Roosevelt backs Fairbanks for vice presidency in GOP ticket
Roosevelt suggests Fairbanks accepts the vice presidential nomination if offered, signaling party unity. Navy promotions named rear admirals Converse and Manney shift to higher rank. Arizona Secretary Isaac Stoddard resigns effective April 1 amid tensions with the territorial legislature over foes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
Fairbanks
Chas. A. Converse
Bureau of Ordinance of
Navy
Henry Manney
Bureau of Equipment
Arizona
Isaac Stoddard
Trains Snowbound In Central Montana Snow Drift Mess
Three Central Montana railway trains carrying freight and passengers have been ripped apart by two weeks of heavy snow between Lombard and Lewiston. Rescue crews labor day and night but have not located the trains. One crew reached Varlotown and obtained provisions. others are believed to have reached nearby ranches.
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Butte
Mont
Central Montana Railway
Lombard
Lewiston
Varlotown
Lunatic Arrested In Plot Against Rail Way Shops
Joseph Stark, an alleged lunatic, is detained at the county hospital pending an investigation into his sanity. Police charge he plotted to blow up the Los Angeles Railway Company shops and to kill Henry Huntington and his son Howard. He bears a grievance against the Huntingtons after being struck by a car.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Stark
Los Angeles Railway Company
Henry Huntington
Howard
Huntingtons
Prairie Fires and Oklahoma Wind Storm Add Fatalities
Reports from Fort Worth and western Oklahoma describe prairie fires and a wind storm with at least 20 deaths. The blazes threaten Ho on and Lawson areas and endanger livestock and homes. Separately, educators meet in Pittsburg Pennsylvania as School Superintendents and principals of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio form the Round Table, discussing Ohio's new school code at the Colonial hotel.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Hoon
Lawson
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
The
Round Table
Colonial Hotel
Three H Company Members Die in Wood Alcohol Poisoning
Reports from Fort Terry Plum Island station indicate three members of H Company United States Army are dead and two more dying after consuming wood alcohol allegedly stolen from a fort barber shop.
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New London, Conn
Fort Terry
Plum Tryland Station
H Company
United States
Fort
Mining radium pitchblende found in Colorado mine
At Wood mine Leavenworth gulch drifting extends from 210 feet depth. East level aims toward pitchblende near shaft, while west level shows a rich streak. Ores with up to 80 percent mineral are hoisted. milling ores also show better mineral averages. Early shipment planned. Washington counties pool to raise railroad property values statewide. Dayton, March 4. A plan to uniform valuation across counties to reflect earnings. Columbia county forming a taxpayers league for a radical value increase.
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Colorado
Georgetown
Col
Wood
Leavenworth Gulch
Washington
Dayton
Wash
Taxpayers’ League
Columbia County
Socialists in State Meeting in Oregon
The socialist state convention in Portland drew seventy delegates and many visitors from across Oregon. B F Ramp was chosen chairman with W S Richards as secretary as committees were formed. Several counties plan full ticket nominations and La Grande issued a city ticket for the municipal election. State officers nominated include C C Mikkelsen as associate justice N Rasmusen as dairy and food commissioner B F Ramp as first district congressman and George R Cook as second district congressman.
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Portland
Oregon
B. F. Ramp
Btate
Richards
Coos, Curry
Clackamas
Marion
Jackson J
la Grande
Umatilla County
C. C. Michaelson
Prineville
N. Rasmusen
Salem
George R. Cook
Driving Out the Vags in Baker City Open Gambling Clampdown
Baker City reports daily orders to expel three to ten vagabonds as police chief tackles open gambling and recent hold ups under electric lights. The influx from Pendleton’s closed games sparks concern while police thinning suspects. Also notes Wheat in Chicago and Waldersee’s worsening condition in Hanover.
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Baker City
Pendleton
Russian army and naval reserves called out
European Russia conscripts named to six weeks training as reserves and naval squads mobilize. Vladivostok reports no Japanese ships near port Arthur though population leaves. Port Arthur rebuilds ships as Kuropatkin HQ eyed at Liao Yang and Manchuria quiet reports arrive from northern front.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Vladivostok
Saga
London
Central News
Port Arthur
Rivixan
Czrarovitch
Pallada
Kuropatkin
Liao Yang
Manchuria
Moody Move Rumors Stir Old Republicans and Delegation Hopes
A debate over invitation to the Young Men’s Republican Club touches on Moody forces and a potential solid eastern delegation to the April 18 convention in Portland. Dissenters deny a split, claiming a free organization while patrons dwell on past defeats and party leaders. The issue may reveal future party lines as the truth nears.
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Merwes
Young Men's
Republican Club
Moody
Moody Forces
Portland
Father Simon
Railroading a Pleasure Delays Train Forty One Hours
Conductor Grady arrived in La Grande on freight train No. 22 this morning after a 41 hour out and back run. The trip, halted on the outbound due to snow in the mountains, delayed the passenger service and kept Grady away from his home nearly twice the usual duration.
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Grady
la Grande
Snow cleanup near Spring Spur to Kemela reported
W. J. Rowe crews shoveled out five extra care over a two mile distance from Spring Spur to Kemela. Snow averaged three feet heavy and wet. The rotary cleared the track yesterday and the flanger operated on the mountains to plow.
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W. J. Rowe
Kemela
County Court Delays Wild Horse Road Petition
County court met this morning and audited bills. The petition by B B Crowner and others to vacate part of the road west of the city near the railroad and open a new one was deferred due to a clerical error. A board of surveyors J W Kimbrel Jerry Barnhart and A Zeuske were named to review the road and meet March 24. The court also confirmed Echo’s incorporation and officers. An inspection trip to the poor farm followed. The Wild Horse road matter will be reconsidered Monday if sessions proceed. The Kansas Sheriff's Association met at Topeka with officers to be elected.
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Wild Horse Road
B. B. Crowner
J. W. Kimbrel
Jerry Barnhart
A. Zeuske
Optical trust to organize in Chicago amid patent controls
Opticians from across the country will meet in Chicago early next week to form an optical trust. Major firms from Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago Boston and St Louis participate. They hold patents and state rights to others, aiming to curb costly infringement litigation through corporate control.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
St Louis
Buried Alive Under Debris at Hotel Darlington Disaster
New York dispatch reports 16 confirmed dead after the Hotel Darlington collapse. Iron worker Alexander Johnson was being recovered when plasterer Charles Lasek was found alive but died en route to hospital. Heat and friction allegedly caused by the blaze scorched paint and ignited some temporary wood components during construction.
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New York
Alexander Johnson
Darlington
Charles Lasek
Howe Tieder Tong
Debria
Ron Deine
Snowstorms hit Idaho mountains with heaviest fall in years
Reports from Lewiston indicate unusually heavy snow across the Clearwater basin raising concern for possible floods. Despite the depth, officials doubt river conditions will be materially affected. In Walla Walla, Starbuck incorporation failed with 60 votes against and 36 for.
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Idaho Mountains
Lewiston
Clearwater
Rivera
Republican Committee Meeting in Portland Sets Convention Dates
Thomas Thompson returned from Portland after attending the Republican committeemen meeting for the second congressional district. The congressional convention is set for April 13, one day before the state convention to be held in Portland on April 14. Umatula county will have 16 delegates in a 184 delegate convention.
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Thomas Thompson
Portland
Umatula County
Mormon Prophet Testifies on Polygamy at Smoot Hearing
President Smith admits maintaining a plural family with several wives and children while denying priestly authority to women in the church. He says he has never violated laws against plural marriage but has not openly separated from his wives, and notes fellow church leaders are polygamists.
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Washington
Smith
Hearan
Apo Frew
Salt Lake
Wold
Aince Tay
St. Lawre Fair
Roosevelt
Halt Lake
Taylor
Apostle Teasdale
John Taylor
Mr. W. Merrill
Heber J.kant
John Henry Smith
Peruvians Earthquakes Shocks Hit Lima Hard
Lima Peru March 4 Earthquake shocks described as the worst in years caused extensive damage in the interior with losses not yet tallied. The tremors resumed this morning and represent the severest quake in a quarter century. Also includes note of Mr and Mrs H P Rolffe returning from their wedding trip to Newburyport and their planned residence in the city with the W and C R engineer in charge of improvements.
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Lima
Peru
Mra
H. P. Rolfffe
Mr. Rolffe
Newburyport
Maia
Mra. Rolffe
Strike on Pace electric railway in Los Angeles
Laborers on the Pace electric railway in Los Angeles strike after wage cuts from 1.76 to 1.40 dollars. Several hundred workers refuse to submit. Contractors threaten to replace them with foreigners.
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Los Angeles
Pace Electric Railway
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Kansas Sheriffs Meet
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Kas
Kansas State Sheriff's Association
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Optical Trust
Stubblefield Heirs
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Henry White
Mary Mellroy
Joseph Stubblefield
Stubblefeld
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Moufflard-Sartoris
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