McManus Testifies On Saloon Killing Fallout In Oregon City
John P. L. McManus, jailed after shooting Bob Estes at the Pullman saloon, recounts entering side by side with Estes and another man, hearing a shot, and wresting a gun from Estes. Coroner’s inquest details the wound path through Estes’s back, Hopper and Coffman describe the scene, and witnesses outline McManus’s intoxication and motive claims.
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Olso
McManus
Case Matlock
Killa
Estes
Harts of
Keates
Rater & Folvom
T'20
Ralph Folsom
John McCourt
Oiis Trim
Joremen Joseph Easter
George O'Tunnel
Charles Fishman
J. A. Best
Nicente
Athid
Dy. Few
Walter Hopper
Hopper
Orville Coffman
Looting at Moscow Treasury Stuns City
Russian treasury was robbed early today as men stormed the building. About 25,000 was stolen before the robbers escaped. Berry of Arkansas reportedly helped with the remainder. Soldiers were overwhelmed by a stench bomb, and two men were suffocated.
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Moscow
Berry
Arkansas
White House probes censorship of Thaw papers
The president asked Postmaster General Cortelyou to check if it is feasible to bar from milder papers the explicit Thaw materials. If feasible, he would issue a public order. federal prosecutors warned New York papers they will be prosecuted for printing obscene content about the case.
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Washington
Feb
White House
Cortellou
Wil
New York
United States
Simpson
Cortelyou
Eines
Government to Sell Four Per Cents at Market Rate
Secretary Shaw announces sale of £25,000,000 worth of four percent government securities at 1.106, targeting market operations in London with Red Washington nuances noted.
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Washington
Shaw
Chinese Pheasants Sighted in British Columbia Field
Report by a Pendleton observer in the Pacific Monthly notes a trip through British Columbia with Oregon Daily Journal records. He describes many Chinese pheasants around Wear Mission Junction on the Great Northern and counts 24 pheasants in one field as locals allow feeding on frozen grain. He cites recent shooting activity in the region last week.
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Pendleton East Oregonian
Finden
Pacific Monthly
British Columbia
Oregon Daily Journal
Wheers
Wear Mission Junction
Great Northern
Neighorhood
Lockley Saya
Leo
Californians Demand Unconditional Exclusion In Talks
Delegates from California press for total exclusion of Japanese in negotiations. They warn that failure to secure exclusion endangers political careers and trust in the president to constrain Congress. A second conference is planned for the afternoon as pressure mounts from San Francisco and Pacific coast allies.
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Washington
Schmits
San Francises
California
Pacific
Congress
Senate
Lchmitz Party
San Francisco Dream
Lehmitz
Chief Justice Fuller Likely to Stay On Bench to 1900
Washington reports Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court shows no rush to retire. Though eligible for retirement for years, he remains in good health and active in Washington society. If Theodore Roosevelt becomes president and a Democrat leads the nation, Fuller may delay retirement until March 4, 1900, to influence the next administration and his successor’s politics.
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Washington
D.C
Fuller
Supreme Court
Justice Fuller
Oman
Thaw Trial Opens New Tactics in Will Evidence Fight
In New York on February 11, Thaw defense sought to admit his will as evidence and to expose the reputations of New York millionaires. Evelyn Thaw testified briefly and a court ruling limited women spectators except reporters. Judge barred certain questions while allowing others to probe Thaw’s sanity and motives behind social crusades.
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Gotham
Mereafeer
Thaw
New York
Tarane
Evelyn
Jerome
Harry
Nemo
Nelinha
Delmas
Cafe Martin
Nelmas
Stanford White
Anid Delmas
Agathet Hiere
White
May McKensie
Meing White
Two Trains From Portland Tonight Delayed
Two trios are expected to arrive from Portland this evening with one due at 6 and the other at an uncertain hour. Unstable conditions in the Cascades and rising water add risk to the service as the Wabash line remains out of service awaiting repairs. Officials say previous efforts to clear slides have been slow and unreliable. Water levels along the Columbia are rising and may hinder progress as melting begins.
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Portland
Cascades
No. T
Wally Wall
Ry & No
Normal School Fight in Oregon Legislature Heats Up
Oregon normal school debate intensifies as Senate Bill 134 seeks two regents to pick schools. If passed, Gov may appoint Marion county senator J N Smith to the board. The battle pits Salem and the trio Monmouth Weaton and Ashland against other regions as the house prepares to vote Tuesday.
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Smith
Marion— Sale
Questen
Senate
House
J. N. Smith
Marion County
Senator Smith
Salem
Fenster Smith
Supreme Court
Baw
Sepater Smith
Triple-Alliance
Monmouth
Weaton
Ashland
Caldwell
Druin
Governor Chamberlain Opposes Timber and Stone Act Repeal
Oregon news reports Governor Chamberlain vigorously opposes repealing the timber and stone act while favoring amendments to strengthen fraud prevention. Legislative banking concerns prompt redrafting. dispute and omissions noted. The governor issues a congress dispatch warning that withdrawing lands and selling timber by the government would ruin Oregon's interests and urges amended protections against fraud.
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Chamberlain
Salem
Ore
Congress
Oregon
Esmeralda Damaged by Snow Slide Near Bourne
Sumpter Feb 11 Fred Downey Bourne stage man received word of a heavy snowslide Thursday last at Cracker Creek headmount near Bourne three miles north. All surface possessions of the Kameoranda group in which he is involved with eastern parties were crushed and hurled into a gulch. The company had worked there last fall and left things in good order to resume explorations with spring. No one was in the area at the time observed.
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Sumpter
Fred Downey
Bourne
Cracker Creek
Kameoranda Group
Western Produce Passenger Train Wreck Injures Two
Fenellon City Ore Feb 11 Western Produce Passenger No 1868 telegraphing the rear of an extended freight this morning two brakemen and fireman Roller were injured the engine and two coaches were severely wrecked
Payette Iowa Methodist Church Dedicated
The new Methodist church at Payette Itahe was dedicated in February. The building cost seven thousand dollars, and four hundred dollars covers its entire indebtedness.
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Payette
Itahe
Simao Case in Senate Tolly Washington Feb 1
The Smoot seat dispute was raised in the Senate during a session in Tolly Washington. The resolution from the committee on privileges and elections contends Smoot is not entitled to his seat. The debate centers on the legitimacy of the seat and the formal challenge is being examined.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
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