Winona Wrecked Fire Kills One in Blast
A nighttime explosion at Winona Washington destroyed the R. N. depot and nearby buildings after a fire ignited gasoline and giant powder. Car Inspector Buchanan was killed and several injured as debris and flames swept nearby streets, with Endicott six miles away feeling the shock.
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Winona
Wash
BK Buchanan
Lester's Mercantile Store
Roscoe Buchanin
Buchanan
Wall
Lew Broyles
Broyles Ja Bhadly
Spokane
Hughes
Haywood at Work at His Deck in Denver
Haywood started his day at his Denver deck answering telegrams and congratulatory letters. A lecture bureau offered $14,000 for 100 lectures this winter, which Haywood is considering.
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Haywood
Denver
Extortion plot targets La Grande grocer McKennon
A hobo attempted to extort $1000 in gold from J. D. McKennon, pioneer grocer and politician of La Grande. McKennon hired ex-officers to guard a beet factory post. the suspect, Charles Smith, was captured in the night near the beet sheds and confessed, awaiting trial.
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D. McKennon
Eet
Thobo
J. D. McKennon
la Grande
McKennon
Jall
Charles Smith
Smith
Grand Ronde Valley
Strangled Children in Baltimore Case and Bryant Linked Death
Strangulation of two children by Mrs. Christine Nenadal in Baltimore during a period of insanity is reported. Mary, 2, and Yarosaloy, 15 months, died this morning. Separate notice states Miss Julia Sands Bryant, daughter of poet William Cullen Bryant, died recently at Mineola New York, leaving $600,000 with half to her lifelong friend Anna Fairchild.
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Baltimore
Christine Nenadal
Mary
Yarosaloy
Julia Sands Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Mineola
Mise
Anna Fairchild
Turks and Persians Unite Against Christians in Urmia
In Persian Urmia district Turkish and Persian troops allegedly join to threaten the city near the Fiske Seminary for girls. Eighteen Christian men and fifty women and children massacred in Nuvaheko. garrison evacuated and village bombarded. A separate report says 6000 Persian cavalry allied with Turks to threaten Urmia. In St Petersburg, General Karangosoff, former Odessa governor, is assassinated. police implicated and successor Kaulbars appointed.
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Urmiah
Fiske
Odeam
Toany
Terhan
Persia
Nuvaheko
Urumiah
Fiske Seminary
Karangosoff
St. Petersburg
Murkowitz Murder Shocks Dayton Near Soldiers Home
Anna Murkowicz daughter of a pawnbroker was strangled last night near the old soldiers home in Dayton. Abe Cohen a traveling salesman was shot and beaten, and Bertha, Jacob and James Murkowitz are under arrest. Police suspect a motive tied to following Cohen and Anna.
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Dayton, O
Anna Mur Jkowitz
Abe Cohen
Thertha Murkowicz
Cohen
Anna Murkowicz
Jacob
James
Bertha Markowits
Anna
Settling Harney County Homesteads Rapidly Snapped Up
A. Hembree, visiting his son in Baker City, reports land hunger in Harney County with 125 people filed on homesteads in one week. He notes water for irrigation exists and the region yields bountiful crops as land rush accelerates.
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Harney County
A. Hembree
Hurnale
D. J. Moomaw
Herald
Baker City
Standard Will Refuse to Pay Fine and Oil Row Fallout
New York reports that Standard Oil plans not to pay a fine amid disputes over Archbold and Commissioner Smith. Archbold claims Smith did not confer, demanding a fair hearing. Secretary Pratt blasts claims of oil price manipulation by the National Petroleum Association. Chicago notes the Furniture Trust dissolved by Judge Landis with orders against involved firms. Norfolk records three Garrett brothers drowning when their gasoline launch was struck by a barge.
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Guumi
Standand Comany
Judge Landis
New York
Standard Oil
Archbold
Standard Ol
Smith
Pratt
The
Standard
Chamberlain
National Petroleum Association
Furniture Trust
Chicago
Norfolk
Edward G
Herbert John Lb
Clifton Garrett
G. T. Garrett
Newport News
Grain Market report from Chicago trading day
Wheat opened 90 7 8 closed 1 corn opened 549 4 closed 651 8 ante opened 4714 closed 44 Note: OCR text fragments.
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Chicago
Vogal Train Alt Lake To Huntington
The Oregon Short Line has begun a local passenger service between Salt Lake City and Huntington without formal approval. Train No. 3 arrives Huntington at 11 26 a m and No. 4 departs at 12 26 p m with a baggage car two coaches and a sleeping car. The service, daily to Boise, supports rapid irrigation development and should keep main line trains closer to schedule.
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Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake City
Huntington
Salt Lake
Fire from Lightning Destroys Thornton Businesses
A lightning sparked blaze in Thornton Washington on August 6 destroyed the Thornton Mercantile company and a Northwestern Warehouse building along with stock. The fire rapidly spread, threatening nearby Hodgson brothers' machine shops and the O R and N station. insurance will cover about half the estimated fifteen thousand dollar loss. Ed Stout's house was lost but furniture was saved despite no insurance.
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Thornton, Wash
Thornton Mercantile Company
Northwestern Warehouse Company
M. A. Weet
Ed Stout
Hodgson Brothers
Armed Protestation With Britain Spain Deploy Troops
England dispatches cruiser Antrim with 466 men to Caza Blanca following Moors outbreak. Spain plans to move 500 troops to Morocco, with preparations under way in Madrid for transport.
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England
Spain
Gibraltar
Antrim
Caza Blanca
Madrid
Morocco
Unlonding the Timber Lands in Oregon Sale to Corporations
Roseburg August 5 report on Southern Pacific railroad land being sold to the C A Smith Timber Co and others at high prices. Details include 8485 acres in township 31 south ranges 10 west, sold by Oregon & California to C A Smith Timber Co via Union Trust NY. Timber lands near Coos and Coquille rivers. Locals allege settler homestead bids at 2.50 per acre, but land now moving to timber interests. Douglas Linn and Coos counties see heavy applications ignored.
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Roseburg
Ranges
Oregon & California Railroad Company
C. A. Smith Timber Company
Union Trust Company
New York
Chas. A. Smith
Minneapolis
Coos River
Coquille
Coos
Douglas
Coos County
Douglas County
Linn County
Douglas and Coos County
Sunday closing orders enforced in Pendleton saloons
District Attorney Phelps obtained police and sheriff cooperation to close saloons on Sunday. Most saloonkeepers complied, with Johnn Schmidt keeping a locked cigar department open briefly. No complaints had been filed by noon, and Phelps planned grand jury action only if prosecutions are demanded.
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Pendleton
Phelps
Johnn Schmidt
Sheriffs Office
Cass Matlock
Pullman
Thomas Myler Drowned In English Channel Attempt
London reports that Thomas Myler a Spanish American soldier said to have raised the stars and stripes over Santiago de Cuba drowned near Courtown while training to swim the English Channel A second man Peter Weeks lost a hand recently in the Lookout mine near Lookout Idaho in the same dispatch via the Exchange Telegraph news service.
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Thomas Myler
London
Myler
Santiago de Cuba
Courtwon
English Channel
Peter Weeks
Lookout Milly
Lookout
Idaho
Jury to Try Halsey Trial Opens For Additional Jurors
San Francisco August 6 with four jurors in the box the Halsey case began the examination of additional tabermen this morning Three were temporarily passed James Burke coal dealer John F Young hotel keeper Hidward Skahan grocer were among those examined but not selected to serve
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Halsey
San Francisco
James Burke
John F. Young
Hidward Skahan
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Endicott, Stix Miles
Granite Pioneer
Anna Murkowitz
Dayton, Oho
Arcibold
VOGAL
Alt Lake
Boise
Italy
Thornton
Southern Pacific
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