Railroad Legislation Convention Opens in Lane County
Delegates from Eugene Cottage Grove and Portland gather at the Lane County Courthouse for a three o'clock start to discuss railroad regulation and car shortages. Speakers including Hon. W. M. Killingsworth and J. K. Kelly address freight rates, open rivers and navigation, and lobby for transit reforms to spur Oregon growth.
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Eugene
Cottage Grove
Lane County
L. L. L. Whitson
Wight
Whitson
H. O. Thompson
Cotage Grove Commercial Club
G. W. Griffin
Geo. M. Cornwal
D. KE. Yoran
T. K. Campbell
J. K. Kelly
Killingsworth
W. M. Killingsworth
Portland
KR. M. Veatch
D. BE. Yoran
Merchants’ Protective Association
Samuel Connell
Portland Commercial Club
Allen H. Haton
B. A. Washburne
Las
KR. A. Booth
Geo. M. Cornwall
Oregon and
Washington
Rail wrecks report multiple deaths and injuries
Across several states railway accidents leave one fireman dead and two engineers injured near Daly ranch. A Union Pacific Atlantic express derails near Church Buttes injuring seven. Monon No.36 derailment near Frankfort injures eighteen. Northern Pacific collision near Garfield results in two engineers killed.
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Salt Lake
Atlantic Express
Union Pacific
Church Buttes
Wyo
Chicago
Monon Road
Frankfort
Ind
Spokane
Lewiston
Northern Pacific
Garfield
Wash
The Store That’s Doing the Business When Children Dream
A reflective piece on Christmastide and Santa Claus as a symbol of giving. It contrasts a workaday world with the joy of making others happy, noting the moment when desire shifts from personal ambition to helping those in need during the holiday season.
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Santa Claus
Senate delays on penrose absence and naval secretary vote
In Washington on December 5 the senate postponed discussion of resolutions seeking information on discharge of the Twenty fifth infantry negro troops. It adopted a motion to have the commerce and labor secretary provide copies of official letters and reports. Senator Flint of California introduced the measure. The House passed a bill letting national banking associations make real estate loans. The Senate Naval Affairs Committee moved to favor Metcalf of California for secretary of the navy. Roosevelt urged executive dismissal authority for unworthy officers.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate
Twenty Fifth Infantry
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
San Francisco
Flint
California
House
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Metcalf
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Portland Suicide Ties Family Tragedy to Lovers’ Quarrel
A Portland death by self-inflicted harm is linked to two distant cousins Ida A Erickson and Minnie Matson. Their parents live near Quincy Oregon. The girls came to Portland with sisters Hilda Erickson and Pearl Matson earning a precarious living. Hilda is hospitalized with hysteria, Pearl has returned to Quincy. Lovers quarrels are blamed for the act.
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Minnie Hill
Ida A. Erickson
Minnie Matson
Quincey
Oregon
Portland
Hilda Erickson
Pearl Matson
Hilda
Pearl
Quncy
Shaw's report shows 1906 federal surplus and debt shifts
The 1906 annual report of Secretary Shaw notes a surplus of 25,669,322.61 for the year, a rise in trust funds to 1,044,433,849, and shifts in debt. It details increases in interest bearing and non interest debt, exchange of bonds for consols, and a large gold reserve reaching a record 871,893,895.77.
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Washington
Shaw
National Bank Note Redemption Fund
National Bank
Treasury
Bettes Elected Mayor of Coburg in Light Election
J O Bettes wins Coburg mayoral race with 45 votes while Charles R Poole is recorder with 36 and M C Bond becomes treasurer with 40. Council slate includes Betton Pirtle Wilkinson Lusky Mathews Walker Alford Mathews. all members listed secured seats in the small turnout election.
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Coburg
J. O.bettes
N. N. Mathews
Chas. R. Poole
Leater Stacey
M. C. Bond
C. B. Robertson
Marshal—H. Frum
F. J. Lyona
W. T. Betton
J. D. Pirtle
Wilkinson
J. S Lusky
John Mathews
John Walker
T. E. Alford
S. A. Mathews
Mrs Leiter's Death Reported at Salem Asylum
C A Sachs received a telegram announcing the death of Mrs Francisco Leiter wife of C A Sachs step-mother of Mrs Leiter who had been confined at the Insane asylum in Salem for about a month The body will be brought to Eugene for burial there
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C. A. Sachs
Francisco Leiter
Salem
Eugene
J C Newman to Open Cigar Store and Lodging House
J C Newman, recently from Poise Idaho, has leased the corner room of the Frasier Building at Sixth and Willamette and will soon open a cigar store with upstairs lodging rooms. He has secured twelve rooms and is preparing the building for business in the near future.
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J. C. Newman
Frasier Building
Sixth and Willamette
J.C. Newman
Poise
Idaho
Frasier
Sixth
Willamette Streets
Mr. Newman
Indeterminate Sentence For Irving I Hose Case
Irving Du Bolas, arrested at The Dalela weeks ago, was charged with enticing Mabel Conrad of Marcola away from home for immoral purposes and later taken to Dalas to be tried for rape. He received an indeterminate sentence of one to five years in the penitentiary.
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Irving du Bolas
Dalela
Mabel Conrad
Marcola
Dalas
Knightlinger Visits Eugene and Junction City Return
Salem Journal notes Knightlinger's return from visits to Eugene and Junction City. Mr and Mrs Knightlinger are visiting with the latter's parents Thursday. Mrs Knightlinger plans to return by week’s end.
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Salem Journal
Knightlinger
Eugene
Junction City
Mra
Kightlinger
Wireless apparatus for use by Army
Washington dispatch reports the government has built portable wireless telegraphy units for Army use. Each unit can be carried on three horses and set up in about twenty minutes, transmitting messages up to one hundred miles away without interference. The device includes several recent wireless improvements and will be further refined.
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Washington
Chester Gillette Guilty of Murder in Grace Brown Case
Herkimer New York December 6 The jury in the trial of Chester Gillette for the murder of his sweetheart Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake last night returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree. Sentence will be pronounced Thursday.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
Big Moose Lake
Ming
Culpepper and Negro Die in Fatal Pine Bluff Shootout
In Pine Bluff Arkansas Dew G S Culpepper former police chief famed in the South was shot and killed in a pistol battle with a negro named Brock After receiving his mortal wound Culpepper shot the negro through the heart The clash ends a violent confrontation that left both men dead and is under police scrutiny.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Dew G
S. F. Culpepper
South
Brock
Culpepper
Death of Rev. J. A. Hanna in California
Calvin Hanna, of this city, received a telegram from Long Beach California reporting the death of his brother Rev. J. A. Hanna. He formerly preached at the Presbyterian church here and was about 84. He leaves Mrs. Phrey of Eugene and Mrs. Hattle Havenden of Portland.
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Calvin Hanna
Long Beach
Cal
J. A. Hanna
Presbyterian Church
Phrey
Eugene
Mra. Hattle Phrey
Mra Hattle Havenden
Portland
Malcolm Named for Collector Post in Philippines
President nominates W. Morgan Shuster for Philippine of fice and Phillips Malcolm for district collector of customs in the Willamette district Oregon and a public instruction post for the Philippine Islands as sent to the Senate.
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Washington
Dee
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Cotage Grove
Creek
Willamette Valley
Oregon & California Railroad
Oregon City
Celilo
I. N. Edwards
A. H. Devers
Co. J. Howard
Louis Lachmund
Hampton Bros
Atte Ff
J. Co. Bettes
Irving I
Negro
Malcolm IS
Named
Collector
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