Pittsburg Steel King Distributes 16 Million to Four Children
W H Singer a Pittsburg steel magnate celebrated his golden wedding by giving each of his four children 4 million dollars. The wealth transfer was revealed in Allegheny county papers and confirmed by the family. One son fears Black Hand threats, prompting a move to Norway. the others received checks bonds and deeds at a May 27 celebration.
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Tae
W. H. Singer
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Pastoria
Singer
William Henry Singer
Norway
Orge Singer
White Mountains
William Ross Proctor
Philadelphia
Marguerite Singer
J. Singer
Singer, Nimick & Co
Mr. Singer
Charles Lockhart
Standard Oil Company
Lockart
Rail merger talk strengthens as Northwestern rejects summary claims
Wall Street gains momentum for a road control deal as Marvin Hughitt refuses to discuss Wall Street Summary statements about Harriman interests absorbing the Chicago and Northwestern through stock guarantees. Analysts note the strategic parallel lines complicate merger law and possible control.
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Chicago
Wall Street
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Marvin Hughitt
Northwestern
Harriman Properties
Harriman
Lightning Strikes City of Para Liner. Foretopmast Lost
The Pacific Mail liner City of Para was struck multiple times by lightning in a heavy storm while sailing from Acajutla toward San Jose de Guatemala. The only damage reported was the foretopmast shattered. thousands of dead birds covered the bridge and decks in the morning aftermath.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
City of Para
Panama
Acajutla
San Jose de Guatemala
Missing Aeon Sparks Grave Fears After Steamer Search
The British steamer Marama reports no trace of the missing Aeon after its Brisbane to Brisbane voyage. Aeon left San Francisco on July 6 for Australia and has not sent any signal since, prompting serious concerns for its safety.
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Honolulu
Brisbane
Australia
San Francisco
Indian Boy Fires Revolver Kills Four Year Old in Pagosa Junction
Frank Howe, a 15 year old Ute boy in Pagosa Junction Denver district, seized a revolver and rode through the street at high speed shooting and killing Amee Baker, the 4 year old daughter of James Baker. He fled toward the hills and disappeared.
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Denver
Colo
Frank Howe
Pagosa Junction
Amee Baker
James Baker
Wright Aero Accident Kills Selfridge Injures Wright
Orville Wright and Lt. Thomas Selfridge crash during a two man flight at Fort Myer. Selfridge dies from a skull fracture, Wright severely injured but alive. investigation blames a broken propeller and propeller imbalance rather than a defect in the aircraft. Wright remains conscious and dictates a cable to his family.
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Washington
Fort Meyer
Orville Wright
Thos. E. Selfridge
Signal Corps
Army
Selfridge
Mr. Wright
Lieutenant Selfridge
Watters
New York
Wright
le Mans
France
Dayton
Charles White
White & Middleton
Baltimore
Messrs. Wright and Selfridge
French Editors Respond to German Morrocan Note Criticism
Paris reports widespread irritation in the French press over violent criticism of the Franco Spanish note on Morocco. The government says Germany’s acting foreign secretary Herr Steinrich assured the note will be studied amicably, but questions how Germany can dissociate from other European chancelleries.
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Paris
Morocco
Germany
Herr Steinrich
Foreign Office
Europe
Can't Limit Skyscrapers
New York news describes a city commission's year long study on tall buildings. It concludes height limits tied to current fire protection are not feasible, arguing a cap around 100 feet would be needed to meet safety standards.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan Island
Public Fire Protection Service
Cholera Subdued in Manila as Deaths Decline
Cholera recedes in Manila with 25 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours. Only four cases reported this forenoon. One hundred inspectors were enlisted in a united effort to stamp out the disease before the Atlantic fleet arrives, with expectations of success.
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Manila
Cholera Toll Surges in St Petersburg Amid City Criticism
In St Petersburg on Sept 18 authorities report 350 new cholera cases and 155 deaths in the 24 hours to noon. Municipal leaders face sharp criticism for alleged criminal inefficiency and lapses in hospital and ambulance Sanitary services.
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St. Petersburg
French Congo Force Beats Oudai Tribe in Slave Trade Region
Dispatches from the governor general report 1600 French troops under Captain Justix routed the Oudai in the central slave and contraband arms trade area. Tribesmen losses were about 1000.
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Congo
Paris
Justix
Pilot Examiners Urge State Car Schooner Purchase
The Oregon state board of pilot examiners proposes buying and maintaining a state car schooner to regulate Columbia River pilots. The report argues pilots face hazards and asserts the board should have authority to license, revoke, and require pilots to report information for improved service.
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Board of Pilot Examiners
State
Salem
State Board of Pilot Examiners
Columbia River
Columbia Bar
New Bridge Across Snake River At Ontario
Ontario bridge commission invites bids for a combined steel and wooden bridge across Snake River about one mile east of Ontario. The 800 foot long 20 foot wide structure has three 150 foot spans and costs about 20000 dollars with 10000 supplied by Malheur county court and the rest by Ontario city. Bids open October 6. The bridge will unite Oregon and Idaho and open a direct central Oregon route to Boise.
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Ontario
Ontario Bridge Commission
Snake River
Malheur County Court
Oregon
Idaho
Boise
Bumper Apple Crop Expected In Grand Ronde Valley
On the eve of the apple harvest in the Grand Ronde valley signs point to the largest crop in the fruit industry’s history. Foreign shipments will total 3 cars, plus 50 cars for home consumption. Local shippers prepare to move fruit as it ripens while markets are unsettled but expected to strengthen with the new year. Apples being picked now are mainly summer varieties.
Eliot Rhodes Scholar Heads To Oxford
Portland student Eliot C. Rhodes Scholar Eliot C. Eliot was elected by the University of Oregon board of regents as instructor of psychology and public ageaking. He is the second son of Dr. and Mrs. T Eliot of Portland. An alumnus of Portland Academy and Washington University St. Louis he studied at Oxford as a Cecil Rhodes scholar earning his A B degree in June.
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Portland
Samuel C. Eliot
Board of Regents
University of Oregon
T Eliot
Portland Academy
Washington University
St. Louis
Eliot
Oxford
Cecil Rhodes
Bridge project for Springfield line announced by railroad president
J. O. Storey, president of the Portland, Eugene and Eastern railway, arrives in Eugene to announce immediate commencement of the Willamette River bridge at Springfield. Construction aims to finish as much as possible this fall with full completion next spring after high water, extending the line from Springfield up the McKenzie valley.
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Springfield
Eugene
J. O. Storey
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway
Willamette River
Springfeld
McKenzie Valley
Pacific Railway & Navigation railroad work resumes in Tillamook region
Work on the Pacific Railway and Navigation company line is resuming as crews arrive. Grading south of Bay City leads, with pile driving and bridge crews shaping up. a steam shovel should be in use this week, accelerating progress along the line by week’s end.
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Tillamook
Pacific Railway & Navigation Company
Bay City
Portland Livestock Show Invites Northwest Fairs for National Event
Portland General and local fairs respond with favorable reception to invitations from the Country Club and Livestock Association. They ask for official representation at the Pacific national show and harness races next week with major exhibitors International of Chicago and National of Denver set to participate.
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Portland
Northwest
Country Club and Livestock Association
Chicago
America
Denver
Hay Fire Destroys Four Stacks Worth 4000
Sim Hamilton, a Drewsey valley hay raiser, saw four stacks burn in a wind driven blaze sparked by embers from foxtail flames. Total loss estimated at four thousand dollars.
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Drewsey
Sim Hamilton
Drewsey Valley
Hamilton
Rain Lifts Medford Apple Crop and Eases Dust
A heavy rain swept the county last week improving the apple crop and reducing deep dust from a long dry spell since July. Farmers welcomed the moisture as beneficial for fruit and field conditions.
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Medford
Early apples move from Hood River to England
Hood River Apple Growers union reports the first sale of early fall varieties to Crossley & Sons of New York and Boston. Fourteen carloads will ship to England to align with trans Atlantic steamers, likely arriving in Liverpool within three weeks. Varieties include Kings, Wealth, jon and Gravenstein with strong quality and pricing expectations. No winter varieties sold yet, buyers watching market, no price disclosed.
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Hood River
Union
Crossley & Sons
New York
Boston
England
Liverpoo
Wealth
Jon
H River
Ile
Albany College of Music Announces New Faculty
The Albany College of Music reveals its largest faculty to date with H. M. Crooks as president Emelie C. Hansen directing piano and organ Lena Viola Tawney handling preparatory and kindergarten Carroll Palmer taking voice Margaret Fallarius from Portland violin and May Louise Blackwell in elocution and physical culture.
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College of Music
Albany
H. M. Crooks
Emelie C. Hansen
Lena Viola Tawney
Carroll Palmer
Margaret Fallarius
Portland
May Louise Blackwell
Wallowa County Fair Set for October 8 9 10
Wallowa county fair in this city October 8 9 and 10 promises strong attendance with railroad rate cuts and more than a dozen athletic events. Exhibits are described as the largest ever in the valley with races and two evenings of dramatic home talent performances.
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Wallowa County
Wallowa
O R & N Denies Excessive East Oregon Rates
Salem. The O R and N has filed answers to two complaints by the railroad commission alleging unfair and excessive rates from eastern Oregon points to Ortland. The company denies all allegations but admits the tariffs exist as stated.
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Salem
Railroad Commission
Oregon
Ortland
O'Brien to Inspect Oregon Rail Lines via Cascade Survey
Albany reports J P O'Brien and a party of railroad men will travel by train to Detroit Oregon then cross the Cascades on the Corvallis and Eastern survey. Pack animals await to carry the party over the survey route through southern Oregon.
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Albany
J. P. O’brien
Portland Markets price listings for farm produce and livestock
Market notes show wide ranges for wheat, oats, hay, fruits, vegetables, dairy and poultry across Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon. Prices include Wheat Club goods around 90c per bushel, apples 1.25 per box, potatoes 80c to 1 per hundred, and poultry at 10 to 14 cents per pound with assorted other produce values.
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Fife
Timothy
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Lava Fails to Rise as Kilauea Drains Out Pit
A strong quake on Hawaii is reported to have caused the Kilauea crater lava to drain from a depth near 900 to 1000 feet within hours. Observers watched the pit walls collapse as lava cooled and receded, then activity resumed with fountains over 100 feet high as lava rose about 400 feet.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Island of Hawaii
Kilauea
Fire roars through Minnesota forests endangering Grand Marais area
Duluth report says Grand Marais and Lutzen face near total destruction as Monker and six Indians reportedly perished escaping to save homesteaders. Gopher naval militia crews battled blazes near Colville and Chicago Bay with dozens of men deployed to defend coast and inland areas.
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Duluth
Minn
Grand Marais
Monker
Nestor
Wood
Minnesota Naval Militia
Lutzen
Danner
Colville
Chicago Bay
Eaton
Lutzon
Gopher
Mulai Hafid Proclaims Sultan of Morocco in Madrid Note
Paris reports Mulai Hafid transmits his proclamation as sultan to the powers party to the Algeciras convention. He pledges to honor predecessors treaties and the Algeciras act and asks for international aid to pursue reforms and independence for Morocco.
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Paris
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Algeciras
Tangier
Fire in Detroit Tunnel Claims Two Lives
A tunnel fire under the Detroit river yesterday killed two workers and may have trapped more as about 200 men were inside. The blaze, still burning, halted all work on the Canadian side and could have produced a higher death toll if it had not struck at midnight during lunch.
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Detroit
Cholera Toll Rises in St Petersburg Report
For 24 hours ending noon yesterday St Petersburg recorded 240 cholera cases and 60 deaths, almost double Monday. Among the victims is Lieutenant Abramoff of the Life Guards Cossack regiment, while prison authorities order the removal of prisoners for disinfection.
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St. Petersburg
Abramoff
Pacific coast merchants set for Japan visit aboard Tengo Maru
A delegation of Pacific coast merchants from Seattle Portland San Francisco Eureka Fresno Los Angeles San Diego and other cities will sail September 25 for Yokohama aboard the Tengo Maru. They will stay in Japan until early November to conduct the planned visit.
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Japan
San Francisco
Yokohama
Seattle
Portland
Eureka
Fresno
Los Angeles
San Diego
Steamer Aeon Disaster Off Christmas Island Survivors Safe
The steamer Aeon, en route from Francisco to Apia, was wrecked near Christmas Island after heavy currents. Four women aboard, wives of US Navy officers, join survivors awaiting transport. Manuka to land survivors in Sydney. fishing and mail cargo partially salvaged.
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Victoria
B. C
Aeon
Francisco
Apia
United States
Australia
Mrerick
Mas Island
Downie
Oficer
Island
Cable
Christmas Island
Fanning Island
Ring Island
Manuka
Fan
Chri Island
Equator
Honolulu
San Francisco
Christmas Isand
Wright brothers test flight concerns in Dayton report
In Dayton Sept 18 a terse report notes the Wright brothers continue tests despite injuries to a family member. The aging father of the injured man is in Greens Fork Indiana awaiting updates as Lorin Wright and Catherine await the outcome.
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Dayton
Orville
France
Wright
Greens Fork
Ind
Lorin Wright
Catherine
Electric Line Plans Near Spokane and Davenport
Spokane announcements outline two new electric lines reaching toward Davenport and the Spokane River, with routes from Kane to the Big River. Jey Graves and associates reportedly operate a parallel line as the Big Bend Transit expands and plans to increase capital stock from 100,000.
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Spokane
Wash
Columbia
Jey Graves
Davenport
Big Bend
Kane
Big River
Fort Exile Mission For Colonel Stewart Reported
Conflicting dispatch from Los Angeles says Colonel Stewart remains in military exile at Fort Jachuen awaiting orders after obedience to department directives. The note cites his alleged poor health as justification for delaying his post assignment.
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Los Angeles
Fort Huse Ariz
Stewart
Fort Fort Jachuen
Uphold Ancient Law in Rail Rate Case
The Lansing Supreme Court on September notes the 1879 law remains the basis for rail rate regulation, despite railroads calling it obsolete and confiscatory. The decision upholds the continued validity of the old legal framework.
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Lansing
Mich
Yeater Supreme Court
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Wrights
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