Court Rules on School Bond Site and Bootlegging Delays
Circuit Judge J W Owles considers petitions from farmers and taxpayers over bond site issues and bootlegging trials. He rules the November postponement bids are unlawful beyond two weeks and that the board lacked authority to alter site plans without voter consent. The decision ties the bond election to site purchase limits and emphasizes court interpretation of law.
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J. W.owles
Pettfor
Union
Frith
Oregon Case Draws Jury For Townsend Bootleg Probes
The loWa county term of court convenes November 14 and cannot alter regular openings. Sheriff Childers reportedly collected legal papers as the trial jury is summoned for the State of Oregon versus Townsend, part of fifty nine bootleg cases from the prior grand jury.
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loWa County
Sherif Childers
State of Oregon
Townsend
Fatal collision at Wellington tunnel scene near Seattle
Two men died when fifteen loaded freight cars broke from a Great Northern train near the Wellington tunnel. Trackwalker Wm Richardson, 65, attempted to escape but fell 100 feet to his death. Cars derailed and struck a nearby cabin, killing Wm Johnson as well.
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Seattle
Wellington
Great Northern
Hot Springs
Wm. Richardson
Wm. Johnson
Roosevelt Resting After Western Trip At Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt rests at Oyster Bay after a western trip. He broke his rest to answer dozens of letters and telegraphs. A number of political conferences are scheduled for tomorrow.
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Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Laborers Fight at Shaniko Italian Railroad Camps
Reports from Shaniko Oregon dated Sept 12 describe a battle between Italian railroad laborers at camps 1 and 4. Two workers were killed and two wounded, one mortally. A shooter fled to the hills as Sheriff Christian from The Dalles heads to the scene to ferret out the trouble.
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Shaniko
Ore
Christian
Dalles
Rail rate hearings underway in Spokane
Railroad lawyers pour into Spokane for a final hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission commissioner Prouty. Testimony aims to test earnings and readjust freight rates in line with the Spokane rate cases decision.
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Spokane
Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Attorney Turner Oliver Skips Hearing on Spokane Commodities Rates
Commercial Club attorney Turner Oliver will not attend tomorrow's hearing on specific commodity items. The session does not address the full freight rate list, and Spokane objections to certain commodity rates persist while Spokane and railroads contest some commissioner established rates.
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Commercial Club
Turner Oliver
Oliver
Spokane
Club President Goes East on Commercial Business
John Collier, head of the Commercial Club and manager of the People's Store, has traveled east to conduct business for his firm and to look after club interests. He plans to stay a few weeks and will return with his daughter Miss Trottie, who has been visiting relatives in the Midwest for two weeks.
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John Collier
Middlewest
Commercial Club
People’s
Mias “Trottie
Insurgent Poindexter Eyes Wide Northwest Senate Bid
Bitter primary fight in Washington centers on U S Senate race between Miles Poindexter insurgent of Spokane and Thomas Burke of Seattle along with Democrats Geo Cotterill and Patrick Burns. Poindexter party backs claim he wins eastern Washington by large margin and holds King county. Burke camp touts regular vote strength in King county and western counties as James Aston of Tacoma competes in Pierce county. Betting favors Poindexter.
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Washington
Poindexter
Burke
Seattle
Motta -Palme Casas
Pererrrey Ae Ha Ben Wens
Olympie
Lssue
United States
Miles Poindevter
Spokane
Thomas Burke
Geo. Cotterill
Patrick Burns
King County
Burks
James Ashton
Tacoma
Pierce County
New York World Demands Roosevelt Campaign Receipts Be Made Public
The New York World editorial calls Col Roosevelt to publish 1904 campaign receipts and expenditures. It alleges Harriman and Standard Oil funds, claims sealed records, and critiques Roosevelt's handling of trust prosecutions, urging transparency before any “new nationalism” moves forward.
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Roosevelt
New York
New York World Today
Cortelyou
Harriman Corporation Fund
Harriman
Standard Oil
Beef Trust
Taft Attends Funeral of Former Solicitor General
President Taft arrived in Boston to attend the funeral of former solicitor general Bowers who died at the Hotel Touraine on Saturday. Private services will be held at the hotel before the body is moved to Westfield for interment. Holmes and John Hayes Hammond will serve as honorary pallbearers.
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Boston
Taft
Bowers
Hotel Touraine
Westfield
Justice Holmes
The
Supreme Court
John Hayes Hammond
National Republican League Biennial Convention in New York
Washington reports on the National Republican League Biennial Convention to be held September 20 and October 1 at Carnegie Hall New York. Delegates from states tally six at large and four per district with speeches expected from Taft Sherman McKinley and possibly Hughes.
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EB. C. Snyder
Washington, D. C
National Republican League
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
League
Taft
Republican Party
Carnegie Hall
New York City
John Hays Hammond
Hotel Astor
Sherman
Hughes
Wm. B. McKinley
Illinois
Notable Republicans to Address Publican Convention
Publican congressional committees plan to gather with Nicholas Longworth of Ohio and J Benjamin Dimmock of Pennsylvania, ex Mayor Solomon and famed orator. Dimmock is discussed as a potential United States Senator to replace PF H Knox when he becomes secretary of state. Representative J Hampton Moore of Philadelphia and other leaders are expected to speak.
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Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
J. Benjamin Dimmock
Pennsylvania
Solomon
Dimmock
United States
PF. H. Knox
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
National Republican Teague
Big crowd at shoot draws pros and amateurs in Blue Rock event
Four professionals and many amateurs compete at the Blue Rock shoot in High on Sept 12. Notable names include Morrie, Bevan, Parker, and Barclay. The Observer's gold medal event is expected to be hot this afternoon as high averages dominate the day under fine weather.
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Union-Wallowa County
Blue Rock
Hol, Morrie
Winrhoander Anmnant
Brambe Bevan
Peters’ Company
Will Parker
Tom Barclay
Selby People
Observer
Poultrymen Offer Help to County Fair in Union County
The Union County Poultry Association will lend coops for the county fair and handle a top quality exhibit. An expert from Corvallis may judge, with C B Berry and others leading the poultry committee to ensure a winning display. Mr Perry, visiting from out of state, was inspired by the fair and settled in near Fruitdale, boosting local ties.
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Union County Poultry Association
County Fair Association
Chicken Raisers’ Association
The
Fair Commission
Poultry Association
Corvallis
C. B. Berry
Grande Ronde Poultry Association
D. Stoddard
W. N. Monroe
G. J. Wagoner
William Hanson
C. ©. Coolidge
Chicken
Falra
C. B H. Perry
Fruitdale
la Grande
Mr. Perry
Undertaker in Trouble in Crippen Trial
London Sept 12 Crippen’s morguekeeper who tended the body found in the Crippen house testified as Arthur Newton pressed for admission of carbolic acid use. The attorney argued chemical tests for hyoscine were unreliable and the undertaker described shoveling remains into a box with stones to explain bruises.
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Crippen
London
Arthur Newton
Newton
La Grande Adopts New High School as Inauguration Week Opens
La Grande city schools begin a four year term with the new high school considered essential and the Central building already crowded. Superintendent Stout assigns teachers for high school and grade buildings as classes start under orderly conditions amid a larger freshman class and heavy registrations.
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la Grande
Stout
N. J. Mansager
N. Luelle Allen
Neubauer
Clark
Epling
F. D. Carruth
Nellie J. Bullard
Demarcus
Borack
Fire at Sumpter Destroys Three Buildings
Special from Baker City reports three buildings burned at Sumpter yesterday morning near the depot. The Griffen hotel used as a store room survived. the Golden Eagle Hotel, Golden Rule saloon, and Griffen hotel were empty, with total losses about $3,000 as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Sumpter
Baker City
Griffen
Golden Eagle
Golden Rule Saloon
Folk Boom Sparks Democratic Platform Split
Jefferson City September 12 Democrats face a rift in the platform committee as the Joseph Folk presidential surge stirs divisions. The Democrat and Republican Prohibitionista Socialist convention proceeds under the primary law.
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Jeferson City
Joseph Folk
Democratic Platform Committee
Missouri
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