Geer Accusations Shake Oregon Politics in 1890s Affair
Belden H. Grant, deputy sheriff of Polk County, Oregon, swears Geer offered to sell the office of superintendent of the state penitentiary to H.B. Plummer for 1000 dollars, with 200 down and the balance after the convention. Grant testifies he overheard the quiet deal in the Polk County sheriff’s office in Dallas during Geer’s 1898 Spokane stop.
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East Oregonian
H. Grant
Polk County
Oregon
T. T. Geer
B. Plummer
Geer
Grant Io
Volera
Pots
Belden H. Grant
Pullman
Wash
T.T. Geer
Plummer
Dallas
Eer
Galcony
Galegater
Sheriff's Office
Unemployed Blacks and Italians clash at theater site
In Philadelphia on April 2 a mob of unemployed Black workers tried to drive away a crowd of unemployed Italians at Hammerstein's theater site. Mounted police charged to disperse the combatants and were stationed to guard the area.
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Philadelphia
Hammerstein
Plummer Charged Himself Cash. Receipt Ties Geer to Penitentiary Post
In a Dallas Oregon case from 1899 Belden H Grant testifies Plummer skimmed $200 from the till, then claimed to pay $1000 to T. T Geer after a convention. Plummer allegedly owed a $1000 pending balance and later presented a receipt bearing Geer’s signature. Notary Oscar Hayter confirms sworn testimony in Polk County.
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Plummer
Mr. Geer
Salem
Dallas
T. T Geer
Belden H. Grant
Polk County
Oregon
Oscar Hayter
Hughes Narrowly Gains Edge in Race Track Gambling Fight
Albany April 2 Governor Charles E Hughes moved closer to victory over race track gamblers as the New York Senate approved an amendment to the Percy Gray law by a 27 to 19 vote. The measure, identical to the Agnew bill the Assembly passed, signals a decisive blow to wagering on horse racing if the Assembly concurs and the bill becomes law.
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Hughes
Percy Gray
Senate
Itf Assembly
Albany
Charles "E. Hughes
New York
Congressman's Bound Over After Car Scene Disturbance
Washington April 2 Congressman Beltm of Alabama pleads not guilty in police court to a charge tied to a disturbance in a car Saturday night. He is bound over to the grand jury for indictment as authorities pursue formal action.
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Washington
Beltm
Alabama
Thomas Lundy
Lundy
Attorneys try new grounds to save Ruef from trial
In San Francisco on April 2 Abe Ruef’s lawyers pressed a desperate bid to avoid trial. They argued for Meyers immunity contract and petitioned the supreme court for a writ of prohibition to block upcoming proceedings.
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San Francisco
Abe Ruef
Perkelde
Meyers
Supreme Court
Circuit Breaker on Street Car Sparks Molten Metal Panic
A circuit breaker on a McAllister Street car exploded sending molten metal over about thirty people on April 2. Several women were injured in the resulting stampede as bystanders fled the scene. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the British prime minister, remains alive but in critical condition.
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San Francisco
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
England
Wanted for Bigamy In Portland And Pendleton
W P Ruhorn a Pendleton real estate dealer now in Portland for two years is wanted by Multnomah County authorities for bigamy. He married Miss Anna H Sanderson of Pueblo Colo on Christmas day in Elma Washington while still married to Mrs Ruhorn. He lived with her in Portland, deserted her, and failed to pay $30 monthly support after District Attorney Manning ordered it. Sanderson, a former Pueblo schoolteacher, lost several hundred dollars. Ruhorn has since left Portland and faces penitentiary upon arrest.
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W. P. Rihorn
Pendleton
Portland
Muttnomah County Guthorities
Rihorn
Anna H. Sanderson
Pueblo
Colo
Elma
Washington
Manning
Miss Sanderson
French Legation Ambushes Amid Haitian Refugee Crisis
Armed guards surround the French legation in Port au Prince as Haiti refuses to relocate refugees under the French flag, a move likely to trigger confrontation. Reports say anti-government plotters were executed yesterday without trial, while tensions rise over financier Reinhold of a German company seeking $300,000 against the Haytion government over the Port Au Prince street railway.
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Hogilans
Port Au Prince
Legation
Alexis
M. Carteron
D'Estrees
S T. Thomas
Colton
Furnish
Des Moines
Reckmen
Reinhold
Haytion
Port Au Prince Street
Canada considers practical limit on Japanese immigrants
Tokio April 1 Canada immigration commissioner with the British ambassador called on Foreign Minister Chinda to ask him to consider establishing a practical limit on the number of Japanese emigrants to Canada.
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Tokio
Canada
Chinda
Humber
Janrness
Taft to Address Columbus Board of Trade and Press Club
Secretary Taft arrived in Columbus to address the board of trade tonight and speak to the Press club on Saturday. He will attend banquets at Omaha, Council Bluffs, Cincinnati and Louisville after the talks.
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Columbus
Taft
Columbus Board of Trade
Press Club
Omaha
Cornell Bluffs
Cincinnati
Louisville
Santa Fe reduces dividends on common stock
New York April 2 The directors of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad announced a dividend cut on common stock from six to a lower percentage. The stock market reaction showed the reduction had been discounted.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
One Dead In Los Angeles Street Car Collision
One man was killed and two injured in a fog bound collision on the Los Angeles Pacific line. A third person suffered a score bruises. Both cars ran on a single track under repair, delaying service this morning.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles-Pacific Line
Hearing Set for Receivership of Birmingham Trust Co
Wilmington April 2 Hear ing of the motion for a general receivership for the Standard Trust company of Birmingham Ala capitalized under Delaware law for 500000 has been set for tomorrow in the United States district court The suit was brought by a Lexington Ky man who claims the company violated a contract and promised returns which officials of the concern knew were impossible to accomplish Other suits against the company are pending The company is alleged to transact a general investment business throughout the south.
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Wilmington
Del
Standard Trust Company of
Birmingham
Ala
Delaware
United States District Court
Lexington, Ky
South
Evans Benefited by Land Breeze Arrives in Paso Robles
Admiral Robly Evans reached Paso Robles after a rough night voyage on the Southern Pacific. He was driven to a hotel room banked with flowers, thanked James Horeburg Jr. for the roadbed, and joked he could stand a photographer’s shot.
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Paso Robles
Southern Pacific
Paseo Robles
Admiral Robly Evans
Evane
James Horeburg Jr
Poppy Festival Great Charity Affair Opens in Royal Palace
Denmark's Poppy Festival opens in the royal concert palace with royalty and nobility from several nations participating. Princess Marie of Denmark organizes a three day carnival benefiting Catholic Protestant and Jewish charities. The event ends with a masquerade ball Saturday night expected to be attended by the kings of Denmark and Norway. United States ambassador Dr F Egan is among specially invited guests.
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Vopenhagen
Marie
Denmark
Royal Concert Palace
Europe
Norway
United States
F. Egan
Evelyn Nesbit to Leave New York for Europe
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will depart New York for Europe amid reports she was asked to leave the Knickerbocker hotel with E. R. Thomas. She may stay abroad until the annulment hearing of her marriage to Harry K. Thaw next week, with the proceeding set to begin soon.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Knickerbocker Hotel
E. R. Thomas
Europe
Harry K. Thaw
Entertainment aboard Minnesota battleship ends rifle drill
Magdalena Bay April 2 The record of practice today was nearly finished with the Vermont completing big gun work yesterday An entertainment was held aboard the Minnesota largely attended by officers and men of other ships A vaudeville and boxing program was staged The tug Navajo arrived with the mail
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Magdalena Bay
Vermont
Minnesota
To Hang a Bad Negro in Richmond April 3
Grant Goods a negro who murdered Samuel Rivers in February at Lawrenceville and later attacked a deputy sheriff during attempted escape will be hanged tomorrow. He killed Rivers by striking him with an ax and, after capture, was shot through the lungs by the deputy during a jail assault.
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Richmond
Grant Goods
Samuel Rivers
Lawrenceville
Rivers
Palmer to launch weekly Elgin Leader at Elgin
J. H. Palmer plans a new weekly paper the Elgin Leader in Elgin Union County. The existing Recorder is the lone strong paper, but anticipated growth and demand justify another newspaper venture in the town.
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J. H. Palmer
Elgin Leader
Elgin
Union County
Recorder
John Mitchell Plans Laboring Class Paper in Indianapolis
Indianapolis April 2 John Mitchell late president of the United Mine Workers announced plans to establish and publish a paper in this city devoted to laboring class interests. He said the publication will seek to further peace between miners and operators and promote harmonious relations in the industry.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Dewey Likely to Succeed Late State Superintendent
Washington’s H B Dewey, assistant state superintendent, is slated to replace the late R B Bryan as state superintendent of public instruction. The appointment would cover the unexpired term until fall elections. Dewey, now at the teachers’ institute in Yakima, has served since the death of Frank McCully and is viewed as an efficient official.
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Frank McCully
Dewey
Judge Bean Keeps Attorneys Busy at Milton Court
Court sits from 8 a.m. to late night in the Little Walla Walla Irrigation Union suit. Judge Bean and local lawyers endure a long trial week with witnesses heard into candlelight. District Attorney Phelps and J R Raley returned to Pendleton amid continued testimony hearings and council duties.
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Milton
Phelps
J. R. Raley
Mr. Phelps
Raley
Pendleton
Coxey Named Temporary Chairman at Populist Convention
In St Louis on April 2 Jacob F Coxey the Coxey's Army protest movement figure was chosen as temporary chairman of the national populist convention He urged delegates not to fuse with other parties A platform was to be adopted later today
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St. Louis
Jacob
Coxey
Coxey's Army Fame
County seeks per pupil apportionment for teachers
County Superintendent Frank K. Welles plans an apportionment of 36,824.77 from the county school fund to districts, likely 5 to 6 dollars per child. The goal is to provide spring teacher salaries and prevent rural schools from closing, with funds allocated by enumeration and deductions to future October settlements if districts fail to allocate five percent of funds for salaries before June.
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Frank K. Welles
Welles
Deputy Forest Supervisor J M Schmitz Marries Miss Stella Osborne
In Walla Walla on April 2 a surprise announcement reported that Deputy Forest Supervisor J M Schmitz wed Miss Stella Osborne of Tacoma last Wednesday. The ceremony occurred at ex Governor E P Savage’s home in Tacoma, and the couple arrived in Walla Walla the following day, currently residing at the Walla Walla Hotel.
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Walla Walla
J. M. Schmitz
Stella Osborne
Tacoma
E. P. Savage
Walla Waken
Walla Walla Hotel
Cotton States league Opens Dixie Baseball Season
Memphis April 2 The Cotton States league the first professional baseball league in Dixie to open its season will play its first games this afternoon. The league is composed of cities in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dixie
Mississippi
Louisiana
Permanent Track Repairs Near Blue Mountains
The La Grande Observer reports an extra crew will repair washouts and track damage on the O R N near the Blue Mountains. Temporary fixes gave way to permanent work as gravel, rain, a steam shovel, and a large crew move west tomorrow to restore several miles of track and stabilize the roadbed.
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Blue Mountains
la Grande
NEW RECTORY FOR CHURCH OF REDEEMER
At a parish meeting at Mrs. Leona Thompson's home plans were approved to erect a new rectory for the Episcopal Church on Johnson street this spring. Cost estimated at about 2500 dollars with plans and funds to be raised through Easter offerings. Mrs. Frank Frazier serves as treasurer for the rectory committee.
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the Church of the Redeemer
Leonad Thompson
Episcopal Church
Johnson Street
Frank Frazier
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