Levee repairs move forward as crews work
Twenty teams toil beneath the Malin street bridge as contractors speed levee repairs. City officials anticipate completion before high water with work on the foot wall by the city and riprap embankment tasks already underway. Damages claim from G L LaDow for right of way are unsettled, valued at about $500.
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Tiatdon
Walters
Corneil
Hinkle
Ely
Malin Street
Walters Mill
No Os
LaDow
D. Avery
Momre, Young & Kolsay
LaDow Place
G. L. Labow
Mr. Labow
Conference Debates World Telegraph Standards
Harlin Oct 2 Local convention hosts Marconi and delegates from global telegraph interests. Disputes involve Slaby Arco and Japanese government charges, with calls for unified signaling systems to cover the world. Newark Oct 4 Prison break as guards freed by a scrubber, escape attempt foiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlin
Llenor Marconi
Marconi
Bunkichi
Special guards shot wild as harbor fight spurs crackdown
Portland harbor clash during a disorderly incident led the chief of police to bar special guards employed by exporters and grain warehouses from carrying arms. Few strikers remain at work amid the turmoil.
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Portland
Carrpe Jog Arme
Cfm
Scheme to Reduce Population of New York City
Education alliance opens exhibit in Alliance building to urge immigrants to relocate from New York. Feature presentations include “Jewish Life on Fures” and “Life in Smaller Cities” with pictures of Jewish farmers and large homes in smaller towns. Aim is to lure sweatshop laborers away from the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Educational Alliance
Alliance
Metropolia
Saloonmen Arrested In Sunday Closing Case
Walla Walla reports 16 saloon men charged with violating the Sunday closing law by keeping their doors open on September 16. Charges mirror earlier action against four saloon licenses revoked at the council meeting. Local officials pursued the crackdown despite rumors of potential settlements.
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Walla Walla
Hart
Brown
Will Exploit Alaskan Riches Exposition Shares Sold
A 1906 Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle plans to showcase Alaskan riches. Investors bought nearly all 60,000 shares on the market, with St Paul Railway taking 10,000 and Northern Pacific Great Northern and Union Pacific each at 25,000. The event aims to exhibit Alaskan resources to a global audience.
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Alock
Espn Com
Ene Tre
Enet
Harme
Father Finds Daughter in North Yakima Catholic School
W A Campbell, a Beattle designer and engineer, learns his daughter Viola Campbell aged 14 is in a North Yakima Catholic school. After a nine year separation from his divorced wife, Campbell travels to the convent, gains access with help from local friends, and meets his daughter. The reunion is described as pathetic as they recognize each other.
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Pathe
North Yakima
Got. d
Thiw City
Mien
Viola Chirk
Viola Campbell
W. A. Campbell
Beattle
Mabton
Thie City
Avne
Victim of Mob Dies in Jail Attack
Roy Hoyle a special officer died this morning after a mob shot him during an attempt to lynch a negro at the jail in Mobile. The mob failed to seize the prisoner and fled. Chicago Wheat Market closed at 73 3 4 cents, corn at 49 1 2, oats at 36 1 2.
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Mobile
Roy Hoyle
Oman
Chicago
Leago
Streetcar Men Claim Trust Promised Wage Rise
Seattle readers report that Le Hithe Electric employees allege a trust promised wage increases to win votes against municipal ownership. The pledge to raise pay by 10 to 15 cents per day for 10 hours work affects 850 workers, with growing unrest and dissatisfaction amid the same campaign.
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Seattle Electric Trust
Nosente
Seattle
le Hithe Electric Company
General Tieatre
Pittsburg
State Board of Trade
Wand
Jane
Boards of Trade and
Chambers of Commerce
Oles
State Board
Affluence to poverty mars New York bride story
A prominent New York back sheep, Louie Cleveland Pillehary, was arraigned for obtaining money under false pretenses. His 23 year old wife, whom he married in California, must share prison fare and can barely pay two dollars weekly for her room while he awaits bail.
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New York
Louie Cleveland
Pillehary
California
Deverty
Four Die in Maryland Steel Plant Blast
A furnace blast at the Maryland Steel company plant in Baltimore exploded this morning. Four workmen were killed and eight injured, with one of the injured expected to die. Local authorities probe the cause of the deadly accident.
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Winst
Baltimore
Ovil
Meryland Steel Company
South ships ice to New York to ease famine
Washington reports the south is sending ice to New York to relieve famine. The operation costs eight dollars per ton at the New York yards and accounts for ice lost through melting.
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South
New York
Washington
Hall May Not Live After Being Shot by Father-in-law
The condition of Jesse M. Hall, shot by his father-in-law yesterday in Seattle, is slightly improved though still critical. In Spokane last week, burglaries, robberies, and cons dominated, with many acts reported Saturday and Sunday.
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Hall
Seattle
Jesse M. Hall
Spokane
Magoon to Philippines as vice governor amid Cuba disarmament
Washington Oct 4 Magoon to proceed to the Philippines to become vice governor and will not go to Cuba. Taft orders no new heads of departments for two to three weeks. Disarming Cuban rebels began with some allowed to keep personal weapons as the situation in Havana remained tense. Taft promised no executive changes before early October.
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Taft
Hawaii
Magoon
Philippines
Washington
Cuba
Berkman Winthrop
Havana
Funston
Confuegos
Tatt
Cientuegos
Diet Moines
Des Moline
Coyne
Senator Clark Injured In Auto Accident
Private Paris reports say Senator Clark of Montana was seriously injured in an automobile crash near New York. Ribs broken, serious condition, with limited chance of recovery. Clark's office declined to confirm details. Diamond smuggling thwarted as U S customs intercept large shipment from London via Montreal.
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New York
Paris
Clark
Montana
California's Trial Trip and Hearst Campaign Tour
California's new cruiser California sailed at noon for the Pont Sarkar channel as the Wullders' triad prepare to view from Union works. Hearst opens campaign in New York on October 3 speaking at the Montgomery county fair then travels to upstate fairs to address farmers.
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San Francisco
California
Pont Sarkar
Wullders
Piiew
Helit Abt Union Works
Thleetty
Hearst
New York
W. RA. Hearst
Politics
Mongomery County
Upstate
Alaskan Steamer Sant Ant Springs a Leak
Seattle October 1 The Northwestern Smishin company steamer Sant Ant sailing for Alaska Mondiny retired from Cleallum bay in the morning with five feet of water in her hold.
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Seattle
Northwestern Smishin Company
Sant Ant
Alaska
Mondiny
Cleallum Bay
Sentences for Cartano and Gay Over Umatilla Offense
Bert Cartane and Charles Gay of Athena were fined 60 dollars and sentenced to 20 days in county jail after pleading guilty to unlawfully taking Wynor on the Umatilla reservation. They arrived from Portland as prisoners, with others awaiting federal court.
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Bert Cartane
Charles Gay
Athena
Walverton
Wynor
Umatilla
Portland
Bponartano
Gay Har
Fred
Dunbar
Hunt
Newas
Major Edwards
Ron
Wolverton
Cortano
Gav
Boy Saves Parents in Tragedy at Wellington Ranch
Sherman Williams, 15, shot and killed Joe Clark to protect his father and mother after Clark assaulted Williams's mother with an axe. Sheriff McCreary deemed the act justifiable and did not arrest the boy. The incident occurred on Clark’s Wellington-area ranch, two miles east of Wellington, where Williams rented land. Clark had threatened Williams for weeks over crop management and crop value.
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Fort Colliie
Col
Josph Willlams
Sherman Wilams
Joe Clark
Wellington
Clark
McCreary
Williams
Tile
Willams
Willlams
Umatilla Canal Bids Rejected From Government Project
Interior Department rejects bids on the distributing canals of the Umatilla irrigation project in Oregon. No bids accepted. engineer Newell to name a successful bidder soon. Main feed canal contract already awarded and in progress. May 1, 1907 deadline looms for completing the remaining work.
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Umatia
Portland
F. H. Newell
Bikler
Interior Department
Umatilla
Buet Umatilla
D. C. Henry
Ttm
Reclamation Service
Oregon
Newo
Washington
RE. T. Johnson & Co
Naylor & Norlin Co
Lewiston
Idaho
Newport Land & Construction Co
Hermiston
Ore
Seaman, Davie & Co
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co
Standard Construction Co
Thomas Jaques
Pilot Rock
Depot Facilities At City Rail Center Discussed
Commercial Association members debated moving coal sheds and securing better depot facilities. The Transportation Committee, led by Lee Teutech, plans a strong-resolution urging improvements while Pilot Rock railroad prospects and Pendleton terminal status were raised. Gymnasium funding rules were debated, with a waiver proposal for members joining solely for gym access.
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Transportation Committee
the Association
Pilot Rock
Gymnasiium
Commercial Association
T. C. Taylor
Lee Teutech
Bhy Cohen
Erthyould
C. J. Smith
Portland
Pendleton
Birch Creek
Cohen
Holy Roller Dies In Trance At Whittier Meeting
Whittier California October 2 A Holy Roller named See died after an unconscious period during a Holy Roller meeting. Disciples said she was to receive divine dispensation and speak unknown tongues. A physician was not called until sister Mia May intervened.
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Whittier
Cal
See
Holy Rollers
Zation
Holy Roller Facade
Mrs. See
Holy Roller
Mia. May
Young Roosevelt a Wits. Boston Court Arraigns Roosevelts Roommate
Shauynik Kol ey, roommate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., pleaded not guilty in municipal court to assaulting a police officer during a student fraud on the commons. The case was continued to October 1, with Young Roosevelt and another summoned to testify tomorrow before the grand jury.
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Boston
Shauynik Koley
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Young Roosevelt
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