City Council Denies Secret Meetings over Water Question
Mayor Matlock and council members issued a public statement refuting claims of secret meetings on water plans. They deny withholding information, note informal discussions occurred without binding effect, and argue surveys cost at least 10 000 dollars and require general project approval. They favor a gravity system as safest and most economical.
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Matlock
Common Council
Comailiea
Vetera
New York Fire Triggers Tenement Panic in Fourteenth Street
Fire at the Fourteenth street car barns caused huge damage with 125 electric cars destroyed and property losses of 409,500. Walls heated against nearby tenements sparked a citywide panic as residents, mainly foreigners, spilled into the streets while police struggled to restore order. Priests in robes aided by calming the crowd.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Cassie Chadwick Conditon Serious In Hospital
Mrs Casale Chadwick remains seriously ill in Columbus hospital as reporters note her condition worsened. The update cites medical staff statements and ongoing care during a troubling health episode for Chadwick.
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Columbus
Casale Chadwick
Woman in critical condition after poisoning at state penitentiary
A patient at the Ohio penitentiary is reported in a weak and partly delirious state. Doctors prepare to attempt to stay her sinking spell while she may survive only a short time.
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Pital
Ohio
President Roosevelt Goes Bear Hunting at Stamboul
President Theodore Roosevelt and his hunting party set out early in favorable weather at Stamboul in search of bear. He is reported in excellent health and eager for the sport.
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Roosevelt
Russian Robbers Strike on Train in Riga
Robbers attacked a banker during a train raid in Riga. A gendarme, two passengers, and one robber were killed. several injured. The robbers escaped after the violent encounter. Within ten days Union raised 25,000 dollars for a narrow gauge railroad from Union to near Catherine Creek, near timber country, with potential extension.
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Riga
Union
Catherine Creek
Tucker asserts Wilson plotted to kill Brown
Portland dispatch reports Frank Tucker, arrested in Granite Or for involvement in Harvey K. Brown’s murder at Baker City, claims miner Frank Wilson asked him to assist in the plot and may have fled to Colorado. Tucker says Wilson offered $100 and possessed about $700, while Tucker refused.
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Portland
Sumpter
Frank Tucker
Granite
Harvey K. Brown
Baker City
Frank Wilson
Brown
Wilson
Colorado
Tucker
Austin
Sherr S Rand
Thornburg
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago Cubs win game from Detroit Tigers in world series
Chicago defeated Detroit 3 to 1 to win the second game of the world series series. The contest ended in a 1-? tie at 3-1 as Chicago took the victory in the National pennant chase.
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Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Chicago
Detroit
Lumber Rate Restraint Sought in Federal Suit
The Oregon and Washington Lumbermen's Association and others filed in federal court seeking an injunction to block a new lumber tariff proposed by western railroads. The suit targets the rate change, arguing it would hardship Northwest lumbermen and narrow their marketing area. Railroads are summoned to appear October 29 to show cause for denying the restraint.
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Federal
J. N. Teal
Oregon
Northwest
Portland Journal
Albany man named surveyor general of Oregon
J. A. Weatgate of Albany has been named surveyor general of Oregon, after ten years in Albany involved in grain, horse, commission and newspaper businesses. He chaired the Republican State convention and was a noted candidate for customs collector and railroad commissioner, succeeding J. ID. Daly who recently died in a Portland accident.
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J. A. Weatgate
Albany
Oregon
Grain
J. 1D. Daly
Portland
Trying to Fix Date of Pettibone Trial
Base Oct 9 The attorneys failed to agree on postponing Pettibone trial. Judge Wood presiding over the Haywood case. Defense pressed to force bail. without bail they threaten to proceed, even at Pettibone’s life risk. Bail decision to be separated and taken after the postponement issue. Case continued to tomorrow.
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Geo. A. Pettibone
Wood
Haywood
Bal
Pettibone
Tomor
Noltner Dies at Son's Home in Portland Oregon
Anthony Noltner a pioneer Oregon journalist, longtime Democrat, and former regent of Monmouth State Normal, died at his son A L Noltner’s home in Portland. Born Germany 1839 he worked on the Alta in San Francisco and the Call before moving to Oregon in 1857. He later published the Eugene Review and the Daily Standard in Portland, ending with the Weekly Mapatch.
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Portland
Ore
Anthony Noltner
Oregon
Monmouth State Normal School
A. L. Noltner
Thirty-third
Taggart Streets
Mr. Noltner
Germany
United States
Wisconsin
California
San Francisco
Noltner
The
Call
Ellen Cox
Martha M. William
Comer
Corvallis
Noliner
Daily Standard
Mapatch
Freeman and Son sue for debt in elrealt court
J A Freeman and Son instituted suit in the elrealt court against J B McFarleed to recover 61521 17 on a DI of merch purchased from them. Dorrin and Skipworth are the attorneys for the plaintiffs.
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J. A. Freeman & Son
Elrealt
J. B. McFarleed
Dorrin & Skipworth
Bigelow reveals full plot in Denver dynamite case
A telegram from Parmer Ohio to Kemp V. Bigelow’s son led to a full confession of his solo dynamite plot in Denver. He repudiated earlier claims of two men planning to kill prominent citizens and being hired to mail infernal machines to Governor Buchholz and others. He admitted placing the dynamite near Edward Chase’s home to gain rewards, risking lives. Internal machines mailed to Governor Buchtel and bankers contained enough dynamite to cause massive destruction.
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Denver
Privepal
Parmer
Ohio
Kemp V. Bigelow
Buch- Kountze
Cot Growers Refer Congress and Parliament for Investigation
In Atlanta, four to one, members of the International Association of Cotton Growers and Spinners voted to urge Congress and the British Parliament to investigate cotton exchanges. The Southern Cotton Association opposed the measure.
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Atlanta
International Association of Cot- Growers and Spinnera
Congress
Southern Cotton Association
Seven prince’s son weighs heavy burden on politics
The seventh son of the crown prince of Denmark weighs 322 pounds at twenty five, a figure tied to a broader debate as Congressmen Heflin push a resolution targeting cotton speculation and the exchanges.
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Crown Prince of
Denmark
Heflin
Eloping Couple Reported Missing In London Dispatches
New York on October 9 reports from London indicate that Helen Maloney and Samuel, who planned to elope, are not aboard the steamer Mafnque under their assumed names. No further details on their whereabouts or intentions have been revealed.
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New York
Helen Maloney
Samuelson
London
Railroad safe forced by robbers in Vancouver story
In Vancouver Washington last night a safe in the Ni P Pacific office was forced open and about 500 dollars stolen. There were no definite clues about the robbers up to one o'clock. The report notes delays in court actions related to the divorce case of Anna Gould and her husband Meurde, with creditors’ claims unresolved.
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Vancouver
Wash
Ni P Pacific
Roni de Castellane
Mroe
Anna Gould
Gould Bee
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Pearl
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