White's Third Run For District Attorney In Baker County
Baker City May 6 The Democrats announce their campaign kick off with speeches by W F Butcher and ex Senator William Smith in Sumpter The main contest is for district attorney in the eighth judicial district between Sam White Democrat and Leroy Lomax Republican White seeks a third term Lomax is little known in the county The sheriff race also looms large with Democrats aiming to unseat Republican Sheriff Brown and keep county offices in Democratic hands
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Baker City
Sumpter
W. F. Butcher
William Smith
Eighth Judicial District
Sam White
Baker County
Leroy Lomax
Union County
White
Eakin
Lomax
Brown
Russians likely evacuated Niu Chwang amid night raid
Reports from Chee Foo May 10 indicate Russians evacuated Niu Chwang overnight while bandits and camp followers threaten looting outside, with three thousand bandits near the wall and rail line disruptions reported. Japanese fleet seen off Port Arthur with no hostilities.
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Chee Foo
Niu Chwang
Walla
Nui Chwang
Mukden
Port Arthur
General Kuropatkin Orders General Retreat
Paris dispatch reports Kuropatkin ordering a retreat to avoid battle until forces can be reinforced. He reportedly commands about 150000 troops plus Port Arthur 30000 and Niu Chwang 15000 garrisons, with estimates of 500000 needed including later mobilization reaching Kasanch July 1.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
Kuropatkin Haa
Port Arthur
Niu Chwang
Kasan
White Girls and Negro Soldiers Rumor in Fort Walla Walla
Reports from Fort Walla Walla allege alliance between ninth Cavalry soldiers and white girls aged 16 and up in west city districts. Claims of nightly gatherings near the garrison prompt criticism of local parades and organizers while naming 15 to 20 implicated girls, including several known white women.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Walla Walla
Pareda
Bank will cash city warrants for street work
At a special council meeting the city authorized the First National Bank of Athena to cash warrants issued for street improvement. Twenty percent of amounts due to contractor W. J. Wilkinson will be paid weekly. The city refused a Main street tax for sprinkling and allowed lodges to move a building 20 feet east on Main street.
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First National Bank of Athena
W. J. Wilkinson
New Lodge Building Planned on Main Street Move Approved
The Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythian lodges win council permission to shift a jointly bought Main Street property 20 feet east. A two story stone and brick building with 40 foot frontage will rise, the lower floor for merchants and the upper for the lodges. One frame building will be removed, the other stays on Main Street east of the hall.
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Main Street
Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias Lodges
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythian Lodges
Heppner Flood Case Ends in Settlement Across Parents’ Heirs
Heirs of Harry and Emma Hanby reach agreement over 5000 and 3000 dollar insurance proceeds from the 1903 Heppner flood. Court action dismissed with the estate of Mrs Hanby and the estate of Harry Hanby each receiving their due share after insurer payment to court. The ruling hinges on survivorship presumption in simultaneous deaths. Improvements to county road funded jointly by the county and the Washington and Oregon Electric Power Co. to aid South Fork traffic.
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Hanby
Heppner
Portland
Emma Hanby
Harry Hanby
Woodmen of America
Ogelady Young
Ogelsby Young
Ernest Woose
State Circuit Court
Charles L. Fair and
France
San Francisco
Jennie Mandeville
Pacific
Walla Walla River
Washington and Oregon Electric Power Co
South Fork Road
Milton Eagle
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Athena
Port
Danny
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
United States
the Yalu
Seoul
Japan
SUITS
Eagles Incorporate
Eagles of
Pendleton
Wheeler
Court Street
Tyeaterday
Koeppen
C. W. Gibson
Wella
Pendleton Tribune
Homer Campbell
H.O. Campbell
Echo
Umatilla County
Walls Walla County
County Court of
Walla County
Commercial Association
Sorial Association of
Dayton
Ratund
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