Northern California Route Proposed To Reach San Francisco
News notes plans for a northern route from Portland to San Francisco via Crescent City and Eureka. Surveys compare a shorter line by 120 miles against the Southern Pacific path, with proposed grades around one percent. Santa Fe interests push the project, eyeing Crescent City Eureka and securing nearby properties as possible termini.
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San Francisco
Marin County
Portland, Or
Areka
Crescent City
Eureka
Santa Fe
Ity
California
President Hill
President Receives Damaged Message From Cody Letter
Fragmentary note dated March 3 and 17 discusses damage to watersheds and mountains. Mentions Colonel Cody and W F Cody, urging action to protect land for future generations and West tax payers. Partial references to Washington and horn basin.
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Cody
Washington
Horn
W. F. Cody
Budget Plan for First Installment at St Louis Expo
The budget for the first installment of the German exhibit at the St Louis Expo has been approved. Schmitz, the world famed figure, has been chosen to head the display house.
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St. Louis
Schmitz
Cana Officials Plan Trip to Tie Up Shipping Supply
Officials from Cana move to secure supply routes in Troup with midday departure March 17. Estess, head of the Navigation Co, details methods to tie up steamers and coordinate deck operations.
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Cana
Estess
Ifc Navigation Compa
Ex Governor Francis Arrives at New York Aboard Kron
Ex Governor Francis arrives in New York this morning aboard the Kron. The brief dispatch notes his arrival on March 17 and mentions the vessel in transit.
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Francis
New York
Kronarrived
St Patricks Day Observed Across London Dublin and New York
St Patrick's Day was widely celebrated with flags flown from public buildings in London and Dublin. Queen Alexandra sent shamrocks to Irish troops in London. Dublin held a holiday as crowds watched the parade at Dublin Castle, with the Earl and Countess of Dudley among guests. New York staged its largest parade yet with about 50 000 participants, led by Mayor Low and many Irish organizations, state guards, and church groups.
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London
Dublin
New York
Alexandra
Ireland
Earl and Countess of Dudley
Dublin Castle
Greater
Order of Hibernians
Low
State Guard
Grand Master denies Chicago & Alton strike plan
P H Morressey, grand master of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, rejects Chicago dispatches that Chicago and Alton trainmen will strike over wage demands. He says no strike vote has been taken or authorized and talks with officials continue toward an amicable wage and rule agreement.
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St. Louis
P. H. Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railroad
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
Morressey
Alton
Associated Press
Shamrock II launched amid rain and cheers at Dumbarton
The Shamrock II was launched at 1:30 PM in heavy rain and gale at Dumbarton amid a large cheering crowd. Lipton and Countess Shaftesbury attended with a full crew aboard. shipyard decorations were extensive though wet. The vessel, broader with more shell, features a white and green bulb and keel and Lipton seeks victory as optimism grows.
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Dumbarton
Lipton
Denny
Countess Shaftesbury
Glasgow
Demented Sheep Herder Arrested in Capitol Viewing President
Washington March 17 Capitol police arrested a demented prospector from Buffalo Wyoming who wandered the building seeking to tell the president of his troubles. Officers believed him to be an anarchist amid the ensuing excitement.
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Capitol
Washington
Capitol Police
Buffalo
Wyo
Railway Collision Kills Passenger on Monon Route One
Frankfort Indiana March 17 two fast passenger trains on the Monon railway collided this morning on the route one line. One train was fatally injured with likely multiple casualties and serious damage reported. Rescue crews rushed to the scene as investigators prepared to determine the cause.
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Monon
Frankfort
Ind
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Fort St. Philip
Flooded Mississippi surge halts Memphis traffic and swamps Marion
On March 17 the Mississippi flood floods western lines halting traffic into Memphis as water rises at Marion Arkansas. Two steamers ferry citizens from the island to levees while crews warn Natchez Greenville Rosedale and Helena of dangerous conditions. Crevasses at Hollybush and Baton Rouge areas threaten further disruption. Businesses suspend in submerged districts as goods move by boat.
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Memphis
Marion
Ark
Yawls
Natchez
Greenville
Rosedale
Helena
Cairo
Crisis in a Big Strike Hits Imported Workers
Pittsburg March 17 After weeks of idle time the American Bridge Company imported 38 men from Louisville to restart work. Detectives welcomed them at the station but the new arrivals refused to work and joined the strikers at their headquarters. Company officials vow to resume and plan more imports, while strikers threaten to seek court protection. Louisville workers will be sent home by the strikers.
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Pittsburg
American Bridge Company
Louisville
Czars Manifesto Elicits Cited Cardinal Gibbons View
Baltimore March 17 Cardinal Gibbons comments on the czar manifesto saying it may be the most unexpected and important movement of the 20th century. He expresses hope ecclesiastical authorities in Russia may modify its beneficent features and that Jews might share in the proposed changes.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Russia
Unusual Wedding Ties Pair After Six Years Living Together
San Francisco March 17 An unusual wedding took place today as Frank Parkes who was sentenced to nine years in the penitentiary for entic ing a young girl from her home marries the woman he had been living with for six years. After the ceremony Parkes left for prison. Superior Judge Lawler performed the ceremony. It is the first of its kind on record.
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San Franccisco
Frank Parkes
Parkes
Lawler
Jusserand Receives Honorary Doctorate at Chicago
M. Jean Julies Jusserand, French ambassador to Washington, is awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Chicago at the winter convocation. President William Harpers presided as Rev Frank Gunsauvlus delivered the principal address. Jusserand thanked the university for the honor in a brief, heartfelt speech.
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Chicago
M. Jean Julies Jusserand
Washington
University of Chicago
M. Jusserand
America
Frank Gunsauvlus
William Harper
American Railway Association Opens Fourth Annual Convention
The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association opened its fourth annual convention at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago Illinois. Attendance is large and officials expect the gathering to be among the best in the association's history.
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Chicago
American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association
Auditorium Hotel
Election in Germany to be bitter, scholars say
New York reports a London dispatch that Germany will hold a general election in three months with high stakes. The moderate parties split over tariffs, undermining their alliance. In the last vote one third of voters backed socialist candidates and discontent grows, bolstering socialist ranks.
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New York
Germany
London
Western Federation to Call Out Miners in Cripple Creek District
Cripple Creek March 17 The Western Federation of Miners warns mine owners in the Cripple Creek district that United States Reduction and Refining Works is unfair and ore shipments must stop to the mill by 4 o clock today else all miners will be called out This includes Stratton Independence and other large mines.
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Western Federation
Cripple Creek
Western Federation of Miners
Cripvile Creek
United States Reduction and Refining
Strattons Independence
Census Director Named Samuel North to Lead Census
Washington March 17 The president appointed Samuel North of Massachusetts as director of the census to succeed Merriam. He will assume duty in May. North is currently chief statistician of the census division. Mercer of Nebraska was expected to win but faced strong opposition from his state and was passed over.
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Washington
Samuel North
Massachusetts
Merriam
North
Cnsus Duresu
Mercer
Nebraska
Blizzard Strands Timber Party in Modoc County
William Thompson editor of the Alturas Plain Dealer led a timber party from Alturas on snow shoes to scout terrain when a historic Modoc blizzard trapped them. One member is nearly dead as temperatures drop to 18 below zero. Local area faces record cold and persistence of the storm.
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Redding
Cal
William Thompson
Alturas Plain Dealer
Alturas
Modoc County
Sabin to resign Chicago post for Sunset Telpline San Francisco
John Sabin, president of the Chicago Telephone Company, will resign in April to become the manager of the Sunset Telephone Company in San Francisco, leaving his former Chicago position.
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San Francisco
Chicago
John Sabin
Chicago Telephone Company
Sunset Telephone Company
Col Rowland Ill as Governor of Soldiers' Home
For Leavenworth March 17 Colonel Rowland governor of the Soldiers Home is seriously ill at 75 his condition is critical He formerly governed the home at Santa Monica.
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Leavenworth
Rowland
Santa Monica
One fifth of population and eleventh of area in Europe
The statement notes that only about one fifth of Turkey's population lives in Europe while roughly one eleventh of its land area lies on the European side. It highlights the geographic distribution between the two continents for Turkey.
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Turkey
Europe
Senate to Vote Tonight on Panama Treaty Amendments
Washington reports the Senate met early to expedite Panama Canal treaty debate. Only five attended the invocation as debate resumed at 11. A final vote is expected late this evening with Republicans aiming to thwart the measure, awaiting the long-session conclusion.
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Washington
Senate
Grain Markets Report From Chicago and Minneapolis
Quotations from Coe Commission Company show May corn dropping from 47 to 44.5 cents per bushel as money rates fall from 6 to 4.5 percent. Wheat opened and closed near 74 and 71.5 cents in Minneapolis and New York markets on March 17. Chicago prices record wheat around 44 cents per bushel with scattered, partial figures.
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Coe Commission Company
Court Street
B. E. Kennedy
Chicago
St.ees Var
POE
Minneapolis
New York
City of Seattle Collides With Bankleigh in Fog
The steamer City of Seattle struck the iron ship Bankleigh tied at Evans wharf in fog yesterday. The collision tore into the midsection causing the wharf to shift. Damages are estimated at 28,000 dollars.
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Seattle
Vancouver
City of
Bankleigh
Evans Wharf
Death of Judge Roy Bean Shocks Texas West
Langtry mourns the passing of Judge Roy Bean a legendary Texas jurist famed for a 19th century court decision involving a corpse. He once ordered the arrest of a man killed by a fall and fined the corpse for concealing weapons before handing the body to the coroner for an inquest.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Roy Bean
Pecos River
Langtry
Temperance Leader William Kaine Dies at 61 in London
London reports William Kaine, temperance worker and civil lord of the admiralty under Gladstone, died today at age 61. He led the temperance movement and authored numerous temperance books.
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London
William Kaine
House of Commons
Admiralty
Gladstone
Washington Physicians Declare Justice Day Recovery Hope
Physicians attending Justice Day report that the official stage injury has been passed and they now believe Justice Day will recover. The updated diagnosis suggests a favorable prognosis and ongoing monitoring in the coming days.
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Washington
Justice Day
Wabash Injunction Case Argument Heard Today
In St Louis today the Wabash injunction case argument was presented this morning as courts heard the motions and considered the dispute over injunctions.
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St. Louis
Mare
Hewan
Purely Accidental Death Of Sheep Herder Ernat Meyers
An East Orextonian report on the death of Ernat Meyers, a 27 year old sheep herder on the Dick Ingen ranch in Van Lycle Canyon, states the fatal wound was caused by an accidental discharge while cleaning a pistol. Meyers, found slumped across a table with the weapon, died quickly near the Umatilla county line. inquest jurisdiction was discussed and the jury ruled the death purely accidental.
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Ernat Meyers
Dick- Ingen
van Lycle Canyon
East Orextonian
Myers
Umatilla
Justice Richardson
80LD WHISKEY TO INDIANS ARRESTS FOR SELLING LIQUOR
Two arrests were made on the charge of selling liquor to Indians. Dan Hart, found after breaking into Tom Beott's lodging house, was jailed for preliminary hearing. Brenner Hallou, a saloon roustabout, was arrested and jailed for examination. Hart and Bal: will face a preliminary examination.
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Dan Hart
Mixes Blood
Tom Beott
Brenner Hallou
Hart
Bal
Inspecting the Orchards in Eastern Oregon District Tour
Horticultural commissioner Judd Geer visits Umatilla County to inspect orchards and assess pest control and crop prospects. He notes severe winter did not hurt fruit, favors stronger codlin moth control, and cites scarce nursery stock and rising prices, with progress in handling large crops and new storage facilities.
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Umatilla
How
Judd Geer
Oregon
Union
Baker
Wallowa
Harney
Malheur
Grant
Mr. Geer
Geer
Milton
Umatilla County
Board of Horticulture
Goer
Grand Ronde
Pacific Coast
Geer Tag
Dare Hin
Slarney
Dletriet
Ta Grands
Pendleton
Inland Empire
Crusade to Save China Arrives in America
Secret agents report that Kang Yu Wei plans to establish a headquarters in America for his Bow Wong Wul society. The reformer, ex Taung I Yeumen member, aims to set Kwong Heu as emperor and will purportedly tour the world organizing branches among influential Chinese in the United States and beyond.
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New York
San Francisco
China
America
Kang Yu Wei
Taung I Yeumen
Bow Wong Wul
Society For the Protection of
Emperor
Kwang Heu
Pacific
I 'Ae Thie
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