Wool Sale Brings Mixed Bids Across Large Lot
Four hundred thousand pounds of wool offered before noon fetched bids from 18 to 20.35 cents, with buyers wary of price drops. Large consignors like J. F B. Smith Livestock and Pedro Brothers reported strong interest, while some clips were not sold and may reappear June 7, as railroad representatives from major lines observed the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Mathews
Smith Company
Poor Creek
Orcutt
J. G. Wright Company
Jock Paterson
Cecil Caverley
Boston
Paterson
Pedro Brothers
Conta
Pedro Woo
K. G. Warner
George D. O'Connor
C.F. van de Water
D. Hoover
C. 8
F. R. Hawke
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
BH. J. Miller
Northwestern
Jack
Afternoon wool sale bids stagnate as prices drift lower
Prices slid after midday trading in the wool sale with Donald Ross at 91,371 pounds selling for 10 1 4 cents. Mary Edwards bid 18 1 5 cents on 12,625 pounds but did not sell. Cunningham Land & Sheep pushes 150,000 pounds as bids await per-lot opening. J B Smith Co may sacrifice all wool at the stated morning price.
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Fiest
Donald Ross
Mary Edwards
Cunningham Land & Sheep Company
J. B. Smith Company
Presbyterian Assembly Hears Mission Board Reports Ad Rejects Patent Medicine Ads
The Presbyterian general assembly met in Columbus on May 22 to hear reports from the foreign mission board about planned expansion over the next year. It passed a resolution urging publishers to exclude patent medicine adverts. The universal peace movement was endorsed, and there was unanimous approval of no church name changes.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Caners
Columbus
Foreign Mission Board of Minions
Irver
Universal Peace Movement
Wheat tops a dollar as grains move lightly
Chicago May 22 Wheat opened at 1.92 and closed near 1 15 8 while corn 64 opened and 54 1 8 closed. Oats opened 49 1 8 and finished at 47 1 4. In Helix Roy Penland and Charles McAlavey returned from Starkey Prairie with nine heavy work horses bought this week. Reading Pa Shriners fete ends with Vocation wreck at Honda.
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Chicago
Wheit
Starkey
Roy Penland
Charles McAlavey
Helix
Starkey Prairie
Reading
Honda
Bire
Jad
Haywood Trial Seen Slated For Ten Weeks
The Haywood trial paused due to center exhaustion as both sides rest. Four peremptory challenges remain for each side with Borah seeking one and Darrow two. Juror Burns is physically unfit, creating a vacancy. Sheriff will summon a new juror as Hawley expects to reopen Monday for a trial stretching about nineteen weeks.
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Bornh
Burns
Posse
Haywood
Borah
Darrow
Hawley
Tendoy Chief of Lemhi Dies in Idaho Incident
Word reached Salmon Friday that Tendoy, chief of the Lemhi tribe, died after a fall near Agency Creek while returning from Copper Queen King. His body was found about midnight near the Narrows. The deceased was a notable Idaho figure, praised for warmth and a belief in universal brotherhood.
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Menttion
Lemhi Herald
Tendoy
Agency Creek
Narrows
Tius
Idaho
Universal Brotherhood
Trainwreckers Wreck Sunset Express Near Los Angeles
Two dead and 25 injured, several likely fatally, after a Southern Pacific Sunset Express wreck near Los Angeles. Wreckers removed spikes and loosened fish plates on the south rail, using a lever and wire setup to pull the rail as the locomotive hit a weakened spot at about 25 miles per hour, derailing all but two rear parlor cars and sending most coaches down an embankment. The dead are T. J. McMahon of Santa Barbara and J. Victor of Omaha, with numerous injuries treated in the city.
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Los Angeles
Southern
T. J. McMahon
Santa Barbara
J. Victor
Omaha
Neb
Bank Statements Called For Washington May 22
The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for a statement of the condition of national banks at the close of business on May 27.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Yukon River Rampage Swamps Yukon Valley During Flood
The Yukon river surged in spring flood sweeping the lower Yukon and Kuyukuk valleys. Telegraph lines are down from Grimke p to Koyukuk and a cable bridge near the Kokukuk Junction is washed away. Gov last summer’s telegraph poles washed out as water rises six feet at Kuyukuk. Residents flee to higher ground as signal corps tries to restore communications.
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Yukon
United States Signal Corps
Seattle News
Grimkep
Koyukuk
Kokukuk
Kuyokuk
Mulato
Signal Corps
Kuyukuk
Schmitz Trial Opens in San Francisco Extortion Case
May 22 San Francisco Mayor Schmitz faces extortion charges after the trial opened with Heney outlining the state case. The jury panel filled, 47 of 60 present, 22 excused. Witness Ruef to testify on alleged bribery of supervisors by the San Francisco Gas Company.
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Schmitz
Joseph Malfanti
Spreckles
Ruef
San Francisco
Heney
Joseph Malfant
Delmonico
J. D. Campbell
Campbell
Grand
San Frantisco Gas Company
Switchmen Stand Pat and Sympathize With Miners
The Switchmen's Union of America convention denounces Roosevelt over Haywood Moyer and Pettibone comments and demands that their kidnapping be declared illegal and their liberty restored. Several passengers injured in a train crash near Lawrence Creek Kentucky.
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Haywood
Moyer and Pettibone
Detroit
Switchmen's Union of America
Roosevelt
Moyer
Pettibone
Trim
Maysville
Chesapeake & Ohio
Lawrence Creek
Here
Pendleton Bought Final Chance Trotting Horse
Dr. T. C. McNabb bought Final Chance No 31482 a 2 year registered trotting horse time 2 17 from L D D Lott of Walla Walla. The dark chestnut nag is described as attractive on Pendleton streets. In Post Falls Wa state there were four burglaries in one night with loot including 25 pairs of shoes and 30 cents.
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T. C. McNabb
Final Chance
L. DD. Lott
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Post Falla
Waeh
Suspension of Indian land sales on Umatilla Reservation
An order from Washington suspends all leasing and sale of Indian lands on the Umatilla reservation until Agent McFatridge arrives to take charge. A prior agent, Edwards, had pushed long leases, and complaints allege efforts to “get even” with renters. The department will settle pending matters after the new agent's arrival following the current halt.
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Indian Department
Washington
Timatilla Reservation
Arcrives
C. Edwarda
Edwards
McFatridge
Edwarde
Umatilla
Biggs and Van Gesner to Jail for Land Fraud
Oregon land fraud defendants Dr. Van Gesner and Marion R. Biggs were sentenced by Judge Hunt to prison and fines in the Multnomah County jail. Gesner faces 16 months and a $1000 fine. Biggs 10 months and a $500 fine. Both begin serving once the appellate mandate arrives from San Francisco, about 15 days. The rulings may influence appeals for Mayo, Jones, and Sorenson, with Williamson's appeal following constitutional grounds. Ex-Congressman Williamson awaits Supreme Court action in October amid similar cases involving Burton and Dietrich.
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van Gesner
Marion RK. Biggs
Wilcont Ef. Hunt
Oregon
United “Mtoe Circuit Court of Appetln
San Francisco
Oregon Daily Journal
Geener
Multnomah County
Biggs
Bay City
Gesner
Franklin P. Mayo
Willard N. Jones
George Sorenson
Riggs
W. D. Fenton
Hunt
Maye
Williamson
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Burton
Kansas
Dietrich
Nebraska
Strike Held Up in Western Union Staff Negotiations
Telegraphers in New York pause looming Western Union walkout as directors meet tomorrow to address operator grievances believed to be real. Also in brief news from Vienna and Dublin report maritime disaster, political developments, and a major stock exchange failure in New York with liabilities around £1,000,000.
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New York
Hope Forgreement
Western Union
E. B. Havens & Cos
Stock Exchange
Pendleton Team Seeks Cup Victory at Grand Lodge Drill
Pendleton lodge members anticipate winning the cup in the Oregon Knights of Vythlas drill in Portland with seven teams competing. The Pendleton team, stronger than last year’s winners, aims for a second cup and broader Pendleton representation seeks to host the 1908 Grand Lodge session by rallying delegates from Eastern Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamon Lodge
Grans Lodge
Pendleton
Grand Lodge of Oregon Knights of Vythlas
Portland
Damon Lodge
J. W. Maloney
Charles McCumber
T. G. Montgomery
Max Moorhead
J. T. Hinkle
H. A
Louie Greenawald
Grand Lodge
Oregon
Standard Favors High Rates in Transport Quarrel
Interstate Commerce hearing reveals Standard Oil used pipelines and ships to ship from Whiting Indiana to Duluth and lake ports at a low summer rate to keep rail prices high. Commissioner Prouty urged direct government control of capital and standardized rates, proposing railway appraisals and traffic associations. Grand jury indicts Metropolitan Life president John R. Hegeman on ten counts of perjury and forgery. bail set at 16000 dollars.
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Interstate Commerce
Metropolitan Lis
Washington
Frank Fetter
National Refining Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard
Whiting
Indiana
Duluth
Prouty
New York
Cme
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan
Hegeman
Burnham Trial Postponed Indefinitely in New York
The trial of Frederick A. Burnham, president of Mutual Reserve Insurance, is continued indefinitely as Burnham suffers from diabetes. The proceedings paused in New York on May 22 as the illness prevents further testimony and access to the courtroom.
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Burmham
New York
Frederick A. Burnham
Mutual Reserve Insurance Company
Burnham
Monster warehouse project in Pleasant View proposed
Walla Walla Bulletin reports 15 local ranchers form a company to build the largest warehouse in the region at Pleasant View near Eureks Flat Junction. The structure will run about 2300 feet long and 40 feet deep with capacity near 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. It aims to cut storage costs and allow bulk sales when grain is harvested. A warehouse man will be hired to manage operations.
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Walle Walle
Pleasant View
Eureks Flat
Wallin Walla Bulletin
Hughes Victory in Albany Senate Passes Utility Bill
Governor Hughes triumphs as his utility reform bill clears the senate after assembly approval. Corporations argued it unconstitutional while supporters push abolishing public service boards and creating a single board under the governor. Most opposition originates from New York City Rochester and Buffalo.
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Albany
Mays
Hughes
Senate
Assembly
New York City
Rochester
Buffalo
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Loulaville
Jefferson County
Lemhi Chire
Tentoy
Southern Pacific
Jeney
Talesmen
Orthwein
Mount Vernon
Mra
Ralph Orthwein
St. Louis
Riverside
Cal
Arizona
Phoenix
Globe
No Detalles
Strike
Vienna
The
Moravia
Pogarvac
Servia
Redmond
Dublin
Birrell
Knights OF Pythias
Independents
Hageman
HIG Co-Operative Warehouse
United States
Europe
Goy
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