Escape from Oregon Prison After Guard Killings
Oregon prison escape as Harry Tracy and David Merrill, both serving sentences for assault and robbery, kill guards Frank Ferrei S R Jones and Ben Tiffany and flee into woods. A forty‑man posse hunts them between Salem and the Reform School, with two rifles and two revolvers believed tossed over the stockade by excursionists from Portland. Ingram, wounded, was jailed for killing his brother in 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SALEM
Oregon
Harry Tracy
David Merrill
Mulnomah
Frank Ferreri
S. R. Jones
Ben Tiffany
Tacy
Ferrell
Ingram
Tracy
Jones
Tiffany
Reform School
Sherif F. W. Durbin
B. B. Carbath
Portland
Linn county
No Change in Situation Rises in Coal Conflict
Amid the anthracite strike, unions in the hard coal belt unite to tighten control. Railroads refuse to haul deputies or nonunion trains, while Kingston and Freeland depose coal movements. President Mitchell heads to New York to meet labor officials as Roosevelt’s stance looms.
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WILKESBARRE
Freeland
Delaware, Susquehanna and Schwylkill railroad
Lehigh Valley Company
Kingston
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Mitchell
New York
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
New Yor
Wright
Presiden Roosevelt
Mont Pelée Eruption Quietly Active Near Martinique
Details from Kingston St Vincent report Mont Pelée's eruption continuing with widespread dust and ash. Soufriere shows heavy smoke and dense fog while three Americans including Harvard geologist Professor Jagger extol risks and record crater activity at 2200 feet above sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KINGSTON
St. Vincent
Mont Pelee
Indané
Martinique
St. Lucia
Castries
Prof. Jagger
Harvard University
Dr. Hovey
Museum of Natural History
New York
George C. Curtis
wat ¢ bolling
Jagger
Shriners Counted In Imperial Council Welcome
Shriners from across the country arrive for the Mecca Imperial Special into San Francisco for the Imperial Council week with parades planned. Two other lightning incidents report deaths in Columbus and a thunderstorm near Odell Nebr high school, while Chicago wheat prices move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN FRANCISCO
Mystic Shrine
imperial council
galanttire
Order
Meca Temple of
New York
United States
Men’s blue ribbed undershirts and drawers deal noted
Advertisement for men’s undergarments offering blue ribbed undershirts and drawers with double weame and full guise priced at 50e. also listing Eeru baleriggan undershirts and drawers described as fine light and cool with full double seats priced at 50 cents.
Hawaii Plague War Claim Favorable Senate Report
The Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico reported support for paying for property destruction in Hawaii during the plague transition. The amendment to the General Desidency Appropriation bill would fund 1,000,000 and authorize Hawaii to issue bonds for the remaining 560,000, to be repaid by the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thy “hanetis
WASHINGTON
Senate Committee on
Pacific Islands
Porto Rico
Hawaii
McKinley
Haw
Fire at St Luke's Hospital in Chicago
A seven story brick hospital building in Chicago named St Luke's, formerly the Woodruff House, caught fire at 3:20 PM causing panic among patients. Efforts were made to evacuate all. rumors say four patients perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qasette
CHICAGO
St. Luke's Society
Woodruff House
Man in Rifles and Smout Tor the King Cheer from Boers
Boers cheer the king with soldiers and rifles in a wartime crowd scene, witnesses report loud demonstrations praising the monarch amid tense conditions.
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MAN
TOR THE KING
Head On Collision Injures Four Trainmen Near Denver
Four trainmen were injured today in a head on collision on the South Park branch of the Colorado and Southern railroad two miles north of Valvarde. The Fishermen's train returning from Platte Canon collided with the west bound passenger train after engineer Latham allegedly failed to follow orders. No injuries to others reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DENVER
Colo
Funes
South Park
Colorado and Southern railroad
Valvarde
Platte Canon
Colorado and Southern
Latham
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OREGON PRISON DELIVERY
FRANK FERREL
Salem Penitentiary
HAZELTON
Kindlick
Coxe Brothers
Ebervale
Jeddo
North Side colleries
Jacobs
Gallagher
BAY CITY
Mich
Jos
Rejch
Fisherville
Hatel
Reich
PLYMOUTH
England
Eddystone Light
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Charleston
United States Military Academy
West Point
Pelee and
Sufriere
neodle
Virginia street
Sunderland
Emporium
Gazette
COLUMBUS, Ga
J. WILLES
LOUIS M'LAIN
Ma. COCHRAN
Willis
Hehmning
Cochran
Mc Lain
Phoenix City
ST. JOSEPH
Odell
Neb
First Methodist Church
Otlieres
UNCLE SAM
GRAY, REID & CO
Black
ALFRED NELSON
THE
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BECKER
Fredericksburg
eedal
Porteous Decorative Co
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