Tragic Boyerstown Theatre Disaster Kills Many
A gas fueled explosion at Rhodes Theater during a St. John's Lutheran Sunday school benefit caused a deadly stampede. About 700 attended. 160 dead, many women and children among the injured. Panic and doorway blockage led to brutal trampling and fire, with Mrs. Stellan Mayes among the dead after saving others.
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Boyerstown
Rhodes
St. John’s Lutheran Sunday School
Chicago
Mary, Queen of Scots
Nevada Legislature Meets in Special Session on Goldfield Crisis
Carson City Nev Jan 14 In response to Gov Sparks December 30 call the Nevada legislature convened in a special session to address labor troubles in Goldfield The move follows Roosevelt share to take action or federal troops would be recalled if riot did not materialize It is widely expected Sparks will reject the recommendations and possibly declare martial law
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Western Federation of Miners
Nevada
Colorado
Sparks
Roosevelt
Texas Rangers
Moyer
Haywood
Haywood and Pettibone
Carson, Nev
Goldfield
French Anarchists Plan to Blow Up U S Ships
Police in Rio Janeiro report that French anarchists in the city possess bombs and intend to target American battleships they can board. Authorities have increased precautions while examiners defer endorsement of the claim.
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U. S
Rio Janeiro
Japanese Question Roils Vancouver Council Meeting
In Vancouver on January 14 a city council motion sought the city solicitor's opinion on the legality of disarming Japanese residents amid growing anti Japanese agitation. The Asiatic Exclusion League then heard its treasurer resign after a stormy session over the group not being aggressive enough against Japan. A Dominion Parliament representative reportedly moved to amend the immigration act to require searches and disarmament for all entrants.
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Asiatic Exclusion League
Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Ottawa
Dominion
Has Royal Blood Bridegroom-Prospector Weds in Kellogg
John Roberts a longtime prospector and former Wardner bowling alley manager now uses the name Norman Brandon after a $10 000 a year estate from his mother’s death. He wed Anita Thompson of Farmington after applying for a marriage license in Wallace.
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Spokane
Wash
John Roberts
United States
Canada
Alaska
Wardner
Ida
Kellogg
Here
Normal Brandon Bart
Tottingham
England
Wallace
Anita Thompson
Farmington
W. H. Thompson
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Tekoa
Roberts
Norman Brandon
Miss Thompson
Kellogg Hotel
Jos. Roberts
Edith Brandon
Queen Victoria
Lady Brandon
Constitutionality of Oregon 10 hour law before supreme court
Washington January 14 The constitutionality of the Oregon ten hour law is under argument before the supreme court today with a Portland restaurant man as the plaintiff. The outcome is watched with wide interest.
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Washington
Oregon
Supreme Court
Portland
Widernterest
Ruef Demands Absolute Immunity in San Francisco Case
Abraham Ruef and Francia Heney dominate the San Francisco graft situation after a Langdon office conference. The San Francisco Call says Ruef will receive immunity if Heney agrees to Ruef’s conditions. Heney refuses to state his action as he enters Judge Hunt’s courtroom for the Hall trial.
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Portland
Ore
Abraham Ruef
Francia J. Heney
San Francisco
Ruef
Langdon
Heney
Burns
Dwyer
Admant
Judge Dunne Refuses Ruef Immunity Bargain
San Francisco January 14 After a stormy conference this morning Judge Dunne said he would not agree to Ruef gaining immunity and told District Attorney Langdon that any motion or agreement about Ruef’s indictments must be presented before open court.
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Immune Bath
San Francisco
Dunne
Ruef
Langdon
Idaho man kills sister in law then shoots wife and kills himself
In Spokane on January 14 Henry Beythan of Lane Idaho, in a fit of temporary insanity, shot and killed his sister in law Rhoda Norton and fired at his wife missing her. She fled in fear, believing she had been killed, and Beythan then shot himself outside the home. He had been in good health and no prior family trouble was reported.
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Spokane
Wash
Henry Beythan
Lane
Idaho
Rhoda Norton
Beythan T
Thaw Case Opens With Focus on Childhood Behavior
New York January 14 the Thaw case opens with defense aim to show Thaw as a nervous elusive child and erratic youth. Dr John R T Deemar testifies that Thaw suffered from St Vite disease and was a distant boy. Subsequent witnesses describe Horace Thaw as mentally incompetent and a court fight over evidence continues.
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New York
John R. T. Deemar
Littleton
Deemar
Delmas
Thaw
Harry Thaw
Evelyn
Dr. Deemar
William Thaw
State Hospital For the
Jerome
Butler
Horace Thaw
Knights Honor Cooley at Lodges Farewell
Carl Cooley received an informal farewell by Damon lodge No 4 for his service with the Knights of Pythias. Members presented him with a K of P watch charm before his move to Portland to go into business with a cousin.
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Carl Cooley
Knights of Pything Lodge
Damon Lodge No. 4
Mr. Cooley
Knights of Pythias
Pendleton Lodge
Portland
Union Pacific Discharges Porters and Brakemen in Mass Action
The Union Pacific has discharged all chair car porters and a large number of brakemen, indicating sweeping labor reductions across the rail line and signaling major workforce layoffs in passenger and freight operations.
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Union Pacific
Pendleton 10 Have Peace Organization Forming Meeting
Pendleton citizens are invited to an 8 o clock meeting at the Commercial Association parlors to discuss forming a local branch of the National Industrial Peace Association. P H Scullin and W F Collins from San Francisco arrived to discuss the plan, aiming to foster employer employee cooperation and industrial harmony.
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Pendleton
Commercial Association
National Industrial Peace Association
P. H. Scullin
W. F. Collins
San Francisco
Rader
Alang
Tts
California
Industrial Peace Association
Scullin
Collins
Portland
Bridegroom killed in Spokane runaway
Herbert Farnum of Hillyard was killed when a whiffle tree failed and his horse-drawn rig ran away about a mile north of Mead. The 19 year old, freshly married to Hattie Turner, was driving from Geo Turner’s ranch on Peone Prairie to his Hillyard home when the accident occurred. Farnum died nearly instantly from a broken neck and jaw fracture.
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Spokane
Wash
Herbert Farnum
Hillyard
Mead
Geo. Turner
Peone Prairie
B. Farnum
Greenbluff
Hattie Turner
George Turner
Hilyard
Bragaw Seeks Restraining Order Against Governor Officials
Boise Jan 14 State Auditor Bragaw filed in the supreme court for a writ to stop Governor Gooding and other state officials from interfering with his office. The dispute centers on refusals to issue deficiency warrants in the Moyer Haywood and Pettibone cases and examiner refusals to endorse salary warrants for Bragaw’s wife and son in his department. Bragaw also holds a $60,000 libel suit against Gooding and the Boise Statesman.
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Boise
Bragaw
Supreme Court
Gooding
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Examinera
Boise Statesman
Missing Rich Sheepmen Vanish En Route to Mexico
Three prominent Seattle area sheepmen J. W. Vessey John Peters and C A Goggin left Seattle March 29 1907 for Durango Mexico to buy land with about 3000 in drafts and cash. They have not been heard from since April and are feared dead or lost in the Durango mountains. Peters wife is in Bonners Ferry awaiting news of her husband. External interests included Hon E Harvey and Loyal Americans state manager Goggin.
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Wallan Walla Statesman
Mexico
J. W. Vessey
John Peters
Prosser
North Yakima
C. A. Goggin
Seattle
Durango
South
Hon. E. Harvey
Peters
Bonners , Ferry
Fire threatens Hotel Imperial in Portland blaze
A fire incident at the Hotel Imperial in Portland Oregon was discovered late and confined to the wall area after staff forced a wall opening and used extinguishers. Fire could have endangered the entire building if not detected promptly.
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Portland
Ore
Hotel Imperial
Cholera kills forty in Manila valley water source
Manila reports forty three deaths in four days from cholera in the Mariquina valley, the source of the city water. The outbreak has confined treatment to local natives so far.
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Manila
Mariquina Valley
Hamilton Bank to Reopen in New York
The Hamilton bank, found solvent after a suspension during the flurry, will reopen January 20 with 1 800 000 on hand in New York.
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New York
Hamilton Bank
Washington sheriffs condemn Indeterminate Law at Colfax
The sheriffs of Washington state, meeting in Colfax yesterday, condemned the new Indeterminate law now in force in the state. The action reflects regional opposition to the measure and signals possible legal challenges or protests by law enforcement leaders.
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Washington State
Colfax
Shepherd Seeks Congress Seat From Multnomah
Portland attorney and ex Portland City Council president George H. Shepherd announces his bid for the second Oregon district. He argues Multnomah should send a representative to Washington to push river and harbor funding, notably 40 feet of water at the Columbia river bar. Shepherd, a former sailor, is little known outside Portland and lost the 1906 primary to W. R. Ellis by about 2003 votes.
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Shepherd
Portland
Oregon
George 8. Shepherd
W. R. Ellis
Multnomah County
Congress
Washington
Columbia River
Billie
T. T. Geer
Ellie
Coast defenses deemed weak by US Army investigator
Major W. G. Haan, a US Army investigator, told engineers and architects in Los Angeles that the city faces dangerous risk from a foreign attack if sea control is lost. He warned the coast defense is insufficient though noted some improvement and stressed the army could do little without sea power.
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Los Angeles
W. G. Haan
United States Army
United States
Haan
Pacific Coast Defense
Mackay Plans Campus Beautification at University of Nevada
Reno reports telegraph magnate Clarence Mackay will invest 100000 dollars to beautify the University of Nevada campus. The plan centers on surrounding the Belgium statue of his father John W. Mackay, adding quadrangle type buildings with Stanford style arches and a 75000 dollar library among the new facilities.
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Reno
Nev
Clarence MacKay
University of Nevada
Belgium
John W. MacKay
MacKay
Stanford University
County Aid For Poor In Spokane County
Spokane county Washington provided financial relief totaling 100 dollars per day to aid the poor over the past year, reflecting ongoing county support programs and charitable assistance efforts.
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Spokane County
Washington
Special Prosecutor Delay Postpones Hall Trial
Portland court postpones the trial of John Hall to another day after Special Assistant Prosecutor Tracy C. Becker, newly appointed to assist Heney in land fraud cases, did not arrive in the city until late today.
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Portland
Tracy C. Becker
Heney
John Hall
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