Custer Massacre Reproduced At Fair At Lewis and Clark Exposition
The Portland exposition will stage a lifelike recreation of Custer's defeat on June 25 1876 with Umatilla Indians and Oregon National Guard soldiers reenacting the battle on August 10 near the Government peninsula. The scene mirrors the Little Big Horn fight with a trumpeter survivor and all troopers appearing to fall in a dramatic, historically informed portrayal.
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Portland
Ore
Custer
Big Horn River
Reno
Lewis and Clark Exposition
Government Peninsula
Little Big Horn
Umatila
Russell Sage Reaches Ninety Years in New York
New York on August 4 reports financier Russell Sage has entered his ninetieth year. Persuaded from his office to his summer home at Lawrence Beach, he is expected to remain in the country with occasional trips to town. Fellow Gould company directors sent congratulatory messages by mail and wire as Sage, despite aging appearance, remains keenly interested in business and finance.
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New York
Russell Sage
Russel
Sage
Gould Companies
Pope Pius X Celebrates Second Anniversary at Vatican
Rome observes the second anniversary of Pope Pius X election. He celebrated high mass and received his entourage in audience. Messages of congratulation came from European heads and Catholic dignitaries worldwide. The pope remains in good health and shows interest in peace efforts in the Far East. He is kept informed of negotiations about to begin at Portsmouth.
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Rome
Pius X
Peter
Vatican
Europe
America
Far East
Portsmouth
Yellow fever in the South tightens transport and death toll
New Orleans reports 449 total cases and 80 deaths as of noon. Outside alerts indicate rising cases but calmer overall. rail service on Southern Pacific and Louisville & Nashville is disrupted by quarantine, with trains halted and passengers transferred to screened coaches. Military forces in Mississippi and Louisiana remain near but have not clashed as tensions stay high.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Southern Wascific
Louisville & Nashville
Southern Pacific
Mobile
Witness Central
Harahanla
Mississippi
Louisiana
Quarantine extends along Missouri borders over yellow fever
St Louis Aug 4 quarantine by Missouri board targets districts hit by yellow fever. Enforcement reaches eastern borders to St Louis and western border toward Kansas City New Orleans. Calcasieu parish imposes travel stop. Southern Pacific rerouted. Health board reports 54 new cases with 29 concealed. McCormack Rubin involved.
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St. Louis
Missouri Board
Kansas City
New Orleans
Enormous indemnity Russia may have to pay Japan
The piece discusses a proposed Japanese indemnity of about 1 billion dollars to Russia, exploring the vast scale by comparing it to Russia’s gold, global gold production, per capita costs, and the impact on nations and institutions. It argues the burden would fall on peasants in Russia, with wide-ranging economic implications for the United States and world finance.
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Japan
Russia
Posterity
John D. Rockefeller
United States
North America
Canre
Nicholas
Building and Loan Associations
Oregon
Telegraphers Strike Developments Across Rail Lines
St Paul reports both sides claim gains in the Northern Pacific and Great Northern telegraphers strike. Union President Perham says loyalists grow and early defectors are being won over. Northern Pacific General Manager Horn vows vacancies filled by next week with recruits from across the country. Freight gradually moves as bonus delays ease though passenger schedules show lingering impact.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacifc
Great Northern Railway
Perham
Upton
Horn
Northern Pacific
Minn
J Freight
Bicycle record lowered for world mark in Utah
Ogden Utah August 4 W E B Sam the local nancer track today He minde the distance in 8 48 1 5 hie welson of Provo Utah broke their 4 5 of a second better then any pre world s bicycle record for two miles at Vious record
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Ogden
Utah
W. EB. Sam
Heminde
Hie Welson
Provo
Death by Own Action Shocks Cincinnati Man
The tragedy in New York reports Robert W. Criswell died by throwing himself under a subway train after a complaint about a New Yorker publication involving Congressman Rhinock and others. Rhinock arrived in Cincinnati expressing shock, saying Criswell likely died to end it all though he denies the arrest filing prompted the act.
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Cincinnati
Robert W. Criswell
New York
New Yorker
Congressman Rhinock
Covington
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Rhinock
Criswell
Aftairs
District Attorney's Office
Crack Amateur Athletes Meet in Portland Exposition
Portland Ore Aug 4 crack amateur athletes from Milwaukee New York Chicago and the Pacific northwest gather at the Lewis and Clark exposition stadium for the national championships in weight and crack athletics. The program includes sprints hurdles pole vault high jump discus hammer shot and more with a large field and potential record performances. San Antonio Texas Aug 4 annual meeting opens with the Texas State Stenographers association drawing record attendance and noting legislative influence with two year term planned.
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Portland
Ore
Milwaukee
New York
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Aneber
Texas Stenographers
San Antonio
Texas
Texas State Stenographers’ Association
E. D. McKenzie
Houston
Ita
Seston
Foreign Matters Prominent In Global News Today
A chaotic vitality of international topics dominates the New York dispatches, from Japanese and Russian peace envoy movements to plans for a Russian loan in the United States. Reports detail naval escort for envoys, surrender at Sakhalin, and angles on meetings between Kaiser Wilhelm and King Edward, with occasional notes on French remains and Spanish royal heirs.
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Scotland
United States
Edward and
Kaiser
Toklo
Sakhalin Island
Tollviteh
Liapnoff
Govor Liapnoff
New York
Gregory Wilenken
M. Witte
Witte
Wall Street
Russian Envoys Visit Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay August 4 Russian envoys Sergius Witte and Baron Rosen guests of President and Mrs. Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill unaccompanied by other officials. Witte wished to pay respects informally, mirroring the prior visit by Baron Komura and Minister Takahira.
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Oyster Bay
Sergius Witte
Baron Rosen
Washington
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Baron Komur
Takahira
Japan
M. Witte
Herman Agrees to Return Without a Requisition
Herman, accused of robbing an Indian boy on a westbound Santa Fe train near Flagstaff, will be taken to Holbrook tonight and then to St Johns for the Apache county district court term. New Mexico authorities concede no requisition due to the crime occurring in Arizona, with officers deciding he should return without one after discussions in the county jail. Milwaukee lumber salesmen hold midsummer meeting with about 100 attendees at Hotel Pieter.
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Holbrook
Math Herman
Flagstaff
Arizona
Joseph Manuel
Santa Fe
Bernalillo County
Arina
Holrook
Herman
St. Johns
Apache County
T. Whitley
Ash Fork
Ofer
R.A. Bolin
Winslow
New Mexico
Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern Lumber and Sashland Door Traveling Salesmen's Association
Pieter
Tillsore
Minnesota
Michigan
Indian victim near death from deadly screw worm
An Isleta Pueblo Indian man, about 60, sleeping outdoors, was attacked by a screw worm whose eggs hatched in his nose and throat. Doctors fear for his life as the worms destroy tissue. Nearby reports note screw worm deaths in Arizona and warn the parasite is approaching Albuquerque.
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Isleta Pueblo
Jose Lente
Death
Citives
Arizona
Danal
Albuquerqque
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