Chamberlain Confirms Heney Interview Amid Bribery Claims
Governor Chamberlain, before leaving for Albany, affirmed his Heney interview and recounted Fulton’s claim that J. S. Smith took the old man’s money and broke his agreement. Fulton says he warned against Smith’s appointment over graft concerns, while Chamberlain says the briefing was not meant to injure Fulton but to uncover possible bribery and the role of a committee in the matter.
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Chamberlain
Albany
Heney
Fulton
J. 5
Smith
John C. Young
H. L. Barkley
Bell the Cat
Maiet
Senate
Salem
President Roosevelt’s Special Message on Labor and Injunctions
President Roosevelt sends a special message to Congress urging immediate reenactment of the Employers' Liability Act limited to interstate work, plus a government compensation plan for federal workers. He also calls for curbing injunctive abuses in labor disputes and stronger federal control over interstate railroads and corporate practices. He emphasizes balancing state and national action, warns against unchecked corporate power, and vows to pursue honesty in business and politics with Lincolnian resolve.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Till- Man
Davie
Represen
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce
Department of Juat
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Panama Canal Commission
Insular
Taft
Isthmian Canal
Banton
Gasiza
Supreme Court of the United States
Adair
Railronda
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstateamber Commission
Combisa
Commission
Hough
New York
Harriman
Chicago & Alton
San Francisco
Standard’ O.1
Abraham Lincoln
Lerson
Tisa
Roosevelt
Married at the home on West Pitty Street Engeie
The notice reports a marriage January 16 1965 at the home of the bride’s parents on West Pitty Street Engeie. Groom William Cirletenson appears in the fragmentary OCR item.
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West Pitty Street
Engeie
William Cirletenson
Spokane unions bid on city sewers amid referendum drive
The Federated Union in Spokane plans to intensify initiative petitions and referendums with two more campaigns. A bid on the Sinth and Tenth avenue sewer project drew 9460 in excess of the price, but Diesnema agent Thomas Maloney remains optimistic. The proposal suggests using union funds to back any city contracts secured.
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Federated Union
Spokane
Sinth
Tenth Avenue
Thomas Maloney
Diesnema
Charter of Cottage Grove Needs Revising
Special Correspondence Cottage Grove January reports a large Commercial Club meeting appointing a committee to revise and update the charter with Merchants' Protective Association input. The effort aims to present a ratifiable document acceptable to voters. A return visit from Eugene is planned for mid February to discuss further. Commissioner candidate Geo Comer gains business support as a county post seeks capable leadership. A Valentine, a local blind pig operator, was fined two hundred dollars on two counts, with rumors of more cases pending.
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Cottage Grove
H. O. Thompson
Pingal Hinds
Oliver Veatch
Mer Chants’ Protective Association
Eugene
Comer
Geo. Comer
Valentine
Obituaries Notice for Elizabeth Soverns and Diphtheria Death
Two obituaries record deaths at home. Myron Judkins daughter died of diphtheria at college home January 31 1908 with funeral at 2 PM and burial in Masonic cemetery. Elizabeth Soverns grandmother died January 30 1998 at 47 West Fifth Street age 84, funeral 11 AM and burial in O F cemetery.
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Myron Judkins
Masonic Cemetery
Elizabeth Soverns
Grandma” Soverns
West Fifth Street
Gene
Evidence Damaging to Hall in Heney Cross Examination
Francis J. Heney used cross examination to reinforce government case against John H. Hall. Readings of letters from 1901 to 1902 show efforts to prosecute settlers who enclosed large tracts of public land near Butte Creek, while Steiner’s company protected 20,000 acres. Additional testimony included a department of justice letter to Hall in November 190%, detailing Interior’s request for a special inspector to investigate arming by W. W. Brown in Tom counties during October.
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Francis J. Heney
John H. Hall
Heney
Butte Creek
Cai
Steiner
Pany
Hall
Hee
Department Justice
of the Interior
Gre
Greene
W. W. Brown
Tom Counties
Cutting of Tower Bank Fenda G
In Hendricks county last Saturday a fence line was cut away from the McKenzie property reaching toward the river. The road width shrank by about thirty feet with only brush and water remaining where the bank used to stand.
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Inesa
McKenzi
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Old Man
President Roosevelt
Afl Altia
Ccertain
Chicago
Commercial Club
Tower Bank
FENDA
G! Lee
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