Week in Review: Fire, Explosions and Rail Feats Across U S
A fire in Brooklyn racks $500000 in damage. A Pompton powder works blast kills seven. An Everett area sawmill project and a Fairhaven cannery spark growth. Porto Rico finances steady. Robbers steal $100000 jewelry in Chicago. Others report tax valuation gains, fairs, ships, rail lines, and political tensions as the nation moves through mid century events.
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Brooklyn
Fairhaven
Wash
Pompton
N. J
Frightful Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Burton tunnel
A B and O wreck near Burton tunnel east of Wheeling accident today killed the engineer and fatally injured the fireman with several others hurt. The engine broke a flange at thirty miles per hour and rolled over into a hillside. six coaches carried G A R excursionists bound for Cleveland. Travel blocked. reopening not until night possible.
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Wheeling
W. V
Burton Tunnel
Here
Balimore & Ohio
Cleveland
Boers Return from March Through Senecal District
Barker's column reports a 160 mile march into Senecal district where Boers found widespread green wheat fields undisturbed since December. British forces approached and captured 100 people, seized large amounts of grain and 1500 cattle before the Boers retreated to the mountains.
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Winburg
Orange River Colony
Turkey Setstle Tubini Claim and Shifts Toward Relations
Paris reports official circles expect the Sultan of Turkey to seek resumed Carotene relations with France after the Tubini settlement. France will not return to Constantinople until the Lorando claim is resolved, and Paris has expelled Turkish spies after a decree by the French interior minister. Feridoun Bey and another spy were ordered to leave France as the claim was settled.
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Paris
Turkey
Porte
France
M. Constans
Constantinople
Feridoun Bey
Snohomish County Fair Opens With Big Attendance
Everett reports the third annual Snohomish County Agricultural Association fair opened with perfect weather and strong attendance. Mining and agricultural exhibits from across the state fill buildings, livestock displays impress, new stalls added, and racing draws large afternoon crowds.
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Everett
Snohomish County
Freight wreck near Wellington claims four lives
Four men died and another was badly injured in a Great Northern freight wreck near Wellington, Everett, at about 11 am. An air brake error on No. 15 sent the westbound train speeding down Cascade tunnel’s western decline, derailing a mile west of Wellington as fire broke out. Some cave sections were saved.
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Everett
Wellington
Great Northern
Cascade Tunnel
Trapped by Boers near Wolverloof in South Africa
Pretoria reports Col. Monroe’s column returning from Barkey East to Dordrecht was attacked by Commandant Fouchee Myburgh’s Boers near Wolverloof. The advance guard faced heavy fire from heights at the Kloof. The British suffered four wounded while Boer casualties included four killed and many wounded.
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Pretoria
Col. Monroe
Barkey
Dordrecht
Fouchee Myburgh
Wolverloof
Kloof
New Cannery Planned by Alaska Fisheries Union Crew
A unit of millmen from the Alaska Fisheries Union departed Seattle aboard the City of Seattle for Haines Alaska to install a portable sawmill. Once assembled the mill will begin sawing lumber for a cannery planned for next season's salmon run.
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Seattle
Alaska Fisheries Union
City of
Haines
Alaska
Chilcoot
Arch conspirator in Bresci killings named by New Jersey inquiry
James M. Timble, Newark, who led the New Jersey commission on the Bresci case, says an arch conspirator in Bresci’s killings remains unnamed. He sent all evidence to the Italian Government and pressed for the identity of the financier behind the acts of violence.
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New York
James M. Timble
Newark
New Jersey
King Humbert
Bresci
America
Forest Fires Ravage Newfoundland Lumber Lands
Forest fires sweep through St Johns area threatening major lumber districts. Twenty three houses destroyed in White Bay settlement and other villages feared burned. Firefighting efforts fail against the blazes and heavier rain is hoped to extinguish them to save timber logs for timber interests.
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St. Johns
N. F
White Bay
Dynamite At Chicago General Electric Wrecks Building
Three men claiming to be linemen were denied entry to the Chicago General Electric Company. They planted a dynamite cartridge at the front door and blew it up, wrecking the building and injuring the night watchman. The assailants escaped.
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Chicago
Chicago General Electric Company
Steamship Centennial Arrives Seattle With 422 Passengers
The Centennial Capt Carroll arrived at Arlington dock at 1 30 yesterday from Nome carrying 422 passengers and 250000 in treasure plus mail. The ship left Nome August 30 and picked up the stranded crew of the James Sennett on August 21. On voyage north she passed the Rosecrang and Senator, and reached Nome August 24 before proceeding to Teller and back to Seattle. Pleasant weather accompanied the voyage home.
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Seattle
Centennial
Carroll
Arlington Dock
Nome
James Sennett
San Francisco
Unimak Island
Arctic
Dora
A. M. Deering
U.S
Bear
United States
Rosecrang
Senator
Teller
Nomen
Emma Goldman Arraigned On Conspiracy Charge
Emma Goldman arraigned in Chicago to answer conspiracy to assassinate the president. Case continued to Sept 19. Bail set at $25,000 for Goldman and other anarchists. Attorney absence prompted the adjournment. Goldman proclaimed innocence and denied the authorities’ rights to hold her. Extradition papers requested for anarchists in Buffalo.
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Chicago
Emma Goldman
Miss Goldman
Buffalo
Tornado elects G A R officers in Cleveland
Eli Torrence of Minnesota was elected commander in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, defeating Gen. Dan Sickles. Other officers include John McElroy of Washington D C as senior vice commander, John O'Donnell of Chicago as junior vice commander, W R Thrall of Cincinnati as surgeon general, and Rev. Thomas Boyle of Pittsburgh as chaplain in chief.
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Cleveland, C
Eli Torrence
Minnesota
Grand Army of Republic
Dan Sickles
John McElroy
Washington, D. C
John O'Donnell
Chicago
W. R. Thrall
Cincinnati
Thomas Boyle
Pittsburg
Rails on the Way to Seattle for Electric Road
A large shipment of rails is en route from the East for the Seattle and Tacoma International electric road. Arrival in a few days is expected, but track laying start date is not yet certain. Grading of the right of way progresses with gangs at work along the line between Seattle and Tacoma.
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Seattle
Seattle & Tacoma
Tacoma
Grand Army Encampment Opens Amid Lake Erie Victory Celebration
The second day in Cleveland drew nearly 200000 visitors as the Grand Army encampment opened. The eightieth anniversary of Commodore Perry’s Lake Erie victory was marked by a grand naval parade with veterans of the rebellion in attendance.
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Cleveland
Grand Army
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
America
State Board to Test Mineral Paint for Asylum Roof
The state board of control will trial a mineral paint from Talcott about sixteen miles away. The paint will cover the galvanized iron roof of the Steillacom insane asylum and, if satisfactory, will be widely used on state institution roofs.
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Olympia
State Board of Control
Talcott
Steillacom
Shaffer makes final appeal on steel strike terms
President Shaffer in Pittsburgh on September 14 makes a last effort to settle the steel strike by adopting Schwab terms. All mills on strike will be signed as union, open mills as nonunion, and employees will not be discriminated against for the strike.
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Pittsburgh
Shaffer
Schwab
Whatcom County Fair Opens With Record Purse Inaugural Race Meet
Preparations for the first annual Whatcom County Agricultural Association race meet and fair are nearly complete. More than 4000 dollars in purses are set for the races and the prize list for the fair is extensive enough to promise a splendid display.
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Whatcom County
Whatcom
Whatcom County Agricultural Association
Wellington Colliery Finds New Coal Seam Near Ladysmith
Nanaimo B C Sept 14 The Wellington Colliery Co has discovered a new coal seam about a mile and a half from Ladysmith. The out crop was found on surface near a small creek and exploration uncovered a six and a half foot seam. Further prospecting will be done immediately.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Wellington Colliery Co
Ladysmith
Dr. Johannes von Miquel Found Dead in Frankfurt
Dr. Johannes von Miquel former Prussian minister of finance was found dead in his bed in Frankfurt apoplexy is believed to be the cause. He was born in February 1849.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Johannes von Miquel
Confession Ties McKinley Plot to Emma Goldman and Wider Conspiracy
Leon Czolgosz admits the McKinley assassination attempt sprang from a conspiracy involving many others. He names Emma Goldman but refuses to reveal more, while Buffalo undergoes a citywide secret service sweep. Papers and sewers are searched for documents detailing the conspiracy and participants.
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Emma Goldman
New York
The
Herald
Buffalo
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Czolgosz
Secret Service
Nowak
Fire destroys Oregon Short Line offices in Salt Lake City
A two story brick building housing the Oregon Short Line Railway offices burned in Salt Lake City. An explosion from dynamite in the Mine and Smelter Supply basement blew out walls, wrecking the vault and losing road records including Salt Lake to Los Angeles extension plans. Estimated loss about 200000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
Oregon Short Line Railway
Short Line Railway
Salt Lake
Dooly
Emma Goldman Arrested in Chicago After McKinley Shooting
Emma Goldman, the anarchist leader, was arrested in Chicago after officers identified her despite initial denial. She traveled from St. Louis and stayed at the arrest location, denying links to Czolgosz or any wider plot, and expressing sorrow for the bloodshed but not for McKinley.
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Chicago
Emma Goldman
McKinley
St. Louis
Czolgosz
Ennie
German Officer Seeks 100000 Damages for False Imprisonment
In Buffalo on September 11 Alfonzo Stutz, detained for three days on suspicion tied to the McKinley plot, was released and vowed to sue for 100000 pounds. He first named the German consul then a German lawyer as he prepared legal action.
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Buffalo
Alfonzo Stutz
McKinley
Heavy Rain Strikes Decatur County Farms and Trains
A Norton Kansas dispatch reports record rain in Decatur County with Oberlin Jennings and Decatur totaling three inches. Floods damaged farms along streams and trains run on slow orders. the rainfall surpasses the 1892 season.
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Kansas City
The
Star
Norton
Kansas
Saga
Decatur County
Oberlin
Decatur
Jennings
Vast coal deposit eyed on Washington Oregon line
An immense lignite coal field straddles the Washington Oregon boundary in Asotin and Wallowa counties. Prospects show coal seams and possible oil and gas indicators with rail access via the Grande Ronde and a Burlington line. Nearby timber, minerals, and arable land support a potential 10 000 population, as irrigation plans for Walker Basin move forward.
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United States
Washington
Oregon
Asotin County
Wallowa County
Asotin
Anatone
Hanson
Grande Ronde
Burlington
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Battleship Ohio at Union Iron Works Delayed by Labor Troubles
Ship construction in San Francisco faces delays as Union Iron Works handles six warships and two submarine torpedo boats for the US Navy and one Army vessel. Key units include the battleship Ohio launched earlier by President McKinley and the Wyoming monitor moored nearby. Torpedo boat destroyers Preble Perry and Perry Jones await conversion while the transport Sherman has lingered for over six months.
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United States Navy
United States Army
San Francisco
Union Iron Works
Ohio
McKinley
Wyoming
Preble
Perry
Perry Jones
Sherman
Sunnyside Canal Extension Planned to Prosser District
Washington Irrigation Company considers extending the Sunnyside canal to Prosser with work likely starting this fall. A new railroad spur from the Northern Pacific would run east of the Yakima River, connecting Prosser to Toppenish via Sunnyside. The project would add several thousand acres to Yakima Valley cultivation.
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Washington Irrigation Company
Sunnyside Canal
Prosser
Yakima River
Northern Pacific
Toppenish
Sunnyside
Yakima Valley
Northern Pacific to build two giant steamers for China trade
The Northern Pacific Railway Company plans two immense steamships for Pacific and China trade. Each ship will be about 28 000 tons, equivalent to three times the capacity of a standard ocean freighter, and similar in size to ships under construction at New London Connecticut for the Great Northern Railway.
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Northern Pacific Railway Company
China
New London
Conn
Great Northern Railway
Special Train Sends Potatoes West to East This Year
A 40 carload shipment of potatoes left Stockton California on September 1 for the Middle and Southern States. High demand for potatoes onions and cabbage in the Midwest due to drought drives a large movement from California this year. Local dealers pay 1 50 to 1 69 per hundred pounds on the river bank. This is the state’s largest single consign ment of potatoes.
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Stockton
Cal
Middle States
California
Deep Sea Fishing by Electricity Trialed by Millionaire
W B Mead a New York financier plans four 75 foot boats to catch fish off the Pacific Coast by temporarily blinding them with Yale developed submarine electric lights. Each vessel will have its own dynamo driven by a petroleum engine and multiple arc lamps. Yale professors supported the theory that blinding the fish drives them to the surface for netting.
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W. B. Mead
New York
Pacific
Yale Zoological
Yale
Real Estate Values Climbing for Seattle Federal Site
Government selects Seattle site for a new federal building costing 750000 with land at 174750 and a 184 by 240 foot lot. Estimates suggest possible funding rise to 1010000. Two decades ago the same ground would fetch 2800, while nearby corner lot sold for 30000 and the Donnelly Hotel in Tacoma for 90000.
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Federal
Seattle
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Rich Virtue mine strike near Baker City Oregon
An immense new ore vein opens in the Virtue mine eight miles east of Baker City. The 400-foot level shows ore reputedly 50 percent gold, valued at over 200000 dollars per ton, with past returns reaching 100000 dollars per ton. The size of the discovery is not yet known.
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Virtue
Baker City
Oregon
Seattle's Biggest Building to Rise on Second Ave Block
The Moore Investment Company plans the largest Seattle structure on the west side of Second Avenue between University and Union streets. It will cover 360 by 100 feet, cost 250000 dollars, and lease terms require adding three stories after the first five years.
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Seattle
Moore Investment Company
Second Avenue
University and
Union Streets
New Spokane college formed by East Washington and North Idaho Education Society
A new society in Spokane aims to establish a strong college and feeder schools in surrounding towns. The East Washington and North Idaho Education Society will direct the institution under the Baptist denomination with Dr. O. W. Osdel of Spokane as president.
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Spokane
East Washington and
North Idaho
Veneering and Basket Factory Nears Operation in St Johns
The veneering and basket factory plant of the Portland Manufacturing Company at St Johns is nearing completion. Most machinery is installed and about 30 men will be employed at the start as owners push to begin operations with energy.
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Portland Manufacturing Company
St. Johns
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Russia
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Moscow
Idaho
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Congressional Party
Manila
M. C. Jensen
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Walla Walla
San Francisco- Seattle
West Virginia
Snohomish County Fair
NEW Cannery
Dr. von Miquel
Missouri
Progress OF
Pacific Coast
Million Dollar
Crook County
Deschutes River
Walker Basin
Oregon Development Company
Deschutes
Cascades
Prineville
Big Sunnyside Canal
Monster Steamers
New College
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