Minor Happenings of the Week
Police will enforce Sunday saloon closings in St. Louis. Frank Oliver new Canadian interior minister to be returned without opposition. Hawaiian legislature passes county government bill over veto. Ex Senator Thurstoon retained as chief counsel for Senator Mitchell. Government may drop Seward cable terminus plan due to land costs. Illinois house approves pipeline common carrier status and rate control. New corporation to acquire Great Northern ore lands proposed. Independent Oil wins Nebraska state institutions contract, Standard previously held monopoly. Gov. La Follette signs anti cigarette act effective July 1. Grand jury in St Louis again indicts Senator Burton on five counts. Battleship Minnesota launched at Newport News. Ice in Turn again months earlier than usual. German chemist liquefies gas at higher cost than coal gas but cheaper than electric. Japanese government orders 600000 gunstocks from Cedar Rapids Iowa. Mrs Roosevelt and three children return from Florida cruise. Mrs Eliza Warren to visit Lewis and Clark exposition. Chicago AA colleges meet urges higher medical education standards. 70 colleges represented. US Supreme Court rules Alaska jury of six unconstitutional as Alaska is US territory in full sense.
Harriman Lines Plan Coast to Sound Rail Route
Reports say surveys for a Portland area rail corridor will begin within a fortnight. Survey teams will stake ground as Harriman interests plan a Northwest route into Puget Sound, despite traffic agreements blocking northwest expansion from the city.
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Puget Sound
Portland, Or
Harriman Lines
Portland
Cascades
Sound
Harriman
Bank Tax Decision Reverses Foreclosure in Port Townsend
Olympia April 13 the state supreme court holds personal property taxes on bank stock must be assessed to individual stockholders not the bank. The Jefferson county case reversing the superior court invalidates foreclosure of a delinquency tax certificate on Fleet National Bank of Port Townsend real estate and clears the title.
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Olympia
Supreme Court
Superior Court of
Jefferson County
Fleet National Bank of
National Council of Women Opens Fifth Triennial Session
The National Council of Women begins its fifth triennial meeting in Washington on April 18. The four day session gathers delegates from diverse organizations to discuss women's issues and policies.
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National Council of Women
Washington
Wenatchee to get large canning plant and rail upgrades
Reports list a new high capacity canning plant for Wenatchee, a GN station at Monitor, paving in Bellingham including asphalt, a ten week summer school in Everett starting June 20, and a rail bridge project for the Pocahontas coal mine near Palmer. Machinery for a Lowell creosote plant arrives by April 24.
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Wenatchee
Great Northern
Monitor
Everett
Lowell
Spokane
Big Bend
Crescent
Reardan
Davenport
Spokane River
Elected Officers Named by Degree of Honor Lodge
Tacoma April 14 The grand lodge of the Degree of Honor elected officers including Grand chief of honor Lucy Brownie Seattle Grand lady of honor Amy E Ellis Dayton grand chief of ceremonies Adelaide Clark Bellingham grand recorder Cora Kenoyer Chehalis grand receiver Hannah Lenfeaty Hoquiam usher Elizabeth Richardson inside watch Lou M Case Port Gamble outside watch Mary O Hodges Walla Walla
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Tacoma
Grand Lodge of the
Degree of Honor
Lucy Brownie
Seattle
Amy E. Ellis
Dayton
Adelaide Clark
Bellingham
Cora Kenoyer
Chehalis
Hannah Lenfeaty
Hoquiam
Elizabeth Richardson
Lou M. Case
Port Gamble
Mary O. Hodges
Walla Walla
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer offers for grains including oats at 29 7 98 per ton barley 34 per ton wheat 38 60 per ton and chicken feed 38 60 per ton. Livestock prices show beef cattle 9 0 per lb steers 40 hogs 6 4 70 and sheep 54 40. Hides wool and dairy prices cover a wide range with many grades and weights detailed. Other items include eggs poultry butter oats hay and various feeds with multiple price points for different grades and regions.
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Seattle
Washington
Paget Sound
International Railway Congress to Convene in Washington
Nearly a thousand delegates from forty four countries will attend a ten day session in Washington starting May 4. The event will inspect U S equipment and shops and discusses technical railway subjects. Honorary president will be Vice President Fairbanks and Stuyvesant Fish serves as president of the Illinois Central line.
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International Railway Congress
United States
Brussels
Milan
Paris
St. Petersburg
London
Congress
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
White House
A. J. Cassatt
E. H. Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf
State Printing Plan Moves Plant to Capitol Basement
Olympia April 16 State Printer C W Gorham buys the old Gwin Hicks plant from G C Corbaley of Spokane and Al B Howe of Tacoma. The plant will be moved to basement rooms in the new state capitol wing, with about $500 personal expenditure to fit the space. Gorham also contracts Metropolitan Printing Seattle to print the revised lawn job valued around 3000 dollars to speed law printing.
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Olympia
C. W. Gorham
Gwin Hicks
G. C. Corbaley
Spokane
al B. Howe
Tacoma
Gorham
State Capitol
Metropolitan Printing Company
Seattle
Chicago Men Coming for Northwest Visit
I A Nadeau of the Northern Pacific says Chicago Commercial Association delegates travel by private car on Burlington. They planned a Northwest itinerary and will reach Seattle Sunday morning April 28, after departing Chicago Wednesday.
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Seattle
I. A. Nadeau
Northern Pacific
Chicago Commercial Association
Northwest Coast
Chicago
Burlington
Mr. Nadeau
San Francisco to Launch Major Log Rafting Venture
A new large scale log rafting company will be formed in San Francisco to tow log rafts from Puget Sound and Oregon ports to California. Backed by Eastern capital and led by Portland captain Robertson, the project plans a million dollar plant and aims to harvest about 30 million feet of logs annually, touted as the largest rafting undertaking globally.
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San Francisco
Puget Sound
Oregon
California
Capt. Robertson
Portland
San Francisco Bay
Planta
Foster to Leave Tacoma for Los Angeles
Former Senator Addison G. Foster, longtime Tacoma resident, will move to Los Angeles within six weeks after being elected president of Consolidated Lumber Company. His current post as vice president of St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber may stay vacant for a period.
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Tacoma
Addison G. Foster
Los Angeles
Consolidated Lumber Company
St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company
Prudential Panel Accepts Rockefeller Gift for Mission Board
The Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions voted to accept John D. Rockefeller’s $100,000 donation after a supplementary report addressed protests by Congregational clergy. The panel argued returning the gift would set a precedent punishing benevolence and misjudge the donor’s character, with half the funds already used since February 14.
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Prudential Committee
Rockefeller
American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions
John D. Rockefeller
Prudential committee accepts Rockefeller gift stance
In Columbia Oregon on April 17 Rev Washington Gladden quoted the prudential committee saying all gifts must be received regardless of the giver or the source of their wealth. He announced an appeal to the conscience of Congregational churches and Christendom.
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Columbia, O
Prudential Committee
Rockefeller
Washington
Gladden
Congregational Churches
Christendom
Ice Breakup Reaches Nome as Mild Winter Aids Mining
Nome reports an unprecedented early ice breakup with large open water stretches visible toward Bering bay. Since January 1 there were only seven below zero days, and 40 day average highs reached fifty above. Mining on Little Creek is estimated to surpass 1 million dollars due to the mild winter.
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Nome
Bering Bay
Norton Sound
Bay
St. Michael Bay
Little Creek
Trust Men Indicted In Beef Trust Probe
Four men including three Schwarz child and Sulzberger employees and a company attorney face indictment for obstructing Deputy Bach while attempting to serve a subpoena on Edwin B. Fish. The case centers on Fish’s March 8 subpoena and alleged help in leaving the United States for Canada to evade jurisdiction.
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Chicago
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company
Beef Trust
A. A. Bach
Edwin B. Fish
Canada
Fish
Bach
Supreme Court Rules Indian Land Cannot Be Alienated by Will
Olympia April 17 Supreme Court states an Indian cannot alienate by will any allotment land from Treaty with Isaac Stevens. Title is only possessory during occupancy. The dispute over John Puyallup estate sees property awarded to Peter Jackson a direct heir of the Tulalip Indian, Kudesha ons.
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Olympia
Issac Stevens
Supreme Court
John Puyallup
Peter Jackson
Supreme Court strikes down New York bakery work limit
The U S Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Peckham declared the New York law restricting bakery workers to ten hours a day and sixty hours a week unconstitutional. Dissenting Justices Holmes White and Day urged deference to state policy, while Justice Harlan hailed the ruling as a century's major decision.
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Washington
Justice Peckham
Supreme Court of the United States
New York State
Harlan
White
Day
Holmes
Lockner
State of
New York
Court of Appeals
Parker
New York Court of Appeals
Lochner
Utica
Peckham
Justice Holmes
Justice Harlan
United States
Union Pacific Tests Gasoline Motor Car For Suburban Service
Railway officials hailed a 300 mile Union Pacific gasoline motor car test as a potential revolution in suburban and branch line service. The experimental car seats twenty with space for baggage and a gasoline motor capable of pulling one or two trailers. Regular cars will be fifty feet long seating fifty five with luggage space and planned for Grand Island to St Paul trips. Operating costs are expected to be about one sixth of standard passenger trains.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Bunday
Grand Island
St. Paul
Nebraska
Congress
Washington
Leach Severely Censured By Land Commissioner
Arnold F. Leach special agent of the general land office is rebuked by Land Commissioner Richards for sensational Washington land fraud claims reported to newspapers rather than to the department. The commissioner warns that Leach must send any reports to Washington.
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Leach
Washington
Arnold F. Leach
General Land Office
Tacoma
Richards
Washington Water Resources Record by Geologic Survey
A brief account of Washington state water resources will be published by the geological survey. It covers municipal supplies deep wells and springs. Henry Landes and N H Darton of the survey prepared the work.
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Washington
State of Washington
Geological Survey
Henry Landes
N. H. Darton
Survey
Beef Trust Officials Sojourn in Canada
Chicago April 17 The federal grand jury pressed to gather evidence for more indictments. Two veiled women were examined. identified as Mrs Irving Want and Mrs Richard W Howes, wives of Swift & Co executives. Husbands are in Montreal with other packing-house employees. Subpoenas issued for six women and fifteen witnesses, tied to missing husbands and a European trip plan.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Irving Want
Swift & Co
Richard W. Howes
Montreal
Canada
Chicago Traction to be Municipal within Three Months
R R Gavin former receiver of Union Traction says municipal ownership and operation of Chicago traction systems will be established within about 90 days. He notes no negotiations have started with the city, but voters and mayor favor the move and all efforts will push acquisition by the city.
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Chicago
R. R. Gavin
Union Traction & Light Company
Hollins & Co
New York
Union Traction Properties
Municipal Traction
Expecting News Skirmish Near St Petersburg
St Petersburg reports no new information from Vice Admiral Ro jenesky’s squadron. The admiralty expects possible skirmishes between scout ships within a day or two as torpedo boat warfare begins. The naval press believes Togo was surprised when Ro jestvensky appeared at the China Sea entrance and that Ro jestvensky is gathering his fleet near the Pencadores for a likely sea fight.
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St. Petersburg
Amdiral Rosestvensky
Admiralty
Togo
Rojestvensky
China Sea
Pencadores
Linevitch barred premature destruction of stores orders
St Petersburg dispatch says Gen Linevitch forbids commisariat officials from burning stores before permission. The order requires destruction of storehouses only with approval of the army corps and divisions. Tokyo reports Japan recovered 200 of 500 guns abandoned by Russians at Mukden retreat.
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London
St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Commissariat
Tokyo
Mukden
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