Fire destroys Grande Ronde Cash Company warehouse in blaze
A midnight fire destroyed four adjacent buildings including the Grande Ronde Cash Company warehouse and Fowler’s warehouse. Residents saved homes with garden hoses as a coal oil tank near the hay shed posed explosion risk. Estimated total loss about twelve thousand dollars. investigators speculate a spark from a switch engine as a possible cause.
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Grande Ronde Cash Company
la Grands
Round House
Anggugaatim
G. E. Fowler Ware
Anon
Lewis ‘Brothers
Charles Merchusant
Mr. Smith
Lewis Brothers
G.R. G. Company
Coolidge
Lewis
Prous Lewis
G. R. C. Company
Siler to Referee Gans Nelson Fight in Goldfield
Goldfield announces Siler will referee the Gans Nelson bout for 500 dollars on expenses. The work began today and will finish in several days. The committee plans for visitor arrangements and a Labor Day parade with local cooperation. Gans is in training and in fine shape.
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Scripps News Association
Goldfield
Siler
Gans- Nelson
Gans
Lynchers Used as Promoted by Georgia Newspaper
A Georgia paper the Evening News praises lynching and urges readers to seize alleged criminals. Editor Colonel English lauds Southern patriots and hints at upcoming actions as Governor reacts to recent mob violence.
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Scripps News Association
Atlantic Ga
The
Evening News
Colonel English
Alanta
South Gaerlina
Georgia
Caroline
Quarter Payment Doubtful in Milwaukee Forger Loss
Springfield examiner reports Milwaukee Avenue theft loss exceeds a million dollars due to forged papers. A single quarterly payment to depositors is questioned as doubtful amid the fraud findings.
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Scripps News Association
Springfield
Jsl
Examiner Jones
Milwaukee Avenue
Massive Valparaiso Earthquake Destruction Reported
Telegraph reports from London Berlin and New York describe Valparaiso engulfed in flames after yesterday's quake. Offices wrecked, buildings collapsed, widespread destruction across Almendral to Bellavista Streets with many killed and looting halted by troops.
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Berlin
Valparais
Almendral
Bellavista
New York
Taona
Valparaiso
Chili
Andes
Mutineers Executed and Assassination Try Reported
Warsaw and St. Petersburg dispatches describe an assassination attempt on the Warsaw governor and the execution of eighteen mutineers. Reports also note peasant upheaval in Astrakhan province with land seizure and proprietor ousters, met by troops.
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St. Petersburg
Astrakan
Fire Sweeps Block in Portland Destruction Spreads
Fire of unknown origin started in Lewis bakery in Portland Oregon and swept a large block between Burnside Couch Fourth and Fifth Streets destroying thirteen frame buildings. Nineteen horses and four dogs burned, guests escaped panic at the Guinby hotel four story frame building partially gutted. About 150 people endangered by the flames and narrow escapes.
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Scripps News Association
Portland
Ore
Lewis Bakery
Burnside
Couch
Fourth
Fifth
Guinby
Beckwith Caught in Woodland After Distributors Cashier Default
Beckwith, the defaulting cashier of California Fruit Distributors, was captured last night in Woodland and jailed in Sacramento. He refused to speak beyond stating he did not know the association was short.
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Scripps News Association
Sacramento
Gali
Beckwith
California Fruit Distributors
Woodland
Campaign to defeat Littlefield in Second District race
Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell launch a vigorous campaign to unseat Republican Congressman Charles E. Littlefield. They tour Bath Livermore Falls Rumford Falls and Rockland delivering speeches denouncing Littlefield as anti labor.
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Scrippa News Association
Bath
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Charles E. Littlefield
Gompers
Littlefield
Organized Labor
Livermore Falls
Rumford Falls
Rockland
Reception for Sailors in Rockport Mass
Rockport Massachusetts hosts Admiral Evans fleet sailors on shore leave with a city welcome. Citizens contribute generously to a large reception with wine and dine, and a morning parade left a favorable impression.
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Scripps News Association
Rockort
Mass
Admiral Evans
Rockport
Stratford Shoal Cruising Race At Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
The Stratford Shoal cruising race will be sailed this afternoon under the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club auspices. The large number of entries and the quality of craft promise an unusually interesting event with a principal prize being a trophy.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Stratford Shoal
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
Wreck on S L C on Barrats siding injures crew
Salt Lake August 18 Passenger train number 10 from Butte to Salt Lake on the 0 5S L ran into an open switch on Barrats siding in Montana this morning. The flying passenger struck a freight and killed Conductor Shewalt who was on the fright, Engineer Fosse and Fireman Sappington were seriously injured. None of the passengers are hurt seriously.
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Scripps News Association
Salt Lake
Butte
Barrats Siding
Montena
Shewalt
Fosse
Sappington
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Vergere
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London
Pacific Steamship Company
West
Duval and Company
Valparariso
Hamburg
Banco DeChilly
Iquique
Santiago
Chil
Scripps News Ansociation
Warsaw
0. S.L
Newlin UG CO
la Grane
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