21 Indicted in Oregon land fraud scheme
United States District Attorney W C Bristol in Portland named 21 men in the final gov ernment land fraud indictments after the grand jury completed hearings. The case centers on a conspiracy to seize 200000 acres of timber land in Crook Lake and Klamath counties with Elkins Co Dorgan Co and several named individuals as moving spirits. The scheme involved securing land by entrymen then selling patents to the ring leaders once patents issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. c. Bristol
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Crook, Lake
Klamath Counties
F. W. Gilchrist
Ralph Gilchrist
Patrick Culligan
James MacPherson
Alpena
Mich
H. W. Stone
Benson, Minn
Baron C. A. M. Q. S. Schlierholz
Little Rock
Ark
Charles M. Elkins
Jack Combs
Prineville
Benjamin F. Allen
Elkins & Co
M. E. Brink
D. F. Steffa
Cook County Journal of
Prinville
A. C Palmer
H. J. Palmer
E. Dorgan
F. J. Devine
J. V. Collins
E. Dorgan & Co
Albany
Malcolm McAlpin
J. W. Hopkins
Vancouver
Wash
W. W. Brown
Seattle
T. H. Watkins
Erickson & Watkins
Edgar M. White
Dorgan & Co
Gilchrists
Culligan, MacPherson and
Stone
Twain's New York departure delayed by bronchitis
Mark Twain, who intended to depart New York Saturday for Dublin New York to spend the summer, has postponed his trip indefinitely due to an attack of bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
New York
Dublin
N. Y
Free Passengers Reach 300000 In San Francisco Exodus
Official figures show the Southern Pacific carried 300000 free passengers in the nine days from April 18 to 26 after the quake and fire. Of these, 6700 went to interior California points, 7684 to other states, and 226000 to suburban San Francisco Bay areas. Movements from Santa Rosa Vallejo Sacramento and Stockton not yet computed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neiuygses
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
California
San Francisco Bay
Santa Rosa
Vallejo
Sacramento
Stockton
Senator Praises Peruna Remedy For Dyspepsia
United States Senator from South Carolina endorses Peruna as effective treatment for dyspepsia. Article notes digestion issues often stem from catarrh of the stomach and presents Peruna as a remedy.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
Butler Endorses Peruna For Stomach Ailments
Washington letter from ex senator M C Butler of South Carolina praises Peruna Medicine Co. for treating dyspepsia and stomach trouble. He says he has used the medicine briefly and feels greatly relieved, calling it a wonderful medicine and a strong tonic. The note credits Peruna with eradicating internal catarrh of the stomach as the correct cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Butler
U. S
South Carolina
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
The Vest Pocket Watch-Dog Health Insurance Pitch
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a cheap daily health aid and “vest pocket” insurance against constipation and indigestion. It claims small 10 cent doses prevent many ills, strengthens bowels, and offers a gold plated bonbon for return postage.
Everyday Struggle With Kidney Trouble Mentioned
An Abilene Kansas man J C Lightner describes chronic back pain and gravel from kidney issues. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief and notes the product is sold by dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Lightner
Cedar St
Abilene
Kansas
Mr. Lightner
Dean
foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Traders Insurance Co. Fails in Chicago Court
Byron L. Smith named receiver for Traders Insurance Co by Judge Julian Mack in Cook County Circuit Court. The west coast firm suffered heavy losses from the San Francisco fire, with estimated liabilities around 3.748 million and assets not exceeding 3.3 million. Secretary Hitchcock’s plan to end land office receiverships failed in the House public lands committee. A tip yesterday made today’s subscription call timely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company of
Chicago
Traders Insurance Company
Julian Mack
Cook County
West
San Francisco
Hitchcock
Public Lands Committee
House
Witte resigns as premier. Durnovo out. Goremykin named PM
Official Messenger announces Count Witte’s retirement from the premier ship and M Durnovo’s exit from the interior ministry. Goremykin is elevated to the premiership while Witte receives an Order and a seat on the empire’s council. Izvolsky rumored as possible foreign minister amid a makeshift cabinet.
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Count Witte
M. Durnovo
Ministry of the Interior
M. Goremykin
M. Izvolsky
St. Petersburg
Witte
Durnovo
Alexander Nevsky
Russia
Council of the Empire
Women to Rule the World Claims by Professor
A college professor predicts in twenty years women will dominate global power. A respondent agrees, seeing no immediate prospect for male supremacy, notes in the Minneapolis Tribune.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises $100 Reward for Cure
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Offers $100 to any case it fails to cure and invites testimonials. Mentions F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio and druggists selling Hall's Family Pills. Includes a note about Naples churches keeping cats to catch mice amid ancient buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Naples
Allen's Foot-Ease Cures Harmful Foot Ailments Today
Cures hot sweaty feet corns ingrowing nails and bunions in one powder sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25c Sample mailed free with address on S Olmsted Le Roy NY. Christine Nilsson known lyric star and Swedish nightingale reportedly gambler with villa near Mentonne spends season at Monte Carlo tables losing about 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Countess di Miranda
Lyric
Christine Nilsson
Mentonne
Monte Carlo
Leadville Assayer Seeks Work and Price List Issued
Howard E Burton, an assayer and chemist in Leadville Colorado, lists specimen prices for metals including gold silver and zinc and mentions cyanide tests and a full price list. He solicits control and umpire work and cites the Carbonate National Bank as a reference. Spain’s bull fighting season lasts six or seven months each year with between 2500 and 3500 bulls killed.
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Howard E. Burton
Leadville
Colo
Carbonate National Bank
Spain
Dr Kline nerve restorer and teething sirup ad
An elegant advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething and claims Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer cures fits after one day. It includes a free trial bottle offer and lists Dr R H Kline, Philadelphia address. It ends with a moral quip about men looking heavenward while their hands stay in pockets.
Rheumatism Relief Ad from Swift Sific Company
An advertisement explains rheumatism as a systemic disease caused by uric acid and liver kidney bowels dysfunction. It promotes S. S. S. a vegetable serum that purports to cleanse blood, build up organs, relieve pain, and cure muscular inflammatory articular and sciatic rheumatism, with a promise of free medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Sific Company
Burlington Route Travel Offer to the East
A. B. Jackson traveling passenger agent invites readers to request a postal card with travel plans to the East. The Burlington emphasizes routes via Billings St Paul or Denver and promises comfortable journeys at low rates. Contact Spokane Washington 605 Riverside Ave for details.
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Burlington
Billings
St. Paul
Denver
A. B. Jackson
Riverside Ave
Spokane
Wash
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Rod Bis Lovely
Ant
Obi
Hood
St. Jacobs
Price
Cascaret
Larry
Sterling Remedy Company
Traders Insurance CO
All Grocers
Jaques Mfg. CO
Baltimore American
Mrs. Winslow
Chas. E. Gildersleeve
Band Street
Newport News
A. J. Tower CO
Boston, U.S
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Torono
Canada
Fishpp
N. U
Bemis Bro -Bag Co
Bemis
Bemis Bro. Bag Co
Seattle, Wash
W.L. Douchas Igo
Shoese
Capitala
W. L
W. L. Douglas
E. Fieles Weed
Catal Douglas
Brockton
Mas
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