Minor Happenings of the Week Summary
The week notes legislative and government actions including the post office appropriation passing the house and a Missouri senatorial deadlock. Resignations and leadership changes occur in treasury and Russia Manchuria command. State endorsements, land withdrawals, bank charter plans, and a Klamath irrigation extension are reported.
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Klamath River
Interior Department
Lakeview, Or
Redding
Cal
Susanville
Dominion Exposition Dates Set for New Westminster
Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society of British Columbia fixes the Dominion exposition for September 27 to October 7 in New Westminster. A $50,000 Dominion grant allocates $15,000 for exhibit transport and the rest for prizes. provincial adds $5,000. city may spend about $20,000. Buildings must be erected by the society. Exhibitors will be charged for space. A Portland stock show is planned just before.
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New Westminster
B. C
Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society of British Columbia
Portland
Boundary dispute over Chehalis Jefferson county line
Chehalis and Jefferson county prosecutors J J E Bonner and A K Gungway seek a friendly suit to locate the boundary between Chehalis county's northern edge and Jefferson county's southern edge. A disputed strip of sections along the boundary line is at issue.
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Olympia, Feb. J
J. E. Bonner
Chehalis County
A. K. Gungway
Jefferson County
Grave Robbers Fail to Find Hidden Quinault Gold
Hoquiam report: Harry Shale, a Quinault Indian, deposited 180 in gold coins cut into halves for safekeeping long ago. Grave robbers dug up a grave on the reservation but did not locate the hidden treasure.
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Hoquiam
Harry Shale
Japs Seize Russian Coal Vessel Off Hokkaido
The Austrian steam ship Siam en route to Vladivostok from Cardiff carrying coal was seized off Hokkaido island on Tuesday.
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Tokyo
Siam
Vladivostok
Cardiff
Hokkaido Island
Washington News Highlights From The Northwest
Reported bank robbers, new brick replacements for burned Colfax blocks, and a push for convict road labor. Pleiades shipped 10 000 tons of lead to Japan, while Fort Walla Walla barracks face stalled work over foundation faults. Article notes proceed with harbor cable shoreing to Fort Lawton and land line.
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Good Roads Association
Pleiades
Puget Sound
Japan
Fort Lawton
Railroad to Princeton Idaho to Be Built from Farmington
At Farmington a meeting between Bank of Farmington officials and Eastern Washington Construction Company established an agreement to construct a railroad from Farmington to near Princeton Idaho. Citizens guaranteed roughly half the required funds, with subscriptions already in place. The line is planned for completion by February 1, 1906. In Terre Haute Indiana the Vandalia railroad retired every employee aged 70 or older on life pension.
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Farmington
Bank of Farmington
Eastern Washington Construction Company
Princeton
Idaho
Terre Haute
Ind
Vandalia Railroad
Republican caucus to set railroad rate bill plan
In Washington on February 1 the Republican leaders of the house ordered a caucus of Republican members to decide a program for railroad rate legislation. The call will be issued in the near future.
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Washington
House
Seattle Market Report Prices From Local Dealers
Seattle market report lists producer prices for oats barley wheat chicken feed and more in round lots. Items include grain oats 26.50 27 per ton hay eastern Washington 16 17 4 per ton eggs strictly fresh ranch 27 28 6 poultry live hens 12 12 40 per lb and various live stock hides wool and meats with multiple weight and grade distinctions.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Kuropatkin Quits Command After Mutiny Claims
Rumor from St. Petersburg says General Kuropatkin has offered his resignation as commander of Russian Far East forces. General Grippenberg asked to be relieved from command of the second Manchurian army, alleging Kuropatkin dishonored him by orders to retreat at Hun River.
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Robert B. Armstrong
the Treasury
Gen. Grippenberg
Myloff
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Far East
Grippenberg
Hun River
Mutiny Looms in Black Sea Fleet as Sevastopol Mutiny Fears Grow
London reports the Black Sea fleet morale collapsing with revolutionary literature found aboard ships. Eighty eight sailors face death as ringleaders of the first outbreak, amid rising revolutionary sentiment and fears of a broader revolt. German experts say loyalty to the autocracy erodes outside czar guards, calling Sevastopol’s mutiny the era’s most dangerous sign of insubordination.
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London
Black Sea
Berlin
Sevastopol
Russia
Workmen Disown Deputation in St Petersburg
Four thousand carghop workers in St Petersburg denounce the delegates sent to visit the emperor as employer-selected and not representative of the workers. Minor clashes occurred at Lessner’s plant while Poland remains the center of unrest with coal mines and several sugar factories under martial law as strikes spread.
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St. Petersburg
Lessner
Poland
Kalisz
Radon
Siedec
Tiflis
Caucasus
Russia
Farm Home and Factory Day Proclaimed Across States
A National Grange led proclamation urges observance of Washingtons Birthday as Farm Home and Factory Day. It seeks railroads reform, parcels post up to eleven pounds, and a post check currency system, urging citizens to write congressmen. Signed by governors Brooks of Wyoming Herrick of Ohio Elrod of South Dakota Aston Jones and labor officials.
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New York
National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Washington
Brooks
Wyoming
Herrick
Ohio
Elrod
South Dakota
Aston Jones
Logging log prices rise threaten Lewis river camps reopening
Logs have advanced in Vancouver Washington on February 6 with a rise of 1 per thousand and expectations of further gains. After two months of inactivity logging in the county remains slack as camps along the Lewis river may resume operations soon.
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Vancouver
Wash
Lewis River
Free Trade With Philippines Proposal Aims Free Imports
Representative Williams of Mississippi proposes a bill to admit all Philippine products free of US import duties and to grant Philippines free port duties in its own ports, seeking broad tariff relief and market access for Philippine goods.
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Washington
Williams
Mississippi
Philippines
United States
Legislature in Washington State Enacts Key Bills
Olympia reports 28 days into the session with 135 senate and 241 house bills. Six bills pass both chambers, including $80,000 for session expenses and $75,000 for Lewin and Clark fair exhibit, plus court and judiciary expansions. Two vetoed measures remain lawless and other items await veto decisions.
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Olympia
United States
Senate
House
Lewin and Clark Fair
Fair Commission
Superior Court of
King County
Supreme Court
Finland's Prosecutor General Soininen Assassinated
Helsingfors February 7 Soigalen Soinin en general of Finland, once known as Johnson, was killed Monday by a youth whose identity is not yet known. The assassin and Soininen's son were wounded in a duel that followed the murder. The motive appears political as the official was a prominent government party member.
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Helsingfors
Soigalen Soininen
Finland
Johnson
Soininen
Assassination of Finnish Procurator General Sparks Fear
Reports from St Petersburg note the killing of Soisalon Soinin en protests the Finnish official. Observers expect a terror era as Finnish political strife widens across Russia with revolutionary groups coordinating in Berlin. The attack follows broader anti government unrest and worker strikes tied to troop deployments.
Russian workers seek their own deputation to czar
In St. Petersburg on February 7 workers announced plans to petition the czar for a deputation selected by worker delegates rather than by masters, arguing the latest delegation was master chosen and not representative.
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St. Petersburg
Expulsion of Opera Singer Ku ga from Russia
St Petersburg February 8 notes Mme Ku ga the opera singer was expelled from Russia after praising the January 42 military success.
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St. Petersburg
Mme. Kuga
Russia
Tax Commission Granted Broad Powers Under Tax Bill Passage
Olympia Feb 7 Honas bill 86 creating a state board of tax commissioners passed the house by one vote amid no debate. The governor appoints three members for four-year terms with removal at will. The commission will supervise state taxation, oversee assessors and boards of equalization, enforce inheritance and other taxes, direct prosecutions for tax law violations, compel financial disclosures, summon witnesses, and inspect county methods. The bill outlines broad authority and inspection powers.
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Olympia
Honas
Reid
Pierce
House
Senate
United States
Boards of Equalization
County Boards of Commissioners
Dr L L Seaman Leans On Army Medical Reforms
Dr L L Seaman testified before the house committee on military affairs praising Japanese sanitation and medical methods. He cited wartime data stating 1 percent of sickness proved fatal in the Japanese army versus 70 percent fatality in the Spanish American War American forces.
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Washington
L. L. Seaman
House Committee On Military Affairs
Medical Department
Army
Seaman
Hawaii Produces Rubber After Trials in Islands
Honolulu reports that after years of trials rubber planting in Hawaii has become commercial. A Nahiku plantation started six years ago is yielding rubber and gathering is expected to begin soon. Over 0,000 saplings have been planted.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Nahiku
Democrats Expect to Hear Testimony on 5 000 to 6 000 Ballots
Denver Feb 6 Democrats seek to present evidence from five to six thousand voters before the joint legislative committee reviewing the Peabody Adams gubernatorial contest. Attorney John A Rash asks for ballots to be taken before notaries but the request is denied.
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Denver
Joint Legislative Committee
John A. Rash
Griffith
James A. Pershing
Supreme Court
Peabody
Cone Precinct
JAP MINES FOR JAPS ONLY
In Tokyo on February 6, a heated debate ended with the house passing a mining law amendment. The measure bans foreigners from working Japanese mines, triggering strong opposition from foreign residents and censure of the government for favoring native control. The retroactive law jeopardizes British American and French mining interests active in Japan while claiming to reserve future gains for native Japanese.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
Japan
Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Postal Fraud Case
The Supreme Court refused certiorari in the case of Machen Lorenz and Groff who were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government in post office irregularities. They remain sentenced to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine each as upheld by the D C Court of Appeals.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Machen, Lorenz and Groff
Post Office Department
Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Ground broken for Washington building at Lewis and Clark Expo
Portland Oregon February 5 1925 in the presence of President Goode and officials Gov Mead of Washington broke ground on the Washington building at the far east promontory of the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds. The governor thanked the commission and pledged support as he overturned the first spadeful of earth.
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Portland
President Goode
Gov. Mead
Washington
Washinon
Goode
State of Washington
Funds for Philippine schools approval by House committee
The house committee on insular affairs authorized a favorable report on a bill to set aside 25 percent of all future public land sale proceeds in the Philippines for primary and industrial school sites and maintenance, with an additional percent for higher education. Proceeds from friar lands are excluded.
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Washington
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Philippines
Islands
Lewis and Clark Exposition Commission Formed
Olympia February 6 at the first meeting of the Lewis and Clark exposition commission Senator J. J. Smith was chosen president and E. L. Reber was named secretary. Elmer Johnson of Everett was offered executive commissioner with a salary of 200 dollars plus expenses while Reber received 125 dollars and expenses.
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Olympia
J. J. Smith
E. L. Reber
Seattle
Elmer Johnson
Everett
Said Goodnow Will Resign
Washington reports Consul General John Goodnow plans retirement from Shanghai post and a replacement announcement is expected next week.
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Goodnow
Washington
John Goodnow
Shanghai
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