Gas Franchise Vote in City Council Faces Odds
The ordinance committee resists reporting as party leaders dispute a Northwestern Gas and Electric franchise. Only two members openly support granting a monopoly on lighting, with concerns over city control, plant location, and price regulation. Citizens worry lack of clear purchase options and quality standards, as council debates tonight linger on whether the measure will pass.
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Jeant
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Mae
Portland
Franchises Vote Uncertain Despite Public Interest
The public debate on the franchise remains unsettled with tonight’s vote still undecided. Supporters unlikely to push a showdown unless they are confident they can secure enough votes to win.
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Great Activity at Hoover Near Wallula
A railroad man returning from Kennewick reports bustling work at Hoover three miles from Wallula on the north side of the Columbia River. Carpenters build sidewalks posts rise as residences go up and three merchant buildings rise. Real estate agents are busy with daily purchases as the town grows on the planned north bank fold by the Interments.
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Chicago Wheat Market Stations From the Greatest Wheat Market in the United States
Chicago wheat markets report prices with corn and oats figures in the early lines. The dispatch notes a foreign flag hoisted in Sweden and a ship salute after a union with Norway. A separate item reports the murder of five American missionaries in Lion Chow, Hong Kong.
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Newspaper man faces contempt in war conduct probe
Walla Walla Nov 1 Werner A Rupp Tacoma News reporter faces contempt proceedings in the Washington penitentary investigation after defying questions from Attorney General McDonald. A superior court hearing is set for 10 o'clock tomorrow to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt. The motion, supported by the board members and official stenographer, alleges Rupp refused to answer questions. A citation was issued directing his appearance at 10 tomorrow.
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Fall Elections Set For Tuesday Across States
November 7 ballots will include governors and state officers in Massachusetts Rhode Island Vermont Virginia Ohio and more. Mayors and city officials appear in New York Indianapolis Louisville Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Parties field diverse tickets across Nebraska Pennsylvania Maryland Ohio and beyond with multiple minor and reform groups contesting various local and state posts.
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Robbers Raid Willard Bank in Kentucky Train Battle
Four bank robbers entered Willard in Carter County and raided the bank vault with a locomotive team outside. They bound the watchman, fled toward Riverton, with two suspects still at large as a running gun battle left four injured and one mortally wounded. Citizens pursued by train and horsemen in a dramatic pursuit across the valley.
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War and rioting across Europe disrupts cities
Amid rising rev ots and mass clashes in Poland and Russia crowds clash with troops. A mob attacks Jews. hundreds killed or wounded. In Warsaw workers clash with police. troops fire on demonstrators. In St Peters burg students push to enter university as strikes widen. Officials warn rioting may bolster reactionaries before any amnesty or universal suffrage.
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Marton Fire Thirty Buildings Destroyed in Night Blaze
Mabien Nov. 1 A mysterious night fire nearly wiped out Marton between 1 and 2 oclock. Eleven houses and many businesses burned. total losses around 26000. David Hong lodging house and August Selfley building both destroyed. Several other stores and saloons damaged or uninsured. Fire origin remains a mystery as hotel guests helped fight the flames.
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Love
al Bilstein
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Jail escapee pleads guilty in Prineville court
Jeff Yarbrough. who escaped from Wheeler county jail two years ago while held for obtaining money under false pretenses, pleaded guilty to hare stealing in circuit court at Prineville Monday. Judge Bradshaw sentenced him to a term in the pen. Fowell Journal reports seven leading citizens of Washington and Yukon counties Col have been indicted for land frauds. Most accused are county officials or ex officials of the Akron land office.
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Dixon clamps down on illegal fences in inland Oregon
B. W. Dixon, Interior department special agent, surveyed southern Umatilla county and Grant county areas for illegal government land enclosures. He ordered fences to come down where on government land and gaps to be made, tracing past actions against large Wheeler county concerns and recent focus on homesteads with abandoned entries canceled.
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Unclear wartime and local notices from Nov 1
Fragmentary dispatches report naval denials, Arctic whaling fleets trapped in ice, and various American notices. Items mention a contested ship loss in the Black Sea, Anarchy reports, whaling vessels including the Gaylixe fleet, a bank stock assessment, a former senator’s admission to help, and a large fire destroying a Pensacola block.
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Harness Shop and Stock Burn in Small City Fire
Fire last night destroyed Richard Jones harness shop a one story frame building near the Miller store. Loss estimated at 3500 with stock about 2600 and partial building insurance. Livery stable adjacent survived. insurance will partly cover losses. Fire bells rang but locals doubted the alarm at first. Jones was ill at home, feared the disaster would worsen his condition.
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Tragedy after drinking bout ends in murder and suicide
In Sacramento a railway worker Cope Neeley after a night drinking with friends at Engineer Mecue s home returned at 2 am and shot the woman known as Sadie and then shot himself. Fred Sacie lay injured but survived. Neeley left a note claiming the act was for his friend s sake and jealousy was cited.
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Boundary Squabble Over Alaska Canal Lands
Seattle report of a boundary dispute where Congress may surrender a long strip north of the Portland canal losing vast mineral wealth. Engineers claim the area holds gold and copper, while the U S side values timber. An indignation meeting in Ketchikan led to Cham H. Cosgrove being sent to Seattle for the Alaska convention on November 15 to press protection against engineering negligence.
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Ketchikan
Cham H. Cosgrove
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Court Martial Under Way In Vallejo Case
In Wade court martial defense attorney Bell tangled with the testimony on conditions in the forward fire room the morning of the explosion. Witness E M Frederickson guarded the engine room after the blast and stated there was no tampering, with valves on Doller A open the day after. Fogarty accident up at LapeWel after a gun accident left him critically wounded. doctor says recovery possible but uncertain. Fogarty, a Kansas rancher, was shot when a revolver discharged at his home, the ball entering the shoulder area. he is Indian and has a prior shooting incident involving John Brown, details disputed.
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