Pendleton Wool Shipping Supremacy Marks Record Season
Pendleton's scouring mills closed a five month run as the season's most successful in history. The city shipped over 7.66 million pounds of wool, more than San Francisco and Great Falls, with earnings and employment details for workers averaging $20 weekly. Wallowa and Arington output included. Mills expect another strong year and aim to keep Pendleton first in western wool shipments.
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Pendleton
Walla Walla
Ariington
Mississippi
San Francisco
Great Falls
Mont
Wallowa
Pendeton
Tacoma Street Railway Holds Employees Liable for Damages
The Tacoma Street Railway will hold motormen and conductors liable for damages caused by crew carelessness. If a car harms a cow or team, the damage will be deducted from the workers' wages. Refusal to permit deductions could lead to discharge. General Manager Diamond stated this protects the company.
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Tacoma
Oech TW
Tacoma Street Railway Company
Diamond
Nat Goodwin Denies Marriage Rumor
Chicago news records Nat Goodwin and partner George C. Weeden of Reno Nevada denying plans to wed Edna Goodrich. He says he is too busy with theater work and business to face domestic troubles.
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Nat Goodwin
Chicago
George c. Weeden
Reno
Nev
Edna Goodrich
Yesterday's Baseball Portland Beats San Francisco 4 2
Portland defeats San Francisco 4 to 2 in a baseball game reported from yesterday's action. San Angeles falls 4 to 1 to Oakland in the same slate of contests.
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Portland
San Francisco
Oakland
San Angeles
Typhoon kills three hundred in Amoy China
Reports from Chang Chow say 300 people were killed when a typhoon hit Thursday sweeping southern China seaports with a terrific wind. Scores of vessels were wrecked as the storm tail struck the Philippines.
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Amoy
China
Chang Chow
Philippines
Insurance payouts loom for Kingston quake fire claims
Kingston Jamaica October 17 Insuraice companies prepare to pay thousands on policies held by city residents where homes and business properties were destroyed by a January fire and earthquake. The English court of appeals ruled the fire preceded the quake, overruling the quake.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Insur-aice
English Court of Appeals
War in Europe Deepens as Balkan Nations Weigh Actions
London dispatch reports the crisis as Bul gari Serbia and Montenegro threaten overt acts while major powers await the conference. A mob of Serbians attacked Austrian residents in Helrade amid city turmoil and police inability to contain violence. Public mood among the poor leans toward war as tensions rise across the smaller states.
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London
Bulgiri
Servia
Montenegro
Helerade
Serva
Vienna
Italeo
Forest Fire Ravages Woods With Narrow Escape Report
Dr Sshoorp Williams recounts a harrowing experience as a vast forest fire rages, destroying timber across several towns. He is reported killed at one point but arrives in Sheboygan after a narrow escape from death, while crews struggle to contain the blaze.
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Sheboygan
Navigation near White Pass closed as ships reach Skagway
Skagway Oct 17 navigation is blocked on the White Pass route. Steamers Casa and White Horse brought 400 passengers from Dawson. The river may freeze with the approaching Yukon cold snap, threatening a river closure.
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Skagway
Ruskin
White Pass
Casa
White Horse
Teddy
Daween
Yukon
Bold burglars at Walla Walla report
Walla Walla Oct 17. Enoch Emertok was knocked down by two men in lodging house last night and robbed of $22. He was struck from behind in the hall and the crime was reported to local authorities.
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Walla Walla
Enoch Emertok
Flames Claim Two Lives and Destroy 25 Buildings
Shirley Oct. 17 Two persons burned to death and 25 buildings destroyed by fire today. Firemen unable to check flames due to lack of fire apparatus. E. M. Pryor proprietor of a restaurant perished while asleep.
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Shirley, and
E. M. Pryor
Burglars Use Phone Error to Escape Bank
In Goehner Nebraska on October 17 burglars tried to call a bank president and got the operator by mistake. They were told purses were forming and moved to a rear exit, thanked the operator, and fled unseen as a second posse gathered at the front door.
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Goehner
Neb
Fighting B08 lands on Loeb in Hamilton Broadway mag
In a letter quoted in Hamilton Broadway Magazine, “Fighting Bob” Evans calls Loeb one of the best secretaries to the president and says he could keep him busy denying every word if he published all he heard. Evans cites a claim about fleet movements and notes the admiral’s denial after a newspaper printed a signal message.
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New York
Loeb
Bet
Bob” Evans
Hamilton Broadway Magazine
Evans
Hampton Roads
Byars
Hyvans
Pacific
Atlantic
Lael
Michigan forest fire leaves hundreds injured and towns ruined
Alpena Mich October 17 estimated casualties show about 300 injured in a forest fire sweeping northern Michigan for three days. The death toll stands at 41 with Wart towers two thousand families homeless. It is believed the town Jess will be millions of deaths.
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Alpena
Mich
Michi-gan
Jess
European stock market wary as Austria and Bulgaria reject plan
London stock exchanges show a grim outlook after Austria and Bulgaria refuse the powers program. Prices slid steadily as war bonds loomed and market sentiment remained pessimistic across major European capitals.
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Austria
Bulgaria
London
Europe
Fires Rampage Across Michigan Northwest Counties
Detroit dispatch reports uncontrolled forest fires sweeping through northwestern Michigan counties including Sheboygan Presquite Alpena and the lower peninsula. Great areas face annihilation hourly as southwest winds rise. Alpena City on Thunder Bay faces destruction threat while Ftchoggan near Mackinac Strait is menaced from the south channel.
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Detroit
Mich
Sheboygan
Presquite
Alpena
Lower Peninsula
Whlind
Alpena City
Thunderbay
Ftchoggan
Mackinac Strait
Brother of Wife Murderer Dies in Prison Suicide
In Chicago on October 17 Arnold Luetgert the brother of the man who caused the death of his wife by disposal in a sausage factory vat fifteen years ago died by suicide in a prison yard. He shot himself amid a group of workers in a grove yesterday. Identification followed today.
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Chitgo
Arnold Luetgert
Chicago
Uife
Merrywikers
Grove
Passenger Steamer Collides With Schooner Near Jefferson Head
Seattle dispatch reports the Alaskan passenger steamer College City, at full speed, collided with a schooner off Jefferson head at midnight. Passengers were thrown from berths, Purser Jones fell overboard, and Quarter Mitt Oran Nelson was severely injured. Crew rescued others as the steamer’s stern was torn open and the schooner struck.
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Seattle
College City
Slumber Hooner
Jefferson Head
Jones
Poewenger
Mitt Oran Nelson
Joel
Fire Devastates Michigan Region After Night of Blaze
Bishop Chiartes TH Willams of the Episcopal Church of Michigan reports a deadly blaze that destroyed Ment area facilities. Survivors describe a long night of fire at Hagensville and a narrow escape from death. A steady south wind fueled the flames as reports of disaster continued to arrive.
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shoBoyman
Mich
Chiartes
Willams
Episcopal Hiocrere
Michigan
Met
Ofire
Wisconsin forest fires burn across towns and stores hit
Milwaukee dispatch reports five Wisconsin towns reporting forest fires raging in the main section. Powod area witnesses a lumber mill and three stores burned, with insured losses estimated at 840,000.
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Milwaukee
Toon Todas
Wisconsin
Powod
Bank Crowier Out on Bail Over Embezzlement Charge
J W Seriber cashier of the Farmers Traders National bank was placed under 16000 bonds by United States commissioner John Halley Jr in La Grande. Bond guaranteed by six Scriber's friends. He faces a grand jury test in Portland late November. Authorities allege he converted 12525 25 from bank funds and forged notes extending over five to six years. Fictitious notes reportedly totaling 50000 or more are believed unearthed. Deputy U S Marshal W S Griffith assisted in the hearing and custody.
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Soa Grande
J. W. Seriber
Farmers’ & ‘Traders’ National Bank
John Halley, Jr
United States
United States Grand Jury
Portland
Mr. Halley
la Grande
Scriber
U.S
W. 8
Griffith
Serlber Wwernh
UC. 8
John Meourt
Ate Tommey J. D. Slater
Jury Still Deadlocked In Portland Murder Case
Portland Oct 17 The jury in the murder trial of Edward Martin, accused in the Nat Hannah Wolff case, had not reached a verdict by 2 oclock this afternoon after 24 hours of deliberation. Rumors suggested possible disagreement or compromise verdict.
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Portland
Edwaard Martin
College Ericiate
Nathant Wolff
Matlock Plans 25-Foot Levee Extension
Matlock will extend the river levee 25 feet to better protect his property. Joe B M, chair of the lower committee, announced the proposal has been submitted to the city and accepted. Current levee protects the town end, but river erosion risks remain between the island and the ball park. Riprap work at the lower end is complete. rest of the project proceeds as funds allow.
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WL F. Matlock
Matlock
Joe BM
St Nia
Matlock Feland
Ball Park
Lensure
Watchman fatally shoots hotel proprietress in San Francisco
In the Brown Palace Hotel center of the Main Street area night watchman Michiel Borses fired twice at proprietress Mrs Agus Mm Towle as she spoke with a guest in her apartments. He then shot himself and remains alive with four to five bullets in his body. He entered with a revolver in each hand.
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Francisco
Agus Mm Towle
Brown Palace
Maines District
Michiel Borses
Fire sweeps Lake Huron shore amid evacuations near Alpena
Report from Alpena on October 17 describes a major fire sweeping along the Lake Huron shore. Residents flee as hundreds of families leave homes and belongings behind near Revere Viv and Proaque Isle, with Gaylord and Rimira reportedly surrounded by flames and awaiting further action.
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Alpena
Midh
South
Roger
Revere
Lake Huron
Gaylord
Rimira
Murder Case Shocks Portland Reader at Steel Works
Port land Oct 17. A murder mystery grips the city after the body of Jack Negent, a local Ohio native, is found on the deck of the Willamette Iron and Steel Works at the foot of Everett Street. A fatal head wound is reported and police deem the death suspicious. The victim had been missing since Saturday.
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Jack Negent
Portland
Willamette Iron & Steel Works
Evereite
Truis
Satuilivy
Snowfall Report From Sierra Nevada Mountaine Area
Snow is falling today in the Sierra Nevada region near Summit California as a cold front moves through. Early reports indicate continued snow through the day with visibility reduced and travel disruptions possible in higher elevations.
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Summit
Cal
Sierra Nevada
Matty Lindstrides
Balloonists Feortseh and Hummel Dead, Adelung Balloon News
Yarmouth Oct 11 The deaths of Lieutenant Foertseh and Aeronaut Hummel of the missing German balloon Horgell are reported as confirmed by the Norwegian steamship Nadied arrival. The balloon was said to have gone some hundred miles northwest of Heligoland. A boat may have picked up the lone survivor. The last note from the balloon indicated a depth of 2100 meters.
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Yarmouth
King
Foertseh
Hummel
Tollay
Heligoland
Haines Brothers Indicted for Murder in New York
In New York on October 7, authorities announced indictments against the Haines brothers for murder. The cases involve charges tied to a theater scene and advertising manager roles in the alleged crime. The narrative mentions names tied to the defendants and possible affiliations.
Robin Comp Man a Bird Sample Case at Sea May
A robin sighting near Sour Theo is noted with a £90 reward in Bard Otah. Game Warden Theathpaon chased the other day with Che Dhi and ty te tad. Meteohin is examined by Judge Graham for the incident.
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Robin Occar
Soung
Bard Otah
Theathpaon Cateht
Che Dhi
Ty Te Tad
Fey
Meteohin
Graham
Hobson to Speak Tuesday for Bryan in Oregon
Captin Richmond Pearson Hobson, famed Merrimac naval hero and Alabama congressman, will speak Tuesday evening at the county court house in support of William J. Bryan's presidential bid. State Democratic manager Alex Sweek notified Will M. Peterson, county chairman, of the rally expected to draw a crowded audience despite The Clansman screening at the theater.
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Captin Richmond Pearson Hobson
The
Merrimac
Alabama
William J. Bryan
Will M. Peterson
Alex Sweek
Democrats
Hobson
Oregon
Studiente
Bryan
Kern
Court House
Standard Oil code stolen in Muskogee Oklahoma
Police recovered a valise from W A Ledbetter general attorney for Waters Pierce Oil in Oklahoma containing a copy of the Standard Oil secret code. The code was in the valise when taken and removed by the thief. Only 13 copies are said to exist.
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Muskogee
Okla
Standard Oi
A. Ledbetter
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Oklahoma
Personal crisis reports at same tour sweetheart wed another
Los Angeles on October 17 Frank Reichardt killed himself at the same hour his former sweetheart in Germany married another man. Reichardt came to the city recently and bought a cottage on installments. He reportedly received a letter noting the wedding date and then hanged himself to a bed post.
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Los Angeles
Frank Reichardt
Germany
Reichardt
Armada Will Reach Yokohama After Storm Delay
A Tokyo witness reports the American armada will arrive in Yokohama Sunday morning after a storm off the Herth coast of Laizon. Efforts seek to postpone departure by one day to complete the full program.
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Tokio
Addigal Sperry
Atlantic
Yokotama
Herth
Laizon
Baby starts fire with matches. mother saves home
A two year old boy in Lincoln Street home played with matches, starting a small blaze that spread momentarily. The mother, Mrs. Dave Gordon, alerted the North Fire Department, which extinguished the flames before they caused serious damage. The child had not previously learned about matches and the incident serves as a warning to avoid dangerous play.
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Dave Gordon
Lincoln Street
Fire Department
Ile
Hanker
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