Panama canal plan favored by Stevens unveiled
The minority consulting engineers report for the Panama canal proposes a locked canal at eighty five feet with three locks on the Colon side and two on the Panama side. Cost estimated at 143 million dollars and seven and a half years to build. A Gatun dam would create a lake and stand about ninety five feet high.
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Island Savali Destroyed by Fire Lava and Ashes
A cable reports the island of Savali in the Samoan group has been swept by fire lava and ashes from a volcano. All villages are destroyed plantations ruined and about fifteen thousand natives left destitute. The island is under U S control and lies 4000 miles from San Francisco toward Auckland New Zealand.
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Supreme court mandates affirm lower court rulings in two cases
The supreme court at Salem has issued mandates affirming the decisions of the lower court in the cases Cora Steele versus Island City Milling and Mercantile Company and 5 S. S. Booth versus Farmers and Traders National Bank.
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Valencia wreck near Bamfield leaves hundreds dead
Victoria report says the steamer Valencia is a total loss off Vancouver Island with between 90 and 100 perished. Rescue ships found no survivors as heavy seas hampered efforts and cargo boats returned to Bamfield. A later cable notes Salvor carrying 40 bodies heads to the scene.
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General Wheeler Weak in Latest Reports
Reports from General Wheeler indicate he is growing weaker this afternoon though physicians remain hopeful.
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Wheeler
Pacific Coast League bids open as cities seek admission
The executive board in San Francisco meets to consider several Pacific coast cities for admission to the Pacific Coast Base Ball League. Fresno replaces Tacoma in the league with A B Evens as director and Mike Fisher to manage Fresno. The season opens April 17 in Los Angeles Seattle San Francisco Portland and Fresno. A special M E Church meeting in the city delays Rev Mower’s Island City talk.
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Fifteen Italians Drowned in Mount Stream Flooding
Fifteen Italians were drowned near Fairmont West Virginia when a mountain stream quickly rose this morning. Richwood town is reported under water and local business interests are paralyzed by flood conditions in this early report from Berippe News Association.
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Factory men coming for Elensburg sugar factory project
Elensburg Washington January 24 representatives of capitalists who will build an $800,000 sugar beet factory are due this week. Four thousand acres needed have been secured in the Kittitas Valley near the town to proceed with the enterprise.
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Supreme Court Hears Burton Case Move
In Washington on January 24 a motion was made in the Supreme Court to advance the hearing of Senator Burton's case. The motion was offered by Solicitor General Hoyt and supported by former Secretary Carlisle on Burton's behalf.
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Federal appointees named for county posts and bankruptcy referee
Judge Wolverton announced several federal posts including Orwie H. Byland as U S Commissioner at Yale Malheur County J E Slow as Commissioner at Bayville Grant County and Fred C Bean as Commissioner at Mapleon Land County The latter two are reappointed Jyland fills a new office at Yale Colonel R Ee Ebehart named Referee in Bankruptcy at Joseph Wallowa County
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Robert Burns Society Program at Elk's Hall
The Robert Burns Society in La Grande Oregon presents a Friday program in Elk's Hall starting 8 o'clock with a call to order and invocation. Rev E B Hays opens, Turner Olivar presides, with Scottish selections, recitations, eulogies, and piano solos by noted performers. A banquet and toasts follow with a social hour and closing Auld Lang Syne.
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Lodge on Foreign Policy and Veil of Immunity in Court
Senator Lodge attacked the administration's foreign policy and urged peace would be achieved by written adjustments to the Vegetable law. He denied a second term for President and pressed that voter opinion would settle the issue. In Chicago, the federal court heard U S District Attorney Morrison outline Caen law immunizing witnesses who testify under oath.
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Moscow Business College Named After Local Educators
The Moscow Business College in Moscow Idaho marks eight years since its founding by Professor William Perkins and Professor Thomas N Greekmur. Greekmur, a former county schools superintendent and later probate judge, is honored in the institution's name and history says local records.
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Mrs Mary Nessly Dead In Spokane At 90
Mrs. Mary Nessly aged nearly 90 died last night at the Chacone s Home in Spokane after medical treatment at Deaconess hospital She will be brought to Prosser for burial beside her husband She leaves a large family including Mrs Webster of Prosser Fran Nessly Wall Walla and others in Oregon Washington and Idaho Funeral date not yet known
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