Various National and Regional Updates of Broad Interest
Forestry patrols report a promising season while Pacific States Telephone raises wages for Portland workers. The French premier and czar discuss a mutual protective alliance. Seven trans Atlantic steamers arrive in New York with 9287 passengers. Spokane freight workers win wage raises after a four day strike. Railroad stocks rise on good crop prospects. Siam and Burma rice prices hit record highs. The bull moose party gains momentum. At the New York chemistry conference speakers will be recorded on phonograph cylinders. Congress funds Crater Lake park and access roads. A Colorado outlaw is captured by a woman rancher after eluding posse. Nevada floods disrupt traffic. Americans flee Northern Mexico amid industrial decline. Captain E W Bixby, river pilot instructor of Mark Twain, dies. Infantile paralysis deaths rise in Los Angeles. playgrounds close. Plagues sweep Amoy China. San Joaquin farmers thresh a record barley crop. Mt Hood rivals Eagle Cap in Eastern Oregon. Steamer F A Kilburn catches fire off California coast. crew rescues her after two hours.
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Colorado
Guggenheim
Devine
Angel Archie
Colorado Anso
A. M. Stevenson
Big Steve
Michigan
Pollow
Roosevelt
Dixon
Beveridge
William R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Magnolia
Miss
Keveridge
Colonel Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Ihs
Minnesota
Washington
Massachusetts
Ohio
West Virginia
Kansas
Virginia
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Mr. Woodruff
Mrs. Roosevelt
Society Burglar Guthrie Netted Wide Wealth by Crime
Chicago detective board cites Jacob F. Guthrie as a society burglar and forger who amassed over half a million dollars in six months. He admits stealing for pleasure, kept valued items while much remained unaccounted, and his crimes focused on wealthy homes during owners' summers. Authorities note his lack of profit motive beyond artful collection.
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Chicago
Jacob F. Guthrie
Guthrie
John Halpin
Market Price Report For Wheat Track And Farm Staples
The list shows prices for wheat track, millstuffs, hay, corn, oats, eggs, butter, pork, veal, poultry, fresh fruits and melons, potatoes, vegetables, hops, wool, cattle, hogs, and sheep. Prices include New and old wheat 80 cents, bran 25.50 per ton, shorts 28.50, middlings 32, Timothy hay 14 15, alfalfa 11 12, oats 12, corn whole 39 cracked 40, eggs 23 to 27 cents per dozen, butter Oregon creamery various, pork 104 11, veal 134 14, poultry hens 138 18, broilers 15 16 4, ducks 12, geese 10 1, turkeys live 18 20, dressed 24 25, fruits and berries with multiple priced items, melons per crate, potatoes 60 75 per hundred, vegetables with many items and prices, hops nominal, wool prices by region, cattle and hogs ranges, sheep specifics.
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Oregon
Burbanks
Danish Americans Propose 400 Acre National Park in Jutland
At Marseilasborg castle King Christian receives the Danish American Association committee. Maurice, the American minister, reads a Taft message announcing a Danish American national park near Aalborg. The park would be public and dedicated to the Danish government.
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Aarhurs
Denmark
Christian
Marseilasborg
Jutland
Maurice
Taft
Aalborg
Mexican government aims to crush Orozco rebels by week end
Mexico City, urged by General Sanjinaz and General Puerta, plans an energetic campaign against Pascual Orozco’s rebellion near Sonora. Officials expect Orozco to seek hiding places or amnesty as desertions rise and fighters tire of unpaid wages.
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Mexico City
Sanjinaz
Sonora
Puerta
Baculimba
Pascual Orozco
Orozco
Congress approves martial law measure for rebel states
The permanent committee approves a bill suspending guarantees in three states and parts of others for army use. The measure, mainly martial law, applies to areas where rebels harass, but it becomes effective only after article by article approval.
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Mexico City
Permanent Committee of Congress
Mount Ashland Summit Hikes Attract 80 SISKIYOU Club Members
In Ashland Oregon more than 80 members of the Siskiyou club reached the summit of Mount Ashland on Sunday enjoying panoramic scenery. The oldest hiker to succeed was W.H. Smith, aged 81.
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Ashland
Siskiyou Club
Mount Ashland
Oregon
W.H. Smith
Birth of Party Like Love Feast at National Progressive Meet
The first session of the National Progressive convention in Chicago honored Theodore Roosevelt with a largely orderly start. Delegates filled the Coliseum, Beveridge served as temporary chair, and Roosevelt appeared later amid cheers with Mrs. Roosevelt in a boxed seating area.
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Chicago
New Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
National Committee
Grand Army
Senator Dixon
Beveridge
Taft
Indiana
James
Garfield
Ohio
Roosevelt
Rebels Advance Into Ladura After Battle at Sehueripa
Advices report Orozco forces defeating government troops under Generals Sanjines and Velasco at Sehueripa and pushing toward Ladura Sonora. Rebels fired on Ladura defended by 25 to 30 federals. Railroad agent hid at the station and planned to stay. Rebels cut telegraph between Ladura and Mina Sonora.
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Tucson
Ariz
Orozco
Sanjines
Velasco
Sehueripa
Ladura
Sonora
Mina
Lawyer Fultz Says Big League Players Weigh Union Moves
New York lawyer David Fultz, a former outfielder for the New York Americans and the Philadelphia Americans, disclosed that activity toward forming a union of major league players is underway. He reported National League clubs met at his office last Sunday and American League players met secretly in New York two weeks earlier, with all sixteen major league clubs represented.
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New York
David Fultz
New York Americans
Philadelphia Americans
Salmon trolling industry grows off Astoria with offshore boats
In Astoria Oregon a new salmon trolling industry is forming as boats are rigged to fish offshore near the lightship. The plan aims to avoid river state fishery laws by operating outside the river closed season.
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Astoria
Frontier Fighting Lashes Montenegro and Turkey
On the Montenegrin frontier, clashes persisted as Turkish troops crossed the line but withdrew after Montenegrin artillery opened fire. Troops were ordered to retire to a defensive stance amid growing alarm and feared complications.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Forestry Patrol
Pacific States Telephone Company
Portland
Russia
trans-Atlantic
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Siam
Burmah
New Republican Party
Bull Moose
Applied Chemistry
New York City
House
Senate
Congress
Crater Lake National Park
Nevada
Mexico
E. W. Bixby
Mark Twain
Los Angeles
Amoy
China
San Joaquin County
Cal
Mt. Hood
Eagle Cap
F. A. Kilburn
California
King Christian
Pallplayers
RIFTY
Salem
Frank Meredith
Salem, Oregon
Greeves
Independence, Oregon
Merkel Pope
Clover Leaf Dairy
Grant McLaughlin
Independence Shoe Shop
O. Floyd
Polk County
Main Street
Independence, Ore
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