Drunken Salem Pastor Kills Wife Then Slashes Self
In Salem Oregon a 37 year old pastor Silas Timmons killed his 19 year old wife with a razor in a rooming house and then cut his own throat. He survived and is hospitalized. The couple had moved from Portland about five weeks ago and the girl had warned the landlady that her husband threatened her with a knife the prior Tuesday night.
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Salem
Ore
Silas Timmons
Timmons
Portland
Grain Elevators Burn Threatens Hungarian Flour Mill
Denver, Oct. 21. The grain elevator of the Hungarian flour mill burned today causing about half a million dollars of damage. Police seek three suspects seen near the engine room minutes before the blaze. Four hundred thousand bushels of wheat were destroyed.
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Denver
Murderer Sought in Portland Jeweler Slaying
Portland the police report no clew to the killer of Harry Butterworth a St John jeweler shot at his front door last night as he returned home His wounds showed the killer stood close by and fired then fled the scene with the victim dying without a word on the doorstep
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Portland
Harry Butterworth
St. John
Miner Dies of Starvation in Inyo Desert
B T Pratt, 69, a miner, perished thirty miles from any settlement in the Inyo county desert. G W Lewis and H E B Shankland report Pratt’s notebook recounting his July 28 departure from Grapevine California and his final confession of drinking no water and being unable to walk.
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Los Angeles
B. T. Pratt
Inyo County
G. W. Lewis
H. E B. Shankland
Argus Mountains
Pratt
Grapevin
Southern Pacific to retire preferred stock for large savings
New York October twenty one official announcement states Southern Pacific will retire preferred stock amounting to 94 BAA HOR. Management projects savings of about 1.5 million dollars yearly. Method of retirement undecided. Issued in 1904 with 7 percent cumulative dividends. callable at 115 until July 1910. convertible into common at par at holder option.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Bryan accuses Vanderbilt officials of wage coercion
In Mt Vernon Ohio on Oct 21 Bryan charged Vanderbilt railroad managers Van Winkle Schaff and Ingalls with coercion and intimidation of employees to threaten wage cuts if he is elected. He tied the issue to Taft and the panic, promising more speeches in Ohio and departures for West Virginia.
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Mt Vernon
Vanderbilt Railroad
Bryan
van Winkle
Schaff
Ingalle
Belfontaine
Taft
Panio
Ingalls
Charlee Taft
New York
West Virginia
Mrayland
New Jersey
Ohio
Rectograph Installed In County Auditor Office
In Walla Walla on Oct 20 the Dean McLean Abstract company sets up a rectograph to photograph county records for abstracts. The unit cost several hundred dollars and will speed copying with a large readable photograph of each page.
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Walla Walla
Dean-McLean Abstract Company
Oakland Gas employee gravely beaten and wounded in night attack
Frederick Kauffman, a Oakland Gas company worker, lay unconscious with severe head injuries and a throat wound after robbers attacked him in the dark. The incident occurred overnight in San Francisco, leaving his prognosis grim.
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San Francisco
Frederick Kauffman
Oakland Gas Company
Nooksack Presbyterians Sell to Methodists
In Bellingham on October 21 the Presbyterians of Nooksack left the church after failing to raise 675 dollars for debt and pastor salaries. The property was purchased by Methodists who plan to use it for worship.
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Bellingham
Nooksack
Fatal Tenement Fire Kills Three in New York
A large tenement fire in New York City today killed three residents and injured several as tenants attempted to escape via crowded fire escapes. The blaze started in the rear and propagated up an air shaft, trapping occupants while flames roared through the building. authorities suspect incendiarism. Firemen rescued many women and children who faced the choice of leaping to safety or burning.
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New York
Wallep
Patrol beach in search of ex solon on lost party
Marshfield Oregon October 21 patrols scour Curry county beach for Ri Dg Hume a wealthy canneryman and former legislator and two companions who were aboard two gasoline schooners wrecked on Gold Beach during Monday's storm brief messages indicated severe damage and unknown fate of the three men
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Marshfield
Ore
Curry County
Ri Dg Hume
Gold Beach
Labor Federation Convention Opens in Denver in November
Denver October 21 The American Federation of Labor plans its annual convention starting November 9 in Denver. The meeting follows the national election and Gomper s stance toward Bryan is seen as a crucial test of labor influence. If results disappoint many members may push to curb political involvement next month.
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Denver
Cal
American Federation of Labor
Gompera
Bryan
Samuel Gompers
Ohio Masons Celebrate Centennial in Cincinnati Parade
Cincinnati hosts the centennial of the Ohio Grand Lodge with 10 000 Masons in a parade aided by bands and banners. About 75 000 Masons exist in the state and many have arrived for the three day observance featuring elaborate exercises and speeches at Music Hall.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Grand Lodge
Buckeye
Music Hall
Mississippi River Commission Inspects St. Louis to New Orleans
The Mississippi River commission began an inspection voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans aboard the government steamer Mississippia. Public hearings on river improvements will be held at several stops along the route.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Misssissippi River Commission
Four men die in New Yorke shipyard fire
Four men were burned to death when the steamer New Yorke caught fire during repairs at the Newburg shipyards. An explosion is believed to have caused the blaze which trapped them below deck as the wooden craft burned rapidly.
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Newburg
N. Y
Wittty
Five Die In Hidden Dynamite Blast At Culebra Cut
A cable dispatch from Colon Panama reports five men were killed when a hidden dynamite charge was struck by a steam shovel at Culebra Cut New Orleans Oct 2. Victims’ bodies were blown apart and scattered over a half mile.
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New Orleans
Culebra
Colon
Panama
The Best Moving Pictures At Time Of Silver
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Taft To Invade Indiana In Woeful State Race
Taft plans a three day push into Indiana backed by Beveridge and Banks as Republicans seek to sway labor voters away from Debs. Analysts doubt which way Hoosier electors will tilt as Taft aims to restore confidence among independents, while some labor supporters split or stay undecided.
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Beveridge
Patrbanks
Indiana
Ulv
Bryan
Tadiana
Taft
Chicago
Taft Responsible. During the Next Three Days Mr. Taft
Cloudburst in Oklahoma Costs Many Lives
Shawnee Oklahoma reports at least 100 feared dead after a cloudburst and flood west of the city last night. Communications are down as wires fail and bridges are destroyed. farmers fled to treetops seeking safety amid rising waters.
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Shawnee
Okla
Here
Pertinent Beat Movements In Ue On Could At Too
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