Salvation Army colony plans in Arkansas valley
Commander Booth Tucker arrives in Denver to arrange a Salvation Army settlement in the Arkansas valley. A large boiler explosion at Joseph Hayward's saw mill near Macon Missouri kills three workers and shatters the mill.
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Salvation Army
Arkansas Valley
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Macon
Charles Heator
Walter Fergurson
Albert Yost
Train Robbery Near Portland Ends With Escape
On September 28 near Portland Oregon two masked men halted Eastern train No 2 forcing engineer and fireman from the cab and robbing them of a gold watch chain and money while a vigilant brakeman fired at the robbers from the mail car. The highwaymen fled into the brush as the train backed to safety and no injuries were reported.
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Portland
Allison
Two Highwaymen Arrested After Railroad Hold Up
Two men who robbed the O R and N train were seized within 15 hours and jailed. They used aliases George Jackson and Charles Williams and hid in a Seventh street lodging house. Officers recovered weapons and a horse tied to a buggy used in the crime, with a purse and a $6 gold piece linked to the engineer’s loss. The case shows swift police action and railroad officials’ resolve to seek justice.
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Oak Streets
George Jackson
Charles Williams
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Williams
California
Seventh Street
Engineer H. Evans
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Evans
Fatal Runaway Accident Kills Lawyer in Pomfret
Hartford Sept 2 F W Valentine a Brooklyn lawyer was instantly killed in a runaway accident in Pomfret today. Henry L Bort a Putnam druggist accompanying him was probably fatally hurt. Both wives were severely injured in the mishap. About forty five thousand sovereigns pass over the Bank of England counters daily.
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Conn
F. W. Valentine
Brooklyn
Pomfort
Henry L. Bort
Putnam
Bank of England
Spain and Woodford Reach Crisis at Madrid
United States Minister Woodford arrives in Madrid amid threats of war over Cuba. Spain may suspend diplomatic relations if mediation fails, while Woodford hails a satisfactory talk with the foreign minister and plans to observe October in Biarrite. Extra guards accompany him to the hotel as authorities monitor the situation.
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Spain
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Austria
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War Department
Army
Navy
Japan
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San Pedro Mine Collapse Kills 17 in Mexico
News from El Paso reports the San Pedro mine in the Cartillitos group, about 12 miles from the city, caved in today burying 17 workers under 60 feet of rock and dirt. The mine, rich in silver and owned by the Cartillios Company, may incur a heavy fine if timbering was lacking.
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San Pedro
Cartillitos
Mexico
Cartillios Company
New York
Supreme Court rules mortgage law retroactive and unconstitutional on preexisting contracts
The Washington Supreme Court affirms a lower ruling in Swinburne v Delane concerning a state act regulating sales under execution. It holds the act retroactive and void as to contracts made before passage, preserving the old mortgagee right to immediate sale. The decision discusses contract inviolability and the impairment doctrine.
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Wash
Supreme Court
Nathaniel R. Swinburne
Pierce County
Swinburne
Delane
United States
Union Pacific Reorganization Plan Reported For Government Sale
Washington reports the McKinley administration accepts the Union Pacific reorganization plan. The government mortgage to be foreclosed, the road sold, and the company reorganized under a $45 million bid. The Fitzgerald committee leads the effort with capitalization set at $100 million.
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the Tribune
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United States
Reorganization Committee
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Congress
Cleveland
Union Pracific Company
Fitzgerald Reorganization Committee
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas Pacific
Louis Fitzgerald
Jacob H. Schieff
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Chauncey M. Depew
Marvin Hughitt
Oliver Ames
Fitzgerald
Food shortage appears inevitable in Alaska crisis
Captain Tuttle reports on the Nevarch rescue. He warns Yukon winter will bring serious hunger as food runs short and law and order strain tests loom at St Michaels with 12 vessels soon en route. The Willamette sails for Skaguay with 2,900 tons cargo and 80 cattle, sheep, and cattle aboard.
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Skaguay
Death in Dyer Pass on Skaguay Run Westward
The steamship Pioneer arrived in Port Townsend at 1 AM with news of a deadly slide between Sheep Camp and Chilkoot pass last Sunday. Eighteen packers on the Dyea trail reportedly perished, with only one body recovered, that of Choynski, cousin of Joe Choynski. The bodies were said to carry about eighty thousand dollars in valuables. Skepticism rests on the tale, but officers relayed the accounts from Skaguay. Bridges on the Skaguay river have washed out. snow depths were six inches at Lake Bennett and three inches atop Chilkoot pass. The Al-Ki, overdue from Alaska, also arrived with a crowd of men returning from Skaguay unable to cross the pass.
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W. W. Sprague
Tacoma
Alaska
Lake Bennett
Landslide at Sheep Camp Destroys Packers Camp
Captain Neilson of the Pioneer corroborates a snowslide turned landslide near Sheep Camp on the Chilkoot pass. Three newcomers reach Skaguay with the tale of a sudden 3 o clock morning roar and a mass of debris sweeping through the town, wrecking Packers Camp and leaving many unnamed victims. W. W. Sprague of Tacoma also confirms the report.
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W. W. Sprague
The Umpire Chosen for British Venezuela Boundary
Washington Sept 27. The five arbitrators fixed the fifth umpire to meet them. The name is withheld not Baron Courcel nor King Oscar of Sweden. The decision avoids invoking the Monroe doctrine. Venezuela is represented by Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer of the supreme court.
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Sweden
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Supreme Court
South Omaha Livestock Exchange viewed as trust model
Assistant Attorney General Boyd says South Omaha exchange organized similarly to the Kansas City exchange, recently declared a trust by Judge Foster. The Western livestock exchanges suits began under Harmon and are being vigorously prosecuted by the current administration. A Rome telegram reports about 40 killed and many injured in a mine earth slip near Girgente.
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Boyd
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South Omaha Livestock Exchange
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Kansas City
Foster
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London
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Train flanged into a river on Bengal-Mysore line
Floods wash away a bridge near Maddur on the Bengal Mysore railroad causing an engine and five cars with passengers to plunge into the river. The disaster results in heavy loss of life and injuries.
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Bengalore-Mysore
Maddur
Gasoline Stove Explosion Burns Man in Chicago
A gasoline stove exploded on West Adams Street in Chicago killing one man and injuring six others as flames engulfed the area. Investigators are assessing the cause and the scene was secured by local authorities.
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West Adams Street
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