Prominent Irrigation Leaders To Attend La Grande Meeting
A Baker City gathering secured commitments from most state irrigation leaders to attend La Grande's January irrigation congress. The La Grande delegation reported plans to form a corporation, finalize subscriptions, and move toward the big project’s operation. Local participants Fred G. Taylor Turner Oliver W. H. Bohnenkamp J. M. Berry J. D. McKennon and J. E. Reynolds returned with insights from Baker City.
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Baker City
State Irrigation Congress
la Grande
Grange Hall Farmers’ Institute
Baker
Fred G.taylor
Turner Oliver
W. H. Bohnenkamp
J. M. Berry
J. D. McKennon
J. E. Reynolds
Cotton States Baseball League Looks to Eight Cities
Jackson Mississippi December 16. Baseball magnates will meet to discuss enlarging the Cotton States League to eight cities and to elect a new president as A C Crowder cannot serve another year. Natchez and Hattiesburg may join. a pennant purchased by Crowder in New York is held by the Jackson association. A banquet will follow.
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Jackson
Miss
Cotton States League
A. C. Crowder
Breuit
Cotton States
Crowder
New York
Natchez
Hattiesburg
Rumor of McCoy Parole Doubted as Court Quietly Sits
The court docket shows little public interest as Hewett Bros. sue Huffman for about $2000 over a horse deal. The burg(lary) conviction yesterday lacks a sentence date while anticipated liquor cases promise to draw crowds.
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Circuit Court
Hewett Bros
G. L. Huffman
Circuit Cour
Aldrich Seeks Censure Over Roosevelt Secret Service Incident
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island introduced a resolution to censure President Roosevelt for his handling of secret service personnel. The measure refers the matter to the appropriation committee for investigation of the entire Secret Service organization, sparked by Roosevelt's insult to Congress. The Senate adopted the Aldrich resolution this afternoon.
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Washington
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriation Committee
Secret Service
Congress
Washington Bond Bill Team Drawn For Waterway Work
President Ranadell of the Rivera and Harbors congress names a committee to draft a bill calling for a government bond issue to fund waterway improvements. Members include Rep Moore of Pennsylvania J N Teal of Portland Albert Bettinger of Ohio and Rep Sherley of Kentucky. A second item notes Elmer White reading the jury address in the Thornton Jenkins murder case in New York.
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Washington
Ranadell
Rivera and Harbors Congress
Moore
Pennsylvania
J. N. Teal
Portland
Ore
Albert Bettinger
Ohio
Sherley
Kentucky
Trains Collide in Limoges Tunnel Killing Ten
Ten passengers were killed in a collision today between a passenger train and a freight train in a Limoges tunnel. The crash was attributed to a signaling error.
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Limoges
France
Louisiana to Enforce New Liquor Law February 1 Start
Officials tighten enforcement as the new state liquor license law takes effect on January 1. A key provision bars saloon keepers from selling to whites and blacks on the same premises, enforcing a strict color line in drinking establishments.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Miller seeks refund on lumber shipment rate
R B Miller general freight agent for Harriman lines asks the railroad commission to permit a refund of over 260 dollars to Portland Manufacturing Co at Albina on a balm wood shipment from Galnea Sneburne and Bussard to Portland. The charge was a general lumber rate. a different heading would have yielded a lower rate.
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Salem, Ore
R. B. Miller
Harrimanines
Railroad Commission
Portland Manufacturing Company
Albina
Galnea
Sneburne
Bussard
Portland
Ten Thousand Spanish Women on Trial in Contempt Case
In Bilibao Spain on December 16 ten thousand women face trial on contempt of court charges for signing a petition in support of Jesusa Pajana a young woman sentenced to eight years for killing her faithless lover.
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San Sebastia
Spain
Bilibao
Jesusa Pajana
Presidents Roosevelts to host cabinet dinner at White House
Washington December 16 President and Mrs Roosevelt will entertain the cabinet at dinner tomorrow evening opening the White House official entertainments program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Emma Goldman and Ben Beltman to Lecture in Vancouver
Emma Goldman the anarchist and Ben Beltman the so called king of tramps plan a three lecture series at a Vancouver labor hall. Mayor Bethune and Chief of Police Chamberlain will not interfere though the speakers are known for forceful rhetoric and radical views.
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Goldman
Ben Beltman
Bethune
Chamberlain
Emma
House of Lords
Roosevelt panel session at Ithaca college discussed country life
Roosevelt national commission on country life will meet today at the agricultural college with local educators present. Arthur Bryan of Cincinnati was found guilty of manslaughter for stabbing restaurant keeper George Morchard on September 1 in a duck purchase dispute. F X Hall of Serante promotes National Correspondence Schools and plans a reunion in old Elks hall tomorrow evening following a prior event with about 60 attendees. Allen J Webb returns home from a brief Bolse stay.
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Ithaca
Roosevelt
National Commission On Country Life
The
Agricultural College
Butte
Arthur Bryan
Cincinnati
George Morchard
F. X. Hall
Serante
Tatestional Correspondence Schools
Old Elks’ Hall
Lincoln Centenary Plans By New York Schools
Principals of all Greater New York public schools prepare elaborate Lincoln centennial programs for February 12. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address will be read at noon in every school alongside musical numbers and recitations.
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Greater New York
President Lincoln
Lodge Defends Roosevelt on Brownsville Affair Army Discipline
Senator Lodge defends the president in the Brownsville case, attacking Foraker and Warner proposals. He argues the president can discharge soldiers, Congress cannot rescind orders, and re enlistment should not be mandatory. He warns such moves erode military discipline and threaten command authority.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Mansachusetts
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Warner
Foraker
Lodge
Congress
Lodgy
Body of D. M. Clermagy crewman washed ashore near Crest Point
The body of one crew member from the steamer D. M. Clermagy washed ashore at Crest Point in Grand Marais Minn. During a recovery attempt the body slipped under the ice and disappeared.
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Grand Marais
Minn
D. M. Clermagy
Thirteen Dead In Doman Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Doman coal mine near Resicza today left thirteen confirmed dead and many workers entombed, sparking rescue efforts and ongoing inquiries.
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Vienna
Doman
Resicza
Students Stole Wil lamette Hall Cornerstone in Jest
Salem Ore Dec 16 students at Willamette university humor turns stole the cornerstone of Eaton hall last night to be laid this afternoon the stone was found buried under a woodshed by a reader report
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Salem
Ore
Willamette University
Eaton Hall
Wright airplane reaches 206 feet in Le Mans display
Wilbur Wright piloted a new aircraft at Le Mans France reaching a height of 206 feet this afternoon. The demonstration showcased rising confidence in heavier than air flight amid early aviation experiments.
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Lemans
France
Wilbur Wright
Fake amusements banned from county fairs in Buckeye state
Oppose Fair Fairs Marion Ohio December 16 a blacklist to keep fake amusement companies and grafters off county fair grounds aims to be adopted by the Ohio Fair Managers Association. The plan would be discussed at a meeting to ensure fair grounds are not compromised by dishonest exhibitors.
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Marion
Buckeye
Ohio Fair Managers’ Association
Town Marshal Fatally Wounded in Greenwich Robbery Attempt
Greenwich December 16. Town Marshal Wood killed a robber on the scene when four men attempted to force entry into a room. Wood was then shot and felled by bullets. robbers kicked him in the street and are being pursued by a posse.
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Greenwich
Marshal Wood
Forest
Wood
Fight Over Postmortem In Vallejo Poison Victim
A clash between Dr. J. B. Klotz the coroner and Dr. J. J. Holman of the state board of health over who may hold a postmortem on Aveust Rose, a ptomaine poisoning victim from a luncheon crowd of nearly 1000 aboard the Prometheus. The coroner prevailed and ordered an autopsy after the stomach was sent to San Francisco for examination.
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San Francisco
Harry Boas
John Wilson
Vallejo, Cal
J. B. Klotz
State Board of Health
Aveust Rose
Prometheus
Hogan
Rose Home
Kinta
Sam Frantisco
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Fred Buser
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Tealon Bond Committee
C. C. McFalls
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