Interurban 15 dispute stalls Walla Walla franchise
Gilbert Hunt says action awaited from backers will still allow construction of the Interurban One. Mayor Tausick vetoes the Oregon and Washington company franchise, but backers insist the project proceeds. Officials outline five veto objections, including street use for 28 years and parallel tracks, while financing remains uncertain.
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Gilbert Hunt
Tausick
Walla Walla
Oregon& Washington Company
Walla Walhi
Miyor
Hunt
Pendleton
Moxanga
Walin Wale la
Man Dies After Hit By Car On Maynard Avenue
Seattle report says John D. Haller was hurled 40 feet from Maynard avenue treatie after being struck by an oncoming car he did not heed. He was found unconscious and died in hospital this morning from severe injuries.
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Seattle
John D. Haller
Maynard Avenue
TAFTS NEW FRINXERARY DEVIATES COAST ROUTE
Cincinnati Sept. 16 Judge Taft will not travel to the Pacific coast. His approved itinerary shows a western tour reaching the Dakotas Kansas and possibly Denver. The trip starts October 2 in Milwaukee then Minneapolis Sioux Falls Yankton Pierre Fargo Dubuque and Kansas cities with eastern speeches in New York Buffalo Erie and Baltimore.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Kansax
Denver
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Bloux Falla
Yankton
Pierre
Fargo
N. D
Dubuque
Nebraska
Kansas
New York
Buffalo
Erie
Baltimore
Searches for hurry across continent
Seattle report tells of Mrs Anna Johnson a 56 year old woman who walked from St Paul to the coast seeking her husband She hiked with 36 pounds of luggage from Butte Montana to Seattle via North Yakima and believes her husband is in Seattle No clear outcome or destination announced beyond the search Tokyo style
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Seattle
Anna Johnson
St. Paul
Butte
Mont
North Yakima
Pacific
Seaitte
Suicide of Bremerton Navy Yard Veteran John Novetenyn
Bremerton Washington September 16 After bidding farewell to his dearest friend on a special trip last evening John Novetenyn a Spanish American War veteran who served with honor in the Philippines shot and killed himself He was employed at the navy yard in Bremerton
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Bremerton
Wash
John Novetenyn
Philippines
Novetenyn
Navy Yard
Campaign 15 on in Pennsylvania campaign parade
Campaign events mark the opening of republican activity in Pennsylvania with Taft Sherman banners paraded by clubs across Wilkes-Barre. Key speeches expected from Sherman Longworth Penrose Knox and Governor Sturart at a public mass meeting. Delegates to Cincinnati after local outings amid strong Republican momentum.
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League of Republican Clubs
Cincinnati
Wilkes-Barre
Taft
Sherman
Manor
Pennsylvanian League of Republican
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Penrose
Knox
Stiart
Bourlake
Albert Lewis
Lumber King
Pennsylvania
National League of Republican Clubs
Minnesota voters oust Joe Cannon ally in primary
Duluth Minnesota dated Sept 16 reports Congressman Adam Bede, a ally of Uncle Joe Cannon, defeated in the Minnesota eighth district primary. Samuel Gompers personally led a labor backed attack accusing Bede of neglecting constituents and favoring trusts, aiding Clarence Miller to win the nomination.
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Minnesota
Joe
House
Gompers
Duluth
Minn
Joe Cannon
Adam Bede
Primiiries
Trvde
Otter
Gom- Pere
Adium Bede
Henke
Wis Tinles
Coele Joe
Thie Reson
Samuel Gompere
Clarence &. Miller
Locomotive Engineers Convene in Savannah
One of the southeast's largest union gatherings opens in Savannah as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Ladies Auxiliary meet. Delegates from states east of the Mississippi and several west participate, with excursions planned to Tybee Island and nearby sites. Officials report a prosperous condition and a new season of railroad employee prosperity.
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Savannah
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mississippi
Tybee Island
Grasping live wire ends in fatal electrocution
In Alameda California on September 16 Edward Packenham a British subject was electrocuted after grabbing a live telephone wire that touched a high power line causing sparks. He collapsed and died instantly at the scene.
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Alameda
Cal
Mynicipad
Death preferred to home and mortification
Oakland Sept 14 A telegraph operator arranged to send his ailing wife to her mother in Nebraska this morning. Within minutes the despondent 19 year old woman drank carbolic acid and killed herself. Mrs Jagen had been in poor health since the birth of her child three months ago.
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Oakland
Stokes to Speak Tonight on Socialism at Pendleton
J Phillip Stokes the millionaire socialist speaker arrives by afternoon train and is hosted by Pendleton residents. He will address the court house at 7 80 discussing fundamental socialist principles and aims to ease public fears about the party. He notes growing listener interest since four years ago and stronger clubs, predicting a higher vote than 1904. He appears tall and thin, with a serious demeanor and genuine belief in his doctrines.
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J. Phillip Stokes
Pendletoniangs
Court House
Mr. Stokes
East Oregonian
Campale
Millonaire
Prepers Death During Attempted Police Arrest in Reding
Reding Calif Sept 14 Charles Johnson refused arrest on a disorderly conduct charge and chose death He fled to the Sacramento River and swam about 200 yards before drowning Hampered by clothing Johnson was a blacksmith aged 40 years
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Reding
Cal
Caycuet
Charles Johnson
Sacramento River
Johnson
Bliekemith
Litigation settled in mining cases in Fairbanks Alaska
Negotiations ended today on long litigation over claims on the first tier of benches at Merit, with owners Milley, DeTournal, Dettering, Johnson West, Ben Crawford and others selling to Barnett, Cook, Rideneur, McGinn, Sullivan. Cash reportedly over $115,000. mining men estimate potential production exceeding $2,000,000.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Thame Crook
Milley
DeTournal
Dettering
Johnson West
Ben Crawford
Barnett
Cook
Rideneur
McGinn
Sullivan
Millionaire Thos Kearns Arrested in Mine Funds Charge
Sept 16 Chivigka detectives arrest Thos Kearns a reputed Taiwhide New mining magnate at the Palmer House on a charge of embezzling 18100 from Keltris No. 2 Geld Mine company. He posted bonds for appearance and contends the funds were voted to him at a directors meeting.
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Chivigka
Thos Kearns
Taiwhide
New
Keltris No
Kearns
Palmer House
Ghandler Leads Democrats and Parker Attacks Roosevelt
Rochester N Y Sept 16 Lewis Stuyvesant Chandler nominated to head New York Democrats against Hughes in November. Judge Alton B Parker assails Roosevelt charging 99 000 federal office seekers cost 70 600 000 annually and accuses the GOP of backing trusts funding Taft campaign.
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Roosevelt
Republican Party
Rochester
N. Y
Lewis Stuyvestant Chandler
New York
Hughes
Alton B. Parker
Democrats
Parker
Rocevelt
Taft
RIOT THREATENED AT WALLOWA LAND FILING IN LA GRANDE
In La Grande on September 16 the city land office opened for filing on Wallowa county land as crowds gathered for days. Over 40 filings occurred that day amid tension from a local opposition group. Police enforcement of a curfew line overnight prompted claims of bona fide squatters and anticipated contest actions. filings target fertile farmland in Wallowa county.
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la Grande
United States
Wallowa
Wallown County
Linn
Laafora
Maniacs pursued by aroused peasants in Portugal
Lisbon reports a fanatical hunt of about 14 900 mentally ill individuals by rural communities. Soldiers have orders to halt the slaughter as the crisis grows, while the government lacks asylums and proper care capacity. The neglect fuels a desperate, escalating situation.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Salem State Fair Sets Attendance Record
Salem September 14 Salem day drew over 22 000 attendees surpassing last year’s Portland day record of 16 000. The fair continues in strong form with excellent standards and racing on a fast track as Portland day is anticipated tomorrow and attendance aims higher.
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Salem
Portland
Adikiet Rescued After Four Days Afloat
Hellingham, Sept. 16. James Staples, famished and half dead from exposure, drifted four days and three nights in a water logged launch amid Gulf of Georgia fires. He was picked up today by Captain J. Cookson of the tug Nellie after his engine failed Saturday morning. Staples had not eaten since Saturday and was in pitiful condition.
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Hellingham
Gulf of Georgia
James Staples
J. Cookson
Nellie
Min
Staples
Bellingham
Emperor William to Inspect Dirigible Remnant
Emperor William sets out to inspect the Parseval airship remnants after the wreck near Potsdam. A broken rod tore a hole in the gas bag causing the balloon to collapse and land on a Grunwald forest villa roof.
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Berlin
William Willevet
Potsdam
Grunwald Forest
Bard to Leave Walla Walla for German Study and New York Work
Rev Andreas Bard resigns after four years as rector of St. Pauls Episcopal in Walla Walla planning to study at Heidelberg university in Germany with his wife and daughter then move to America to take a church post in New York or San Francisco He will also work on staging his blank verse drama Glafaria with German dramatists and hopes for a wider field after his return.
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Pather
Fatherland
Heidelberg Ucnoiversity
America
New York
San Francisco
Willa Walla
Andreis Bard
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Walla Walla
Andreas Bard
Germany
Schwerih
Bard
Aix
Miner Falls to Death in Shaft Accident at Kis Mine
Kis Nevada September 16 The Giroux Consolidated mine scene of a fatal accident as miner Tom Nichols plummeted several hundred feet from a bucket in the shaft dying instantly with the body badly mangled.
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Kis
Nev
Giroux Consolidated
Tom Nichols
Nichols
Wisconsin Dairy Ordinance Churned For Passage Tonight
City council dairy ordinance faced objections from milk sellers but is largely unchanged. Key points include tuberculosis testing of dairy cows, sanitary manure rules, and cooling to four hours retention. Recent edits allow delivery of new milk without cooling if delivered within three hours, and fines capped at 100 dollars with flexible penalties.
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Council
Cole
Raley
Murphy
Knight, Strain
Mumm
Stroble
Messrs
Harper
Morgan
Powers
John Halley, Jr
McClure
Washington
W.li
Oakland to Have First Marathon Race
Oakland plans the first marathon in the west on Thanksgiving day under Century Athletic Club auspices. About 12 miles from Fruitvale via Joaquin Miller route through the mountain trail, with start at Fruitvale and finish near Joaquin Miller’s home.
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Oakland
Fruitvale
Jorquin Millers
Musplees of the Century Athletic Club
The man who wants the earth in variably pets it when he dies
A compact phrase suggesting a person with a deep bond to the land and animals, implying a life entwined with nature. If reflecting a obituary or reminiscence, it hints at a person who cherished earth and pets throughout life and continues beyond death.
Bald heads preferred to Merry Widows at sermon
Seattle Sept 16 Reverend Lloyd pastor of St Mark's Bodiacopus church condemned Merry Widow hats at a men’s meeting saying bald heads are preferable in church and theater. He urged restraint among his congregation as women debate his remarks and if he is tiring of their hats.
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PL DD. Lloyd
St. Mark's
Dr. Lierd
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Judge Parker
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