Rear of Isthmian canal commission reorganized
President announces overhaul of the Isthmian canal commission personnel and duties. Seven commissioners named with three elevated to active roles and four given lesser titles and expanded fields. Benjam in M. Harrod remains as the only holdover from the old group. Theodore P. chairman Magoon Lee Endicott Hains Ernst Harrod among the new lineup.
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Ahington
Isthmian Canal
Comig Gg
Busipabods
Tion
Congress
Ecassion
Benjamj
Harrod
Theodore P
Charles E. Magoon
Canal Sone
John F. Iee
T. Endicott
United States Navy
Peter ©. Hains
M. Ernst
Benjamin M. Harrod
Goldsborough Torpedo Boat Destroyer Fails Speed Trial
Seattle April 1 Twenty five knots average speed logged by torpedo boat destroyer Goldsborough in a speed trial off Blount Bay. On the mile course the craft reached 9.4 knots for half a mile before tiring. Board reports only minor defects and questions whether the ship can meet a sustained 25 knot average. Trial team led by J W Bleeker includes naval officers and builders. outcome awaits Washington bureau review.
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Seattle
Goldsborough
Bnot Bay
Goldebeough
Weeble
Navy Department
Bureau
Washington
J. W. B. Bleeker
Wpitn
Bremerton Navy Yard
J.B. Baret
Stacy Potts
I. M. Doyle
Philadelphia
Miners Entombed After Gas Blast in Zeigler Mine
Beton Illinois April 4 A terrify ing blast trapped about 50 miners in the Joseph Mera mine at Zeigler. Four bodies have been recovered and rescuers fear many may be dead as men attempted to reach the flooded section. The explosion hurled timbers and debris high into the air, hindering rescue efforts.
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Beton
Ill
Jospeh Mera
Zeigler
Terrige Sricicn
Mei
Great Payette Boise irrigation project approved for Idaho
The Payette Boise irrigation project in Idaho won formal approval from the Interior Secretary who allocated 1.3 million dollars to start construction. The plan, backed by local water users and reclamation engineers, aims to reclaim up to 600000 acres, boosting a rural population of about 30000 and creating a robust agricultural economy worth tens of millions.
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Washington
Payette- Boise
Idaho
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Service
Payette-Boise
Board of Consulting Engineers
Payette Rivera
Boise-Payette
Boles and Payette
Colorado Governorship Contest in Turmoil
Denver April 4 The governorship contest in Colorado faces delays as regular session work and political tensions impede action. The race remains unsettled with no decisive outcome reported.
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Denver
Colorado
Poison for Babes Adulterated Infant Food Figures Stir National Debate
Chicago April 3 A meeting of the National association of State Dairy and Food Departments heard data alleging near half a million infant deaths last year from adulterated foods, dyes and formaldehyde in milk. Leaders Paul Pierce and R Allen clash as J N Hurty cites 65 percent of infant deaths from impure foods.
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Chicago
United States
Imro
National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments
Grand Northern Hotel
National Association
Paul Pierce
R. Allen
Kentucky
Allen
Infanta
J. N. Hurty
Indiana
Coal Miners Scale Renewed in Pennsylvania Pact
Soft coal operators and miners reached near agreement to renew the wage scale. A joint conference in Altoona will finalize the arrangement to avert a threatened strike by about 50,000 bituminous district miners.
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Philadelphia
Altoona
Rushing Supplies to the Front from St. Petersburg
More than ten trains are leaving St. Petersburg daily loaded with provisions and war material bound for Vladivostok as the war effort intensifies.
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St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Notices of land claims and filings in Oregon and Washington
Multiple entries announce sworn statements for timber land purchases in Oregon and Washington. Names include Simon A. Ravnum and J. Rogers with witnesses Hogers and Ben Horsfall. Notices urge adverse claimants to file by November 1904. registrations list sections, townships, ranges and dates.
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Ber Land
United States Land Office
Roseburg
Ore
Act of Congress
California
Nevada
Washington
Annie M. Louckg
Aberdeen
Chehalis
Rownahi
Rosavare
Bates
Oregon
Washington Territory
Roy
Mad la
Urg
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Hogers
Big Butte
Wilber
States of Taws
Aguat
Act of Congress of
Timea
Neva
Saablaston
Pierce
Nci
J. Rogers
Wilber Franklin
Benjamin Horsfall
Ernest Horefall
T Bridges. Register
Ure
Huseb Ceargalas
Ousebui
U of
Rangett West
X. Ouch
Camas Valley
John O. Eansen
John Givena
Marth
J. T. Bridges
Register
Amberlands
Wester B. French
Los Angeles
Aw News
Ohn O Veansen
George Heath
John Lehnherr
Harry Lehnherr
Mae
J.T Bridges
Timber Land
TSN
Rossburg
Oremon
William J. Moon
Douglan
Stone
Aled
Rosaby
Hale Wrexey Fry
Mgwart
Rosebyburg
Ore- Fairview
Barker
Arthur L. Brown
McKinsey
Ohey
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Casal Commission
Puget Sound
AFTY
Great Irrigation Project
Southern
Notich
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Venance
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Acta
Ene
Stammrocx
W. Ular
Black
Lal W Wiliaan
Guardian
Minute Point
Black's Hall
Erte
Birk
Sugar Loaf Camp
Clora
A.F &A
L A Rousi
Asok
Granda
da McC Losagy
Jewel Post
L. A. Roberts
Ertl Point
Perkine Drug More
Willow Street
Myrtle Point
S D. Pulford
Perkins
Transportation
Steamer
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Coquille
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Cocquilie City
Bandon Si
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