Church Notices and Salvation Army Meetings
Church notices list E. Church services on the second third and fourth Sundays at 1 and 7 30 p.m. Sunday school at 10 a.m. at M. E. church Lafayette on the first and fifth Sundays. GEO H. BENNETT is pastor. Salvation Army holds meetings in the Free Methodist church each Tuesday night.
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Fabbath
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Aptist
Li Fiiits
Sunmysati A. m
REE Methodist
Salvation Army
Free Methodist Church
Direct steamship connections to Japan and the Orient
Western steamship service lists a direct connection from San Francisco with Occidental and Oriental and Pacific Mail lines to Japan and the Orient. Sailing dates are available on inquiry, with rates and tickets to Eastern points and Europe. Japan China Honolulu and Australia travel details are from J. B. Kirkland, ticket agent in Portland Oregon.
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San Francisco
Occidental and Oriental and Pacific Mail
Japan
Europe
China
Honolulu
Australia
J. B. Kirkland
Third Street
Portland
Passenger train schedules at Jefferson street depot
The notice lists a tri weekly Airlie minil service with departures 2:40 p.m. and 12:50 p.m. from the depot at Jefferson street. Sheridan passenger runs daily except Sunday at 4:90 p.m. with arrivals at Portland and New DOPR. csc LYTKa, mM. 7:40 p.m. to Sheridan, daily except Sunday.
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Airlie Minil
Nanennesaseem
Sheridan
Portland
New Dopr
Csc Lytka
Pally
Happenings of the Week Include Banks Failures and Arctic Skies
The review notes the First National Bank of Pembina North Dakota failing with 40,000 capital and 95,000 deposits, while Life retirement of national bank notes in December reached 5,000,000. It cites cold weather hurting Wyoming sheep, behring sea arbitration progress, fire fatalities in New York, drownings near Mississippi and Tonawanda, and a shift in rail fare to The Dalles. It mentions China backing Russia’s Port Arthur stay and Swedish-Norwegian tensions, civil service reform talks, a fatal Altoona freight crash, and 600 reindeer shipments to aid Klondike miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Pembina
N. D
Anheiser
Coffin
Boston
Putnam
King
United States
Canada
National Building Trades Council
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Nashville
National Council
Federation of Labor
Martin J. Oakley
East Forty-fourth Street
New York City
Oakley
Thomas Head
James Davis
Peter Connelly
Giardner
Miss
Tonawanda
N. Y
China
Port Arthur
Kiao Chou
Dalles
Portland
F. M. Gideon
General Land Office
Thomas Reddington
Senate Pacific Railroad Committee
Southern Pacific
Christiania
Norway
London Chronicle
United Committee On Foreign Affairs
Sweden
William
House
Congress
Altoona
Gallitz
Holidaysberg
Alger
William Akellman
War Department
Klondike
New York
Pacific Coast
Dyea
Indians Fired Firstes
Special Agent Reynolds reports after interviewing six Indians and 12 wardens in Routt county that Indians fired the first shot. He finds wardens blameless and notes shooting became general after the initial volley with several Indians killed.
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Denver
FE. B. Reynolds
Routt County
Wilcox
Reynolds
Tam
Wardens
Mr. Reynolds
Lodge Eyes U S Purchase of St Thomas St Croix and St John
Washington reports Senator Lodge pushes a measure to buy Denmark’s West Indies islands St Thomas St Croix and St John. Denmark still willing to sell and two European powers Britain and Germany are reportedly negotiating. The three islands total 100 square miles and about 40 000 people.
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Chicago
The
Times-Herald
Washington
Lodge
St. Thomas
St. Croix
St. John
Denmark
West Indies
Senate
State Department
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Senator Lodge
Stars and Stripes
Society Woman Annie Wells Dies By Her Own Hand
Washington December 28 Miss Annie Virginia Wells 33 a society figure and daughter of Lewis Wells died by self inflicted gunshot at her father 1811 N street Her death followed the suicide of Miss Leila Herbert daughter of the former secretary of the navy The tragedy came after Christmas festivities and left her mother prostrated The Wells family are prominent attorneys and society figures in Washington.
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Washington
Leila Herbert
Navy
Annie Virginia Wells
Lewis
Wells
Womman
N Street
Miss Herbert
Miss Wells
Japanese killer Je Tagoni shoots costello in San Francisco lodging house
In San Francisco on December 28 Je Tagoni fired four shots at Mary Costello a Spanish woman at 91 Sacramento Street. She died though no wound was found the physicians citing heart failure from extreme excitement. Tagoni who ran an employment agency had courted Costello promising marriage and she had recently left him. He declared threat to kill her and carried out the act in a sensational fashion.
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San Francisco
Je Tagoni
Mary Costello
Sacramento Street
Tagoni
Miss Costello
Union-Cornucopia
Medical Springs
Cornucopia
Union County
Curry County
Emery
Klamath Reservation
Lakeview
Guore Lake
Lake County
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Salem
E. J. Swafford
George Williams
J. A. Baker
Swafford
Vandvert
Crook County
Brownsville
Joseph
Pierce Hiume
Michael Weber
New York
Point Terrace
Siuslaw
Jacoburger
Florence
West
Allen Logan
Dallas
Enoch Sylvester
Logan
Egan
Umatilla
Boom Creek Gold Find At Drea Alaska Draws Prospectors
Reports from Drea Alaska describe a major gold discovery on a tributary of the Dyew river just above town. About 200 to 300 men have staked a 10 mile creek called Boom creek with surface returns of 25 cents per pan and prospects rising as shafts deepen. Many companies form to work claims and buy properties, all on American oil claims, with more staking expected.
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Drea
Alaska
Dyew
Last Ballight of Mazaltini Draws 7000 in Mexico City
In Mexico City the final ballight by Mazzaltini drew about 7,000 spectators this afternoon. Maz zaltini narrowly escaped injury being towed by an enraged bull and gored in the hand. Ten horses perished and six balls were lost before the event ended. The contest did not meet the usual standard. Seven lions are reported among the sultan of Morgeon’s beasts.
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City of
Mexico
Mazzaltini
Tomas Mazzaltini
Food shortages and starvation fears reach Dawson via Yukon report
John Lindsay of Olympia describes severe food scarcity awaiting Dawson winter. He and partners left town with sleds carrying about 140 pounds each, while Dawson residents face high prices and limited supplies. Miners debate sharing provisions as government intervention irks police.
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Port Townsend
John Lindsay
Olympia
Wash
Dawson
Frank Ballaine
Tom Stoney
Victoria
Bob Glynn
Seattle
Lindsay
Fort Yukon
Transportation Company
Constantine
Northwest Mounted Police
B. L. Bradley
Roseburg
W. B. King
Merced
Cal
P. J. Holland
Butte
Mont
Thomas Stoney
Robert Glynn
van Sants
Spokane
Stewart River
Henderson Creek
Daweon
Stewart
Big Salmon
Major Walsh
Yukon
Fort Pelly
McGregor
Peary Returns to Washington After England Reception
Lieutenant R E Peary, Arctic explorer, arrives in New York aboard the St Paul and heads to Washington. He praises his England reception and notes Alfred Harmeworth’s gift of the Windward for his next Arctic expedition, with funds provided and plans to sail in spring.
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New York
Washington
R. E. Peary
England
St. Paul
Peary
Alfred ©. Harmeworth
Arctic
Harmeworth
Peary Sid
Handa
Fogbound London District Faces Shipwreck Risks
Heavy fogs shroud London and surrounding waters including the British channel the Mersey the Clyde and the Tyne. Shipping accidents have disrupted traffic with delays and stoppages and fears grow for lost lives. A mistimed historical note mentions muskets fired in 1414.
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London
British Channel
Mersey
Clyde
Tyne
Adrift in gale Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sails late
Reports from New York on December 27 describe the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse with 461 cabin and 898 steerage passengers arriving from Bremen after a week of heavy seas. A boiler band broke off near Cherbourg causing eight hours of drifting before repairs cooled the vessel. Captain Englehart dismissed danger concerns.
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New York
Lloyd Line
Bremen
Pssengers
Cherbourg
Plawes
Englehart
Murder by strangling with hidden cloth weapon shocks St Louis
In St Louis a post mortem on Jacob Weinan shows a towel around his throat and a wad of thick cloth with horsehair embedded deep in the bronchial tubes. Police note a distant similarity to an 1508 Jefferson barracks murder, unsettling detectives.
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St. Louis
Jacob Weinan
Jefferson Bamniecks
Plan to Consolidate Eastern Coal Trade Unveiled
New York report reveals a vast scheme led by J. Pierpont Morgan to create centralized coal selling agencies across major eastern districts. The aim is to halt rate cutting, coordinate production, and control supply from Pennsylvania to Illinois, enforcing uniform practices.
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New York
Supreme
J. Pierpont Morgan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Train wreckers strike at Burling ton line near Murray
At Thayer Iowa on December 27 an attempt to derail Burlington train No 2 failed, track tampering found with footprints and pulled spikes. No injuries reported. Separate items mention abolition of the coroner's office in New York and other dispatches from Honolulu Birmingham and San Francisco on wages and industry.
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Thayer
Here
Murray
Burlington
Murray Hill
Stor
New York
Hurd
Honolulu
San Francisco
Washington
Behring Sea damages award nears half a million
The Behring Sea claims commission reports an award against the United States totaling 294 181.01 with expected total near 60 percent higher due to interest and charges. The government will seek congressional appropriation to satisfy the judgment under treaty obligations. General J W Foster notes no surprise, citing President Cleveland’s prior position that 425 000 was fair.
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Washington
Behring Sea
State Department
United States
London
Corwin
Carolina
Thornton
Great Britain
Rush
Sayward
Grace
Anna Pack
Dolphin
Alfred Adams
Triumph
Junita
Pathinder
Black Diamond
Lilly
Arctic
Kate
Minnie
Bear
Ada
Behring Sea ‘Claims Commission
Department
Gresham
Congress
Elaine Coldmastea
J. W. Foster
Behringeen
Cleveland
Foster
Japan
Portuguese Officer Massacred in Angola Colony
A St Paul de Lonada dispatch reports Humbo plateau natives killed a Portuguese officer a sergeant and 12 men in Angola. Reinforcements have been cut from St Paul de Logada. The colony in Africa has long been held by Portugal since 1486 with forts and trading posts.
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Lisbon
St. Paul de Lonada
Lower Guinea
Humbo
Angola
St. Paul de Logada
Congo Free State
Alaska bound steamers and Pacific Northwest troubles
The Pacific Northwest bound steamship fleet grows with the Amur joining vessels like Bothnia Scythia Ohio and Valencia. Crops hops tax collections improve in Umatilla county while local quarry work at Siuslaw advances and a murder trial in Dallas ends with a favorable verdict for the defendant.
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Pacific Northwest
Amar
Victoria Trading Company
London
Amur
Alaska
Followin Steamships
Bothnia
Scythia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
Cottage City
Curacoa
Conemaugh
City of Columbia
Valencia
Brixham
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J. E. Day
Society Notices
New Berg
Bank of Newberg
Newberg Council
Masonic Hall
A. FL
A. M
C.V. Bank Building
Overland Express
Albany
Eugene
Roseby
Grant Pass
Medford
Ashland
Sacramento
Ogden
San Prancis
Mojave
Los Angeles
el Faso
New Orleans
Wand Emst
Hburg & Way
Vin Woodburn
Mt. Angel
Silverton
West Selo
Pvile
Nerton
Vallia
Way Oess
Grand Ventral Station
Fifth and
Irving Streets
Yambile Division
Jefferson Street
B. Yrissell
Newberg
K. Koehler
C. BH. Markham
Portland, Or
VIA
Minneapolis
Salt Lake
Omaha
Kansas City
Seear
Poe
Hong
O. R
Oliver & Colcord
Newsora
W. H. Hurlburt
Pam
News OF the
Cur
White House
Wyoming
St Thomas
Dye
Mazzaltinis
Morgeon
Dawson City
Coroner's
Nawaii
South Hoop
Birmingham
Ala
Ceronna Coal Company
Virginia & Alabama Coal Company
Walker County
Ainance
Tom
Charles W. Richards
Tokio
Congo
Steameships
Northwest
Oregon Notes
E. P. Wier
Fossil
Gilliam County
Hoffman & Hastain
Frank Knox
J. D. Livingston
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