Will Develop John Day Power Enterprise
Douglas Betts George G Schlegel and A R Turner seek a 500000 capital water power project on the John Day north fork with 90000 inches of water rights. They claim 10000 horsepower feasible, a seven mile flume with 600 foot fall, power for lighting manufacturing or an electric road to Pendleton, and a site protected from floods. Attorney J Peastey of Des Moines plans to attract Midwest capitalists. locals back the plan with subscriptions offered. A note of water appropriation was filed with the county recorder for the north fork project near section 29, township 6 south range 22.
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A. R. Turner
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Pendleton
Pilot Rock
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Des Moines
the Rock
Lowa
Middle West
County Recorder
Douglas
Indiana Extra Session Called for September 17
Governor George Hinley unexpectedly called an extra session of the legislature to convene September 17 amid a wave of reform demands. The move follows failed reform efforts and rising political tension as supporters of James Wat...
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Ciovernor
George Hinley
Friends
James Wat
Seventy Lifeboatless Tragedy Off Lisbon Coast
In Lisbon on September 4, fifty crew members of the Portuguese steamer Luiza perished when the vessel ran aground on rocks near Badajos. A heavy storm blocked lifeboat rescues. Families watched ashore as women and children mourned the loss. many sailors failed to escape.
Oakland Man Commits Suicide In Murder Case
Daniel Donohue husband of Mrs Alice Donohue who was murdered and buried in Emeryville shot himself at his home. A note found accuses Joseph Berry and police seek Berry as Donohue’s complicity in the crime is suspected. The inquest resumes Thursday as authorities refine the case amid denials of marriage.
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Brutal Somerville Murder Revealed in Trunk Find
Chester Jordan of Somerville, an actor, is alleged to have killed his wife Irene Shannon Jordan on Tuesday night. He confessed after authorities found a trunk with the severed remains and later parts in the Somerville home furnace and kitchen stove. Jordan planned to flee to New York aboard the Harvard before plans changed. The discovery followed suspicions of a Boston hookman who reported the trunk had arrived from Somerville. Jordan was arrested at the North Station and confessed to the crime.
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Boston
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Somerville
Hancock Street
Beacon HN
Ejlty
Jordan
Maine
Chester Jordan
Jessie L. Livermore
New York
P. J. Jordan
Kendall
Somerville Faetery
Irene Shannon
Quarre
Harvard
George W. Collins
Collins
North Station
Boomerville
Ocul Cain
Hoanenck Street
Michael Crowley
Crowley
Womin
Republican Rival Promises Support If Hanley Stumps State
The Republican candidate to succeed Hanley Watson pledges support if Hanley stumps the state for Watson. Hanley later learns Watson's friends mocked the promises, prompting anger and a vow to oppose Watson unless the legislature acts quickly. Leaders warn the session will pull members from districts amid campaign duties as governors threaten Taft forces in Indiana.
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Hanley
Hanley Watson
Watson
Russian Princess Sentenced to Siberia in Reform Effort
Princess Alexandrova Tchernisky, linked to a revolutionary group, was sentenced in St. Petersburg to 15 years penal servitude in Siberia along with 44 others. The case cites her urging of universal education to empower the people and undermine the throne, though she did not directly partake in revolution.
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Siberia
Russia
Caplain Kitts Sees Amber Schooner Likely Cause
Point Arena Sept 4 Caplain Kitts of the life saving station said today the boat watched yesterday was probably an amber schooner that ran aground and threw its deck load overboard.
Prison board rebukes trustying Harry Orchard in Tolalio
The Tolalio state prison board censured Worden Whitney for making Harry Orchard a trusty after his death sentence for Governor Steunenberg’s murder was commuted to life. Orchard was granted privileges mirroring other life prisoners and not required to wear prison garb.
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Worden Whitney
Harry
Steunenberg
Orchard
Rawhide Burning in Nevada Blaze Dooms Town
A wire report says Rawhide Nevada faces destruction by fire with the bank post office and two drug stores burnt. The town lacks water and the blaze began in a lodging house above a drug store. Dynamite is being used to extinguish the fire.
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Wire
Rawhide
Calls in the Leaders Democrat Chiefs to Plan Campaign
Lincoln Sept 4 Bryan telegraphed to national leaders that the Chicago conference Tuesday will be the next important meeting in the party's history to map out the campaign. He spoke at the state fair and the dedication of a local institute, neither speech political in nature.
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Chicago
Bryan
Admiral Henry T. Glows Body Arrives in Berkeley
The body of Rear Admiral Henry T. Glows arrived in Berkeley aboard a special train from Paso Robles. Funeral arrangements have not been set, pending family consultation with naval and military authorities for a full military honors ceremony.
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Oakland
Cal
Henry T. Glows
Berkeley
Paso Robles
New wireless plant boosts Kahuku station service
Honolulu reports a new wireless plant installed at Kahuku station eliminating delays for ships sailing to and from the mainland. The upgrade ensures messages are now received and transmitted reliably, ending previous communication complaints.
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Honolulu
Kahuku Station
Government suit seeks vast Oregon land holdings
The government filed a major equity suit in Portland seeking possession of millions of acres in Oregon valued at about 47 million dollars. Southern Pacific and 40 other corporations and individuals are named as defendants in what officials call the most far reaching civil proceedings in the Pacific Northwest. The case aims to wrest ownership and control of large forested tracts from the Southern Pacific south of Portland toward the state line.
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Northwest
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Southern Pacific
Pacific Northwest
State Line
Southern Pacific to spend 50 million on railroad plan
New York reports that authentic sources claim the Southern Pacific will use 50 million dollars to complete 2000 miles of projected railroad sites. The funds are expected to be raised before the year 1860.
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New York
Wall Street
Southern Pacific
Hearing on Grain Rates Set by Oregon Railroad Commission
Salem hearing dates set for September 22 at Wasco and September 28 at Pendleton. The Oregon railroad commission requires O R N Co to show good reasons for maintaining current grain rates, deemed unreasonable and discriminatory compared with other roads. Citizens are urged to testify.
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Salem
Oregon Railroad Commission
Wasco
Pendleton
Anglo American Alliance for Peace Highlighted in Melbourne Visit
Melbourne Sept 4 A farewell banquet for fleet officers featured Sir Thomas Carmichael governor praising the visit as advancing a great Anglo American alliance and world peace Sperry echoed the sentiment The city mourned two deaths Michaelson of Vermont run over and Arthur Decker of New Jersey killed while dodging a train
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Thomas Carmichael
Australia
Pacific
Sperry
Michael Michaelson
Vermont
Arthur Decker
New Jersey
Skiileq
More Embezzlers Indicted in San Francisco Case
San Francisco on September 4, John J. Lynch and C E Rankin were indicted by the grand jury for embezzling forty thousand dollars in Ocean Shore Railway bonds. Lynch allegedly held the bonds as security for a ten thousand dollar loan and hypothecated the securities. Rankin admitted he purchased the bonds.
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John J. Lynch
C. E. Rankin
Ocean Shore Railway
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Lynch
Rankin
Schwab to Move Offices Near Bethlehem Pa
It is learned today that Charles Schwab the steel king will move his offices from New York to quarters near the pant at Bethlehem Pa to devote more attention to the companys affairs Schwab is president of the company
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New York
Charles Schwab
Bethlem
Schwab
Roosevelt Expression Sought on Toledo Meeting 1908
On Middle Bass Island Sept 4 the Taft party awaits Roosevelt’s take on the Poraker Taft meeting at Toledo. It is now declared that Taft did not know he would meet Foraker at the veterans parade and that the encounter was accidental.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Toledo
Foraker
La Grande Woman Martha Roberts Dies After Illness
Mrs Martha Roberts wife of A A Roberts receiver of the land office at La Grande died at her home in La Grande at 11 this forenoon after a lingering illness from tuberculosis. She was 29 and married 15 years with one child Eddie Roberts. Funeral planned at Heppner likely Sunday with relatives present including sisters Mrs F E Vaughan Mrs T W Ayers and Mrs Frank Richardson and brother Leslie Matlock.
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la Grande
Forendon
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Ad Matlock
Sherif of
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