Oregon Electric Railway Increases Capital to 10 Million
Portland April 23 The Oregon Electric Railway Company raises its capitalization from 2 6 million to 10 million and authorizes 301 miles of new lines Salem to Albany Garden Home to Hillsboro Hillsboro to Tillamook Tigardville to Eugene Salem to Mill City Albany to Cascadia plus continued Portland Salem work. Construction overseen by Moffatt White with new lines matching standard gauge and an expected three year build horizon.
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Portland
Willamette Valley
Oregon Electric Railway Company
Corbett Building
Salem
Albany
Garden Home
Hillsboro
Tillamook
Tigardville
Eugene
Mill City
Cascadia
Oregon Electric
William S. Barstow & Co
Portland-Salem
Moffatt & White
Nassau Street
New York City
New York
A. C. Bedford
George Barclay Moffatt
William A. White
President Signs Employers Liability Bill
President Roosevelt signed the employers liability bill after Attorney General Bon apartamento opinion. The act holds railroads and other common carriers liable for employee injuries or deaths caused by carrier negligence or equipment defects in interstate commerce. Applies to territories, the District of Columbia, Panama Canal Zone, and possessions. Employees harmed by statutory safety violations can not be deemed to have assumed risk. Carriers lose ability to exempt through contracts or devices, but can credit insurance or indemnity paid. Suit must be filed within two years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Territories
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Burns Instructed Harlan To Demand Money In Land Fraud Trial
Washington April 23. The cross examination of Woodford D. Harlan, a former clerk in the general land office, dominated the Hyde Benson Dimond Sehneider land fraud trial. J C Campbell of San Francisco, Benson’s lawyer, elicited that Harlan often fed Benson falsehoods to obtain evidence for the government. Harlan admitted that under Secret Service Agent Burns’s instructions he practically demanded money from Benson rather than Benson offering a bribe.
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Washington
Crossey
Woodford D. Harlan
General Land Office
J. C. Campbell
San Francisco
Benson
Harlan
Secret Service
Burns
Churchill for Home Rule supports Irish self government
Dublin April 23 The Nationalists are satisfied with Churchill’s assurances at Manchester and John Redmond announces at a United Irish League meeting that the party will support Churchill. Recommendations to this effect will be sent to Irish voters in Manchester.
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Churchill
Dublin
Nationallata
Winston Spencer Churchill
Manchester
Liberal Party
John E. Redmond
United Irish League
Mr. Churchill
Thaw Legal Move Aims at Habeas Corpus Hearing
In Newburg New York on April 23 counsel for Harry K Thaw served an order on Matteawan Insane Asylum’s superintendent to allow Thaw to sign an application for a writ of habeas corpus He is to be brought to court for a sanity hearing to determine his mental state and custody status
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Thaw
Newburg
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Matteawan Insane Asylum
Banker Ross Convicted Of Misuse Of State Funds
J Thorlurn Ross was found guilty by a Marion county jury of converting 288000 dollars of state school funds to his own use. Jury deliberated an hour ten minutes with four ballots. Sentencing set for Monday by Judge Burnett. Penalty includes prison term and a double restitution fine. Appeal anticipated as defense challenged much of the evidence and rulings.
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Salem
Ore
J. Thorlurn Ross
Marion County
Burnett
Supreme Court
Trial Court
McCamant
Attempt on witness Gallagher shocks Oakland graft case
A large bomb exploded at the home of William H. Schenck in East Oakland seriously damaging the house and injuring Gallagher's nephew. Police say the blast aimed at James L. Gallagher a key San Francisco graft case witness. Debris, a silk handkerchief, wire and fuse were found suggesting a planned infernal device.
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Oakland
Cal
James L. Gallagher
San Francisco
William H. Schenck
Gallagher
East Twentieth Street
Nineteenth Avenue
East Ouskland
Mr. Schenck
Guy Brown
Wilson
Heney's Warning Noted In Witness Attack Case
San Francisco April 24 Assistant District Attorney Francis J Heney said the prosecution will conduct a thorough investigation of the attempt on a key witness in bribery graft cases He declined to reveal any evidence pointing to suspects saying it was not the act of a fanatic and that he had warned the witness Gallagher to move from Oakland days earlier to avoid danger
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Heney
San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Associated Press
Gallagher
Oakland
Tornado hits Port Deport and Oak Grove towns in Nebraska
A tornado struck Deport Nebraska at about 6 PM destroying the eastern part of the town 20 miles southeast of Paris. W R Isbell a druggist died and several people were injured as homes on the east side were wiped out. Oak Grove east of Clarksville on the Texas & Pacific line was reported nearly destroyed with no fatalities. The storm’s path spanned several hundred yards with many houses demolished.
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Paris
Neb
Deport
W. R. Isbell
Isbell
Oak Grove
Clarksville
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Alinuta
Cha
Louisiana
Natchez
Misa
McLain
Miss
Pidalin
Hegrows Tre
Quilmas
Purvis Landing
Tren
Detalla
Telegraph Company
Georgia
Albertville
Birmingham
Richmonds
Lamourie
Winchester
Mobile
Attlesburg
Mins
Revive Coaching in England Starts Brighton Trials
Alfred G. Van derbilt, aiming to revive coaching in England, departed London for trial runs on the Brighton road with a small party. A large crowd cheered outside the hotel as police halted Piccadilly traffic for a free passage. His first regular trip is set for May 4.
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London
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
England
Brighton Road
Picadilly
Vanderbilt
Brigands Gain Strength Along Persian Frontier
The situation on the Persian frontier grows more serious as brigand activity expands. Russian forces repelled a brigand assault on April 29 with heavy losses, while mountaineer support to the Shaksetan and Beglivin tribes increases the threat, signaling broader instability in the region.
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St. Petersburg
Machinists Strike At Iowa Central Shops In Marshalltown
Machinists in the Iowa Central railway shops at Marshalltown struck today with helpers and apprentices over a wage cut of four cents an hour.
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Marshalltown, Jr
Iowa Central Railway
City backs boosting drive as Le Grande funds rise
La Grande members approve a $3900 boost plus 1265 in memberships for a reorganized commercial club. A plan to canvass the city tomorrow aims to raise up to 6000 for the year, with Tom Richardson of Portland aiding the effort through Klein. Oregon City orchard plan eyed after diseased trees near Chickhameaw county prompt talks with officials.
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la Grande
Tom Richardson
Portland Commercial Club
Klein
Union and
Cove
Oregon
J. HH. Reid
Milwaukie
Chickhameaw County
Oregon Water Power & Raihway Company
Southern Pacific Company
A. J. Lewis
Gilbert J. Hedges
Mariott
Yamhill
Ketd
Clackamas
California
Lane
Linn
Marion
Oregon Hop Growers Bet On A Bigger Crop
Oregon farmers plan to harvest a large hop crop despite low prices. Some acreage has been plowed under but many yards remain productive under favorable conditions. The final harvest will depend on summer financing and market prospects, with many small growers seeking money ahead of picking time.
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Oregon
Salem
County clamps buy road rock crusher for Olney quarry
The county clerk buys an 18 ton hourly rock crusher with a 20 horsepower boiler and engine to be moved to the Olney quarry. The existing smaller crusher will relocate to extend rock supply along a road toward the Nehalem valley. Both units will operate all summer to pave the new road before fall rains.
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Astoria
Olney
Nehalem
Rename Medford Streets to Horticultural Names
Medford renames streets formerly labeled by alphabet letters to plant oriented names. Riverside Apple Bartlett Central avenue D Anjou Evergreen Fir Grape Holly Ivy King Oakdale avenue Laurel Mistletoe Newtown Orange Peach Quince Rose on the east side Walnut Almond Blossom Cherry Manzanita.
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Medford
Riverside
Bartlett
Central Avenue
D'Anjou
King
Oakdale Avenue
Newtown
Eugene to Represent at Portland Rosé Carnival
Eugene Commercial Club selects 74 percent mien for June carnival display. Participants wear white serge suits white shoes hats and carry lemon yellow and green umbrellas reading Eugene Lane County. An excursion will run from Eugene and a large crowd will attend the event.
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Eugene
Eugene Commercial Club
Portland
Lane Couanty
Free Delivery for Grants Pass Considered
Grants Pass may soon have a free postal delivery system as the city weighs an ordinance to count housing. Postmaster Donnell shows fiscal year receipts ending April 1, 1908 exceed 11 000 dollars, up 2000 from last year, a sign of population growth.
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Grants Pass
Donnell
Eugene to Own Water Works Plant Vote Passed
At a municipal election in Eugene the proposition to purchase the Willamette Valley Company's waterworks won with 635 votes to 12. The measure to issue 300000 dollars in bonds for a municipal water plant carried 567 to 171, after prior elections were ruled illegal over technicalities.
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Eugene
Willamette Valley Company
Marshfield Cleane Up Marshfield Cleanup Day Planned
The Marshfield chamber of commerce launches a cleanup day with the Artistic Needle work Club taking charge of organizing the city wide cleaning. The mayor and city officials will cooperate and a holiday may be declared.
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Marshfield
Chamber of Commerce
Ladies of the Artistic Needlework Club
Eity
McMinnville Forms Esperanto Club for Language Study
A new Esperanto Club is formed in McMinnville with charter members. J. C. Cooper serves as president, Arthur McPhillips as secretary, Kate Lants as treasurer, and Rev. C. F. Swander as instructor. Weekly meetings are planned.
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McMinnville
J. C. Cooper
Arthur McPhillips
Kate Lants
Rev. C. F. Swander
Wheat-hauling picks up as Bend freighters move Madras wheat
Last fall extra wheat remained due to bad roads but is now being hauled to the Shaniko market this spring. Bend freighters report high activity as they transport Madras country wheat to Shaniko.
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Bend
Madras
Shanikot
Albany seeks to host battleship fleet near Yaquina Bay
Albany推动让舰队在北行途中靠近Yaquina湾停留一小时左右 由商业俱乐部推动并联系国会俄勒冈代表团。若成行 将有大规模短途游船从奥尔巴尼科瓦拉斯等地出发前往纽波特观船 并安排观赏航行。
State Board Inspects Ashland Normal School
The new state board of normal school examiners led by Superintendents Powers Salem Churchill Baker City and Turner Grants Pass completed its first official two day inspection of the Ashland normal school. They reviewed equipment and the work to be prepared to make recommendations to the legislative assembly as provided by law.
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Ashland
State Board of Thormal School
Powers
Salem
Churchill
Baker City
Turner
Grants Pass
State Normal School
Legislative Assembly
Monmouth Well Project Attracts Capital And Interest
The complete outfit for boring an oil well on the Whiteaker farm near Monmouth has arrived and is being unloaded for the site. Indications of oil in this vicinity have drawn expert attention for years and landowners show much interest as a thorough test commences, backed by substantial capital.
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Monmouth
Whiteaker
Commercial Club Elects Renewed Albany Officers
The Albany Trownsville Commercial Club has resumed activity and elected new officers. Ed Holladay is president, BE White vice president, RK F Richardson secretary, H Wayne Stanard treasurer, and W M Knapp KR W Tripp and F M Brown named to the board of managers.
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Albany
Trownsville Commercial Club
Ed Holladay
BE. BE. White
F. Richardson
H. Wayne Stanard
W. M. Knapp
KR. W. Tripp
F. M. Brown
Portland Market Prices Snapshot Wheat to Wool
Portland markets list wide ranges for grains meats fruits and fibers. Notable figures include wheat around 2c to 87e per bushel for various grades, barley near $24.50 to $27.50 per ton, Timothy hay at $17 per ton in Willamette Valley, and dairy and poultry prices with Creams and Roasters noted in late 19th century terms.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Banat Multnomah
Clackamas
New California
Praise for American Navy By British Designer Sir William White
In an interview from Fieston on April 22 Sir William Henry White, long a premier British warship designer, urges that American critics are unfounded. He notes the US started with two of his designs in 188 and asserts American shipyards equip and manage well. He concludes the American fleet is second only to the British, and likely the best after the Royal Navy.
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Fieston
William Henry White
Willian Baye
Charleston
Warship Sent to Venezuela for Peaceful Dispatches
The United States will dispatch an American war vessel to Venezuelan waters to act as a despatch boat for Minister Russell. La Guayra port is closed due to suspected bubonic plague. quarantine has been in effect 16 days and rail traffic is suspended. Russell reports the Venezuelan government confirming a contagious disease, details pending.
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Washington
la Guayra
State Department
Runsell
Curacao
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Sailors Enjoy Open Air Festivities in Los Angeles
Los Angeles hosts 3500 bluejackets at landing parties as the four fleet divisions anchor. Boxing bouts barbecue wild west shows dancing and shooting chutes entertain sailors from morning till night while thousands gather at Chutes park and Agricultural park. Officers attend social events including a luncheon for General Adna H. Chaffee and a banquet at Hotel Redondo honoring Rear Admiral Sperry. The city glows with illumination for the fleet visit.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frotea
Chutes Park
Agricultural Park
Adna K H. Chaffee
California Club
Towleht
Chamber of Commerce
Dedondo
Hotel Redondo
Charles 8. Sperry
Private detectives guard Rockefeller grandchildren Easter service
John O fears says six private detectives protected Jobo B Rockefeller and his two grandchildren Mowler and Muriel McCormick from home to the Fifth Avenue Baptist church for Easter services. A guard accompanied them on the return. The mother Mrs Harald McCormick had reported a renewed black hand threat but no details were obtained.
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New York
Jobo B. Rockefeller
Mowler
Muriel McCormick
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Harald McCormick
Japanese Honor American Banquet in Tokyo Honors David Murray
A banquet in Tokyo on Monday honored the late American educator David Murray who advised Japan from 1873 to 1877 and laid the foundation for modern educational reform. About 100 scholars professors and pioneer educators attended the event.
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Tokio
Japan
David Murray
Dapin
Paso Trebles Progress Report at Cal Apr 22
Surgeon McDonald reports Rear Admiral Vans sleeping well and eating well at the hot springs. Digestion is improving and the ongoing treatment is helping, with the officer’s condition described as a world of good.
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Paso Trebles
Cal
Vans Apent
McDonald
Death of former British Prime Minister Campbell Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman former prime minister of Britain died at 10 40 this morning at his home No 10 Downing Street after a peaceful end.
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Daad London
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Divithah
No. 10
Downing Street
Tornadoes devastate southern towns with widespread fatalities
Tornadoes swept across Alabama Mississippi and nearby areas causing extensive damage. Dozens are dead and many more injured as towns like Purvis McLaurin McLain and Winchester report heavy losses. Communication lines collapsed delaying full casualty tallies.
Battered Philippines insurgent leaders held in Blilbid prison
April 26 report notes Cipriage ongom Allan Tiducie and Alf Fernandes, identified as bandit leaders, held privately in Blilbid prison. Fernandez linked to the Leyte attack and four policemen killed. Faustina Ablen and Bapervin identified as subordinates. Governor General grants a reprieve for the month.
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Mantin
Cipriage Ongom
Allan Tiducie
Alf Fernandes
Blilbid
Piry
Samar
Fernandez
Leyte
Faustina Ablen
Bapervin
Worth Boon
Renaler trip leads to option on Montana property deal
Trinidad resident Clark reports after an inspection trip to a Montana site that an option has been held on a property near the area. Francis Adams is noted in relation to the deal as posted for renewal, with the announced value around a million dollars.
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Trinidad
Cole
United States
Renaler Win Ware
Ft Clark
Montan
Jeft
Arl
Francis Adams
Neren
Cowl Land
Mr. Clark
Unclear historical report from Gunnison court case at Telluride
Fragmentary text references district judge Shackleford in Gunnison Colorado. Mentions attorney for Brove Adams and a case connected to a killing in Telluride. Details and parties are incomplete and not fully legible.
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Orcharo
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