McCarten Deposed From Brooklyn Democratic Lead
New York Oct 21 political campaign notes a whirlwind night with Hearst Bernard and Gaynor in speeches. McCarren, ill in hospital, is ousted as Brooklyn Democratic leader. insurgent tickets withdraw from ballots, signaling a shift in local power dynamics.
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New York
William R. Hearst
Otto T. Barnard
Brooklyn
Carnegie Hall
William J. Gaynor
Mr. Hearst
Gaynor
Tammany
Mr. Gaynor
Samilingly
Igaynor
Cily
George F. Roesch
Supreme Court
The
Bar Association of New York
Roesch
Seth Low
Hearst
Heart
Low
Tammins
Patrick H. McCarren
St. Catherine Hospital
McCarren
Thekels
Charles F. Murphy
Tiekets
Board of Elections
La Grande Seeks Saloon License Imitation
In La Grande Oregon on October 20, supporters of the loyal option hope to persuade the city council to license saloons under the same conditions as St Johns. The council meets tonight and the issue will be raised.
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la Grande, Ore
St. Johns
Thousands of Natives Perish in East Bengal Tornado
Calcutta reports a cyclone in East Bengal caused five to ten thousand native deaths. Refugees arriving today described scores swept into the Ganges and river debris blocking the water. European deaths feared. fields littered with debris and bodies as pestilence and famine threaten survivors.
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Calcutta
East Bengal
Ganges
Turner Defends Mexican Socialist de Lara in Mexico Trip
Venice Calif Oct 21 John Kenneth Turner author of Barbarous Mexico says de Lara owes his troubles to a recent trip with him through Mexico. Turner claims de Lara accompanied him to gather material for magazines and that de Lara faced danger, but was not an anarchist. He asserts de Lara’s lack of tact stirred power factions yet his aim was to improve his countrymen.
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Mexico
Venice
Calif
Gutiérrez de Lara
John Kenneth Turner
Aexico
Turner
de Tara
Ding
Fils Trip
de Lara
Indians Almost Starve to Death at Birdseye Camp
About 150 Chippewa Indians led by Rocky Boy faced severe hunger near Birdseye Montana. A Glasgow Indian agent warned of extreme need prompting War Department action. Fort Harrison authorities ordered rapid provisioning to the band.
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Washington
Rocky Boy
Birdseye
Mont
Indian Office
Glasgow
War Department
Fort Harrison
Diamond Ring Recovered Brings Money and Job to Man
New York reports Mrs Thomas A Buisson wife of the inventor displayed a $1100 diamond ring she lost six years ago and recovered recently. Robert J McCarthy of Orange, recently unemployed, returned the ring to Mrs Edison at Llewellyn Park and was rewarded with a check and a new position at the Edison laboratory.
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New York
Thomas A. Buison
Edison Laboratory
Llewellyn Park
Robert 8
McCarthy
Orange
Ginsa
Walla Walla Swindlester Found Guilty Of Grand Larceny
W. B. Mason, known as the banco artist, was found guilty of grand larceny in Washington superior court. He and an associate used a fake mining stock scheme to swindle a retired farmer of $2100 after posing as stock buyers. Mason had $2500 in negotiable papers and $100 cash. The lengthy trial ended with the verdict yesterday in the case linked to a prior arrest by Sheriff Taylor last August.
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W. BH. Mason
Banco
Taylor
Walla Walla
Superior Court of
Washington
Mason
Howard
Wells Fargo challenged overrate discrimination in San Francisco
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened a new probe into Wells Fargo Express Company after California shippers charged rate changes were excessive and discriminated against San Francisco in favor of Portland. Attorney Brown claimed $9,000,000 earnings by Wells Fargo on Southern Pacific routes over 15 years, with a 21 year contract that pays cash and stock, while Wells Fargo argued rates in 1906 aimed to aid post fire restocking. The case, with S Pacific involvement, paused with Reno session slated.
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San Francisco
Worthind
Brown
Express Company
Taist
Wells Fargo Expresa Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
California Commercial Iemderation
M.S. Kohlberg & Company
San Prantisco
Portland
Natttorneys
Expreme Company
IL. I. Brown
Southern Pacific Lines
Southern Pacific Company
Ex- Prem Company
Chicago
W. Stockton
New York
Lane
Reno
Nev
Mexican Indians Sold as Slaves
New York reports John Kenneth Turner’s article on barbarous Mexico accuses Yaqui Indians of being forced to war and sold into slavery for 65 dollars each. A Mexican colonel claims he sold 16,000 slaves in three years, with proceeds split between owners and the government. Meanwhile armed robbers struck the state bank, fleeing with thousands of dollars.
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New York
John Kenneth Turner
Mexico
Morrow
American Magazine
Sonora
Turner
Spanish Cabinet Resigns as King Seeks New Cabinet
Madrid dispatch reports the Spanish cabinet has resigned at King Alfonso’s request. The King consults advisers on a new cabinet, with future stability tied to the choice. Conservatives favored to ease riots. a liberal premier could be forced upon him.
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Alfonso
London
Madrid
Boy Burned by Blazing Attack in McKenzie Town
An eight year old boy, Kenneth McKenzie, son of local butcher Simon McKenzie, was set ablaze by two men believed to be “Bootleggers” angry at his father. They doused him with oil from a lantern and fled as his clothing caught fire. He is dying from severe burns. attackers unknown. Tension runs high in the town amid calls for swift punishment.
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Anotn
Kenneth McKenzie
Simon McKenzie
McKenzie
Kenneth
Ind
Burglar Fights in Reno Hotel Standoff and Escape
In Vinton near Reno an unidentified burglar shot two men and stabbed a third during a clash at the Vinton hotel. RB Canonica and companions pursued the intruder upstairs where a gun battle ensued. Robert Canonica was fatally wounded, Bert Questa seriously wounded, and the burglar escaped as a posse pursues him.
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Reno
Nev
Vinton
Western Pacific
RB. M. Canonica
Tivestizata
Jose Canonica
Bert Questa
Robert Canonica
Questa
Entire town put up at auction in Shipton Kansas
Shipton Kansas at auction today seeks bids for the entire village owned by W I Irwin who built the town as a grain shipping point. The sale includes a depot grain elevator several stores houses post office and church with extra wheat land and farm machinery offered with the lump purchase.
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Shipton
Kans
Irwitt
Main Street
Prominent British Suffragists Open U S Tour
New York Oct 21 Mrs Julia Pankhurst president of the National Woman's Society and Political Union of England began a lecture tour of the United States declaring the United States is a storm center of suffragists and the cause will win here first after which British statesmen will be compelled to surrender
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New York
Julia Pankhurst
National Womann's Society and Political Union of England
United States
Taft Learns More About Farm Methods on Texas Trip
President Taft travels through Gregory and nearby ranchlands learning storm plows and harrows in use on wide fields. He spent the morning golf, then an automobile ride with his brother Charles and will resume the journey tomorrow toward Corpus Christi and New Orleans where he will discuss waterways.
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Gregory
Tex
Taft
Charles
Corpus Christi
New Orleans
Buckley Robbed on Dining Car in Northwest Route
M. J. Buckley general superintendent of Harriman lines in the northwest reported robbed of 400 to 700 dollars in cash a 1000 draft and personal passes on most railroads. The theft occurred on a dining car between Portland and Pendleton Sunday evening near The Dalles. Detectives from railroad Pullman and secret service are investigating while Buckley is in La Grande awaiting details.
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M. J. Buckley
Harriman
Northwest
Pendleton
United States
Buckley
Portland
Pullman
New Y. M. C. A. Building Opened in Manila
Manila reports the new Y M C A building, cost 125000 dollars, opened with former Vice President Fairbanks delivering the main address. Congratulatory messages arrive from President Taft and J R Mott. Fairbanks plans to depart for Indiana Friday and will be bid a farewell banquet by the Merchants association the night before.
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Manila
Young Men's Christian Association
Fairbanks
Taft
J. R. Mott
International Committee of the
Orient
Fairbanka
Indiana
Merchants Association
Lovett elected president of Union Pacific rail line
New York Oct 21 Judge Robert S Lovett was elected president of the United Pacific railroad. He succeeds Edward H Harriman whose death caused the vacancy. Lovett has long led the Harriman lines as head of the executive committee and former general counsel. Three new maintenance and operation officers were named J Stubbs Julius Kruttschnitt and William Mahl. The directorate also includes William Rockefeller Kruttschnitt and Jacob Schiff signaling the Harriman idea will influence Road policies.
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New York
Robert S Lovett
United Pacific Railroad
Edward H. Harriman
Harriman
Lovett
Union Pacific
Harriman Lines
Oregon Short Line
J. ©. Stubbs
Julius Kruttschnitt
William Mahl
Kruttschnitt
Union
Southern Pacific
Mahl
William Rockefeller
Jacob Schiff
Oregon Senators pledge aid for state appropriations
Portland special report describes a two hour meeting between Senators Bourne and Chamberlain and 15 Portland businessmen. They pledged to push large federal appropriations for projects in Oregon including the Columbia River improvement, the Celilo canal, Coos Bay development, and the Oregon City locks and canal. Estimated costs total about 9.7 million for Celilo canal, 15 million for Columbia River works, 2.7 million for Coos Bay, and 456 thousand for the Oregon City locks, with 156 thousand still needing from the government after state funds cover 200 thousand.
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Portland
Bourne and
Chamberlain
Getire
Columbia River
Oregon City
Coos Bay
Libel Case Prosecution Set for Washington D C
Get. 21 In Washington the next Panama libel case will be prosecuted against the New York World Indianapolis News and other publications. The World case is to be called next though the exact trial date is not yet decided due to congested courts.
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Washington
Get
Panama
New York World
Indianapolis News
The
World
Mike Ryan Faces First Degree Murder Trial Date
Judge H J Bean overruled motions to quash and to demur indictments against Mike Ryan for the May 20 murder of Edward Dixon. Trial set for November 16 to align with the Morrow county circuit term in Hopner beginning November 8.
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Mike Ryan
H. J. Bean
Edward Dixon
Col
J. H. Raley
Morrow County
Circuit Court
Hoppner
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McCarten
LA Grande
Johns
Champions DE Lara
Diamond Ting
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Job
Wello Fargl
Express Co
Minocqua
U. 8
U.P
Pacific and Oregon Short Line
Oregon
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