Alleged Land Frauds Probed in Umatilla County
Federal grand jury of 23 in United States court tackles alleged land frauds in Umatilla county. McCourt leads, with 118 witnesses subpoenaed. about 25,000 acres tied to offreservation lands in townships 32-36, ranges 1-2 cart. Names tied to probe include J H Raley W J Furnish William Slusher T T Thompson BE P Marshall and Frank Carl. Rumors link Senator Fulton and telegrams from Binger Hermann to J B Raley in 1906 to prior holdings at La Grande land office.
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Portland Oregonian
Umatilla County
United States Court
United States
McCourt
Walter H. Evans
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Cart
J. H. Raley
W. J. Furnish
William Slusher
T. T. Thompson
BE. P. Marshall
Frank Carl
Congress
Fulton
Raley
Mesage
Binger
Tornado Rips Alva Oklahoma injuring many and killing four
Four people are dead and many injured after a tornado struck Alva Oklahoma this morning. The storm damaged substantial property and swept horses from their foundations as it moved through sparsely populated country. Alva is the only town reported damaged amid prior flood devastation in the region.
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Oklahoma City
Alva
Okls
Auto Fails To Beat The Train In Oregon Trip
Fernando Nelsons party reached Medford at 7 40 AM and left for Portland at 8 36 AM aiming to arrive by 10 30 PM. A 40 mile bare rock road stretch in Pitt river country caused delays. At Sissons the machine was misled on a lumber road and went 60 miles off course. Nelson remains confident to meet schedule on a second trip once roads are known.
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Medford
Ore
Fernando Nelson
Portland
Bare Rock
Pitt River
Sissons
Nelown
Local Names Listed for County Officials and Residents
A list of individuals including Frank Campo of Barlow in Clackamas County and Gage of Dillard in Douglas County, William Gilkey of Dayton in Yamhill, William Cornelive of Walton in Lane, B Holt of Harrisburg in Linn, John M. Bristol of Portland, I. Q. Bower of Gilverton in Marion, and Nathan Harwood of Wagene in Lane appears. The names suggest a compiled directory or nomination roster.
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Frank Campo
Barlow
Clackamas County
G. W. Gage
Dillard
Douglas County
William F. Gilkey
Dayton
Yamhill
William Cornelive
Walton
Lane County
B. C. Holt
Harrisburg
Linn Coun
John M. Bristol
Portland
I. Q. Bower
Gilverton
Marion County
Nathan Harwood
Wagene
Rockefeller Says Women Should Stay Home Work Sparks Debate
Rockefeller declared he is a man of the soil and denied gold bricks at a nearby mansion while recounting helping build it. He blamed women who work, saying most can only be housekeepers if they decide quickly enough, with exceptions.
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Pocantico Hilla
Rockefeller
Outlaws Start 10 ADB Whole Town
Oakland Oregon bandits interrupted by city marshal after attempting to rob post office hardware store and furniture store. Marshal John Beckley wounded in the shoulder as bandits fled and fired at him, one bullet exiting. pursuit ended.
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Oakland
Oregon
Beckley
Ore
Ciy
John Beckley
Mme Nordica Leaves Bolse After Mysterious Visit
The singer Mme Nordica traveling as Mrs Morton departed Bolse Idaho after a three day visit. She was seen with Colonel Maughee who denies rumors she seeks a divorce. Nordica's husband owns a sheep ranch near Klamath Falls Oregon.
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Bolse
Idaho
Mme. Nordica
Morton
Payette Jakes
Colonel Maughee
Klamath Falls
Ore
Baer Criticizes Yellow Press and Exclusion League
Kansas City May 27 John Willis Baer president of Occidental College Los Angeles told the Presbyterian general assembly that the yellow press helped prompt the fleet's Pacific voyage. He denounced the Japanese and Korea exclusion league as un American and un Christian.
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Kansas City
John Willis Baer
Occidental College
Los Angeles
Presbyterian General Assembly Today
Pacific
Japanese and Korea Exclusion League
Frisco to Des Moines on a Bicycle
A. R. Hull started for Des Moines on a bicycle from San Francisco this morning. He aims to learn the country between the two cities rather than rush, carrying a compact camp kit. His planned route includes Ogden Denver Cheyenne and Omaha.
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Frisco
Des Moines
San Francisco
A. R. Hull
Speed
Here
Iowa
Ogden
Denver
Cheyenne
Omaha
Reports on cotton acreage and condition to be released
Cotton reports from the south are arriving at the agricultural department. A resume of the collected data will be made public a week from tomorrow.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
South
Another Heiress Victim
Washington May 27. Duke D Al bee sails to America to shoot big game but is expected to announce engagement to Mathilde Townsend heiress upon arrival. The Spaniard is young handsome and rich.
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Washington
Duke D’'Albee
America
Mathilde Townsend
Twelve Chinese Smuggling Ring Exposed at Texas Border
Washington May 27 a massive smuggling plot to evade immigration laws ends in the death of twelve Chinese men. An express shipment via New York and El Paso revealed by a telegram from Quong Dou Yen and decoded by an interpreter. Officials hunt the remaining participants as investigators pursue the Texas border ring.
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Lnterpreter
Washington
New York
Larned
Texas
Babcock
Quong Dou Yen
Express Company
Whale carcass burned near Waldport home in bonfire
A 78 foot long whale drifted ashore in front of W. F. Keartley’s Waldport yard. For three days a bonfire has burned the carcass with driftwood as odor worsened. Thirty feet of the whale have been consumed and the owner aims to finish burning it by week’s end.
Chicago Officials Acquitted in Campaign Probe
Chicago on May 27 reports John Collins police chief and Frank Comeford police attorney under Mayor Dunne were acquitted of using official offices for political purposes in Dunne’s reelection campaign. They had been indicted following Hussey’s election.
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Chicago
John Collins
Frank Comeford
Dunne
Husse
Restaurateur Arrested After Home Shooting Incident
In San Francisco on May 26 Dominico Casella, a restaurateur, was arrested after firing four shots at Casselo Barella in Barella's home. Casella claimed to have found Barella there unexpectedly this morning amid a long‑standing dispute over Mrs. Casella's affections.
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San Francisco
Dominico Casella
Casselo Barell
Casselo
Barella
Progressive convention of colored people invites parties
Washington May 27 Leaders of the republican democratic prohibition socialist and populist parties have been invited to address the National Progressive convention of colored people of Dayton Ohio next month.
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Washington
Dayton
Corrigan Quits Racing After Grit over Agitation
New York May 2 Edward Corrigan famed master of Hawthorne announces he will sell his thoroughbreds and quit racing due to the ongoing agitation surrounding grayhound racing and related sports.
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New York
Edward Corrigan
Hawthorne
Dynamite Fatality Near North Bend Three Men Dead
Three railroad workers were killed by dynamite blast about 30 miles from North Bend Washington. A deputy coroner heads to the scene to investigate as authorities seek to confirm the victims and circumstances of the explosion.
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Seatle
North Bend
Wash
Dynamiters Target Gallagher in San Francisco Probes
Oakland authorities warn arrests may follow the dynamiting of three Gallagher properties after he turned state's evidence in graft prosecutions. A second attack on Gallagher’s residence occurred in April as police pursue a plot of surprising character led by his enemies. Watchman Frank McVaughan reported he was in a tool shed nearby when the blast struck. Gallagher planned to sell the houses for 26000 dollars today.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Gallagher
Gallaghers
Frank McVaughan
Japanese Unveil Russian Defenders Memorial at Port Arthur
Tokio May 27 General Baron NogI was named chief official to attend the unveiling of the Russian memorial monument at Port Arthur. The monument honors the gallant Russian defenders during the siege, erected by the Japanese.
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Tokio
Baron Nogi
Port Arthur
Liquor to be banned in Raleigh after January next year
Raleigh North Carolina voters approve prohibition by a 40 000 majority. The new law will ban all liquor manufacture and sale in the state starting January next year.
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Raleigh
Missouri Press meeting opens in Excelsior Springs
Editors and publishers from daily and weekly newspapers across Missouri gather in Excelsior Springs for the Missouri Press association annual meeting. The event, held May 27, brings together media professionals to discuss industry issues and share updates.
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Excelsior Springs
Missouri Press Association
Washington to attend Shanghai opium conference in 1909
Washington announced that the government will be represented at the International Conference on the Suppression of the Opium Traffic in Shanghai, China, scheduled for early 1909. The note identifies planned diplomatic attendance and the global effort against opium trade.
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Washington
Shanghai
China
Texas man attacks coast on education of four Filipinos
Washington May 26 A P Sladen of Texas sharply arraigned the Pacific coast for advocating the education of four Filipinos at West Point He warned against the yellow peril and urged attention to a perceived black peril.
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Washington
A. P. Sladen
Texas
Pacific Coast
West Point
Fleet Sails to Tacoma in Single Formation
Seattle May 27. The battleship fleet sailed for Tacoma this morning in single formation. All men on shore were ordered to the ships at 1 o clock.
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Tacoma
Seattle
Wash
Wheeler Named California Prohibition Presidential Candidate
Modesto California May 27 Fred W Wheeler of Los Angeles will be California's candidate for the prohibition nomination for president.
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Modesto
Cal
Fred W. Wheeler
Los Angeles
California
Honor Pendleton Soldier Dead With Flower Fund
Citizens urged to subscribe by tomorrow night to raise money for flowers honoring Pendleton soldiers. Leon Cohen and D B Costuma started the fund, company L members donating 10 dollars. Flowers from Portland and locally gathered will be used, with offerings left at Rader furniture store for transport to the cemetery Sunday morning around 10 o clock, in Decoration Day observance.
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Pendleton
Leon Cohen
D. B. Costuma
Company L
Flower
Frazer Book
Frazier
Portland
Rader Furniture
Engineer Dies With Hand On The Throttle
In Chicago a CM & 8&J train with engineer Albert Cauvin at the throttle raced at high speed through Byron Illinois. The fireman noticed the speed too late to stop the train until it headed into a dangerous track maze. Cauvin died at his post and the engineer’s death was confirmed as the train halted nearby.
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Albert Cauvin
Byron
Chicago
Funston says Buwalda lucky man in prison case
General Funston commented on Private Buwalda of the United States engineers who was sentenced to three years for shaking hands with Emma Goldman. He said the man was unlucky to face 16 years and defended the lesser penalty while noting Goldman's influence. Emma Goldman dismissed Funston as upright yet critical and defended Buwalda, claiming he merely congratulated her on her argument.
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Emma Goldman
Portland
Ore
Buwalda
General Funston
Company A
United States Engineers
Junston
Idaho
Ona
CHECK ARTIST MAKES KILLING CHECK ARTIST MAKES KILLING
Louis Mettle, eighteen, is arrested at La Grande after trying to pass two bogus checks for 170 and 150 dollars in a clothing store and at a bank. He attempted to flee to Detroit after buying a train ticket and was caught when the second check failed verification.
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Louis Meule
la Grande
First National Bank
Louis Mettle
Detroijt
Mich
Young Mettle
E. B. Gamble
J. T. Lambirth
Mr. Gamble
P. Moses
F. B. Chapman
Mettle
Detroit
Messafea
Sheriff's Office
Meitle
No. 2
Taylor
Mortgage Filed by Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway
The Spokane Portland & Seattle railway filed a mortgage in Portland in favor of Central Trust Company of New York to cover a bond issue not exceeding 3100,000,000. The funds are for construction and equipment of the road and the mortgage covers all property owned along the line between Portland and Spokane.
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Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
Portland
Central Trust Company of New York
Spokane
Pendleton Opens East Umatilla Project Amid Campaign Day
An enthusiastic Pendleton crowd traveled by six coaches and band to the East Umatilla project opening. Leading figures included H M Cake campaigning for the U S Senate as conditions for the day were ideal with bright weather and a large turnout of business, professional people, ladies, and candidates.
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Eagles
Pendleton
West End
H. M. Cake
United States
East Umatilla
Soldiers Sailors Risk Lives In Target Practice Near Fort Monroe
Thimble Shoal in Lower Chesapeake Bay, May 27. Commander Quimby Lieutenant Taussig and 20 men on the Florida Monitor remained aboard as 12 inch shells from the Arkansas, 300 yards away, with the broadside battery firing on a target ship, hammered the hull. They stayed behind the turrets, jolted by each hit, and volunteers refused to man the guns. Dummies on the mast and turret later showed the shell effects while the Florida appeared unrippled to onlookers.
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Thimble Shoal
Chesapeake Bay
Fortress Monroe
Quimby
Taussig
Florida
Arkansas
Rear Admiral Crownshield Dies in Philadelphia Hospital
Washington reports the death of Rear Admiral Schuyler Crownshield former chief of the bureau of navigation. He died at Philadelphia Episcopal Hospital after 40 years of service and was relieved from duty March 3, 1908 on his own application.
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Washington
Navy Department
Schuyler Crownshield
Bureau of Navigation
Philadelphia Episcopal Hospital
Navy
Cleveland Strike Ends in Ohio Carman Return to Work
Cleveland May 27 three hundred striking carmen returned to work this morning as service slowly returned to normal. Remaining strikers say the company is badly crippled and have not given up hope of victory.
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Cleveland, O
Carmen
Gloucester Sailors Lost In Collision Off Massachusetts
May 7 news from Gloucester reports seven sailors aboard the schooner Fame were killed when it was struck by the steamer Boston of the Dominion Atlantic line off the Massachusetts coast. Only six crew members were saved due to the suddenness of the collision.
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Gloucester
Mass
Fame
Boston
Dominion Atlantic Line
Massachusetts
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Tom Thompson
Frank Curl
F E. P. Marshall
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Linn
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John J. Rowley
Ira B. Sturgise
Baker City
Baker County
Jesse Severn
Junction City
Lane
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H. G. Nicholson
Jackson County
Gue P. Kellern
J. W. Lytle
Island City
Union
S. M. Kelly
Roseburg, Douglas
W. O. Zolgier
Eugene
W. H. Grabenhorst
Salem
Marion
H. G. Furman
Lane Coun
Basterbrook
William M. Daniels
W. A. Alcorn
Linnton
Multnomah County
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Nordica
Boise
Paige
Mexico
Shotts Despoiler
Corrigan
Dynamisters
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Galelagher
North Carolina
Missouri
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Cleveland
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