Atlantic Fleet to Pacific Sparks Fear of War with Japan
Washington reports jubilation from naval officers over President Roosevelt’s plan to move the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific. They warn such a deployment may provoke Japan to send a fleet to California or the Atlantic coast, risking war and rapid promotions for officers in a conflict scenario.
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Oyster Bay
Atlantic
Pacific
Roosevelt
Cape Horn
California
United States
Japan
Admiral Evans
Portland Officials Consider Special Mail and Express Train
Harriman officials in Portland and San Francisco weigh a Portland to San Francisco special mail and express train. Decision expected in a few days. The train would be for mail and express only to relieve congestion and improve passenger schedule times.
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Harriman
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Tts
Eight Injured in Power Building Elevator Accident
In Cincinnati at the Power building on Eighth and Sycamore streets last evening eight people were seriously injured when an electrical switchboard fault cut the lights and control. The elevator, after reaching the bottom in darkness, suddenly powered up to the top of the shaft, threw off its balancing weights, and a falling strike injured several passengers.
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Cincinnati
Eighth
Sycamore
Fires Rage in Foothills East of Visalia Cal
A disastrous fire raged all day along foothills ten miles east of Visalia California. The area burned likely covers 75 to 100 square miles with barns outbuildings and haystacks consumed and thousands of acres of wild feed destroyed. Reports of current conditions are sparse and flames remained out of control by night.
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Visalia
Cal
Heinze and Kidney Buy Basin Bay State Diping Property
At a sheriff's sale in Basin Montana on August 3 representatives F. Augustus Heinze and W. A. Kidney purchased the Basin Bay State Dipping Company property. The bundle includes the Katle mine a million dollar concentrator four smelters and placer locations along the Boulder River for 39286471. The Basin smelter had been used by Heinze under lease after his Butte plant was destroyed by fire.
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Basin
Mont
F. Augustus Heinze
W. A. Kidney
Basin Bay State Diping Company
Katle
Boulder River
Heinze
Butte
Bind McGee Over for Perjury in Haywood Trial
Idaho August 3. Dr I L of Wallace bound over by Probate Justice Leonard after jury found perjury allegations true in Haywood trial. No detailed testimony given. Proceedings set by local court.
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Idaho
I. L. of
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Leonard Thursae
Haywood
Brutal trio of murders shock New York streets
In a grim sequence a woman strangled at a Twenty second Street boardinghouse and an unidentified body found in an East Nineteenth street areaway are followed by the brutal killing of 8 year old Katie Pritachler. The three victims show similar mutilation and a ribbon tied tightly around the throats.
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New York
First Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
East Nineteenth Street
Katie Pritachler
Pritschler
Nine Men Chosen in Halsey Bribery Trial
San Francisco August 2 rapid progress marked day in Theodore Y Halsey bribery case over alleged payoffs to Supervisor Lonergan Halsey ex agent of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company is second corporate official tried in graft prosecutions first of 13 indictments. Forty eight jurors questioned nine qualified ten peremptories left to challenge by both sides and prosecutors plan to rest after further evidence with Judge Lawlor to rule on issues and potential related trials.
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San Francisco
Theodore Y. Halsey
Lonergan
Halsey
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Public Utilities Corporation
Langdon Ccf
Specihow
Hiram Johnson
Gesant
William He Jerke
Nagar Cook
Bert Schlessinger
Smith
Arrogon
Delphin M. Delmas
Henry Bingedverm McPike
Lawlor
Louis Glass
Delmas
Glass
Notice for Publication Timber Land Act Jane B 187
The notice records Timber Land Act Jane B proceedings in Oregon, citing a 187% claim interest and listing officials Rowell F Cooper Lamont and John McDe G as figures in the committee. It mentions a public sale context and a county meeting to secure support, with references to dates, witnesses, and locality in Wallowa County.
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Notice for Publication Timber and Stone Lands
Public land records announce notices of intent to claim timber and stone lands under the June 1878 act. Names, dates, and locations in Oregon including The Dalles Bend Crook and Crook counties are listed with witnesses and deadlines for filings.
Tornado levelled Marquette depot and wires fail
Victoria Kansas reports attempts to reach Marquette after a tornado last night. Telegraph operators warned Geneseo that the depot was almost destroyed and three inches of water filled the building as wires went down. McPherson heard the report but could not reach Marquette. Nine era notes recall Marquette’s 1905 tornado death toll and injuries.
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Victoria
Kan
Marquette
Missouri Pacific Railway
Geneseo
McPherson
Eastern Railways Cut Interstate Fares August 6
Chicago Aug 2 Reductions in interstate fares from East to main West points will take effect August 6 by Eastern railroads under ICC permission. The changes follow Western fare cuts driven by 2 cent fare laws, enabling passengers to save from $1 to $6 by route switching at Western terminals.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Eastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western
Major Long Arrives From Australia to Inspect Packing Houses
Major C. Long, sent by the British army council to Australia and New Zealand to survey packing houses for tinned meat supplies, arrived by steamer Manuka and will proceed to England via Chicago. He expects larger future British army meat imports from Australia and notes wholesale trading in Australia.
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Australia
Victoria
B. C
Major C. Long
New Zealand
Lef
Manuka
England
Chicago
Too Young to Become an American
San Francisco August 2 The steamer Curacao arrived from Guaymas with 22 first cabin passengers among them a 16 year old Mexican boy Seferina Alvarado. An immigration inspector held him for landing under the new law forbidding entry of any foreigner under 16 not accompanied by a parent.
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San Francisco
Curacao
Guaymas
United States
de la Torre
Seeferina Alvarado
Imne
Trunk With Money Lost In Transit Restored To Owner
A Watertown expressman reported a trunk valued at $200,000 containing securities was misrouted but is now en route to its rightful owner Otto Heine, a local teacher. The Chicago shipment involved Hecken’s trunk being swapped, and Hecken notified the express company, which promptly corrected the error.
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Watertown
Wis
Chicago
Otto Heinec
Hecken
Fragmentary drama notes amid scattered newspaper text
Fragmented OCR text from a cultural page shows jumbled phrases about poetry events in Oregon and irregular references to June dates and committees. Readable names and clear facts are sparse, yielding a fragmentary item with no cohesive event or outcome to report.
Notice for Publication and Sale of California Ore Claim
A public land notice announces the sale of California Ore claim interests in Washington Territory. It lists the land parcel details, required filings, and the deadline of December 18 for adverse claimants to respond to the registry.
Public Notice Of Land Claim Under Acts For Oregon Territory
Notice is given under the United States land laws of Moe The Cadiet and the act for public lands in Oregon Territory that a land claim is proposed for purchase. Claimants must file adverse claims by September 19 before County Prineville Oregon to contest the claim. C W Mooore, Register.
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Augusta
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Notice for public land sale in Oregon and nearby states
Timer Land Office in The Dalles Oregon announces a public sale of lands under the 1800s land act. The notice lists applicant Olive Eikine and others with sworn statements, inviting adverse claimants to file before September 10 at Prineville County Clerk's office.
Timber Land Claim Notice in Prineville Oregon
Notice of intent to file under the Timber and Stone Act by Arthur H. Kenney of Prineville Crook County Oregon for a timber land claim in The Dalles Oregon district to be proven before the County Clerk at Prineville by August 1 1887. Witnesses named Hop Long and Robert G Smith of Prineville.
Timber land claim notice filed in The Dalles Oregon district
Carl Gi Hagensen of Freeland Minnesota filed sworn statement No 21 on February 6, 19 in The Dalles Oregon for timber land in the public domain under the 1875 act as extended to all states. He will prove land valuable for timber over agriculture on August w 7 before Register W Moore. Witnesses include M Endarsoy Heyward Minnesota J Hanson Olana Moro Albert Les Minnesota and S Bagessen Lerdal Minnesota. Adverse claimants must file by August isoz.
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Dalles
Oregon
California
Sevadse
Washington Territory
Carl Gi. Hagensen
Freeland
Freeborn
Minnesota
Iwigowls
Aes
Notice of Homestead Claim Filing in Oregon
An applicant from Sisters Oregon named Joli Hons filed for a five year Homestead proof under land patent No Lora a for the SE quarter section 2 township 2 south range 2 east. The claim will be examined August 1007 at the Bend Oregon land office. The applicant must prove residency and cultivation from 4 January to complete the filing.
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Pallas
Oregon
Notle
Joli Hons
Siaters
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Jom Aeborner
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Barrly
Madras
Lin
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Ratbou
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