Freight train crews strike over staffing on Washington & Columbia
Calderhead, the road’s general freight agent, says six brakemen and conductors quit in protest over a crew reduction order issued Sunday. The workers demand no further cuts due to alleged lack of business, while the company asserts it can fill positions within an hour. The Pendleton route reports delays and resumed service as crews walk out.
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Washington & Columbia Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway
Walla Walla
Con F. Minter
Er McCabe
Waitsburg
B. Calderhead
Ain
Pendleton
Birthday cheers for William Jennings Bryan in Nebraska
March 19 reports many congratulatory letters and telegraphs at Bryan’s Nebraska home marking his birthday. Bryan, born in 1860, remains in good health and continues touring the country delivering addresses. He plans to fulfill speaking engagements and later join farm work before resuming platform duties, but a jury duty intervention interrupted a planned celebration.
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M. Neb
Wiliam
Bryan
Ryan
Family admits possible fatal culmination of disease
A reader’s fragment suggests a family acknowledges the illness may culminate at any time with potential blindness cited as a feared outcome. The sparse lines imply uncertainty but express concern over a grave prognosis and the danger to a member of the household.
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L. L
Procorats Conclave in Urbana City Convention
The city convention outlines plans for renominating Mayor S S L BP Stone, discusses zinc and lead work, and a scheme to concentrate plant at the fair. Four or five carloads daily would be shipped to showcase regional work to visitors.
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S&s L. BP. Stone
Urbana
ourl-Kansas
Central Iowa Teachers Convene Largest Meeting Yet
Carrell Iowa March 19 Train arrivals bring scores of teachers from counties within the Central Iowa Teachers Association. The fourth annual convention opens with plans for a week of sessions and papers by noted educators including President R. D. Harlan Lake Forest University Superintendent William L Crane Marshalltown State Superintendent R. C. Barrett W N Clifford Council Bluffs Professor F E K Bolton Iowa University and Miss Alice Wilson Des Moines.
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Carrell
Iowa
Central Iowa Teachers’ Association
R. D. Harlan
Lake Forest University
William L Crane
Marshalltown
R. C. Barrett
W. N. Clifford
Council Bluffs
F. EK. Bolton
Iowa University
Alice Wilson
Des Moines
Grand Jury Pounds Miners in West Virginia Coal War
Charleston March 19. The federal grand jury reported 185 indictments against miners for resisting officers. Sheriff Cunningham holds warrants and a strong posse is formed as fear ripples through the region.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Federal Grand Jury Today
Cunningham
Fire wipes Leighton shoe factory in Pepperill loss
Fire in Pepperill Massachusetts destroyed the Leighton shoe factory early this morning. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 300000 dollars. Fire officials reported extensive damage with no immediate word on casualties or causes.
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Leighton Shoe
Pepperill
Mass
Leighton
President Estes Arrested in Victoria Court
Victoria March 14 President George Estes of the United Trainmen was arrested in police court on charges of attempting to order a strike on a chartered road. He faces penalties under the penal code and post office act for affecting mail transport and was remanded until tomorrow.
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Victoria
B.C
George Estes
United Trainmen
Canadian Pacific Railrad
Post Office
Estes
Cement railroad ties in new cement trial on Pere Marquette
Detroit March 19 Railroad officials report experiments on the Pere Marquette and Michigan Central with Portland cement railroad ties claimed to be nearly indestructible. Wood blocks cushion the rail and can be replaced without disturbing the tie. Blocks are chemically treated and fixed with spikes and wooden plugs before the cement sets.
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Detroit
Mich
Pere Marquette Road
Michigan Central
German statesman repudiates South American claims
Berlin March 19 Von Buelow in the reichstag reiterated that Germany seeks no territory in South America. He blamed the recent Venezu2lian difficulties on the nonsensical calumniations of the New York Herald.
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Germany
South America
Berlin
von Buelow
Reichstag
New York Herald
Stolen Gold Brick From Pacific Express Car
A Pacific Express car in the Wabash yards in Detroit was entered last night and a solid gold bar in transit to the Philadelphia mint was stolen. The bar is reported worth $20,000 and the express company president has been telegraphed.
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Detroit
Mich
Pacific Express
Wabash Yards
Philadelphia
Express Company
Morgan Negotiating for Siam Tin Mines Concession
A Calcutta dispatch reports financier J Pierpont Morgan negotiating for a concession of the entire tin mining industry in Siam Malay and nearby districts. The London telegram notes Morgan aims to secure control over Siamese tin resources through a broad concession.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Calcutta
Textile Conference Faces Looming Lowell Strike
A textile conference in Lowell Mass today debates a 10 percent wage raise for operatives. If no decision is reached, a strike will likely be called immediately, affecting 20 000 workers.
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Lowell
Mass
Flood Crisis Moves People to Safety in Arkansas and Memphis
The crest of the flood passes Arkansas lowlands as the river sits seven feet above danger. Rescue steamers ferry hundreds from crevasses toward Memphis. Thousands suffer. families face days without food while authorities strain to shelter refugees. Forecasts predict heavy rains and a south wind storm increase alarm in Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mound City
Marion
Arkansas
Northern Securities Case: Merger Benefits Cited by Attorney
In St Louis on March 19 Judge Young for Northern Securities resumed arguments before the United States court of appeals. He denied government charges and argued the $400000 merger has benefited the Northwest by lowering freight rates on many commodities.
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Northern Securities Company
St. Louis
Young
United States Court of Appeals
Beck
Northwest
Shamrock Ill Mast Stepped At Glasgow March 19
The mast of Shamrock Ill was stepped today in Glasgow drawing unprecedented attention to the challenger.
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Glasgow
Shamrock
Wins Famous Case in Harrison Estate Settlement
Colonel Russell Harrison, son of ex president, wins his famous suit over the disposition of the Benjamin Harrison estate in Indianapolis. A settlement based on a circuit court decision made late yesterday ends the dispute between the children of Harrison's first wife and the claims of his second wife.
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Indianapolis
Russell Harrison
Harrison
Circuit Court
Alice Roosevelt Arrives in Porto Rico for Visit
Alice Roosevelt lands in San Juan on March 19 and is received by Governor Hunt and family. She is driven to the palace for an informal reception and plans an inland trip on Wednesday.
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San Juan
P. R
Alice Roosevelt
Hunt
Woman Suffragists Open Annual Convention in New Orleans
The National Woman's Suffrage Association opened its thirty first annual convention at the Athenaeum in New Orleans with large attendance and banners from states. Carrie Chapman Catt called the meeting to order. Susan B. Anthony received a warm welcome as the movement reflects growth nationwide. The session featured addresses on progress, including notes on Australia and Wyoming, and the gathering continues for several days with the president's annual address.
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National Woman's Suffrage Association
Athenaeum
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Anna Shaw
Louisiana
Club
Kate M. Gordon
State Supreme Court
Federaton
South and West Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Australia
New Zealand
Vitah
Great Britain
Ireland
Kansas
Montana
Equal Suffrage Movement
Arief
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ace A Ao
Grain Markets Report from Coe Commission Company
Quotations furnished by Coe Commission Company show steady wheat and corn with no clear trend. U.S. stock market weakness after a slump in the prior session pulls prices down slightly, while money remains light around five percent. Chicago and Minneapolis futures price updates indicate modest activity, with May and July contracts fluctuating in mid to high seventies for wheat and similar ranges for corn.
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Chicaro
Minneapolis
Omly. Aarsievarcses
New York
Aitwardekceenre
Tuly
Conquering Missourian to Be Complimented on His Mission
New York March 1. Missouri Society has arranged a Waldorf Astoria dinner tonight in honor of ex Governor D R Francis who just returned from Europe where he pursued government interest in the St Louis exposition of which he is president Invitations have gone to notable figures including ex President Cleveland John G Carlisle Hoke Smith and Mayor Low
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New York
Missouri Society
Waldorf-Astoria Tonleht
D. R. Francis
Europe
St. Louis Exposition
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Hoke Smith
Low
Burdick Case Developments
Police seek a letter from Mrs. Pennell to Burdick to prove the Pennells were intoxicated when killed. Officials dispute Mrs. Hull's health, and investigators pursue an alleged accomplice and possible hired killer. A Pennell will reveals $250,000 life insurance.
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Burdick
Har
Pennells
British pressure over Cuban treaty alarms MP
John Bull warns of the Cuban reciprocity treaty’s impact on British trade. In the House of Commons, Charles McArthur, Liberal Unionist, moved a resolution urging government action to protect imperial commerce. He cited foreign policy shifts hurting British markets and proposed a bounty-fed ship tax and closer links with colonies.
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London
Charles McArthur
Delegates Appointed to Attend National Good Roads Meet
County court selects five delegates from Umatilla to attend the National Good Roads convention in St Louis from April 27 to May 2. Appointees include Leon Cohen Pendleton W M Scott Helix C A Barrett Athena Robert Jamieson Weston Lewis Bowlus Milton W S Goodman Freewater and BB Bomham at Ahtabe Daling wild vale at the sxtonsion 6: her water ayetem ou April 1.
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J. B. Magers
Portland
Bute Good Roads Association
St. Louis
Marning
Leon Cohen
Pendleton
W. M. Scott
Helix
C. A. Barrett
Athena
Robert Jamieson
Weston
Lewis Bowlus
Milton
W. 8. Goodman
Free Water
BB Bomham
Ahtabe
Cuban Treaty Ratified and Committee Amends Adopted
In Washington on March 19 the Cuban treaty passed the Senate 50 to 16 as voting began at 3 PM. Committee amendments were approved, the motion to strike the five year clause was defeated. Senator Morgan offered a resolution urging free trade with insular possessions and cuban ties under American jurisdiction. Roosevelt received a gold invitation to speak at the Union League Club of San Francisco.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On
Territories
Alaska
Morgan
United States
Cuba
Roosevelt
Union League Club
San Francisco
Pippy
Ballou Bound Over For Sale Of Liquor To Indians
Brenerathlon was bound over for trial by Commissioner Malley on the charge of selling liquor to Indians and remanded to jail to await trial. Testimony from an Indian supported the accusation while Ballou denied it. Dan Hart, charged with the same offense, had his examination progress this afternoon.
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Ballou
Hart
Brenerathlon
Malley
Dan Hart
Sentence Approved for Private Melvin B Greg ory
Private Melvin B Gregory of Troop E Third Cavalry was found guilty by a general court martial at Fort Walla Walla for seizing a carbine belt and pursuing a fellow soldier with intent to harm and assaulting him with a stool. He is dishonorably discharged, forfeits pay and allowances, and serves six months hard labor at Alcatraz Island California.
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Alcatrax Island
Cal
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