Scenic Mount Hood Journey From Hood River to Cloud Cap Inn
Tourists travel from Portland toward Mount Hood via Hood River, visiting Cloud Cap Inn at 6,800 feet. The piece extols Pacific Northwest mountains, glaciers, and the climb, noting Mount Hood as a premier landmark and gateway for explorers. It mentions nearby peaks, glaciers, and the scenic Columbia River panorama. In Houston, a separate note reports on the Mac Stewart jailbreak case and related diplomatic accusations involving U.S. Consul Mills and a payoff claim.
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Columbia River
Portland
Pacific Northwest
Mount Adems
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Jefferson
Mount Ranier
Mount Hood
Lewis & Clark
Sumpter
Oregon
Hood River
Oregon Ry. & Navigation Co
Cloud Capp Inn
Elliott Glacier
Newton Clark
Coe
Inn
Coopers Spur
Alpen-Stoeck
Pluck
Mount Adams
Puget Sound
Columbia
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Fort Worth
Denver City
Denver
Rio Grande
Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co
Northern Pacific
Burlington
America
Southwest
Girls Save Gray as Mob Fails to Seize Minister
Rev J L Gray, a Pottsville Methodist minister, was blocked by a mob at a Casa Arkansas schoolhouse but escaped with the protection of several brave girls who clung to him as he exited. Gray, warned to stop preaching there, rode into town with his daughter and left Tuesday morning.
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Memphis
Casa
Ark
J. L. Gray
Pottsville
Gray
Freight Train Crash Breaks Through Bridge at Gibbs Land
A Louisiana and Northwestern freight train led by Conductor Hamilton plunged through a bridge near Gibbs land in Shreveport. The conductor suffered serious injuries including leg entrapment and a crush injury requiring above elbow amputation.
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Shreveport
Gibbsland
Louisiana and Northwestern Railroad
Hamilton
Two Arrested in Bank Robbery Case
Shreveport June 28 affidavits charging grand larceny have been filed against a man and a woman accused of robbing a Texas banker. Local police report the suspects were apprehended following the incident and await further legal action.
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Texas
Shreveport
Couple Held on Bank Robbery Charge in Cen ter Tex Visit
Edward May and Eva Howard were arrested on charges of robbing a banker in Cen ter Tex of valuables worth 750 dollars during a visit to this city about two months ago. They were remanded in default of 500 dollars bail.
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Edward May
Eva Howard
Center
Tex
Wallace Resigns From Panama Canal Posts for New York Job
John F. Wallace chief engineer of the Panama canal and a member of the commission resigns both posts to take a $60,000 office with a New York corporation. He cites a delicate position when asked for the reason and refers questions to Secretary Taft.
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New York
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
Commission
New York Corporation
Wallace
Taft
Presentation of Confederate Prayer Book to Daughters of the Confederacy
Captain William A. Pitts of Austin donated the Episcopal prayer book of General Edmund Kirby Smith and an army register found at Camp Colorado Coleman County to the Daughters of the Confederacy museum. The prayer book was published in 1861.
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Austin
Edmund Kirby Smith
Daughters of the Confederacy
William A. Pitts
Camp Colorado
Coleman County
Army Register
Seven Years For St Clair In Tenant Killing Case
J W St Clair a Blue Ridge merchant and landowner in Collin county was found guilty of killing tenant J A Cundiff and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary.
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McKinney
Tex
J. W. St. Clair
Blue Ridge
Collin County
J. A. Cundiff
Egyptian Curios at Ellis County Fair
F S Neville presented two barrels of rare Egyptian curios and art pieces to the Ellis county fair curio and art department after collecting them on a tour through Egypt.
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Ennis, Tex
F. S. Neville
Curio and Art Department
Ellis County Fair
Egypt
Track washed out after heavy rain near Arlington
Rain fell in Arlington on Tuesday washing out about 900 feet of the Fort Worth to Dallas interurban track. Crop damage was extensive as the downpour intensified the washout and disrupted service.
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Arlington
Tex
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas Postmasters Meet Names New Officers In Austin to Dallas
The Texas Postmasters association wrapped its seventh annual session in Austin with Dallas chosen as the next meeting site. Officers elected include Marshall Smith of Brownwood as president, T L Wren of Austin as first vice president, D A Robinson of Dallas as second vice president, A F Davis of McGregor as third vice president, and W P Cochran of Marble Falls as secretary treasurer. Papers were presented and resolutions thanking Austin for its hospitality were approved.
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Austin
Texas Postmasters’ Association
Dallas
Marshall Smith
Brownwood
T. L. Wren
D. A. Robinson
A. F. Davis
McGregor
W. P. Cochran
Marble Falls
Clubbing Death Under Inquiry in Galveston
Galveston on June 28 reports Fred Tomes a white laborer died Wednesday morning at Sealy hospital after an officer arrested him for drunkenness and is accused of clubbing him The coroner returned a verdict of death from unknown causes and an autopsy is ordered.
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Galveston
Fred Tomes
Sealy Hospital
Drowns on birthday of Dallas youth Morris Rosenfield
Maurice Rosenfield son of Max Rosenfield prominent citizen drowned Wednesday morning in Dallas. He was born June 28 and died just twelve years old, reaching his birthday a day earlier.
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Morris Rosenfield
Dallas
Maurice Rosenfield
Max Rosenfield
Dog Killed on Junius Street in Hydrophobia Case
A dog showing clear hydrophobia signs was shot and killed by a Dallas policeman on Junius Street near College Avenue. The incident followed the animal’s aggressive behavior and the risk it posed to residents.
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Dallas
Junius Street
College Avenue
Lee Honor Service Fire in Chicago by Columbia Post
In Chicago on June 28 Columbia post No. 706 G A R hosted a camp fire in honor of General Stephen D. Lee of Vicksburg commander of Confederate veterans. City confederate groups joined with veterans as General John Carson Smith Junior Commander Patton and others spoke. Lee urged return of Confederate flags from Washington to the soldiers who earned them in the 1860s noting Congress action to restore the banners.
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Chicago
Columbia Post No
Grand Army of the Republic
Stephen D. Lee
Vicksburg
Confederate Veterans of the South
John Carson Smith
Illinois
Patton
National Grand Army of the Republic
Congress
War Office
Washington
Lee
Swedish Riksdag Sets Special Committees Over Norway Bill
In Stordholm on June 28 the Swedish legislature formed extraordinary committees to handle the government bill seeking settlement with Norway. The Senate panel holds nine anti government, three pro government. the House panel includes five pro, five anti and two independents. Fiery debates criticized the Norwegian storming and denounced the cabinet actions.
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Stordholm
Riksdag Tuesdag
Norway
Senate
Britain pushes France into Moroccan adventure says Novoe Vremya
The Novoe Vremya blames Britain for provoking a Franco German crisis by backing France against Germany. It suggests Britain could aid France to destroy the German fleet in a wider conflict, then argues Premier Rouvier may steer negotiations to a satisfactory Moroccan settlement.
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St. Petersburg
Great Britain
Novoe Vremya
Britain
France
M. Delcasse
Germany
Russia
Europe
Rouvier
Buckeye Democrats Begin State Convention Address
Columbus June 28 The Democratic state central committee opens with M A Daugherty of Lancaster named temporary chairman. The platform praises government purchase of Panama Canal supplies and denounces monopolies. It calls for anti graft measures, rail rate reform, and removal of boss rule to curb corruption in Ohio.
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Columbus
McKinney
Marietta
State Central Committee
Democratic State Convention
M. A. Daugherty
Lancaster
Daugherty
Panama Canal
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Reindicted Trio in Dodge-Morse Divorce Conspiracy Case
After the appellate division ruled the prior conspiracy indictments against Abraham H. Hummell, his partner Benjamin Steinhardt, and Charles F. Dodge illegal, the grand jury reindicted the three men for conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce situation.
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New York
Jne
Supreme Court
Abraham H. Hummell
Benjamin Steinhardt
Charles F. Dodge
Grand
Resignations from Equitable Life Directors
New York on June 28 Chairman Morton announced that John Jacob Astor of New York and J B Forgan president of the First National Bank of Chicago have tendered their resignations as directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
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New York
Morton
John Jacob Astor
This City
J. B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Chinese Merchants Plan Boycott of American Goods
At a large meeting in Penang on June 28 leading Chinese merchants resolved to cooperate with Chinese in Singapore and Shanghai to boycott American products until the Chinese exclusion act is withdrawn.
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Penang
Straits Settlement
Singapore
Shanghai
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