Sockets On Sale To Portland This Evening
Train service on the Oregon Railroad and Navigation line faces delays as tracks between The Dalles and Willamette Valley are repaired. Officials expect Portland to Bonneville mail trains and a through Portland to The Dalles run by nine ten tonight, with further arrangements to ship mail by boat and resume full service soon. Local readers sought a long-awaited letter but found only local mail deliveries.
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Willamette Valley
Dalles
J. H. Keeney
A.m
Bonneville
Portland
Meny
Hera
New Railroads for Chili Passes Congress
Congress finally passes the bill to build the proposed railroad at a cost of 37 000 dollars with a 5 percent government guarantee. German and English syndicates offered to bid for the entire project before the measure became law. The President holds Senate authority to sign contracts for construction.
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Scripps News Association
Santiago, Chili
Beb
Congress
Senate
Assassination Attempt on Pensea Governor in Theatre
Reports from St Petersburg and Alexandrovsk describe the Pensea governor shot at a theatre last evening as he prepared to sit. The assassin fled to the lobby and killed himself. Portland flood in Willamette rises to about 22.5 feet with heavy rain and widespread submersion of low lands.
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Scripps Neweesociatioun
St Petersburg
Alexandrovsk
Pensea
Laders
China's Starving Millions Aid Drive Begun in New York
At Fifth Avenue church a cablagram from the American Bible Society in Shanghai urged aid for China's starving millions. Officials said five months of suffering have caused appalling deaths and urged churches, societies, and individuals to respond quickly.
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Scripps News
New York
Fifth Avenue
American Bible Society
Shangha
China
Frasier Says Japan Lacks Ground for Demands
Senator Frasier of Tennessee cites the San Francisco case to argue against federal encroachment on U S government and warns Japan has no legitimate ground for its demands. He suggests war would stem from a different cause if it occurs.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Frasier
Tennessee
San Francisco
United States
Japan
Harper shifts to Pendleton Creamery plan on own merits
E J Harper president of Blue Mountain Creamery Company severs ties with local creamery to focus Pendleton plant on firm financial footing. Pendleton operations to be managed independently. La Grande plant to be run by W Weeks, company secretary.
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E. J. Harper
Blue Mountain Creamery Company
Pendleton
Harper Will
W. W. Weeks
la Grande
Woman Arrested for Murder in Fallon Case
Vernon Flannigan, described as a woman of the underworld, was arrested in Fallon last evening on charges of the murder of Frank Hayes after a quarrel the previous night. She shot Hayes in his room and attempted suicide but was prevented.
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Scripps News Association
Reno
Vernon Flannigan
Underworld
Fallon
Frank Hayes
Elaborate News Relay For Thaw White Trial In New York
The Thaw murder trial features two 19-wire cables linked to telegraph operators and special booths for reporters. A London paper holds two wires, a Pittsburgh paper has an exclusive line, and about 100 messengers work continuously. Around 200 reporters and artists sought space, but only a third were admitted.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Criminal Courts
London
Pittsburg
Messenger
Telegraph
Evelyn Thaw Testifies As Court Hears Details Of Affair
Evelyn Thaw resumed the stand amid a flood of letters and testimony about her relationships with Harry Thaw and Stanford White. Prosecutors seek to counter claims of abuse and seduction and outline Hummel’s blackmail scheme while Nesbitt family glare on.
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Bcripps News Association
New York
Jerome
Mazie Follette
Anna Chase
Evelyn
Hattie Forsythe
White
Evelyn Thaw
Thaw
Longfellow
Council
Europe
Delmas
Harry
Ars
Ma Focitausis
Abraham Hummel
Hume
Hummel
Blackrmall
Fifth Avenue
Evalyn
Nesbitt
Howard Nesbitt
Admiral Mead Retires From Navy After Forty Two Years
Rear Admiral William W. Mead is placed on the retired list for age after forty two years of service. A Kentucky native, he entered the Naval Academy as the Civil War ended. He is the second of eleven rear admirals to retire in 1907, with Rear Admiral Joseph E. Craig to follow on February 24.
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Scripps News Association
Washington, D. C
William W. Mead
Navy
Admiral Mead
Naval Academy
Kentucky
Joseph E. Craig
League Island Navy Yard
Admiral Craig
Pendleton Sheepman Heads East For Roosevelt Stockmen Meeting
Dan P. Smythe secretary of the Oregon Woolgrowers association and prominent Umatilla county sheepman travels from Pendleton through the city last evening en route to Washington D C for a meeting of the United States stockmen committee appointed by President Roosevelt. He will visit New York and other eastern cities.
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Dan P. Smythe
Oregon Woolgrowers’ Association
Umatilla County
Washington D. C
Committee of
United States
Roosevelt
Pendleton
New York
Diphtheria Outbreak Shocks Baker City Residents
Baker City faces a diphtheria spread with three new cases found on Fifteenth Street west side. Authorities moved quickly to treat affected families who are described as practically helpless, prompting urgent public health actions.
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Baker City
Fifteenth Street West Side
Mena
Normal school fight looms in Oregon assembly
Salem dispatch notes a showdown over the normal school question with Ashland and Monmouth vying for control. The house favors a bill seen as harming Monmouth, adopting it by one vote and setting it as a special order for Tuesday at 2 pm. The chamber also backs compulsory free transport for officials via the Freaman bill by a large margin.
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Salem
Pendleton East Oregonian
Assembly
Ashland
Monmouth
Orchard Lands Inundated After Levee Break
Sacramento February 8 A break in the Jolo side of the levee three miles below released 150 feet of water causing great damage. Thousands of acres of pasture and orchard lands are under water and streets along that riverfront are flooded. The river remains high and the breach likely cannot be sealed before next week. Suspects believe the levee was cut to acquire land cheaply.
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Sacramento
Cal
Courtroom verdicts and local census notes headline
In Circuit Court John Anthony vs Bertha Eichenberger the jury awarded Miss Eichenberger 617 dollars. Robert Alexander convicted of stealing blankets from NK West stables and faces sentence tomorrow. E J Edwards fined 100 dollars for assault with intent to kill. T A Choate Mike Royce and Pat McDowell pleaded guilty to gambling in Summerville and were fined ten dollars each. Union county school census plans set February 25 as base date with clerks to collect data for four to twenty year olds. A C Williams to supervise in La Grande. Last year 5285 children counted. per capita apportionment to rely on these returns.
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Robert Alexander
NK West
E J. Edwards
T. A. Choate
Mike Royce
Pat McDowel
Summerville
EL Bragg
Union County
Clarke
A.C. Williams
Board of Aducation
la Grande
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Lincoln
Admiral Miad
Baker Cty
Cruit Court
John Anthony
Bertha Eichenberger
Miss Eichenberger
Oe Re LA Grande
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