Pendleton Academy Gift and Gompers at Odds in Congress
Pendleton Academy renews a $10,000 gift. Gompers refutes Shonts on facts and law amid ongoing IGE trust and Pan American Congress coverage. Reports note arbitration, pecuniary claims, and naturalization treaty progress as delegates debate Drago doctrine and arbitration of disputes.
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Pendleton Academy
GACH
Canal Administration
Shonts
Pan-American Congress
TUL ‘Miursadtiay
Rio Janeiro
Pan- American Congress
Republic
Atte
Theodore Stensland Surrenders in Leon Chamber Fowl Case
Theodore Stensland gave himself up on additional charges in Chicago on August 14 and posted a new bond of 10,000. Police found no secret room in the Stensland home, which was entered through a panel opening on a secret spring. No signs of recent occupancy or evidence to aid the search were found.
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Chicago
Theodore Steneland
Stensland
Capital Subscribed in New Air Line Project
Report from Pittsburgh dated August 14 states that Joseph Ramney confirms foreign capital is subscribed for the New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago air line. The eastern half will be completed first. The double track New York to Chicago line is independent of other routes. Estimated construction cost is 160 million dollars.
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Pitteburg
Joseph Ramney
New York
Pitteburg & Chicago Air Line
Chicago
King sails to Cronburg to meet Kaiser tomorrow
London reports the king began the day traveling to Cronburg in Prussia for a meeting with the Kaiser scheduled for tomorrow. He travels unaccompanied by cabinet members.
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London
Cronburg
Prussia
Huntington bond case to be taken to supreme court
Colonel J. H. Raley said Baker county’s Huntington bond case will go to the supreme court again. The last trial before Judge Elise awarded Baker county about $15,000 plus interest for the Huntington shortage. The appeal argues the ex sheriff’s bond was not legally delivered, making the bondsmen not liable.
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Baker County
Supreme Court
J. H. Raley
Elise
Mob storms court during Mrs Scheck testimony in murder case
In Los Angeles on Aug 14 a mob, including many women, stormed Judge James' court to confront Mrs Aurelian Scheck as she testified about the murder of her husband by Stick Pole and his accomplice. The glass partition was shattered and bailiffs failed to restore order, halting the trial until the room was cleared. Scheck continued her confession and described plans to kill her husband to permit an alliance with Pole.
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Los Angeles
James
Aurelian Scheck
Stickpole
Scheck
Stackpole
Stubbs Denies Leaving Harriman System for London Rail Work
New York August 14 J C Stubbs says there is no truth in the report he will quit the Harriman lines to take railroad work in London He states he will stick with the Harriman system until Tam is removed Stubbs notes Sprowle will not face Workman for another company and no plan to switch is known
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New York
J. C. Stubbs
Harrimanines
London
Harriman
Tam
Stubbs
Sprowle
Seattle and Minneapolis vie for next G A R encampment
Aug 14 in Minneapolis reports the first G A R encampment crowds of veterans seeking old comrades. Many say this should be the last due to infirmities. Rail congestion being relieved. A Nicollet hotel fire bruised several but none seriously hurt. George H. Smith of New York Dragoons died from injuries in a runaway. Seattle seeks next encampment against Indianapolis and Syracuse. Wheat, corn, oats markets open in Chicago. In Pomeroy a well by Fred Baden Hin expended £1500 yields abundant water at JAF feet.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Fiust Moe
Nicollet
George H. Smith
New York Dragoons
Pomeroy
Wash
Fred Baden Hin
Pendleton Academy to Build Brown Dormitory Gift
William W. Brown of Paulina Crook County Oregon gifted 10000 to Pendleton Academy for a boys dormitory and manual training department. Trustees accepted terms requiring a sustentation fund and the project aims to attract students from the Inland Empire, diverting eastern Oregon education spending to Pendleton.
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W.W. Brown
Crook County
Board of Trustees
Acowpr
Pendleton
Inland Empire
Oregon
William M. Brown
Paulina
Ore
Pendleton Academy
H. B. Knight
Brown
Academy
Portland
Carneele
Andrew Carnegie
Warren Company Seeks Laborers For Sewer Work
The Warren Company struggles to hire enough workers for current projects. A small crew is on the sewer job with trenching from Water Main Street to the levee. The Franklin Street quarry prepares to set up the rock crusher for immediate operation and curb work will follow.
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Warren Company
Franklin Street
Sheriff takes charge of Brooklyn transit blockade
New York Aug 14 At noon Sheriff Finherty assumed control of the Brooklyn rapid transit blockade to Coney Island promising to protect the public and enforce fare payment. He will arrest anyone interfering with passengers who refuse to pay second fares and is ready to swear in 1000 deputies. The company is believed to concede until a higher court decision is rendered.
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New York
Finherty
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Gaynor
Electric cars crash on Los Angeles-Redondo line
Two trolley cars collided head on near the city, on a curve outside Los Angeles. The incoming car carried beach passengers, with seventeen people injured and two or three possibly fatally. The crash occurred after dispatch by telephone, with orders misunderstood.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles-Redondo
Printers Excursion to Cripple Creek for Mines Visit
In Colorado Springs on August 14 printers took an excursion to Cripple Creek to tour the mines. A prize of twelve hundred dollars in gold bricks is offered for the best account of the trip written by a member and published outside Colorado.
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Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Jewel theft at Earl's Court Exhibition in daylight
Jewelry worth 35000 dollars stolen from a case at the Earl's Court exhibition in London. The crime occurred in daylight asVienese merchants were nearby. Police investigating the bold act and seeking witnesses.
Oregon Faces Major Forest Fire Losses and Proposed Preventive Measures
The region suffers heavy forest fire losses comparable to a major quake, with Santiam and other rich districts in danger. Oregon holds nearly twice the standing timber of Washington, but burned areas exceed cut, threatening millions of dollars in value. Government figures estimate 5000 square miles burned, with 64,000,000,000 feet of timber once supported. Officials urge stringent prevention to curb fires often caused by careless practices.
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San Franciso
Oregon
Santiam
Washington
Cascoitos
Royal Family Grand Review Plans Amid Siege Security
St. Petersburg reports tightened guard measures as six more regiments reach Krumoye to protect the czar and family. Civilians are barred from rail hubs and roads near the camp, while the imperial grand review proceeds on the 19th before the family travels to Taarskoe Selo. The czar tours Krasnoiye Selo to view troops after the Grand Duke Nicholas incident. Odessa issues a strict edict as striker and anarchist unrest prompts panic and fears of further violence.
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Taarskoe Selo
St. Petéreburg
Krumoye
Peterhoff
St. Petersburg
Krasnoiye Selo
Nicholas
Claims Identification of San Francisco Woman in Ocean Park
In Los Angeles August 14 Mrs John Chipman of Ocean Park sister of Posey Hetton reports the body found near Temescal citron is Anna Towers of San Francisco. The deceased, who worked at Santa Monica, disappeared a month ago after claiming a lover shot out four teeth.
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Anna Towers
San Francisco
Los Angeles
John Chipman
Ocean Park
Posey Hetton
Shooting Up the Town in Frownsville Texas Aug 14
The mayor and citizens of Frownsville telegraphed Adjutant General Hulen that Negro troops from Nebraska have broken out and killed one man and wounded several others. They are firing at the town as both sides clash. Hulon requested reinforcements to restore order.
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Austin
Texas
Frownsville
Hulen
Nebraska
Hulon
Harvard Crew Confident Ahead of Cambridge Race
London Aug 14 Harvard and Cambridge crews practiced with dull weather. Harvard rowed half a second faster on the course and say they are shaping into winning trim for the race. James Pierce, an Englishman, was fined 28 for hiking near the American flag at the theater, assessed by a judge in the audience.
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London
Harvard
Cambridge
Pagonne Nidw
James Pierce
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