Lowell Fights the Assembly in Oregon Politics
A Lowell letter urges Republicans to unite against corporate influence and the state assembly. It cites Theodore Roosevelt’s Osawatomie platform of 17 planks, arguing for public supervision of corporations, fair taxation, direct primaries, and political decency, urging POPULAR government over privileged interests.
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Pendleton
Theodore Roosevelt
Osawatomie
Kansas
Department of Agriculture and Agricultural Colleges
Roosevelt
Nationaliam
Union
Oregon
Portland
State Republican Committee
State
200 Pounds of Gold Stolen From Ship
Seattle Sept 12 government secret service agents investigate a theft from the steamer Humbolt involving about 260 pounds of gold valued at 57 000 dollars. The shipment of 175 000 dollars from Fairbanks to the local assay office had one box opened and dust stolen with pig iron substituted. Alaska Pacific Express Company is held responsible.
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Seattle
Government Secret Service
Gma
Humbolt
Fairbanks
Alaska Pacific Express Company
Rivalry of Camps Ends in Battle
Shaniko Oregon Sept 12 reports say a battle between Itatlon railroad laborers left two dead one mortally wounded and one seriously injured at Camp 4. Tensions had long divided camps 1 and 4. A worker fired with a revolver killing two. the shooter fled to the hills as a general fight followed. Sheriff Christian of The Dalles heads toward the scene.
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Shaniko
Itatlon
Christian
The
Dalles
Washington insurgent Poindexter faces Burke in state primary
Insurgency versus standpatism dominates the statewide primaries with Miles Poindexter insurgent of Spokane advancing as favorite to beat Thomas Burke of Seattle for the U S Senate endorsement. Democratic candidates Cotterill and Byron run, while James Ashton gains support in Pierce county as betting favors Poindexter.
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Olympia
United States
Miles Poindexter
Spokane
Thomas Burke
Regular
Seattle
Geo, Cotterill
Patrick Byron
Poindexter
Washington
King County
Burke
James Ashton
Tacoma
Pierce County
La Follette Endorses Poindexter in Washington Campaign
Seattle dispatch reports Wisconsin Senator La Follette endorsing Miles Poindexter for U S Senate. He warns against Aldrich or Cannon, saying Washington and the nation deserve a senator who will serve honestly and fearlessly rather than take orders from Aldrich.
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la Follette
Poindexter
Seattle
Wisconsin
Hia
Washington
Aldrich
Cannon
United States
Miles Poindexter
Crippen Trial Defense Challenges Poison Testimony
In London on September 12, Crippen's defense attorney Arthur Newton pressed undertaker and morgue keeper on whether carbolic acid was used on the decomposed remains. He argued such use could undermine chemical analyses for hysocin in the stomach. Newton contended bruises arose from the body being boxed with stones. Belle Crippen’s secretary Miss May testified she dreamed Crippen strangling his wife around the time she vanished.
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London
Crippen
Arthur Newton
Newton
Miss May
Muale Hall Guild
Belle Crippen
Chicago meeting of investigators not legal in Chicago
Dodge City Kansas Sept 12 Representative Madison a member of the investigating committee said any action by the Ballinger committee at Chicago tomorrow would be void as the meeting will be irregular The secretary attended the Minneapolis meeting and kept full minutes We adjourned after adopting a report on Ballinger and though the chairman ruled we did not have the power to adjourn we had the power
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Dodge City
Kansas
Madison
Ballinger
Chicago
Minneapolis
Ad.journ
CANARIES INOCULATED AGAINST MARSH FEVER
Paris reports the Pasteur school inoculated canaries to combat a marsh fever carried by the codex insect. Dr Doux announced isolation of the bacillus and a serum from the inoculation material. Inoculated birds showed immunity while non inoculated birds suffered. The work is noted for potential relevance to human marsh fever, prompting ethical questions.
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Paris
Pasteur School
Canaries
Canary
Academy of Science
Doux
Bedford Disaster Recounts Loss of British Cruiser Bedford
Victoria British Columbia Sept 12 Further particulars on the loss of the Bedford last year after striking Samarang rocks near Quelport between Japan and Korea during Portola celebrations. Stokers remained at posts as water rushed in. 16 stokers and two seamen drowned. Remainder saved by Minotaur Monmouth. survivors sent home on the ship Nubia.
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England
San Francisco
Offi Quelport
Japan
Korea
Stokers
Victoria
B. C
Bedford
Fitzherbert
Samarang
Quelport
Monteagle
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Belford
Minotaur
Monmouth
Yoda
Izumi
Sasebo
Mokpo
Nubia
Final Hearing For Spokane Rate Case Tomorrow
Spokane, Wash. Sept. 12 Railroad lawyers pour into Spokane for the final hearing before Commissioner Prouty of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Testimony will test the earnings of the roads as the aim to readjust freight rates in line with the recent Spokane rate case decision.
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Spokane
Wash
Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cattle ouyer injured in Pendleton railroad incident
L. H. Pauley, a cattle buyer, arrived in Pendleton with a badly disfigured face after being struck by a loose rail end when a wild cow jumped a corral and failed to clear the top rail.
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L. H. Pauley
Pendleton
Roosevelt 1904 campaign funds amid World attack
The New York World editorial calls Roosevelt to publish receipts and expenditures from the 1904 campaign, alleging unaccounted funds from trusts and Harriman. It accuses Roosevelt of sealing lips and failing to prosecute trust officials, and questions the meaning of new nationalism versus old nationalism.
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Cortelyou
T.A
New York
New York World Today
Roosevelt
Millone
Harriman
Standard Ol
Beef Trusts
Beef Trust
Tust
Two More Shot in Chinese Tong War
Chinatown quiet after last night's street gun battle in San Francisco in which two men were shot. Neither died, and no further disorder is expected until victims' condition is known. Five have been killed in this 11 year Chinese tong war.
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San Francisco
Cal
Chinatown
Both candidates in Maine claim victory in general election
Augusta Maine September 3 Democratic candidate Frederick Plaisted claims a victory with early returns indicating a 6000 plurality for governor. Republican incumbent Bert Fernald also claims a 6000 plurality.
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Maine
Augusta
Frederick Plaisted
Bert Fernald
Round-Up Brings In A List Of Noted Riders And Backers
Pendleton prepares for the Round-Up with business men pledging higher subscriptions. R Alexander, a leading merchant, says he will double his support and calls for others to join. C S Spain, Wallowa County business manager, will bring bucking horses and plan early deliveries. L B Cusking and son, former Pawnee Bill riders, relocate to Pendleton with Eva Calkins to compete in bronco busting and relay events.
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R. Alexander
Pendleton
C. 5S
Spain
Wallowa County
Telecaset
Horace
Lear
Pe Pendleton
Cusking and Son
Wyoming
Old Mexico
Calkins
Eva Calkins
Relay
Pony Express
Spain brothers to perform at Northwest Fair with roping acts
Pendleton area entrant Joseph Spain announced that Spain brothers from Union County will perform at the Northwest Frontier exhibition. They plan to feature four relay horses and four bucking horses with bronco busting stunts, fancy riding, and rope spinning. John A. Spain, a brother, won last fall’s Walla Walla bronco busting title.
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Finthuasiastle
Pendletonian
Co. Spain
Joseph
Spain Brothers
Union County
Big Northwest
John A. Spain
Walla Walla
Fred E. Spain
Two Men Killed As Runaway Freight Cars Plunge
In Seattle near Welling Tunnel on the Great Northern a train's fifteen loaded freight cars broke from the track and roared downhill toward the hot springs. Track walker William Richardson, 65, tried to flee and fell 100 feet to his death, while the runaway cars derailed into a nearby cabin, fatally striking William Johnson.
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Seattle
Welling Tunnel
Great Northern
Hot Springs
William Richardson
William Johnson
Opening Day of School Brings Busy Pendleton Lines
Indications point to normal opening day registration with higher high school attendance this year. Pendleton students, parents, and teachers face a busy term as book stores and stationery shops report brisk sales and schools anticipate larger enrollments, especially among freshmen across all city schools.
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Pendleton
Famililea
Taft attends funeral of solicitor general Lloyd Bowers
President Taft arrived in Boston to attend the funeral of Lloyd Bowers late solicitor general who died at the Hotel Touraine. Private services will be held at the hotel before the body is moved to Westfield for interment with Taft serving as an honorary pallbearer along with Justice Holmes and John Hays Hammond.
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Boston
Taft
Lloyd Bowers
Hotel Touraine
Westfield
Justice Holmes
The
Supreme Court
John Hays Hammond
Troops Gather for Mimic Warfare Maneuvers in West
Troops from California New Mexico and Arizona assemble at Camp Atascadore near Paso Robles California to begin a Wednesday mimic warfare and military maneuvers under General Tasker Bliss who commands the California department.
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Paso Robles
Calif
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Camp Atascadore
Tasker Bliss
Department of California
Pipes rise in popularity as French cigar tax bites
The Figaro notes pipes gain favor due to higher cigar taxes, with five-penny pipe tobacco sales up while cigars fall. Pipe buyers include seaside visitors, mountaineers, and students, boosting pipe stores and profits. It also warns of possible domestic strife and even divorces linked to pipe devotion.
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Ordnary
N. Cochery
Scientific scrutiny may take things to pieces
A terse aphorism notes that scientific analysis can break down objects into parts but cannot reassemble them. It emphasizes limits of reductionism and the enduring mystery of wholeness.
Rock Crashes Into Erie tunnel workkill nine
At least nine laborers were killed and ten injured when rock from an overhanging ledge collapsed at the western mouth of the old Erie tunnel in Jersey City. Four Americans among the dead, with others unidentified or foreign. Eight drills were at work when a 40 by 20 foot rock strip peeled away and buried the men under debris during open cut work for trains.
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New York
Erie
Jersey City
Bergen Hill
Polk's Boom May Split Democratic Party In Missouri
Jefferson City September 12 The presidential boom of Joseph Polk is expected to split the Democratic party's platform at tomorrow's convention. Democrats, Republicans, Prohibitionists and Socialists will be represented under provisions of the primary law, according to Missouri politicians.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Polk
Missouri
Liberated Convicts Dying in New Caledonia Penal Colony
Washington reports United States Consul General Henry D Baker cites dire conditions in the French penal colony on New Caledonia. Most convicts and ex-convicts are aging, mortality high, population imbalanced, and in ten to twenty years convict labor may dwindle dramatically. Domestic statistics show few women among convicts and lower marriage rates amid a small birth surplus.
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Washington
New Caledonia
United States
Henry D. Baker
Lyndey
Australia
New Guiana
France
Bold robbers raid Southern gambling house
Ely Nevada Sept 12 Indian trailers traced the bandits who held up a Southern gambling house yesterday. A posse of 56 officers pursued. Four robbers entered as 100 men played. Clyde Tilford game keeper resisted and was wounded along with two others in a following volley. The loot totaled 1000 dollars.
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Ely
Nev
Clyde Tilford
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