Oregon Election Gives Republicans Big Majority Across State
Remainder of statewide offices go to Republicans with George E Chamberlain winning for governor Democrat. The ticket is strong except for governor as W J Furnish trails across counties. Congressmen Tongue and Williamson win big. George H Williams elected mayor of Portland. Legislature likely Republican by a large margin.
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W. J. Furnish
George H. Williams
Grant
Portland
Oregon
Joseph Simon
George E. Chamberlain
Thomas H. Tongue
J. N. Williamson
Congress
Geo. H. Williams
Island May Sink From La Soufriere Eruption
Kingstown reports La Soufriere volcano remains active with an eruption at 10 o clock accompanied by thunder and an earthquake shock. Dense vapor rises high and lights the crater while ash and rain fall eight miles to the leeward. An American climber nears the summit as floods wash away houses and news arrives of Mount Pelee erupting in Martinique.
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Kingstown
St. Vincent
la Soufriere
Mount Pelee
Martinique
Dominica
St. Piere
Margaret Taylor Home Kidnap Case Ends With Return
The steamer Katerina Maria arrived from Genoa bringing Margaret Vinton Taylor and Albert Vinton Taylor of Cincinnati, ending a famous kidnapping case that began August 11, 1898. Authorities in Ohio and Italy, plus ambassadors Choate and Meyer, aided in locating the child who disappeared from Burnet Woods. The principal, Clara Taylor, is jailed in San Remo. two relatives face suspended sentences for participating. An Ohio detective sought extradition to return the girl. Jealousy of her stepmother is cited as the motive.
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New York
Katerina Maria
Genoa
Albert Vinton Taylor
Cincinnati
Margaret Vinton Taylor
Margaret Taylor
Charley Ross
State Department
Washington
United States
Choate
London
Meyer
Rome
Ohio
Italy
Margaret
Burnet Woods
Bordeghera
San Remo
D. Ormiston Chant
Langworthy Taylor
Frances
Clara Taylor
Army Strength Reduced Under Reorganization Act
By presidential direction Secretary Root issued a general order cutting the permanent establishment of the army. The May order set the total at 77,237 men and the new directive reduces it to 66,497, a drop of 10,790.
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Washington
Root
Pauncefote's Successor Named Likely Ambassador Pick
London May 31 The Hon Michael Henry Herbret acting as secretary to the British embassy in Paris is expected to become British ambassador to the United States succeeding the late Lord Pauncefote.
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London
Michael Henry Herbret
Paris
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Twenty-First Infantry Arrives from Manila
The transport Meade reached San Francisco from Manila after quarantine closed for the night. On board are twenty eight officers and fifty four men of the Twenty-first Infantry along with tigers.
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San Francisco
Meade
Manila
Twenty-first Infantry
Riot and Bloodshed in Chicago Teamsters Strike
Riot and clashes between police and strikers erupted in Chicago as meat wagons escorted by police faced crowds on the West Side. In Crosby street district known as Little Hell a confrontation escalated when a teamster resisted moving wagons, rocks and mud flew, officers were bruised, and arrests followed while women supporting the strikers fought fiercely.
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Chicago
Teamsters
West Side
Crosby Street
Hell
Lieut
Collins
Met
Death of Oregon Governor Sylvester Pennoyer
Portland Oreg May 31 Sylvester Pennoyer former Oregon governor 1866 1894 died suddenly Friday afternoon at his home from heart disease He was born July 6 1831 in Tompkins County New York Harvard graduate 1854 He came to Oregon taught school entered lumber business and gained political prominence for opposing Chinese immigration He won the 1886 gubernatorial election and was re elected in 1890 He later served as Portland mayor in 1896.
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Portland
Sylvester Pennoyer
Oegon
Pennoyer
Tompkins County
New York
Harvard University
Oregon
Panama
Trade in Africa Boosts after River War Ends
New York reports traders expect a big rise in South Africa trade as the river war ends. British forces have already bought much food for the army, and supplies will continue to flow until withdrawal. Hay grain canned goods and farming and mining machinery will rise in demand to rebuild the country.
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New York
South Africa
Great Britain
Cornerstone of Reynolds hall laid at Whitman College
In a drizzling rain the cornerstone of Reynolds hall the proposed girls dormitory at Whitman College was laid with ceremony. Dr Y C Bialock deputy grand master led the local Masons and about 300 attended. Dr William A Mowray of Boston gave the principal address. The brick and stone building will be finished for opening next fall.
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Walla Walla
Reynolds’ Hall
Whitman College
Lodge of Masons
Y. C. Bialock
William A. Mowray
Boston
Carrie Nation Pardoned for Saloon Fixtures Destruction
Topeka Kansas June 3 Mrs Carrie Nation walked from Shawnee county jail a free woman Gov Stanley issued her a full pardon and remitted the 100 fine Nation was imprisoned May 16 for smashing saloon fixtures she was to serve 30 days and pay the fine at one dollar per day
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Shawnee County
Stanley
Interior withdraws 3.327 million Utah acres from settlement
Secretary of the interior orders the United States land office to temporarily withdraw three million three hundred twenty seven thousand acres of Utah land from settlement tracts for two forest reserves. This increases Utah withdrawals to over three million five hundred ninety thousand acres in May.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
United States Land Office
Waterways to be Built in Nome Mining District
The Miocene Ditch Company plans a water system costing over 275000 dollars to supply Nome district. A 17 mile main canal from Hobson Creek will boost Ghicer and Dexter ditches, with work to finish by September and 500 to 600 men plus 100 horses employed. A second ditch 60 miles southeast toward Daniels Creek will support hydraulic mining.
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Seattle
Miocene Ditch Company
Nome
Hobson Creek
Dexter
Topkuk
Daniels Creek
Sity
Seal Preservation Plan Sparks House Committee Debate
Representative Tawney introduced a Ways and Means report urging opening the Bering Sea dispute with Great Britain to secure a permanent seal herd protection. The plan envisions killing surplus female seals as mercy, while destroying young males by 1906 to halt reproduction. It cites a drop from 4,700,000 seals in 1874 to 224,000 now and U S spending of 1,441,331 since 1890 on protection.
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Washington
Tawney
Minnesota
Ways and Means Committee
Bering Sea
Great Britain
United States
Senator Flouts Senate Rules With Open Smoke
A prominent senator in the capitol smoked in a waiting room near the marble lobby defying the strict tobacco ban. Guards and bystanders noted the violation but no reminder or action followed, highlighting perceived immunity for high officials. The incident drew attention from the Washington Star and raised questions about enforcement.
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Senate
Capitol
Havana
Washington Star
Committee On Rules
Ram's Horn Blasts Philosophy on Virtue and Self
A collection of aphorisms on faith, integrity, and self control. It critiques hollow wealth, pride, and social class while urging sincerity, loyalty, and inner greatness. The passages link divine favor to honest hearts and steady virtue.
How to Be Lucky in Life and Work
Max O Reill sketches luck as self made through character. He argues honesty, steadiness, tact, perseverance, industry, sobriety, self control, and punctuality secure success more than talent alone. Luck he defines as disciplined effort, reliability, and self reliance.
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Max O’rell
Lawyer’s crude remark tests color bias on jury
A Boston lawyer used a racist quip about a colored man in the woodpile during a heated argument. The jury, including the colored juror, returned a verdict for the lawyer's client, prompting the juror to remark he knew the lawyer's intent.
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Boston
Boston Record
No Evidence. Judge On what evidence did you arrest this man
A playful exchange is cited from the Ohio State Journal noting that a police arrest can hinge on resemblance to a newspaper picture. The piece contrasts legal doubt with childhood sweetness and a mother’s protective view of her child.
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Ohio State Journal
Corn and Its Products Shaped Louisiana Purchase History
The piece recounts how corn and its byproducts sustained Indigenous and early American life in the Louisiana Purchase region. It notes Joliet and Marquette's 1673 encounter with sugamittee and roasted corn, the spread of corn across westward expansion, and modern shifts to corn’s diverse uses and national economic impact. It also mentions Iowa as a leading corn state and contrasts historical hunger with today’s meat, dairy, and feed industries. A tangential anecdote from Detroit about a vanished well and an ice factory closes the excerpt.
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de Soto
Louisiana Purchase
Louis Joliet
Pere Jacques Marquette
Des Moines
Mississippi
Lowa
Arkansas
Africa
Louisiana
Great Valley
Joliet
Marquette
Old Kaskaskia
Alleghanies
Boone
Sevier
Robertson
Shelby
Ohio
Kentucky
Treasury
Washington
South
Seaboard States
America
Europe
Iowa
St. Louis Republic
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Ilinois
Underground Well Thefts Spark Local Alarm
A discussion among residents reports a wave of odd thefts from backyards, culminating in the alarming disappearance of an old well dug forty years ago. Neighbors insist a well cannot be stolen, yet reports of the well's tampering move the case toward a call for a protective society.
Curious London Zoo sight and other nature notes
An Irish terrier nurses three lion cubs in a London zoo box, with island affection and kittenlike lionesses. Also reports a Patagonia creature called hymehy by natives, a possible neomy lodon link, and bunyip hunting talk. Queen Victoria anecdote adds royal memory. Then London corn markets list English and foreign wheat trade hubs.
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London Zoo
England
Norwich
Mark Lane
Peterborough
Lincoln
Hull
Ipswich
Lyne
Liverpool
Bristol
Manchester
Birmingham
London
London Graphic
Loss From Forest Fires Causes Huge Timber Loss
Forest fires last year destroyed timber worth over 50 million dollars. A remark notes ongoing effort to educate girls in cooking, ending with chocolate cake.
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Hymehy
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Balmoral
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