Escape Plot Shocks County Jail Inmates Featherson and McKimary
Prisoners Thomas Featherson and Thomas McKimary, both from Elgin, allegedly forged an escape plan from the county jail. They reportedly sawed bolts, removed a corridor patch, and slid through a bar before scaling a 10 to 19 foot drop to freedom. Deputies recovered a file and saw fragments, and one inmate reportedly warned that more could follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Featherson
Mike Nelson
Elgin
Thomas MeKimary
Court House
Wile
Pisler
Childern
Pixler
George Lindgren
Wheat Rate Decision Upsets Washington Commission
Washington judge rules the state railway commission cannot set wheat rates, a major victory for Portland shippers in the Inland empire dispute. Governor Mead may seek an amendment to empower the commission amid calls for a special legislative session. Separately, Blacksmiths unions in Chicago form new group after secession with aims to expand across the U S and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railroad Commission
Portland Wheat Shippers
Supreme Court
Olympia
Wash
Hanford
Washington State Railway Commission
Portland
Sound
Mead
Mine Horror Averted at Gras Valley Brunswick Mine
Nevada City Cal Feb 15 A mine disaster was narrowly avoided when crossed wires started a fire in the pumping station on the 1200 foot level at Gras Valley Bruns wick mine, trapping 30 miners who reached a shaft just as hope faded. They were brought to the surface exhausted as black smoke belched from the shaft. Fire now roars in the wood work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada City
Cal
Brunswick
Gras Valley
Pitsburg
Flood Threatens Pittsburg as Rivers Rise
Pittsburg faces historic floods with merchants moving goods to higher ground. Authorities warn residents in danger zones the water may reach the 50 foot mark as Allegheny and Monongahela rise rapidly. Reports come from Lima Cincinnati and Springfield with widespread riverfront evacuations and damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Lima
Cincinnati
Springfield
Eight Years for Hackler in Berry Store and Newlin Drug Theft
Mac Hackler pleaded guilty to breaking into the Newlin Drug Company and Berry’s clothing store early Friday. Judge Crawford sentenced him to eight years total for the two offenses, with five years for Berry’s theft and three for Newlin’s. He was arrested within hours of the crimes after a swift investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Newlin Drug Company
Hackler
Newlin's
Mac Hackler
Newlin
J. M. Berry
Crawford
Hachler
Nine-Hour Telegraphers Law Nears Effect
Washington reports ship stores for Pacific fleet at Cavite and San Francisco, with 2200 tons munitions placed in Cavite as the nine hour law for telegraphers looms. Railroads show little prep, injunction likely. Oklahoma holds delegates to national convention, Bryan favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavite
Washington
Suew Canal
Philippine
San Francisco
Pendleton High School Defeats UO For State Title
Pendleton high school upset the University of Oregon 21 to 20 to clinch Oregon's basketball state title in Pendleton. The game featured a sudden, close score and marked a second straight loss for the UO after a Whitman defeat a night earlier. The Pendleton lineup mirrored the squad that beat La Grande 26 to 10 a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Ita
University of Oregon
Wheat Town
Pendleton High School
Oregon
Whitman
la Grande
Suffragette Demonstration Planned in New York
New York suffragists under English leadership plan a massive march tomorrow with an estimated 6000 women expected to assemble and parade through the streets. Ohio and the District of Columbia organizers will be appointed for other measures as a new propaganda plan is discussed. The national membership is claimed at 30,000. In Alabama, Republicans in the sixth district met to choose delegates to the national convention and nominate a candidate for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Featherson
Mike Nelson
Nelson
Guthrie
Ohina
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Socialista
New York
Haywood
Arbelter Hing
Organization of Socialists
Pennsylvania
Rhodes Island
Connecticut
Maryland
Miinots
Ohio
District of Columbia
Organizera
Paraile
Tuscaloosa
Als
Sixth District
Alabama
Panacea for Democracy Predicts Johnson for President
Riverside California February 14 General G H Taylor editor of the Boston Globe advocates Governor Johnson of Minnesota for the presidency saying Johnson can reunite the Democratic party and will seek the nomination within a week. He notes Johnson carried a Republican-leaning state previously and rose to a decisive lead. Hetty Green predicts Roosevelt will be renominated and mentions her loans to Harry Payne Whitney and the New York Central amidst a cautious Wall Street climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Cal
G. H. Taylor
Boston Globe
Johnson
Minnesota
United States
la Follette
Wisconsin
Gopher
Roosevelt
Boston
Maes
Hetty Green
Watt Street
Boon
Hive
Harry Payne Whitney
New York Central
Turky and Czar May Clash Over Persian Frontier
London reports tension on the Turko Persian frontier as Abdul Hamid withdraws no troops, while Czar Nicholas orders 60,000 troops to the Turko Persian border. Russia mobilizes from Odema and Klef as England aligns with Russia and prepares for possible conflict within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
St. Petersburg
England
Abdul Hamid
Nicholas
Odema
Klef
Turkey
Peralan
Belen Cut-Off Opens Between California and Pecos Valley
The Belen cut-off of the Santa Fe line opens to traffic today from Belen to Mexico, a 20% mile stretch. The route strengthens transcontinental travel and will cause a readjustment in class and commodity rates. London dressed a lockout by northeast shipbuilders starting February 16 after a wage reduction dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belen
Santa Fe
N. M
California
Pecos Valley
Mexico
England
London
Ohio Ninth District convention in Toledo selects delegates
Heopublicadas of the Ninth Ohio district meet in Toledo to choose delegates for the Chicago convention Taft adherents lead in activity and organization during the gathering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Toledo
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas McKlmire
Washington Commission
New Blacksmiths’ Union
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers
Union
Canada
Misa Theodora Shonts
Duc de Chaulnes
Magr. Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Eugene Onegin
Tschaikowsky
New York Symphony Society
Damrosch
America
Suez Canal
Democrats
Pendleton Gh
Panacea For Democracy
Sall
Hoetty Green
Czar
Anies Sultan
Hamii—Csar
Hill's Drug Store
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!