Japan Controls All Manchuria and Provokes China
Washington reports suggest Japan dominates Manchuria under the open door policy. Officials indicate China has not formally protested and the United States worries about its shrinking Oriental commercial footholds. Japanese rail and telegraph control allegedly favor Japanese traders while harming foreign rivals.
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Washington
Japan
Manchuria
State Department
Geome
China
America
Orient
United States
Northwest
Pittsburg
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Hay
Michigan Snowbound Trains Paralyzed Statewide Blizzard
Snowbound trains disrupt Michigan as blizzard drives eight to eighteen inches of snow from Detroit to the southwest. At least 13 passenger trains remain stranded late today and traffic is abandoned in places across the state.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Brazil Continues Rebates For 1908 Tariff Rates
The Brazilian president signed a decree to extend tariff rebates for 1908 on American goods. Included items cover wheat, flour, condensed milk, rubber manufactures, watches, ink, varnishes, typewriters, refrigerators, pianos, scales, and windmills in honor of the Atlantic fleet visit to Rio de Janeiro.
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Washington
Republic of Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Fieca
Blizzard Delays Chicago Transit as Deaths Rise
The ongoing Chicago blizzard continues with heavy drifted snow and strong winds. Surface and elevated streetcar lines and steam roads face major delays while crews labor through the night to keep tracks clear, amid reports of more deaths.
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Chicago
Blizzard Roars Through Adirondack Region
Plattsburgh New York February 20 a north wind storm of great severity sweeps Northern New York and rapidly increases snow covering the Adirondack region.
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Plattaburg
N. Y
New York
Adirondack
Dynamite Ends at Hercules Powder Plant Kill 28
A massive blast at the Jodeon packing house of Hercules Powder Works in Pinole near Berkeley kills 28 workers, including all on duty. Four white men and 24 Chinamen perish as ten tons of dynamite explode, tearing through buildings and igniting flames. Panic follows with families rushing to learn fates of loved ones as further blasts delay full casualty count.
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Berkeley
Cal
Bay Region
Jodeon Packing House
Hercules Powder Works
Pinole
Here
W.W. B8tllwell
Cc Ora
Manuel Enos
Sean Grace
W. A. Rodregues
Darger
Thees
Syndicate Faces Postal Probe Over Fraud Allegations
Senator Tillman accused the St Paul & Pacific Timber syndicate of a mail fraud scheme using circulars that misrepresent his name and promise to turn $200 into $5,000 invested in Coos and Douglas counties timberland. The Postoffice department will investigate the Portland office after Tillman’s Senate charge.
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Washington
St. Paul & Pacific Timber Syndicate
Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Postoffice Department
Tillman
Senate
Coos
Douglas
Coos Bay
Hints at Graft in Naval Procurement Probe
Washington lawmakers debate a resolution to appoint a seven member special committee to investigate the Electric Boat company and its Holland predecessor over post and legislation issues. The move follows the naval affairs committee's failure to fully back President Roosevelt on naval construction including battleships destroyers and submarines.
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Washington
Lilley
Connesticut
Electric Boat Company
New Jersey
Holland Boat Company
Occn- BE
Committee On Naval Affairs
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Loudensiger
Nevada Officials Convicted of Contempt in Supreme Court Critique
In Carson City on February 21, the Supreme Court found Third District Judge Peter Breen and Lander County District Attorney J Mastretti guilty of contempt for criticizing the court. Breen must retract remarks or face disbarment and has 20 days to comply. Mastretti was barred from practicing law for 30 days.
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Carson
Nev
Supreme Court
Peter Breen
Third District
J. Mastretti
Lander County
Black Hand Threat Targets Utah Light and Power Dam
A letter signed by Joe Train and Fred Stuck, alleged Black Hand leaders, threatens to blow up the Ogden dam and plant and kill officers unless power rates are cut. The missive was delivered to Ogden manager Wade of Utah Light & Power in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Joe Train
Fred Stuck
Black Hand
Wade
Ogden
Utah Light & Power Company
Black Hand Society
Power Company
Flood Threatens Toledo as Storm Persists
A winter storm continues in Toledo Ohio on February 2 with the threat of probable flood unless freezing weather arrives soon.</analysis>
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Ohio
Toledo
Booth Creates University of Oregon Loan Fund
Hon R A Booth of Eugene has donated 500 to the University of Oregon for a Booth Loan Fund. The fund will be separate from the general loan fund aiding students with loans from 15 to 80 dollars. The university aims to build a 5000 dollar fund to help Oregon students with education under President Campbell.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
R. A. Booth
Booth
Campbell
Oregon
Fruitgrowers Graft Plans Grow After Educational Work
Educational efforts by M. O. Lownedale and C. Armstrong have spurred fruitgrowers to graft and rework orchards. Salem dealers report high demand for resin beeswax and tallow to make grafting wax. Farmers cut down old diseased apple trees and graft onto fresh shoots, aiming for earlier mature top growth and new marketable varieties like Royal Anne in cherry blocks.
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Royal Anne
Wool Center to Elevate Baker City Market in Oregon
Baker City aims to become a major wool hub as sheepmen push Oregon rail routes. Rate cuts from Sumpter Valley and O.R. & N. shift over 1,000,000 pounds of wool from Grant and Wheeler counties to Austin and then Baker for baling. Ranchers favor Austin due to roads. Baker shipments will drive $200,000 through local banks.
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Baker City
Oregon
Portland
Baker
Boston
Sumpter Valley
Austin
Grant
Wheeler Counties
Dayville
Grant County
Shaniko
Banke
Mountain farming experiment near Pendleton could foster highland cultivation
W G Warman of Pendleton conducts an altitude 4200 foot mountain farming experiment in Fly valley Blue mountains 60 miles southeast. He planted an orchard and seeks hardy grass seed from the agricultural department for spring sowing. If successful thousands of acres of Blue mountain land may be brought under cultivation.
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Pendleton
W.G. Warman
Hia Hormestead
Fly Valley
Blue Mountains
Agricultural Department
Blue Mountain
State Sues Columbia Southern Irrigation in Carey Act Case
The state of Oregon, represented by Attorney General A. M. Crawford, sues Columbia Southern Irrigation Co in U S District Court over Carey Act duties. The state seeks appointment of a receiver, claiming the company failed to irrigate about 27 000 acres in Eastern Oregon per the years old agreement with the state land board.
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Portland
Oregon
Columbia Southern Irrigation Company
United States District Court
A. M. Crawford
Irrigation Company
W. T. Muir
Seneca Smith
State Land Board
Crawford
Plan Rest Room at Milton Opens Reading Room Initiative
Milton forms an interdenominational society with church involvement to establish a city rest room for country visitors. Meetings occur every two weeks. A 500 volume library is arrayed. Committees from various branches are appointed to oversee the work.
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Ework
Corvallis Fruit Country Plant Planned with 12 000 Can Capacity
Announcement says sufficient stock is subscribed to ensure the movement's success. A meeting of stockholders is called to perfect the organization. Capital stock set at 11000 dollars with a daily capacity of 12000 cans. Machinery and appointments to be the latest models to produce a perfect product.
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Corvallisa
Begin Work for Pulp Mill at Station A Oregon City
Hawley Pulp and Paper starts preliminary work to build a walk from station A to the mainland. Once done, main mill construction will begin with a portion expected in operation by April next.
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Oregon City
Hawley Pulp & Paper Company
Station A
Klamath Oil Company Names Local Officers
The incorporators of the Klamath Oil company have elected officers G Heitkemper Jr president E B Hall vice president and general manager Jerce Evane secretary and G White treasurer. Indications are strong of vast coal oil deposits beneath the volcanic area with oil oozing to the surface.
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Klamats. Falls
Klamath Oil Company
G. Heitkemper, Jr
E. B. Hall
Jerce Evane
G. White
Portland Markets Reported Prices Across Grains Fruits and Livestock
A detailed Portland market sheet lists wheat at 83 cents for bluestem, barley varying from 20 to 32 dollars per ton, oats at 27 dollars, corn at 32.50 to 35.50, and various hay grain prices. Apples 1.75 to 3.00 per box, cranberries by barrel, vegetables and dairy including butter at 30 cents, eggs around 2.24 to 2.46 per dozen, poultry and pork prices, and wool and mohair market notes.
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Oregon
Portland
Faetern
Valley
Walnut tree culture meeting to boost Linn Albany industry
A meeting on February 27 in Albany gathers walnut growers to instruct on planting and care. Several new walnut orchards are under way in Linn County and a substantial increase in acreage is anticipated over the next two years.
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Linn
Albany
Fishermen Reach Illinois River Mouth with Sheba
The gasoline launch Sheba, recently moved to Rogue River to supply the cannery and cold storage plant, greatly facilitates fishing up to the Illinois mouth. Fishermen can tend nets and haul fish farther than before, enabling a longer fishing run.
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Illinois
Gold Beach
Rogue River
New Plant Aims to Build Concrete Block Factory
Eugene plans a complete cement brick manufacturing plant with Niagra Falls New York partners set to visit in days to assess arrangements. The Commercial Club promotion department has engaged parties with a large plant ready for establishment.
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Eugene
Egene
The
Commercial Club
Niagara Fialle
N. Y
Government report cites Oregon & California land grant violations
Washington reports B D Townsend's investigation shows repeated grants violations by the Southern Pacific system, with large land sales above limits, stockpiled timber and land sales to single buyers, and eventual concentration of acres under one proprietor. The report notes escalating valuations and tax contributions since 1902.
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Washington
B. D. Townsend
Salon
Congress
Southern Pacific System
Michigan
Winconsin
Minnesota
Oregon
Worst Blizzard Wrecks Harbor Boat Ansonpah Men Die
Chicago reports one of the worst blizzards in years with deaths and injuries. Surface traffic and suburban lines are tied up, downtown hotels house stranded residents. In harbor at Wanukeyan the tithing boat Ansonpah wrecked, two men killed and six others barely escaped.
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Chicago
Wanukeyan
Ice Gorge Threatens Des Moines City
A raging ice gorge on the Raccoon River six miles north of Des Moines halts trains and streetcars, blocks telegraph and telephone service, and forces evacuations as officials plan dynamite blasting to break the dam. Snowdrifts complicate the crisis.
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Des Moines
Raccoon River
Snowy Kansas City and Plains Track Light Dusting
Snow fell throughout Kansas and Western Missouri with above freezing readings. Kansas City reports about one and a half inches while Southern and Central Kansas see four to five inches. Trains show little delay and ranchers welcome the storm.
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Kanwne City
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Polack
Flood Crest Near Cincinnati Promises Limited Severity
Floodfront near Cincinnati reports crest passed Parkersburg yesterday with widespread inundation of lowlands. Thousands displaced from homes as river conditions are expected to stabilize rather than worsen.
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Cincinnati
Thoresay
Parkersburg
Central Oregon Rail Plan Aims to Link Hood River to Sumpter
The proposal by Joseph A. West to extend the Sumpter Valley line toward Hood River and connect with a Mount Hood route moves to a favorable report. Builders plan two roads through Crook County via Canyon City and Prineville, with surveys and staking in progress to aid fruit land, timber and settlement development.
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Hood River
Balt Lay
Mount Hood
Sumpter Valley
Ruras Bakr City
Contry
Kontay
Mountaing Egg
Hood
Joseph A. West
Gineer
Mr. West
Oregon Country
Gap Mountains
Eeclea
Sugar Tarer and
Jumberman
City
Crook County
Canyon City
Ganty
Tunnel Under River Aimed to Link City to Long Island
New York February 22 The Pennsylvania system plans a river crossing to connect Philadelphia and Hudson River tunnels with Manhattan and Long Island City. Builders connected Manhattan and Long Island City tube ends beneath the river bed near Thirty-fourth Street. Bolting across the tube began, first time end-to-end joining from shore to shore. Completion of two tubes targeted within a year and a half with a minor eight inch variation reported by engineers.
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New York
Pennsylvanis
Delphia
Indian Affairs Committee Acts on Liquor Suppression Funds
A February session of the committee on Indian affairs advanced the appropriation measures. Allocations include 25,000 to 940,000 for suppression of intoxicating liquor among Indians and for rural experiments tied to Indian lands in California. The treasury secretary is authorized to allocate funds for land purchases and irrigation uses.
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Treasury
Harrisburg Graft Case Details Questioned in Capitol
Fragmentary notes from Harrisburg claim a conference involving Harrisburg officials and the attorney general touched on graft allegations. A defendant named Pennypacker and others are mentioned in a debate over a whitewash letter and possible statements.
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Harrisburg
Fragmentary Frankfort Ledger Item
Fragmented OCR notes from a Frankfort Kentucky page mention a February date and references to individuals Beckham Allen Blackbusm Ui. The text is incomplete and preservers no clear event outcome or identifiable organization.
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Frankfort, Kyn
United States
Beckham
Bli Allen
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