items include Harrington gambling houses closed, John McMillan a Pomeroy pioneer dies in Walla Walla, and a wage increase for Everett carpenters to 3 50 for eight hours.
Ames Will Fight Bribery Case on Appeal
Former Mayor Ames of Minneapolis, held on bribery charges, appeals a Decison in New Hampshire to the state supreme court after habeas corpus efforts failed. He may seek release if securities totaling 12 500 are posted by 2 pm Saturday, with possible appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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Ames
Minneapolis
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Supreme Court of the United States
New Hampshire
Liberty
Timber assets sold to Rat Portage Lumber Company
A $100,000 cash deal closes sale of W I Taft sawmill timber limits and logging camp at Vancouver including about 6000 acres along the northern British Columbia coast. Rat Portage Lumber Company, already operating mills in Rat Portage Norman and Winnipeg, expands its coastal holdings.
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B. C
Rat
Cuba Ratifies Reciprocity Treaty With United States
Washington March 12 Senor Que sada Cuban minister says a dispatch from Havana confirms the reciprocity treaty with the United States was approved by the Cuban senate by sixteen votes with three absentees. The vote meets the two thirds requirement for ratification.
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Washington
Senor Quesada
United States
Senate
Levy Sues for 25000 Damages in Olympia Case
Olympia March 12 Papers prepared for a personal damages suit by Representative Lewis Levy against Gwin Hicks P L Allen A B Howe and Frank T Houghton The State Printing Company Metropolitan Press and Pioneer Binding and Printing Company join the defense Levy seeks 25000 and will bring the case in Thurston county courts with two of his attorneys Cole and Easterday, members of the house, who helped in defense before a special investigating committee.
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Olympia
Irving T. Cole
Seattle
J. H. Easterday
Tacoma
George C. Israel
Lewis Levy
Gwin Hicks
P. L. Allen
A. B. Howe
Frank T. Houghton
State Printing Company
Metropolitan Press and
Pioneer Binding and Printing Company
Hicks
Cole
Easterday
House
House Special Investigating Committee
Levy
Thurston County
Fate of Extension mine teeters as workers strike
Nanaimo March 13 The Extension mine turmoil centers on 1000 workers quitting and mass meeting backing recognition of their right to organize. Boss Jas Dunsmuir is said to prefer permanent closure over concession, with dismantling orders rumored. The town of 5,000 faces ruin or revival based on the dispute.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Jas. Dunsmuir
Pioneer settler Mrs Lucy Ide dies at 64 in Spokane
Spokane report notes Mrs Lucy A Ide died at age 64. A pioneer settler, she came to Washington twenty four years ago by wagon train from Wisconsin. She was wife of Chester B Ide and mother of Clarence W Ide collector of customs G L Ide deputy Ernest Ide and adopted daughter Hazel Ide.
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Spokane
Lucy A. Ide
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer offers for round lots on the dock or at the car. Grain prices include oats 24.25 per ton barley 24 per ton wheat 25 per ton and bran 17 per ton. Poultry figures cover live hens 14 cents per lb and spring chickens 13 cents per lb. Livestock shows cattle steers 43 to 43 1/4 cents per lb hogs 63 1/2 cents per lb veal 7 to 9 dollars per cwt. Oats rolled oats 26.50 and barley feed 25 to 26 per ton. Timothy and clover hay priced per ton across regions.
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Puget Sound
Washington
Timothy
Washington Legislature Ends Session With Broad Bill List
The Eighth Washington legislature adjourned after a long session at 2 am, boasting 41 bills passed in the Senate and many in the House. Highlights include bills on bird protection, taxation reforms, land sales, school funding, garnishments, labor arbitration, and the creation of a state board of accountancy. A range of appropriations and policy changes touched health, education, infrastructure, and public lands.
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State of Washington
House
Senate
House of Gold
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Hare
Legislative bill list spans multiple measures and counties
Long catalog of Senate and House bills covering constitutional amendment for chaplains, tax limits, school funding, land and water issues, road and railway matters, official newspapers, auctions of state lands, marine and insurance topics, and Capitol building repairs. Includes appropriations totaling thousands and various rulings on governance and public works.
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Olympia Light & Power Company
Mottman Mercantile Company
Weller & Metheson
J., Percival’s City Dock
Lowman & Hanford
Capital National Bank
Riverside Wharf Collapses Into Snohomish River
Everett March 12 The Riverside wharf sank into the Snohomish river just after unloading 40 tons of coal from the steamer Oscar of Vancouver. The structure will be rebuilt at once and some coal may be recovered from the riverbank.
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Riverside
Snohomish River
Oscar
Vancouver
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