Tragic Death at Ranch as Youth Ends Life
Bert Brown 21 was found dead at a ranch nine miles south after a self-inflicted gunshot. Coroner says despondency from poor health and a love disappointment caused the act. the inquest was deemed unnecessary. The body awaits word to the parents. Brown had carried a picture of a young woman and had threatened self harm previously.
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Bert Brown
Here
Ralph Folsom
Brown
Coombe Canyon
Cartwright
J. M. Brown
Chapman
Newport Company
Condon
Gilliam County
Oakland
Ore
Will Present Argument In Idaho Conspiracy Case
Rolse Idaho Jan 2 further requests for instructions were presented by both sides in the Pettibone chase today requiring an adjournment until Judge Wood has examined them. The defence asked that the jury be instructed that a verdict of not guilty in the Haywood case made it impossible to find a verdict of guilty if evidence shows Haywood and Pettibone were parties to the same conspiracy. The state will present arguments to the defense and James H Hawley will open. Pettibone appeared very weak in court and was taken back to the hospital.
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Rolse
Idaho
Wood
Haywood
Pettibone
James H. Hawley
Receivers Appointed for Seaboard Air Line in Danville
Danville Virginia reports Davies Warfield and Lancaster Williams appointed as receivers of the Seabord Air Line after a last night application for receivership. Federal Judge Pritchard granted the mal action on the directors and officers petition. The Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore supplied the receivers bonds and possession to begin at once.
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Danville
Davies Warfield
R. Lancaster Williams
Seabord Air Line
Pritchard
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore
Oldest Woman Dead at Age 120 in Oregon
Hillaboro Ore Jan 2 Mrs Mary Ramsey reportedly the oldest woman in the United States died at her home at 120 from general debility. Born in 1787 she married in 1804 and moved to Oregon in 1858.
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Hillaboro
Ore
Mary Ramsey
United States
Indiana Democrats Begin Central Committee Selections
Democratic district conventions held in Indiana to pick new state central committee members who will meet next week to reorganize. Stokes Jackson of Greenfield favored for chair while Gilbert Hendren and James Kirby Risk also emerge amid Taggart opposition. Bryan remains a favorite. Kern will not seek renomination. McCullough noted as gubernatorial prospect. Indiana Democrats hopeful for victory in state and national elections.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Central Committee
Stokes Jackson
Greenfield
Taggart
James Kirby Risk
Gilbert Hen
Fire destroys Newport block in New Port fire loss
Newport Oregon January 2 fire swept the business section destroying an entire block. Loss is about 10000 with little insurance. A meat market photograph gallery general store jewelry store lodging house and real estate office were destroyed.
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Newport
Ore
Senator Owen Under Investigation For Land Deals
Interior Department investigators were sent to Oklahoma to establish facts in a case involving former Oklahoma Senator Robert T. Owen. The Garfield proposal seeks a federal court suit to cancel deeds to about 4000 acres Owen acquired in the new state. Owen says he did nothing unlawful.
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Department
Oklahoma
Owen
New State
Washington
Robert T. Owen
Interior Department
Garfield
Railroad Rates To Helena For National Woolgrowers Meet
Railroads grant a reduced fare of one and a third for the round trip to Helena for the National Woolgrowers Meeting. Dan P. Smythe, secretary of the Oregon Woolgrowers Association, asks attendees to notify him promptly. A party of 18 may secure a special Pullman. local sheepmen plan to depart on the 11th with Dr. McClure, Dr. Lytle, President Burgess, and Smythe among attendees.
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Helena
National Association
R. & N. Company
Great Northern
Dan P. Smythe
Oregon Woolgrowers' Association
Smythe
Umatilla
McClure
Lytle
Burgess
State Association
Mount Froyal Liner Overdue From Antwerp With 400 Passengers
St John New Brunswick dispatch reports the Canadian Pacific liner Mount Froyal is 26 days overdue from Antwerp. The vessel carries nearly four hundred passengers under the command of Captain Purcell, prompting widespread anxiety among families and authorities.
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St. John, N. B
Cannadian Pacific
Antwerp
Purcell
Inmate Ray Lamph Escapes From Taboma Pent House
Ray Lamph, a resident of the Taboma pent house, afflicted with a highly contagious illness, escaped from the institution Saturday and is thought to be heading toward his home in Walla Walla.
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Ray Lamph
Taboma
Walla Walla
Government Attitude Toward Railroads Defined Soon
Washington reports the Department of Justice will act within a week to dissolve the Union and Southern Pacific railroad combined power west of the Mississippi while withholding original proceedings against Harriman. A clarified government posture is promised within two weeks as a special counsel delay occurs.
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Department of Justice
Mississippi Valley
Union
Southern Pacific
Washington
Jan
Minsiesippi
Harriman
Europe
Bonaparte
Guild Seeks State Independence from Rail Interests
Massachusetts Governor Curt Guild, in his annual address, vows to free the state from railroad domination as he begins a third term. He criticizes heavy fixed charges from long leases and calls for safeguards against any New England railroad controlled by an Atlantic terminal outside New England for east-bound freight.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Curt Guild
New England
Gardner Expires After Brief Illness at 27
Charles F. Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. BE. F. Gardner, aged 27 years, died at his parents' home last Saturday after a three week illness. Born in Weeton, Ore, he came to Oregon with his parents about 12 years ago and had lived in the valley since. He was kind and generous and had many warm friends. The funeral was held at the M. E. L church Monday, largely attended by friends and neighbors. Presser Times.
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Charles F. Gardner
BE. F. Gardner
Wweton
Ore
Presser Times
Cracksmen Blow Up Railroad Safe in Mesa Incident
Cracksmen blew up the Phoenix and Eastern railroad safe in Mesa on January 2 night, securing about 200 in cash and several hundred in checks and valuable papers. The raid targeted the railroad’s office safe and disrupted operations. Police investigation underway with no arrests reported yet.
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Mesa, Ariy
Phoenix and Eastern Railroad
Samara Chief Gendarmarie Shot Dead by Terrorists
Samara Austin January 2. Chief Rroff of the provincial gendarmarie was killed on a crowded street by terrorists in what authorities describe as their act of vengeance. The attack underscores rising unrest and calls for security at public centers.
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Samara
Austin
Rroff
Editor Alfred Spink Shot by Victor Grow in St Louis
Alfred H. Spink editor of the St. Louis World was shot by Victor D. Grow an employee Tuesday night. He will probably recover.
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Alfred H. Spink
The
St. Louis
Jaf and Whites Mik at Vancouver
A mob attack in Vancouver on January 2 left fireman Allan Andras J. Frost and T. McDonald severely injured after Frost tripped into a Japanese shop window. Four Japanese suspects faced police courts with evidence including a bloody shirt and a knife. The incident sparked renewed agitator calls to drive Japanese residents from the city.
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Vancouver
B. C
Asault
Allan Andras
J. Frost
T. McDonald
Frost
Anderson
T. Nose
Japan
Searching Party Formed to Seek Missing Portland Boys
Miss Portland Oregon Jan 2. Searching parties form to locate Clement Meils aged 21 and Gussie Larouge aged 15 two Portland boys who elk hunted in Nehalem county last fall and have been missing for three weeks. The last report said their boat was found floating on the Nehalem river.
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Portland
Ore
Clement Meils
Gussie Larouge
Nehalem County
Nehalem River
Death in Broken Snowshoe Trail
Boise Idaho January 2 a broken snowshoe caused the death of Mail Jaker George McKenna whose frozen body was found on the trail between Atlanta and Rocky Bar yesterday McKenna left Atlanta Christmas Day the broken snowshoe told the mute story of how he had been compelled to travel without shoes in the cold and travel without shoes is impossible
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Boise
Idaho
Mail Jaker George McKenna
Atlanta
Rocky Bar
McKenna
Pillsbury Named Chief of Naval Navigation Bureau
Washington January 2 The White House announced Captain J E Pillsbury will be appointed chief of the bureau of navigation succeeding Brownson He is presently with the bureau and the appointment follows a morning conference with the president Secretary Metcalf and the captain The new chief commanded the dynamite cruiser Vesvius.
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Pillsbury
Brownson
Washington
White House
J. E. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau
Metcalf
Vesuvius
Soup Kitchen Opens in Los Angeles
The Salvation Army opened a soup kitchen at San Pedro street to aid the poor amid reports of starving cases. The service recalls the 1892 financial crash and the city’s response.
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Los Angeles
Salvation Army
San Pedro Street
Deed Filed For 10180 Acres In Overlap Settlement
A US government deed to the Northern Pacific railroad covers 10180 acres across Umatilla Morrow and Wasco counties, completing an overhang in the long running overlap controversy. The 35 page patent notes forest reserve serrip value and potential for Berip land entitlements when private land remains.
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United States
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
County Recorder’s
Recorders' Office
Lea
Umatila
Morrow
Waste Counties
N. P
Debutante Ethel Roosevelt to Wed Rumors Swirl
Washington rumor mill says Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the president’s daughter nicknamed the young lady of the White House, will host a ball tomorrow night marking her debut. Gossip links potential suitors including Charles Glover and Captain McCoy, with talk of a White House wedding before Roosevelt’s term ends.
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White House
Washington
Ethel
Roosevelt
Ethal
Charles Glover
Don
Bank
Captain McCoy
Lockinvars
Duel over Anna Gould with Paris police entry
Count Boni de Castellane and Prince de Sagan, cousins, faced police commissary after a chance encounter in Rue Chaillot. No clash occurred as gendarmes separated them amid verbal insults regarding Madame Afina Gould.
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Count Boni de Castellane
Prince de Sagan
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Afina Gould
Boni
Rue Chaillot
Polie Commissary
Pendleton Considers Regular Market Days for City
Irysh, Gillen and Small push a city market day plan to fund the first sale. Business leaders raise a subscription to cover initial costs and auctioneer expenses. The aim is a self supporting system attracting buyers from the northwest for live stock grain and other property.
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Irysh
Gillen
Small
Pendleton
First Sale Set January 11 at Alm House Yard
The initial sale date is fixed for January 11 at the Alm House feed yard in this city.
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Alm House
Baker City Resident K J Taylor Visits From Seattle
Jack Taylor and K J Taylor formerly of the Frager theater were in Baker City for a short visit today arriving on the Northern Pacific from Seattle where they spent the holidays at their old home.
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K. J. Taylor
Frager Theater
Baker City
N. P
Seattle
Rioting breaks out in Indiana car strike drive
In Muncie on January 2 a mob of nearly 3000 moved toward the car barns and wrecked two city Interurban cars. Striking crews were driven from cars and windows smashed as police and sheriffs appeared powerless. A militia call is feared. a hundred armed strike breakers are inside the barns protecting property. The mob surrounds the building without clear leadership.
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Muncie
Ind
City Interurban
Dissention Rumors Cloud Thaw Defense On Eve of Trial
New York January 2 rumors circulate that strife reemerged between William Thaw and his counsel on the eve of the second trial. Littletton remains in charge of the defense. Evelyn has halted daily Tombs visits, Thaw appears morose.
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New York
Thaw
Littleton
Evelyn
Thawte
Farm practice in the Columbia Basin uplands bulletin issued
The U S Department of Agriculture released Farmers Bulletin No. 204 by Byron Hunter. It analyzes dry land farming methods in the Columbia Basin covering summer fallowing and tillage for spring crops in eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. Free upon request from W J Spillman at Washington DC.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Inland Empire
Byron Hunter
Washington
Oregon
Columbia Basin
Farmers
W. J. Spillman
Office of Firm Management
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D, C
Oregon University draws students from nearly every county
University of Oregon registrar records show 400 non musical students at Eugene, the largest college rank enrollment in Oregon. About 70 percent earn their own way, with many from smaller cities. Counties represented include Baker Clackamas Clatsop Columbia Coos Curry Douglas Gilliam Grant Josephine Jackson Klamath Lane Linn Marion Morrow Multnomah Polk Sherman Tillamook Umatilla Union Wasco Washington Wheeler Yamhill.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
Oregon
Baker
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Josephine
Jackson
Klamath
Lane
Linn
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
Baron Lambert Drowns After Logging Mishap in Roseburg
Baron Lambert aged 84 was drowned in Gales creek near Roseburg yesterday after slipping from a log drive. The accident occurred while he worked on the logging operation. Reports indicate a fatal mishap in the forested area north of the town.
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Baron Lambert
Gales Creek
Roseburg
Jury Suspended in Powers Case Hung After Five Hours
Georgetown January 2 The jury in the Powers case has been out five hours and is believed hopelessly hung. The prisoner’s mother is on the verge of a breakdown while Powers remains hopeful of a verdict.
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Georgetown
Powerse
Powers
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