Governor's land decision reverses earlier indemnity ruling
A land office reversal by Commissioner Richards invalidates state title grants and restores land to government control, affecting numerous settlers and investors. The action critiques Governor Chamberlain for alleged faults and later admits error, with implications for rights to Oregon lands and settlements dating back to 1905.
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Beeral
Oregon
Oly
Roseburg
Bis
Richards
War worries and Sino Japanese clashes in Asia
Reports from Pekin to St Petersburg describe Japanese orders to shoot anyone in Chinese garb near the line, rewards offered for captured Chinese spies, and patrols clashing with Chinese bands. News also notes suppression of new papers in Russia and rising tensions as nations debate war funding and frontier policy.
Chicago crowd storms shop during attempted robbery
A mob of about twenty men and women gathered at a shop in Chicago, rioting amid a chaotic scene that ended with police breaking up the crowd after it grew from a previous altercation.
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Say
Tnflore
Mvfke
Atelieere
Murder Case Hangs on Weber Barr Murder in Auburn Cal
Nov 24 1914 Adolph Weber held without bonds for the murder of his mother Mary Weber on Nov 10. Defense plans habeas corpus as Sheriff Keenan travels to Sacramento for the pistol reportedly found in the Weber barn. Weber’s strained appearance reflects the tension of the inquiry.
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Auburn
Cal
Jeantice Amilth
Adolph Weber
Mary Weber
Keenan
Sacramento
Adont
Weber
Confiscated a Bible by Russian censorship
A New York woman sent a Bible to Warsaw in August via a local bankers firm. The Bible was confiscated by the Russian authorities, with a 91 cent fee for confiscation and duties. Bankers note the Bible was not the authorized Greek church edition. In Washington, Secretary Staym and Vincount De Alte signed the arbitration treaty between the United States and Portugal.
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Warsaw
Bremen
Ent
Washington
Staym
Vincount de Alte
United States
Portugal
Wreck attempt halted near Santa Barbara on train tracks
Tramps were caught in the act of piling rocks on a Southern Pacific line near Santa Barbara at Cuptan, near Santa Barbara. Two men were arrested as investigators suspect revenge motives behind the attempted wrecking.
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San Francisco
Culptan
Santa Barbara
Lake Bluff Selected for Naval Training Station
Lake Bluff Similes from Chicago will secure a naval training station. The president today returned a report of the commission which selected the site, with approval.
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Washington
Nev
Lake Bluff
Chicago
Bie
Pendleton Schools Donate 216 to Boys and Girls Aid Society
Thanksgiving donations from Pendleton public schools amount to 216.03 in cash and a large shipment of vegetables, fruit, clothing and other items for the Boys and Girly Aid Society, to be sent to Portland tomorrow. Professor Conklin praises the selections and notes the value at about 200.
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Professor Conklin
Saya
Ald Society
Conspirators On Trial In Federal Fraud Case
The Roseburg land fraud trial in Portland ends day with government focus on dummy land entries. Horace McKinsey and Mark Ware face charges of defrauding the government through fake filings. Judge O Day rejects defense bid to sever names as signatures and allows key land office documents as evidence amid a heated trial.
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Gainsel
Picuiuons
Benyant Alr
Portland
United States
Horace GO
McKinsey
Marke Ware
Roseburg
Yeaterday
Witte
Remlester
Roseburg Land Office
McKinley
John H. Pall
Cremon City
Rewarded man who saved him becomes benefactor in Nevada gift
Diamondfield Jack Davis, once condemned to death for a 1896 Cassia County murder, gave $10,000 in mining stocks to Judge W. Powers who helped prove his innocence and urged pardons after a six year legal battle that even reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Powers, later 손erd by Tonopah ties, received 2600 shares from the Diamondfield Gold Mining Co as Davis prospered.
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Davie
Tomopal
Halt Lake
Jack
Jorge Stockalager
Drew Davis
Davis
Judge Powers
Idaho Board of Pardons
Salt Lake
Tonopah
Nev
Goldfield
Diamondfield
Powers
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Davin
N Shries
Cassin County
Idaho
Supreme Court of the United States
Prunes to Europe Rise From San Francisco Shipments
Prunes shipped directly by sea from San Francisco to Europe have surged over recent weeks. Notable departures include the Altair with 21,064 pounds to London on November 4 and the Nicaria with 45,468 pounds for Hamburg on October 20. From July 2 to November 2, total exports include 4,182,030 pounds to continental Europe and 802,069 pounds to England, with other destinations in the Pacific and Americas.
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San Francisco
Nicaria
Hamburg
San Praneiscn
Mexico
Central and
South America
Manitoba
the Orient
England
Continental Europe
Danaon
Tahiti
Northwest Territory
Auva
Clipperton Inland
Oregon subsidy lands to open for sale and settlement
Portand Nov 24 The Southern Pacific will open about January for sale and settlement 2 000 000 acres of subsidy lands in Oregon Harriman two years ago stopped the notes to through his instructions notice was today given that the care jot be thrown open Preparations will be commenced at once by a big clerical force
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Portand
Southern Pacifico
Oregon
Harriman
Four Men Drown in Fort Huron Ferry Disaster
Four men drowned when a small ferry capsized near the Sarinia Ontario dock at dawn. Two men were saved. Names of victims not learned. Strong currents, warning given to the men before the accident.
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Fort Huron
Mich
Sarnia
Ontario
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