Condition of crops declines in many states across the nation
The September 1 report from the agriculture department shows corn at 85.3 wheat 70.9 oats 87.2 rye 83.0 buckwheat 75.2 potatoes 86.3 barley 86.7. Corn fell 4.7 points in August while Nebraska and several others showed declines, and Kentucky Indiana Iowa showed small gains. Winter and spring wheat combined stand at 70.9 with declines in North Dakota Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and others.
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Iowa
Wasuixoron
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Missouri
Ilinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Indiana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Harriman Syndicate Quietly Plans Transcontinental Rail
Cricano Sept 11 The Chronicle reports railroad men say the Harriman syndicate is quietly crafting a trans continental system. The plan links Illinois Central to Omaha and welds Union Pacific and Illinois Central, creating a Chicago to north Pacific coast line. The syndicate would then control Baltimore and Ohio, Oregon Railway and Navigation, and other lines to extend from Chicago to to Gulf of Mexico.
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Cricano
the Chronicle
Illinois Central
Omaha
Missouri River
Union Pacific
Chicago
North Pacific Coast
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Philadelphia
Oregon Railway and Navigation Line
Minois Central
New Orleans
Chicago and Alton
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Deaths in sham battle at Ohio fair grounds
At the state fair grounds in Coumsuvs Ohio during the Battle of San Juan sham battle a 10 year old spectator Charles Krag was killed. Rovitta Smithson of Company F Fourth Ohio was fatally wounded and merchant Max Guggenheim was seriously wounded as loaded shells may have been mixed with blanks.
Antarctic expedition fails to trace Andree in Greenland search
The Antarctic, after leaving Helsingborg May 26 with Professor Nathorst, was sighted near Skaw while returning from northeast Greenland. The crew reported no trace of the missing aeronaut Andree. Also noted are the funeral of James B. Eustis in Newport and U.S. Philippines campaign progress, plus the Bertha bringing Alaska treasure to San Francisco.
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Gothensera
Sweden
Antarctic
Helsingberg
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Jutland
Denmark
Andree
San Francisco
Bertha
Alaskan Porté
Arctic
Alaskan Commercial Company
Forest fires burn in Wyoming timber districts amid wipes of Rockwood
Northern Wyoming faces its worst forest fire week as Laramie Peak and Muddy Mountain blazes threaten Albany county. Special Agent Abbott leads a force to suppress the Laramie Peak fire while Muddy Mountain burns unchecked due to thick smoke. Tongue river area fires devastate four townships and destroy Rockwood, McShane & Co tie camp, saw mills, ties, and lumber with many loggers narrowly escaping.
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Laramie Peak Timber District
Albany County
Muddy Mountain
Casper
Abbott
Interior Department
Laramie ‘Peak District
Wyoming
Tongue River
Sheridan
Rockwood
McShane & Co
Hold Up in Arizona: Southern Pacific Express Robbed
Four masked men hijacked Southern Pacific express train No. 10 at Cocun g Arizona last night. They blew the safe with dynamite, got a small booty, and forced the messenger to open the car before fleeing north on foot as a posse closed in. The blast damaged the express car floor and side.
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Southern Pacific
Cocung
Ari
Trestle Gives Way Over Broad River Trapping Train
A 200 foot trestle on the Columbia Newberry and Laurens railroad collapsed near Coromara Ohio when a granite train crossed. Several cars and an engine plunged fifty feet into the river. Killed were Engineer Dick Weatherby of Columbia, Fireman Silas Rennick of Greenville, Stewart Martin a Black man from Alston, and an unidentified man whose head was severed. James Watson, explosives supervisor at the quarry, survived after leaping 50 feet to the water. Griffin Philpot clashes ignite Clay county as Widow Chadwell’s home is fired on and residents told to flee under threat.
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Silas Rennick
Greenville
Stewart Martin
Alston
James Watson
London
Griffin
Philpot
Clay County
Chadwell
Evan
Dave Chadwell
Trading In Wheat Curtailed By Crop Report Influence
Chicago Sep 11 trading in wheat remained dull as the government crop report loomed. Bearish foreign crop news and heavy receipts pushed prices lower with December down about 4 cents. Corn held steady for December but slipped for September, oats rose modestly, and pork and lard futures showed small changes. Cash quotes for No 2 red wheat No 8 spring wheat and other grains listed.
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ChicaGo
Chicago and Kansas City Livestock Prices Sept 11 Report
Cattle prices at Chicago rise to five to six ninety five for good grades with total receipts near nineteen thousand. Hogs degrade as volumes undulate with light and mixed weights near four thirty to four seventy. Sheep and lambs show weakness with fat stores around four to five dollars and culls lower. Kansas City receipts include cattle mostly western grassers with steadiness in heavy steers and stockers, Texas stockers around four to five dollars, and sheep activity steady to strong with best grades firm.
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Kansas City
Kansas
City
Texas Stepra
Star Pointer Retires After Empire City Race Debacle
At Empire City trotting track a crowd watched Star Pointer, Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry in a three horse pace. Star Pointer won heat one and was distanced in heat three as Joe Patchen surged to victory and Star Pointer announced he would never race again.
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Pacer
Port Pe
Empire City
Star Papers
Star Pointer
Joe Patchen
John R. Gentry
Jon Patchen
Patchen
Rochester
Goshen
American Bankers Back Gold Standard at Cleveland
The American Bankers' Association adopted a unanimous resolution in support of the gold standard in Cleveland on September 7. The move elevates the monetary question above politics and aligns with Colonel Myron T. Herrick as a likely candidate for association president in 1901.
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Cleveland
American Bankers’ Association
Myron T. Herrick
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