Islander Sinks After Iceberg Collision Off Douglas Island
Victoria reports the Alaska steamship Islander struck an iceberg near Douglas Island at 2 am, 60 aboard feared lost with 55 to 60 souls on board. Captain Foote stayed at the bridge and went down with the ship. survivors describe the chaotic sinking as lifeboats crowded and boats broke free amid thick fog and misfortune. The vessel carried gold and passengers from Skagway to Victoria. lists of the dead and missing vary as officials compile final tallies.
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Victoria
B. C
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Douglas Iland
Foote
Skagway
Rosas
Govrnor James A. Roas
Yukon Territory
John Duncan
W. G. Preston
Bride
Seattle
F. Mills
J. C. Henderson
W. H. Keating
Los Angeles
Cal
J. W. Douglas
Vancouver
Phillips
Bell
Nickerson
W. Smith
J. A. Blethen
J. L. Wilcox
George Allen
Horace Smith
J. Pitts
Buckholder
Burte
Kendall
Joe Beard
G. Miller
N. L. Law
M. P. Jock
Porter m
Moran
G. Hinde-Bowker
British American Corporation of London
Machtin
H. H. Part
Klondike
le Blanc
Warralion
George McL. Brown
Canadian Pacific
Treadwell
Simpson
Lablonde
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Captain Foote
H. Smith
J. Pitt
P. Buckholder
George Miller
Hugh Porter
M. Folk
W. J. Smith
P. Burke
H. P. Burke
H. Porter
Nell Folk
Tantallon Point
Takuarm
Cattle Shooters Threaten Violence In Pine Creek Range
In Pine Ore a report states seven cattle were shot to death on East Pine Creek after cattle damaged a sheep camp. Cattle owners vow revenge, with tension rising between cattle and sheep herders over range encroachment and long standing clashes.
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Baker City
Ore
Pine
East Pine Creek
Tacoma Man Shot By Footpads On Way Home
Charles Berg a single man was fatally wounded by two highwaymen near Tacoma Washington as he tried to reach his home after a stop near the reservation. Berg starting to run when the men commanded him to throw up his hands and they fired striking him in the lower body.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Berg
Berg
Kruger Opposed But Hints at Privateering Recourse
Brussels August 20 The Petit Bleu reports Mr Kruger has rejected privateering proposals but reserves the right to pursue corsairs if British forces capture Boer prisoners after September 15. Promoters plan to ignore his refusal and push ahead with the plan.
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Brussels
Petit Bleu
Kruger
Columbus Theater Sold in Sheriff Sale for 250000
The Great Southern hotel and theater building in Columbus Ohio was sold at sheriff's sale today for 250000. The property had been in receivers' hands for some time.
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Columbus
Ohio
Great Southern
Striking Steel Workers Face New Breaker Arrival
A列 strike breakers from the south reach Monessen early Sunday, one of several moves by United States Steel to run nonunion mills. Bayview workers vote to strike after a long meeting, while Painter plant gains expand to four mills in operation. Chicago and South Chicago reports note Amalgamated members quitting to join the strike, signaling broad tension across the steel industry.
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Pittsburg
Monessen l
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie
Monessen
Duquesne
Steel Corporation
Painter
Chicago
Tighe
Ben I. Davis
Amalgamated Association
America
Milwaukee
Bayview
Shaffer
Michael J. Tighe
W. C. Davis
South Chicago
Fourth District
Joseph Redfern
Bayview Lodge
Reiss
Ilinois Steel Company
Illinois Steel Company
C. L. Harper
Clark
Brown
Illinois Steel Works
South
Attempted murder by infernal machine at sheriff’s home
In Chicago on August 19 an infernal device sent via a prepaid candy bucket to Sheriff Eugene Ackerman in Carmi Illinois was thwarted by his wife who removed screws and lids preventing detonation. Four sticks of dynamite with matches and wires were found inside after the second lid was opened. visitors were present. Evanville authorities were informed and a county board meeting was convened to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ackerman
Carmi
The
Chronicle
Eugene Ackerman
Evansville
Ind
Evanaville
County Board of Supervisors
Famine in Russia Warns of Worsening Hunger
London dispatch reports Russia on the eve of another famine with nearly a third of European Russia provinces declared insufficient or below average. Only two of seventy provinces show good harvests as heat drought and hail devastate crops.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Lawson Wins 10 Mile Championship at Buffalo Meet
The National Cycle association bicycle meeting closed in Buffalo New York with Ivor Lawson winning the 10 mile championship by a narrow margin ahead of Major Taylor and Kramer. Lawson led by half a wheel at the finish as the trio crossed the tape closely. Taylor also had a small edge over Kramer.
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Buffalo
N. Y
National Cycle Association
Ivor Lawson
Major Taylor
Kramer
Lawson
Taylor
Walthour Beats Elkes In One Hour Race At Manhattan Beach
Bobby Walthour defeated Harry Elkes in a one hour motor paced race at Manhattan Beach. Walthour won by a lap and a quarter after riding 36 miles and 234 laps on the three lap track in New York on August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bobby Walthour
Harry Elkes
Manhattan Beach
Walthour
Royal Italian Band Plays at Spokane Interstate Fair
The Royal Italian Band, engaged at an expense of 5500 dollars by Spokane Interstate Fair management, now performs at Willow Grove Park in Penna. It is regarded as perhaps the greatest musical organization on this continent today.
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Royal Italian Band
Spokane Interstate Fair Management
Willow Grove Park
Penna
Week in Review of Global Events and Notable Deaths
Summary of recent dispatches covers deaths of Sir William Laird and Commandant Pretorius, yacht race results with Canada’s Cup winner, Loomis meeting King Charles in Portugal, Cincinnati carriage strikes, a music conservatory head’s death, and the Chicago Title Trust receiver appointment. Also notes Deadwood remains discovery, nonunion strikes in Cincinnati, San Francisco strike talks, Archibald’s Royal Geographical Society fellowship, Kruger Redmond Ireland interview, Vermont steamer fire, Youngstown steel plant furnace tragedy, pension bureau figures, and encampment data.
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William Laird
Pretorius
Yaveretate Hay
Washington
Invader
Cadillac
Francis B. Loomis
United States
Portugal
Charles
Cincinnati
Frederick A. Mollenhauer
Conservatory of Music
Jersey City
N. J
H. E. Mollenhauer
Brooklyn
Chicago Title & Trust Company
George H. Phillips Grain Company
Bonde
Goodwin
Phillips
Deadwood
San Francisco
Native Sons
James F. J. Archibald
England
Royal Geographical Society of London
South Africa
Cuba
Freeman's Journal of Dublin
Kruger
William Redmond
Holland
South African Republic
Vermont
West Seattle
Thomas McMillan
Seattle
Puget Sound
Youngstown
Ohio
National Steel Company
Evans
Pension Bureau
Dr Wood Resigns Stanford to Lead Columbia College
Dr Thomas D Wood resigns as professor of hygiene and organic training at Stanford University and accepts a similar post at Columbia University Teachers College. The move is noted in the August 19 report from California.
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Wood
Columbia
Stanford University
Cal
T. D. Wood
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Explosion in Ashland demolishes Southern Pacific freight train
An explosion of dynamite in two rear cars near Tunnel No 7 north of Glendale destroys a 26 car extra train on the Southern Pacific. The engine is injured but the crew escaped. Debris and fire reach Cow Creek and nearby mine buildings. Wrecking crews work with about 200 men to clear the track as life losses remain uncertain.
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Ashland
Ore
Tunnel No.7
Glendale
Southern Pacific
Tunnel No
Cow Creek
Victory
Twin City Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Plan
Minneapolis and St Paul win direct rail link to the Black Hills via a 295 mile line named Twin City Pierre & Black Hills from Aberdeen to Rapid City crossing the Missouri at Pierre. The line aims to join Union Pacific at Orin Junction Wyoming and connect northwest to Denver and beyond.
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Minneapolis
New York
St. Paul
Black Hills
Twin City
Pierre & Black Hills
Aberdeen
Rapid City
Missouri River
Pierre
Denver
Gulf
California
Union Pacific
Orin Junction
Wyo
Premature Explosion Kills One at Fort Riley Practice
At a target practice near Junction City Kansas a seven inch gun exploded prematurely. One man Hery C Waters was killed instantly and sixteen others injured, some perhaps fatally. The group belonged to Siege Battery C Fort Riley led by Captain Van Deusen. Waters was loading the projectile when the blast occurred.
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Junction City
Kan
Here
Fort Riley
van Deusen
Hery C. Waters
Timber Fire Threatens Pine And Fish Creeks
A Pine Oregon dispatch reports a great timber fire burning on North Pine and Fish creeks with vast forest destruction feared. Weather favors spread making suppression unlikely. only rain or thunderstorms could halt it. Ranch properties at risk and one family evacuated to save themselves.
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Baker City
Ore
Pine
Jeffries to Meet Rohlin in San Francisco Bout
Jefferies and Rohlin agreed to meet in San Francisco with George Siler as referee. Final terms to be set Monday, each posting 2500 dollars and signing articles. The bout likely occurs in October with the content wall. In Constantinople a Pall Mall Gazette dispatch says 40 Kurds raided Armenia, burning 12 villages, sparing only young girls for harems. males were killed.
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San Francisco
Jeffries
Rohlin
George Siler
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Constantinople
Armenia
Spokane Fair to house Ladies Art and Floral Exhibits
The Spokane Interstate Fair will allocate half the main floor of the exhibition hall to the Ladies Art Needle Work and Floral Departments. Exhibits come from Nelson Rossland Walla Walla Colfax Lewiston Kendrick Moscow and other cities with exceptional prizes awarded for fine work. Smelter Robber Pleaded Guilty in Crockett California a vault theft of bullion valued over 280000 was admitted in preliminary examination.
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Spokane
Crockett
Cal
John Winters
Selby
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Orty
Eamer
Columbus Theater
AOA
UNION
Mich
Elkes
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Ecuador
Oregon
Jefries
Rehlin
Ee Oe
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