Northwest Notes From the Senate and West
Senator Mulkey of Oregon was sworn in to serve a short term. The Senate confirmed Richard A. Mallinger of Seattle as General Land Office commissioner. Utah capitalists buy Blairtown Wye coal mines to ease Ogden’s shortage. Senator Patterson of Colorado presented credentials of Samuel Guegenhelm as his successor. A bill passed to hear appeals from Alaska in the Ninth Circuit at San Francisco Portland or Seattle. A severe eastern Montana storm brings deep snow and losses. State Senator Stephen A. D. Keister died of appendicitis in Chadron Nebraska after illness. Oregon Railroad damage from thaw estimated at 175000 dollars. Bear Claws, Crow chief, dies at Sheridan Wyoming and is buried at Crow Agency. Senate passes survey and quotient of the Fort Peck Reservation lands. Boxing articles signed for Young Corbett vs Herman in Reno for 11000 dollars. Photographer Mendee of the Pacific coast dies in Portland. Senate Warren of Wyoming named to a national committee on land and grazing regulations. Several felonies and forgeries noted in Hawthorne Nevada.
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Blairtown
Ogden Capitaliste
Utah Capitanate
Ogden
Patterson
Colorado
Samuel Guegenhelm
Senate
Mentielm
House
District of Alaska
Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Montana
Stephen A. D. Keister
Chadron
Neb
Cheyenne
Keteher
Wyoming
Bear Claws
Sherdan
Wyo
Crow Agency
Tack Feet Indian
Clark
Reon
Nevada
Harry Pollock
Corbett
Young Corbett
Kid Herman
Rob and
Janson
Hunger and Cold Ravage North Dakota Railroads
Reports show extreme cold, rail disruptions, and coal shortages across North Dakota. Temperatures drop to thirty below in many areas, with weeks of trains blocked by Soo, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific lines. Fears of deaths from freezing circulated, but officials deny corroboration.
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St Paul
Wero
Pavern
North Dakota
Soo
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Attacking Thaw Insanity Claim in Landmark Trial
In New York the defense began presenting proof Tuesday that Harry K Thaw is mentally unstable due to hereditary factors and stress to justify the shooting of Stanford White. Attorneys aimed to persuade the jury of Thaws insanity defense amid the high profile case.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Bailey Waxes Wroth Over Senate Investigation Scene
In Austin a volatile scene unfolded after the reform committee finished considering charges against Senator Bettie of Houston. Colonel Cowart of Dulley was questioned about a trip to New York tied to Kirby Lamberompany business. The exchange grew tense as Halley charged others and a confrontation nearly erupted when Linety Black White confronted Halley, but the situation was defused.
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Austin
Bailey
Big Relation Committee
BN Mettie Af
Houston
Mr. Monta
Colonel Cowart
Dulley
New York
Buller
Kirby
Thinty-Eight Victims of Explosive Tragedy
Fragmentary report describes a large loss of life in a blast, with names and roles scattered. It notes Daniel and Khaw figures among those affected and hints at ongoing recovery efforts and official investigations. The text is obscured and partially unreadable.
Livestock and grain receipts signal prosperity nationwide
Washington reports a year of record internal commerce for livestock and grain. Primary markets received 40,727,053 head of livestock, grain receipts reached 798,541,585 bushels with major rises in wheat, corn and oats, and coal and freight shipments across eastern and lake regions showed notable gains amid broader prosperity.
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Washington
Bureau of Atomlaties
Department ‘of Commerce and Labor
Chi ' Sago
Atlantic and
Gulf Ports
Eastern
Great Lake Country
Canada
Quartermaster faces need to use foreign ships forPhilippines supplies
The quartermaster general may seek authority to transport government supplies to the Philippines in foreign bottoms. Efforts to obtain bids from American shipowners failed except for the China which offered limited trips. If American bottoms cannot meet the required route, arrangements with foreign s ships may be arranged.
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Washington
Philippines
China
Oregon to Undergo Major Modernization at Navy Yard
Washington reports Secretary Metcalf has authorized spending up to one million dollars to overhaul the famous battleship Oregon. The ship, launched decades ago, will be updated to current warship standards to restore its fighting capability and modern type of armament.
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Washington
Oregon
Metcalf
Death toll in Chicago rises amid fever and diphtheria cases
Death rate remains high as health department reports Sunday tallies for acariet fever and other septicaemic diseases. Nadevronae shows up in totals, with 8 fever deaths, 26 diphtheria cases, and 19 of other ailments compared to prior figures. Seven deaths were reported.
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Chicago
Health Department
Longworth Wife Allee Housevelt-Longworthi Event
Fragmented OCR text mentions Allee Housevelt-Longworthi wife of Representative Longworth, with garbled phrases about a home gathering in the city and references to the Lacy Worth home. Details are unclear due to damage.
Admiral Commended by President Roosevelt
Washington in unequivocal terms President Roosevelt approved Admiral Davis full action during his Kingston Jamaica visit and asked the secretary of the navy to convey his heartfelt commendation. The fleet withdrawal report reached the navy department and will not be made public, while Evans’s letter praising Davis accompanies the president and Metcalf’s commendation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Davia
Kingston
Jamaica
Secretary of the Navy
Davis
Admiral Davis
Navy Department
Inns Muelng
Metcalf
Admiral Evans
The
Atlantic Feet
Jury Named In New York Murder Trial
The twelfth juror was seated after an eighth day of deliberation. Justice Wortagerald adjourned until 10 30 Monday. The panel includes Demings Smith Pratt Fecke Pink Harney Brealey Fraser Newton Steele Denee Bolton and Gerstman. All are married except Denee who is unmarried.
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New York
Wmtagerald
Foreman
Demings
Charles M. Fecke
Oscar A. Pink
Henry C. Harney
Harry ©. Brealey
Malcolm 8. Fraser
Charlot D. Newton
Wilbur 8. Steele
John 8. Denee
Millway
Joseph B. Bolton
Bernard Gerstman
Plan Unreasonable and San Francisco School Controversy
Tokio discusses public sentiment on resolving the San Francisco school dispute. A Washington report proposing a mutual weary excluding immigrant labor is viewed as unreasonable. Varying opinion favors resolving Japan treaty rights pure and simple. Washington reports Senator John Dryden of New Jersey withdrew his name for re election due to health concerns.
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Tokio
San Francisco
Washington
Japan
United States
John ¥. Dryden
New Jersey
United States Senate
Trenton
Deyden
Heavy Stock Losses Sweep Montana and Express Tragedy
Stockman Ken Kobra reports ninety percent herd loss in northern Montana amid storm, Valley and other cattle regions described as appalling with hundreds of cattle dying. In California the Portland San Francisco express wreck near Dunngag kills a passenger and injures others as a heavy safe crushes a man.
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Butte, Mont
Ken Kobra
Deer Lodge
Mont
Butte
Montana
Kohrn
Valley County
Washington Aims to Favor Farmers with Early Vote Law
The report discusses proposals to speed up voting on the genuine alcohol law favored by farmers. Representatives Till and Marshall are cited as pushing measures they claim would aid farmers by enabling earlier consideration, though critics say initial costs hinder business start ups and offset any gains.
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Washington
Avalanche destroys Monarch saloons and homes
A lethal snowslide hit Monarch Colorado at 9 PM burying five people and destroying Steve Kinners saloon Fred Masons lodging and Fred Schrader restaurant. The slide swept across the main street caving in Carrolls hotel. Fred Schrader family and James Smith with child perished while Fred Mason and unknown man remain buried. Rescue crews work under fifty feet of snow as Monarch, a mining hub in Chaffee county, is isolated by drifts and the single railroad line blocked.
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Salida
Colo
Fred Schrader
James Smith
Fred Mason
Monarch
Carroll's Hotel
James Lacky
Locky
Goa
Chaffee County
Wateh Neces
Twenty Five Men Killed In West Virginia Mine Disaster
A blast at David Coal and Cake Company mine No 25 in Thomas near Elkins West Virginia killed twenty five to thirty miners. Rescue teams found six foreigners and one American corpses about 100 feet from the shaft before toxic fumes halted further efforts. John Jenkins died in the rescue and company officials cite possible gas, dynamite ignition, or a miner’s lamp as causes.
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D. M. Boyd
Henry Hine
Daniel Jones
Arthur Stewart
John Jenkins
Jones
Trial of Thaw Begins in New York Court
The state opened a case against Harry K Thaw over the Madison Square Garden rooftop shooting. The defense claimed hereditary insanity. Thaw argued he acted as Providence’s agent to right wrongs by his wife’s former friend, and he faced the verdict with no attempt to flee.
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Distriet
Jerome
Justice Fitzgerald
Harry Thaw Wan
Cg, Wiley
Pittsburg
Tvere
New York
Wiley
Harry K. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
White
Providence
Brownsville Affair Reconvenes as Senate Probe Opens
The senate committee on military affairs began its Brownsville inquiry on Monday. About a dozen Black soldiers from the Twenty-fifth Infantry were present but few were allowed to testify. Senator Parker is expected to oversee questions regarding the treatment of the men.
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Warhington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Avornoye Weed
Prer
Poraker
Guthrie and Ghia-A Midland Flight Delayed at Foraker
A Midland flight train was held up at Foraker in the Ovoge nation on Sunday when a party of travelers attempted to enter the tender air vessel. Without government approval, the crew continued toward the destination. The incident reached a critical stage as officials evaluated safety and route options for onward travel.
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Guthrie
Ghia
Midland
Foraker
Hunday
Ellinbad
Constantinople Faces Claims Over Seizure of Cargo Bound for Months Man
An alleged American agent installed a special commission to Rum, blamed by the German press for seizing nine ships bound for months’ demand. A Black Sea merchant fled to German territory for protection, was detained for two weeks by a Pasha, and pressured to sign an agreement ceding 20 percent of forest products.
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Constantinople
Pohml
Willae
Omar
Millah
Black Sea
Thompson Not Guilty in Seattle Youth Acquittal
A Seattle jury acquitted a youth in a case heard by Judge Emery. The verdict read late Saturday night found the youth not guilty by reason of insanity defenses, concluding the jury’s deliberations in Tacoma.
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Emery
Seattle
Tacoma
Mason
Judie Snell
Second juvenile held after Seattle murder trial
Fragmentary OCR states a juvenile faced trial for the July 7 1906 Seattle killing of Judgeeure Meade Emery. The jury deliberated for several hours before remanding the boy to a short room pending further disposition by the court.
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Ation
Tomedon
Judgeeure Meade Emery
Seattle
Ue Fin Tody
Blu
Five Killed in Rearend Collision at South River Station
Five railroad workers died and several were injured in a rear end collision on Tuesday near Shelburn Falls at Deerfold on the Preslirs division. Injured workers and some passengers survived, while service was disrupted and damage to the line was extensive.
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Shelburn Falls
Masa
Preslirs
Hoatond& Malay Ae Rioad
South Miver
Eveh
Sui
le Sangera
Trafic
Payment of Pensions Will Be Mast From Washington
A House vote approved abolishing nationwide pension agencies and centralizing pension payments in Washington. The pension appropriation bill carried 18 million dollars in revenue and expenses, with opposition from agencies in several states.
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Washington
Oleh Leet
Aber
Thse
Pasavil
Veteran in Frozen to Death Near Leavenworth
A Kentuckian Civil War veteran, aged about a year past maturity, was found dead indoors after a blizzard. He had crawled through a hole in a hedge fence and died from exposure, having previously served in the Pittsburgh Rifles during the Civil War and was last known to be at a local barracks.
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Grand Hapids
Mich
Mise
Jennie Liylogutan
Bam Livingston
Ty Hou
Ian
William
Panamas Canal Digging Speed Up In Early Dispatch
A garbled dispatch notes rapid progress on the Panama Canal dig by early authorities. The message references plans for a dig and a contractor’s progress, though many words are unreadable. The fragment implies urgency in structural work and ongoing supervision by officials.
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Panamas Canal
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Senator Mulkey
Richard A. Mallinger
General Land Office
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Washington District
DH Mendee
Acter
Te Pio Geer
Pacife Eager
Parcland
Thal
Hownt
Wien
Senate Warren
Presient Roosevelt
Dan Watts
JJ Byrne
Jim Hitsan
Willan Roberts
Jim Ivan
Keneratda
Hawthorne
Mibellnian
Nort
Reuth
Deyarlawtit Ital & Elort
Wide Tate Hpoolon
Warrera
Mandell
Fave
Sevedu Power Minto
Fae
Wipption
Wtvereleliy
Chobeled
moMien
Cnlad
Arlig
Harry Kendall Thaw
Stamford White
Heredi
Bailey Waxes Wroth
Texas
Thomas
Daniel
Taitlan
Uncle Sam
Allee Housevelt-Longworthi
President Roosevelt
Dryden
Gar
Bucramonte
Cal
Portland-San Prancisco
Dunngag
Woodland
Jolo County
Charles Charlit
Axprena Mansenger
Avalanche
West Virginia
Sultan Mae Mittake
Belzing
Thompson
Frozen
Washington— Valle Tapaideralos
Lab
Pagama Canal
Maewant
Blevens
Weool
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