Southern Pacific Railway Company Statistics Report
The Southern Pacific system’s year ending June 30 shows passenger revenue 13 853 860 freight 29 020 926 total passenger and freight earnings 44 350 682 other sources raise group earnings to 45 061 660. Expenses total 27 459 389 with 60 89 percent of earnings consumed. 22 527 employees earned 17 252 728, gross operation 50 175 971 with net income 19 675 052. California casualties for the year: 14 employees killed 143 injured. 10 passengers killed 64 injured. others bring total killed 75 injured 91.
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Southern Pacific Co
Pacific
Prize Fighters Proposed for Football Team Lineup
A satirical list suggests prizefighters as a football team with players Mather Bob Armstrong Rublin Dankhorst Jeffries Sharkey Choyneki Tommy Ryan Corbett McCoy Fitzsimmons in roles from left end to full back. The piece questions who would referee a decision against such a line and imagines the chaos of a concerted rush.
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Mather
Bob Armstrong
Rublin
Dankhorst
Jeffries
Sharkey
Choyneki
Tommy Ryan
Corbett
McCoy
Fitzsimmons
Ideal Paper for New York Philosophy
A manifesto asserts a newspaper must tell the truth print all the news and resist advertiser influence. It proclaims limitless enterprise without fear and a duty to lead public opinion in the city of New York.
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Wall Street
Parkhurst
New York
Deep ocean depth near Columbia River mouth described
The ocean survey steamer Pathfinder reported depths over 15,000 feet in 45 N 146 W, about 1400 miles west of the Columbia mouth. Nearby Three Sisters peaks in the Cascade rise about 5000 feet, a stacked-summit view presented as a hypothetical oceanic height comparison.
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Columbia River
Ocean Survey
Pathfinder
Columbia
Three Sisters
Eugene
Cascade Mountains
Pacific
German Emperor’s Address Sparks Mockery by Reporters
The article ridicules Emperor William for claiming his motto Germans to the front and swearing obedience while referring to troops in China. It suggests the emperor sees himself as the entire team and questions whether the soldiers fought for country or for him.
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William
China
Diplomacy and the galapagos naval station tale
The United States sought a Galapagos naval base and coaling station through Ecuador, but Ecuador refused yet the U S still gained leverage. The episode shows how nations pursue aims beyond direct force and hints at broader naval power implications near the Panama Canal.
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United States
Ecuador
Galapsjos Islands
Panama Canal
Just as He Left Them Toys Linger on Floor
A Chicago Times Herald verse laments the scene of a child’s playthings left scattered after departure. Frayed items include a broken chair a jumping pig a whistling ball and a fanny looking Chinese doll among other toys. The speaker expresses weariness at picking them up.
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Billy Gost
Thia
Chicago Times Herald
Literary women marry younger men becomes habit says Chicago American
The Chicago American notes a rising trend of older women marrying younger men. It cites Lady Randolph Churchill Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett and Mrs Langtry as examples and warns that a forty year old choosing a younger spouse is her own affair.
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Chicago American
Randolph Churchill
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mre Langtry
Miss Wilkins
Mre Cruger
Senator Joe Simon Seeks Corbett Support in Oregon
Salem Journal reports Hon Joe Simon of Portland in town Tuesday endorsing Henry W Corbett for senator. Simon predicts Corbett will be elected and notes Corbett’s final term as a Republican leader trusted by the people of Oregon. Simon says he will risk his own re election prospects on the outcome.
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Salem
Pinland Manufacturers’ Assn considers own whisky production
A circular from the Pinland Manufacturers’ Association prompts dissent over home production of whisky. The text argues it would not worsen sin compared with funding churches, noting some churches were built with funds from whisky sales.
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Pinland Manufacturers’ Association
Turkey Withholds Residency for Harpoot Consul Norton
Turkey refuses to grant Norton a residence permit as consul to Harpoot citing false reports of Turkish massacres against Christians. Norton, a missionary on the ground, will depart, while the battleship Kentucky heads to Smyrna, making sultan likely to drop revenge plans against the envoy.
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Turkey
Norton
Harpoot
Christiane
Coreas
Kentucky
Smyrna
Lord Roberts Seeks Twenty Thousand More Troops
Lord Roberts seeks twenty thousand additional men to assist in subduing the Boers. England possesses the resources to wage the war, yet the Boers resist British plans and complicate the campaign in the Transvaal.
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Lord Roberts
England
Kboers
Transvaal
Double Tragedy in Jacksonville as man kills fiancé then himself
In Jacksonville Oregon, November 25, GW Taylor shot and killed J Harden Brook then killed himself. Taylor had lived near Drain, Douglas County, for two years and arrived with his family two weeks ago. His wife's sister, Miss Sarah L Beeson of Shubel, had accompanied them. Harden Brook had been courting her. It is believed they were engaged, and Taylor objected to the marriage before the tragedy.
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Jacksonville
UW W Taylor
J Hardenbrook
GW Taylor
Drain
Douglas County
Tie
Sarah L. Beeson
Shubel
Clackamas County
Hardenbrook
Taylor
Safety in Plumpness and Cod Liver Oil Aid
An advertisement urges readers to gain and maintain weight through Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil. It touts the product as food, digestion helper, and nutrition booster for men women and children, highlighting seasonal health awareness and mail order offer from Scott & Bowne at Pearl Street New York.
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Wenn Chen
Dredneht Resulutor Co
Atlanta, Ga
Scott
Siuslaw Salmon Hatchery Receives 1.25 Million Eggs
Fish Commissioner Reed returned from Washington with about 1,250,000 salmon eggs from the Little White Salmon hatchery. The eggs will be moved from Yaquina to the Siuslaw hatchery in Southern Oregon, boosting output toward 2,000,000 fry after under stocking.
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Portland
Reed
Washington
Siuslaw Hatchery
Oregon
Yaquina
Little Salmon
Desert Oil Wealth Shifts Oregon's Desert Land Fortune
Deseret wealth in oil fuels Oregon speculation as Markham reports California oil boom. Southern Pacific and Santa Fe switch locomotives to oil, households using it, and wildcat investments surge. About 100 barrels per day per well at 70 cents a barrel, with one well per acre. Oil deemed suitable only for fuel or lubrication, not refinement.
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Oregonian
Markham
Southern Pacific
California
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Telephone man eludes mistake in ferry receipt
Albany Democrat reports J E McGilvrey, a renowned telephone man, crossed the Corvallia ferry with an es rig for Shedd. The ferryman signed the receipt as a voucher without reading. Believing he had signed away his fortune, another man hastened to pursue McGilvrey, prompting a frantic chase before the matter was cleared and the ferryman returned home, out several dollars.
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Albany
Democrat
J E McGilvrey
Corvallia
Shedd
McGilvrey
Corvallis
MecGillvrey
McGiilvrey
Harrisburg
Supreme Court Actions and Oregon School Bible Opinion
Fredericka Rostein v Jacob R Park overruled petition for re hearing. Douglas county markets 20,000 turkeys annually. Pat Tyoan bachelor issue noted. Chas Nickell published contrary. Oregon Attorney General D K N Blackburn states Bible may be read in public schools.
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Supreme Court
Fredericka Rostein
Jacob R Park
Douglas County
Pat Tyoan
Chas Nickell
D KN Blackbuurn
Oregon
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