Minor Happenings of the Week Review
The week’s items include testimony in the Rad Smoot case ending, blizzard conditions from Missouri to the Atlantic, inquiries into the North Sra incident in Paris, and business inducements to the Grand Trunk Pacific to use Bate Inlet.
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Rad Smoot
Missouri River
Atlantic Coast
Board of Inquiry
North Sra
Paris
Victoria
Bate Inlet
California
Portland
Lewis and Clark Exposition Commission Organized
The Oregon governor appoints a seven member Lewis and Clark exposition commission with Dr J J Smith as president and Dr W H Hare as secretary. Representative A M Blaker of Vancouver named seventh member as the body takes charge under the new law.
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Olympia
Gov. Mead
J. J. Smith
King County
W. H. Hare
Yakima
A. M. Blaker
Vancouver
Carey L. Stewart
Pierce County
George H. Miller
Lewis County
Huber Rasher
Spokane County
W.A. Hare
Yakima County
J.J. Smith
T. B. Sumner
Snohomish County
M. A. Blaker
Clarke Aty
Legislators Sell Stamps For Quick Cash at Capitol
Philadelphia dispatch reports lawmakers in Harrisburg are using a post age stamp broker who camps at the capitol. The broker pays about ninety five cents on the dollar for stamps supplied by the state to legislators, who receive one hundred dollars in stamps for the session for official use.
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Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Washington News From Interbay to Kettle Falls Headlines
The Interbay and Renton glass works are set to consolidate. John H. Powell elected president of the state university board. Rev Dr W H G Temple accepts Plymouth Church pastorate in Cleveland. Pacific Coast Elevator warehouse at Diamond destroyed with 85 000 bushels of wheat and box cars. Washington sheep for shearing total over 500 000. State Sheriff's Association met in Olympia with about fifteen counties represented. Hill and Peyton plan water power use at Kettle Falls with a smelter. Seattle labor temple site bought. Seattle National Bank merger with National Bank of Commerce declared off. Dairymen's Association gains power to grade butter. Three thousand acres desert land near the Columbia filed in Klickitat. An eagle shot near Hamilton. Unslaked lime declared dangerous cargo. passenger vessels require permits. The Dakota, sister ship to Minnesota, slated to finish in March and reach Seattle in June for Orient voyage.
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Pacific Coast Elevator Company
Diamond
Colfax
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Washington
Army transport Sheridan sails with full passenger list
The Sheridan has sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu Guam and Manila loaded with 6000 tons of supplies and a full civilian passenger list. No soldiers are aboard. The Sherman will sail February 1 carrying the Twenty first infantry regiment and many saloon passengers.
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San Francisco
Sheridan
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
Sherman
Twenty-first Infantry Regiment
Lady Curzon Recovered and Ready for India Visit
London reports Lady Curzon of Kedleston wife of the viceroy of India has fully recovered from a lengthy illness and plans to join her husband in India with their children in the near future.
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London
Seattle Market Prices From Local Dealers Report
Price list shows grain oats barley wheat and feed values for Seattle and Puget Sound regions. Live stock hides wool dairy eggs poultry and butter quotes listed with regional and product specifics for farmers and dealers.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Piles elected senator in Washington on thirteenth joint ballot
Samuel H. Piles of Seattle won the senatorial seat by 125 votes over Foster and Turner on the thirteenth joint ballot of the session. Democrats backed Turner. Foster and Wilson supporters switched to Piles as the session adjourned sine die. Piles thanked the assembly, pledging to represent every county and town in Washington.
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Olympia
Samuel
Piles
Seattle
Foster
Turner
George Turner
Levin
Sheets
Pierce
Pilea
Wilson
Fster
Tacoma
J. B. Lindsley
Spokane
Sweeny
Lindsley
Yakima
Sharp
Graves
Harper
Senate
House
Coon
Senator Piles
Congress
United States Senate
Washington
Deak
Juvenile Court Bill Unanimously Favored by Committee
Olympia January 27 The juvenile court bill introduced by Representative Vilas of King County and crafted by Seattle Bar Association has been unanimously recommended to pass by the judiciary committee after a lengthy discussion Attorneys Smith and Austin Griffith of Seattle attended and explained the measure Griffith argued for prevention over punishment noting the child’s role in shaping future crime and citing Illinois and Colorado models including Judge Ben Lindsey purposes of paternal social care and early intervention to reduce delinquency Speaker Gleason stated the committee is convinced of the bill’s worth and need.
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Olympia
House
Vilas
King County
Bar Association of
Seattle
Judiciary Committee
Smith
Austin Griffith
Griffith
Illinois
Colorado
Enile
Ben Lindsey
Department of Justice
Gleason
Senate Repeals Alum in Baking Powders Law
Jefferson City Missouri January 80 The Senate passes a bill repealing the act prohibiting alum in baking powders. It recalls the old alum bill stalled two years ago that led to indictments of state senators for alleged bribery by a baking powder agent.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Valparaiso Bay Breakwaters Plan Tenders Issued
Santiago announces bids for a major Valparaiso bay project including breakwaters moles and wartime defenses with a total cost of 12.5 million dollars.
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Valparaiso Bay
Santiago de Chile
Russians Break Winter Barrier in Manchuria Battle
Tokyo reports a fierce Manchurian clash in which Russian forces under Kuropatkin advance amid heavy snow and freezing winds. Japanese defense under Oyama and Nogi with veteran troops countered, startling observers by claiming a decisive win greater than Port Arthur losses. Casualties run high on both sides, with Russian numbers believed to exceed Japanese losses.
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Tokyo
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin
Oyama
Nogi
Manchuria
Uku
Poxotasi
Haun River
Russian railway blocked by snow isolates Vladivostok
A Tokyo dispatch reports Russian supplies have concentrated at Lake Baikal due to snow blocking the eastern railway, isolating Vladivostok on land and sea. The same note claims England has orders for several large warships for Japan.
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London
Tokyo
Daily Telegraph
Lake Baikal
Vladivostok
England
Japan
Trolley Proposition in Puget Sound Counties
Everett January 30. J P Langman and B Linober of San Francisco visit to study a trolley line plan. They will tour Skagit and Whatcom counties to assess resources and seek franchises for a Puget Sound trolley system.
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Everett
J. P. Langman
B. Linober
San Francisco
Skagit
Whatcom
Puget Sound
Cleveland Addresses Christianity in Civic Speech at YMCA
Former President Grover Cleveland spoke in Philadelphia at the 50th anniversary YMCA exercises. He urged a reverent but lighthearted, liberty loving people guided by peace, justice, truth, and good faith rooted in Christianity to demand ethical public service.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association
Cleveland
Nta
Merger Case Up Again Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court granted certiorari in Harriman et al versus Northern Securities, reviewing the 1901 merger stock distribution dispute. Argument set for February 20 following prior rulings, with the circuit courts differing on an injunction against disposing of Northern Pacific stock.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
E. H. Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Supreme Court
Harriman
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Roads
Agianet the Megger
Securities Company
Circuit Court of the District of New Jersey
Nortern Pacific Railway
Circuit Court of Appeals
Demolition of Gov Palace in St. Petersburg Bombing
A dynamite bomb exploded at the governor's palace in St. Petersburg today in an attempted assassination. The palace is in ruins but the governor and his family were not present. Police sealed the area as officials withheld names of suspects and full damage details.
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St. Petersburg
Successor to Blackman Named State Labor Commissioner
Olympia Jan 81 Gov Mead announces Charles F Hubard of Tacoma will take effect April 1 as state labor commissioner to replace William Blackman whose term ends that date Hubbard a Northern Pacific locomotive engineer drawing one of the North Coast Limited trains his appointment supported by Tacoma friends Kititas county citizens and railroad organizations
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Olympia
Mead
Charles F. Hubard
Tacoma
William Blackman
Hubbard
Northern Pacific
Kititas County
Whitworth College Receives $6000 Gift for Erwin Hall
Mr and Mrs Erwin of Prescott Washington donate six thousand dollars for a new four story building at Whitworth college. The hall will house art music and science with lodging on the upper floors and will open next fall inaugurating a three year course in manual training. The building will be named Erwin hall in honor of the donors.
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Tacoma
Erwin
Prescott
Wash
Whitworth College
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