Tooth Pick Candidate and Oregon Power Politics
Portland April 7. A hostile profile of Jonathan Bourne as a corrupt political figure in Oregon. The piece accuses Bourne of wine fueled Salem salons, bribery, and alliances with W. E. Burke, noting historical ties to Dolph and Mitchell cases, land fraud indictments, and alleged bribery schemes.
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Portland
Ore
East Oregonian
Jonathan Bourne
United States
W. E. Burke
Oregon
Bourne
Master and Tool
Salem
Jonathon
Moses
Prise Fghters
Puwhile
Sa Jom
Mine man David Taylor killed in Hercules mill belt
Burke Idaho April 7 David Taylor a prominent mine and mill man was caught in a belt in the Hercules mill and killed nearly every bone in the unfor tunate man s body was broken
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Burke
Idaho
David Taylor
Hercules Mill
Congressional Action Sought on Sheep Crossings and Roads
Sheepmen in Umatilla County face droughty delays as Indians oppose crossing the reservation with flocks. Senator Fulton seeks congressional relief to grant crossing rights. Three proposed public roads cannot be rented in time this year due to county court petition schedules and required approvals, leaving sheep to operate before shearing ends.
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Seemator Fulton
State Supreme Court rules Kansas City Livestock Exchange a trust
Topeka Kas April 7 The state supreme court today decided the Kansan City Livestock Exchange to be a trust This invalidates all chat tel mortgages on cattle given In Kansas to members of the Exchange.
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Topeka
Kas
State Supreme Court
Kansan City
Spring Apportionment Expected From County Schools
County School Superintendent F K Welles will announce a spring apportionment of school funds next week. The exact amount will depend on tax receipts and segregation. the size should match or exceed last spring’s distribution. Funds will become available to districts once declared.
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Welles
F. K. Welles
Arrests At Eugene And Portland In Multi‑State Case
Jack Mitchell, accused in five crimes including horse stealing, train robbery and murder of two deputy sheriffs, was captured at Eugene and brought here to face murder charges in Idaho. He had been linked to a Northern Pacific train robbery in Montana two years ago and a pursuit in Idaho where a pursuer was killed. Earlier a Portland arrest was reported for Pietro Tortorlo, who killed Hinggia Vilardo in San Francisco last April and dismembered the body with a cleaver.
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Jack Mitchell
Eugene
Idaho
Northern Pacific
Montana
San Francisco
Newa
Portland
Pietro Tortorlo
Hinggia Vilardo
Dowie vows to answer only to maker and drives wife from Zion City
Dowie enters the United States at Laredo inviting press scrutiny while his followers block close contact. He denounces the charges from his wife and son as forgeries and pledges to expel them from the city of God within a week, asserting he remains true to his trust and divinely appointed as holy man of God. The scene shows Dowie’s strength growing amid opposition and receivership battles.
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Zion City
Iin
Laredo
Texas
Dowie
United States
International Bridge
Dowle
San Antonio
City of God
Wall Street
Zion
God
Embezzler Linn Sentenced in Cook County Case
John A. Linn once a clerk of the superior court and now circuit court clerk in Cook County pleaded guilty to embezzlement and conspiracy in concealing public records and was sentenced to one to five years. He agreed to replace about $21,000.
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Chictago
John A. Linn
Superior Court
Circuit Court
Cook County
Operators Hit By Coal Strike Spread Across States
Springfield April 7 report shows operators losing adherents as a nationwide coal strike unfolds. Indiana 18 percent of tonnage signed to the 1903 scale with Pennsylvania Railroad workers ordered to report next week. Ohio operators favor arbitration or 1908 scale terms effective April 1.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Springfield
Vwdie
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland
Ohio
Conference In New York Meets On Arbitration Offer
In New York on April 7 the Anthracite coal roads and Independent Operators held a secret conference to study Mitchell arbitration proposal. Roosevelt unable to attend Chicago convention. Cambridge triumphs in boat race over Oxford by five lengths. Renton Missouri incident involves a nitro glycerin blast with four inmates escaping but no injuries.
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New York
Techaew
Mitchell
Cambridge
London
Oxford
Destruction and Death by Vesuvius Near Naples
Naples reports Vesuvius eruption intensifies with lava streams threatening Pompei area and Torre del Greco. Evacuation urged for Boscotrecare as new craters open and lava surrounds villages. A London dispatch confirms Boscotrecase destroyed by fire from the volcano.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Pompei
Inava
Otto Nano
Torre del Greco
Boscotrecare
London
Boscotrecase
Fish ladder failure blocks spawning run at Butter Creek
Thousands of fish gather at the Butter creek mouth in the Umatilla river, held by the Maxwell ditch company's dam. The fish ladder is out of repair, water is swift, and fish cannot pass. Many may be caught or die while crowding below the dam, threatening the state and government’s Umatilla fish supply.
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Butter Creek
Umatilla River
Maxwell Ditch Company
Umatilla
Sheriff Shot in Disordered House Row
Nye County Sheriff Thomas Logan was killed in Manhattan Nevada after a dispute over ejecting Walter Berrier from a disorderly house. Berrier fired. Logan returned fire but died two hours later. Berrier was arrested and taken to Tonopah to avert lynching.
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Manhattan
Nev
Thomas Logan
Nye County
Walter Berrier
Logan
Berrier
Tonopah
President to appoint Merrifield Montana U S marshal
Washington April 7 The president told Senator Carter he would appoint A W Merrifield of Flathead county to be United States marshal of Montana after Captain Chass Lloyd's term ends in December Merrifield is an old ranch friend of the president Lloyd was a member of Gribbys Rough Riders
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Roosevelt
Montana
Washington
Carter
A. W. Merrifield
Flathead County
United States
Chass Lloyd
Merrifield
Lloyd
Gribby
Butte Joins New Northwest Baseball League
Butte Montana voters approved entering the Northwest baseball league and a $500 guarantee was posted after officers were elected. Charles McIntyre was chosen manager. The season opens in Spokane on April 24.
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Butte
Mont
Chicago Wheat Market Report April 7
Wheat closed at 77 7 8 cents, corn 46 1 8 cents, and oats 31 5 8 cents. Nations from the greatest wheat center in the world, Chicago, report daily prices and market activity.
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Chicago
Poisoning Case at Heppner Targets German Tailor J H Bode
District Attorney Phelps heads to Heppner to pursue J H Bode the German tailor accused of trying to poison his wife her daughter and boarding house occupants. Oxalic acid found in his possession and poison recipes emerged as prosecutors seek grand jury action and possible binding over.
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Phelps
Heppner
J. H. Bode
Bode
Miss Behrens
T. BR. Gaynior
Clarence Shulte
Gaynor
Shults
Swinbourne
Sheriff Shutt
Srt
Mode
Hopp- Her
Fire kills Pendleton leader Homer H Hallock
The Chamber of Commerce fire claims Homer H Hallock a telegrapher and former Pendleton Elks and Masons member. He had worked for East Oregonian Tribune and later Portland firms, with four children surviving. Cake laments the loss of club HQ and art, estimating damages at 50 000 and noting paintings likely destroyed.
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East Oregonian
Tribune
H.M. Cake
Homer H. Hallock
Chamber of Commerce
Pendleton
The
Portland
Hallock
Lewis and Clark Fair Management
United Railways Company
Pendleton Lodge of Elks
Masonic Lodge
C. J. Fergusson
Pendleton Lodge
Portland Elks
Heppner
Mr. Hallock
Mya
James B. Welch
Flo Hallock
Mixt Alma Hallock
Blaine Hallock
Joe Hallock
Cake
H. M. Cake
Portland Commercial Club
Duke
Art Museum
Protocol Signed In Algeciras At Noon
In Algeciras Spain on April 7 a protocol outlining the agreement was signed at noon by the involved parties.
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Algeciras
Spain
Governor Sleptsoft Assassinated in St Petersburg Street
In St Petersburg on April 7 Governor Sleptsoft of Ever was killed by a bomb blast while driving on the main street. The government official’s body was severely mutilated in the attack.
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St. Petersburg
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Boas
Tooth
Cole
Dolph
Oregonian
Multnomah
Francis J. Heney
John H. Mitchell
C. E. Joslyn
John Hall
Heney
Joslyn
Oregon City
Tillamook County
Bele
Congressional
Illinois
Washington, D. C
League of American Municipalities
Renton
Cott County
Missouri
Iva
Gambler
Spokane
J. H. Rode
H. H. Hallock
Elks and Masons
Protocol
Nuedan
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