Bandits Attempt Hold Up Oregon Rail Line Ends in Robber's Death
Four masked men try to loot an O R and N train near mile post 21 west of the tunnel. The lead robber is killed by the express messenger from the baggage car door. Engineer Barrett and fireman Stevenson are wounded but the bandits retreat.
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Portland
O. R. & N. Overland
Lon
Mile Post 21
Troutdale
Barrett
Stevenson
Mile Post
Korner
War Fears Mount as Macedonian Rally Pushes War
Sofia reports a tense mood in government circles with no real changes yet. A large Rastchuk meeting endorsed urgent war against Turkey and praised pope and British American press for Macedonian support. Frontier fighting near Kotshani leaves Turkish forces at 50 dead and insurgents 10.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Rastchuk
Turkey
Rustchuk
Trades Union Congress
Kotshani
Germans Regard Alcohol Use As Not Harmful
The Imperial Health Office reports 1902 liquor spending across Germany at about $625 million, averaging $35 per person over 15. It issues a pamphlet promoting moderation and noting abstinence is not a health disadvantage or reduced work capability, backed by material on alcohol’s injurious effects.
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Berlin
Imperial Health Office
German Empire
Health Office
President Preparing Message for Extra Session
Oyster Bay N Y September 26 The president is already drafting his annual message to Congress. The document will be presented to the extraordinary session around mid October and will not be signed until then.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Congress
Street Car Strike Paralyzes Newark Transit
Newark sees the largest street railway strike in 20 years with no cars running under police guard. Workers demand 22 cents an hour, end of spill system, and union recognition. Power plants and gas works may join, threatening wider outages across Essex Hudson Passaic and Union counties. Pedestrians walk miles as traffic halts.
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Newark
N. J
Essex
Hudson
Passaic
Union Cyvanties
McCarter
Public Service Corporation
Bean
Cele
American fruit boom as London buys record California pears
London markets report a surge in US fruit imports after a poor British and continental harvest. California pears and New York Bartlett pears led sales at Covent Garden, with 25 000 boxes sold and prices up about 30 percent. American apples and Canadian shipments also surge amid limited English fruit.
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London
America
Great Britain
California
Covent Garden
New York State
France
England
Treaty Died as Panama Canal Negotiations Stalled
Washington reports the Panama canal treaty is dead after the State Department closing at 4 pm. No word from Bogota or the Colombian envoy eased the setback. In Colombia, a secret senate session may empower President Marroquin to pursue the treaty, with nine senators due to exit July 20.
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Washington
State Department
Beaupre
Bogota
Herran
al On Congress
Marroquin
Presit
Panama
Odell
Colombia
Senate
Congress
Wheat market at standstill in Pendleton area
Pendleton and vicinity report a complete wheat standstill as prices plunged. Club 67 cents and bluestem 70 cents, a five cent drop. mills out of wheat and export buyers absent. About 900000 bushels unsold, 3000 sacks arriving daily as farmers store ahead of wet weather and fall seeding.
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Pendleton
Club
Bluestem
Land Opening Ruling Sparks Timber Land Debate
A department ruling tightens entry rules on timber lands entered under the June 3 1878 act. It would reopen large areas to entry, risking transfer of prime public lands to corporations holding forest reserve land scrip, a result Congress sought to avert.
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Department
Congress
Calls for Aid Increase in Depression Searing Sea Area
Detroit reports from Salt Ste Marie that Canadian Sea distress grows as Consolidated Lake Superior plant shutdowns deepen hardship. Street car workers threaten a strike next Monday without full pay, while ferry crews and other 800 workers face unrest. Aid requests rise from unemployed with cashable paychecks.
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Detroit
Mich
Salt Ste. Marie
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Soos
Argument of America at Alaskan boundary hearings
London dispatch notes several American women in attendance as David T. Watson of Pittsburgh continues his presentation for the American side. He spends the morning examining Russia's title and argues that Russo-British talks show Russia seeking exclusive possession of the coastline in the boundary dispute.
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London
Alaskan Boundary Commission
David T. Watson
Pittsburg
Mr. Watson
Russia
Crystal Consolidated Mining advancing equipment upgrades
Crystal Consolidated Mining company is installing a 50 horsepower boiler and engine and a sawmill. A stamp mill has been ordered from Union Iron Works in San Francisco and will be on the ground early next month. A wagon road 7500 feet to the Mountain Lion claim is under construction at about $4000. The firm expects to run the mill continuously through winter.
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Pendleton
Pacific Slope
Portland
Seattle
Sound
St. Paul
California
Utah
Montana
Crystal Consolidated Mining Company
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Champion Creek Road
Mountain Lion Claim
Pokegman Village of Tents in Remote Oregon
Southeastern Oregon reports a unique settlement named ma built entirely of tents near a mountain summit within pine forests. It sits at the terminus of the Klam ath River railroad, a 26 mile Southern Pacific branch aimed at tapping the timber belt. People rushed in to secure wet and timber locations, with much land already claimed.
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Oregon
Klamath River
Southern Pacific
Freshman Enrollment Surges at State Agricultural College
Registration at the Agricultural college is in progress with 250 total so far. The first day total last year was 327, and a large influx of new students suggests the freshman class will be larger than usual.
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State Agricultural College
The
Agricultural College
First Sale Under Irish Land Bill Reaches Agreement
Dublin reports the first land sale under the new act has been completed between the Duke of Leinster and tenants in Athy and Maynooth districts County Kildare. The 26 year agreement covers a total of 6.25 million dollars.
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Dublin
Dkve
Leinster
Athy
Maynooth
County Kildare
Oregon State Veterinary Board Appointments Planned
Governor to name five veterinary practitioners to form the Oregon State Veterinary Board. Two will serve two year terms and three four year terms, with all terms fixed to end after four years. Members serve without pay but may claim traveling and other expenses.
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Oregon State Veterinary Board
Oregon
Slaughter of Pheasants Urges Strict Game Law Enforcement
Urgent call for vigorous enforcement of state game laws to protect the Chinese pheasant. For five weeks birds have been killed in large numbers in the Willamette valley though the season for killing is not yet over.
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Willamette Valley
Portland markets summary of grain, animal, and produce prices
Wheat markets show Walla Walla at 74 to 78 cents and valley at 78. Flour scarcities list Valley at 3.65 to 4.50 per barrel. hard wheat varieties 3.75 to 4.50. rye wheat 4.50. Barley prices for feed 19 to 21 per ton. brewing 21 to 21.50. No 1 white 1.10 per cental. Misc farm items include bran 21, middlings 25, shorts 21, linseed dairy feed 19. Timothy hay. butter 25 to 27 cents. eggs Oregon ranch 24. potatoes Oregon 65 to 75 cents per sack. beef, veal, mutton, lamb, hogs, and wool prices listed with various rates.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Four-robber hold up halts train near St Joseph Mo
Four men halted Burlington & Mississippi River train No 41 five miles north of St Joseph at 10 tonight. They dynamited the express car safe, escaped on horses with a small or no haul, and fled into darkness as a posse pursues. The engine and express car were detached and later wrecked by the blast. Conductor Harvey notified St Joseph, a new train formed, no shots fired.
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Bt. Joseph
Banite
Harvey
St. Joseph
Turkey Moves Toward Averting War
London reports Turkey signals willingness to yield to Bulgarian demands. Daily meetings at Yildiz Kiosk indicate negotiations to avoid war. Councils seek either a Macedonian settlement acceptable to Bulgaria or promises of neutrality by the great powers if war becomes unavoidable.
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Turkey
London
Council of Ministers
Yildis
Daily Mail
Constantinople
Immense slide blocks Turtle Mountain route in Alberta
Crow's Nest passengers report another massive slide this morning at Turtle Mountain near Frank Alberta. No lives were reported lost but residents have deserted Frank, moving on toward Blair as the danger continues.
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Nelson
B. C
Turtle Mountain
Frank
Alberta
Blair
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Windpall
Willamette Valley Prune Association
Salem
West
Panama Canal
Pendletos
Sault Ste. Marie
Argument of America
Pokegman
State Veterinary Board
Portland Markets
Hope
Wool — Valley
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