Indian Agency Shakeup Stuns Pendleton Officials
Special Agent Mc Chesney arrived to take charge at the Umatilla agency amid surprise and regret over Major A. E. McFatridge being relieved. The action appears unofficial and the department’s reasons remain unclear, as McFatridge continues managing the agency and school pending orders from Washington.
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McFatridge Hay
McPatridge
Umatilla
McChesney
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
A. E. MacFatridge
Major Meridge
A. E. McFatridge
Major McFatridge
Washington
Army lieutenant faces death by own hand at police station
San Francisco on May 11 Gordon A. Dennis an army lieutenant recently court martialed and dismissed for oiling women entered a police station last night and told a sergeant he planned to kill himself. He was placed in a cell and given medical attention with a view to his recovery.
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San Francisco
Gordon A. Dennis
Wright Brothers Reach New York Reception by Aero Club
The Wright brothers and sister Catherine arrived in New York May 11 and were warmly greeted by the aero club. Wilbur said the aeroplane could be built to carry two and that military experts abroad claimed a thousand feet elevation would place the ship beyond rifle range, a point they demonstrated.
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Wright Brothers
Aero Club
New York
Catherine
Leutenant
Wright
Wilbur Wright
Boyles Sentenced for Kidnapping to Life Imprisonment
Pittsburg May 11 Jamon Boyle, the kidnapper sentenced to life imprisonment, told the public to go to hell when asked about his feelings before the penitentiary. Mrs Boyle expects someone will help her avoid serving the full 26 years and she may work in the prison kitchen.
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Pittsburg
Jamon Boyle
Hains Found Guilty in First Degree
Flushing N Y May 11 Captain Peter C Hains was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for the killing of William Annis amid a scandal over the affections of Mrs Hains The verdict concludes a sensational local murder case that drew wide attention in the area
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HAINS
Flushing
Peter C. Hains
William Annis
Inland Empire Strawberries to Reach Spokane Market
Strawberries grown in the Inland Empire will appear on Spokane markets early this week with shipments starting tomorrow from Kennewick. The first crate is contracted at $12 by the Silver Grill. LB Paul of Kennewick picked the Tipo berry and it was shown at the chamber of commerce with Kennewick Reporter’s Scott Henderson present. The Kennewick crop is expected to exceed last year’s 95,000 crates. frosts in April delayed the early harvest.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Kennewick
Silver Grill
Chamber of Commeres
LB. Paul
Chamber of Commérce
Scott 4. Henderson
The
Henderson
Columbia
Meet Behind Closed Doors Plan Of Action To Be Announced Soon
Delegates representing shipping interests of Oregon Washington and California adjourned after deciding on a plan of action regarding the Spokane rate case and increased transcontinental freight rates. They urged shippers to unite to maintain equitable rates and to seek federal aid if needed to curb railroad water line parallelism, oppose joint water line ownership, and keep Interstate Commerce Commission powers intact.
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Portland
Oregon
Washington
California
Spokane
Pacific Coast
Congress
Joint Committee
Bhu de
Interstate Commerce Commission
Portland Plunged Into Darkness After City Fire
Portland suffered a blackout from a fire at Cawego in the bank building. Wires of the Portland Railway Light and Power Co failed, breaking the Portland Oregon City circuit and darkening Oregon City until service was restored shortly before daybreak.
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Portland
Cawego
Bank
Portland Railway Light and Power Company
Oregon City
Thought Drowned in Idaho Shows Up in Nebraska
Spokane May 11 Raymond Fulkerson aged 17 son of R V Fulkerson of Coeur d Alene Idaho was located at Lincoln Nebraska after a search for his body. The youth had disappeared after threatening self harm. He was with a preacher s son visiting there.
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Spokine
Raymond Fulkerson
R. VV. Pulkerson
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Lincoln
Nebraska
Murderer Captured After Global Escape
Luther Minnick sought for murdering Mrs Millsap at Alton Oregon in April 1907 was arrested in Spokane under the alias Fink Short. He crossed the ocean twice and hid in Holland England PHIL Pines and Thahe Hills. He is married with two children.
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Spokane
Luther Minnick
Alton
Ore
Furnish party returns from Wenaha visit
Mr and Mrs W J Furnish and Miss McEwen have come back from a Sunday stay at the Furnish summer homes in Wenaha.
Senate Keeps Payne Bill Duties With Minor Tariff Changes
Washington May 11 The Senate approved amendments on potash keeping the Payne bill duty intact while changing refined sulphur to four dollars a ton and saltpeter from the record. A new higher rate on tonnage and a 25 percent duty for corrosive sublimate were added. The perfumed toilet soap tariff rose to twenty one and eight tenths cents per pound. The lead schedule with Dingley rates was upheld by a 35 to 44 vote with Republicans mostly sustaining committee recommendations.
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Washington
Senate
Flint
California
House
Vette
Aldrich
Tracing Money in the Calhoun Trial
Representatives of several banks testified in San Francisco on May 11 about deposits by United Tallands after the earthquake. The defense argued 200000 dollars drawn by Tirey J. Ford did not reach any bank, with Wells Fargo clerk H. Rosetti detailing post fire banking conditions during a temporary clearing house.
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San Francisco
United Tallands
Calhoun
Tirey J. Ford
Moore
H. Rosetti
Wells-Fargo Nevada National Bank
Despondent Woman Attempts Suicide Over Inheritance
In St. Louis on May 11 Mrs. Mary Whitman, claiming to be a niece of the late horseman Lucky Baldwin, attempted suicide when she failed to inherit a share of his estate. She was found unconscious and rushed to a hospital.
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St. Louis
Baldwin
Mary Whitman
Fire Ravages Chilpancingo Area. Hundreds Reported Starving
From Acapulco May 11 a Mazatlan town near Chilpancingo was reportedly almost totally destroyed by fire on Friday and hundreds are said to be starving. Authorities receive details of the disaster and ensuing famine from the region.
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Acapulco
Mex
Mazatlatan
Chilbancingo
Pension Inspector Unravels Odd Pendleton Pension Case
Special Pension Inspector Rt. Crowley exposes a tangle involving Dan Baker once living in Pendleton Indiana born and married there. Baker deserted his first wife, remarried in Oregon, and drew a pension in Indiana after his death while never legally divorcing first wife. The case reveals Baker’s continued pension despite multiple marriages.
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United States Pension Office
Rt. EB. Crowley
Dan Biker
Pendleton
Indiana
Offele
Oregon
Baker
Seattle Art Exhibit Insured For 1 500 000
Seattle May 11 The art exhibit of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition is covered by 1 500 000 in insurance arranged through Lloyds of London. The policy covers most of the collection from European galleries and ensures the display of rare pieces not previously shown in the United States. Further policies will be secured as more exhibits are installed and the brick and steel exhibition building will later serve as the chemistry school for the State University of Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
Lloyd's of London
United States
State University of Washington
Will donate bank account to every baby
Klamath Falls Oregon May 11 Captain J W Siemens cashier of the First Trust and Savings Bank will during the present year start a bank account with a deposit of one dollar to the credit of every child born here The deposit will be five dollars in the case of twins and ten dollars for triplets He figures he will pay out at least three hundred dollars for the 1906 baby crop.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
J. W. Siemens
First Trust and Savings Bank
Bell in Vallejo Fist Fight Over Ferry Editorial
In Vallejo California on May 11 postmaster and Chronicle editor W Pennycook and Theodore Bell a prominent politician and temporary chairman of the last Democratic national convention clashed in a fist fight after Bell objected to an Chronicle editorial. Pennycook was bruised and struck back during the altercation at the post office regarding a proposed Vallejo Mare Island ferry franchise.
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Valle Jo Chronicle
Bell
Mentre
Vallejo
Calif
W. Pennycock
Talks Over Special Rates For Exposition
Seattle May 11. Assistant general passenger agents of the Great Northern Northern Pacific Canadian Pacific and O R and Ny meet to arrange special exposition rates, plan special excursion fares and decide publicity methods.
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Seattle
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacifica
Surveying for Irrigation Ditch Route Planned
8 B Neil announced from Camas Prairie that surveyors are at work marking the proposed route of a ditch to take water from Camas Creek for reclaiming several thousand acres in Umatilla and Morrow counties.
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Camas Creek
Lond
Umatilla
Morrow
8. B. Neil
Camas Prairie
Palouse Wheat Storage Rates To Be Lowered
Lewiston Idaho reports traders expect storage prices for grain to fall from 75 to 50 cents per ton. Farmers union gains pace in building warehouses and pushing competition, aiming for about one third cut. Big lenders may announce a new schedule, though farmers question benefits and fear reduced demand for their storage use.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Palouse
Treasurer Lewis asks probe of state offices opens broad inquiry
Seattle May 11 Chairman Allen of the legislative investigation committee said the panel would comply with State Treasurer J G Lewis request for an inquiry to reassure the public Governor Hay sent Allen the voluntary letter Lewis wrote asking for the investigation The move paves the way to examine all state offices as time permits
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Lewis
Hay
Legislative Investigation Committee
Seattle
Allen
J. G. Lewis
Driven to death by own action in mock leprosy mockery
In Bellingham on May 11 Andrew Blixt a stonemason died by cutting his throat on a hotel rear porch. He had a mild skin disease but friends suggested he had leprosy driving him to suicide.
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Bellingham
Andrew Blixt
Circus Benefit Show for the New York Association of the Blind
A matinee crowd at the Hippodrome watched the Society Circus for the New York Association of the Blind. A second performance was planned for the evening. A sylvan dance and finale featured as part of the act. Managers aimed to raise twenty thousand dollars.
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New York
Hippodrome
Mattinee
Society
New York Association of the Blind
Fire Damages Bonnell Building in Tacoma
A morning blaze in Tacoma caused about ten thousand dollars in damage to the Bonnell building. The fire started in the supply room of Ellis McMaster's camera store and three firms suffered heavy losses as a result.
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Tacoma
Bonnell
Ellis McMaster
Four Killed as Powder Mill Explosion Hits Pittsburg
Four workmen died and twenty were injured in an explosion at a Pittsburg powder mill on May 11. The property loss is estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Governor Johnson Plans Westward Lecture Tour
Salem May 11 Governor Johnson of Minnesota will travel west this summer to give lectures at the Seattle exposition on August 12 and 13.
Testimony in land cases before U S land commissioner
John Halley Jr. gathers testimony in several land patent cases awaiting government action. Entriesmen seek patents while investigations continue, with much testimony submitted by stipulation. The day’s focus is the final proof of Ephram S. Wilbur.
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John Halley, Jr
U. S
Ephram S. Wilbur
Action for Money Begun Against W. Rogain
The D. M. Osbourne Company filed suit this morning to collect about 200 from W. Rogain through three promissory notes. Rogain, resident of the county west end, is named in the action brought by attorney S. D. Paterson.
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D. M. Osbourne Company
W. Rogain
Ragain
West End
S. D. Paterson
Vast British Museum holds over four million books
The British Museum currently houses more than 4,000,000 volumes totaling about 45 miles of shelves, highlighting the institution's vast literary collection and storage capacity.
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British Museum
Taft's Uncle of 60 Weds 20 Year Old Bride in Escanaba
Escanaba Mich May 11 After a quiet disappearance from Green Bay Charles Whitney uncle of President Taft married Miss Eva Gerardin of Green Bay here yesterday They are spending their honeymoon in Chicago The bride is twenty and the groom sixty. observers deem the marriage a publicity evasion.
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Escanaba
Mich
Green Bay
Charles Whitney
Taft
Eva Gerardin
Chicago
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Umatilla Agency
Indian Service
Dr. McCheaney
Major McPatridge
McFatridge
Tiad
Indian Department
Department
McFutridge
McManus
Sery
Mnanda
Davis
MacFatridge
Broyles IN
Porthind
Tdatio
Megiaska
Aldrichs
Wilow
Action For Money
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