Train Service Badly Damaged Amid Heavy Snow Delays
Pendleton reports snow in the Cascades causes mass delays on the Walla Walla line and near Cascade Locks. No. 2 from Portland arrived after midnight. No. 1 late. Northern Pacific branch also troubled with blocked tracks and slow speeds. Trains marked for late arrivals and ongoing disruption across the region.
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Cascade Locks
Walla Walla
Northern Pacific
Pondjoten
Portland
Caoscage Locks
Spokane
Willa Wolla
Pasco
Rail lines paralyzed as blizzard grips Dakotas and Montana
Butte Montana reports a severe blizzard sweeping a wide area including the Dakotas and Montana. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern rail systems are storm-bound, halting movement across the region. Strong winds and heavy snow disrupt travel and freight, with mounting closures and transportation delays reported.
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Butte
Mont
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Dakotas
Montana
Trains Run One Hour Late From East On CPR
Severe storm in the mountains and prairies slows Canadian Pacific trains from the east. Vancouver reports the coldest weather so far at six below, delaying services and increasing travel disruption.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Cold Wave Grips North Central States With Deep Freeze
February frost grips the middle Atlantic region as readings dip across cities. Duluth records 20 below, Milwaukee 10 below, Green Bay 18 below, Moorhead 22 below. Officials warn of continued frigid conditions and travel hazards.
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Whahington
Jan
Middle Atlantic
Duluth
Milwaukes
Green Bay
Wis
Moorhead
Minn
Storms Cause Two Switchman Deaths in Chicago
Chicago January 8 report states yesterday's storm led to the deaths of two switchmen. John OConnor was unable to see a train due to whirling snow and was run over. John Fleming was killed in a similar manner.
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Chicago
John O'Connor
John Fieming
Burglar Ignites Fire Dooming Small Town Near Alton
A burglar overturned a kerosene lamp in a residence in Renbow near Alton Illinois starting a blaze that wrecks the town. A hotel fire injures five percent of guests while the telephone exchange burns and flames sweep uncontrollably with no means to check them.
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St. Louis
Renbow
Alton
Til
Harriman Blamed for San Francisco Graft Power Bid
Francia Heney accuses E H Harriman of using Southern Pacific to seize control of San Francisco grafts and influence city affairs. He asserts Harriman aims to control all accessible fields and will not retract his statements. Heney departs tonight for San Francisco.
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Chicago
E. HH. Harriman
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Francia Heney
Weney
Harriman
Night Carousal Ends In Death Of Two In San Francisco
Three soldiers and two companions were involved in a fatal disturbance in the red light district. Police Sergeant Anton J Nolting was shot during the encounter on Commercial street at 2:00 this morning. Nolting was knocked down and his revolver was taken after a scuffle. Soldiers Thomas Jordan and Richard O Connor, stationed at Fort Baker, are under arrest. Jordan and O Connor were wounded and taken to Central Hospital, as an unidentified soldier also arrived fatally wounded and unconscious.
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San Francisco
Anton J. Nolting
Red Heht
Notting
Commercial Street
Thomas Jordan
Richard O'Conner
Coast Artillery
Fort Baker
Arres
Wright Named Co-Respondent in Divorce Petition
Paris Jon and Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio cited as co-respondents by Lieut Goujaris a Culd rislers officer in a divorce petition filed today Mme Goujarde an accomplished aeronaut and witness attended several Lemara flights in Wrights famed flying machine in a sensational case of aviation era scandal
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Paris
Jon
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Lieut Goujaris
Culdrislers
Champagny
Rescue in icy Columbia rapids saves two men
Stevenson Washington June James Crambler and his son Ira were clinging to a wood scow a hundred yards from shore for five hours as ice and current battered them. Enos Johnson and Will Sweeney risked their lives in a frail rowboat to reach the scow and pull the half frozen Crambler men to safety, ending a days long ordeal.
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Columbia
Stevenson
Win Tee
Wash
James Crambler
Ira
Upper
Cascades
Enos Johnson
Will Sweeney
Cramblet
Wil. Sweeney
Sheriff Robert Shirely Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Fallon Nev January report states Churchill county Sheriff Robert Shirely, with Bible in hand and his portion removed, killed himself atop a lumber pile near Fallon railroad station. Officials attribute the act to worry over bond arrangements after reelection. He leaves a widow and 12 children.
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Fallon
Nev
Robert Shirely
Churchill County
Indianapolis judge to try Standard Oil rebating cases
Chicago January 8 The presiding judge Anderson of Indianapolis has practically agreed to try the rebating cases involving Standard Oil. Both sides express satisfaction with his selection. If he declines, Judge Sanborn of Milwaukee will be asked to hear the case.
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Chicago
Anderson
Indianapolis
Sanborn
Milwaukee
Congress to Ignore Roosevelt Secret Service Dispute
Representative Perkins in New York, as committee chair, urged ignoring the president's secret service remarks and rejected Roosevelt's explanation. The report calls Roosevelt's language an abuse of House privileges, arguing there is no basis for charges and urging the House to decline further consideration of the communication.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Perkins
New York
Congress
Seident
Sesson
Roore- Velt
House
Nouve
Reservation entries investigated in Umatilla land cases
Depositions taken before Captain J H Alexander in the post office building to secure evidence for canceling tithes to Indian lands allegedly obtained by fraudulent process in the Umatilla Reservation. Grand jury indicted Pendleton residents last year over locating these lands with dummy entrymen. about 160 relinquishments filed as government inquiry began.
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Portland
Jan
J. H. Alexander
General Land Officer
Umatilla
Federal
Pendleton
Land Department
Italy moves to study San Francisco rebuilding methods
The Rome chamber of deputies will likely vote to rebuild Messina and Reggio and dispatch commissions to San Francisco to study reconstruction methods used after the quake. Thousands of bodies burn on pyres as ruins are cleared. Messina channel remains unaffected. relief work progresses amid ongoing suffering.
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Chamber of Deputies
Messina
Reggio
Laurn
Rome
San Franciso
Darrin
Earthquake relief update shifts ships toward Messina
Rome reports rapid improvement in the quake aftermath and suggests American battleships may have little to do on arrival at Messina, signaling a reduced immediate crisis for the city and its survivors.
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Rome
Jan
Messina
Tremor Change in Strait of Messina Reported
Valetta Malta January 8 Rear Admiral Fisher at this station received word that the recent tremor caused no change in the Strait of Messina after a careful investigation by British warships.
No Wedding Bells But Damage Suit Instead
Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. Stanley Ketchell, world middleweight fighter, is defendant in a $10,000 breach of promise suit filed by Elizabeth Houman of Grand Rapids. Ketchell was arrested this morning and booked. The plaintiff, 19, says he promised to marry in January of last year but broke the engagement in January.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Stanley Ketchell
Eilabeth Houman
Ketchell
Navy dispatch orders Pacific fleet to Valparaiso visit
Secretary of the Navy Newberry has cabled Admiral Swinburn to visit Valparaiso with his ships on the northward cruise. The fleet is now at Talcahuano. The Chilean government has asked the fleet to stop.
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Wash
State Department
Secretary of the Navy
Newberry
Swinburn
Pacific Fleet
Valpirisn
Talcahuano
Oregon High School Fraternities May Be Abolished
Oregon lawmakers consider a measure to abolish high school fraternities. Local committee sponsors say fraternities foster snobbery undemocratic values and distract students from classwork while draining family finances. strong opposition already forms in Multnomah and Lane counties, especially Portland and Eugene.
Careless Yard Crew Blamed For Bellingham Wreck
Investigation into last night’s wreck on the Great Northern train assigns fault to yard crew for an open switch incident. Conductor Edward Stuart was killed, engineer Bailey and mail clerk Rhodes injured. Engine and baggage car lie submerged in Bellingham bay. John Daly rescued from five feet of icy water. George Rhodes suffers a broken shoulder.
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Bellingham
Jan
Edward Stuart
Freman
Bailey
Rhodes
Great Northern
Bellingham Bay
John Daly
Ani
Geo. L. Rhodes
San Quentin Prisoner Fallon Executed on Scaffold
Thomas Fallon, condemned for murdering his wife four years earlier, was hanged at San Quentin after praying aloud for mercy. He spoke the Sacred Heart of Jesus as the trap was sprung and died within twelve minutes. Records were reportedly lost in the San Francisco earthquake, delaying the execution.
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San Quentin
Cal
Thomas Fallon
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Fallon
San Francisco
Battle Over Authority to Pay Detective Bill
Commissioners delay payment as District Attorney Phelps may lack authority to employ a detective. Judge Gilliland signed the order, but Walker and Lee withhold their signatures awaiting clarity on legal authority to pay. Browell of the law enforcement league questions why past bills in criminal cases were settled without delay. The dispute stirs street interest while awaiting final court action.
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Wan
Walker
Brownell
Bill
Lee
Gilliland
Phelps
Whey
Umatilla
Law Enforcement League
MIH
Walker and Gililland
Judge Anderson to hear Standard Oil $29 million case
Judge Albert Anderson of Indianapolis will preside over the hearing of the $29,000,000 Standard Oil fine case in Chicago. Both sides prefer him, an official announcement said today.
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Chicago
Albert Anderson
United States
Indianapolis
Standard Oil Company
Water code gains support from judge on riparian rights change
Judge Lowell, president of the State Irrigation Congress, says the coming legislature will likely pass a modern water code. He cites the recent ripple effect of a Supreme Court decision that lands filed after 1877 lose riparian rights, and notes power site filings statewide threaten development. Dr. Cole advocates the measure, likely backed by Multnomah delegates.
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Judge Lowell
State Irrigation Congress
Multnomah
8S. A. Lowell
State Liigation Association
Willamette Valley
Supreme Court
Will R. King
Lowell
Oregon
Cole
Multnomah County
Legislative committee completes its labors
Members appointed by the Commercial Association and county lobbying committee met in the district attorney’s office to review the bills before sending them to the local delegation. The committee includes District Attorney Phelps Judge S A Lowell City Attorney Raley Charles H Carter and D C Brownell. Bills drawn cover four branch insane asylum location, experimental farm, increased fair appropriation, a public health bill and abrogation of fraternities in public schools.
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Commercial Association
Phelps
S. A. Lowell
Raley
Charles H. Carter
D. C. Brownell
Wevlum
Four Horse Sled Carries Telephone Poles for McGintile System
A four horse load of telephone poles was hauled to the city from Pi lot Rock country yesterday on a sled for the extension of the McGintile telephone system. The journey encountered no difficulty and proceeded smoothly.
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Pilot Rock
McGintile
Sheep man seeks to buy ewes in Tumalo County
Br. P. Ashby, a prominent sheep man from North Powder, is in the city today seeking to purchase ewes to add to his flocks on the other side of the mountains. He evidently has a good opinion of the grade of sheep in this county.
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BR. P. Ashby
North Powder
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