Noted Executives and Officials Amid Global Contests
Pardons and executions mark the day with Alice M. Hartley freed for the Reno Senator Killing. Charles A. Warriman dies in Butte. Frey audits begin. Princess de Chimay to appear in Berlin tableaux after divorce, earning 750 a night. Washington electors settle on James E. Fenton as messenger. Yokohama murder case concludes with Miss Mary Jacobs's confession. Pacific railroads face funding action after a failed bill. Governor Tanner inaugurated in Springfield amid Altgeld farewell controversy. Indian famine relief appeals reach London. 37 to 44 million in districts face distress. Oregon and Dakotas land bills move. McKinley and Hobart win Oregon electors. Nice corruption arrests in municipal elections. Manila reports insurgents’ doomed escape attempt. 80 convicts killed, 40 wounded. Southern Oregon Fair Incorporation filed. Medford office chosen. Frank Host bound over for assault and robbery in Myrtle Creek.
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Alice M. Hartley
Senator Foley
Reno
Nev
Charles A. Warriman
Great Northern
Butte
Mont
Auditor Frey
Princess de Chimay
Janos Rigo
Winter Garden
Berlin
David R. Francia
Committee On Finance
Senate
West
House Committee On Public Lands
Northern Pacific Railroad
Dakotas
Oregon
Salem
William McKinley
Garret Hobart
T. T. Geer
Washington
Nice
Manila
Landrane Islands
Pacific
Oregon Legislature Ends Week With Slow Progress
The Oregon Senate organized with Joseph Simon as president and adjourned after four days with eighty five bills introduced. The House failed to organize due to lack of a quorum as three factions contested the speaker nominee amid ongoing bitter debate.
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Oregon
Senate
Joseph Simon
Multnomah
Republicans Nominate John H. Mitchell for U S Senate
At the state capitol a caucus of forty three Republicans and one Populist unanimously nominated John H. Mitchell for United States senator near week’s end.
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State Capitol
John H. Mitchell
United States
Bills Placed Before Senate Sketching Tax and Transport Proposals
Patterson of Marion seeks to move insane persons to the asylum with county funds covering costs. Several senators push on tax, property, and municipal reforms including mortgage tax re enactment, tax collection changes, and city charter updates. A Pendleton funds issue and railroad tax relief are among measures debated.
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Patterson
Marion
Taylor
Pendleton
Oregon Senate Debates Revisions to Election and Code Access
The Oregon senate discusses voter qualification bills tied to a tax on property, a proposed code access buy by the secretary of state, and an early deadline for the appropriation bill. Committees organize on education, judiciary, and revenue while Daw son and McClung push for clear standards and timely review.
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MecClung
Senate
McClung
Judiciary Committee
McClang
Portland
Eugene
House
Hill
Oregon
Secretary of State
Tle
Selling of
Multnomah
Wowder House Explosion Kills Proprietor and Daughters
Pittsburg Jan 18 Explosion in the Columbia Powder Company tankhouse at a hollow half a mile from the Ohio river between Shewstown and Shappin kills proprietor Mr Stickney and his two daughters. P McClucky fatally injured and Walter Crane seriously hurt as flames are checked before the glycerine machine ignites.
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Pittsburg
Columbia Powder Company
Ohio River
Shewstown
Shappin
Stickney
P. McClucky
Walter Crane
Plague and famine terror in Bombay dominates empire
Plague and famine stalk densely populated areas of the British empire as Bombay battles a rising death toll. Millions face starvation with relief needed through spring while authorities and charity mobilize to curb spread and mortality.
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Bombay
British Empire
Puinga
India
Karachi
Poona
Bandra
Story of Ethel Gilliam and her heavenly visitation
William Gray of Palouse City tells how Ethel Gilliam a poor local girl revived after three hours of apparent death then claimed to have seen heaven and Jesus She, though blind, can read by touch and describe pictures read from books or photographs Her proof includes a gold watch time reading and accurate description of a man in a photo with several local clergy and residents cited as references
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Walla Walla
William Gray
Palouse City
The
Statesman
Ethel Gilliam
Palouse
Methodist Episcopal Church
Heaven
Jesus
Earth
Ths
J. B. Cawthorn
Watla Wall
Mrs. Gray
Mr. Gray
A. Y. Skee
S. M. E. Church
J. @. Kerrick
la Grande, Or
Hh. A. Gray
Thomas Cox
Inaugural Plans Scrutinized for Reasonable Rates
Washington officials seek to calm fears of inflated charges for inauguration witnesses. The committee promises fair lodging options for up to 20 000 people, with rates for beds, meals, and basic comforts, plus inexpensive horse hire and equipment provisions. An earthquake disruption follows in Oakland with a dramatic church scene and calm afterward. In Rome, Dervish advance guards move toward Agordat as Italy concentrates troops near Kedaref.
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Washington
Committee On Public Comfort
Tre Las
Robbery spree hits Newirk and arrests follow
Late last night robbers raided Newirk taking money whisky and beer from saloons and plundering homes. Officers suspect an organized gang of five tramps arrested yesterday for highway robbery and connected to the Newirk incidents.
Woolgrowers Meet Endorses Forest Reserve Resolutions
Salem January 19 in the North Pacific Sheepbreeders and Woolgrowers Association meeting at the state capitol adopted resolutions supporting U S forest reserves in the Cascade range Oregon and opposing stock owner prosecutions as unjust. They urge restoration of a reasonable wool tariff and high import duty on shoddy to protect woolgrowing. Senator Mulkey's plan calls for three reserves.
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Salem, Or
North Pacific
Department of the Interior
United States District Court
United States
Oregon
State Board of Horticulture
United States Court
Malkey
Legislative Assembly
Mulkey
Day in the House Honors Late Speaker Crisp
Washington January 19 in the house was filled with orations honoring the late Speaker Crisp of Georgia who died during the recess. Democratic members and many Republicans listened as Georgian leaders delivered moving eulogies to a packed gallery. The Columbia and Red Mountain Railway bridge bill passed, while a bill to grant Fort Marey at Santa Fe to the American Invalid Aid Society for a sanatorium failed on objection.
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House
Crisp
Georgia
Congress
Columbia & Red Moutain Railway Company
Columbia River
Stevens County
Wasi
Doolittle
Catron
Fort Marey Military Reservation
Santa Fe
N. M
American Invalid Aid Society
Boston
Senators Frye and Hale Criticized Over Merchant Marine Floggings
In Cleveland on January 19, 800000 Western Seamen's Society members condemn Senators Frye and Hale for backing the Senate substitute for house bill No. 2008 that restored flogging in the merchant marine. Local trustees, led by prominent businessmen, adopted resolutions protesting the law.
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Cleveland
Frye
Hale
Senate
Western Seamen's Society
Doctor Roux Denies Anti Plague Lymph Experiments
Paris Jan 19 Dr Roux of the hygiene department denies reports he conducted experiments with an anti plague lymph He says he could prepare the lymph if needed but believes bubonic plague will not take root in Europe The Temps criticizes the Indian government for inaction on the scourge.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Dan Stuart
Cyprus
Chineti
Brownsville
Rio Grande River
Corbett-Fiteimmons
Brownaville
Paris
Roux
Department of Hygiene
Europe
Higgins Rites Held After Commodore Disaster
The remains of William Alexander Higgins, who died when the Cuban Filibuster steamship Commodore foundered off the Florida coast Sunday morning January 3, arrived in Salem. The funeral took place at the undertaking rooms with a large crowd in attendance.
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Salem
Masa
William Alexander Higgins
Florida
Cuba Death of General Maceo Confirmed in Letter
A Jacksonville letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Hernandes confirms the Associated Press dispatch on General Maceo's death. The note, sent from a Cuban unit encamped near Havana, places the ambush nine miles east of the city, with cavalry and other troops involved.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Associated Press
Maceo
Hernandes
Rewurgente
Havana
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