Minnesota Good Roads Train At State Fair Demonstration
A national roads convention tied to the Minnesota state fair will run September 1 2 and 8 between St Paul and Minneapolis. The agriculture department will lead activities with a Good Roads train on the Great Northern line visiting central points to promote local meetings and road improvements. Director Martin Dodge and aides will represent the department in Washington.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Office of
Department of Agriculttur
Great Northern
Department of Agriculture
Seattle
Portland
Martin Dodge
Washington
Wounded in Lansford clash as troops bayonette strikers
In Lansford Pennsylvania an encounter between troops and striking miners left Captain W H Heim of the Twelfth regiment slightly injured and about six strikers bayoneted. Major Gearhart says he will seek military law for the town.
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Tamaqua
Ang
Lansford
W. H. Heim
Satel K. Twelfth Regiment
Gearhart
Lanaford
Land scam threats grow as Indians' allotments put up cheap
Alleged buyers and speculators target deceased Indian heirs land grants across Oregon Washington and Idaho. Commissioner Jones urges public notices of all lands held by deceased allottees while Congress hesitates. Major tracts at Keamath Warm Springs Umatilla Grand Ronde Colville Yakima and Lapwai reservations attract predatory bidding as heirs risk losing valuable holdings.
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Washington
Alg
Indian Office
Smpie
Lalon
Jones
Oxane
Oregon
Idaho
Keamath
Warm Springs
Umatilla
Grand Ronde
Silota
Charges Against Palma Spark Cuban Impeachment Talk
Havana reports charges against President Palma over alleged executive condiments to friends for financial or political favors. Impeachment proceedings are likely, while the U S State Department says no official notice of any action against President Palma has been received.
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Havana
Palma
Washington
Squires
Catan
News of Oregon and Local Markets Update
Weekly review details commercial and financial happenings across Oregon, with market report summaries and industry growth notes. Pendleton stores to close at six oclock. farming notes include beetles harming Highland crops. two prominent Polk County farmers, Adam Wilton and William Lewis, die. sheepmen vs cattlemen conflict in Morrow county leaves herder M Eliott wounded.
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Pendleton
Atx
Railway Demand Unites Workers Across Rail System
A large railroad workforce plans a coordinated demand for uniform pay rates across west of the Mississippi. About 100,000 trainmen and unions prepare requests to railroads, with $1,000,000 extra expenditures anticipated. Officers may authorize formal actions, but no strike is expected within at least 90 days.
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Milwaukee
Sentinel Bayn
American Railway Union
Mi River
GAGE DEFEATED AT CALIFORNIA STATE MEETING
In Sacramento California Governor Gage faced a bitter political clash at the Salon Prow Club state convention where the fight ended with Pardee securing the nomination on the sixth ballot. The event caused a tumult as supporters surged and Pardee expressed gratitude for the honor. Alden was named lieutenant governor. Nearby reports note political maneuvering and cross-state arrests as a complex political scene unfolded.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gage
California
Salon
Popiecs
Frank Davey
Pardee
Oakland
Fereof State Frese Association
Pardes
Alden
President Urges Decency and Common Sense in Government
President delivers brief address in Waterville Maine stressed applying daily decency, morality, and common sense to governance. The speech centers on raising individuals’ standards to improve national conditions. A gold ore ledge near Huntington Malheur county assays high value, eight feet wide with croppings along the mountain.
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Huntington
Malheur County
Waterville
Portland Market Prices From Wheat to Wool List
A detailed list of Portland market quotations across commodities including Wheat with varieties Walla Walla and valley, Barley, Flour, Oats, Hay, Potatoes, Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry, Veal, Beef, Hogs, and Wool. Prices shown per ton, per cental, per dozen, or per pound for multiple regional grades and product types. Figures reflect dairy and farm goods markets typical of the period with varied unit measures and quality descriptors.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Gray
Mevic
Oregon
America
Wool—Valley
Suicide at Western Union office in San Francisco
T H Roy Inolds manager of the Western Union Telegraph company here committed suicide at noon in the office while temporarily insane by shooting himself. Other items note French merchants visiting Salem to discuss fruit supplies, a Washington report on General Miles possibly touring Europe, and a bot roth inquiry at St Joseph against the pecs before a Kansas City commissioner.
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San Francisco
Western Union
T. H. Roy Inolds
Western Union Telegraph Company
Salem
L.kegaray
P. L. Martineau
Lehavré
Bordeaux
France
Sir. Joseph, Mo
Alley
St. Joseph
Reward Settled For Harry Tracy Case Share Split
In Salem Oregon Secretary of State Dunbar denies Mrs Wow’s claim to reward money for aiding in finding Merrill’s body. In Spokane peace reportedly comes to the five men sharing the reward as Sheriff Gardner offers equal shares to Goldfinch the boy who betrayed the outlaw if they sign. The move aims to avoid court action and end the dispute over who receives the prize.
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Merrill
Tracy
Salem, Or
Dunbar
Wow
Dun
Maclay
Harry Tracy
Gardner
Porse
Goldfinch
Gardyer
Remedial Plan Considered for Money Market Elasticity
Washington August view emphasizes Secretary Shaw plans to boost circulating notes in a liquidity crisis. Secretary asks large national banks to prepare additional notes up to the banks capital. Banks have $358 million out of $700 million capital. new notes would be secured by U.S. bonds. Orders have been submitted and Treasury branches work to expedite note preparation for possible emergency.
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Washington
Remors
Shaw
New York
Ailes
United States
Missionaries Ordered From Mexican Field Threatened
Plainfield Ind Aug 30 Word from Everett Morgan and wife formerly of Plainfield now missionaries at Coviti Mexico says natives threaten them with death by September 17 if they stay. The couple sent out by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Westerly yearly meeting of Friends about four years ago and have been at Coviti a year. Appeals for protection have been sent to government authorities.
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Plainfield
Ind
Everett Morgan
Covicti
Mexico
Hity
Morgan
Board of Foreign Missions
Westerly Yearly Meeting of Friends
Spreckees in Canada camps to form sugar firm
Olave Spreckels and counsel arrive in Montréal to organize a Canadian sugar company with $6 million capital. Papers for the corporation signed and sent to Ottawa, details limited. Weyerhauser Buys More Timber in Thurston County deeds show ownership of most NP lands totaling about 4,220 acres for roughly $522,000 with $447 in stamps.
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Sugar King
Montréal
Avi
Olave Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Company
da|' Corporation
Ottawa
Increased demand for British iron and steel in export trade
A London dispatch to the Tribune notes rising prices for iron and steel as export demand to the United States grows. It reports that unions no longer fear stiffened combinations as last year and asserts Britain will not become a dumping ground for American iron.
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Philadelphia
London
Tribane
United States
President Bart Arrested Over False Imprisonment Warrants
Horace G. Bart, president of Union Pacific, was arrested in Omaha on ten warrants alleging false imprisonment. Bond set at 1000 dollars for his court appearance. Accusers say guards confined workers in a car during travel from Indianapolis to Denver shops.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Horace G. Bart
Union Pacific Railway
Taw
Indianapolis
Arnett
Denver
Connell Bluffs
Lord
Peor Eee
Klondike On The Wane From Price Drop To Jobs
Mr Heed notes Klondike last year yielded 24000000 dollars while the next year may not exceed 14000000 dollars per government estimates a near halving. Despite years of prospecting since 1897 thousands still search every creek and mountain. At Dawson ten applicants contend for every job as new arrivals come by boatload.
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Klondike
Dawson
Hees
Railways for Britain May Adopt American Methods
London reports the Board of Colonel Horace Verbacial considers offering the railway report to study American methods with a view to adoption in Great Britain. A meeting is slated for September 19. Three governor ballots at Sacramento yield no result with Gage leading on the third ballot. Money orders rise sharply. New York post office paid out over 28.8 million domestically and 28.48 million to offices nationwide. The National Fraternal Congress in Denver reports 300 delegates under President Warner of Topeka. Bangor townsite clearing in Coos Bay by Great Corral Land Co begins with street clearing and grading ahead of block work. A total wreck is reported near Port Townsend involving Captain George Lay on the south coast near Chill.
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John Bull
London
Horace Verbacial Imooting
Price
Board of Trade
Great Britain
New York
New York Post Office
Fraternal Cong
Denver
National Fraternal Congress
Fraternal and Insurance Orders
Thie Country
Canada
W.A. Warner
Topeka
Kan
Coos Bay
Empore
Great Corral Land Company
Bangor
Lands Withdrawals Expand Across Western States
Extensive lands are withdrawn from entry and water rights as part of a plan to determine reservoir sites and restore unused portions to the public domain. Arizona leads with eighty eight townships, followed by California seventy, Colorado five, Utah twenty eight, Wyoming forty one, Montana forty one, and Nevada one hundred twenty eight.
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California
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Right of Board Questioned in Oregon School Lands Suit
Salem August 28 litigation over the era of state school lands continues with three suits against the state land board after denials of purchase applications. An alternative writ of mandamus directs board members to appear September 2 to show cause why applications should be granted. The dispute centers on board rules for notifying delinquents, extending payment grace, and whether the board may set its own administration standards. Multiple cases are pending in the supreme court and county courts.
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Whcee
Chenit Ji Boise
M. L. Chamberlain
Thin
Lind Board
Supreme Court
Marino County
Elrowit Court
Archbishop Ry an denies urging expulsion of friars
New York August 26 Archbishop Ry an of Philadelphia denies in an interview with President Roosevelt that he supported expelling friars from the Philippine islands. He says he did suggest replacing some nationalities if necessary but not removal.
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New York
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Philip Pine Islands
Fhara
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