Timber demand across Snohomish county and regional notes
Snohomish county shows strong demand for timber and lands while Seattle fines total over 3000 in two months. Oregon oranges with red scale arrive in Tacoma and Clarke county growers prep for a big fruit crop. Local tax disputes move through Ada and Lewis counties as public funds and vaccinations feature in county affairs.
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Snohomish County
Seattle
Ray Russell
State Printing Office
Olympia
O. C. White
Dyea
Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ
Castle Rock
Cowlitz County
Stevens
Centralia
Pullman
Whitman County
Klickitat County
Adams
Spring Creek
Dysart
Lewis County
Tacoma
Portland
Northern Pacific
United States Supreme Court
John ©. Ellison
Assessor of
Kittitas
Ellensburg
Kittitas Valley
People's Party
Christian Church
P. W. Tonneson
California
Clarke County
Spain and Japan to face US in Maine incident fallout
A Washington dispatch notes Spain must reckon with Japan alongside the United States if responsibility for the Maine explosion is charged to Spain. Several Japanese subjects on the Maine, employed as cooks or servants, were killed and their deaths notified to Japan through the State Department. A New York report adds that shipping of shells to harbor fortifications continues.
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Chicago
Daily News
Washington
Spain
Japan
United States
Maine
Navy Department
State Department
New York
New York Arsenal
Outlaws Kill W. S. Hoy in Brown's Park Shootout
Report from Vernal Utah states stock grower W S Hoy was killed by a gang of outlaws during an attempt to capture Pat Johnson the man who killed Farmer Strange days earlier. Hoy was shot as the group faced the desperadoes. A gang member named Bennett was captured and the others encircled in the mountains.
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Vernal
Utah
Brown's Park
Hoy
Pat Johnson
Farmer Strange
Bennett
Train tragedy ends life ofLt Kalke in Burlington
Lt Frank Kalke, commandant of Iowa Wesleyan University at Mt Pleasant, was cut in two after missing his footing while attempting to board a train in Burlington. He leaves a wife and two children. In a separate ruling the U S Supreme Court held government officials cannot gain advantage in homestead claim locations.
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Burlington
Iowa
Frank Kalke
United States Army
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
United States Supreme Court
Land Office
Recall of Lee Refused by U S Over Spanish Demand
The Spanish government formally requests Consul General Lee's recall from Havana, but Washington curtly rejects the move. Madrid also urges against sending relief to Cuban reconcentrados on warships, a suggestion the U S also declines.
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Washington
Lee
Havana
United States
Montgomery
Nashville
Madrid
Woodford
Senor du Bose
du Bose
State Department
Spain withdraws recall request for consul general Lee
Washington reports Spain withdrew its suggestion to recall Consul General Lee. The note says the move was not a demand and followed Spain’s displeasure with Lee’s Cuban sympathies and ties to unfriendly correspondents. It is said De Lome supplied information shaping the request.
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Lee
Spain
Maine
Washington
Woodford
de Lome
Robbers in Indian Territory Bind Doctor and Wife
Three masked men forced entry at Ryan Oklahoma Territory claiming medical aid. They tied Dr. Bise and his wife and burned their feet to extract $114 before fleeing. A pursuing posse faces high lynching risk. Nearby Cadiz report notes two Columbus descendants living in a poorhouse.
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Wichita
Kan
Ryan
Indian Territory
Bise
Most Remarkable Strike in North Fork at Jackson Idaho
The Jackson claim six miles above Murray Idaho yields a 14 foot wide ore vein with five feet of nearly pure galena and the rest high grade ore. Analysts compare it to Canyon creek ore and mining interest surges as transport limits hinder development.
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North Fork
Jackson
Murray
Idaho
Charles Manley
Charles Tilden
Prichard Creek
Couer d'Alenes
Canyon Creek
Raver
Mountain House
Galena
South Fork
Hope Mine
Basin
Mnt
Compas
Hope Mill
New Hope Company
First National Bank
M. L. Hewett
Gold Belt
Bessie K. Wreck Believed Lost Near Victoria
A passenger from Alaska reports the wreck seen north of Victoria is likely the Bessie K. The vessel owned by J S Kimball & Co of San Francisco carried freight and up to 100 passengers. It sailed for Dyea March 1 and disappeared amid the recent storm. Manager Grauman canceled the next northbound voyage.
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Seattle
Alaska
City of
Grauman
Victoria
J. S. Kimball & Co
San Francisco
Bessie K
Oil boom fuels new wells in Los Angeles area
Los Angeles reports a surge in oil activity with producers from the city and San Francisco forming heavy contracts. Since the start of the month at least 20 wells have been drilled and 12 more are currently being sunk in local fields.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles Petroleum
San Francisco
Death of Former BC Chief Justice Theodore Davie
Theodore Davie, ex premier and chief justice of British Columbia, died yesterday morning in Victoria. He was a prominent political and legal figure, with a notable leadership role in the province.
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Victoria
B. C
Theodore Davie
British Columbia
Public Land Sales Revenue and Expenses Report
Government receipts from public land sales over the last decade exceeded 53 million dollars while expenses totaled nearly 7 million. The figures indicate a substantial federal turnover with relatively small outlays for management and administration.
Deficit Defense Bill Moves Through Congress in 1890s
Chairman Cannon introduced a bill to appropriate 50 million dollars for naval defense to be spent at the president’s discretion and available until June 30, 1899. The measure followed a cabinet and congressional conference at Hoar’s residence and White House talks with Reed, Alger, and other leaders.
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Washington
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Committee On
Hoar
Long
Alger
Judge Day
Allison
Dingley
Congress
Reed
House
Senate
Railroads Win The Nebraska Freight Case
Justice Harlan delivers the opinion declaring Nebraska’s maximum freight rate law invalid as violating the fourteenth amendment by enabling property takings without due process. The ruling upholds the railroad position and reverses the Eighth Circuit. Brewer quantified a 20 percent rate reduction deemed excessive. Bryan assisted for the state at the latest hearing.
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Washington
Harlan
Nebraska
Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
W. J. Bryan
Strikers Face Tough Decisions as Strike Drags On
New Bedford Mass March 7 The seventh week of the strike leaves unions except spinners nearly broke as outside relief funds wane. With 8000 to 10000 idle workers at stake, talk of unified action grows while outside collections hover around three thousand dollars per week and returns to work seem inevitable.
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New Bedford
Mass
Yukon Transportation Crews in Yukon River Venture
Chicago capitalists linked with the Northwest Transportation and Trading Company form seven Yukon firms with combined capital of 130000 to control traffic on the Yukon River between St Michaels and Dawson City. The incorporators are Robert B. Pettibone George J. Douglas and Carolyn Bertree. Pettibone states the plan is to buy steamboats and barges and operate them on the Yukon.
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Chicago
Northwest Transportation and Trading Company
Yukon
St. Michaels
Dawson City
Springfield
Healy
Klondike
Weare
Cudney
The
Powers
Hamilton
Ktort Transportation
Robert 8. Pet
Hold‑up on major Seattle street ends with arrests
Theodore Fordham stopped John Fletcher and J C Williams on a main street and held them at gunpoint until police arrived. Fordham claims the men swindled him out of about 200 dollars recently and says a third man is involved. The incident caused a city sensation. The war department believes the Pennsylvania national guard would volunteer if war is declared.
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Seattle
Theodore Fordham
John Fletcher
J. C. Williams
Fordham
The
War Department
Pennsylvania National Guard
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Northwest News Notes
Nampa
Montana
Boise
Eliza M. Smith
South Boise
Judge Stewart
Republican State Committee
Ada County
Clark
Lewiston
Northern Pacific Railroad
Clearwater River
Juliaetta
Latah
G. Scott Anderson
W. B. Heyburn
Mayhew
Old Mission
Wallace
Wardner
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Bunker Hs and Sullivan
Spokane
Soldiers’ Home
Thomas Dunn
Box Eanyon
Henry E. Clark
State Penitentiary
Lewis and Clarke County
Foster Sheep Company
Robert F. Couts
Sixteen Mile Creek
John D. Losecamp
Billings
Oregon
Losecamp
Eugene T. Wilson
Merchants’ National Bank
Helena
Comptroller of the Treasury
Wilson
J. H. Calderhead
Outlawa
M'Kinley
White House
General Lee
Sigsbee
Blanco
Manterola
Galvez
Senor de Lome
Dr. Congosto
Cuba
Imparcial
Cortes
Sagasta
Senor Dupuy de Lome
General Weyler
McKinley
Day
Key West
Fern
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Hope
Basin, Mont
Onyx Mines
Stevens County
Wash
Swank District
G. D. Mackay
Trail
Rh. C
Anglo-Columbian Company of London
Boundary Creek
R. W. Macfarlane
Ruby
Smith's Camp
C. O. D Group
Long Lake Camp
Greenwood Camp
Republic Group
Republic
Valley Station
Nordyke
United States Marble Company
Mollie Hughes Group
New Denver
Mollie Hughes
George
Felix Hughes
George Hughes
Triby Group
Triby
Kittitas County
Philadelphia
Robert Engels
Eagle Camp
Eagle
Coeur d’Alenes
Raven
Pierce District
Pierce
Musselshell
Palmer Mountain District
Palmer Mountain
Okanogan
Lies On the Reeks
Theodore Davie Dend
Mek Winley
New Bedford Mills
Yukon Transportation
Mia
Bunco
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