Senate set to pass railroad rate bill as House sent it
Washington March 1 The railroad rate bill is expected to pass the Senate largely as it came from the House with supporters signaling Democrats as the remaining swing. Republicans note other major measures like the Philippine tariff bill Santo Domingo treaty and statehood are stalled while for the rate bill the president has declined to endorse amendments for judicial review of orders by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the opposition now leans on party lines.
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Washington
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Crane
Spooner
Congress
Santo Domingo
Friends of the
New Mexico
Arizona
La Follette to Tour Pacific Coast This Spring
A letter from A R Priest of the Pacifica Coast Lyceum bureau assures Prof Copurn that Senator Lafollette will deliver a lecture in the spring. Chas L Wagner, secretary of the Slayton Lyceum bureau, just returned from Washington D C where he conferred with Senator Robert M La Follette about tour dates.
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Copurn
A. R. Priest
Pacifico Vuoast Lyceum Bureau
Lafollette
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Chas. L. Wagner
Washington D. C
Robert M. la Follette
Senator LaFollette on Coast Visit and Likely Early Adjournment
A. R. Priest of the Pacific Coast Lyceum Bureau reports LaFollette will reach the territory later than expected but will proceed to the coast. He arrives after the railway rate bill passage and the trip is framed as a continuous triumph for rate regulation, with Congress adjournment likely late spring.
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Washington
Congress
Colville Lands to be Opened to White Settlement
Senator Ankney secured senate passage of Representative Jones bill opening the south half of the Colville Indian reservation to white settlement. The bill also allows certain Yakima Indians to sell portions of their allotments and now awaits the president's signature.
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Colville
Washington
Mar
Senator Ankeny
Senate
Jones
Colville Indiana Reservation
Washinon
Japanese Famine Relief Appeal Calls for Wheat or Cash
A Seattle committee reports Roosevelt urge aid to starving Japanese and urges Washington residents to subscribe wheat flour or cash. The Post-Intelligencer opens a public subscription with a goal of a thousand tons of state wheat or flour, with free transport offered by Boston Steamship and Great Northern. Contributors may send cash or checks to the Japanese Famine Fund care of the Post-Intelligencer with daily printed lists.
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Seattle
Roosevelt
Washington
Japan
the Post-Intelligencer
Washington’state
State of
Boston Steamship Company
Great Northern Steamship Company
Post-Intelligencer
D. E. Frederick
Frederick and Nelson, Inc
Moritz Thomsen
Centennial Mills
Frank Waterhouse
Notice of Property and Household Item Sale
O. E. Graham announces sale of lots 32 and 332 in block 31 of G. N. plat and household furniture as he plans to leave Wenatchee. Interested buyers may call at the house or via Farmers phone 3/4 for details.
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Wenatchee
G. N
O. E. Graham
Explosion at Bradley House Linked to Bomb Claim
Boise Idaho March 1 A report cites Harry Orchard's confession claiming an attempt to blow up F W Bradley president of Banker Hall and Sullivan Mining Co whose Gardner Idaho property was damaged in a prior explosion. It suggests a bomb placed outside the door aimed to kill Bradley.
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Harry Orchard
Banker Hall and Sullivan Mining Company
Gardner
Coeur a’Alenes
Bradley
San
Gas Company
Orchlard
Aged Muskegon Farmer Robbed in Chicago Lodging House
Gilbert Gilfoyle, 80, a longtime Muskegon county farmer, walked home ten days after being robbed of all his money in Chicago while sleeping at a State street lodging house. He lost his rubber overshoes and, bereft of friends and family, threatened self harm as he arrived exhausted in Muskegon.
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Muskegon, Mich
Gilbert Gilfoyle
Muskegon County
State Street
Chicago
Muskegon
Gilfoyle
Travels Long Distance To Marry And Goes Insane
Miss Carrie Lee traveled from Georgia to Auburn Nebraska to answer a wife wanted ad for John Choman. Persuaded not to marry, she lost funds for return and grew frantic. County attorney invited her to stay. she became insane, placed in a straight jacket, and jailed pending a ticket back to Georgia when rational.
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Auburn
Neb
Georgia
Carrie Lee
John Choman
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Pennes
Uneeda
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