Clarke Shot by Officer Waters After Fight in Cot- tonwood Crib
Early morning clash in a Cottonwood Street crib left Clarke badly beaten and Officer Waters wounded. Waters fired when Clarke advanced armed, striking Clarke in the mouth and neck while a second man was subdued. Both assailants were jailed. Clarke listed with non dangerous injuries. Waters sustained a cut above the eye and scalp wounds but remained on duty.
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Cottonwood Street
Waters
Clarke
Theer Waters
Offaires
Chigke
Erit
Jalalso
Wature
W. Gg. Cole
McD
Phelps
Flood Threat Grows as Rivers Rise Eight Feet
Beatie reports heavy snows in the mountains have swollen the White Creon and Puyallup rivers by eight feet, risking renewed floods between Seattle and Tacoma. Northern Pacific bridges are weakened and passengers are being moved to Inter-urban lines.
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Beatie
Dee
White
Creon
Puyallup
Seattle
Tacoma
Northern Pacific
Prisoner names linked to assault after railroad incident
James J Clarke and partners Fred Bodine and Hubert Lamont are involved in a case near Bingham. Clarke and Bodine face charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, Lamont for aiding an officer. Penalties range from fines to years in prison, with details varying by charge. Clarke remains badly hurt and largely incoherent.
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Thie Jull Payte
Fred Bodine
Clarke
Waters
Hubert Lamont
Bodine
Lamont
Roding
Bingham
Shet
James J. Clarke
Gaspipe gang member Louis Dabrner to hang in murder case
San Francisco December 21 Louis Dabrner an 18 year old member of a gaspipe gang was yesterday sentenced to hang for the murder of M Mamikata at the Japanese bank on October 3. Dabner pleaded guilty with companion John Siemaen on trial. They are also accused in the murder of Johan Pfisiner a shoe dealer and Anton Friede a clothier.
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San Francico
Louis Danner
M. Mamikata
John Siemaen
Dabner
Johan Pfisiner
Anton Friede
Negro lynching shocks Annapolis crowd in December
Henry Davis, a Black man who attacked John Reid near Brownsville, was taken from a jail in Annapolis by masked men and lynched. The hanging body was riddled with bullets as Governor Warfield listened nearby and heard the shots.
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Annapolis
Henry Davis
John Reid
Brownsville
Warf Neld
Telegraph Operator Arrested in Tacoma Woman Murder
Tacoma telegraph operator A C Conner is under arrest after police say he beat his wife Mira A C Conner unconscious and turned on the gas to suffocate her. A coroner’s inquest is held as neighbors heard a quarrel at 1 am and Conner reported the death as his wife’s. He claims she turned on the gas in the kitchen and died in bed. The couple recently moved from Chicago via Seattle.
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Tacoma
Waeh
Mira
A. C. Conner
Conner
Douglas
Chicago
Beattle
San Francisco
Genner
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Open in Kansas City Court
Resort to Habens Corpus filed in federal court here today by an attorney for Mrs. Agnee Meyer who faces execution by hanging on January 10 for the murder of her husband. The case centers on a request to review the conviction and sentence.
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Kansas City
Agnee Meyer
Nurbaned
Ten Terrorists Executed in Russia on December 21
Ten terrorists were executed today for a string of robberies bomb outrages and murders spanning months. One man is serving two life sentences. Cynthia Ky reports Curtin Jett sentenced to life for murdering James Cockroll while already serving a life term for killing J B Marcum.
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Rien
Russia
Cynthia ,Ky
Dee
Curtin Jett
James Cockroll
J. B. Marcum
Miner Entombed Under Ore Car. Rescue Under Way
Bakersfield reports Hicks trapped beneath an ore car in a tunnel. Workmen tunnel under the car as officials say rescue could come noon or later. crowds and city celebrate potential opening of rescue with cannons and whistles amid ongoing, uncertain progress.
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Dewan
Prom
Hicks
Loss Angeles
Ediron Company
L. B. Hicks
Bakerefield
Floods Drive Cowlitz Residents From Homes In Damaging Rise
Heavy rains caused rapid Cowlitz River rise and a new flood channel. Homes were evacuated as banks eroded and a house belonging to Pred Holbrooke collapsed into the river. Nearby structures face imminent danger. In Utica, a couple confessed to stealing 24000 dollars in plate and jewelry from Charles Stein of Chicago while employed as servants.
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Getle Rock
Cowlitz
Pred Holbrooke
Utica
A Wemut
Frank Hellberg
Jew “le
Charles Stein
Chicago
Traffic congestion probe sparks car shortage debate in rail system
Interstate Commerce Commission investigators Lane Harlan and Sessions hear testimony from shippers on widespread car shortages, mainly in the northwest and south, with accusations of discriminatory car allocation. Meanwhile, the Central owns coal mines and ships its own product first, drawing criticism from rivals. New Jersey’s Standard Oil resolves conflicts with federal laws, surrendering stock in subsidiaries as federal action nears in St. Louis.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Lane and
Harlan and
Sessions
Northwest
Timole Central
Stanford
New York
New Jersey
Great Central Holding Company
United States
St. Louie
Bryce to Wastington Ambassadorship in America
London dispatch reports James Bryce accepts the ambassadorial post to America. It is his last day in parliament as the house adjourns after delivering the King's message until February 2.
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London
James Bryce
America
Oklahoma adopts plan to create 75 counties
Guthrie Oklahoma December 21 The constitutional convention adopted the committee's report dividing the state into 75 counties and recessed until January 3. Lincoln Nebraska December 21 The state supreme court affirmed the referee's finding in the Nebraska elevator and grain trust case opening the way for farmer cooperative elevators to compete with the elevator trust previously favored by railroads.
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Th. Guthrie
Okla
Constitutional Convention
Oklahoma State
Lincoln
Neb
State Supreme Court
Nebraska Elevator and Grain Trust
Combine
Brown
Elevator Trust
Salem man hanged for Portland murder
Salem reports Henry Fieve aged 32 was hanged at noon for the murder of Madge Doyle alias Wilron in Portland last October. He admitted the crime on the scaffold and prayed for forgiveness. The furore who convicted witnessed the execution.
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Salem
Henry Fieve
Madge Doyle
Wilron
Portland
Government rules redefine blended whisky as counterfeit
New York, Dec 21 James Wilson secretary of agriculture and Dr H Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry ruled that Bourbon whisky colored and flavored and labeled blended whisky cannot be described as whisky in the future as it is a spurious imitation of the genuine article The ruling guides food inspection and affects numerous dealers who have appealed the decision
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New York
James Wilson
H. Wiley
Bureau of Chemitry
Hangings of a Missouri youth end brutal family murder saga
John Hamilton, a youth convicted of murdering the Peones family near Houston Missouri, was hanged after a brutal crime spree sparked by a quarrel over a saddle. He killed Carrie Parsons, his fiancée’s rival, then slaughtered her husband and three young sons with an ax. He dumped the bodies along a wagon route to Illinois, fled briefly, and was captured after learning of the discovery.
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Houston
John Hamiton
Peones
Otober
Hamilton
Carrie Parsons
Parsons
Mre. Parsons
Partona
Ilinois
W J Atkinson Faces Court Over Lincoln Bank Wreck Charge
Transferred as property in Morton Park Illinois Atkinson appeared before Federal Judge Tandere. Fane testified Miss L Armstrong of Pittsburg signed notes totaling 30 109 to obtain cash. He said the notes were fully secured and he transferred property to Pittsburg parties before closing the bank.
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Chicago
W. J. Atkinson
Lincoln
Morton Park
Til
Tandere
Fane
L. Armstrong
Pittsburg
Tie
Millionaires Quarrel at Pittsburgh Hearing
Secretary Shaw convened twenty millionaires at 7:30 in Pittsburg to discuss the new post office site. He heard three hours of argument and reserved a later decision. A Pittsburger cried out, challenging a neighbor, saying you are not to dog the truth. Shaw ordered him to sit down and warned against further disturbance.
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Shaw
Pittsburg
Pittaburger
Man Fires at Judge Cutting in Chicago Court
A 50 year old man named Frank Ellersbrook fired at Probate Judge Cutting at the criminal court building. The judge deflected the shot with a slap and the ancient revolver jammed. Ellersbrook said he was invested in a $30,000 estate tied up in probate litigation for eight years and hoped a fatal act would spur action.
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Cutting
Chicago
Criminal Court
Frank Ellersbrook
Lam
Accused Accessory Arrested in Sheriff Compton Killing
Keneburg Tl Dec 21 David Kellem was arrested today accused of being an accessory in the assassination of Sheriff Compton. The man allegedly ordered his son to kill Compton, authorities say.
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Dayton
Collins Gilman
Dana Silman
Fayne
Dean
Isnabeeed
Keneburg
David Kellem
Sheriff Compton
Kellem
Compton
Vast Texas lands offered for sale by state lawmakers
Washington Dee reports a sale of over 1,000,000 acres of public lands in Texas set for January 1. The land, mostly in the western region, will be sold to the highest bidders with payment stretched over 40 years. Each bid will cover from one to eight sections.
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Washington
Dee
Texas
Chicago Market Reports from December wheat and corn prices
Chicago market report shows Wheat opened TH and closed 7é 3 8, Corn opened 417 8 and finished 412 8, with outs starting at 20 percent and ending at 33 percent. Prices reflect early activity and closing levels for the session.
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Chicago
Perkins Before the Grand Jury
New York December 1 George W Perkine appeared before the grand jury for about half an hour today Jerome instructed him to be ready to return.
Crop Acreages and Local Developments Reported
The crop report cites winter wheat at 402,886,004 acres, spring wheat 242,279,966, corn 2,927,416,001, and oats 964,904,622 across the 1006 season. Separately, Clara Hey seeks divorce in Milwaukee amid her sister's contested case, while Pacific Idaho Northern buys 900 acres near Meadows for a new town site.
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Washington
The
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Bryan to lecture in Moscow and Pendleton hopes
William Jennings Bryan is scheduled for a lecture in Moscow Idaho on January 14. Pendleton lecture bureau seeks a date in January for his visit. Pendleton high school figures Percy Folsom and Dave Hill lead the course and await definite information within days. Jacob Riis, the reformer and writer from New York, will lecture here on January 15 as the second attraction.
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William Jennings Bryans
Moscow
Idaho
Pendleton Lecture Bureau
Percy Folsom
Dave Hill
Pendleton High School
Bryan
Jacob Rils
New York
Christmas football is off for Garden City and Walla Walla
News from Walla Walla reports a request from Garden City football management to cancel the Christmas game here because a proper team cannot be assembled as the den is given up. They also seek excusal from New Year’s Day engagements. Local gridiron circles regret the Garden City selection issue while Walla Walla’s prospects remain bright.
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Walla Walla
Garden City Football
Garden City
Washouts and High Water Hit Blue Mountain Route
Railroad traffic slowed by heavy blue mountains washouts and melting snow. Meacham creek breached a 100 foot track section east of North Fork. repairs began under General Superintendent Buckley with two work trains. Riprap and levee protection held, but further high water threatened Umatilla river and Pendleton grade. No danger unless river rises significantly. Spokane branch and other lines reported high streams but stable conditions for now.
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North Fork
Blue Mountains
Meacham Creek
M. J. Buckley
Portland
Timatilla
Spokane
Avery and
Rows Newport
Avery
Pendleton
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Wastington
Oklahoma
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Milwaukee
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