News of the Week Condensed From Across Continents
A wide range of items including fires destroying Austin area homes and Minnetonka Hotel Lafayette. September Nashville Exposition attendance tallies rise to 253,724 with 1,196,685 since October 1. Other notes cover eclipses, a $2,000,000 power plant near Butte, new land openings in Wyoming, a Cuban relief ship origin, Neal Dow’s death, and Paris politics over M Lozo.
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Austin
Lafayette
Minnetonka
Minn
Great Northern Railway
Butte
Mont
Big Piney
Lebarge
Fontanelle Creeks
Green River
Uintah County
Wyoming
Montreal
Cuba
New York
Neal Dow
Portland
Maine
Paris
M. Lozo
Vienna
Algeria
Marquis d'Reversan
Peru Sinks Orion Off Astoria After Collision
The four masted German ship Peru crashed into the coasting schooner Orion north of the lightship off the Astoria river mouth, cutting her in two and sinking her. Orion’s captain and all four crew were injured. they escaped by climbing aboard the Peru using rope. Bodies and exact cause under investigation. Orion freighted from San Francisco to Willapa Harbor. Peru bound for Portland.
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Astoria
Peru
Orion
Nelson
Shoalwater Bay
Relief
San Francisco
Willappa Harbor
Portland
Plans for Yukon railway from Lynn Canal to Yukon rapids
A Montreal dispatch says a Dominion bill will be sought to form a company to build and operate a railway from near the head of Chilkoot inlet on the Lynn Canal to the Yukon river rapids. The line would follow Dalton's trail with branches and marine facilities, backed by a wealthy syndicate. Crow's Nest Pass progress indicates the first 100 miles near completion this season.
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New York
Montreal
Dominion
Chilkoot Inlet
Lynn Canal
Yukon River
Ottawa
Crow’s Nest Pass
Prairie schooner tragically struck by train at Dead Man's Cut
A prairie schooner with seven people was struck by a Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis train at Dead Man's Cut in Willow Springs. Six died instantly and seven were fatally injured. Victims include Philip L Wooten Philip Wooten Jr Amanda Wooten Dora Wooten Mrs Frances Mallorey and a four month old infant. The wife of Philip Wooten is severely hurt. Signals at crossings were reported as given but not heard. The group from Texas County Missouri was en route to Arkansas to pick cotton.
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Willow Springs
Kansas City
Fortscott
Memphis
Philip L. Wooten
Philip Wooten, Jr
Amanda Wooten
Dora Wooten
Frances Mallorey
Philip Wooten
Hallaway
Texas County
Arkansas
Spain Would Fight If US Demands Cuba Union
Madrid dispatch quotes unnamed Spanish cabinet member saying Sagasta shelved Martinez de Campos Cuba reforms 10 years ago and opposes a US Cuba customs union. If US not satisfied Spain would prepare to fight, citing the navy as equal in strength to the US fleet.
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London
Madrid
Senor Sagasta Pearry
Martinez de Campos
United States
Cuba
Spain
Sealing Vessel Returns With Large Skin Harvest
Captain Cox of the Triumph reports 1,159 seals from Behring sea, plentiful skins this season but restlessness noted. The catch includes four or five skins with burned hair and an iron mark suggesting electric branding.
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Victoria
B.C
Cox
Triumph
Behring Sea
Farmer-Owner Fatally Shoots Man Near Denver Ranch
At about 10 PM near Denver on a four mile north ranch Thomas H. Burch shot and killed Thomas Martin who he mistook for apple thieves. Burch, a prominent local farmer, surrendered after the shooting.
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Denver
Thomas H. Burch
Thomas Martin
Burch
Here
Martin
Freedom or nothing will not accept autonomy
New York reports interviews with Cuban figures on Cuba's future. Estrada Palma and E Trujillo press for absolute independence, rejecting autonomy. Nunez cites a U S backed indemnity plan of 200 million as feasible, with Spain troop withdrawal and potential U S trade benefits.
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New York
the Herald
Estrada Palma
Spain
E. Trujillo
el Porvena
Cuba
Emilio Nunez
Junta
United States
Weyler
Sagasta Says Liberals Reject U S Mediation on Cuba Autonomy
Madrid dispatch reports Premier Sagasta telling World that Spain will not accept foreign mediation over Cuba. He says the liberal party will grant Cuba autonomy along its own program while recalling Weyler and preserving Spain’s sovereignty in the West Indies.
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New York
Madrid
Sagasta
Liberal Party
United States
Cuba
Liberal
America
Weyler
Spain
West Indies
Decisive Battle Imminent in Guatemalan Conflict
Dispatches report Guatemala mobilizing forces at Tolonicapan to attack rebels on Coxon heights near Tolonicapan. Rebels shelled the city on September 29 but fire proved ineffective. Diplomatic notes discuss Brazil, France, and Chilean debt plans. a Panhandle train wreck near Piqua, Ohio injures crew and passengers with serious injuries.
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New York
the Herald
Guatemala
Tolonicapan
Coxon
Barrios
Herald
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
France
Debordie
Lima
Committee of Deputies
Congress
Valparaiso
Tortured by Thibetans and a Fatal River Accident
Henry Savage Landor, famed traveler and writer, returned from India after a brutal Thibet ordeal. Betrayed by his party, he endured torture and a near execution halted by a grand lama, later released after eight days chained with 22 wounds. In Alabama, a Battahachie river party capsized killing four women and two escorts. the Wright brothers survived.
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Bombay
Henry Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor
India
Thibet
Thibetans
Mr. Landor
Hamilton
Ala
Here
Battahachie River
Lizzie Smith
Belle Key
Mary T. Wearingen
Ella Phillips
Robert
John Wright
Gold shipment plan for Cripple Creek mines
Colorado Springs reports a new scheme to ship Cripple Creek gold monthly to the Philadelphia mint in one consignment. A dedicated train will transport the bullion guarded by an express company with safety precautions, as Cripple Creek output runs about $1,000,000 each month.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Cripple Creek
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Cattle Thieves Fight Sheriff Kilburn Posse in Oregon
Sheriff Kilburn and a posse traded about forty shots with two cattle thieves on Lower Powder River. Fred Hull was shot in the arm and fled to Baker City while Earl Wheeler was not captured. Hull later drew a doctor to his lodging and was seized there today. The gang, with 80 cattle, planned to drive animals to Idaho across the Snake River and swap in new cattle. The thieves are suspected of longterm operations.
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Baker City
Kilburn
Lower
Powder River
Fred Hull
Earl Wheeler
Hull
Idaho
Snake River
Prairie Fire Fatality Report Claims Local Loss
Miller Ls D reports that a prairie fire 20 miles north has caused one death and several serious injuries. Seven or eight burned, one Preston family in danger. Hundreds of tons of hay and grain destroyed. Fire started while men made a fire break.
Four fishermen drown off North Long Branch coast
New York report says four fishermen from North Long Branch New Jersey drowned today while about their work roughly 100 yards from shore. The tragedy occurred as they toiled on the Atlantic.
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New York
North Long Branch
N.J
Arrival of Reina Christina Brings 2 Million for Cuba War Effort
The Reina Christina steamer arrived with reports that Captain-General Weyler will receive 2,000,000 for military expenses. Tomorrow, 100 Spanish soldiers, ill or unfit, are to sail back to Spain. In St Paul, Senator Samuel P. J. McMillan, who served from 1876 to 1888, died at his home after a yearlong illness.
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Havana
Reina Crista
Weyler
Spain
St. Paul
Samuel P. J. McMillan
United States
Tramway over pass aids Klondike rush transport
A Portland-Juneau company incorporates as Dyea Klo ndike Transportation to run tramways from Lynn Canal headwaters to Alaska and British North America, with a 5,000-foot pass tramway to Dawson. Construction at Dyea and the pass proceeds. ready by February to handle up to 20,000 outfits monthly, promising faster, cheaper routes than St Michaels.
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Pacific
Europe
Fortign
Evans
Internal Revenue
Canada
Dyea
Dawson City
Post Office Department
United States
Portland
Chilkoot Pass
Portland-Juneau
Yukon
Dyea-Klondike Transportation Company
Lynn Canal
Alaska
British North America
Yukon River
St Michaels
Seattle
Tacoma
Juneau
Skaguay
St. Michaels
Lake Lindemann
Dawson
Indicted for Larceny in Astoria County Officials
Astoria grand jury returns a true bill against B. L. Ward treasurer and W. G. Howell deputy treasurer for larceny of public funds totaling 11,953 dollars. In Baker City a man named William F. Hoey, 46, is found dead in a lodging house room.
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Astoria
B. L. Ward
W. G. Howell
Baker City
William F. Hoey
Wreck on D and R G Wreck Kills and Injures Many Near Pueblo
A Denver and Rio Grande wreck seven miles west of Pueblo at Colopaxi early morning results in one dead, one mortally injured, and several others hurt. The rear coach journal broke causing a derailment as the train, slowing to take a siding, dragged cars including two sleepers and the paycar. Passengers were excursionists headed to Denver for the Festival of Mountain and Plain. A relief train was dispatched from Salida and track clearing completed by 5 am.
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Pueblo
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Colopaxi
Marshall Pass
Denver
Salida
Columbia Southern Railway Opens First Run to Wasco
Biggs Oregon October 5 The Columbia Southern Railway ran its first train connecting with the O R N No 4. Engineer Spear led engine No 1 to Wasco in one hour. GM D C O'Reilly says three months of business await shipments. Two hundred thousand sacks of wheat stored at Wasco. Plans call for extending to Prineville and Southern Oregon. E E Lytle president Miss May Enright secretary. Interchange with O R N for freight using their cars.
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Biggs, Or
Columbia Southern Railway Company
Spear
Biggs
Wasco
D. C. O'Reilly
Sherman County
Columbia Southern
Prineville
Oregon
E. E. Lytle
D. C
Tragic Night Fire Claims Brownlee Family in East Longmeadow
Mrs. George Brownlee and her two sons Thomas 21 and James 19 died in a house fire in East Longmeadow. The mother reentered the blaze to rescue her sons, Thomas followed to save her, then James pursued them. James escaped but died later. Brownlee suffered severe burns on hands and face.
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Springfield
Mass
East Longmeadow
George Brownlee
Thomas
James
Mr. Brownlee
Pistol misfire kills 12 year old in Visalia incident
In Visalia California Austin Orr 12 is killed instantly when his half-brother Clarence Crow 20 fires a loaded pistol as a joke. The weapon discharged near the left eye as Crow pointed it at his brother.
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Visalia
Cal
Austin Orr
Clarence Crow
Crow
Intruder kills man then vanishes in Creek Nation
Guthrie Oklahoma October 5. John Wilson 65 married a 16 year old girl and moved into Henry Crouse's home. When Crouse returned he tried to eject them and Wilson shot him dead then fled to the woods. Carson Nevada October 5 Duncan Marigold fell down a 76 foot shaft in the Silver State mine and died from his injuries.
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Guthrie
O. T
Buck Falls
John Wilson
Henry Crouse
Crouse
Wilson
Carson, Nev
Duncan Marigold Wall
No Starvation at Dawson This Winter Says Dominion Surveyor
Victoria reports Dominion government surveyor J. C. McArthur returning from the north says no starvation anticipated at Dawson this winter. He notes 2,000 sheep and 400 cattle on the Dalton trail expected to reach Dawson between September 15 and 20. In North Carolina near Pool Rowan County farmers found gold nuggets and learned they possessed gold.
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Victoria
J. C. McArthur
Dominion
Dawson
Dalton
Pool
Rowan County
North Carolina
Old Soldier Andrew Heckman Found Dead Near Weston
Pendleton Oregon October 4 Andrew Heckman an elderly veteran was found dead on Dry Creek hill near Weston after returning from the mountains with a load of cordwood and a four horse team. It is believed he fell from the wagon and was killed by the horses. Port Townsend Washington October 4 Charles Eisenbeis Jr son of a wealthy family died by his own hand today after shooting himself.
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Pendleton, Or
Andrew Heckman
Dry Creek Hill
Weston
Port Townsend, Wash
Charles Eisenbeis, Jr
Port Townsend
Northwest Brews And Farm News From Washington States
A chaotic Washington roundup reports Spokane tax levy at 13 percent and a Munch shingle mill fire, plus a 350 pound bear killed near Dudley. Walla Walla boy William Hut dies after arm shot long by electric pole. Mt Baker rush of new discoveries draws stampede seekers. Garfield Bank enters voluntary liquidation on Jan 1 1598. County officials resignations and Klondike plans surface amid fisheries and farming notes across the region.
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Spokane
Munch
Dudley
Walla County
North Yakima
Chicago
Wm. Orr
Walla Walla
New Discoveries
Mt. Baker
Bank
Washington
Offi
State Agricultural College
Who
Snohomish River
Homish
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Fat Russell Hospital
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Sydney Geographical Society
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Lane County
James Sheepherder
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