Seattle Times Plant Burned
Seattle Times reports a basement fire at the Times building damaged four large presses and destroyed 33 motors in the pressroom. Loss estimated at 375,000 fully insured. Water and steam caused the damage but the presses can be restored. Fire discovered at 11:30 a.m. originated in the coatroom of the stereotyping department. Gas explosion injured eight firefighters. six remained in hospital with six recovering.
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Seattle
Seattle Times
Times
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Nolin principal’s family escapes after runaway wagon
Special correspondence from Nolin reports H M Allen principal of the Nolin School and his family narrowly escaped injury when a wind blew a tub into the road causing their team to run away. His wife was thrown from the wagon and injured but regained consciousness and was doing as well as could be expected after the shock.
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Nolin
H. M. Allen
Eaton Inquest Continued in Hingham Court
In Eaton case Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton died at his Asinnippi home seven months ago. Eight neighbors testified as part of a secret inquest. Mrs Jennie Eaton, widow, faces trial for murder by polenia set for October 14. The inquest adjourned again and may be convened before trial. District Attorney Barker dismissed rumors of quashing the indictment.
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Hingham
Mass
Joseph Giles Eaton
Assinippi
Eatons
Jennie Eaton
Polienia
Barker
Eaton
Gardner Opposes Woman Suffrage in Gubernatorial Bid
Boston October 6 Representative Gardner, Republican candidate for governor, announced his opposition to woman suffrage. The resolutions committee favored a constitutional amendment to grant the ballot to women, but Gardner said he would not vote for women suffrage if the question were referred to the people.
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Boston
Gardner
Committee On Resolutions
Gardner Suld
Pendleton News Briefs Include Club Meeting and Local Additions
The Commercial Club will hold its regular monthly meeting in the club rooms. J B Perry is adding a room to his house on South Main. Rev W A Carr and Rev N D Wood are in the city for church business. The Catholic choir resumes practice at 7 30 pm under Eugene Molitor with Father John Durgan urging all able singers to attend. Miss Rachel Martin, daughter of Mr and Mrs C H Martin, is ill with typhoid at 111 Stone Wall Jackson Street and shows slow improvement toward convalescence.
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Commercial Club
Commercial Association
J. B. Perry
South Main Street
W. A. Carr
Oregon District
Southern Methodist Church
N D. Wood
Weston Church
Eugene Molitor
John Durgan
Rachel Martin
C. H. Martin
Stone- Wall Jackson Street
Little Child Dies at Three in Local Community
Eleanor Ruth Owen, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Owen of 300 Aura Street, died Saturday afternoon from stomach trouble she had suffered for some time. Funeral services were held yesterday at Folsom undertaking parlors with interment in Olney cemetery.
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Eleanor Ruth
Herbert Owen
Aura Street
Folsom Undertaking
Olney
Dairy Inspector E A Tully Freshen Pendleton Visit
Deputy dairy and food commissioner E A Tully visits Hermiston to inspect dairies, returning to Pendleton in a few days to examine local dairies and butchers and other food handling shops.
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E. A. Tully
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Hermiston Country
Pendleton
Bear hunting party heads for Wilbur mountains
Earl W Coutts J M Hartnett and Fd Cramer left Saturday night for Wilbur mountains to search for a bear. They aimed for the large bear that had been killing Smith sheep but upon arrival learned Jack Hammersley had already killed it.
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Earl W. Coutts
J. M. Hartnett
Fd Cramer
Wilbur Mountains
Smith
Jack Hammersley
Alta street grocer sustains broken arm in accident
S. S Thacker, a grocer on Alta Street, wears a sling after a Saturday evening accident. While cranking his automobile, the engine struck back and fractured both bones of his right forearm. A physician set the bones and no serious consequences are anticipated.
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S. S Thacker
Alta Street
Rev Dickson Resigns From Tutuilla Indian Church
Rev J G Dickson, pastor of the Tutuilla Indian congregation, resigns and will move to Chicago TL to study at Moody Bible Institute for a year. He plans evangelistic work using mu alc both Instrumental and vocal. The congregation calls Rev Wm Wheeler from Warm Springs to fill in if no Indian minister arrives until Dickson returns.
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Dickson
J. G. Dickson
Tutuilla
Chitago
Moody Bible Institute
Mualc
Wm. Wheeler
Warm Springs
Idaho
Mr. Dickson
Sailor Schepers Dashes From Wagon In Rough Farm Ride
Anto Too Much for Tar John Schepers once a gale sailing tar now a farmer near Yoakum risks a run with Carl Newquist on a Umatilla county road. An attempted running board swing ends with Schepers floundering in dust losing part of a shoe trainer leg and some cuticle. He vows to stay anchored to his seat in His Wagon.
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Anto
John Schepers
Yoakum
Umatilla
Tna Farm
Carl Newquist
Jolly Tar
Schepers
Pankhurst Denied Welcome by Pittsburgh Suffragists
Militant leader Emmeline Pankhurst will not be invited or welcomed by Pennsylvania suffragists in Pittsburgh. The Equal Suffrage Federation and Pennsylvania branch leaders state militants will be barred from local events, and Parkhurst will find the doors closed despite her slogan votes for women.
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Pittsburg
Emmeline Pankhurst
Pennsylvania
Equal Suffrage Franchise Federation
F. M. Roessing
Association
Equal Franchise Federation of Pennsylvania
Mra
Parkhurst
Fragmented Adage Noted In Brief Column
A short column references a well known saying about a woman’s character being judged by her circle of acquaintances. The item hints at social perception and reputation in a local community context.
Record of Pacific coast forest fire protection year
Portland reports show about 3% million feet of timber destroyed by fire, far below 24 million in 1911, across 20 million acres from Montana to northern California. The Western Forestry & Conservation association notes minimal losses, emphasizes improved patrols, and cites a Vancouver conference on December 15 16 for cross border cooperation in 1914.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast Forest Protective Associations
Montana Rockies
California
Western Forestry & Conservation Association
Pacific Northwest
United States
Canada
Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Pendleton City Daytime Visitors List From Echo to Portland
A dense roster of visitors and local residents passing through Pendleton appears in the city diary. Names include Mrs. Ab Griner Echo P C Hunter Stanfield Horace Walker Athena Charles E Williams Athena Mr and Mrs J H Day Weston G Horiburt Hermiston SP Goulil Echo Don Brownell Umatilla H W Grout Waterloo J Q Peebler Juniper C F Steele Nolan J T Glenallen Adams Thomas and Fred Thomas Despair J C Rhodes Gibbon C E McClellan Juniper Mrs J Frank Spinning Echo E O Neill Little Hop Creek Ralph Ward Kamela Grant Buchanan Echo J P Walker W W, Judd, J A Badley San Francisco James Crawford Portland.
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P. C. Hunter
Echo
Horate Walker
Stanfield
Charles E. Williams
Athena
J. H. Day
Weston
Hr. G. Horiburt
Hermistonian
Newt R. Martin
Salem
Ponderos
J. T. Glenallen
Adams
Peneton
Thomas
Fred Thomas
J.C Rhodes
Gibbon
C. E. McClellan
Pendleton
John P. McManus
Pilot Rock
J. M. Hodges
Judge defies lawyer in impeachment threat
PES MOINES Oct 6 Threatened impeachment proceedings against Smith McPherson of Red Oak Ind United States district judge were made public when he accepted the challenge through Federal Commissioner McArthur The threat came from Hugh J O Rien an attorney of Rochester NY who demanded reopening of the bankrupt case of the Sydney company of Ottumwa In reply McPherson noted the letter’s claim that if he refused to make and enforce a payment to the New York state receiver of 572 48 he would be brought before the judiciary committee and impeached The statement was not persuasive to me.
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Loomis
New York Atate
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Confesses He Murdered Many in Chicago
Henry Spencer, arrested near the South Side, confessed to killing 14 persons, including Mrs Mildrer Allleen Rexroat, a dancing teacher slain near Wheaton. He showed a blood stained suitcase and revolver as proof, and claimed most murders were for robbery. Police doubt some details but fear a wholesale killer.
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Chicago
Mildrer
Allleen Rexroat
Wheaton
Ill
Henry Spencer
South Side Lovers District
Rexroat
Mr. Spencer
Domestic Day luncheon by suffragists at Mason Temple
Washington on October 6 suffragists staged a Domestic Day luncheon to show they can cook and serve a business meal. Sixty white capped amateur waitresses served a test luncheon at the Mason Temple while men observed. Proceeds from the repeated event would benefit the suffrage cause.
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Washington
Fair Seekers
Voice
Masonic Temple
Hunder
Walter
Mary K. Clagett
Keith Randolph Orrest
the Cause
Police Inspector on Trial in New York
Police Inspector John F. Dwyer and four squad members go on trial for assault after their 1am raids on Healy's restaurant. The case follows Mayor Gaynor's cloning offer and a police magistrate ruling, with the officers held for grand jury action.
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New York
John F. Dwyer
Healy
Gaynor
Dwyer
Tria
Banker Cleared In Bank Fraud Trial At Faker Oregon
Federal Judge Bean ordered a verdict of not guilty in the Lindsay case. Guy M. Lindsay, former cashier of Citizen's National Bank of Faker, Ore., was charged with violating federal bank statutes. The judge found no proof that Lindsay knew of the false entry.
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Portland
Ore
Bean
Guy M. Lindsay
Citizen’s National Bank of
Faker
Lindauy
Thirty in jail for contempt of court in Seattle
Thirty eight people including six women remain jailed in Seattle county jail for refusing to pay fines imposed by Superior Judge John E. Humphries for contempt of court. One man paid the $100 fine to end his confinement while the six women named including Mrs Minnie J. Parkes and Mrs Mary Jarvis protested judicial authority and England’s judges versus American power.
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Seattle
John E. Humphes
Minnly J. Parkes
Humphries
Mary
Lightning saves 52 from Templemore sinking off Cape Hatteras
In a gale off Cape Hatteras, the steamship Arcadia rescued 52 officers and men from the burning British freighter Templemore after oil caught fire and the crew abandoned ship. The Templemore sank soon after. The loan to the Templemore was placed at $300,000.
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Baltimore
Arcadia
Templemore
Boldt
Cape Hatteras
Lle
Beecher's Church Damaged by Fire in Brooklyn
Fire at Ply mouth Church in Brooklyn caused 95,000 in damage. The church, a famed Greater New York landmark, once featured Henry Ward Beecher in its pulpit. Built in 1849, the structure sustained significant fire damage.
Pastor Dr. Newell Dwight Hil to be TBA
The item notes that the pastor is Dr. Newell Dwight Hil with the appointment to be announced. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
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Ent
Newell Dwight Hiltba
Pose Searching Tomb Thrower in Boulder Raid
A posse in Boulder Colorado searches the vicinity for the person or persons who threw six dynamite bombs and fired a volley into a strike breakers camp. The bombs wrecked the boarding house, but no one was injured.
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Boulder
Colo
Locals Rent Outstable Room With Private Entrance
Local classified notice advertises a likely furnished outsble room for rent with private entrance, suitable for two men or a man and wife. Inquiries directed to 40L W Court.
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