Forest Fire Threatens Twenty Five Mile Creek Ranchers
Wenatchee August 28 ranchers near Twenty five Mile creek in Chelan county fight for their lives as a great forest fire roars through the Washington forest reserve since Friday. Inaccessible area limits details with homes and crops endangered while foresters seek campers blamed for starting the blaze. Ranger crews from Crystal Springs Ferndale and Rosemount aid the effort.
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Wenatchee
Rangere
Crystal Springs
Ferndale
Rosemount
Strikers Turn Violent as Riot Brings Martial Law
At Pressed Steel Car plant in Schoenville and McKesas Rocks a night of riot results in six dead and six fatally injured. Deputies and troopers fight off attackers as constabulary patrols and militia is likely. Strikers, driven by hunger, attack and are fired upon. deputy sheriff Harry Exeter among the dead.
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Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenville
McKesas Rocks
Stuart
Harry Exeter
Harry Milihazer
John William
John C. Smith
Anton Guberna
Exeter
Gumbert
McKees Rocks
Strikers Quiet Amid Pittsburg Riot After Mill Clash
Strikes in Pittsburg prompted a state militia request as rioting erupted near the car works. Eight dead and up to twenty injured were reported by officials who blamed socialists and newspapers for stoking the conflict. Authorities used mounted troopers with riot maces, soldiers along with deputies conducted door raids, and scores were jailed in the mill yard during the violence. Women, some armed and foreign, played a prominent role before order returned by midnight.
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Pitsburg
Gumbert
Hoffstat
Rio
Go mez Eyes Prosperity as He Returns to Havana
President Go mez arrived in Havana from his summer vacation vowing to devote his energies to boosting republic prosperity. He warned he would punish any government member for neglect of duty amid recent newspaper attacks on the administration.
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Havana
Gomez
Waterworks Bond Issue Approved for Jacksonville
In a special election held yesterday Jacksonville Oregon voters authorized the issuance of 25000 dollars in city bonds to fund the construction of a waterworks system for the city.
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Jacksonville
Ore
Continuance Granted in Calhoun Trial Amid Ill Attorney Illness
San Francisco August 24 A further continuance was granted by Judge Lawler in the second Patrick Calhoun trial due to illness of his attorney Stanley Moore. A conference will be held this evening with judge and counsel to decide future hearing actions.
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San Francisco
Lawler
Patrick Calhoun
The
United Allways
Calhoun
Stanley Moore
Harriman Still Delayed by Illness Aboard Kaiser Wilhelm
Wireless reports from the Kaiser Wilhelm say E. H. Harriman remains ill and confined to a cabin with only specially prepared viands. He will be taken to Jersey City and then Arden by private car after the quarantine ferry. A later message notes he was on deck and improving while following physician orders.
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New York
Kaiser Wilhelm
BE. H. Harriman
Harriman
Jersey City
Arden
Union and
Southern Pacific Roads
United Press
Halifax
E. H
Dr. Sheumple
Litigation over child will end
Kansas City Aug 23 Custody of the child Marion was awarded to Mrs Barclay by Missouri court but later reversed by higher courts, with Mrs Bleakley regaining possession. Barclay hopes for a full review and says she has spent twelve thousand dollars seeking custody. Mr and Mrs Lt N Poulton of Medora Kansas are in the city visiting George Bear and wife, who are sister and brother.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Marion
Lt. N. Poulton
Medora
Kansas
George Bear
Open River Company Cuts Wheat Freight With Farmers
Open River Transportation Company officials visit to announce transport from Umatilla county to Portland via Cold Springs on the Columbia River. The arrangement saves farmers three cents per bushel compared with railroad rates, potentially moving about 60 000 bushels this season. W R Campbell notes farmers within 15 miles can haul one load daily, with over 10 000 sacks expected to be delivered despite a reduced crop.
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Open River Company
Larer
Umatilla County
Cold Springs
Columbia River
Rodney B. Smith
Open River Transportation Company
Portland
Mr. Smith
W. R. Campbell
Terrible storm founders three ships in Atlantic coast
London reports a violent storm sank the Spanish steamer Ashernt with 26 crew drowning near Brittany. Woulle wrecked off Cape Verdes with all hands lost. French steamer Ménoumangra also foundered. crew and passengers perished.
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London
Britany Coast
Cape Verdemands
Ouray Flooded by Storm Assails Colorado City
A cloud burst drenched Ouray Colorado on August 22 flooding the city. Portland and Cascade creeks overflowed and streets filled to three feet. Casualties were reported, making this flood worse than the prior month’s disaster.
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Ouray
Colo
Portland
Cascade
Fowler Attacks Speaker Cannon Over Banking Reform
Former Banking Committee chair C N Fowler accuses Speaker Cannon of favoritism and treachery in denying reappointment. He claims Cannon opposed Fowler’s 1907 panic-averting banking plan and conspired with Aldrich, saying Republican defeat next election hinges on Cannonism’s grave.
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Banking Committee
Cannon O
Fowler
Cansion
Danville
Adee
Bennot Aldrich
Rose Breaks Another Record At Windy City Meet
Chicago won the stadium athletic meet with 653 points, edging Olympic Club by four. New York scored 37 and Boston Athletic Association added 10. Ralph Rose hurled the 16 pound shot a fraction over 61 feet and Joe Horner set a new American javelin mark at 149 feet, though the latter may lack official sanction due to nonstandard spears.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Windy City
Olympic Club
New York
Boston Athletic Association
Massachusetts
Ralph Rose
Joe Horner
Rose
Horner
Butcher Kills Wife Then Ends His Life in Brighton
In Brighton Colorado on August 23 Samuel Grinn a local butcher shot and killed his wife then fatally wounded himself. The couple had separated a year earlier and met by chance. Grinn fired without warning.
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Brighton
Colo
Samuel Grinn
Grinn
Six Aeroplanes Open Aviation Week in France Trial at Bethany
In Rheims on August 23 six aircrafts circled in a dramatic opening for aviation week. Intermittent showers and high winds spoiled eliminating trials for French representatives in the Gordon Bennett Cup. Lefevre aboard the Wright biplane alone completed the 26 mile course in 8 minutes 55 and 4 5 seconds, setting a new speed record before calm near dark allowed more flights by Latham Lambert Sommer Cockburn de la Grange and Fournier as multiple planes wheeled above the field.
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Rheims
France
Bethany
James Gordon Bennett
Forber
Lefevre
Tissandier
Latham
Lambert
Sommer
Cockburn
de la Grange
Fournier
Civil War Threat Flares in Turkey Over Policy
Constantinople Aug 23 Civil war threats reemerge in Turkey after a split within the Young Turks over foreign policy. Centrally aligned members favor restraint and oppose aggression that hinders internal growth while provincial leaders urge a foreign campaign to rally factions. The Cretan crisis triggered the dispute.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Kidnaping Case Involving Topeka Girl and Suspect Couple
Kansas City dated Aug 23 reports Marian Bleakley aged five allegedly kidnapped from Topeka Saturday by Mrs Edith Barclay. John Gentry arrested with the child. Barclay seeks habeas corpus through Gentry, who is her attorney. Authorities continue to care for the girl.
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Kansas City
Marian Bleakley
Topeka
Edith Barclay
John Gentry
Barclay
Gentry
Sheriff T. T. Taylor Weds In Portland Quietly
Umatilla county sheriff T. T. Taylor and Mise Claire Moussy were secretly married in Portland yesterday. The ceremony occurred after a late-night license arrangement. the couple plan a Seattle trip before returning to Pendleton to reside. Moussy is a longtime resident daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Movesu. Taylor serves a fourth term as sheriff.
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T. D. Taylor
Umatilla
Mise Claire Moussy
Portland
Sheriff Taylor
Wilson
Satem
Salem
Milas Moussa
Seattle
Sound
Pendleton
Mies Mouseu
Umauth County
Youth Sees Brother Drown But Fails To Tell It
Seattle reports Elmer Johnson aged six or seven witnessed his five year old brother Leonard drown at Lake Union on Saturday. He returned home without telling his mother and later admitted fear kept him from reporting the accident as searchers hunted all night and recovered the body after finding a cap floating on the water.
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Seattle
Leonard
Lake Union
Elmer Johnson
Elmer
Dickinson and Taft At Odds Over Panama Railroad
Bernard Baker publishes a statement in the Call from San Francisco dated August 23 reporting a dispute between Taft and Secretary of War Dickinson over Panama railroad freight tariffs and management. Baker says Taft favors federal operation with private steamship lines, while Dickinson argues railroads should not compete with overland lines.
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San Francisco
Bernard Baker
Taft
War Dickinson
Panama
Baker
Dickinson
Fire consumes long tunnel on Billings & Northern line
A tunnel 500 feet long on the Billings and Northern railway, 11 miles north of Laurel near Great Falls, Mont, is ablaze since about 1 am. Firefighters have fought flames all day with no clear effect as Burlington trains detour via Helena.
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Great Falls
Mont
Billings & Northern Railway
Laurel
Burlington
Helena
Mrs Thaw Defends Son's Containment at Matteawan
Mary Copeley Thaw issued a lengthy statement defending her son Harry K. Thaw’s confinement at Matteawan State Hospital. She alleges that hospital rules are designed to cause her son discomfort and replies to Dr. Lamb, the superintendent, regarding their dispute.
Balloon Dirigible Wrecks Above Seine River
In Paris on August 25 the new Clement Bayard dirigible with three passengers and pilot M Capagen was wrecked by telegraph wires and dropped into the Seine while en route to London. No lives lost as high winds caused the accident.
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Paris
M. Capagen
Clement Bayard
Seine River
London
New Consiiine Majestic Theater Opens in Seattle
New Consiiine Theater in Seattle at Second Avenue and Spring Street opens today. It promises to be the finest vaudeville theater west of St. Louis except for a San Francisco playhouse, marking a major addition to the city’s stage venues.
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Seattle
John W. Considine
The
Majesstic
Second Avenue
Spring Street
San Francisco
St. Louis
Pendleton Boy H O Roesch Wins Governor's Match at Camp Perry
H O Roesch of Pendleton Oregon defeated world class marksmen to win the governor's match at Camp Perry An 800 yard perfect 50 of 50 and a 1000 yard score of 49 helped him secure the $500 trophy gold medal and $50 cash He is a naval academy entrant and was unknown at the start amid 00 riflemen entries.
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Camp Perry
H. O. Roesch
Oregon
Major Winder
Winder
United States
Young
Roesch
Naval Academy
Pendleton
Ore
Infantry
Cavalry
Navy
National Guards
Young Roesch
Small Boys Start Blaze in Fresno Block
Fire in Fresno California on August 23 destroyed a large portion of a business block opposite city hall and public library. Supposedly started by small boys, the blaze caused about 60000 dollars in damage. Two livery stables were burned and nineteen horses were killed.
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Fresno
Cal
Roosevelt bags his first elephant during safari
Nairobi August 25 Roosevelt hunting with a party near Kenla killed a magnificent bull elephant after spotting it in the jungle. The skin is being prepared for shipment to the Smithsonian. Roosevelt began hunting today near Lake Mweru with his bearer present.
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Nairobi
Roosevelt
Kenla
Lake Mweru
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