Emigrant Rates Announced For Pacific Northwest Travel
An agent Moore announces a promotional bulletin setting emigrant rates at fifty cents per hundred pounds for carload shipments from Union Pacific eastern terminal and west to Oregon Washington and Idaho. The offer runs February 16 to May 10 1905 with a maximum on twenty thousand pounds per shipment and a ten thousand pound minimum.
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OBR& N
BO Moore Hao
Chia Coast
Union Pacific Eastern
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Railroad cut aids Oregon development plans
The passage notes a price reduction of 33 1-8 percent on car ties to boost immigration and accelerate Oregon's growth. It states the railroad company aims to develop the state rapidly as part of its broader general betterment efforts.
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Oregon
Tts
Atata
Senator Bard Proposes Inland Irrigation Bill
Washington January 7 Senator Bard introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to construct irrigation or reclamation works along the Lower Klamath Tule and Goose lakes on the Oregon California boundary with advisory authority on both sides of the frontier indicating cross state water projects.
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Washington
Bard
Secretary of the Interior
Lower
Klamath
Tule
Goose Takes
Oregon
California
Roosevelts New Postmaster General Likely Cortelyou
In New York City supporters of President Roosevelts circle express certainty that George Cortelyou will be named postmaster general immediately after March 4. Cortelyou, current Republican National Committee chair, has long climbed from clerk to cabinet member, having served as Roosevelt's private secretary and headed the commerce department bureau before resigning to lead the presidential campaign.
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New York
Jane
Roosevelt
New York City
George Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Eneil Fons
George Bruce Cortelyou
Washington
Cortelyou
Port of New York
Claveland
Sig Foals
Wee
McKinley
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ns Portmaster General
Henry Still Active in Portland Prosecution
Prosecuting Attorney Henry returned from San Francisco to resume land fraud cases as the grand jury convenes Tuesday. He is joined by Oliver S Pagin of Chicago to assist with indictments. The first case is Frederick A Kribs, timber speculator for former lumber magnates, followed by fraud investigations involving Congressman Williamson.
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Portland
Henry
San Francisco
Oliver S Pagin
Chicago
Frederick A Kribs
Lumber Kings
Williamson
Chief Peo of Umatillas Sent to Insane Asylum
Pendleton Oregon January seventh. Peo chief of the Umatillas is insane and being moved to the government hospital for demented Indians at Canton South Dakota. May J J McKein superintendent is in charge. Peo has declined mentally for three years after head injury during arrest for drunkenness. He is 58 and led the Umatilla for two decades Amos Pond was elected last summer as his successor.
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Pendleton, Or
Amos Pond
Peo
Plnce
Portland Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide Burials
Henry H Loomis and his wife were buried at Love Fir cemetery in a double service after Loomis killed Fritz and his wife then took his own life. Fritz was later buried in another section of the same cemetery as part of the same Tuesday tragedy.
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Portland
Henry H Loomis
Love Fir Cemetery
Rank
Fritz
Loomis
Frits
Patterson Bail Denied by New York Justice Greenbaum
New York Justice Greenbaum denied Nan Patterson's bail request in the high profile case. The ruling keeps Patterson in custody as the homicide investigation continues and awaits trial.
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New York
Jane
Greenbaum
Nan Patterson
Portland Livestock Market Buoyed By Cold Weather
Portland markets show a firmer tone over three days as buyers bid steadier for sheep and hogs and cattle demand improves after the Union Meat Company plant disruption.
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Portland
Union Meat Ocompany
Port Arthur Fall Crowned by Japanese Victory
The diet adopted a resolution praising the emperor for the year’s campaign climax at Port Arthur and thanked Nogi and the third army for their triumph. Port Arthur parole counts show about 80 Russian officers. regular troops have left, Japanese troops in control, and mines are being cleared from the harbor.
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Tokio
Port Arthur
Nogi
Third Army
Dalny
Navy
Forte
Portland Warns Congress Over Columbia River Funding
Waking Up Portland urges Congress to provide money to keep the Columbia River open for ocean ships as harbor work nears suspension due to funding gaps. The Journal highlights the threat of a closed harbor if funds are not approved.
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Portland
Congress
Columbia River
Columbia
Sing Yow Hanged at Folsom for 1902 Walnut Grove Murder
Chinaman Sing Yow was executed at Folsom prison at 10 30 this morning after being found guilty of murdering Jeong Him at Walnut Grove in Sacramento County on October 19, 1902. The execution proceeded without unusual incidents as Yow faced the death sentence.
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Yoleom
Cal
Sing Yow
Folsom
Sing You
Jeong Him
Walnut Grove
Sacramento County
County Division Faces Legislature Talk on Union County Split
As the legislature nears its session, the Union county division proposal is again raised for consideration. The Union Republican notes the potential request for the legislature to weigh the proposition.
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Union County
Union Republican
Stoessel Paroled to Return to St Petersburg
Stoessel has been granted parole and will travel to St Petersburg via Nagasaki. The decision follows his release from confinement and outlines the route for his return.
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Tokio
Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Nagasaki
Major Bethel's New Place
Major Walter A Bethel judge advocate of the department of the Columbia assigned to duty in the Philippines as judge advocate of the department of Luzon, relieving Major Frank L Dodds.
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Washington
Walter A Bethel
Department of the Columbia
Department of Luson
Frank L Dodas
Moody to pursue Amalgamated Copper case with evidence
The article notes Attorney General Moody will be asked to proceed against Amalgamated Copper, with Thomas W Lanson asserting he has substantial evidence. The stock market opened with a slight gain from heavy buying attributed to the System, but soon weakened as prices fell and recovered only marginally by close.
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New York
Moody
Amalgamated Copper Company
Thomas W Lanson
Senator Teller Seeks Atlantic to Pacific Railway Bill
Senator Teller introduced a government bill to construct a railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific with branches to principal cities. Rates would be set to yield 5 percent interest on the investment.
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Washington
Teller
Atlantic
Pacific
Trial Monday Portland Jan 7
Mayor Williams and Chief of Police Hant were arraigned and released on their own recognizance. The trial of Mayor Williams was set for Monday, Jan. 6.
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Portland
Williams
Hant
Russian Cruiser Sunk Off Bichelle Islands
Paris and New York reports say the Russian battleship Katskeiev Kovz Souvaroff struck a rock and foundered near the Bichelle islands about 1000 miles east of Zanzibar. Vice Admiral Pojistvensky command details note the squadron numbered five battleships and support ships with 740 crew.
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Petersburg
Paris
New York Herald
Pojistvensky
Katsleesip Kovz Souvaroff
Bichelle Islands
Zanzibar
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A. V. Andrews Gents
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Chinaman Hung
Russia
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Tamatave Island
Madagascar
Sante Marie
Kniez Gouvaroff
J. H. Peare
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la Grande
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