Chamberlain Shows Defends Statement Over Fulton Clash
Governor Chamberlain rejects Fulton claims that his Heney address was politically timed. He cites telegrams from 1908 showing Fulton knew the facts and denies using the Smith transaction to harm Fulton’s campaign. The governor urges the public to judge the moral aspects of the dispute.
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Chamberlain
Fulton
F. J. Heney
Mr. Heney
J. 8. Smith
Senator Fulton
Salem
Ore
C. W. Fulton
Washington, D. C
Heney
Smith
Prson
Aga Net Smith
George RE. Chamberlain
Democratic Party Invitation to Bryan for Fresno Convention
On February 24 in Fresno an invitation was sent urging Bryan to attend the Democratic Party convention on May 18. The committee holds strong expectations that Bryan will come to the coast for the event.
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Fresno
Bryan
Democratic Party
Morse seeks access to grand jury minutes in larceny case
New York February 24 Charles W Morse filed a formal demand before Justice Dowling for permission to inspect the minutes of the grand jury that indicted him on charges of larceny and perjury.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Justice Dowling
Waymire Case Soon Over With Jury To Get Conspiracy Charge
Portland February 24 minor testimony filled the day in the Waymire conspiracy case. Councilmen Frank Bennett and John Annand testified they did not believe Mayor Lane’s reputation was harmed by the Waymire incident and the publicity. E B Radding was the defense’s last witness. The jury will probably receive the case tomorrow.
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Portland
Frank Bennett
John Annand
Lane
E. BE. Radding
Death at Popocatepetl Volcano Near City of Mexico
Three sulfur miners from the crater of Popocatepetl were overcome by volcanic gas and died. Rumblings have been heard recently and intense heat from the crater raises fears the ancient volcano may awaken and erupt, threatening the City of Mexico below.
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City of Mexico
Popocatepel
Italian Senate debates case against former minister
Rome February 24 The Italian senate met in private to weigh guilt or innocence of former public instruction minister Nunzio Nasi. If found guilty, violent demonstrations are feared across Italy and Sicily as crowds react to the verdict.
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Rome
Nunzio Nasi
Nast
Italy
Sicily
Woeful lack of merchant marine slows fleet moves
In Washington on February 24 Senator Gailinger of New Hampshire urged a stronger American merchant marine to fuel battle ships. He warned that only eight ocean going colliers remain on the Pacific run and that the nation is being edged out by South American powers despite the Monroe doctrine.
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Pacific
Washington
Atlantic
Senator Gailinger
New Hampshire
Puter Visits McKinley in County Jail Cell
Stephen A. Douglas Puter visited Horace Greeley McKinley in the county jail, the only visitor allowed yesterday after McKinley was jailed to await sentencing. Dozens sought entry but were refused without a marshal permit, while Puter received permission and the two talked privately for about 30 minutes.
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Stephen A. Douglas Puter
Horace Greeley McKinley
Portland
Puter
McKinley
United States
Puler
Local Tea Co. appoints Portland man to Pendleton
Mr. L. C. Martin leaves Grand Union Tea Co. Pendleton announces A. C. Hickman of Portland as successor. Hickman aims to grow the firm’s already large patronage by expanding sales of teas coffees and spices to Pendleton and surrounding area.
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L. C. Martin
Grand Union Tea Co
City
A. C. Hickman
Portland
Pendleton
Hickman
Churchill fined for killing dogs on cattle farm
Cambridge News reports district court sustained the probate court in fining Mr Churchill 160 dollars for killing dogs that bothered his cattle. Churchill gave notice of appeal amid Weiser residents who say the killing was unprovoked.
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District Court
Probate
Ite
Churchill
Cambridge News
Weiser Eny
Wardner Idaho Joins Closed Town Rank
Wardner Idaho has joined the list of closed towns amid regional measures. Officials cited safety and logistical concerns while outlining restricted access and governance changes affecting residents and visitors. Local agencies coordinate with state authorities to implement the status and public notices.
Fireman Killed Night of Crowd at Tacoma Furniture House
Fire in the Davis Smith Furniture building in Tacoma caused a deadly blaze. Fireman George Hill fell from the fifth story as he crawled from a ladder and died on the pavement. Flames disrupted power lines and traffic as the fire burned through the morning hours.
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Tacoma
George Hill
Davis-Smith
Davis-Smith Furniture Company
Hill
Brownell Attacks Fulton Amid Oregon Senate Feud
Ex-president George Brownell accuses Senator Fulton of insanity and political duplicity in a heated exchange over the Heney Fulton controversy. Brownell hints at undisclosed information about Fulton that could intrigue readers, signaling further fallout in the Oregon political row.
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Oregon
Senate
Castor
Wiley Heney- Fulton
Fulton
Brownell
Portland
George
Oregon Senate
United States
Heney
Hall
Afton
Oregon Information Bureau Promotes Beaver State in Los Angeles
Portland Commercial club operates an Oregon Information bureau in Los Angeles to attract Californian tourists to Oregon. Oregon Literature is widely distributed at central offices. colonist rates and a $20 fare from the Midwest are highlighted. Lectures outside the region draw large audiences, with Robert J. Weyh Jr reporting strong interest and many questions about Oregon.
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Portland
Portland Commercial Club
Oregon Information Bureau
Los Angeles
Oregon
Great
Middle West
Beaver State
Robert J. Weyh, Jr
New York City
Havana Mardi Gras Carnival Spreads Color and Fame
Havana unveils the Padre lighting and a riot of colors as thousands celebrate the annual carnival. The event runs nightly through late March with events across Cuba. Havana spends hundreds of thousands on decorations prizes and a new race track west of the city to boost international fame.
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Havana
Cuba
Grangers Oppose Armory Bill Over Militia Use
Salem February 24 Grangers file arguments against the free pass measure and a $25 000 four year armory appropriation They contend the militia mainly acts to settle labor disputes between big corporations and workers and that the rich evade taxes and grafting is likely with the extra funding
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Salem
State
Record Wireless Message Breaks Time Bar
San Diego reports a new record for fast long distance wireless service. A passenger aboard a steamship between Sitka and Seattle sent a message to his wife aboard the Campania hundreds of miles offshore, and a reply arrived in under three hours by routing through Pacific shore stations, New York, and then wireless to the French liner.
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Sitka
Seatie
Campania
Atlantic
San Diego
Seattle
Pacific Coast
New York
Hitchcock Case Continued in New York
Raymond Hitchcock, accused of maltreating young girls, received a continuance as attorneys said witnesses could not be gathered for at least another week. Justice Dowling granted the delay.
Battleships Colorado and Pennsylvania Reach Bremerton Yard
Bremerton Navy Yard Wash Feb 24 The battleships Colorado and Pennsylvania arrived for overhauling. The Colorado will receive condenser tubes new fire control apparatus and a new main gun battery as part of the refit.
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Bremerton Navy Yard
Wash
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Egyptian age claimant seeks police protection in Atlanta
In Atlanta on February 24, a man calling himself G. B. Hagan claimed birth in Egypt 6000 years ago and that he supervised construction of the pyramids and temples. He appealed to police for protection against enemies he said planned to kill him.
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Atlanta
Egypt
Solomon Temple
G. B. Hagan
Hearing on Standard Oil dissolution resumes in Washington
Washington February 24 hearing on government effort to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey resumes. Since February 1 adjournment, testimony has been taken in New York and New England about alleged unfair competition by the oil trust tied to the company and its alleged parent concerns.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Oil Trust
Standard
New York
New Eingland
Maddox Sentenced To Die In Electric Chair
Trenton New Jersey February 24 Gilbert Maddox convicted of murdering James E Camm a Bridgeton factory watchman is to die in the electric chair this week The murder occurred with an axe and the weapon was found on Maddox when arrested He had attempted to break open the factory safe with the axe.
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Trenton
N. 3
Gilbert Maddox
James E. Camm
Maddox
Maddock
May election to ban saloons in Ninth district Denver
Under the new local option law the May election in Denver's Ninth district will undoubtedly lead to the banishment of saloons from that section. The national democratic headquarters will be stranded a full mile from the nearest bar.
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Denver
Colo
National Democratic
Oklahoma Democrats Endorse Bryan For President
Oklahoma Democrats declare for William Jennings Bryan praising his fight for the people and urging party support as the campaign moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Bryan
Prisoner Ben Hickman Released Returns Tonight
Ben Hickman, the colored boot black who stabbed Al Richardson about a year ago, has been released from the penitentiary where he served a term for assault with a dangerous weapon. He is expected here this evening after the Main street fight that left Richardson injured.
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Ben Hickman
al Richardson
Hickman
Richardson
Main Street
Reverend Benjamin Parsons Dies at 82 on Seattle Coast
The oldest Presbyterian minister on the coast, Rev. Benjamin Parsons aged 82, died in Seattle on Friday night after an illness of one day. He served for decades in local churches and was well known in the region. He is mourned by his congregation and community.
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Benjamin Parsons
Seattle
McCourt Named As Possible U S District Attorney Candidate
Reports from eastern Oregon claim John McCourt of Pendleton is active for the Oregon U S district attorney post to succeed W C Bristol. McCourt denies active canvass but acknowledges friends urged him to apply. several western applicants are said to be weighed and found wanting.
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John McCourt
United States
Oregon
McCourt
Canvess
Washington
Pendleton
la Grande
German Girl Passes Compulsory Ed Age In Pending Suit
Mary Hesser a recent German immigrant living with Mrs Louis Grossmuller of Helix aged 15 has now reached the compulsory education age. The case stalled as she was under the age when attendance could be enforced. The school and Mrs Grossmuller will not enforce further.
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Mary Heaser
Germany
Louis Grossmuller
Helix
Hesser
Grossmuller
Welles
Grosemullers
Miss Hesser
Helix School
Lawyers Attend Resumed Trial in Little Walla Walla Suit
Testimony in the Little Walla Walla irrigation case was resumed today with about six lawyers in attendance. The suit names over 300 farmers along the Little Walla Walla as defendants.
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Little Walla Walla
Enterprise Debating Team Heads to The Dalles
The Enterprize high school debating team traveled through here today en route to The Dalles to debate Wasco County High School in a region wide event.
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Enterprse
Enterprize High School
Dalles
Wasco County High School
STANDARD MUS PAY THE BG F OIL OCTOPUS
The fragmentary text provides no clear names places or events. It reads as an unclear note about payments or a list of terms without coherent context or identifiable entities to summarize into a news item.
High court upholds Elkins act ruling against Standard Oil
Washington February 24 The Supreme Court crushed Standard Oil's claim that Elkins law was repealed by the Hepburn act. The decision in the Great Northern case found rebating violations by W P Deveraux Co Minneapolis. Oil attorneys had argued the Elkins act no longer applied and faced a 29 million dollar fine.
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Standard Oi Company
Elkins
Hepburn
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Landis
United States Supreme Court
Elking Trust
Ben
Great Northern
W. P. Deveraux Co
Minneapolis
Oil Trust
Oklahoma Murder Trial Involving Mrs Meadows And Tegeler
In Oklahoma City on Fab 24 a sensational murder trial opens in district court. Mrs Lila Meadows and Rudolph Tegeler face charges for the killing of James Kh Meadows who vanished June 4 1907. Prosecution rests on letters alleged to be missent and written by Tegeler. defense may name a third party as killer. trial expected two to three weeks.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
District Court
Lila Meadows
Rudolph Tegeler
James Kh. Meadows
Meadows
Tegeler
Seismic Theory, Marital Mixups in Detroit Library Test
Detroit February 24. A group of young applicants for library assistant posts claimed unusual facts during a test. They asserted that seismic theory explains the separation of Norway and Sweden, that Geo Sand W is the husband of George Eliot, and that Florence Nightingale was the wife of Henrik Ibsen, reflecting the oddity of the exam responses.
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Detroit, Mich
Norway
Sweden
Geo.Sand W
George Eliot
Florence Nightingale
Henrik Ibsen
Detroit
Percheron stallion Je rome up for sale at Birch Creek sale
Dave Ingram visited from the hire ranch on Birch Creek and listed the Birch Creek Horse Company’s Percheron stallion Je rome for sale at the next sale day. The registered horse, number 2263, drew admiration at the district fair held here last year and is expected to fetch high bids.
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Dave Ingram
Birch Creek
Birch Creek Horse Company
Jerome
Saloon Keeper Kern Serves One Day Jail Term
George Kern of Morrowtown served a one day sentence in Lewiston county jail on Saturday after being convicted of violating the Sunday rest law. He also paid a fine and costs totaling 100 dollars.
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George Kern
Morrowtown
Lewiston
Boy dies in hunting accident near Mount Angel
Porthind reports Hector Brault was killed near Mount Angel in a late afternoon hunting accident. A 22 caliber cartridge exploded inside a rifle as Brault and Lloyd Hohman worked over the weapon after leaving school. Both boys were preparing to hunt when the rammed cartridge exploded.
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Porthind
Hector Brault
Mount Angel
Lloyd Hohman
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