Most Stupendous Graft in Victory of Civilized World
Representative Rainey brands William Nelson Cromwell a buccaneer and desperado in Panama scandal remarks. Cromwell and associates allegedly diverted Panama revenue and tried to claim two million dollars from the United States. Taft accused of aiding Cromwell. Roosevelt criticized as suppression of newspapers. Obaldia named as corrupt in politics. charges detail a Panama railroad influence scheme.
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Washington, D. C
William Nelson Cromwell
Rainey
Panama
Cromwell
Republic of Panama
United States
Raney
Taft
Germany
Rabey
Roosevelt
Congress
Stainey
Till Man
Hhe Frank
Shekel
Senator Lodge
Treasury
Obaldia
Pannama
Engulantys Cabinet Meets Under Guard
London June 26 crowds of men gathered near the cabinet meeting muttered defiance as fear of suffragette or unemployed violence loomed. Ministers faced pressure as thousands demanded action while police guarded.
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Engulantys
London
Eng
Fight Against Jute in Washington State
Intense interest among farmers in Bassett and Scott over proposed grain sack laws. Scott has filed a memorial to Congress to remove the jute tariff, citing a $200,000 yearly burden on farmers. Advocates seek looser penitentiary sack sale rules to curb time payments and reduce freight costs. Local sacks nearly $150 100 worth of annual county wheat receipts are docked one pound for the sack used.
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Ritzville
Wash
J. D. Bassett
D. A. Scott
Hale Hundred Men in Living Tome
Pittsburg report of a mine explosion at Roswell mine by Meecant on company, killing two and entombing fifty. Rescue efforts uncertain as Supt. Lomin died. Another note says 22 dead feared after subsequent blasts. five rescuers overcome by gas and carried out unconscious.
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Pittsburg
Company
Roswell Ae
Lomin
Gnaes
Tragedy Victim Eugene Lynch Dies From Ocean Crash Injuries
New York January 4 Eugene Lynch of Boston whose wife was killed in the Republic White Florida ocean collision died this morning from injuries from the same accident The derelict destroyer Seneca with Captain Sealby the Republics captain Second Officer William and 40 crew aboard docked here at 8 o clock this morning
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New York
Eugene Lynch
Boston
Seneca
Sealby
The
Republic
Willame
Accused Alaska Judge Will Resign Office
Fairbanks Alaska January 246 it reported on good authority that Judge Silas Reed charged with malfeasance in office which changes are now being investigated at Washington will soon resign to form a partnership with Leroy Tepler a well known Alaska lawyer
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Silas Reed
Washington
Ina
Leroy Tefler
EXPECTS GOOD WOOL PRICES RISES NOT ATTRIBUTED TO WAREHOUSE PLAN
Charles Ho Green of Portland, a leading wool buyer, says market indications are favorable and prices may rise about four cents from last year. He notes renewed market confidence drives the rise, with some contracting in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming but none yet in Oregon. He expects prices to be higher than last year, though uncertain on exact figures.
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Oregon
Charles Ho Green
Portland
Green
Pendleton
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Anti Pass Suit Expands To Interstate Railway Probe
Boston and Maine railroad faces Interstate Commerce Commission scrutiny over free transportation passes. Hearing viewed as test case, signaling broader enforcement of the anti pass clause nationwide. Commission has warned carriers of irregularities and may pursue court action if violations continue.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston & Main
United States
Arm Amputation At Johnson's Mill In Deming
Hans Olson a Swede had his left arm severed near the shoulder at Johnson's mill in Deming. He was at work when a saw contacted his arm, cutting it off clean and flinging it across the shed while he awaited a surgeon's arrival.
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Rollinghaum
Hans Olson
Johnson's Mill
Deming
Regular O A and N Train Service resumes on Wallan Walla branch
Regular service on the O A and N Wallan Walla branch begins today after repairs. Superintendent M J Buckley noted a small hole in the track but trains are running through the recovered section. The first special left Walla Walla at 10 moved to the destination by 7 last evening.
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Wallan Walla
M. J. Buckley
Walla Walla
Spokane
Fireman Killed in North Platte Train Wreck
Lincoln reports a Chicago Denver special wrecked in North Platte Nebraska yard. The engine overturned pinning Fireman Barry beneath the machine, he died from scalding injuries. No passengers were hurt. Several cars were derailed.
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Lincoln
Union Pacific
North Platt
Neb
Barry
Umatilla and Baker Delegations Reach Asylum Pact
Salem Ore Jan 26 mutual agreement by Umatilla and Baker county delegations to introduce a branch asylum bill in the name of both. State board to settle location after next general election with Governor secretary of state and state treasurer to govern. Likely $260 000 appropriation asked. Also noted two senators oppose elected senators by the people.
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Baker County
Finelly
Salem
Ore
East Oregonian
Umatilla
Rkovernor
Stite
Wmatilla
Baker
Oregon Senate and House Tackle Routine Business
Salem Oregon January 24 The senate and house opened with routine business. The governor's message about the supreme court ruling annulling the 1903 tax levies was referred to the committee on assessment and taxation which will return with a bill to legalize the levies. A house bill by Rep Rondrike of Renton proposes amending the law to make it a misdemeanor for a witness in a keyword trial to refuse to testify.
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Salem
Ore
Supreme Court
Committee On
Rondrike
Renton
Tug Captain Not Guilty of Cowardice
Cable dispatches from Tunian report United States Marine Inspectors exonerated Capt Edwin Farrer of the Hottie Cage and Capt Patrick Hamilton of the Kayka in a charge of cowardice over the wreck of the Star of Bengal near Coronation Island Alaska. The decision followed testimony that the captains could have saved those aboard if they had stayed with the Ren gali.
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Seartien
Tunian
United States Marine
Senator Davis Calls Cotton and Grain Futures Gambling
Washington Jan. 20 Senator Davis of Arkansas attacked gambling on cotton and grain in the senate. He proposed a bill barring malls, telegraph, or telephone use for futures transactions and called the New York cotton exchange a gambling institution while questioning why it is exempt from punishment as small players are punished.
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Washington
Davis
Arkansas
Senate
New York Cotton Exchange
Calhoun Trial Progresses Slowly in San Francisco
The trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of United Railroads, facing bribery charges to the Boothing board under Ruef, advances at a slow pace. Five temporary jurors have been scour ed. Seventy-five men were drawn on the new panel, totaling 450 examined to date.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Boothing Board of Supervisors
Ruef
Gold Hill Copper plant to be sold at public auction
Salisbury North Carolina January six stock holder factions contend over control leading to the sale of the Gold Hill Copper company's plant and other holdings at Gold Hill by order of Samuel D. Oliphant referee in bankruptcy New Jersey with the sale set for tomorrow and overseen under bankruptcy proceedings.
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Salisbury
N. C
Gold Hill Copper Company
Gold Hill
Samuel D. Oliphant
New Jersey
Peadlock in Illinois Seems Unbroken After 17th Ballot
Springfield Jan 26 The seventeenth ballot in the United States senatorship produced no sign of a break in the deadlock as the legislature adjourned until tomorrow. Albert Hopkins, seeking reelection, lost five votes and may again be shown unable to secure victory on the next ballot.
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Springfield
United States
Albert Hopkins
Train wreck injures seventeen in Ohio railroad crash
Ceehorton Ohio January 26 Seventeen persons were injured when the St Louis express jumped the rails nine miles east of town due to a spreading rail. A special car carrying General Manager McKean of the Vanilaulla branch of the Penicular was wrecked.
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Ceehorton
Ohio
St. Louis Express
Here
McKean
Vanilaulla
Cattlemen of Nation Meet in Los Angeles
Cattle men from across the country enroll as delegates at the twelfth annual American National Live Stock association convention in Los Angeles California. Delegates will discuss federal control of grazing on unappropriated public lands in semi arid states and territories administration of forest reserves by the federal government railroad service for stock shipments fuel timber and rail rates and tariffs.
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Los Angeles
Cal
American National Live Stock Association
Two Hot Fights in Washington Shake Senate Session
In Olympia Washington January 16 the Senate debated two major clashes. Senator Alex Polson proposed a concurrent resolution to form joint committees with the House to probe Supreme Court judges state officers and lawmakers’ integrity following the Rent-Gordon inquiry. The anti saloon league local option bill was sent to judiciary committee.
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Supreme Court
Np Storm
Senate
Ovmpla
Alex Polson
Chehalis
House
Rent-Gordon
Anti-Saloon League
Committee On Judiciary
Labor bill advances after committee vote in House
In a morning session the HouseLabor won its first victory as the bill cleared the committee with amendments. The plan would tighten legal working hours to a shorter limit than ten hours. Several changes were made that could have delayed passage, but the final report was accepted and the bill is expected to pass this afternoon.
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Olympic
Wic
Jan
Labor
Northern Pine Manufacturers discuss tariff and lumber shortage
Minneapolis Minnesota June 26 questions relating to the tariff and a possible lumber shortage due to rapid forest destruction occupy the Northern Pine Manufacturers association annual meeting. Election of officers for the new year will occur before adjournment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northern Pine Manufacturers’, Association
Cosgrove Arrives in Portland Amid Illness For Governor Swearing In
Cosgrove arrives in Portland after weeks of illness en route to Olympia to be sworn in as Washington governor. He plans to return to Paso Robles afterward and says Lieutenant Governor Hays will act as governor with Cosgrove as private secretary. He refuses to discuss politics while focusing on health and notes weight loss from 196 to 115 pounds, with some gain since starting to improve.
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Portland
Gre
Cosgrove
Tacoma
Olympia
Paso Robles
Hays
Young Cosgrove
Washington
Ohio
Pardon sought for former Pendleton man W H Lucy
W H Lucy a former Pendleton resident serving a 10 year term at Salem for killing a bartender in Grant county is the subject of a pardon petition circulated by B D Watson. Lucy, once Pendleton marshal, reportedly warned a bartender in a questionable saloon and was then shot during the ensuing struggle. Lucy hailed from a prominent Pendleton family. his father once served as Umatilla county judge. In Little Rock Arkansas a constitutional amendment to issue highway bonds is expected to be proposed by the Arkansas Good Roads Association after today’s session.
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B. Watson
W. H. Lucy
Salem
Grant County
Mr. Watson
Lucy
Marshall
Pendleton
Umatilla County
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Good Ronds Association
Eastern Oregon seeks branch asylum location in Salem caucus
District Attorney G W Phelps reports eastern Oregon delegates favor a Pendleton style caucus to decide the branch asylum site. Baker county opposes caucus, risking floor vote. Pendleton business leaders may later press claims while lawmakers praise a fair regional determination.
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Eastern Oregon
Salem
Oregon
Umatilla County
G. W. Phelps
Pendleton
Baker County
Baker
Busiessmen
Salent
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Oregan
Benoi
Multnomah
Smith
Marion
Mahone
Hovee
Beach
Stock Exchange
Calmoun
Peadlock
Illinois
Cattlemen OF Nation
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Bue
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