Gas or No Gas Dominates Gity Council Night
Gity Council met to discuss gas service from Northwestern Gas & Electric, with a proposed $25 000 to $30 000 plant to supply gas mains and stoves. The issue was referred to the street committee for a report as authorities also tackled damage claims arising from sewer work and a disputed stock sale.
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Northwestern Gas & Electric
Recorder
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Committee On Claims
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William Reeves
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Attempted Wife Murder Case Heard in Los Angeles
Closing arguments delivered in Los Angeles on March 3 in the case of Colonel Grimith a prominent club man facing charges after an alleged attempt on his wife. She denied poisoning him and alleged infidelity while he drank whiskey daily.
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Politelan
Snowsheds Removed As Winter Severity Declines In Oregon
East Oregon’s La Grande Hantington division has removed all snow sheds built twenty years ago in Pyle canyon due to milder winters and less snowfall. Heavier engines and rotary air become sufficient for future clearing, with no significant winter trouble last season despite harsh mountain conditions. The change reflects reduced need for costly protection against snow and winds. Spanish Marines Desert at Ferrol Appeals for Discipline Prompt Captures and Punishment. Dreyfus Case Again Court of Cassation opens review of Captain Dreyfus' appeal for a retrial.
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Oregon
Pyle Canyon
Eastern War Updates and Port Arthur Water Shortage
Reports from St. Petersburg describe a new Siberian railway push with twenty sidings to maintain daily train flow as water scarcity hits Port Arthur. Tokyo outlines an extraordinary Japanese diet session from March 18 with expected new taxes on salt and silk. A wreck near Rowlesburg kills a firefighter, while Portland officials propose building a new city jail by reallocating funds from the old facility.
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Williams
Plague Death Reported in California Ranch
Sacramento March 8 The secretary of the state board of health G B Foster was notified this morning of the death of a white woman from plague on a ranch in Contra Costa county.
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Sacramento
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Contra Costa County
Mail Contract Let For Valdez to Tanana Route
Assistant Postmaster Colbett in Seattle reports sealed bids due May 24 for carrying mail from Valdez to Tanana via Fairbanks and Chena. Trip spans about 620 miles with a 20 day allowance, term October to May 1906, service twice monthly. Senator Bard of California declines reelection bid.
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Chena
Government News From Washington March 8 War Loans Panama Canal Debts
The Treasury plans a 2 percent call due by March 26 to raise 20 million for Panama canal property and concessions, with 20 million from the treasury itself. Warships Missouri and Illinois exchange gear damage near Guantanamo, while Captain Cowles leads the Missouri in New York. An insane ex-soldier William OBrien shot two War Department clerks, Manning and Wicker, wounding Manning in the stomach and Wicker in the arm before arrest. Senate Post Office Committee adjourns amid quorum disputes over an investigation of the Post Office Department. Grover Cleveland denial on dining with a negro is read in the House, asserted as fabrication.
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Arthur Wicker
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Wicker
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Webb
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Scott
Kansas
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Hooker T. Washington
Rough House in the Capitol Shows Missouri Men in Clash
Washington March 3 The Show Me state was lively in the house cloak rooms as Representatives Cochran and Hunt of Missouri nearly came to blows during a feud over Governor Folk political chances. Champ Clark intervened lifting Cochran to safety as tensions cooled.
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Hunt
Missouri
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Joe Folk
St. Louis
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Folk
Champ Clark
Fort Walla Walla Retained for Permanent Use
Washington dispatch reports Senator Ankeny secured permanent retention of Fort Walla Walla. The post, once recommended for abandonment by General Funston and Secretary Root, will be rebuilt and kept on the permanent list after talks with Secretary Taft and General Chaffee. Plans are to reconstruct the post for four companies.
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Denver as possible site for railway union convention
Denver may host the next convention of the United Brotherhood of Railway Employes starting May 9 with a referendum to choose the meeting city. Chicago Sacramento and Ogden are also bidding while San Francisco houses the union with about 75 000 members. The Amalgamated assembly urged Denver to welcome the gathering and pledged labor support through local No 2 of Railway Employes.
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Supreme Court Rules Secretary Cannot Audit Claims After Funds Exhausted
Salem reports the supreme court ruled the old soldiers of the Indian wave in Oregon cannot obtain pay until a new legislative appropriation creates a fund. Those still unpaid cannot file claims with the secretary of state since the existing fund is exhausted and the administrator cannot audit the accounts.
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Oregon
Western Union seeks injunction to protect messengers
Chicago March 3 The Western Union Telegraph Company will seek federal injunctive protection against striking messengers after assaults on nonunion riders. A nonunion messenger was slashed across the face and beaten by striker crowds this morning.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
American Cardinal Appointment Deferred Next Year
Rome reports the pope told an intimate friend that no American cardinal will be appointed at the first consistory this year but such an appointment will occur next year. Breelan notes eight men died in a coal pit owned by Prince Donnermack at Glasgow in Britain today due to coal dust ignition.
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Prince Donnermack
Glaswitee
Darlington Fatalities and Injuries Rise in Motel Collapse
Three hundred men searched the Darlington Motel ruins through the night and into morning. Five bodies were recovered by 10 am, with eight more sighted. two more later. One body was split in two. The death toll may reach 16, with 16 wounded in hospitals. The construction foreman is under arrest. contractors are unaccounted. Lawsuits for $60,000 in damages have begun, plus $5,000 by owners of the adjoining Patterson apartment. Two more bodies identified Frank Durwalier and others. several arrests expected for building code violations.
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Sulie
Patterson
Frank Durwalier
Farrer Frank
Frederick Morre
Ella Starra
Smoot Investigation: Mormon Polygamy Policy Clarified
Senate inquiry into Senator Smoot raised questions about polygamy among Mormon leaders. Bossed by testimony from President Smith, it confirmed the Woodruff Manifesto of 1890 ended plural marriages though cohabitation with prior plural wives remained possible. Smith noted high church adherence but emphasized only a small fraction practiced plural marriage, while thousands rejected the doctrine.
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Ulah
Irrigation Committee Named By Walla Walla Association
Commercial Association leader J A Borle appoints Dr C G Smith T G Halley and C Berkeley to join a Walla Walla board member in promoting irrigation proposals for Walla Walla Umatilla counties and the wider Oregon Washington region. Stubblefield trustee C M Rader departs after a county court visit as estate litigation continues. Mrs R K Chaney returns from McMinnville with news of the boy run over near the Chaney ranch.
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Aftemort
CG. 7 Smith
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Stubblefield
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Ubla
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Chaney
Republican Split at Virginia Convention Delgates to Chicago
In Norfolk Virginia dated March 8 the second district Republican convention split with two delegations chosen to go to Chicago. The factional group sent by the federal faction will be all white while the other delegation includes whites and blacks. A state convention tomorrow is also described as likely to split. The white faction reportedly acts under administration instructions.
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