Runaway Lumber Car Crashes into Passenger Coach
Vancouver Nov 10 A runaway lumber car on the British Columbia Electric Railroad interurban collided with a crowded passenger car. Fourteen killed including the freight motorman and conductor. Most passengers were workers en route to New Westminster shops. Many injured and unidentified. bodies barely recovered as timbers tore through the car. The crash occurred after the lumber car’s coupling broke three miles from the city and rolled downhill into the passenger train.
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British Columbia Electric Railroad Company
British Columbia Electric Co
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Train Tragedy Leaves Men Dead On Freight Car
Sixteen or more are killed or injured as a freight train accident leaves workers trapped beneath heavy timbers. The motorman and conductor are under arrest pending charges. Names of the dead include RH Lyons, T Farmer, T Bowes, J F Stevens, William Johnson, W Stevens, J H Crother, E Holland, Geo Thorburn, motor man 5 M Mitchell, A B Wilkinson, T Tuttle, Harry Dayton, F Pochin.
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T. Farmer
T. Bowes
J. F. Stevens
William Johnson
W. Stevens
J. H. Crother
E. Holland
Geo. Thorburn
Nine Lives Lost in Explosion at Nanticoke Colliery
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov 10. Nine men died after a fire and explosion at the Auchineless colliery of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company in Nanticoke near Wilkes-Barre yesterday afternoon.
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Wheat market roundup across Chicago Tacoma and Portland prices
Wheat markets report closing prices for December May and July at Chicago showing 103 7 8 1023 1 8 and 96 1 8. Tacoma lists Bluestem Club Red Russian with values 104 94. Portland tracks Track prices Club Bluestem 4 105 Red Russian 92 Turkey Red 93 fortyfold 86 Fife 93.
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Verdict for Mrs Gadsby in $260000 alienation suit
Portland jurors after nineteen hours deliberation awarded Mrs Beatrice Hill Gadsby 8000 in damages against her father in law William Gadsby in a suit claiming alienation of affections of her husband. The case from Portland involves prominent Hill and Gadsby families and follows a separation of Waller and Beatrice.
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William Gadsby
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Hill
Gadsby
Great Coats Offer Big Stock and Credit Deals
Great coats are great and the stock is large with long fellows to keep a man warm. They button under the chin and are all new with no leftovers from last year. A 1909 model is guaranteed, and the seller claims the largest stock south of Portland available on credit.
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Portland
Taft Noted For Resemblance To Grover Cleveland
Many who knew Cleveland in his prime say President Taft is growing to resemble him. In Texas, after meeting Captain Forsythe of the secret service, Taft joked about the likeness, and Forsythe replied that Taft also resembles Cleveland. Taft admitted he has frequently heard he bears a strong resemblance to Cleveland.
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Texas
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Taft Will Soon Give Out Many Fat Official Plums
President Taft spends the day in Richmond and plans to address the Laymen's Missionary Movement tomorrow in Washington. He faces a busy schedule with events in Middletown Connecticut New Haven and Norfolk Hampton Virginia on November 19 and 20. The scene in Washington shows many politicians awaiting patronage opportunities as plums from the patronage tree are distributed.
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Laymen’s Missionary Movement
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Hampton
Supreme Court
Starvation Strike Weakens Among I W W Prisoners in Spokane
In Spokane on November 10, seventeen I W W street speakers weakened after four to five days in city jail without food and surrendered the hunger strike. They were hospitalised for meals. Two said they would work and were sent to the rock pile amid jeers. More than a hundred prisoners still refuse prison fare. some have had no food since Friday night. Leaders were moved to the Franklin school building under guard due to jail crowding. Government allows detention in Fort George Wright guardhouse, but city has not used it yet.
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Franklin School
Fort George Wright
Ore wealth blocked out in Bohemia district strike
Cottage Grove Oregon November 9 A P Churchill president and manager of the President Mining Company reports nine thousand dollars of free milling ore blocked out in Montorica ridge Bohemia district. The ore returns five hundred thirty two dollars per ton and ranges three to three and a half feet in width. A cross cut will be driven this winter to tap the ore body three hundred feet below the current workings. S J Brand installed two stamp mills triple discharge on his Sweeps stake claim in Bohemia district. The mill began crushing today. the ore body is six feet wide.
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Shortage of Big Four funds grows larger
Cincinnati report traces the Big Four financial collapse to treasurer Warriner with shortages rising from 100000 to 643000 as officials consider moving offices to Chicago. A raid exposed Mrs Jeanette Stewart Ford who denies blackmail and blames a trusted woman friend for the notoriety while claiming a Portsmouth fortune.
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Warriner
Jeanette Stewart
Ford
Big Four
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Martin Timmons
Portsmouth
Ohio
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Gold Rich Ore Reserve for Winter Run
The width is rich in free gold. Mr. Brand has ore blocked out sufficient to sustain operations through the entire winter season.
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Brand
Louis Wagner Seeks Blue River Mining Prospects
Louis Wagner was a stage passenger this morning for the upper McKenzie and expressed interest in Blue River mining properties. He may look to acquire or partner on prospecting ventures along the region.
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Louis Wagner
Upper McKenzie
Blue River
Town Excited Over Murder of Miss Polley
Cairo Illinois November ten excitement over the murder of Annie Polley a country girl of unusual strength grips the town. Rumors of lynching grow as bloodhounds trail suspects to Green residence and four Negroes a woman named Green and three men are held. Evidence shows a fierce struggle and a gag used to stifle cries during the attack ending in her death.
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Ill
Annie Polley
William James
Miss Polley
Green
W. James
Arthur Alexander
Will Thomas
Circuit Court works on civil cases verdicts and judgments
The jury in A C Bohrnstedt Company v Easley returned a verdict for the defendants on a suit to recover money for a team of horses not as promised. Augusta Trayser v Millerd awarded plaintiffs 102.08 with interest and fees. Continental Life Ins vs Bingham dismissed without costs. O Leary v Blair dismissed without costs. Michaels & Co v Chrysler judgment for 278.15 plus costs. Williams estate v Maxwell et al called for trial with a jury selected. trial continued past late afternoon.
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Ralph
Frank Easley
Augusta Trayser Ve
Charles P. Millerd
Continental Life Insurance and Investment Company
Isaac H. Bingham
Mayhew Case Decided in Supreme Court Yesterday
In Salem Oregon Justice McBride affirmed Judge Harris in Charles Mayhew v City of Eugene. Mayhew, arrested for selling liquor under a Eugene city ordinance, challenged prior jeopardy pleas and a Eugene recorder's court conviction. The court upheld the city charter and ruled the present merits decisive without citing former opinions.
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University of Oregon
Lugene
Tippling Oe
Justice McBride
Supreme Court
L. T. Harris
Lane County
Charles Mayhew
Eugene
Mayhew
Governor Denies Reprieve for James Finch in Fisher Slaying
Advices from Salem report Governor Benson will not reprieve James Finch, murderer of Attorney Ralph B. Fisher. The U S Supreme Court refuses to interfere. Finch is to be hanged Friday.
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Ralph B. Fisher
Benson
Salem
United States Supreme Court
Finch
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