Equitable Freight Rates Protest Across Railroads
Kansas oil producers and Santa Fe officials held talks in Kansas City demanding equitable freight rates to the gulf. A suit by the Interstate Commerce Commission targets Santa Fe and others, seeking equalization of livestock and meat freight charges amid collision accusations with Standard Oil.
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Santa Fe
Standard Oil Company
Guif
Santa Fe Railroad System
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Kansas Oil Producers
Standard Company
Kates
Gulf
Santa, Fe
Chicago
Interstate Commerce
Chicago & Great Western
Wagon overturns as train passes near St George hotel
The wagon hitched to a Domestic laundry wagon was frightened by a W & C R train and overturned near the St George hotel. The driver delivered laundry nearby while the wagon toppled and damaged the top. The horn ran into a pile and halted after the impact. Kirk, the county stock inspector, is recovering and sheep conditions are generally good. He notes few infected flocks and vows strict dipping enforcement.
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East Oregonian
Horn
St George
Kirk
Heppner Gazette
Tax receipts lag as county notes April payments
Treasurer Alcorn reports on April 1 this year Columbia County taxes paid total $54,000 of $100,000 due. Last year with what R. N. company paid the county coffers reached $63,000. If the railroad paid the real tax with the personal, receipts would exceed that year’s by $7,000. Uncertain how O R N will handle the balance. Action cannot be taken until taxes become delinquent. Dayton Courier-Press.
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Alcorn
Columbia County
Jone
Dayton Courter- Preea
Hop Pool Formed by Sonoma Growers in 1904 Crop
Hop growers in Sonoma county California with unsold 1904 hops form a pool. It includes 1400 bales and they plan to set no price for 60 days under 20 cents. Several western Oregon growers form a combination to pool remaining 1904 crop. They seek a higher price than current market. Over 19 000 bales are involved.
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Sonoma County
California
Oregon
Aougsht
California magnate seeks new trial in arson case
George E. Letcher of California files motion in Williams County Court claiming a witness can place him with Letcher in Fayette at the time of the Montpelier fire. Letcher already sentenced to five years in the Ohio penitentiary on the arson charge.
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Toledo
George E. Letcher
Wihi- Lama
Letcher
Fayette
Montpelier
Ohio Penitentiary
Baseball results and grain market notes from April 29
Pacific Coast League games listed Portland 7 Tacoma 6. Seattle 4 Los Angeles 5. San Francisco 2 Oakland 4. Pacific National League scores Baise 9 Ogden 10. Salt Lake 1 Spokane 2. Chicago Grain Market quotes show futures moves for corn oats and wheat. An earthquake hit southern Europe with shaking felt across Switzerland and southern France.
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Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Eattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Europe
Geneva
Switzerland
France
Millionaires in a Gig Wreck Near Greenville
A party of prominent New Yorkers including Robert C Ogden and Yale Professor Henry Fatum were aboard a special train wreck near Greenville. Robert M Ogden and others were injured while the cook W W Canning died in the blaze as four cars burned. The train had left Columbia for the city earlier that day with several fatalities and injuries. Also noted is an Paris flour whitening method affecting flavor and aroma due to wheat-oil decomposition.
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Fuiter
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Bishop McVick«ar
Yale
Danglter
Henry W. Longfellow
Greenville, N
Greenville
Robert C. Ogden
W. W. Canning
Robert M. Ogden
Henry Fartum
Mire
J. G. Throp
Stiler
T. C. Kel
Paris
M. Balland
Lannelongue
Academy of
Tenacity to Life of a Grows-Snnake in Barnet England
Mr Windsor of Barnet, England possessed a grass snake that fasted nearly eight months. It last fed on June 11, 1904, a small frog. From then until its death on February 2, it received no food yet stayed in good health and lively at times, with no hibernation observed until shortly before death. The snake was not unduly thin.
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Windsor
Barnet
England
Burglar’s cache found by two men in Grange City
Mark Owens and Joe McCreary visited Grange City early this week and discovered papers under stones. They retrieved notes and checks stolen in a Starbuck safe blowing worth over $1200 and returned them to their owners.
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Mark Owens
Joe McCreary
Grange City
Starbuck
Dayton Courier Press
Baptist Church Meeting To Hear Rev Perry Chandler Address
The men's meeting at the Baptist church will be addressed by Rev Perry Chandler of Hoppner tomorrow afternoon at 4 16. A male quartet will perform during the gathering. A large immigration movement is under way into Lincoln County Oregon.
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Baptist Church
Perry Chandler
Hoppner
The
Strikes and Riots Hit Chicago Streets in 1900s Tension
Chicago reports flood of clashes as non union teamsters fight union drivers. colored workers Eugene Cole injures a teen, Victor Grimes stabbed, police clear crowds and militia readiness grows. Federation leader Charles Dold rejects general strike while broader disruption looms. Federal troops eyed to protect bullion transit and ensure deliveries.
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Chicago
Eugene Cole
Marshall Field & Co
Franklin and Madison
Peter Butler
Cole
Pield
Victor Grimes
Chicago Dry Goods
Madison Street
Charles Dold
Chicago Federation of Labor
Intentien
Fort Sheridan
Hoon
Haw
Sub-Treasury
J. W. Farwell &Co
Franklin and
Madigan
Charlies Tindinski
Roy Youngblood
South
Archery Champions Compete Amid Seattle Crowds
The city watches two famed archers, Will H. Thompson and Albert Rankin Clark, dispute a national title with a storied past since 1870. Thompson, a multiple US champion, defeate d the renowned English archer previously, while Clark, back from the Far East, offers fresh rivalry with near perfect bows. Also noted: osteomalady case in Paris and a fire loss near Quigley, Mont.
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Jind Avenue
Day Street
Gine
Robin Hood
Saya
Seattle News
Joosenel
Will H H. Thompson
Will AL. Thompson
United States
Nea
Albert Rankin Clark
Far Haat
Mr. Thompson
Simcoe
Mr. Clarke
In Progees
Seattle
Echo May Day Picnic Aims to Unite County Groups
H C Willis editor of Echo News travels from Walla Walla with Mrs Willis to promote the second annual May 6 meeting of the Citizens club Echo and vicinity. President Ralph Stanfield urges a large turnout from across the county and aims to form a county union centered at Pendleton. Weston Athena Milton Freewater residents will be invited to the Pioneer reunion at Weston June 2 and 4 to foster closer countywide ties.
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H.C. Wills
Echo News
Echo and Vicinity
Walla Walla
Willis
Echo
Citizens’ Club
Ralph Stanfield
Citiens’ Club
Pendleton
Weston
Athena
Milton
Freewater
General Fitzhugh Lee Dies at 69 in Washington
General Fitzhugh Lee, nearly 70 and nephew of Robert E. Lee, died at Providence Hospital after a stroke. He was a West Point graduate and former consul at Havana. Funeral plans await Mrs. Lee’s arrival from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, with relatives unable to attend at his death.
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Robert E. Lee
West Point Miliary Academy
Havana
Spain
Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
Providence Hospital
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Traver in town to discuss school plans with board
Prof L R Traver city superintendent elect arrived from Salem and met with the school board and visited school buildings. Board members say his management ideas align with policy, and a satisfactory agreement is expected. Rev C L Holen will preach at the Hapa church tomorrow at 2 pm and morning service. Scandinavian invitees encouraged. Easter music from Church of the Redeemer to be repeated at both services.
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Roosevelt
Teamsters
Chicago
Chicago Federation
Howe
Bowrmd
Wisde
L. R. Traver
Salem
Traver
Hapa
C. L. Holen
Oregon
Holen
Hie I
Overgon
Wil
Church of the Redeemer
Wireless Messages Hail Cunard Ship Through Atlantic Voyage
During the voyage from Liverpool to Port of Cornwall messages are sent by wireless telegraphy in the first days, then by cable to North America, with relays to the approaching ship via spare telegraphy. The system covers the crossing from Britain to the New World.
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Cunardl Mall
Atlanti
Liverpool
Porthe Cornwall
North American
Gambling Crackdown In Pendleton Ends Local Plague
Pendleton moves to halt all gambling activity after a police committee meeting. Marshal Carney will notify gamblers to close tonight and enforce a permanent shutdown under the current regime. Dealers and boosters were asked to depart, with only a few remaining last night as public sentiment and East Oregonian disclosures push for peace. Sunday closings will continue from 1 am to 1 pm, restricting all venues.
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Manmy Gamesters
Pendleton
Councilmas Dickson
Swearingen
Murphy
Marshal Carney
Uhm al
Umit
Oregon
Ian
Reverend Brooks to preach in Echo tomorrow at 11
Rev. N. H. Brooks of the First Christian church will travel to Echo tomorrow morning to preach at 11 o'clock to the Christian church members in Echo. The services will be at Odd Fellows hall. He will return tomorrow evening to conduct regular services at their church.
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N. H. Brooks
Echo
First Christian Church
Christian Church
Odd Fellows Hall
Brooks
Umatilla County Recognised At Portland League Meeting
During a Portland development league session photographs appeared in city papers showing Pendleton Commercial Association President J A Borte and Echo News editor H C Willis. The Abany city population is 3528 per the latest census, with at least 2000 residents living outside the city limits.
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Umatilla County
Development League
Portland
J. A. Borte
Pendleton Commercial Association
H. C. Willis
The
Echo News
League
Abany
Diplomatic Changes in the State Department
Officially Bowen is recalled from Caracas and W W Russell is named to Bogota to replace Bowen. John Barrett, presently in Panama, will succeed Russell at Bogota. Changes are made to honor the receiving government.
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Washington
State Department
Bowen
Caracas
W. W. Russell
Bogota
Colombia
John Barrett
Panama
Rusell
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J. Lite Wo Cummings
J. FP. Hayne
Tound
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Escaleed
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Imwethe
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Fred Waite
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