Fire at Pendleton Hotel causes heavy damage
A disastrous hotel fire at the Pendleton Hotel caused by a waste paper and rag box igniting on the third floor resulted in an estimated 6000 in building damage and 2500 in contents. Fire hoses were inoperative until the department arrived, guest efforts saved much of the property, and insured values totaled 23 500 for building and contents. Trial shifts show the fire started in a hopper room box.
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Fulton
George Stevens
Mix
Jessees
Kaspar
George
Reale
Pendleton Hotel Co
Mpany
van Dran Brothers
van Dran
Albany
Pendleton
East Oregonian
van Tran
van Drans
van Dransa
Ex Mayor Ames Held by Supreme Court in Petitions Hearing
Manchester March 11 ex mayor Ames of Minneapolis faced the supreme court as the hearing on his petition for release from custody began. The petition was refused and Ames was remanded to Minnesota. Bail was fixed at ten thousand dollars with exceptions noted.
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Manchester
N. H
Ames
Minneapolis
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Troops depart Fort Meade for Philippines
Fort Meade South Carolina March 11 remaining troops of the Thirteenth cavalry depart for San Francisco to embark for the Philippines. Their place will be taken by the Sixth Cavalry now on its way here from the Philippines.
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Philippines
Fort Meade
S. C
Thirteenth Cavalry
San Francisco
Sixth Cavalry
Senator Morgan Holds Floor in Senate Recess Probe
Senator Morgan opened the session by urging the Rules Committee to re examine Senate rules to gauge needed changes for no time limit on debate. The resolution, referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses, also directs air during the recess and a prompt report to the next Congress. Morgan’s desk was buried under books as he spoke until 3 15 in the afternoon.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Allison
Committee On
Morgan
Steamers Navary and Multralourdes Sink After Collision
In Manila on March 11, Navary and Multralourdes collided at Punta Santiago. Both vessels sank and are total losses. A small number of passengers and crew were saved.
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Manila
Navary
Multralourdes
Punta
Santiago
Wheat prices move in Chicago market bubble
In Chicago on March 11 wheat futures held steady with bids around 74 and 15 cents per bushel, reflecting steady demand and modest market fluctuation for the day.
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Chicago
New England Tobacco Growers Form Union in Connecticut
Hartford March 11 leading Connecticut valley tobacco growers organized the New England Tobacco Growers Corporation. Conventions are held across Connecticut and Massachusetts this week to solidify a 16 000 acre crop valued at over 6 000 000 annually. When perfected the organization will impose penalties on members who sell to outsiders.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Growers
New England Tobacco Growers’ Corporation
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New England
Missouri Senate Backs 18 Age Limit on Cigarettes Bill
The Missouri Senate yesterday passed a bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and cigarette papers to minors under 18. The measure has also cleared the House.
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Migsouri Senate
House
Citizens Meeting at the Pendleton Courthouse Tonight
A public meeting of Pendleton school district taxpayers is set for 7:30 this evening at the courthouse to discuss the proposed school bond issue. The March 26 vote on the bond will require thorough discussion and citizen input to ensure an informed outcome.
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Pendleton
Big Gold Discovery Pay Streak In Yukon
News from Tacoma dated March 11 reports a major Yukon gold find rivaling the Kiondike on Duncan Creek. Claims yield up to $100 daily per man, with pay streaks seven miles long and bedrock 26 to 100 feet deep. The Yukon government urges Ottawa to fund a $4 million water system for creeks to power tread mills and concessions.
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Bed Rock
Tacoma
Yukon
Duncan Creek
Ottawa
Religions World Congress Advance Session Planned at Stanford
Palo Alto California March 11 an advance session of the World's Congress of Religions will be held at Leland Stanford University during the coming week elaborate preparations are under way for the event speakers include Dr H W Thomas Rabbi Hirsch and Dr Jenkin Lloyd Jones all from Chicago The gathering aims at mutual understanding reducing religious prejudice and possibly uniting creeds the meeting precedes others in San Francisco Los Angeles and Santa Barbara as part of efforts to attract church leaders to the next biennial session in San Francisco next year.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Leland Stanford University
H. W. Thomas
Peoples’ Church of
Chicago
Hirsch
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
California
Stanford
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
CAGES DISMISSED IN CONTEST ON UMATILLA LANDS
A contest case Bartholomew B. Gervins v Charles Levey on Umatilla reservation lands was heard before Joseph Parkes. Two witnesses testified. Contestant represented by T G Hailey and contestee by James A Fee. Motion to dismiss by T G Hailey granted. A second case Fred Brown v Rosa Carroll also on Umatilla lands was heard and dismissed on motion by T G Hailey with James A Fee representing the contestee.
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Bartholomew B. Gervins
Charles Levey
Umatilla
Joseph Parkes
T. G. Hallye
James A. Fee
T. G. Italley
Fred Brown
Rosa Carroll
Umatilla Reservation
T. G
River Still Rising Inundates North Memphis and Bayou Sara
March 11 dispatches describe the Mississippi rising six inches in 24 hours with North Memphis partly flooded and streetcar lines abandoned. Steamers tie up near the streets as wharves flood. relief work begins after boats ferry passengers from Bayou Sara district. In Texas and New Orleans region, floods cause widespread damage and high water near historic marks.
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Bayou Sara
Memphis
Tenn
Natches
Miss
Colorado cruiser nears baptism in Delaware waters
Philadelphia March 11. Work on the armored cruiser Colorado is pushed by the Cramps for an early Delaware baptism. The first of a new class in the US Navy, she will feature enormous battery power and high speed, rivaling battleships and ocean liners, and must run 22 knots for four consecutive hours.
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Philadelphia
United States
Delaware
Abyssinians Clash With Mad Mullah in Somaliland
A report from Aden states Abyssinians battled Mad Mullah near Somaliland. About 1,000 Abyssinians were killed and the Mullah’s mother was captured. British forces reportedly suffered heavy losses and the Mullah is reported to be in flight.
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Aden
Somaliland
Dynamite Accident Injures Five in Buffalo Creek
A group of boys, ages up to eight, found a stick of dynamite discarded by an Italian in a Buffalo creek. They played with it and threw it onto a pavement causing an explosion that injured five, three fatally, with the oldest eight years old and the youngest a child identified as A.
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Buffalo
Seattle Mayor and Officials Indicted for Malfeasance
Seattle readers learn that Mayor Thomas J. Humes Prosecuting Attorney Walter S Fulton and Chief of Police Sullivan have been indicted by the grand jury for malfeasance in office. The charges allege permitting gambling and other unlawful vices to flourish.
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Seattle
Thomas J. Humes
Walter S. Fulton
Sullivan
Patient Escapes Kaiser's Tutor Believed Sailor to America
Captain Sidney O'Danne, former Kaiser's tutor, confined in an asylum in Hamburg for insanity, escaped yesterday. He is believed to have boarded a ship bound for America, with no races noted in Hamburg.
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Hamburg
Sidney O'Danne
Kaiser
America
Spanish Plan to Raise the Maine for Explosion Probe
Madrid reports the foreign minister proposes at the council of ministers to float the American battleship Maine in Havana harbor to determine the true cause of the explosion. The move aims to secure an accurate understanding of what happened aboard the battleship.
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Madrid
Abarzuesa
Council of Ministers
Maine
Havanna Harbor
United Mine Workers to Prosecute Cunningham Over Buckley Killings
The United Mineworkers national organization declares the Buckley West Virginia killings deliberate murder by Marshal Cunningham and his posse. It plans a million dollar fund to prosecute Cunningham with a staff of noted attorneys.
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Indianapolis
United Mineworkers’ National Organization
Buckley
Marshal Cunningham
Treasury Fund
Cunningham
Marriage of Grandpa Kirk and Aunt Jane Bald win at Ukiah
Weather in Alba remains rough with heavy snow squalls stressing stockmen. No stock losses reported as locals endure a harsh season. Grandpa Kirk, 74, and Mrs. Jane Baldwin wed yesterday at Ukiah and plan a honeymoon trip to Echo before returning to Camas Prairie to settle and prosper. Uncle Jimmie Ellis returns from Nebraska with mutton sheep sales negotiations. Robert Wait arrives from Juniper with cattle wintered there, owned by local parties, appearing well cared for. The John Day north fork could irrigate Camas Prairie, supporting irrigation boom and feasibility.
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Kirk- Baldwin
Ukiah
Camas Prairie
Alba
Hay Fe
Grandpa Kirk
Jane Baldwin
Mr. Kirk
Jane
Echo
Jimmie Ellis
Nebraska
Robert Wait
Juniper
Umatilla
Mystery Burdick Murder Deepens in Buffalo
In Buffalo on March 11 a murder widens the Burdick case as Pennell is found dead with a crushed head and his wife gravely injured. Pennell had hired a New York private detective to pursue the Burdick murder, saying he was innocent but driven by police and press pressure. The district attorney forbade showing Pennell’s remains, and detectives probe the case while Pennell’s killer remains at large.
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Huffalo
Burdick
Polles
Pennell
Buffalo
Mrea Pennell
Polce
Emerce
Bowen
Pannell’njuries
New York
Commercial Association installs new officers and committees
The Commercial Association met last night and installed the new president and board. Committees were named including House Roosevelt Rob inson Forster. Library Vincent Taylor Jones. Finance Johnson Judd Ayres. Roads Smith Borie Wamaley. Transport Cohen Failing Clarke. City Interest Alexander Boyd Brock. Public Policy Halley Teutsch Wade. An invitation was extended to President Roosevelt to Pendleton and forwarded to Senators Mitchel and Fulton and Congressman Williamson. The association also approved use of parlors and library for the Umatilla County Sportsmen’s session, defeated a motion to discharge the fundraising committee, and referred the Ad vential convention hosting question to the Public Policy committee.
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Dickson
House
C. EB. Roosevelt
J. F. Robinson
Robert Forster
FW. Vincent
T. C. Taylor
W. H. Jones
Pinance
H. F. Johnson
Fr. BE. Judd
T. W. Ayres
Roada
J. Smith
J. A. Borie
F. F. Wamaley
Twen Cohen
Tease Failing
W. J. Clarke
City Intereste
Ht. Alexander
Kh, D. Boyd
W. E. Brock
T. G. Halley
Lee Teutsch
C. B. Wade
Roosevelt
Pendleton
Hie
Mitchel
Fulton
Williamson
Umatilla County
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