Misapprehensions on Withdrawals of Lands for Entry
Washington officials explain the General Land Office policy on withdrawals and suspensions. Commissioner Richards details why lands are withdrawn to prevent improper entries, including forest reserves, irrigation acts, mineral lands, desert land act cases, and suspensions pending law compliance investigations. He cites historical actions in 1902 and 1903 showing selective suspensions without canceling proper entries.
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Washington
Richards
General Land Office
Oregon
California
Duke of Devonshire Accepts Presidency of Free Food League
The Duke of Devonshire conditionally accepts the presidency of the Free Food league as it launches a campaign against the fiscal policies of Mr Chamberlain and Mr Balfour. The parliamentary committee unanimously approves the conditions and informs the duke.
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London
Duke of Devonshire
Free Food League
Chamberlain
Balfour
the League
Michael Hicks-Beach
Ritchie
League
Aldermen in Jail and Bribe Probe in Minneapolis
Minneapolis officials face corruption charges as Aldermen Nelson and Munn are indicted for accepting a $1,200 bribe to vacate an alley for a hardware firm. Grand jury member Brainard is dismissed for informing Alderman Munn. Former Alderman Sibley named in the bill, to be arrested when found. A Seattle dispatch reports a placer gold discovery near Copper Center at the Shushitna river headwaters.
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Minneapolis
A. J. Brainard
Grand Jury
Pond
Alderman Munn
John Sibley
Seattle
Post Intelligencer
Valdes
Copper Center
Shushitna River
Court Finds Washington Match Co. Fraudulent in Stock Scheme
Judge Snell orders Rh. W. Dick Florence Woods and J.J. Mulholland to recover amounts paid for stock in the Washington Match Company. The court brands the company as a stock selling fraud, noting 1,000 investors paid about $35,000. It alleges false claims of a Holes invention and nonexistent patents. Further inquiry into the missing funds is suggested for local prosecutors.
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Tacoma
Snell
Curt
Rh. W. Dick
Seattle
Florence Woods
J.J. Mulholland
Washington Match Company
Louis T. Holes
Pierce and
King Counties
Prominent Bankers Back China Railroad Syndicate
Wealthy financiers form the China Investment and Construction Company of America in New Jersey with a $1,000,000 capital. Directors include Edwin Hawley Charles T Barney Fredrick Tldridge Thomas Oakes and John W Clise. A. W. Bush will sail to secure concessions from China and begin Orient railroad development.
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New York
New Jersey
China Investment and Construction Company of America
Edwin Hawley
Town Central Railroad
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Charles T. Barney
Fredrick Tldridge
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Thomas Oakes
Northern Pacific
John W. Clise
Washington Trust Company
Seattle
Wash
A. W. Bush
China
Bush
Orient
Arrested as Dynamiter Near Helena Trails Lead to Suspect
Helena Oct 18 George Hammond, linked to Northern Pacific explosions, was seized half a mile from the blast site and jailed. Detectives found him in a deserted barn with a horse, armed and wearing a belt of cartridges. He says he worked in Colorado last year and was injured in Sun and Moon mine incident. He admits stealing local supplies. Two other arrests were reported nearby, names not disclosed.
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Helena
George Hammond
Northern Pacific
McFettridge
Colorado
Sun and Moon
Flying wedge naval stunt threatens mighty battleship
The navy tested a flying wedge maneuver with torpedo boat destroyers Decatur Barry near Long Island Sound. The tactic could sink a battleship costing about five million dollars, though it risks heavy losses for the destroyers and crews. President Roosevelt backs the drill as a demonstration of nerve and strategic potential.
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Long Island Sound
Decatur
Barry
Roosevelt
Lght Brigade
Navy
Jackie
General Oliver Named New Assistant Secretary of War
General Robert Shaw Oliver, veteran soldier and businessman, is appointed Assistant Secretary of War. Born in Toston fifty six years ago, he served in the Civil War and the Seventeenth Infantry, later in cavalry. He and his Albany family will move to Washington, bringing long civic ties and athletic daughters. The piece notes the Mexican wears a No. 6 boot.
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Robert Shaw Oliver
Department
Regular Army
Oliver
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Toston
Albany
Marion Rathbone
John F. Rathbone
Washington
Dinomite Plot Reported Against British Legation in Beijing
A Times dispatch from London details a mysterious attempt to blow up the magazine of the British legation during a military ball in Peking. The attackers were not connected with the armory, while breech blocks and sights of a 7 inch gun were found in the native city, and the newspaper notes the coincidence with the legation’s stance toward the empress dowager’s summer palace event.
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London
Peking
the Times
Legation
Whee Wree
Summer Palace
Post Office Fraud Trial Ends in Mistrial
In Cincinnati on Oct 19 the jury in the conspiracy to extort a bribe case against Daniel Voorhies Miller and Joseph M Johns failed to reach a verdict after a week of testimony and arguments. Judge Thompson discharged the jurors. The case drew attention as the first trial under recent post office fraud indictments.
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Cincinnati
Daniel Voorhies Miller
Joseph M. Johns
Thompson
Post Office Department
Return of the Grayling in Michigan Streams
A Michigan man tells the Philadelphia Ledger that grayling and trout fishing have revived in the Pigeon River district after railroads reduced log jams. He notes streams rebounding from past disturbance and cites Colonel Park of Columbus, Ohio, with a 33 grayling weighing over 36 pounds after 600 miles of transport and a 19 inch grayling as the largest from Pigeon River.
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Michigan Woods
Pigeon River
Michigan
Philadelphia Ledger
Colonel Park
Columbus
Ohio
Humorous and Miscellaneous Old-Time Teases
The passage mixes several era styled quips and sayings. A teacher questions children about tea with a boy’s answer about tacks in tea. It includes verses about hard work and a grave, plus a jab about a man controlling domestic roles in a combine.
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Boston
New York Times
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A. C. Kinnison, R. E. Whittaker
Aberdeen State Bank
J.C. Cross
Attorney-at-Law
Kaufman Blk
Aberdeen, Wash
E. H. Fox
Dabney Block
E. E. Shields, Shields & Taggart
R. E. Taggart
Attorneys-at-Law
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C.a.clark
George A. Black
Canadian Pacific Railway
G Street
R. L. Caldwell
J. C. Cross
C. C. Vammen
Q. Bt
Heron
Humbolt
Fred Hewitt
Propr
Heron and Fats
Gen. Oliver
Secretary OF War
I. W. Mason
Heron St
F. Street
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer Co
Pfund Bros., Proors
Grays Harbor
Storey Bros. Transfer Company
George Hilton’s
Market St. Tel
Baltimore News
Frank B. Reeder
Prop
Pleasant Club
Bowes & Thompson
Heffron
D. J. Heffron
L. W. Walker
YALE
A. Ingebrightsen
City Library
Market Street
Calduene
J. M. Walker
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