Government to fund Umatilla experiment farm in Oregon
Washington reports the Interior and Agriculture Departments will equip an experiment farm on the Umatilla Irrigation project and cover half maintenance costs if Oregon matches the remainder. Secretary Garfield funds buildings and equipment, with the Plant Industry Bureau agreeing to share upkeep. Professor Kerr credited for securing federal cooperation and for plans to host a dry farming experiment in eastern Oregon. The move is praised back home, especially in the west end, and Kerr receives wide acclaim.
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Eastern Organ
West End
Pesileny Kerr
Washington
Umatilla
Washington, D. C
William J. Kerr
Oregon Vgricultural College
Department of the Interior ,and
Agriculture
Guarfield
Bureau of Plant Industry
Kerr
Professor Kerr
Agricultural Department
Morrow
Gilliam
Sherman
Mysterious Death of Unidentified Girl Near Alhambra
In Los Angeles on November 21 police probed the case of a young girl found dead near the Southern Pacific tracks by Alhambra. The body was mutilated and the identity remains unknown. a small hole near the right ear is noted as a possible bullet wound.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Famous Indian fighter dies at Boise city
Boise November 24 General John Green aged 83 and retired dies. He was a famous Indian fighter and veteran of the Mexican and Civil War with 43 years of active service. He was brevetted four times for gallantry in action.
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Boise
John Green
Fatal Street Car Collision in Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio November 24 A rear end street car crash leaves one man dying and six others fatally injured with rescue crews rushing to the scene and authorities investigating the cause of the collision
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sultan Withdraws Constitution Sparks Tehran Strife
In Teheran on Nov 23 liberal and reactionary factions clashed citywide after the sultan’s proclamation withdrawing the promise of a Persian constitution. Liberals, angered by the failure to secure a constitution, took a belligerent stance amid the unrest.
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Teheran
Persia
Giggling Girls Cause Bad Church Muddle
In San Diego on November 23 the All Saints Episcopal church choir girls strike after being deprived of vestments and accused of gleaming. The rector Rev. J A H Richey vows to quit if his position is not upheld, and the church organ quotes him on the absence of secret vesting and the impossibility of preventing chatter.
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San Diego
Calif
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
J. A. H. Richey
Richey
Marines May Get Shore Leave for Manila Parades
Acting on Washington orders Admiral Sperry sent a board of surgeons ashore to study the cholera threat. Manila residents hope this will lead to fleet sailors being allowed ashore for parades after a favorable surgeons report. Citizens express bitter sentiment toward Sperry amid the dispute.
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Manila
P. L
Washington
Sperry
P. 1
Senator Ankeny backs tariff revision stance in Pendleton
United States Senator Levi Ankeny, visiting Pendleton for bank business with First National Bank cashier G M Rice, said he favored tariff revision as the republican platform promised. He described himself as a longtime tariff man and would continue to support tariffs “by ourselves.” He did not discuss politics, noted favorable local conditions, and planned to travel to Baker City that evening.
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Washington
United States
East Oregonian
Pendleton
First National Bank
Trias Littl
Levi Ankeny
Ankeny
G. M. Rice
Senator Ankeny
Baker City
Rhode Island farmer to supply White House turkey
Washington reports Horace Vose of Westerly Rhode Island will deliver the Thanksgiving turkey for the White House next Thursday. Vose has supplied every president from Grant to Roosevelt, making the Rhode Island man a longstanding holiday fixture. He vows this year’s bird will be the best yet as the nation looks toward the feast.
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Washington
Horace Vose
Westerly
R. 1
White House
Vose
Grant
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Rockefeller Opposes Suit in Supreme Court Oil Case
In Washington Rockefeller filed for a writ of certiorari to review the 26 million dollar Standard Oil case. In New York he testifies in the government suit for dissolution, resisting Kellogg’s questions and denying stockholder names from 1874. He recalls few details as the trial reveals connections to railroads and absorbed plants.
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Sefises
Bester
Oil King
Standard Oi Corporation
Washington, D. C
H Bonaparte
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals
New York
Rockefeller
Stand
New Jersey
Trust Buster
Kelloge
New York Central
Erie Railroads
Lake Shore Road
Standard
Kellogg
Government Ownership of Oregon City Locks
Portland Ore November 22 The last spike has been driven so far no act by the engineering authorities can be taken in advance of Congress making the needed appropriation for government ownership of the locks and canal at Oregon City Free locks would mean a great reduction of freight rates for the Willamette Valley
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Portland
Ore
Congress
Oregon City
Willametic Valley
Merger Talks for Reno RAPD Transit and Real Estate
In Reno on November 28, San Francisco experts discuss finalizing a $2,000,000 merger of the rapid transit firms Reno Trac tion Interurban Railway and Reno Development Company, combining Reno’s RAPD transit and related real estate interests.
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Reno
Rapd Transit Companies
Swallows carbolic acid by mistake in Bellingham
Mrs J McAnelly wife of the leading hardware merchant of Bellingham Washington drank an unlabeled bottle of carbolic acid thinking it was asthma remedy. She died half an hour later. The incident occurred on November 23 in Bellingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
J McAnelly
New York City issues $12.5 million in bonds
New York Comptroller Meta aims to secure a sale today of a new $12,500,000 4 percent city bond issue. Twelve million will run for 60 years, with expectations the sale will succeed and provide funds to ease the city's tight finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Meta
New York City
Riotous Soldiers Fined in Port Townsend Clash
Fort Worden soldiers Clyde Hitchcock and George Bernard were fined 100 each in Port Townsend police court for disorderly and riotous conduct after a clash between artillerymen and city police Sunday night.
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Clyde Hitchcock
George Bernard
Fort Worden
Port Townsend
Annapolis Bi Centenary Parade Opens Celebration
Annapolis Md November 23. A street parade was the spectacular feature of todays bi centenary celebration with marines sailors naval academy and St Johns cadets civic groups and state militia in line. Several floats and bands added color. Tomorrow marks the closing day of the celebration.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
St. John’s College
Horse Stealing Charged Against Charles Haley at Tunk Creek
Charles Haley of Tunk Creek Washington has been arrested and charged with horse stealing. H D Jones of Riverside says Haley appropriated a horse value. Haley is released on bond of 1000 dollars and to appear at the next court term.
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Charles Haley
Tunk Creek
Okanogan County
Wash
H. D. Jones
Riverside
Haley
Honda
Great Northern Rushing Work On Moses Coulee Branch
The Northern Pacific speeds grading on the Moses Coulee branch in Washington and will continue until snow falls. Tunnel work is advancing and expected to finish in time for track laying on the grade.
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Northern Pacific
Moses Coulee
Washington
The
Coulee
Heney thanks God for escape and vows reform after shooting
In San Francisco on November 23 Heney issued a statement praising divine providence for his escape from an assassin’s bullet. He pledged to intensify law enforcement, denounce all who corrupt government, and dedicate his life to rooting out vice and the conspiracies that threaten justice. He warned against simplistic triumphalism and urged focus on the systemic roots of crime.
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San Franciwo
Heney
Witness Lathan Returns to San Francisco Jail in Graft Case
Alexander Latham, long missing witness in the trolley graft case, arrived in San Francisco and is jailed. He testifies Ruef bribed a former supervisor to sway an overhead trolley franchise vote. Lathan admits being coached to lie and says Burns urged false statements to the grand jury.
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San Francisco
Alexander Latham
Portland
Ruefs
Ruef
A. & Lathan
Lathan
Burns
Kues
United Railroads
Harper
Searches months for man who promised to wed her
Electra Myers of El Paso Texas located the man after months of searching. He was found working in a rock quarry for Columbia Construction Company ten miles from Vancouver Washington. She served papers for a breach of promise suit seeking 500 in the interim while awaiting marriage and 10 000 in the breach of promise claim.
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Vancouver
Wash
Electra Myers
el Paso
Texas
Columbia Construction Company
Balloon All America crosses Lake Erie attempt from Canton
Canton Ohio November 23 The balloon All America ascended today to cross Lake Erie with pilot Leo Stevens and passengers W F R and A H Timken. A strong wind at about 1000 feet sent the craft northward as it rose into the sky.
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Canton
Lake Erie
Leo Stevens
W. FR
A. H. Timken
Portuguese Decree Admitting Wheat Import
The American charge d Affaires at Lisbon cables the department of state that Portugal authorizes importation of 60,000,000 kilos of wheat with a duty rate not set. This discusses a government decree and its implications for trade.
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Charge d’Affaires
Lisbon
Department of State
Chinese Officials Mourn Deceased Rulers
Prince Teal Fil nephew of the late Emperor Hau, visiting envoy Tang Bhao Yi in Washington, paid respects at the temple of Six Companies in San Francisco. Chinese merchants seek a portion of the Boxer Indemnity for education in US schools. Hawaii Chinese also seek education funds. No banquet will interrupt mourning.
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San Francisco
Teal Fil
Hau
Tang Bhao Yi
Washington
United States
Hawaii
Leper Fear Strikes Man After Mexican Walk
Tremeda Ortega, after walking from Hermisillo to Los Angeles to learn his illness, nears insanity upon learning he is a leper. County hospital authorities plan to send him and Teabelle Wardwell across the border into Mexico, where both contracted the disease.
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Los Angeles
Hermisillo
Mex
Tremeda Ortega
Teabelle Wardwell
Mexico
Inquest Sparks Clash Over Haas Death Inquiry
In San Francisco on November 23 the Haas inquest featured a clash between Police Chief Biggy and Assistant District Attorney Ward over Burns access to Haas in jail. Ward pressed that Langdon’s superiorship made Burns’ status unclear, while Biggy claimed Langdon directed him. Coroner Leland sought Burns’ official status as the dispute raged without final determination on who supplied Haas with the derringer.
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San Francisco
Calif
Morris Haas
Heney
Biggy
Ward
Burns
Haas
Langdon
Leland
Derringer
Amile Carrinitachink
Burke
Wyoming hunting licenses raise near 12000 for state
Justices of the peace report hunting licenses sales to the state examiner. Henderson estimates almost twelve thousand dollars will fund the state game warden office and its protection of the state’s game. Largest receipts come from Justice E B Johnson Rock Springs at 652.65 dollars and other towns report smaller totals.
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Justices of the Peace
Wyoming Tribune
Henderson
E. B. Johnson
Rock Springs
Laramie
Hanna
Basin
Rock River
Judge Housman
Cheyenne
Woman near death prays for divorce in Ohio case
Mrs. Margaret Hale, wife of Fred EB Hale, asks the court to speed up her divorce to save her life. She filed February 19 but faces over a year before a hearing. Doctors urge operation and require she be free from worry. Hale is believed to be in Toledo.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Margaret Hale
Fred EB Hale
Hale
Toledo
New South Wales Railways Record Safe Passenger Travel
New South Wales boasts seven years of rail travel with 258,620,836 passengers carried and only one passenger killed in a railway accident, highlighting remarkable safety performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Weather Station Plan For Pendleton Oregon Endorsed
The Oregon State Board of Health unanimously urged Congress to establish a chain of weather stations in eastern Oregon including Pendleton to warn of epidemics and protect crops. Pendleton would gain a station in the new government building, aiding forecasts for influenza and frost risks to fruit growers in Umatilla County.
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Ste Board of Health
Oregon
Pendleton
Baker City
Oregon Board
Smith
Caldwell Sues For Damages Over Mortgaged Team
William Caldwell sues Johnhle Yost for damages claiming the defendant refused to deliver a team and hack mortgaged with Caldwell under a Wright note for 4500. Caldwell seeks the value of the property plus 30 dollars in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Wright
Wm. Caldwell
Johnhle Yost
Wright
Caldwell
Town in Russia to be sold at auction
St. Petersburg The town of Bereska will be sold to the highest bidder tomorrow to satisfy a debt of $48,000. The mortgage is held by an Odessa financier who has tried for years vainly to get his money. All the public buildings and their contents, the open squares, the bridges, the city park and a number of lots owned by the city will be brought under the hammer to satisfy the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Bereska
Odessa
Governor Chamberlain Invited to Speak at National Conservation Meet
Salem Oregon November 213 Governor Chamberlain has been honored by the Roosevelt administration with an invitation to represent governors in opening the national conservation commission meeting in Washington December 8 Other speakers will include Roosevelt and Taft He received the invitation this morning.
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Salem
Ore
Chamberlain
National Conservation Commission
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
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Supreme Court
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New York Bonds
Great Northern
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Tilt Enlwvens
Haas Inquest
Board of Health
Umatila County
William Caldwell
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