Thousand Dollar Blaze Destroys Elgin Warehouse
Fire at the Elgin Forwarding Company's warehouse in Elgin caused an estimated loss of one hundred thousand dollars, with contents and six box cars, amid exploding powders. No injuries reported. fire department credited for saving nearby lumber yards and planing mills.
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Elgin
Elgin Forwarding Company
O. R. & N. Company
Bende
Ames
Hip Fire Department
Wallowa ‘Bridge
Wallowa Valley
McCabe
Oregon Workers Rally for Reclamation Funding
The Interior Department delays reclamation projects despite Oregon contributing more to the reclamation fund. Senator Suttleton and supporters argue Oregon deserves proportionate funding given its past troubles and high state contributions. They push for future adherence to the principle of equal allocation.
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Washington
Interior Department
Oregon
Congress
Sotmuot Sunlon
Denial Clears McKinley Of Elopement Rumor
San Francisco February reports District Attorney Haney denied McKinley, under clause in Oregon land fraud case, eloped with "Little Egypt" and now in the Orient. Haney says McKinley plans a land deal in China, while whereabouts remain under surveillance. Mrs. McKinley also denies an elopement and says she stays in constant contact with him.
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Scripps News
San Francisco
Haney
McKinley
Oregon
Egypt
Orient
China
Henay
Portland Man Dies from Burns in City Fire
L. T. Dailey died at the hospital from burns received in yesterday’s blaze. Crews continue debris cleanup and expect to uncover several more bodies during the work.
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Scripps News Association
Portland
L. T. Dailey
Execution of Williams for Brutal Minnesota Murder
William Williams was hanged in St Paul for the March 1905 murder of Mire Keller and her sixteen year old son John Keller. The 28 year old was said to have committed one of the state’s most brutal crimes.
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Scripps News Associations
St. Paul
Willam Willamesho
Mire
Keller
John
Williams
Parliament Session Opens With Speaker Re-Election
In London this afternoon the House of Commons met informally to select a sponsor and proceed with parliamentary duties. Leon William Cowsher was re-elected speaker.
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Scripps News Association
London
House of Commons
Leon William Cowsher
Bride Shot by Husband then Kills Himself in New Mexico
George Evans aged thirty fatally shot his wife on their wedding day in Raton New Mexico and then died by suicide. Police report a preliminary investigation into the double tragedy as residents mourn the young couple.
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Scrippa News Association
Raton New Mex
George Evans
Attorneys Argue Long in Rufus State Case at Des Moines
The State versus Rufus case opened at 1:30 with District Attorney Crawford summing a complex testimony before a packed courtroom. Defense attorney Cochran argued inconsistencies and quoted Proverbs while Attorney Ivanhoe prepared to address the jury as deposition notes emerge in Des Moines on Standard Oil filings.
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Rufus
C. H. Crawford
Silverthorn
Walla
Cochran
Gaskill
Ivanhoe
Scrippa News Association
Des Moines
Hadley
Standard Oil Company
Pierce and
Republic
Missouri
Freight barge rammed by tug. several dead at New York docks
At dawn a freight barge at the river docks was rammed by the tug Ganego. The barge split in two while the crew, accustomed to sleeping aboard, suffered multiple fatalities. The incident followed rapid confirmation of the Montana copper war ending earlier that day.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Problems of Chinese Exclusion and Policy Debates
The report outlines U S House debates on excluding Chinese while avoiding offense to China. Also noted are corruption pleas by George W Beavers and a two year sentence, plus wartime fiscal and foreign affairs actions and local tragedies in California.
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Scrippa News
Washington
B. C
House
China
Cannon
Laws
Cousin
Furthe West
Hearing Evidence Again In Immunity Plea Case
Chicago February 16 hearing evidence resumed this morning to ascertain the plea of immunity in the beef cases involving Frank Hayward of Swift & Co. and Garfield’s representative. An officer testified that any information received would be used in a manner injurious to the workers when disclosed by the investigation.
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Scrippa News Association
Chicago
Frank &. Hayward
Swift
Coteus Teal
Garfield
Roosevelt Plans Siberia Salute Amid War Strains
A foreign outlet claims President Roosevelt plans to seize northwestern Siberia, citing American propaganda that exploits Russia’s wartime weaknesses to gain strategic advantage. The piece casts the move as a bold but controversial expansion amid global conflict.
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Scripps News Association
St. Petersburg
Vremya
Roosevelt
Siberia
Russia
Accas
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Cascades
Fulton
Johnh. Scott
Salem
Oregon Good Roads Association
Scott
Waukegan
Estella Smith
Zion
N'Kinley
Rogers
Montana
Longworth
Congressman Longworth
Post Office Department
George W. Beavers
Senator Green
West Virginia
Humphrey
Black Point
Freeman
Tyans
Medical Department
Army
Wartington
Fas
Kafteroon
Japan
Longsworth
Committee On Foreign
War Department
Asiatic
Hong Kong
Lodi
Cal
Don Lewis
Erment Hopkins
Southern Pacific
Newlin’s
Newlin Drug Company
la Grande
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