Government Ownership Would Purify Morals
Washington reports Senator Thomas Mac Patterson urged government ownership of all railways with an interstate scope and state lines. He proposed a nonpartisan transportation board under a larger Interstate Commerce Commission and bonds at three percent to finance the plan. He argued rail monopolies corrupt governance and morals and claimed constitutional authority exists for federal acquisition. Tangier dispatch notes Raisuli’s threat to Turkey, while Wilcox Lumber Co reorganization brings Messanger to president and Russell to VP. Westbound freight congestion slows moving trains and fills yards.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Thomas MacPatterson
Democratic
Sena Colorado Today
Senate
Partisian Transportation Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Exchange of Securities
Rothchild Returns to Republican County Flocks
Herman Rothchild, former Union County representative and long time committee member, returns to his GOP base after a brief stopover with constituents as his train unloaded. He joked he has finished committee work and knows of nothing more to do.
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Herman Rothchild
Union County
Herman
Sclon
Sheriffship Sale Postponed Amid Federal Restraint
The Oregon Construction Company property sale was postponed after a New York federal restraint reached Sheriff Childers. He delayed again when a telegram warned officers and attorneys could face liability if a sale occurred. The Oregon Central Railway project proceeds as tools and materials arrive. Portland scene notes a convict witnesses shift and D A Lomax activity in Oregon court.
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Oregon Construction Company
Sheriff Childers
United States Court
New York
Union
United States
Oregon Construction
Oregon Central Railway Company
Mortgage record set for Hudson and Manhattan lines
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company filed a first mortgage for 100 million dollars with New York County for property in New Jersey and New York City. The financing covers all assets as tunneling under the Hudson River is projected to cost about 60 million dollars.
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Scrippa News
New York
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
North River
Jersey City
Hoboken
Coetla
New York County
Eerie City
New Jersey
All Canadian Route 10 Klondike Plan Revealed
Henry Blitz and Louie Auerbach of Boston notify the Canadian government of applying to Parliament to travel to Dawson City through British Columbia and the Yukon River Valley.
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Klondike
Jouippe News
Boston
Maes
Henry Blitzl
Louie Auerbach
British Columbia
Dawson City
Yukon River
Cambridge observes Henry Longfellow birth centennial
Cambridge marks the 100th anniversary of poet Henry Longfellow born in 1807 with extensive memorial exercises planned by the Historical Society of Cambridge. Sanders Theatre hosts the ceremony tonight with a large local attendance.
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Beripps News Association
Cambridge
Henry Longfellow
the Historical Society of Cambridge
Sanders Theatre
Field Marshal Tom Thumb Dies at Age Seventy Four
Richard Garnsey known as Field Marshal Tom Thumb, famed for his small stature and a sensation at Egyptian Hall in London fifty years ago, died at his Somerset home at seventy four.
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Oripps News Association
London
Richard Garnesy
Field Marshal
Tom Thumb
Egyptain Hall
Somerset
Socialist Goebel Speaks on Socialism at Commercial Club
Geo H Goebel a Socialist lecturer addressed a good sized audience at the Commercial Club. He promised to answer questions in a second talk and argued that socialism grows from economic conditions. He said private ownership enables robber barons. socialism must own major industries and workers must govern.
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Geo. H. Goebel
Nationa
Socialist Party
Harmer
PerMisson
Somme
Nadly
Weill
Sociaclarh
Igmnsalves
Insanity Experts Provide Technical Evidence in Thaw Trial
In New York on February 27 Evelyn Thaw testified again as the defense moves to counter a possible lunacy commission. Dr. Bingaman, the Thaw family physician, and Dr Evans were called as part of the proceedings, with Jerome Thaw cross examining and Delmas outlining the path for rebuttal.
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New York
Evelyn
Myre Nestle Eyaten
Jerome
Alisnista
Delmas
Howard Nesbitt
Europe
Howard
White
Bingaman
Thaw
Harry Thaw
Evans
Governor Chamberlain Vetoes State Printer Salary Bill
Salem Feb 27 Governor Chamberlain vetoes the bill setting the state printer at a flat 19000 dollars noting the printer shirked duty and urging future legislatures to adjust pay. He also vetoes a measure letting the Columbia county clerk appoint deputies and is drafting a veto on the Monmouth Drain normal schools appropriation condemning legislative cowardice.
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Salem
Oregon
Chamberlain
Columbia County
Monmouth
Drain
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Tangiers
Raisuli
Turkey
Zinst
Wilcoxes
Wilcox Lumber Co
Messanger
L. H. Russell
Russell
Wilcox Bros
California
Booth
Glen
the City Grocery and Bakery
E. Polack
Propr
Dacre
Sand Ridge
la Grande
Pesare
Alicel
la Granda
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Real Estatf, Loan and Collection CO
Puter
Portland
S. A
D. Puter
Binger Hermann
Leroy Lomax
Baker County
Court House
Longbemlow
Klingis
Wisconsinning
Scripps News
Imbler
Grande Ronde Valley
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