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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1904
Page
3
On October 12 a freight train crashed into a passenger train near a flat section, injuring 66 and killing or mortally wounding 29. The wreck involved locomotive No. 50 and a missing baggage car, with the tender enveloping the front car. Authorities, including Dr Bills, convened a jury as the inquiry continued in the afternoon.
Oct 13 reports debate a Chinese exclusion treaty replacing current rules. Secretary Cheng Tung Liang Chemg outlined foundations for the pact, urging harsher controls and respectful treatment for entrants. Simultaneously in Manchuria a looming battle shapes this year’s campaign as General Kuropisk presses toward the front.
Oct 12 report from Missoula Mont describes a severe Northern Pacific wreck on the Rocky Mountain division five miles east of Garricon. Freight cars with Orient shipments were piled 50 feet high. Fireman Bowman was killed and two other crewmen injured. The crash occurred after misreading orders caused an extra to collide with a westbound section. the wreck created a debris mountain and halted traffic for 18 hours.
Police in New York arrest several men amid a major counterfeit drug ring. Seized drugs valued at about 10000 dollars, with slips listing 5000 druggists nationwide. Investigators say authentic European products were faked, and circulars with a code helped order the bogus preparations.
Port Huron Mich Oct 12 Six Grand Trunk railway workers died in the M Clair tunnel under the St Clair River from Port Huron to Canada when a coal train broke apart inside the tunnel causing a fatal stalling and several men to be crushed or suffocated. The engine escaped with the engineer abandoning the scene as crews work to recover remains.
The Novos Vremya rejects any peace with Japan and argues Russia must press the war to prevent Japan regaining strength in the Far East. European fears of Alsace revenge echo as observers doubt Port Arthur sorties and question the readiness of the Port Arthur squadron to strike without new Japanese opposition.
Manila Oct 11 The mass meeting of Filipinos to discuss independence was postponed. Teodoro Sandico once in Aguinaldo's cabinet and who signed a 1899 massacre order advised dispersal. Ex Gov Reyes of Abra and about 1600 Filipinos gathered but did not organize awaiting developments.
In New York on October 11 a Polish clergyman handed a treasury official the sum of 550 dollars. He said a woman parishioner had confessed causing personal injuries and, per oath advised by an attorney, sought to restore the stolen money to the Metropolitan Street Railway.
Major William A. Glaseford is relieved from duty in the gulf department and will go to Seattle to take charge of the Alaskan cable system reporting to the commanding general of the department of the Columbia for duty as chief signal officer He relieves Lieutenant Colonel R E Thompson who will proceed to the Philippines for duty as chief signal officer
Public land notice under the Timber Land Act dated June 3 1278 cites the act of Congress and details a filing deadline of November for adverse claims. Aberdeen and Chehalis are named locations with the registering official James M. Loucks. Claimants must file claims with the register.
Public notices announce Timber Land Act filings in Roseburg Oregon with claims deadlines. Names of claimants include Simon A Ravnum Sarah Cannon and witnesses from Roseburg Camas Valley and Bowlare, with hearings set in October and November 1904.
Public land notices under the Timber Land Acts of 1873 and 1878 list applicants Lester B French William J Leon and others. They file sworn statements for parcels in Roseburg Oregon with hearings set in August 1904. Witness names include Vesasen Feath John Lehnherr and Hale Trevey among others. Adverse claimants are urged to file claims by the specified deadlines.
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