Water access eyed for Olney cemetery improvements
Funds from the late Mrs Thompson’s $3000 gift are to be held in trust for Pendleton lodge to aid Olney cemetery water supply. Board members of Pendleton lodge and Odd Fellows show support for immediate work, with options to pipe from Tutuila or extend city water, cost undetermined.
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A.thompson
Olney
India
Thompson
Kinsie
Pendleton Lodge
Kunzielodge
H. Carter
T. C Taylor
R. Alexander
eGo. A. Hartman
KR. Foster
T. J. Tweedy
Odd Fellows
Olney Cemetery
Tutuilla
Oregon Trunk line files incorporation papers
Build across Oregon plans a railroad starting near the confluence of the Columbia and Deschutes rivers and running 250 miles south through central Oregon. Directors include W F Nelson L J Gremwory Fr A Ballinger Robert R Fox and Malcolm A Moody all of The Dalles.
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Salem
Oregon Trunk Line
Dalles
W. F. Nelson
L. J. Gremwory
Fr. A. Ballinger
Robert R. Fox
Malcolm A. Moody
Columbia River
Dew Chutes
Oregon
Great Northern to double track Seattle to Everett
The Great Northern railroad will spend 1,500,000 for double tracking between Seattle and Everett with roadbed improvements and stone and cement retaining walls. Work will begin by May 1, as announced this morning in Seattle.
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Hi Line
Stone
Everett
Seattle
Great Northern Railroad
Western depot project advances with 2000 workers
As construction begins on the new depot and tracks, western engineering firms will join the effort. By June 1 about 2000 men are expected to be employed. Finishing double tracks and retaining walls before the rainy season is urgent to reduce dirt slides between the city and Everett.
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Western Engineering Gorps
Semon Etain
Thin City
Everett
Umatilla Men Indicted for Fencing Government Land
Frank Hilbert and Julius Beck hausen of Ukiah in Umatilla county were indicted by a federal grand jury in Portland for fencing government land. They posted $500 bonds each to appear in federal court, asserting the charges are spiteful. They say they removed all fences last fall after inspectors notified them and that many stockmen practiced fencing before being ordered to remove. Indictments of others who fenced public land are expected.
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Frank Hilbert
Julius B. Beckhausen
Ukiah
Umatilla
Portland
United States
John Halley, Jr
Interior Department
Captain Swain Discusses Steunenberg Case In City Visit
Captain Swain head of the Thell detective force in the Steunenberg case spoke freely during a city visit. He displayed photographs of arrested men and voiced his belief that the principal defendants will be convicted. Swain said fugitive Simpkins wasn’t captured in southern Arizona but stowed away in the Coeur d Alene country awaiting eventual capture.
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Thell
Sahar See
Swain
Steunenberg
Simpkins
Arizona
Coeur d’Allene
Funeral for sculptor and aeronaut Paul Nocquet
The funeral of Paul Nocquet a sculptor and aeronaut who perished after the Nia balloon ascent was held this morning from the studio of a friend in New York on April 6.
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Nocquet
New York
Paul Nocquet
Walters Placing 17000 Dollars of New Milling Machinery
Walters plans a 17000 dollar machinery upgrade at his four mill boosting daily capacity to 500 barrels. The expansion will triple the current mill workforce when complete. Delays in shipping from the west have slowed remodeling, with expected arrival in three weeks and full installation in 60 to 90 days, during which the mill will be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Walters
Mr. Walters
Compromise Needed for Tariff Revision Cited
Senator Elkins defends public interest stance against railroad bias arguing only a full tariff revision can win enough votes. President Roosevelt alignment cited while noting a single schedule amendment is impractical and would disrupt commerce for a year. In California, George Fulton who killed a man was hanged. In Berlin, doctors report Von Buelow's steady recovery as succession talk begins.
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Eiiking
Roosevelt
Washington
Cannon
Ohio
Elkins
Senate
Ertlee
Return of Clarke Eyes New York Heist Suspect
A detective departs for San Francisco tonight to fetch Howard Clarke held there for thefts of funds while employed in the city. John R. Walsh gains another continuance from federal commissioners until the next docket. A report notes the Cairo to Cape Town railroad is about 1500 miles north from Cairo and 1290 miles south from Capetown with 2000 miles remaining.
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Wil
Clarke
New York
San Franciago
Howard Clarke
Cairo
Capetown
Arbitration moves split coal talks under Mitchell pressure
Reports from New York to Philadelphia and Indianapolis on April 6 describe a shift toward arbitration in the coal strike. Miners push for arbitration while anthracite operators resist. John Mitchell faces a trap as Bituminous leaders back settlement on Mitchell terms. Executive leaders plan a meeting April 17 in Indianapolis to decide next steps.
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Sof
Mitchell
Philadelphia
New York
Indianapolis
John
Winder
Roosevelt
Ohio
Raer
Wider
Fatal Family Feud in Baker Ends in Tragedy
In Baker City Oregon Andrew Jackson shot and instantly killed Walter Mathews, his brother in law, during a long running family feud. Jackson fled to the hills but surrendered after officers failed to overtake him. The feud involved multiple siblings and was tied to an irrigation dispute.
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Andrew Jackson
Baker City
Ore
Walter Mathews
Jackson
Carey
Mathews
Andrew
Homer J Hallock killed in Chamber of Commerce Fire
Portland April 6 Special Homer H Hallock former Pendleton ticket agent for O R & N and now with United Railways was killed instantly after dropping from an eight story window in the burning Chamber of Commerce building Tom Richardson Portland Commercial club manager hung suspended for 10 minutes before rescue Fire gutted the top eight stories and damaged lower floors as firemen battle flames from neighboring buildings Coppa the club cook leaped from the top and was saved in a net Building recently sold to United Railways for nearly 1 000 000
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Portland
Homie H. Hallock
Pendleton
United Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Richardson
Portland Commercial Club
United Railways
Los Angeles
David Coppa
Brother Shot Accident In Feud Clash
A fragment describes a violent confrontation where Andrew drew a pistol to shoot his brother. Mathews intervened and received a bullet to the temple, ending the encounter with serious injury.
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Andrew
Mathews
Wallula Pacific contracts awarded near Portland
Wallula Pacific contracts let for two sections along the north bank of the Columbia to Portland. Glebisch and Joplin hold the Western Pacific to San Francisco contract. Work starts next week. President Gestinger says right of way is nearly secured. The line is believed backed by St. Paul and will likely bridge the Columbia at Troutdale, using Oregon Water Power Company tracks to reach Portland.
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Portland
Wallula Pacific
Columbia
Glebisch & Joplin
Western Pacific
San Francisco
Gestinger
St. Paul
Troutdale
Oregon Water Power Company
Compromise Achieved in Vienna Over Hungarian Quarrel
A Vienna settlement ends the quarrel between the emperor and Hungarian leaders. Hungary drops the demand for a separate army and agrees to universal suffrage. The emperor displaces February and forms a Hungarian parliament under Dr Wekerle with a new ministry. The move aims to curb the Chauvinist noble majority in the legislature.
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Vienna
Universa
Dr. Wekerle
Wheat Prices From Chicago Market Apr 6
Chicago wheat closed at 77 5 8 cents, corn at 45 3 8, and oats at 31 1 4. Market notes show Chicago as the world's greatest wheat center and provide daily quotation levels for grain traders.
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Chicago
Returned from HUD first trip
Hrosted by Umatilla County Development League agent H Willis after a two week sweep along Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line he found vast numbers of homeseekers in Cheyenne Wyoming eager to learn about Umatilla County Fifteen Oklahoma families headed for Pendleton and Stillwater Okla promising to send more Will remain in town a few days before a second rail tour aims to attract thrifty farmers seeking small productive tracts in the west
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Umatilla County
Oklahoma
Willis
H. C. Willis
Umatilla
Union Pacific
Willie
County League
Stillwater
Okla
Pendleton
Development League
Wyoming
Nebraska
West
Tts
Bet Gemeente
Dowie Returns to Fight Apostolic Clash in Zion City
Chicago reports Dowie plans to return Monday night in the role of Moses to perform a miracle and raise ten million dollars in gold as legal advisers seek an injunction against Voliva. Dowie’s wife Mrs Dowie vows loyalty, declares Dowie not solely responsible, and asks Zion women to pray for cast out the devil while bracing for conflict over leadership and property.
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Chicago
Dowie
Mexico
First Apostle
Dowle
Voliva
Zion
Moses
Vollva
Dowile
Zion City
Mrs. Dowie
Heavy colonist travel marks banner Northwest influx
The Oregon Daily Journal reports over 10,000 settlers heading to the Northwest, calling it the banner colonist season. Westbound trains run late due to the boom, with Northern Pacific and O R and N services carrying large numbers to Pacific Northwest destinations. A Northwestern migration is described as a remarkable development with major railroad impact. The piece notes tobacco growth in Australia, aided by American experts, focusing on New South Wales and Virginian leaf in flue curing barns.
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Northwest
Onesar
E. H. Robbins
Northern Pacific
Oregon Daily Journal
North Pacific
Middle West
St. Paul
Charlton
St Paul
Pacific Northwest
Storlee
Australia
United States
Bray
Melbourne
New South Wales
Landslide Delays Freight and Passenger Traffic at Tunnel 17
In Bakersfield California on April 6 a fresh landslide hit tunnel 17 after heavy rains in the mountains. Track clearing is nearly impossible as earth slides back once removed. Freight traffic is delayed and passengers are being transferred by almost impassable canyon trains.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Tunnel
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C.H Carter
Tutollla
Grand Trunk Railway Line
May Ih
Tinneald
Garfield
Heppner
Heppner, Ore
Mary Bebrns
J. M. Bode
Bebrns
Bebrus
Walla Walla
R Bettinger
Wolff and Roff
Bet- Unger
Hilbert and
Beckhausen
Arso
Captain Swain
Otandpatter
House
George Eston
Folsom, Cal
George Falton
Dixon
Folsom Prison
Berlin
von Buelow
Gox- Sipe
Walsh
John R. Walsh
John Mitchell
Baker
Homer Jl. Hallock
Gleblach & Joplin
Austria
Hungary
HUD
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Wutmber
Hhe Party
James Harvey Graham
Apostle
Tehachapt
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