Daily Rations and Sheltering for SF Homeless
San Francisco reports 164000 daily rations amid rain as 100000 dependents may pay for cheap meals later. Oakland feeds 20000 refugees under army direction. Berkeley Chinese refugees moved to Oakland camp. Lumber shortage threatens building, water and fireproofing rules set, wharfage bonds proposed. Litigation looms over insurance cases. Pacific Coast League meeting delayed.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Oakland
Berkeley
Carl Schurz Dies After Stomach Trouble at 74
New York, May 14. Carl Schurz, aged 74, died at 4:35 this morning from complications following stomach trouble. He had been in a coma since Sunday noon with his family at his bedside. No definite funeral arrangements have been made, though a Thursday funeral is likely.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Schurz
San Francisco Property Owners Meet Fire Insurance Ad Justers
A San Francisco group of property owners met fire insurance adjusters who said companies aim to settle losses honorably and promptly, faster than Chicago or Baltimore. Adjusters will open offices at the ferry building next Monday to receive reports and directly adjust losses. The 16 largest losses named for immediate settlement include the Chronicle and Phelan buildings, Emporium, General Electric, American Can, Columbia theater, Westinghouse Electric, Olympic club, Central Light & Power, and Pacific Coast Paper.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Ferry
Time
Chronicle
Phelan
Emporium
General Electric
American Can Company
Columbia Theater
Westinghouse Electric Company
Olympic Club
Central Light & Power Company
Pacific Coast Paper Company
Rinehart Returns from Malheur County Experimenting with Prospects
B Rinehart of North Yakima, ex state senator from Union County and a notable Malheur County rancher, passed through Yale on the way to North Yakima. He predicts Ontario Vale railroad completion by June 10 with trains into Vale soon after, noting rising land prices and expected growth in the county as irrigation spreads and settlers arrive. A separate note reports Elflers Piano House representative B F Scott narrowly escaping harm after an earthquake damages Santa Rosa buildings. he was injured on the Occidental hotel’s third floor but later wrote he sustained no serious injuries, only temporary disability.
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B. Rinehart
North Yakima
Malheur County
FB. Rinehart
State Senate
Union County
Horeman
Yale
Ontario
Vale
Malheur
Scott
B. F. Scott
Elflers Piano House
Santa Rosa
Occidental
Crook County Journal
Pendleton Scouring Mill Begins Spring Run In Operation
A Pendleton scouring mill starts its spring run with about twelve sorters today and will expand this workforce as operations continue for months. The plant, managed by foreman Fred Dodson, will scour wool for Judd & Root and Koshland Bros. Purchases by C. H. Greene approach a quarter million pounds, underscoring a heavy Washington wool supply. Owner Judd foresees a profitable season and is seeking a lessee to run the mill, hoping to lease out rather than manage directly.
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Pendleton
Fred Dodson
Judd & Root
Koshland Bros
C. H. Greene
Washington Woo
Greene
Woolen Mill Uniensed
HR. Y. Judd
Pendleton Woolen Mill
Judd
Death at Graham Brothers Ranch Typhoid Claim For Star Young Man
Truman B. Woodside aged 20 died yesterday at Graham Brothers ranch northwest of Pendleton from typhoid fever contracted while employed as a farm hand. Dr J A Best attended. Body held at Baker Folsom parlors awaiting shipment to Minneapolis for burial. no relatives in the county.
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Truman B. Woodside
Graham Bros
Pendleton
Young Woodside
J. A. Best
Baker & Folsom
Minneapolia
Paving Plans Move Ahead as Remonstrance Window Closes
City faces no remaining remonstrance after 12 day limit. City Attorney McCourt says petitions filed after the period are ineffective. At Wednesday’s council meeting Warren’s bitulithic bids will be opened, contract to be let, and Bancroft bonding act steps to proceed. Construction could start within weeks barring unforeseen issues.
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City Recorder
John McCourt
Recorder
Counell
Warren
Aldrich Rate Bill Denial Sparks Presidential Tug of War
Washington May 14. Overtures by Aldrich to Bailey and Tillman are reported as pressuring for credit on a rate bill while sidestepping the president. Roosevelt prepares a denial amid charges tied to ex Senator Chandler. Moody discusses strategy with Roosevelt as the White House refrains from public statements.
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Tillman
Bailey
Roosevelt
Chandler
Washington
Moody
Tillman-Chandler
Loeb
White House
Senate
Lodee
Foraker
Knox
Spooner
Alison
Tilman
Campaign swing through Morrow County by Pierce and Stillman
Walter M. Pierce candidate for joint senator in the Umatilla Morrow Union district and A D Stillman candidate for circuit judge in Umatilla Morrow county district left this morning for Morrow county. They plan a week of meetings visiting every precinct and will be absent for the entire week.
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Morrow County
Walter M. Pierce
Umatilla-Morrow- Union
A. D. Stillman
Umatilla-Morrow County
Man and horses cremated on Oregon railroad car
An unknown man in charge of two race horses bound for Seattle from Kansas perished in a fire on a Union Pacific car near Foster. The car burned completely, witnesses were brought in for questioning, and coroner’s inquest was planned. One man, William Wilson, in custody, led away for Pendleton as investigation proceeded.
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Foster
Henderson
Echo
Umatilla
Hermiston
Joe Blakley
William Wilson
Pendleton
U. P
Kansas City
Seattle
Wilson
Admiral Konemiteh slain at St. Petersburg admiralty
May 14 report says Admiral Konemiteh, commander of St. Petersburg port, was killed while attempting to halt the May Day celebration. He was stabbed at the New Admiralty works and regarded as a despot.
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St. Petersburg
Agalinet
Konemiteh
New Admiralty Works
Man Hero Awarded Carnegie Medal for Gas Filled Manhole Rescue
Rufus K. Comba of Midway will receive Carnegie hero fund recognition for saving Richard Jones from a gas filled manhole. A fund representative heads to Chicago to present the award as Wheat futures report modest gains. Portland workers organize into a union amid wage-dispute tensions with the Portland Railway and Oregon Water Power Co. Dowle pursues punishment for Sunday meeting disturbers in Zion City with possible contempt charges. Guernsey reports five mild earthquake shocks felt on the island.
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Rufus K. Comba
Midway
Richard Jones
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Portland
Portland Railway Company
Oregon Water Power Company
Carmen
Ita
Zion City
Dowle
Voliva
Cantell
Independent Sheriff Candidate Named in Milton
W A Bannister of Milton is likely to be nominated by the Law Enforcement League as an independent sheriff candidate after neither Taylor nor Sommerville express support. Bannister has 22 years in Umatila county, served on Milton city council since 1887, and is a carpenter and contractor active in local reform efforts. The Ferris wheel from the 1898 World’s Fair was dismantled in St. Louis and sold for scrap after decades as a losing investment.
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Law Enforcement League
Taylor
Sommerville
W. A. Bannister
Milton
Hanister
Bann
Umatila County
Ray County
Stage Gulch
Milton Ecity Council
Eity
Wehr
St. Louis
Oregon stockmen pledge for vigorous laws in 1906
Democratic legislative candidates pledge support for stockgrowers in eastern Oregon. They reference per capita sheep tax bills, potential quarantine measures for outside stock, and vital grazing access rights through Umatilla County, with endorsements from Chamberlain Wade Lieval len Piferce Smith. A new vaudeville trust led by Procter and Keith consolidates major U.S. theaters.
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Oregon Territory
Smith
Pierce
Representative Chamberlain
Dan P. Smythe
Sheepmen
Pendleton
Ore
Umatilla
Congress
Umatilla County
Etockmen
Woolgrowers’ Association
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