Cardinal Creation for Mexican Archbishop Reported
The wireless item notes Archbishop Alari of the Mexico City diocese is to be named a cardinal, part of a reforming group of six Mexican archbishops. Also, Miss Alice Roosevelt sails for Porto Rico to visit Miss Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Governor Hunt, aboard the steamer Como.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Alice Roosevelt
Como
Porto Rico
Elizabeth Hunt
Governor Hunt
Will Cromwell Receive Largest Legal Fee If Panama Treaty Passes
New York lawyers predict that if the Panama canal treaty is ratified, William Nelson Cromwell will earn a historic fee, possibly $2,000,000, from the government compensation for the partly finished canal. The arrangement, reported by the Herald, is said to be 5 percent of the amount realized.
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New York
the Herald
United States Senate
William Nelson Cromwell
Wall Street
Panama Canal Company
Government to build reservoir in Montana under new irrigation laws
Great Falls land office reports orders withdrawing lands for a government reservoir project. Engineers locate a dam site sixty five feet high stretching about two miles long and eight miles wide, large enough to require Milk and Beaver rivers to fill in two years. Dam will submerge twenty seven miles of Great Northern track between Malta and Saco, under ten feet of water at completion.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Malta
Sacco
Speculation of Supreme Court Justice Dunbar Resigning
In Vancouver Washington March 17 it is claimed Judge Dunbar of the state supreme court will resign soon and Superior Judge A L Miller of the county may be appointed to the vacancy. Backers deem the change authentic and possible at any time as lawmakers have not created an extra judgeship despite ongoing talks.
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Vancouver
Wash
Dunbar
State Supreme Court
A. L. Miller
Miller
Seattle Market Prices for Grains Livestock and Poultry
Seattle market report shows producer offers for delivery late on the dock or in the car. Grain oats 24 25 ton barley 24 ton wheat 25 ton chicken feed 25 ton bran 17 ton shorts 18 40 ton hay Puget Sound 8 11 ton Eastern Washington 16 alfalfa 10 eggs strictly fresh ranch 16c doz live hens 14c per lb old roosters 8c ducks 18 14c meat chickens 18c per lb geese 9 per lb beef cattle cows 4c per lb steers 44 43 4c per lb sheep 4c per lb hogs 6 %c per lb calves 6 7c per lb spring lambs 4c per lb
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Market Prices for Grains and Livestock Reported
Wheat and oats prices listed for blends and rolls. Cattle and hog quotes shown with per hundredweight figures. Summary of barley hay and timothy clover values included for region east of the mountains and feed varieties.
Washington State Happenings and Market Notes
Thomas Hinchey, a brick mason and contractor, was killed by a train at Spokane. Pacific coast hops rise to 20 cents a pound, the highest in years. Senator John L. Wilson’s residence sells to Rufus Merriam for 5500, with Wilson moving to Seattle. Smallpox in Colfax reportedly under control with no new cases in nearly two weeks. A call for 4,000,000 feet of Washington lumber for American forces in the Philippines. bids open noon March 23. Port Townsend to hold April 16 exam for customs opener and packer in Puget Sound district. Wild cattle roam in Lake Kipsowish district and south of Nisqually falls amid rough terrain.
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Philippines
Major Bingham
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Opener and Packer
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Lake Kipsowish
Nisqually Falls
President Roosevelt to Visit Seattle in May
News confirms President Roosevelt will arrive in Seattle on May 23 with a two day stay including a steamboat ride on Puget Sound and visits to the Puget Sound navy yard Bremerton and Everett before continuing his Western tour through the Northwest and California.
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Roosevelt
Will E. Humphrey
Chehalis
Centralia
Olympia
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Everett
Ellensburg
North Yakima
Paseo
Wailula
Waila Walla
Spokane
Teoka
Levees Threatened as Flood Rises Across Mid South
The Mississippi River flood between Carruthersville Missouri and Baton Rouge Louisiana escalates. Memphis gauge hits 35.5 feet, highest on record. 500 feet of Yazoo and Mississippi Valley tracks inundated near Ensley forcing railroad suspension. Levee breach risk at Hollybush as water pours over 600 feet. Refugees, horses and mules arrive. crews race to hold embankment. Rudolph Forster of Virginia appointed assistant secretary to the president in Washington.
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Ensley
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Hollybush
Here
Alaska Salmon Rules Sought After Kutchin Report
Treasury agent Howard M. Kutchin presents Alaska salmon fisheries findings noting rapid industry growth and mostly technical law violations by small operators. He urges hatchery regulation changes, government hatcheries funding, seasonal limits, net mesh rules, water temp protections, and joint agency enforcement to safeguard future salmon stocks.
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Howard M. Kutchin
Treasury
Alaska
Kutchin
Cross Sound
Dixon’s
Roosevelt to Name Successor for Venice Consul
The Post reports President Roosevelt plans to appoint a new United States consul at Venice to replace Henry A. Johnson, who has held the post since 1896. Johnson faced criticism over his actions during last summer's Chicago cruiser incident, though it is unclear if this prompted his removal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Johnson
United States
Venice
Italy
Chicago
Johnson
Washington Senator Sworn In Before Executive Session
Leyi Ankeny of Washington state was escorted to the desk by colleague Mr. Foster and sworn in before the senate moved into executive session.
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Washington
Senate
Leyi Ankeny
Washington State
Foster
Canadian Pacific agreement closes most border ports to Chinese entry
Washington March 16 The secretary of the treasury approves a deal with Commissioner Sargent and the Canadian Pacific Railway to close border ports to Chinese admission except Richford Vermont Malone New York Portland Oregon and Sumas Washington Detention stations will be set up for care and examination of Chinese persons at these places The railway must obtain passenger certificates from all Chinese seeking U S passage if in the excepted classes The company will provide lists of all Chinese brought aboard for Canadian ports bound to the United States and will cover free maintenance hospital care and deportation if entry is denied The arrangement applies only to Chinese brought in by the Canadian Pacific company.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Sargent
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian
Richfard
Malone
N. Y
Portland
Sumas
Wash
Canadian Pacific Company
United States
Commissioner General of Immigration
Germany to seek identical privileges after Cuba US treaty
Berlin notes that Germany will request identical trade privileges for Cuba and the United States once the reciprocity treaty is ratified and anticipates similar deals with Mexico Brazil and Argentina. The new approach abandons the most favored nation principle in favor of give and take.
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Germany
Cuba
United States
Russia
Austria
Italy
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
London promoter Wright arrested on arrival in New York
J Whittaker Wright a London promoter accused of large frauds in organizing financial ventures was arrested aboard the La Lorraine by U S detectives at the request of London police. His mining schemes in Rossland B C began with the Le Roi mine and included Great Western Kootenai Columbia Joseph and Annie and the Northport smelter, backing about 7 million pounds from London. As a result of the London Globe disputes many properties were idle and stock was hammered below par, ruining numerous London stockholders.
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London
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C. H. McIntosh
British American Corporation
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Great Western
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Columbia
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Annie
Wright
Northport
London & Globe
Supreme Court Advances Gonza les Porto Rican Citizenship Case
The supreme court moved Isabella A. Gonzales the Porto Rican woman detained in New York last August on public charge grounds to the October term. The case centers on the citizenship status of Porto Ricans and their rights under U S law. Ames Leaves Boston for Minneapolis to Withdraw Extradition Fight. Former Mayor Ames of Minneapolis travels with his wife and sheriffs Dreger and Doane to Minneapolis after deciding to abandon the fight and return voluntarily.
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Supreme Court
Isabella A. Gonzales
New York
Ames
Minneapolis
Boston
Dreger
Doane
Mineapolis
Bowen urges direct talks with Castro over Hague protocol
Washington reports Minister Bowen and Senor Pulido pressed Italy Britain and Germany for replies on the Hague protocol. Bowen drafted a convention sending the preferential question to the Hague with a Russian czar chosen court. He cautioned Castro against any compromise to avoid the Hague, and prepared to send Pulido to Caracas to block such a move.
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Bowen
Senor
Augusto Pulido
Hague
Russia
State Department
Herbert Deering
New York
London
Baron Sternberg
The
Castro
Senor Pulido
Caracas
Italy
Great Britain
Mexico eyes canal tie in with Latin America
Mexico City reports strong interest in the Panama canal project. It notes U S construction after treaty ratification and a five year completion estimate. Diaz plans a Veracruz to Havana steam line linking Cuba Central America Colon with Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Chile.
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Panama Canal
United States
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Vera Cruz
Progresso
Havana
Port Limon
Colon
Savanilla
la Guayra
Mexico
Cuba
Central America
Colombia
Ecuador
Bolivia
Chile
South America
Gulf of Mexico
Mediterranean
Meixco
Seattle Quake Shakes City Briefly Without Damage
A rare Seattle earthquake shock rattled second floors at 6:40 PM causing one second of tremor felt citywide except perhaps the bay and shoreline. Tacoma and Olympia reported heavier tremors while other Sound cities logged slight disturbances with no dock or vessel damage.
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Bay
Shore Line
Tacoma
Olympia
Sound
Mississippi levee breach at Trice's Landing endangers Memphis area
The St Francis levee broke at Trice s Landing Arkansas about twenty miles north of Memphis. Mississippi floodwaters rush through a three quarter mile crevasse in the embankment heard for miles. Water rises rapidly and three other Arkansas levee points north of Memphis remain precarious.
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Tenn
St. Francis
Trice’s Landing
Arkansas
Mississippi
Arkansas Levee
Mormon Missionaries to Open Work in Russia
Salt Lake announces that following the czar’s decree granting religious liberty in Russia the Church of Jesus Christ will soon begin missionary work there. Once established the Mormons plan to proselytize in every civilized country in the world.
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Russia
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
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