Irrigation Bill Agreed To Exclude Yakima Kittitas Areas
Albany reports that lawmakers reached a compromise on the irrigation code. The plan omits adjudicating water rights in Yakima and Kittitas counties where lands are sparsely settled, while extending the adjudication process across the rest of the state. Government survey plans and federal interests prompted the shift to a substitute provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Irrigation Commission
Gov. McBride
Yakima
Kittitas
Ira P. Englehart
Edward Whitson
Walter N. Granger
Northern Pacific
Yakima Valley
T. A. Noble
Ross
Idaho
Federal reclamation bill framed after irrigation meeting
Representatives of the federal reclamation service framed a bill covering all irrigation matters the government desires. The joint irrigation committee met with Engineers Noble and Rous of the U S service and private irrigation attorneys. The bill was read and no objections were raised by private interests.
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Olympia
Federal Reclamation Service
Joint Irrigation Committee
Noble and Rous
United States Service
Mirsky Resigns as Interior Minister in Ill Health
The Russian Interior Minister Sviatopolk Mirsky announced retirement on grounds of ill health. M Darnovo becomes acting interior minister while Boulinan and Witte are discussed as potential successors amid court and conservative reactions. Mirsky’s abrupt retirement draws public reprimand claims.
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Petersburg
Sviatopolk- Mirsky
M. Darnovo
Posts and Telegraphs
M. Bouligan
Moscow
Sviatopolk-Mirsky
Nicholas
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Prince Sviatavolk-Miraky
House immigration panel backs admiralty bill limit
Washington February 1 the house committee on immigration and naturalization favors a report on the admiralty bill to ban more than 80 000 entrants from any single country in one year in the United States.
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Washington
House Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Fleeing Poles Enter Germany as Refugee Flow Surges
Berlin reports a large influx of refugees from Russian Poland with trains crowded mostly by women and children. Strikes spread across the industrial belt from Sosnovice to Granicca near the Austrian frontier. Polish papers estimate 400000 strikers. At Lodz funeral clashes leave two soldiers dead and fifteen wounded. Additional disturbances cited from Sielce and Lublin.
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Germany
Berlin
Lokal Ansteiger
Kattowits
Prussia
Poland
Russian Poland
Sosnovice
Granicca
Lokal Anzeiger
Warsaw
Lodz
Sielce
Lublin
Comerford Opens Hearing On Illinois Legislature Corruption
Springfield Feb 6 Frank J Comerford testifies against Illinois legislators arguing widespread corruption and alleged bribery attempts in the recent Democratic house caucus. The house investigating committee ordered hearings to be open with three newspaper men and Comerford in attendance.
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Springfield
Ills
Frank J. Comerford
Illinois
Comerford
House
Black Diamond Mine Sold to Pacific Coast Co
The Pacific Coast Company bought the Black Diamond Coal mine from D. Ogden Mills for 1.3 million dollars. The purchase was funded from Pacific Coast earnings and the mine is expected to boost revenues. Stock activity, with gains in common and second preferred, spurred by competitive buying linked to Union Pacific Canadian Pacific and Great Northern.
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New York
Pacific Coast Company
D. Ogden Mills
Black Diamond
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Senate Amends District Charter Fees In Senate Action
In response to Roosevelt's message the senate passed an amendment raising D C incorporation fees from 1 to 40 cents per thousand dollars of capital stock and allowing the recorder of deeds to reject charters not clearly subscribed in good faith. The senate may revoke charters already issued with capital totals around 5 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds
Bill to create Alaska Railway Company and guarantee bonds
Representative Cushman introduces a bill to incorporate the Alaska Railway Company and authorize construction of a railroad and telegraph line from a Gulf of Alaska point to Eagle on the Yukon. Capital stock may reach 20 million dollars. The United States would guarantee 4 percent interest on bonds.
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Washington
Cushman
Alaska Railway Company
Gulf of Alaska
Eagle
Yukon River
United States
Pythian Ruling Allows Hotel Keeper to Attend Bar
Richmond Ind Feb 6 Charles E Shively supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias rules a bona fide hotel keeper may personally attend his own bar run in connection with hotel business and finds no Pythian law prohibiting the supreme chancellor from serving as grand lecturer.
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Richmond
Ini
Charles E. Shively
Knights of Pythias of
Russian government seizes Siberian telegraph lines in war start
London reports the Russian government took control of Siberian telegraph lines from eight in the morning until the afternoon Monday marking likely the first war time telegraph shutdown. Speculation cites railway strikes and key correspondence with Gen. Kuroputkin as possible causes.
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London
Siberian
Kuroputkin
Want Duty Raised
The Ontario Lumbermen's Association proposes a deputation to Ottawa seeking a $2 per thousand duty on imported lumber. They cite imports rising from 60 million feet in 1903 to 140 million feet in 1904. British Columbia manufacturers accuse American mills of dumping lower grade lumber into Canada.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario Lumbermen's Associaton
Ottawa
Canada
British Columbia
Four teen prisoners moved from Vancouver to Alcatraz
Four teenagers were removed from the U S barracks at Vancouver Washington on Saturday and sent to Alcatraz Island California. Each inmate has been convicted of offenses against the government and will serve sentences ranging from six months to five years.
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Vancouver
Wash
United States
Alcatraz Island
Cal
Lumber Mills Win Thirty Million Feet Contract
Nanaimo British Columbia February seventh The Chemainus lumber mills secure a contract to ship thirty million feet of lumber to the Northwest this year.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Chemainus Lumber Mills
Capital Removal Senate Passes Bill to Tacoma
The Washington Senate approved a capital relocation bill by 26 to 12 to move the seat of government from Olympia to Tacoma. The measure, introduced by Senator Baker, sets removal after funding provisions are made and faces a February general election vote in Olympia.
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Olympia
Tacoma
Senate
Baker
Committee On
Palmer
Pierce
Davis
Wright Park
George D. Wright
Ruth
Rath
Capitol
Thurston County
Olympia Hotel
Christian
Trust in Russian Troops Wavers After Bloody Sunday
St Petersburg dispatch says Kuropatkin asked the czar for guidance as Japanese plans allegedly spread details of the Bloody Sunday massacre among Russian troops. Troops are reported to remain at their posts but show extreme ill temper, making further advances unpredictable and potentially dangerous.
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London
St. Petersburg
London Daily Chronicle
Stans
Count Caesaut
Russia
Count Cassini
Penitentiary Price List Issued at Walla Walla
The state board of audit and control releases a price list effective February 15 for grain bags brick and related products from the penitentiary in Walla Walla Grain bags sell for 58.50 per thousand oat bags 70 per thousand ore bags 10 cents each wool bags 80 cents each burlap 5 cents per yard hop cloth 10 cents per yard kiln cloth 5 cents per yard Brick 6.50 per thousand loaded on cars 7 delivered in Walla Walla Warden Rees notes current stock includes 708304 grain bags and 491000 bricks.
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Walla Walla
State Board of Audit and Control
Rees
Congress Advances Mann Bill Abolishing Canal Commission
The committee on interstate and foreign commerce favors a report backing the Mann bill to abolish the present Isthmian Canal Commission while the president plans to appoint a new commission aligned with current needs.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Roosevelt Unable to Attend Lewis and Clark Expo
President Roosevelt advised Oregon lawmakers he cannot visit the Pacific coast this year to attend the Lewis and Clark exposition, citing impossibility of travel during the coming year.
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Salem, Or
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Disturbances in Russia and the Manchurian War
Editorials discuss Russian unrest under autocracy and conscription flight while noting Japan's successes near Port Arthur. The piece argues Russia must withdraw from Manchuria for peace, warns of debt pressures, and questions Russia's ability to endure a prolonged war.
France’s stake in Russia debt drives Far East peace hopes
The article notes France’s large loans to Russia and the vast Russian debt held in France. It suggests Paris seeks a quick end to the Far East war to protect French savings and loan security, warning Russia’s bankruptcy would erase French wealth.
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Far East
France
Russia
Wealth and Longevity and the Simple Life
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that wealth does not preclude long life citing English data: 206 men with estates over a half million dollars had six over 90 and fifty over 180, averaging 73. Wealthiness often accompanies inherited comfort and minimal dietary limits yet avoids the burdens of toil and anxiety. Professor Owen concludes happiness may balance diet, work, and worry for a longer life rather than simple hardship.
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Owen
Philadelphia Ledger
How Russia Obtained Port Arthur
The article traces Port Arthur’s seizure after the 1894 China Japan war, noting Russia’s opportunistic moves after Japan’s victory. It covers Japan’s loss of Manchuria rights, Russia’s railway access through Manchuria to Talienwan, and subsequent long lease of Port Arthur in 1897 amid broader power tensions in East Asia.
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Port Arthur
Luchuncheng
China
Japan
Linotung Peninsula
Russia
Korea
North Korea
Yalu
Kiu-lien-chang
Feng-chang-cheng
Kinchau
Talienwan
Oyama
Shimonoseki
Liaoyang
Fort Arthur
France
Germany
Manchuria
Wei-hai-Wal
Formosa
Great Britain
Siberian
Tallenwan
Shantung
Klauchau
Queen Wilhelmina Turns Dairy into Palace Enterprise
The Dutch queen expands from royal duties to dairy business. Prince Henry bought cows for the palace at Loo, and 34 top Holstein cows are now run on royal land. Milk and butter are sold under palace auspices, turning a hobby into a profitable venture for the crown.
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Prince Henry
Loo
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Kitti
Tas
Yakima County
Mirsky
Telegraph
Kuropatkin
Czar
State Board of Control
Canal Commission
East
Asia
Pacific
St. Louis
Taaw Ching
Bavaria
Munich
Europe
Wilhelmina
Holland
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