International tensions over non resident damages in Colorado court ruling
Major General James B Negley dies at Plainfield New Jersey a veteran of Mexican and civil wars born 1826 in Pittsburgh. Floods from Yangtze drown thousands as river rises forty feet. President McKinley commutes Private Morris sentence to life at Fort Leavenworth. Lincoln Nebraska Dem populist and free silver Republicans plan unified state convention September 17. Mrs Philip Hitchcock shoots Mrs Roberts injuring her then kills Mr Roberts. Iowa Republicans nominate ticket headed by A B Cumming for governor and other statewide posts.
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United States
Italy
Colorado
James
Negley
Plainfield
N. J
Pittsburg
Stone River
China
McKinley
Frederick Morris
Company K
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Morris
Ingnegro
Leven
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Felon
Philip Hitchcock
Denver
James W. Roberts
Roberts
Lows Falla
Brown
Sheldon
RK. C. Jarrett
Osage
Oregon state fair and river steamship fare updates
The 190hagine Oregon state fair will run at Salem from September 24 to 28. Rates for Portland to San Francisco steamers rise to 15 dollars in cabin passage and 10 dollars steerage. A Willamette valley wheat field near Albany yielded 55 bushels per acre. Dr. Jay G. Eldridge resigns to pursue a Yale chair at Idaho. Miner Edward A. Spangler dies at Baker City aged 45. Pioneer C. R. McGuire dies at Summerville home. Alaska gold output expected to fall due to creek water shortage. Missing persons Hough and Abbie Goldaten presumed lost. Mases Hart in Portland for eye surgery. risk of loss of an eye noted. Mrs. Angie Fenton dies of consumption at Hillsboro. born Indiana, married 1865, moved to Creston and Carlton.
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Oregon
Salem
Meale
Portland
San Francisco
Albany
Willamette Valley
Jay G. Eldridge
Yale
University of Idaho
Edward A. Spangler
Baker City
C. R. McGuire
Summerville
Caner
Mre. Wm. Woodell
Alaska
Westfall
Angie Fenton
H. H. Fenton
Hilsboro
Miami County
Indiana
Anderson
Fenton
Crevwon
Carlton
Common Sense Medical Advertising Claims in 19th Century Broadsheet
An crude ad pamphlet argues Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery cure female illnesses and restore health. It urges letters to Buffalo New York for a free consultation and promotes a lengthy medical book offered via one cent stamps.
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Merwe
Pierce
Butialo
Holmes
Cow Spring
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Strikers Expect Attain Success as Union Sets Strike
Amalgamated Association leaders forecast success of a nationwide strike set to begin Saturday night in Carnegie and other trust mills. Gompers and Shaffer lead talks with federation affiliates while Pittston and Ohio Indiana Illinois mills report readiness. Painter mills delayed. furnaces show no action today.
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Pittsburg
Omleimls
Amalgamated Association
Eirike
Nohiteh
Shaffer
Carnegie Company
Trust Mills
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Gompers
Federation of Labor
W. Preston
Willian Leeds
Mille
George Clements Taken in Amalgam Theft Case
George Clements, a millman at the Red Hog mine, was arrested for aiding M. Maddy to steal amalgam from the mill. Maddy confessed a conspiracy to steal amalgam and implicated Clements. The two were arraigned at Granite and held on $2000 bond each.
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Baker City
Agg. C
George Clements
M. Maddy
Maddy
Clements
Gindfrey & Taber
Leat
Canyonity
Ball
Clemente Bat
Queues of the Mongolians Hire a Barber in Portland Aug 0
Dispatches from the Hawt weekly report a Chinese Reform Association order supposedly urging all members to remove queues. Local reformers deny receiving any such edict and question its purpose, awaiting authentic word from New York. In San Francisco, 750 marine workers and waiters struck, with a conference to follow between grain merchants and the federation amid freight congestion.
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Portland
Hawt
Chines Reform Association
New York
Secific
Wen
Fay
San Francisco
Federation
Black Diamond Express Wreck on Lehigh Valley Line
The Black Diamond Express on the Lehigh Valley road wrecked near a spreading rail. Several persons were injured and a few possibly fatally. The incident occurred near Rochester as the train traveled through the valley.
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Rochester
Lepigche Valley
Roy
Invasion Report Skirts Dutch Caribbean Waters
A fragmentary dispatch from Willemstad Curacao notes another Colombian invasion near Colon as reported by Venezuelan authorities and the Colombian minister of war.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Colon
Colombia
Wheat Market Quiet Ahead of Government Report
The New York market saw a quiet wheat session with little trading. A government report due tomorrow is expected to show a high wheat percentage but low corn and oats. Liverpool clean date and New York openings show minor movements with corn firm and stock prices down.
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I. L. Ray & Co
Pendleton
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Liverpool
Portland police seek MacDonald over Western Lumber Mill robbery
Portland police report John MacDonald confesses in London to robbing the Western Lumber Mill last fall. The crime involved three masked men taking December payroll cash totaling 4700 dollars. A London court then heard a waiter named James MacDonald surrender, claiming a Portland office job ending last December.
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Portland
Aug
John MacDonald
London
Western Lumber
MacDonald
Western Lumber Milla
Janes MacDonald
Oregon
Russia Urges Union With America Against Germany
Russian newspapers call for government unity with the United States to settle the tariff dispute quickly. They argue this partnership should focus on a unified response to a likely German tariff war and favor cooperation with America against Germany.
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America
Germany
At. Petersburg
Aug. C
Russia
Elevator Collapse Kills Portland Worker Theodore Brown
An elevator fell at the Portland artificial jew works this morning in Portland Aug 9 and instantly killed Theodore Brown an old employe. He leaves a widow and children.
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Portland
Artificial Jew Works
Theodore Brown
San Francisco Mint Chief Clerk Walter Dimmick Faces Theft Charge
An arrest warrant was issued today for Walter N. Dimmick, former chief clerk at the San Francisco mint, accused of stealing 30 000 to 40 000 and of diverting funds for private use. He was identified as one of four people who knew the vault combination.
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Man Prancines
Mueret Ser
Walter N. Dimmick
Hief
San Francisco
Warning for the Boers Proclamation Warns Surrender or Banishment
London Aug. 0 parliamentary proclamation states British troops control South Africa and will banish Boers who do not surrender by Sept. 16. Amsterdam Aug. 9 officers deem Kitchener’s proclamation a terror bid unlikely to subdue the burghers.
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London
Ponkalnnitebener
South Africa
al Boora
Geld
Amsterdam
Amterdam
Kitchener
Three Million Loss Fire Destroys Sydney Store
Aus arian fire destroys the Hickord and Bon department store in Sydney. The blaze kills four employees and a fifth person who leaped from a fourth story window as the building burned. A separate Saigon dispatch reports Prince Henry of Orleans dying after a hemorrhage.
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Viewris
B. C
Teoper Moana
Hordon & Bon
Sydney
Australia
Paris
Saigon
Prince Henry of
Orleans
Vallejo and Aggy Deal With Diminishing Bay Waters
Water levels in the bay declined this morning hampering efforts to heat and recover stolen gold. Vallejo and Aggy coordinate response as authorities reassess feasibility of salvage.
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Vallejo, Aggy
McKinley Declines Attend Knights Templar Conclave
Canton report states President McKinley will not attend the Knights Templar conclave in Louisville Kentucky. The decision comes as he refrains from travel during August.
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McKinley
Canton
Knights Templar
Louisville
Jailbreak Halts Execution and Fair Inquiry
Norfolk report says Stein Feagan escaped from jail shortly after midnight and remains at large. A. W. Mount seeks terms to hire Pendleton cornet and BW group for a week at the Lewiston inter-state fair and race meeting, noting this year’s Lew fair is particularly notable.
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Norfolk
A. W. Mount
Lewiston
A. J. Whitaker
Lew Lair
Pendleton
Defiant Husband Dies After Fatal Incident With Wife
Eben L. Boyce, accused in a serious case, died in a related incident in Portland. The defiant man, once a musician with the Portland and Vancouver units, allegedly attacked his wife after tracking her to a Tacoma restaurant, then was fatally harmed during the confrontation.
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Boyce
Portland
Eben IL
Hoyce
Mortland Military Band
Fourteenth Infantry Band
Vancouver
Philippines
San Francisco
Boyes
T Piget Sound
Victoria
Tacoma
Hoyee
Portland Poison Plot Involving Arsenic and Chalk
A Portland drug clerk attempted suicide by arsenic poisoning after advising a man to take arsenic and chalk. The farmer who bought the poison and a clerk’s error led to a fatal misdose, with bystanders recalling the rescue effort and a whiskey drink said to have cured none. The local fund for a public pool remains short of its $2000 goal.
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Portland
Wydaewell
Hamwell
Mark and
Jefferson
Jaewell
Iiaewell
Haswell
Tianwoll
Clark
Harwell
Footwear advice for hot days and comfort
An ad offers guidance on choosing shoes to endure heat, suggesting Ox Ford or tan light shoes as cooling options. It emphasizes that the shop is not a store charging for cooling shoes and urges consulting for fitting and comfort.
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Tack
J, R. Demott
Alexander & Hexter
Boston
Mab
C. Rohrmanr
Byers
Chicago
Harley
Pendleton Roller Mills
Peerless Ice Cream
It. C. Taylor
General News
Pacific Northwest News
Frisco
Ireck
Lehigh Valley
John McDonald
Walter Dimmick
Mint Looter Wan
Kilechsner
Princes Henry of
Orleane
Indo-China
Eben L. Boyce
Seattle
Ady
Eben L. Bovee
Arsenio
Necesary
Oxfords
Pert
Main Street
Pendleton, Or
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