Wheat and political news from Washington and Chicago
The report covers multiple items: Chicago May wheat prices opening around 1.14 and 1.14 1/4, cash wheat at 1.47 1/2 to 1.52 1/2, Portland market notes, and Northwest trade. It also summarizes Smoot hearing developments, Judiciary Committee actions, irrigation opposition in Washington, and local political jockeying in Seattle and Spokane.
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Chicago
Oate
Harley
Fas
Din
Finx
Northwesern
Dee Wie
Work’s Fair Flyer to run 10 Pullman cars coast bound
Chicago to Portland service to begin May 1 with a 10 car Pullman train, only stopping for water and coal at division points. New locomotives prepared for Union Pacific, Short Line, and O R & N. two to three extra coaches to be attached to Harriman trains. Also notes insanity hearing for J G Harvey and a mounted hunt near Greeley, Colorado.
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Trudun
Eixtra
Ogden
Dan
Chicago
Bull Lake
Division Polite
Union Pacific
O&den
Portland
Yakima Hears Rumors Rail Line May Reach Yakima
Rumors sweep Yakima that the Tacoma and Eastern railway may extend 20 miles toward Yakima this coming summer. Merchants along the Cowlitz coal fields expect to ship bound freight to support the line. The Naphes river route has reportedly been surveyed as preliminary to a Yakima valley link.
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Tis “Yrnesea
North Yakima
Wash
Tacoma & Rastern
Yakima Valley
Naphes River
Petersburg Under Military Rule Amid Mass Strikes
A 24 hour work resumption ultimatum is posted across works with deportation threat. Strikes spread from Surtoff to Vel koff cemetery holds 167 victims as funerals begin. Governor General Trepoff placed in supreme command. state of siege exists with numerous arrests. Reports of Gorki arrest and rumors of czar’s nervous breakdown surface amid broader revolutionary agitation in St Petersburg and Riga.
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Surtoff
Trepoff
Feneral
SL. Petersburg
Tearkoe Selo
Abecearowitohiell
Krementohug
Tamhoff
Astrachan
Legislature Asks Congress to Kill Reservation Stock
Salem reports show the house committee on county boundaries will not report favorably the bill creating Cascade county, with Hood River valley, while Jefferson county also faces a doubtful fate. A joint memorial urging Congress to act against diseased stock on the Umatilla reservation passed the Senate. Other measures include a failed conditional sales bill, Crossan’s death-penalty for train robbers, and Malarkey’s 10 to 20 year minimum. Rules to curb rushed legislation were adopted, preventing late-session bill introduction without consent. A sheep killing law by Dr. Steiner aims to reimburse counties up to 50 percent of losses. uncertainty remains over who pays if criminals aren’t caught. An appropriation bill of 60,000 for general expenses passed.
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House Committee
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Hood River
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Senate
Whealdon
Jefferson County
Joint
Congress
Umatilla Reservation
Willa
Billie
Met
Steiner
Oregon
Sakeroff Reports Fatal Reconnaissance Angle
Sakeroff reports a reconnaissance mission south of Phonalad, near Mukiten, where two officers and several soldiers were killed in action amid ongoing hostilities.
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Petersburg
Sakeroff
Phonalad
Mukiten
Alaskan Coast Storm Strands Miners and Travelers
Advices from Alaska describe a severe winter storm driving into the Upper Yukon Tanana and Copper River valleys. Twenty feet of snow blocks trails, cutting off miners and prospectors and risking starvation. A Fairbanks to Valdez party and another to Dawson are believed lost. relief has been dispatched.
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Tanana
Copper River
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Valdez
Dawson
Retief
Ben
Will Inspect Dams Conformity in Umatilla River
Deputy Game and Fish Warden Joe Nolf will visit Maxwell this week to inspect a new dam placed by Maxwell Irrigation Company in the Umatilla River. The effort aims to ensure all dams and obstructions in the district comply with the law to provide maximum protection to fish.
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Joe Nolf
Game and Fish
Maxwell
Umatilla
Maxwell Irrigation Company
Wwe
Orelgon
Nolf
Unnamed Smith Survives 26 000 Volt Substation Incident
Alexander Smith, a Northwestern Gana Electric worker, received a 26 000 volt shock at a College Street substation while trimming an arc light. He was burned on hands and feet but remained conscious, walked to town for treatment, and was to be moved to Walla Walla for further care. His coworkers know little about the incident as he is nicknamed Kentuck.
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Northwestern Gana & Electric Company
Eaid
College Street
Smith Wan
Smith
de. FW. Vincent
The
Electric Company
Alta Houw
Walla Wilia
Ikinown
Witient
Bold thief sparks state land fraud probe near Silverton
Allegations accuse Puter A. of forging applications to seize 5000 acres from the state and divert 4000 acres to the Abiqua Land Company through 19 sales in 1808. Attorney General Crawford says forged certificates and fake claimants enabled transfers to Puter and later buyers, with land rich in timber near Abiqua Basin by Silverton.
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Thetow
State Land Department
Crawford
Abiqua
Silverton
Perstona
Puter
Oregon Lands Withdrawn From Owyhee Project
The secretary of the interior has withdrawn 99,160 acres in the Burns Oregon land district from all forms of disposal due to the Owyhee irrigation project. Washington date shows June 36. This action affects lands in the Burns district for irrigation planning and development.
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Jun
Secretary of the Interior
Burns
Ore
Owyhee
Senator Poster Leada for 10th Ballot Totals
Olympia January 26 The tenth ballot shows Foster 46 Piles 10 Bweeny 28 Wilson 16 Jones 7 Hogan Democrat 6 Eleventh ballot has Foster 47 Hogan 6 with others unchanged Foster gains one democratic vote.
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Olympia
Foster
Piles
Bweeny
Wilson
Jones
Hogan
Arsenic Charged Cook Arrested At Alhambra Cafe
Detroit Jan 16 Mrs Rose Barron a cook at the Alhambra cafe was arrested today on a charge of sprinkling arsenic in the food. Arsenic was found in the baking powder and several boarders were seriously ill.
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Detroit
Rose Barron
Alhambra Cafe
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