Hectic Week in Hearsay World Lantern
Edward Langtry placed in an insane asylum. Japan names two delegates for sealing conference in Washington. Robrt Parks found dead in burning Dixon Iowa home, likely murdered for money. St Louis stenographer shoots father in law then dies by his own hand. Child Eddie Bosley killed by Seattle Interurban train near Bothell Washington. Union Pacific bid for Omaha bridge concession tops five million. total offer near fifty million. Tapioca flour taxed two cents a pound, boosting revenue. Austin Pa fire wipes out lumber town, 500 homeless. Lafayette Hotel Minnetonka destroyed by fire. Great Northern owned. Nashville exposition September attendance 253,724. total to Oct 1, 1,196,655. China emperor bans banquets due to upcoming eclipse. Open land parcels near Uintah county Wyoming to be settled after Nov 1. Montreal ship carries Cuban aid. not authorized by Cuban junta. Neal Dow dies. Maine prohibition legacy noted. Paris talks on Lozo Vienna appointment. cabinet says stand. Orange-Judd crop estimates: wheat 559 million bushels. corn disappointing near 1.75 billion. drought lowers yields. Seattle burglars plunder Flyer steamer office, safe stolen. California firm plans three large rafts on Columbia river for San Francisco transit.
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Edward Langtry
Hus
Lily Langtry
Japan
Washington, D. C
Dixon
Robert Parks
St. Louis
George P. Peffer
Robert Delaney
Eddie Bosley
George Bosley
Bothell
Wash
Seattle
Union Pacific Committee
Itakien
Union Pacific
Omaha Bridge
Treasury
United States
Austin
Lafayette
Minnetonka
Minn
Great Northern Railway
Paris
M. Lozo
Vienna
Algeria
Marquis d'Reversau
Bold hold up on East Side Railway car near Meldrum station
Two armed highwaymen stopped the East Side Railway Company's Ona carriage near Meldrum station four miles from Oregon City at 6 45 pm taking about 97 of 85 passengers. The robbers, faces blackened, rifled pockets through the car, demanded lights, and fled into brush after a calm, courteous robbery lasting several minutes. Police launched a pursuit but found no trace of the attackers.
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Portland
East Side Railway Company
Ona
Meldrum
Oregon City
Ova
Explosion at Virtue mine kills miner in Oregon
In Baker City Oregon this afternoon at 4 o clock an explosion in the Virtue mine 600 foot level killed J P Maddox and wounded several other miners. The blast was caused by a lighted candle dropped in the powder magazine.
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Baker City
Virtue
J. P. Maddox
Sultan appoints Tewfik Pasha as Turkey plenipotentiary
Constantinople announces the sultan names Tewfik Pasha minister of foreign affairs as Turkey s plenipotentiary to negotiate the peace treaty with Greece in the ongoing settlement efforts.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Turkey
Greece
Electric car jumps track in Seattle embankment
An electric car on Third avenue derailed and plunged down a 10-foot embankment this afternoon. The vehicle carried about 25 passengers but there were no serious injuries, according to officials.
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Seattle
Third Avenue
Detroit Investor Struck by Electric Car Sustains Fatal Injuries
Detroit on October 12 reports Thomas McGraw an elderly capitalist injured by an electric car. He cannot recover.
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Detroit
Thomas McGraw
Suffering on Dalton Trail As Two Feet Snow Favors Klondike Miners
Report from Skagway Alaska notes James Clark and A Brown arrive after 26 days from Dawson City with horses. They warn that 100 miles of deep snow block stock and supplies, with 417 mile Dalton trail, no food for cattle, and many travelers abandoned or perishing. Two feet of snow and ice form at Lindemann and Bennett raise fears of a harsh winter and widespread distress along the pass.
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Skagway
Alaska
Klondike
James Clark and
Co. A. Brown
Birch Creek
Dawson City
Pelly River
Haines’ Mission
Thorp
Brown
Clark
Dalton Trail
Lake Lindemann
Lindemann
Bennett
Fire Devastates Broken Mill Mine In Australia Report
Vancouver dispatch describes the Broken Mill mine fire of September 18. Shift bosses found underground flames and smoke. volunteers aided by mine officers formed blocks to confine the blaze. Despite a hard struggle, the fire continued as fifty were overcome by smoke and heat with three dying.
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Vancouver
B. C
Australia
Broken Mill
Block 14
Captain Whiteside's Canvas Boat Returns Safe From Arctic
The whaling schooner Bonanza sailed into San Francisco harbor with Captain Mred Whiteside and six crew members who escaped the Arctic wreck in a canvas boat. The craft features a double canvas bottom and a bearskin cover used during ice travel to protect them.
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Captain Whiteside
San Francisco
Arctic
Ogt Mred Whitesides
Whitesides
Return of Exiled Officials Across Havana Decree
General Weyler signs a decree permitting the return to Cuba of Havana supreme court judge Gonzales Lanuza professor Emilio Nunez and other exiles including Alfredo Zayas Adolfo Diaz Ignacio Lamas Manuel Castro Palomino Juan Nasenat Adolfo dela Cueva Miguel Ferro and 121 others. Mutinous talk follows after Private Charles Hammond is punished at Fort Sheridan for refusing to work with soldiers dragging him between guardhouse and adjutant quarters.
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Havana
General Weyler
Senor Gonzales Lanuza
Supreme Court of Havana
Emilio Nunez
Alfredo Zayas
Adolfo Diaz
Ignacio Lamas
Manuel Castro Palomino
Juan Nasenat
Adolfo Dela Cueva
Miguel Ferro
Chicago
Charles Hammond
Fort Sheridan
Lovering C. Day
Hammond
Weyler Deposed as Blanco to Succeed Him in Cuba
Madrid reports cabinet decision to recall General Weyler from Cuba with Captain General Blanco y Arenas to assume command. El Heraldo cites 20,000 reinforcements and a team of generals. Madrid dispatch notes Weyler’s resistance and political fallout in Spain amid conservative press turmoil.
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Madrid
Weyler
Cuba
Blanco Y Arenas
Pena-Plana
el Heraldo
Arderin
Gonzales Painale
Spando, Bernal
Cannabcn
New York
The
Emerald
Peninsula
Carlista
el Nacional
General Azcurraga
Senor Robledo
Spain
Spanish minister to the United States may change
Madrid reports imminent diplomatic reshuffle with the Duke of Almor dova also known as Senor Muraga poised to replace Senor Dupuy de Lome as Spain’s min ister to the United States.
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Madrid
Duke of Almordova
Senor Muraga
Senor Dupuy de Lome
United States
Treasure claim ties real estate man to warship guest
Victoria report says Ernest Harris of this city joined Rear Admiral Palliser aboard the Imperious after it sailed to Guatemala. Harris is linked to Charles Hartford who claims to have found a vast treasure on Cocos Island. Hartford arrived from Cocos aboard the Aurora with sealers seeking the treasure and Harris is said to have been taken into the tale by naval officers.
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Victoria
Impervice
Guatemala
Palliser
Ernest Harris
Charles Hartford
Cocos Island
Hartford
Aurora
Harris
The
Imperiuse
Rich pocket found in Oregon mining belt sparks Klondike prospectors
A rich pocket east of Canyon City in Grant county yielded $3000 in cash, reviving activity in the mining belt. James Wallace nearly reached the pocket earlier that summer, being within two feet of the find. The discovery promises new life and possibly a Klondike rush for the region.
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Long Creek
Canyon City
James Wallace
Wallace
Grant County
Captain J. H. H. Wiborg Freed From Prison After Subscriptions
Captain J. H. H. Wiborg was released from a one month sentence for carrying a filibustering expedition to Cuba aboard the Danish steamship Horsa. A 300 fine plus 500 in costs remained unpaid, risking 30 more days, but a popular subscription led by a local newspaper raised the money, reuniting him with his wife and children.
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Philadelphia
J. H. H. Wiborg
Horsa
Cuba
Costa
Wiborg
Forest Fires Rampage Southwest of Estes Park
Estes Park Colorado October 11 forest fires sweep timberlands south west of the city. Immense volumes of smoke darken the sky and threaten great destruction unless a storm intervenes.
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Estes Park
Colo
Drownings reported in Clearwater River near Lewiston
Ira Cowan of Plaza Spokane county drowned in the Clearwater River while crossing with a band of horses. His horse reared and fell, tossing him into the water. the body has not been recovered.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Ira Cowan
Plaza
Spokane County
Vesicle of the Queber Fires Reported in Caseelean
Ottawa reports Caseelean authorities discovered four more bodies believed victims of the flores fire. The toll rises as investigators work to identify remains and determine the cause of the disaster.
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Ottawa
Forest fires rage across Manitoba border into North Dakota
Winnipeg reports say Manitoba forest fires grown more furious with ten to twelve deaths. In Whitemouth and Beautjour areas flames forced residents to flee. A trapper and a German woman died. families sheltered in rivers or trains to escape. Telegraph lines down, trains halted as fires spread.
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Manitoba
North Dakota
Whitemouth
H. L
Darwin
Horner
Broken Head
Mra. Young
Beautjour
Mia. Oo. W. Thomas
Morris
Sailor Boy Brings Passengers From St Michaels
Port Townsend Oct 11 The Schooner Sailor Boy capt Peterson arrived from St Michaels with nine passengers seeking winter there rather than endure semi camp life. They blame St Michaels as a poor residence, and warn of river conditions blocking Dawson City plans until next year.
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Wash
Sailor Boy
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St. Michaels
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Merwin
J. Q. Barnum
Murray
Idaho
Proot
Michigan
Frost
New York
Kaufman
Chicago
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Kappapal
Sioux City
Robinson
San Francisco
W. H. Churchill
New York City
Yukon River
Frank Worth
Mayor Woolf
Dawson City
Bryant
Holyoke
Kodiak Island
Portland
Novelty
St. Michaela
Major Wood
Seattle
D. K. Howard
United States
Randall
Wood
Howard
Thomas K. Clark
Daneon
Dutch Harbor
Baranoff
Dawson
Kanakee Marsh Fires Threaten countywide destruction
Valparaiso Indiana October 11 Kanakee marsh fires spread across the county forcing farmers from work to fight the blazes day and night. Several houses were destroyed last night and flames swept across fields near Aassinong damaging land and crops. Residents of Hebron Kouts and Kinman fear the fire may cross heavy drainage ditches.
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Valpariso
Ind
Kankakee
Mareah
Aassinong
Hebron
Kouts
Kinman
Marsh fires scorch fields around Niles and Berrien Springs
East and north of Niles Michigan marsh fires burn for a week as farmers battle the blazes leaving homes abandoned and valuables moved to safety. Game animals flee to the city while thousands of acres of potatoes fry on the Big Meadow near Berrien Springs. authorities call it the worst fire since 1871.
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Niles
Mich
Berrien Springs
Big Meadow
Prairie fires in Summers and Bristol counties blaze through property
Kenosha Wisconsin October 11 Prairie fires in Summers and Bristol counties caused by sparks from passing engines destroyed considerable property belonging to the farmer. All kinds of means have been adopted to stay the advance of the flames. In some cases where the fire was apparently extinguished it continued to burn the warface.
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Kenosha
Wis
Summers
Bristol Counties
Whole Fields of Corn Burned in Northwestern County
Decatur reports forest fires raging over the entire Northwestern part of the county destroying shocked corn fields. In East St. Louis, John Jackson of Tudor Iron Works suffered severe injuries when a red hot iron bar twisted and encircled him during production, causing fatal burns before rescue.
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Decatur
St. Louis
John Jackson
Tudor Iron Works
East St. Louis
Jackson
Second glanders victim dies in Chehalis
Chehalis Washington October 11 W W Jordan the second victim of the disease died this morning at his residence after a month long fight. The physician in charge and the A O U W lodge of which he was a member did everything possible and his strong constitution was thought to aid recovery but he succumbed.
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Chehalis
Wash
W. W. Jordan
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Exports Reach Record High Under New Tariff August
The Bureau of Statistics reports August imports and exports under the new tariff law. Exports totaled 79,400,264 dollars, the highest month ever for domestic merchandise, up from 66,689,081 dollars in August 1906.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Fisherman son shoots grape thieves in Freano California
Willie Patti son aged 17 employed to guard Reese vineyards with a shotgun shot and fatally wounded Dennett Doland and Bobby Murray who were stealing grapes. Murray is Pattison's cousin Pattison is in jail. Professor E Pickering of the Harvard Observatory reports 142 new double stars in the southern skies.
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Freano
Cal
Willie Pattison
Reese
Dennett Doland
Bobby Murray
Murray
Pattison
E. ©. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
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