Cross Boundary to Recover Man's Body
A party of Americans secretly crossed into Mexico at night to recover the mutilated body of Clemente Vergara a Texas rancher found near the Hidalgo border. The group faced no resistance and retrieved the corpse from Hidalgo Cemetery, alleging he was executed after being seized by Mexican federals. Officials in Washington and the war department sought details, with communications between the American Consul at Nuevo Laredo and Secretary Bryan and General Bliss in El Paso.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Clemente Vergara
Texas
Hidalgo
Vergara
Batafox
Apolonio Rodrigues
Washington
United States
Rio Grande
State Department
Garrett
Nuevo Laredo
Department
Bryan
War Department
Garrison
General Bliss
el Paso
Arm Americans in Mexico Receive Weapons for Self Defense
Vera Cruz Mexico reports that 1000 rifles and large ammunition stocks arrived with Mexican government concurrence for Americans in Mexico City to bear arms amid rising tensions. The shipment, marked to conceal contents, followed recent dispatches to British and German citizens in Mexico City.
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Vera Crus
Mex
Mexico City
United States
Unemployed Army Housed by Sacramento Force and Water
About 1000 jobless men camped in Sacramento for two days were driven off by city and county officers aided by firemen and deputy sheriffs with water streams. They fled toward Second Street after resisting transport to the bay. Notable arrestees included self styled General Charles T. Kelly and Edward Teasdale who offered little resistance.
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Sacramento
Sacramento River
Southern Pacific
Second Street
Bay
Charles T. Kelly
Edward
Rough-eck
Teasdale
San Francisco
Clergyman to Set Free After Habeas Corpus Ruling
Tacoma authorities released Rev. W. M. Jennings of Mount Vernon after two hours of inquiry by Judge Easterday in superior court. Seven Mount Vernon ministers filed the action claiming he was railroaded to the Western Washington Insane Asylum amid a church factional dispute.
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Tacoma
Wash
Easterday
W. M. Jennings
Mount Vernon
Western Washington Insane Asylum
Steamship Crew Rescued Off Jersey Coast
The captain and 16 crew members of the American steamer Charlemagne Tower Jr were rescued from a drifting lifeboat by chance when the Bayfort found them near the Jersey coast and brought them to Norfolk News.
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Chance
Norfolk
Merest Chance
Charlemagne Tower, Jr
Jersey
Bayfort
Newport News
Repeal of Panama tolls exemption moves in Congress
Washington reports House committee favors striking the tolls exemption from the Panama canal act. Senate consider policy reversal on Hay Pauncefote. potential for a flat repeal or compromise bill to let the president regulate tolls. Other items note Mexican intervention debate, tax collections rise, and the iron workers case ends with Supreme Court decision.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
Committee On
Chilton
West Virginia
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ashurst
O. H. P. Belmont
Goethals
Panama Canal
Alaska
Mississippi
East
Interstate Commercee Commission
New York Central
Reed
Missouri
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Iron Workers
Supreme Court
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Association
Women Active In Politics Forms Baker Suffrage Group
The Woman's Booster club in Baker City forms as a suffrage organ to mobilize women for political engagement. Primaries are planned for May with courthouse registrations to instruct voters.
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Baker
The
Woman's Booster” Club
Lawyer Involved In Shooting In Baker County
Charles F. Hyde former Baker County district attorney was arrested on assault with intent to kill after a quarrel over a case involving Tom Williams and Williams' son. Hyde says the shooting was accidental and held the gun to defend against a possible attack. Williams sustained non serious injuries.
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Baker
Charles F. Hyde
Baker County
Tom Williams
Williams
Hyde
Dunes May Grow Trees In Oregon Reforestation Effort
H L Rankin of Sluslaw National Forest announces completion of a five year Mount Hebo reforestation in Tillamook county and an experiment in dune forestation around Gardiner. The Mount Hebo burn followed the 1861 coast fire started by Indians.
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Eugene
Mount Hebo
Tillamook
Gardiner
H. L. Rankin
Sluslaw National Forest
Employers Reconsider Compensation Act Elections
A Salem report notes many employers who initially filed to opt out of the Workmen's Compensation Act are withdrawing those notices to gain the law's benefits. Secretary F. W. Hinsdale cites education by the commission and inspectors as the reason for the shift. Insurance provisions take effect July 1.
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Salem
State Industrial Accident Commission
F. W. Hinsdale
Commission
Hinsdale
Drunkard Drinks Disinfectant in Jail Cell
Roy Chambers, jailed for auto tire theft, grabbed a bottle of disinfectant in his cell and drank a large amount. A physician administered an emetic, and Chambers survived the incident.
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Pendleton
Roy Chambers
Chambers
Douglas Fair Date Set in Roseburg
The Douglas fair will be held this year September 16 to 19 inclusive in Roseburg. The event runs the same dates as last year and follows Medford’s fair by one week and precedes Eugene’s. The State fair will be held the week after the Eugene event.
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Douglas
Roseburg
Medford
Eugene
Senate abolition urged by Oregon Grange head
Sxtem C B Spence, head of the grange in Oregon, announced that bills to abolish the state senate and to provide for proportional representation in the house will be offered for initiation at the coming election.
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Senate
C. B. Spence
Grange
Oregon
Plan for Riverside Electric Railway to Drewsy
A movement seeks to form a company to build an electric railway from Riverside along the Malheur river toward Drewsy and into the timber belt. The project aims to run up the river’s course past Drewsy to link with timber districts.
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Drewsy
Riverside
Malheur
Game Warden Rehires Deputies in Salem
State Game Warden H. Evans appoints 97 deputy wardens in Salem. most are veterans from before the reorganization.
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Salem
H. Evans
Oregon News Briefs From March To May Highlights
A run of varied items includes Sargent certifying the First National Bank of Umatilla for dual operations, a new Multnomah county armory for the Oregon National Guard, Astoria rainfall at 6.95 inches for last month, and $2500 to reduce Millican Hill work on the McKen Pass road with the forestry department adding $2000. Senator Burgess reports a wool sale of 26,000 pounds at a higher price, Tillamook Bay project bids, and road plans in Lane County. Banks in Medford buy county warrants at par while local graft concerns surface in Pendleton. New tuberculosis treatment trials in Ashland, a 93-year-old Albany pioneer birthday, and a $100,000 land gift for University of Oregon campus shown. Also noted are Copperfield railroad changes, a gubernatorial reform candidate filing, a $25,000 damages suit over asylum detention, Lebanon tobacco restrictions, and health authority offers silver nitrate treatment.
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Millican Hill
McKen Pass
J. N. Burgess
Tillamook Bay Construction
Bay City
Medford
Jackson County
Irvine Acheson
Albany College
Albany
Oregon
Acheson
Crawford
T. J
Coos County
Gelist Bulgin
West
Pendleton
D. M. Brown
Ashland
Anna Rebecca Stewart
Illinois
Iowa
South Portland
University of Oregon
Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
T. EB. McMeans
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Chihuahua
Fall
Republican
New Mexico
Shively
Foreign Relations Committee
Oregon News
Qame
Willamette Valley
Want Compensation Act
Sargent
Firstational Bank of
Umatilla
Mult- Bomah County
Oregon National Guard
Astoria
State Board of Control
Steiffer
State Insane Asylum
Pearl Jones Holmes
Rickreall
Portland
M. A. Holmes
J. R. Teal
Polk County
B. H. McCallon
Lebanon
Buff Plymouth Rocks
Ken
E. H. Woodwood
Newberg, Oregon
Rfirett
C.F. Butler
Lone Fir Dairy
R. B. Lyle
J. L. van Blaricom
Barcroft’s Drug Store
Postoffice
Collier’s the National Weekly
Colliers
Collier’s
Collier's
Mueller
Tailor’s
Newberg Wood
Lee Peer
Demwal
E. P. Hamilton
Prop
Newberg Transfer Co
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