Opening Day Splendor at Lewis and Clark Fair
Portland opens the Lewis and Clark Exposition with a grand military parade from Sixth and Montgomery at 10 am. President Roosevelt activates the fair via telegraphy, as Vice President Fairbanks attends and a 100 gun centennial salute is fired. The crowd enjoys open grounds, exhibits, and a New York Building reception and dinner.
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Portland
Sixth
Montgomery Streets
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
New York
Edward A. Beals
E. Z. Steever
Montgomery
Fairbanks
Fourth Cavalry
E. B. Winans
H. W. Goode
Twentieth
Flanders Streets
Seventh Street
Jefferson Myers
Oregon
Clarence D Clark
United States
Wyoming
Senate
James A Iwaney
United States Congress
Wisconsin
House
H A Taylor
Fiest
United States Treasury
United States Government
Joseph G Cannon
House of Represenatives
Charlies Warren Fairbanks
Dent Goode
White House
Presenticode
America
Christie
Lewis and Clark
Willamette River
Four Die in Eastern Oregon Cloudburst Near Heppner
A cloudburst at the head of Cason Canyon near Nunemaker place 12 miles from Heppner Oregon drowned Mrs J R Nunemaker two children of J R Nunemaker and a child of O Cox. Several others escaped with narrow calls as floodwaters devastated Nunemaker Cox sheep ranch bottom lands. About 200 men rushed to the scene but details remain sparse.
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Heppner, Ore
Rhea Creek
Here
J. R. Nonemaker
O. Cox
Cason Canyon
Nunemaker Place
Nunemaker & Cox
Morrow County
Nunemaker
Cox
Fare to Lewis and Clark Fair
During the Lewis and Clark Exposition the Southern Pacific Company offers round trip fares to Portland valid up to thirty days at one and one third of the regular fare. Groups of ten or more on a single ticket pay one fare. organized groups of a hundred or more receive tickets at one fare for a round trip. A ten day Portland stopover is allowed on one way tickets. Tickets must be deposited with the Joint Agent at Portland and a fifty cent extension fee is charged.
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Southern Pacific Company
Portland
Ex position visit from Roseburg offers to Portland trip deal
A five day and ten day visit to the Ex position at Portland can be made for 15 dollars, with round trip rail fare from Roseburg totaling 4 dollars and 21 dollars respectively. Ten day visit costs 25 dollars, round trip fare six dollars total 31 dollars. Full details at South Pacific Ticket Office Roseburg.
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Portland
Roseburg
South Pacific Ticket Office
Double Drowning Near Eugene In Swift River
Clarence Page about 20 and Dale England 14 drowned in the McKenzie river a quarter mile above Hendricks Ferry fourteen miles east of Eugene The youths were with England’s father and uncle when their boat capsized after striking sawlage in swift water.
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Clarence Page
Dale England
McKenzie River
Hendricks’ Ferry
Eugene
Rojestvensky Sunk and Captured in Jap Naval Battle
Tokyo reports Rojestvensky's fleet suffered a skull fracture to its commander and heavy losses in battle. Japanese claims say 13 Russian warships sunk, seven captured, 3,000 prisoners taken, with Nebogatoff among the captured and several ships listed as destroyed or seized.
Russian naval losses amid battle with Japan reported
Reports from Berlin and London describe Russian ships damaged or lost with three torpedo boats sunk. Admiral Togo allegedly allowed releases of surrendered officers and parole for others. Accounts recount wounded sailors arriving ashore and the sorrow in the Admiralty as news spreads. The defense navies include Borodino and Alexander III class ships with speeds and crews noted.
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Togo
Neogatoff
Nicolai 1
Orel
Apraxine
Seniavin
Rojestvensky
Sasebo Naval Hospital
Biedovy
London
Kobe
Japan
Yamaguchi
Straits of
Corea
St Petersburg
Admiral Toga
Borodino
Alexander III
Borodine
Admiral Nakhiminoff
Admiral Dashakoff
Svietiana
Jemtchug
Russian Army May Revolt Shocks Czarist Russia
St. Petersburg May 31 General Linievitch wires the czar that news of Korestvensky's defeat has spread through Manchuria and soldiers are in open revolt. He says war must end as continuation is impossible. The Novoe Vrema calls for people to seize state affairs and dismisses the Duke Alexei organ. Grand dukes to meet tonight. Ministers and generals say Russia has lost sea power for half a century and expect peace with foreign help.
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St. Petersburg
Linievitch
Czar
Korestvensky
Manchuria
Russia
The
Novoe Vrema
Duke
Keesia
England
America
Japan
Trail Poem Prize Winner Revealed as Woman
Portland report discloses the Lewis and Clark Trail prize goes to Mrs A A Lindsley, wife of ex state treasurer Washington, writing under pseudonym Jobo Malcolm Graham. Her ballad celebrates the westward trail with vivid images of travel, exploration, and frontier promise.
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Portland
Jobo Malcolm Graham
Ia Mre
A. A. Lindsley
Washington
Lindsley
CC van Etten
Olympia
van Etten
Supreme Court of Washington
Ann Arbor
Runaway Boy Benny Goodman Sent Home
Benny Goodman an 11 year old from Roseburg rode a north bound train to Eugene where Chief Stiles learned he had run away from home The boy was sent back to his father Alfred Goodman in Roseburg on the last night train and returned home after questioning.
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Eugene
Benny Goodman
Roseburg
Stiles
Alfred Goodman
Memorial Day Observed at Roseburg and Soldiers Home
Roseburg and the Oregon Soldiers Home marked Memorial Day with ceremonies honoring veterans. Reno Post and the G A R led services at the opera house, then at the Soldiers Home grove, including orations by Rev. Hicks and Rev. W C Reuter, band music, and a wreath ceremony at the home cemetery.
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Roseburg
Soldiers Home
Reno Post
Blief Corps
Company D
Opera House
Washington
Lincoln
Oregon Soldiers
Rosebarg
M. McCoy
Relief Corps
Citisns
Gome Cemetery
Womans
Co. D
J. A. Norling
Isteiy
Jackson and
Oak Streets
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Cannon
Sixth Street
David H Moore
HW Goode
George E Chamberlain
George H Williams
Presi
de Caprio
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Tokio
Nakahimoff
Dmitri
Donskoi
Vladiuia Monimach
Ousbak Ff
Svietlana
Jem«chug
Kumtehatka
Irtesin
State Department
Rojestveneky
Siye
Team Takeshita
Kamtchatka
Iriessen
Borstino
Nicolai
Oushakoff
Admiral Dewey
Kaseia
Admiral Dewer
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Far East
Sede Nogi
Kasaroura
Vindivestok
Delcus
Trafalgar
Berlin
Santiago
Manila
Maizura
Senivin
Sasebo
Novo Vremya
Daily Telegraph
Flower
Grand Army of
John Wright
National Aire
Dine
Rev. Ritchey Music
Geo. W. Kimball
Hicks
J. A Townsend
Hice
Baeptist Church
Sunny Seath
Sanders, Agee
Buchanan
Coshow
M. WeCor
W. C. Reuter
Masic
Roseburg Rochdale Co
Sackson Street
F W. Benson
J. Henry Boot
C.marsters
H. Cashier
W. Benson
A. Booth
Booth
J. F. Relly
Lyons
A.C. Marsters
K.L Miller
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