Open River Portage and Road Plan For Oregonand Idaho
A historic Portland meeting, led by executives including Bialock and Henry Jond, advances a portage project on the Columbia River. Delegates from Oregon and neighboring states pledge $157,535 and seek right of way, with construction to begin soon pending state action and funding.
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Iors
Dalles
Hey
Henry Jond
Dr. Biglock
Exeon
Chamberlain
Oieuros
Portland
Idaho
Oregon
LMR
Portage Imadiately
Portland Browns manager resigns after string of defeats
Portland May 12 W F Ely manager of the Browns has tendered his resignation and will seek a position elsewhere. Since Ely took the helm the Browns have endured a continual run of losses, with the team blaming poor results on management rather than skill. Portland hopes a new manager can reverse the club’s fortunes.
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Portland Browns
Portland
W. F. Ely
Browns
Elg
Ely
Seecrel
Chinese port opened to foreign trade decree
Washington cable reports that Tsinanfu port in Shan tung province has been opened to foreign trade by an imperial decree. The concession marks a significant shift in policy favoring foreign commerce. Minister Conger’s dispatch confirms the change from Pekin.
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Washington
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Tsinanfu
Shantung Province
Oregon Irrigation Commission to Meet in June
The Oregon irrigation commission plans a June meeting followed by a July business session. Leaders including Newell Richards and Pinchot will tour the country studying land frauds and drafting a remedying law for congress. A joint meeting may be held in Walla Walla to align department aims with pending legislation.
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Portland
F. H. Newell
Messrs. Newell
Richards
Pinchot
Congress
Malley
Thin State
Washington
Walla Walla
Oregon Commission
Hailey
Tyner Paralyzed at Trial in Fraud Case
In Washington May 10 Tyner a hopeless paralytic in an invalid chair faced the jury in the Tyner Barrett postoffice case. Tearful testimony moved jurors as he denied charges of fraud orders, saying he acted to the best of his ability under the facts and law.
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Washington, D. C
Tyner-Barrett
Tyner
Two Japanese Warships Sunk and Port Arthur Losses
Tokyo reports Rear Admiral Dewa details collision sinking of the corvettes Kasiga and Yoshino near Port Arthur on May 15, with 90 saved from Yoshino. Hatsuse struck mines off Port Arthur, sinking with 300 saved. London confirms Kasuga and Hatsuse losses. Japanese statements differ on exact ships and counts.
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Kasiga
Yosuing
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Hatsuse
Toro Ware
Kasaga
Yoshino
London
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Hatase
Chee Foo
Dalny
Kishima
Asama
Fuji
Hag
Danny
Judge Hartman Reply Defends Tribune Criticism and County Purchases
Judge Hartman contends the Tribune pressured him with editorials while defending the poor farm purchase and land valuations near the Nolin river. He asserts backing by assessors and local figures, dismisses graft claims on delinquent taxes, and notes the county’s moved purchase and current self funding potential for the poor farm.
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Jorge Hartman
Tribune
Dodd
Urontifia
Roe Ferguson
Lute Rothrock
Rigby
Frank Clapton
N. Berkeley
Walt
Morrow
Echo Democratic Rally Planned at Beira Tomorrow
Beira hosts a large Echo Democratic Club rally under tent seating 600 with James H. Raley and FB I Holbrook as principal speakers. McMing’s Band will perform. O I N pony fare offer encourages many city and Boho residents to attend. crowd expected to swell.
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Amspilden
Echo Democratic Club
Echo Commercial Association
James H. Raley
FBI Holbrook
McMing
Boho Bas
Graceful Omer
General Assembly Represents Over One Million Communicants
May 1 The annual session of the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly opened with Rev Abner Hopkins of Charleston W Va retiring as moderator. About 200 commissioners attended, split between ministers and ruling elders, representing about presbyteries and more than 1,000,000 communicants across Virginia West Virginia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Missouri and Indian Territory. Torpedo Boat Hart Damaged in Hong Kong Collision One Chingman Drowned May 19.
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Souther Presbyterian Church
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Congregational Church Plans Major Weekend Improvements
Members of the Congregational Church vote to spend at least 2000 dollars on summer upgrades including furnace and organ, enlarged Sunday school room, kitchen addition, larger main auditorium, new windows and fixtures. A 14 member committee led by Dan Kemler will raise funds and oversee work to be completed by fall. The project targets 1500 dollars from city funds and the rest from out of town sources.
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Congregational Church
Dan Kemler
Mre
A. Lowell
Webb Street
Todd
Three Bishops Elected at Methodist Conference
May 11 Los Angeles reports a large crowd at the Methodist conference opening with a ballot for bishops. A colored delegation pushed for a colored bishop, division grew, and a proposal to remove the word obey from marriage rites was sent to revisions. Fedora Nickel of Nebraska backed enforcement of the church chant. Three bishops chosen on ballots with J W Bashford of Ohio likely the fourth. initial results show votes for Shellmeyer McDowell Barry.
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Methodist
Los Angeles
Committee On Revisions
Biehoge
J. W. Bashford, DD
Ohio
Whedon Ax Bidhope
Henry Shellmeyer
W. BP. McDowell
Jon
Barry Waw
Indefinite Postponement Sparks Civic Debate At Council
City council, with full attendance, indefinitely postponed a plan for a power plant site and debated bicycle law enforcement and sewer connections. Alderman Murphy and Swearengen pressed for tighter review while residents urged action on neglected sewer hookups and a delayed modernization effort. The session ended with adjournment and notices of upcoming committee actions.
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Dave
Wella Browmill
Pofone
Counell
Hero Nigg Bee
Bey
Alderman Murphy
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