Dynamiters in Denver Riot Case linked to Orchard
Boise March 2 Detective McParland testifies before the grand jury that Moyer Haywood and Pettibone handled bombs four miles north of Denver and Orchard knew of it. He ties Orchard to murders of Supts Gleason Collins and Barney, with Haywood as engineer. Cipher papers found in Orchard’s trunk hint at wider Colorado affairs. Orchard guarded at Sartgage hotel, then rushed to train amid crowd. Other witnesses expected include Swain, Joseph Hutchins, mine experts, Floyd Thompson and Wareham Whitney.
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Boise
McParland
Moyer
Haywood
Sept
Barney
Telluride
Dupe
Pettivone
Orchart
Caldwell
Idaho
Orchard
Steunenberg
Colorado
Sarttage Hotel
Swain
Thiel
Spokine Agency
Joseph Hutchine
George H Currey Dead Pioneer Baker of La Grande
Colonel George A Currey veteran Oregon pioneer and father of Pred and George Currey editors of the La Grande Observer was found dead in his bed from apoplexy after a night of work at the Observer office He served in the regular army in the war and held public posts including register of the La Grande land office He and his sons once ran a paper in Grants Pass before moving to La Grande about ten years ago.
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la Grande
George A. Currey
Pred
George Currey
la Grande Observer
The
Observer
Chiat Piper
Furtly
George H. Currey
Oregon
Fortiles
Register of the
Grant's Pass
Funeral planned for veteran La Grande resident
The obituary notes that a 71 year old La Grande area resident, once active in the community and later living in the Willamette valley before returning about a decade ago, will be buried. Fred and George Currey of the La Grande Observer will oversee the funeral with charges assigned to the G A R order.
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Jt la
Patterson A Socialist City Official Resigns
Joseph Medill Patterson aged 27 of Ed. W. Patterson resigns from Chicago Public Works, citing expanded views on municipal ownership. He criticizes existing laws as obsolete and argues ownership should be invested in the whole community, declaring himself a socialist.
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Chicago
Joseph Medill Patterson
Ed. W. Patterson
The
Tribune
Crewon
Court orders production of records in packers case
Chicago March 2 court instructed the government attorney to produce in court all records procured for the prosecution for the department of commerce and labor. Documents are admitted by which Morrison may prove the existence of a combination.
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Chicago
Packers
Department of Commerce and Labor
Morrison Myehe
Hanged for assault in Spartansburg West Virginia
William Thomas, a Black man, was hanged this morning for an assault on Mrs. Frank James last December. The woman remains suffering as a result. This was the first execution in the city for this offense.
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Spartansburg
W. Va
William Thomas
Frank James
Kid White Executed in Seattle Gallon Hold-up
Kid White the youth who killed expressman Martin Murphy in a Seattle galoon hold-up was hanged at 3 04 this afternoon. He walked bravely to the scaffold and died within five minutes after the drop. The supreme court denied a new hearing and White faced death determined to meet it bravely, having been convicted of the crime.
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Walla Walla
East Oregonian
Kid" White
Seattle
Supreme Court
White
Martin Murphy
Roosevelt Will Continue Fight On Tariff Reform
The article reports that President Roosevelt will persist in tariff reform efforts, including the possibility of an extra session if needed. A bill to lower tariffs on Philippine products failed in the Senate Committee, a blow to administration allies and tariff revision supporters. The piece also notes Cromwell’s continued examination over canal-era correspondence with Hay and his refusal to reveal the nature of that exchange.
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Senate Committee On
Washington
Supreme Court
Tt Tw
Congress
Cromwell
Hay
Colombia
Death of Harry Tenny Looms Over Ring Fight Controversy
San Francisco reports say authorities will not investigate the Tenny fight. grand jury declined to probe. DA to review doping claims as Tenny’s body is analyzed and burial planned at New Sacred Cemetery after the inquest. Nell and others face continued hearings with a pending inquest date.
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Clement
Tenny
Nell
San Francisco
Harry Tenmy
Board of Supervisors
Faw
Fullston
Neil-Tenny
Foreman Mitchell
Grand Jury
Pugihet
Folsom Street
Horsemen Suspended for Doping and Questionable Practices
Los Angeles March 2 Judge Hamilton suspended horse owners J. J. McCafferty and B. Durnell for one year from all tracks. McCafferty doped The Hugenot on February 19, and Durnell faced suspension for general questionable practices on the turf.
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Los Angeles
Hamilton
J. J. McCafferty
B. Durnell
McCafferty
Durnell
Patrick motion adjourned for new trial April 2
The motion for a new trial of Albert Patrick was adjourned today until April 2 The governor will issue a further reprieve before the execution date set for the week of March 19 In New Orleans Charles Coleman a negro was hanged for the murder of 15 year old Margaret Lear confirming the verdict and the sentence
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Mothon
New York
Albert Patrick
Necro
New Orleans
Charles Coleman
Margaret Lear
Hearst Loses Bid to Block Merger on Appeal
Hearst’s application to challenge the Interborough Metropo litan merger was denied by the attorney general. The denial ends Hearst’s effort to have the merger declared illegal. The action was filed in Albany on March 2. The case centers on William Randolph Hearst contesting the merger between Interborough and Metropolitan Traction.
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Hearst
Aneal
Albany
Maron
William KR. Hearst
Interborough
Rockefeller Passes Through Pittsburg In Private Car
John D. Rockefeller traveled through Pittsburg in a private car on a standard train as part of Standard Oil’s takeover of N. B. Barnsdall. A trolley car carrying 24 passengers became stranded for 18 hours in a snow drift between St Louis and Clayton and was rescued by a snow plow.
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St. Louis
Clayton
Dolliver for Hepburn Bill Upholds ICC
Senator Dolliver told Hepburn supporters that harmony between carriers and shippers requires boards of conciliation formed by traffic agents and shippers. He defended the Interstate Commerce Commission, mocked attacks, and said railways must serve the people not masters. He condemned government ownership as socialism and lauded Theodore Roosevelt’s platform. Also notes Philippines tariff bill action, sugar tobacco and rice at 25 percent Dingley rate, defeated in committee with Lodge opposing and others for.
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Washington
Dolliver
Hepburnriters
Interstate Commerce Committee
Lodge
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate Committee On the
Philippines
Senate
Hale
Harrows
Nixon
Brandege
Dubula
Stone
Bil
Lodge, Peveridge
Long, Carmack
McCreary
Would Raise Salaries Readout for Government Officers
Senator Gal iter Thik introduced a bill to read the salaries of general government officers with March 4 1909 as the effective date. Proposed figures include President 75000 dollars Vice President 10000 dollars Speaker of the House 12000 dollars.
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Washington
Galiter Thik
DHL
Land kept for possible townsite near Cold Springs
W J Furnish and associates retain a land section adjoining Cold Springs Station on the Columbia river as a potential site if a town develops there after the East Umatilla project, though the company has no plan to establish a townsite itself. The area around Cold Springs Station could gain importance with irrigation growth, but the nearest project land is five miles away.
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East Umatilla
W. J. Burnieh and
Cold Springs
Umatilla
Furnish
Hermann Misses Trial In Government Property Case
Congressman Binger Hermann of Oregon did not appear in district court as his case for destroying government property in the general land office was called. His counsel filed a demurrer to the indictment to be argued March 16. Attorney General Moody urged referring Bristol matter to Oregon Bar for investigation and the president concurred. If charges fail Bristol remains in office and may be renamed.
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Washington, D. C
Binger Hermann
Oregon
General Land Office
Moody
Dominican treaty report includes key amendments
Senate committee reports the Dominican treaty with six amendments, including Article 7 rewritten to authorize U S restoration of order and two new sections protecting monetary dealings with Dominican creditors. Action awaiting disposition of the railroad rate bill before further steps.
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Senate
United States
Dominican Republic
Walla Walla to Build Five-Story Store
Walla Walla March 2. Articles of incorporation filed for the Walla Walla Mercantile Company by George Kellough H C Bryson C B Stewart John Rachford and W W Raymond. Capitalized at 100000 in 1000 shares of 100 each. Principal business in Walla Walla. The corporation to engage in general merchandise and mercantile business.
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WII
Walla Wall
Third and
Alder Streets
Walla Walla
Help Starving Japs Campaign Aids Japanese Famine Relief
A Seattle driven drive to raise funds and wheat for famine stricken Japan has started and a state wide response is reported. Mr and Mrs T C Elliott of Walla Walla contributed 10 tons of wheat. An urgent newspaper appeal asks eastern Washington farmers to contribute through the Japanese Famine Fund care of the Post Intelligencer Seattle.
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Walla Walla
Seattle
T. ¢. Elliott
Washington
Post-Intelligencer
0.8. &N. WANTS MORE LABORERS
Labor demand rises on the Riparia Lewiston branch with 75 men passing through Port Inn en route to Riparia. Track eight miles east of Riparia near the Snake River bridge progresses. grading and rock work continue as laborers are recruited at $2 to $2.50 daily.
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Kifrlna
Riparia
Port- Inn
Ripiaria- Lewiston
Riparia-Lawistone
Riparla
Snake River
Wyoming Thain Wheeck Ends in Bridge Collapse
At noon today the northbound pavenger on the Cheyenne and North Branch line went through a Buckhorn bridge 126 miles north of Cheyenne. Engineer Shorty Donahue Fireman Rex and Mall Clerk Benjamin Guy of Cheyenne were injured. Rex may die. An extra train from Wheatland took the injured to Wheatland. The passenger coaches stopped at the brink of the chasm. no other passengers injured.
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Cheyenne
North Branch
Buckhorn
Chey_nne
Shorty Donahue
Rex
Benjamin Guy
Wheatland
Langley Funeral Today at Smithsonian Secretary's Service
Washington report says funeral services for Prof. 8. P. Langley secretary of the Smithsonian Institute were held this afternoon with interment planned for Boston. Morbid crowds grew at the Claice trial in New York as Patrolman Morton was recalled and continued detailing his relations with the girl.
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New York
Claice
Morton
Walter M. Pierce Declares Senate Nomi nination Platform
Walter M. Pierce files for Democratic nomination for state senator from the twenty second district comprising Umatilla Union and Morrow counties. He pledges to support an inheritance tax to fund the irreducible school fund and to enact laws for better roads irrigation reforms and greater fiscal oversight.
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WID
United States
Wilter M. Pierce
Umatilla
Union
Morrow
F. I. Dunbar
Democratic Party
Oregon
Walter M. Pierce
Pendleton
Congress
West on man charged with disorderly conduct
WIPE BEATING, ft. F. dalinson, of Paleview Farn, charged with disorderly conduct at Weston. R. F. Joh naeon, prominent Briguson resident and Fair view owner, will be tried in justice court tomorrow morning for allegedly striking his wife last Sunday at their Weston mountain home. The charge is filed by Mr. Johnson's father-in-law. friends expect explanation and possible acquittal.
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Ft. F. Dalinson
Paleview Farn
Weston
R. F. Johnaeon
Eltixnen
Briguson
Weston Mountain
Fairview
Justice Court
Johnson
Chicago Wheat Market Quotation and Mutual Trust Resignations
Wheat closed at 0 1-4, corn at 42 1-2 and oats at 30 1-2 in Chicago the world’s greatest wheat center. Resignations of trustees B E B Morris and Stuyvesant Fish from the Mutual were accepted in New York.
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Chicago
the Mutual
New York
BE B
Morris and Stuyvyesane Fish
The
Mutual
Morocco Crisis Shadows Franco German War Outlook
London dispatch notes the Moroccan Imbroglio fueling a general belief that war between France and Germany is inevitable. The London Express and continental press discuss heightened tensions and possible mobilization tied to the Moroccan dispute.
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London
London Express
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Hepburn
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Hermann
Lewiston
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