Walla Walla council sets open field paving plan
The council discussed opening bidding for street paving variants to Malin and Court streets. Mayor Foo urged competitive bids to avoid injunctions, while officials like Tuenn and Reese outlined steps, ordinances, and anticipated schedules over the next two months.
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Riemonstrance Troy
Pendleton
Foo
Walla Walla
Maddam
Lore
Malin
Court
Denheid
Participarka
Wreet
Warren Construction
Ale
Alen
Ren
Comnelliman Tuenn
Mr. Carter
City debate on pavement selection and council guidance
The mayor suggested property owners choose pavement after pro permits. Councilmen Renn and McCormmach criticized the process. McCormmach questioned why the street committee was sent to nearby cities if their report would weigh little. Renn pressed that voters elected the council to handle public business and act. The mayor clarified he only proposed an idea and the council was not bound to act.
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Prank Reese
Warren Company
Walls Walls
Hinkle
Duprat
Renn
Mc Cormmach
Aged Men in Trouble Overland Swindle Case
Three elderly men are in police hands for alleged swindle involving land titles and bonds. William G. Schroeder, 76, of Booth Bend, Tod, is accused of plotting with Jammer Low, 83, infirm and decrept, and Aurelius C. Turpin, 1176, to extort Schroeder out of 25000 dollars in property across Indiana, Missouri, Michigan and Colorado.
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Chicago
William G. Schroeder
Booth Bend
Tod
Jammer Low
Aurelius C. Turpin
Schroeder Janda
Indiana
Missouri
Michigan
Colorado
Schroeder
Notre Dame University
Ticket scalper released in California Supreme Court ruling
The California Supreme Court voids the anti scalping law as unconstitutional in FR. M. Quard habeas corpus case. The statute aimed to ban selling tickets above regular prices before show time. the court finds the provision not a misdemeanor. Quard is acquitted.
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California
Suemic
San Francisco
Supreme Court
FR. M. Quard
Quard
Chicago Wheat Market closes with mixed gains
Chicago's wheat market reports closing prices with wheat at 77 3 8, corn at 44 1 3, and rye at 20 6. The Market Center reflects activity from the largest wheat market in the world as of March 31.
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Chicago
Defense forecasts hung jury in Ledoux murder case
Lawyers predict either a hung jury or manslaughter verdict in the Ledoux case over the McVicar-Moiive murder. They flag circumstantial evidence, alibi claims, and provocations as pivotal while noting Ledoux and her mother expect acquittal. The defense contends the poisoning may be accidental or caused by the victim himself, with the woman fearing prosecution driving disposal of the body.
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Mere
Ledoux
McVicar
Moiive
Weanan
Lot
Adie
Stocktoy
Cal
Land
MeVicar
Mia
Joe Miller
Jon
Land Frauds Probed by Federal Grand Jury in Oregon
Portland March 41. The federal grand jury under District Attorney Bristol began extensive probing into land frauds in Oregon. Two indictments were returned names not made public but believed to involve wealthy eastern timber men with large holdings in southern Oregon.
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Portland
Federal Grand Jury
Bristol
Oregon
Saturday Review Urges Independent Office for UK Insurance
The Saturday Review in London on March 31 suggests Parliament should not pursue guarantees from American insurers. It recommends British policy holders in the three largest U S companies form an Independent office in London to safeguard interests.
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Saturday Review
London
England
Monument Marking Old Oregon Trail Dedication Ceremony
A red Oregon stone monument marking the old emigrant road near Webb Street was dedicated with a 1200 person procession led by Ezra Meeker and the Meeker ox team. Colonel J. H. Raley delivered a tribute praising pioneers, noting how progress has erased old trails and urging remembrance.
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Ezra Mechker
Webb Street
Tutullla, Bridge
Main
Webb Streets
Meeker
Oregon
Elfin
Commercial Association
Great Northwest
James Ht. Raley
Mitress
J. H. Nakey
Pendleton
Haley
Far East
Pacific West
Onesis
Erira Maeker
Ralew
Willamette Valley
America
Joe Reed Missing After Social Near Pilot Rock
Joe Reed a 36 year old sheep herder from Pilot Rock vanished after attending a social hosted by the Jolly Club. Last seen about 11 pm near Airch Creek, residents and searchers along the creeks report he was drinking heavily and has not been seen since.
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Pilot Rock
Joe Reed
Reed
Airch Creek
Engineers blamed for Courriers mine disaster lives loss
The mining commission in Lena France assigns responsibility for the Courriers mine deaths to engineers overseeing the rescue, saying at least 800 lives could have been saved. In Paris Henri Nemy, the miner who led the entombed 13 for twenty days, will be decorated with the Legion of Honor.
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Lena
France
Mining Commission
Courriers
Paris
Legion of Honor
Henri Nemy
License Testing for Traveling Salesmen Evading Tax
Washington border policy questioned as a Milton case prompts district attorney to pursue possible license evasion by a Bogey Concern selling buggies to Amerilla County farmers. Secretary W J Clarke reports complaints of cross border sales to dodge county vehicle licenses. If evidence supports, prosecutions may follow without license compliance.
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Amerilla County
Washington
Tlindware Men's Association
W. J. Clarke
Hardware Men's Association
Milton
Rind Io
Clarke
Phelps
Santa Fe Train Ditch injures five in Fulton scramble
A Las Vegas special reports Santa Fe No. 19 eastbound from El Paso to Chicago derailed at Fulton at noon. Five Mexicans from Old Mexico bound for Kansas were seriously injured. Train crew and passengers were shaken but not killed. Heavy damage to equipment and broken rail cited.
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Denver
Las Vegass
Santa Fe
el Paso
Chicago
Fulton
Old Mexico
Kansas
Trinmen
Passencere
Conductor Shot After Reprimand in New Mexico
Frank B. Curtis, a Denver conductor, was killed by C. Z. Price near Elida New Mexico at midnight after Curtis reproved Price for alleged improper conduct feared by female passengers. Also notes Portland area sidewalk repairs to begin immediately with 20 miles of defective sidewalk to be relayed and much of it rebuilt in concrete.
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Thisuis
Denver
Frank B. Curtis
C. ZL. Price
Elida
N. M
Curtis
Price
Portland
Miners Settle on 1903 Scale Amid Strike Talk
Indianapolis and Wilkesbarre dispatches report operators offered to sign the 1903 wage scale as miners hurried home for the strike. Some anthracite firms defiant, others prepared to work Monday under current terms. The United Mine Workers adjourned after authorizing signings with operators agreeing to pay the 1903 scale for two years. Roosevelt will not intervene locally, while Kentucky Western District No. 29 reaches a wage agreement ending Western Kentucky strike threats.
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Indianapolis
Mother Jones
Wilkesbarre
The
United Mineworkers of America
Illinois
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Tineis
Kentucky
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Dstrict
Western
Miners and Operators Meet on New Wage Scale
Towans Will Confer Des Moines Iowa March 31 Miners and operators appointed committees to study a new wage scale. Miners agreed to furnish men to protect property during the suspension. Fourteen thousand will quit in the state tonight. Two thousand Missourians go out at Bevier Mo March 21 two thousand coil mine workers stopped work Pending new wage scale
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Towans
Des Moines
Iowa
Bevier
President Mitchell Struggles With Rent Amid Mining Fights
Indianapolis March 31 President John Mitchell faces severe rent trouble after eight tough weeks of disputes in New York Pennsylvania and Illinois. As floor leader in the joint conference presiding officer of the miners and a leading figure at committee meetings he has labored early and late. The peak strain came when operators personally attacked him on the floor.
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John Mitchell
New York
Pennsylvania
Illlnois
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