Outbreak at Oregon Prison as Two Escapees Kill Guards
Desperate inmates Harry Tracy and David Merrill attacked guards at the Oregon penitentiary during foundry work, killing Frank Ferrell, S. K. Jones, and B. F. Tiffany. They fled into timber with two rifles and two revolvers, pursued by a 40‑strong posse led by Sheriff Durbin and Sheriff-elect Colbath. Tiffany died in the clash, Ingram wounded, and a large manhunt continues near the Salem reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ore
Harry Tracy
David Merrill
Multnomah County
Frank Ferrell
S. K. Jones
B. F. Tiffany
Tracy
Ferrell
Ingram
Merrill
Jones
Tiffany
Salem
Reform School
F. W. Durbin
HB. K. Colbath
Portland
Linn County
Stapleton
Stockade
Guard Jones
Washington oat crop prospects and railway plans
Skagit county oats yield looks fine while Great Northern builds depots at Ephrata and Milan and contemplates a Republic to Wenatchee line. May filings in North Yakima land office number 140 as Eastern capitalists eye North Yakima cold storage. Continental crop outlook improves in Palouse though fruit crops vary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skagit County
Great Northern
Ephrata
Milan
Tacoma
Republic
Wenatchee
Aly Gaisford
Methow
George H. Martin
Spokane Interstate Fair Association
North Yakima
del Cary Smith
Spokane
Eagles
Minneapolis
Washington & Great Northern
Palouse
Frank Morrison
American Federation
Gompers
L. H. Spawr
Prescott
Mike Lahey
Lamona
South Africa
Northern Pacific Railroad
Eagle Gorge
C. A. Barry
Washington Agricultural College
Kerr, Gifford & Co
Portland
Tekoa
Spokane Grain & Milling Co
Foster
Yakima County
Elby Dovel
Camam
Columbia
Major Smith
John Dix
Whatcom County
Dix
London
England
General Randall
Department of the Columbia
Weelington
National Tnt
Antianarchy Bill Passes House Amid Foreign Affairs Action
Washington houses debate on recommitment to strike sections on killing ambassadors and legal presumption. The final vote on the antianarchy measure was 175 to 38, with proceedings noting also a foreign affairs resolution seeking a list of American POWs in South Africa and steps for their release. In New York, Cuban minister Gonzales Que ada and family sail for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
DeArmond
Missouri
Lanham
Texas
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
South Africa
Secretary of State
Sugar Pine Lumber to Rebuild Mills After Fire
The Sugar Pine Lumber Company of Grants Pass will immediately rebuild its milling plant, valued at 75000, destroyed by fire last week. In Portland, union strength will be tested in the ongoing fight between unions and the master builders' association. Portland butchers adopt the penny system, changing shop cash to the cent. A twice weekly mountain mail service will start July 1, linking Weston Briggson Tamarack and Weston. Miss Inez Riggs, 26, in Portland, took her life after a love disappointment. her body was recovered. The will of ex-Governor Sylvester Pennoyer was filed for probate, leaving most of 130000 to his widow and daughter. Complete county returns show George E. Chamberlain leading for governor. Argentina orders two ironclads stronger than Chile’s recent order from England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Pine Lumber Company
Grants Pass
Portland
Master Builders’ Association
Butchers of
Weston
Briggson
Brigsson
Tamarack
Coronation Preparations Amid Royal Robes and Ceremonial Rituals
London gears up for the coronation with elaborate dresses for peeresses featuring gold embroidery and heraldic devices while royal garments and a seaworthy old barge are revived for pageantry. A royal water pageant at Windsor is planned as peeresses debate coronet handling and display. Nelson reports a child saved from a moving train and a whaleback steamer collision near Duluth leaves nine dead. Choate to host King Edward at a dinner and Chicago defeats California 8 to 5 in a university dual meet.
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London
Maharajah of
Jeypoor
Loray Lodge
Countess of Shrewsbury
Sir Thomas Lipton
George II
Windsor
Castle Lake
Trade Report Highlights South Africa Peace Outlook
R G Dun weekly review says peace in South Africa lifts outlook and aids foreign markets via gold mining resurgence. Domestic issues linger with labor disputes cutting earning power, but orders remain large and railways show May earnings up 6.8 percent from last year and 17.4 percent above 1900. Grain quotes drift as weather helps but depresses prices. Failures total 218, up from 194 prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
South Africa
United States
Grain Trade Updates From Portland and Tacoma Markets
Portland Valley reports bluesteam values at 66 percent with 66 of grade 67Tc while Tacoma notes quiet trading, unchanged prices, with bluesteam around 65 percent and club at 64 percent.
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Portland
Valley
Bluestem
Tacoma
Club
Hawaii Volcano Active Reports Spark Alert From Hawaii
Reports from the island of Hawaii indicate increased volcanic activity around Mauna Loa and Kilauea. A schooner captain saw a column of flames at Mokuaweoweo, while a later hotel report and another steamer note heavy smoke and ongoing steaming from crater activity.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Island of Hawaii
Mokuaweowee
Mauna Loa
Kilauea
Volcano Hotel
Kauai
Hawaii
Americans Seized by Ladrones in Rizal Province Graft
Manila reports a guard party from the Fifth United States Cavalry on Decor ation Day was attacked while decorating graves at Bingan goran Rizal. The bandits seized the troopers the town president and other locals before fleeing northward into the mountains. Two soldiers and four Filipinos later escaped to Morong. Troops and constabulary pursued. Dynamite was captured from local quarries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Fifth United States Cavalry
Bingangoran
Risal Province
Luzon
Fifth Cavalry
Morong
Tragic fall on rail line ends in death near Auburn
Seattle June 10 W W Green a brakeman on the Seattle Tacoma Interurban railway construction train fell beneath a moving car near Auburn and died within hours from severe injuries. He toppled while opening a knuckle and a gravel car passed over his right leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
W. W. Green
Auburn
Green
Streetcar Collision in East St Louis Injures Twenty Five
A collision between a Clayton Branch Suburban Electric streetcar and a Missouri Pacific engine at a surface crossing in East St. Louis results in twenty five injuries, with two fatalities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Clayton
Missouri Pacific
East St. Louis
Practical Agriculture School Near Poughkeepsie Planned
New York June 10 contracts soon to be signed for 16 acres near Poughkeepsie to establish a permanent practical farming school. Prominent leaders Abram Hewitt R Fulton Cutting Theodore Van Norden William Dodge fund the project with Professor Powell directing the experimental program. The plan envisions equipment endowment and ongoing gifts to sustain the foundation and future endowment of the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
School of Practical Agriculture
Poughkeepsie
Abram
Hewitt
R. Fulton Cutting
George T. Powell
Mr. Hewitt
Jacob H. Schiff
John G. Carlisle
Mra
Beth Law
Josephine Shaw Lowell
Walter W. Law
William E. Dodge
Blair Cliff Manor
Law
Theodore L. van Norden
Floaters Found and Idaho Gleanings Summary
Floater found near Spokane river, body identified as possibly John P. Nelson, after two weeks in water. In Idaho notes, new depot at Coeur d Alene City, a 26,000 foot daily sawmill planned on Hoodoo creek, Potlatch timber sold to Northland Pine, and various regional railroad and civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Spokane River
Central Fire Station
Great Northern
Henry Austin
Phoenix Sawmill Company
John P. Nelson
Idaho
Northern Pacific
Coeur d'Alene City
Idaho Pine Lumber Company
Hoodoo Creek
Seneaquoten
Potlatch
Northland Pine Company
Dan Daily
Henry Thompson
Warren
State Land Board
Joe Improvement Company
Great Falls and Missoula events noted this Sunday
A scanned Montana column lists events from Great Falls to Missoula, noting Episcopal convocation in Missoula on Sunday June 16 and local civic notes. It mentions Billings directory data, Lewistown cracker ban, Crow agency agent change, a suicide attempt in Great Falls, and oblique health and wool market items in local counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Missoula
Butte
Billings
Pepe
Lewistown
G. Reynolds
J. E. Edwards
John Leone
Father Cornelius O'Rourke
Durang
Colo
Billings Water and Light Company
School of Mines of
Custer County
William N. Chowning
University of Minnesota
State Board of Health
Denver Students Die In Wagon Accident Near Morrison
One Denver high school student was instantly killed when a wagon overturned near Morrison. Edith Withers suffered a broken neck and Maggie Humphrey a fractured skull and is not expected to survive. Twelve others were injured to varying degrees including Irene Wheelock with a dislocated shoulder and Marvin Kliff with a compound arm fracture.
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Denver
Col
Morrison
Edith Withers
Maggie Humphrey
Irene Wheelock
Marvin Kliff
Harry Godheart
Harry Austin
Frank Kerr
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Il Breakin
Oregon
Duncan Ross
Ross
Cuba
Gonzales Queada
Chile
Nelson
B. C
Slocan
Peele
Duluth
Minn
Thomas Wilson
Cameron
George G. Hadley
Fitzgerald
Duluth Canal
King Will
Choate
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Joseph H. Choate
University of California
Marshall Field
Chicago
University of Chicago
Trade Report
Wheat Report
Senate
California
R. A. Edmondy
Bakersfield
J. M. Frew
Soldiers’ Home
J. F. Reynolds
Redding
F. F. Cushing
Red Bluff
T. T. Dargie
Oakland
J. T. Lindley
Ontario
F. W. Miller
Oakesdale
J. E. Ward
Colfax
Wash
Oscar F. Walker
Ann Arbor
Mich
Lake Spanaway
Ferrall
Robert Jefferson Ferrall
A Pratigal Farm School
N. Y
France
Wilkesbarre
Hard Col Belt
Covelo
Cal
George F. Wright
Round Valley
Panama
The
Herald
San Salvador
Ontana
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