Two Steamer Collision Sparks 41 Deaths on Puget Sound
In a Puget Sound collision the steamer Jeannie struck the Dix amidships in calm waters. The Dix sank quickly with 41 missing and 39 rescued from the Jeannie. Survivors were brought to Seattle after dark and authorities began casualty reports.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Wash
Jeannie
Aska Coast Company
P. H. Mason
Dix
Alki Point Transportation Company
Pasengers
Port Blakeley
Smith Cove
Tacoma
Albert McCury
Pigott
C. Boyer
W. Boyer
Fred Boulet
Peter Buzzattie
Ralph Glark
Granger
Spokane
August Nelson
Imix
Blizzard Strikes Colorado Spreading into Texas Panhandle
Trinidad Col November 19 reports the worst blizzard of a decade raging across the area. Colorado and Southern railroad says the storm extends into the Texas panhandle. Santa Fe notes blizzard along its line reaching Kingsley Kan.
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Trinidad
Panhandle
Texas
Col
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Santa Fe
Kingsley
Kan
Crazed Mother Sets Fire After Son's Death
In Chicago on November 20 Mrs Stella Bowman, driven by grief over her 19 year old son's recent death, covered herself with gasoline and lit a match. She survived initial injuries but faces a life threatening condition as doctors describe her condition as desperate.
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Chicago
Stella Bowman
Killing Over Dice Dispute In Chicago
In a quarrel over 20 cents a man shot another in Chicago. Lyman Lawrence fatally wounded Frank Pryor. Pryor is aging. Lawrence was arrested. A separate line mentions Kaiser Wilhelm and mustaches.
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Chicago
Lyman Lawrence
Frank Pryor
Pryor
Lawrence
Roosevelt to Porto Rico After Colon Speech to Workmen
President Theodore Roosevelt spoke to canal employes in Colon after a horseback ride and dinner with Panama Railroad officials. He praised canal progress, thanked critics, and expressed interest in his son working on the project before boarding the Louisiana for Ponce Porto Rico at 10 PM. A Cristobal ball followed the reception.
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Colon
President Roosevelt
Ponce
Porto Rico
United States
Louisiana
Biers
Panama Railroad
Roosevelt
Pier No
Canal
Cristobal
Rixey
Latta
Secret Service
Canal Commission
Peary Party Almost Starved on Polar Return
A Sydney dispatch recounts Lieutenant Peary and his men near the pole facing extreme hunger. They ate fourteen dogs after food ran out, with 87.06 north latitude reached and a week long snowstorm scattering relief parties. Clarke went astray and was rescued after losing many dogs.
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New York
Sydney
N. S
Peary
North Pole
Greenland
Esquimaux
Roosevelt
Pole
Bartlett
Dr. Wolfe
R. G. Marcin
J. Clarke
M. Ryan
Clarke
Germany marks 25th anniversary of old age pensions
German press debates the 25 year old old age pension plan announced by the emperor and Bismarck. Socialists criticize adequacy while liberals and conservatives largely deem the laws beneficial. Over twenty years payouts reach 555.75 million for sickness 232.75 million for accidents and 13.5 million for old age.
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Germany
Prince Bismarck
Brigands massacre Greeks in Salonica district
Reports from Salonica describe brigand actions in the Kossiaco and Rammeli area with massacres of men women and children. A band is said to have killed 15 Greeks near Niacosta and displayed the mutilated bodies in that town.
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Athens
Salonica
Kossiaco
Rammeli
Niacosta
Global Dispatches Report From Week of 1906 Events
The Banking of Henderson Iowa was dynamited with about 3000 stolen. Congressman Gaines of Tennessee is ill in St. Louis. Sixteen miners in Constantine Algeria were rescued alive after a cave in. The Latah post office was robbed of stamps and money. Russia declined Hamburg American concessions. Mayor Dempsey testified before a grand jury about a $50,000 bribe claim. A German budget increase for war costs was introduced. The Sheridan transport heads to San Francisco for repairs. King Onso recalled to Madrid amid cabinet tensions. Lipton sails home to England. Melrose fuse works explosion causes extensive damage. A deadly packing plant duel in Chicago. Senator Platt not resigning. Crown Prince George of Servia rumored insane but not restrained. Hearst reports own campaign spending. Clyde boilermakers end strike with no gains.
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Henderson
Iowa
St. Louis
John W. Gaines
Tennessee
Constantine
Algeria
Ain- Smara
Latah
Ministry of Commerce
St. Petersburg
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Baltis
Cincinnati
Dempsey
Grand
Berlin
Reichstag
Africa
Sheridan
San Francisco
King
Onso
Madrid
Thomas Lipton
New York
England
Melrose Fuse
Melrose
Oakland
Cal
Chicago
Benjamin Jones
Samuel Route
Platt
Belgrade
Servia
George
Vienna
Albany
N. Y
William R. Hearst
Independent League
Democratic
Independence League
Democratic State Committee
London
Clyde Boilermakers
Standard Oil Denies Charge to Stockholders
Standard Oil directors issued a brief statement with the dividend, asserting honest and legal conduct and no cause for alarm. The board noted the matter is before a legal tribunal and said no reply would be given until the proper time and place.
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Standard Oil Company
Steamer James E. Davidson Rams Rice's Point Bridge
The James E. Davidson under Captain Albert Reed collided with the Northern Pacific bridge at Rice's point in Duluth harbor. The impact knocked out an abutment and displaced a 165 foot span into the water as steering gear failed at a critical moment.
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Duluth
Minn
James E. Davidson
Albert Reed
Tomlinson
Northern Pacific
Duluth-Superior
Rice’s Point
Canadian Steamers Ashore in Lake Superior Gale
In a two day gale on Lake Superior the Canadian steamer Theano under Captain George Pearson struck a rock four miles east of Thundercape and was wrecked. The American steamer Philip Minch and Canadian steamer Strathcona were blown ashore. the Philip Minch may be a total loss. All crew members are safe.
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Fort Williams
Ont
Lake Superior
Theano
George Pearson
Thundercape
Philip Minch
Strathcona
Scoreboard Roundup Saturday Gridiron Results
Washington state trip halted by washouts as teams across the nation posted scores. Michigan crushed by Pennsylvanias 17 to 0, Harvard routed Dartmouth 22 to 9, Yale held Princeton to a scoreless tie, and Illinois fell 63 to 0 to Chicago. Carlisle beat Minnesota 17 to 0 and Nebraska edged by Kansas 8 to 6.
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Iowa City
Iowa University
Alumni
Cornell
Swarthmore
Oberlin
Western Reserve
Amherst
Williams
Brown
Vermont
Philadelphia
Michigan
Wolverines
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Crimson
New Hampshire
Princeton
N. J
Yale
Yale Warriors
Pullman
Wash
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club
S. C
Walla Walla
Whitman-Idaho
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Chicago
University of Chicago
Illinois
Minneapolis
Carlisle Indians
Pride
Minnesota
Princeton Yale gun team wins intercollegiate championship
Yale takes the intercollegiate championship with 200 points followed by Princeton 197 and Pennsylvania 194 in a tight team event. Separate boxing notes report George Memsic stopping Charley Neary in Los Angeles in the second round at the Pacific Athletic club.
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Princeton
Yale
Pennsylvania
Harvard
George Memsic
Charley Neary
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Pacific Athletic Club
Fernie Strike Ends as Mitchell Orders Return to Work
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, telegrams from Minneapolis that an agreement by Burke is recognized and Fernie strikers must resume work. About a quarter of Fernie locals opposed the settlement, while roughly half accepted Burke’s terms and returned to mining. The strike’s end follows Mitchell’s instruction, signaling a broad restoration of production.
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John Mitchell
Fernie
B. C
United Mine Workers of America
Minneapolis
Burke
International Union
Michel
Mr. Burke
Messrs
Sherman and
Patterson
Mitchell
Attractions at Spokane Theater for December Month
The Spokane theater announces a December schedule with acts including James O'Neil in Monte Cristo on November 20 21, Gans Nelson fight Puccures November 22 24, Riverta Gallatin in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall November 27 28, Maxine Elliott in Her Great Match November 29, John Griffith in Richard the Third November 30 December 1, Florence Roberts in The Strength of the Weak December 3 5, Sis Hopkins December 7 8, Max Figman in The Man on the Box December 13 14 16, Peggy From Paris December 16 18, The Juvenile Boston ians December 20, Kerry Gow December 21 22, Stewart Opera company December 23, and The Yankee Consul December 30.
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Spokane
James O’neil
Florence Roberts
Train Runs Away Kills Ladd on Colorado Rail Line
Leadville Colorado, November 21. Conductor Frank Ladd is dead and Brakeman Burnside is fatally hurt after an Alpine branch accident on the Colorado and Southern railroad. Society would be safer if Pittsburg millionaires wore muzzles.
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Leadville
Colo
Frank Ladd
Burnside
Alpine
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Pittsburg
Northwest News: Accidents, Trades, and Local Wins
Snow appears in Spokane marking the season as a string of incidents and local notes unfold. From cattle sales in Douglas county to a nine mile bridge accident, and courthouse bid delays, the region reports on crime, weather, and business shifts.
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Spokane
Pacific Coast
Ad Men’s League
Douglas County
State Land Ranch
Leahy
Kirby Bros
Nez Perce
Idaho
Schultz & Mockler
Trinidad
St. Paul
Lincoln County
Nine Mile Bridge
Tacoma
Maud Creffield
Esther
George
Creffield
Joshua
Erwin & Rosencrans
Prescott
Oregon
M. M. Foote
Chelan
Lake Chelan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pauls
Lind
Horse Heaven Wheat Country
Garfield
Fairfield
Western Mercantile Company of
Sprague
L. C. Fisher & Co. Hardware and Implement
J. B. Holt
Whitman County Fruit Inspector
Whitman County
Montana items recount riots and military postings
A vandalism outbreak in Judith Basin endangers sheep, while the Sixth Infantry arrives in Missoula and relocates units across Fort Missoula Fort Harrison and Fort Lincoln. Train wrecks near Deborgia cause cattle losses and a man shot in Billings prompts legal action. A mine blast injures James J. Conroy, a wrongful death suit starts in Billings, and county burials for the indigent are set at specific fees.
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Judith Basin
Sixth Infantry
Philippine Islands
Missoula
Seventh Infantry
Fort Wayne
Mich
Fort Missoula
Fort Harrison
Helena
Fort Lincoln
North Dakota
Northern Pacific
Deborgia
C. S. Smith
Billings
Daniel F. Watts
Watts
Oscar Colburn
James J. Conroy
West Colusa
Stit
Sam Kardouski
George Halpin
Butte
Alex Beshon
Dillon
Floods and fires darken Idaho as losses mount
The Coeur d'Alene region endures historic flooding with damage estimated at least 125000 dollars. In Wallace William Hanna receives a 10 year term for assaulting Sheriff Sutherland. Potlatch man Adolph Frisk dies from a falling tree. For
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Coeur d’Alenes
Wallace
Placer Creek
William Hanna
Sutherland
Thomas Ward
Star
Adolph Frisk
Potlatch
Troy
Clearwater
Robert Fiddler
Jack Allison
Sweet
Fred Brownlee
Allison
Harry Helmid
Hailey
Arthur W. McCoy
Herbert Foster
Foster
The
Ideals
August Stensger
Highland Valley
Ada County
Louis Yauring
Simmons
Kooskia
Northern Pacific
Oregon squibs and state notes from Portland
The Oregon Bar Association met in Portland. Baker City suffers from dog poisoners affecting owners and dogs. The Pendleton courthouse sold 480 acres at public auction for 24000 to Joseph Hanscomb from the Thompson estate. B Beers of Independence, 71, is noted as Oregon’s oldest living pioneer. The Dalles–Pendleton peninsular tunnel project reaches about half completion at 720 feet.
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Oregon Bar Association
Portland
Baker City
Peninsula
Dalles
B. Beers
Independence
Oregon
Horn
Pendleton
Joseph Hanscomb
Figg Thompson
Walla Walla
Robbery Gang Sparks Fire to Hide Bank Heist in Walker
In Walker Mo robbers set fires destroying six business buildings to conceal a bank theft of two to three thousand dollars. A week earlier the same gang dynamited the bank safe, taking about two thousand dollars, forcing officials to move the safe to a neighboring store. The gang, likely the same group, then returned to loot the building’s safe before fleeing.
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Walker, Mo
Walker
Bank of Walker
Anarchist Kills Learned Man in Naples
An Italian anarchist named Lagan who had recently returned from Paterson New Jersey stabbed and killed Giovanni Rossi a renowned zoologist from the University of Naples after Rossi condemned anarchist propaganda in a lecture. Lagan boasted of the deed saying he would pursue other enemies of anarchy if freed.
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Naples
Italy
Nam Lagan
Paterson
N. J
Giovanni Rossi
University of Naples
Ne Si
Lagan
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T. C. Ford
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Frank McQuerns
C. J. Kenney
Fort Worden
John Keating
Parker
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A. Webster
Belair
Martin Hansen
Caulker
William Mayers
Albert McDonald
Swen Swanson
William Bracefield
Peter Larsen
Roland Price
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Kaiser Wilhelm
News OF the World
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Standard Oil
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Eugene
Denver
Colorado College
State School of Mines
University of Virginia
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Topeka
Washburn
St. Mary's
Sporting Notes
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News OF Northwest
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Washington Notes
State Land Register
John P. Schmit
State Treasury
Schmit
Idaho News
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