Cripple Creek and Western Rail News Amid Crises
A jumble of brief items reports a ditching of an R. R. freight near Huron Oregon with minor injuries, a Helena dynamite case captured, water contamination claims at Cripple Creek militia muster, and multiple criminal cases including chec kraising in Cheyenne. Other notes cover fires in Portland and Havre, a Cripple Creek troop reduction, and a parade with $6,500 payroll.
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Tina
Washington
Russia
Japan
Huron
Tanac Gravelle
Northern Pacific
Helena
Mont
Jait
Cripple Creek
Alaskan boundary line settled with Canada winning Portland canal
The Alaskan boundary commission upheld most American claims but awarded Canada the Portland canal. The decision awaits signature and map finalization showing the line. Canadians express strong disappointment while officials assure no American lands will be lost and U S waterways will extend to rich Alaskan territory. Thomas Hodgins C M G voices Canadian sentiment.
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Alaskan Boundary Commission
Portland Canal
Canada
United States
Lord Alverstone
Thomas Hodgins
K. C
Bank and Trust Company Closes Doors in Mexico City
The International Bank and Trust Company of Ambrien under W H Hunt has shut its doors in voluntary liquidation. It advertised paid up gold capital of 1 850 009 and deposits around 1 500 000 silver. The bank, four years old, served many railway contractors and English speakers. Depositors face distress as management hopes a temporary closure will preserve funds.
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International Bank & Trust Company
Ambrien
W. H. Hunt
New York
San Francisco
Mexico
Mexico City
Denos
Hunt
Forests in Flames Near Nordhoff Cal Fire Threatens Damages
A mountain fire on Topatopa ridge north of Nordhoff rapidly travels along ridges with fear it could reach Sespe canyon causing heavy damage. The blaze scorches Pine mountain as rangers prepare backfires. Nordhoff reports Rettison packing house destroyed and olives burned. heat in Ojal valley remains intense as smoke blankets the county.
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Fie
Topatopa Ridge
Nordhoff
Cal
Sespe Canyon
Pine Mountain
Nordhoff Ny
Retiison
Ojal Valley
Rifled the Mail and other oddities in crime and science
Albert Joerndt a Chicago letter carrier awaits arraignment on charges of stealing letters and checks. He confessed to a year of thefts to cover gambling losses amounting to thousands. Dr August Greth demonstrated a 60 000 cubic foot gas balloon with a 1400 to 2000 pound lifting capacity. Charing Welfembach, a Dayton acquaintance, killed himself during a quarrel and later revealed factory stock instructions before police.
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Albert Joerndt
Chicago
Uis
Joerndt
National Association of Letter Carrers
August Greth
Greth
Bantos Dumant
Welfembach
Dayton
Trhid
Yellow Scourge at Monterey Reports Widespread Illness
A mangled OCR note details fever and illness spreading at Monterey and Laredo amid a Marine Hospital bulletin. It cites high death counts and references Mexican weather conditions as contributing factors while noting health department activity and official advisories.
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Lareda
Marine Hospital
Merviow
Whale Health Department
Renee
Triwl
Destructive Aberdeen Fire Claims Four Lives
A historic Aberdeen Washington blaze killed four men and destroyed ten blocks of homes and businesses, with losses around one million dollars. The fire began in the Mack building on Hume Street, a three story firetrap, and spread rapidly through crowded sections. Several injuries were reported as people fled amid chaos and collapsing structures. Insurance coverage was limited, and many local businesses suffered dire losses across the city.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Charles Ralfo
Daniel Webster
Calvin McKensie
Jot Steen
J. D. Hanson
A. Hrothberg
H. W. Lacey
John Mills
Hoquiam
William Oglesby
Mack
Hume Street
Oscar L. Crain
Yellow fever devastation hits Linares as plague halts life
Linares Mexico suffers a rapid depopulation from yellow fever with population dropping from 15,000 to 4,000 in two months. Death tolls run high with 400+ infected simultaneously as residents flee on foot through the mountains. Immune survivors remain amid ruined streets and somber nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linares
Mexico
Should Have Taken a Vacation Attributable Discrepancies Said to Amount to 44000
Alleged discrepancies totaling 44000 are said to have been found in the accounts of the late Joseph Shahr, former secretary and treasurer of P. P. Mast & Co. of Springfield, Ohio. Shahr, who died after typhoid fever, reportedly revealed accounting irregularities on his deathbed. He had not taken a vacation in seventeen years and earned a salary of 2400 per year.
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Joseph Shahr
P. P Mast & Co
Springfield
Missouri Tragedy In Sedalia Mrs Broden Shot Dead
Ella Broden aged 24 of Sedalia Missouri divorced wife of John Broce, serves term in penitentiary for murder of her former husband, was shot and killed by farmer John B. Mayer. Mayer, married with three years of age, was arrested as the cause remains uncertain though Mayer opposed her return to Sedalia.
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Ella Broden
Seitalin Mo
John Broceway
Thy
John B. Mayer
Graviamilla
Mayer
Arresi
Miss Brodem
Sedalia
Wall Street Men Guilty Of Assault Plots In McMahon Case
A jury convicted David Lamar Mock Eastman Bernard Smith and Joseph Brows of conspiracy and assault with intent to murder Justice McMahon. Lamar a Wall Street figure and Smith his brother in law allegedly hired Eastman and Brown to carry out the attack. In a separate dispute near Taquoola Mining in Bernardino California William Miller shot and killed George Himonomy, a Newark cow owner, after a boundary confrontation and threats to reclaim land.
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David Lamar
Mock” Eastman
Bernard Smith
Joseph Brows
Aemauit
Justiew McMahon
Lamar
Wall Street
Smith
Eastmen
Brown
Asanist McMahin
Thetal
Bio
Titquola
Ban Aarnardino
Cal
William Miller
George Himimony
Ciow
Newark
Simmons
Emil
Miller
Hhem
Fred
Bimmuoe
Murderous Jealousy Ends in Death of Miss Meade
Josephine Meade, a Los Angeles college student in Berkeley, was shot by Paul Schmidt as she approached her lodging at 1819 Laguna Street San Francisco. Schmidt then killed himself. Meade, once engaged to Schmidt, had fled threats, later sought help from a firefighter before the fatal shooting. She was a niece of Vicar General Hartnett of Southern California.
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Josephine Meade
Los Angeles
Berkeley
San Francisco
Paul Schmidt
Laguna Street
Schmidt
Miss Meades
Miss Meade
Boston
Hartnett
Southern California
Powers Ready for War at Port Arthur Raid
Russian squadron reports defense of Port Arthur with a log boom at the entrance. Viceroy Alexiaff reviewed about 45,000 troops, though official total 75,000 troops near Port Arthur. London and Tokyo correspondents warn of rising tensions as Japan may have landed troops at Ping Yan and Hakodate massing 100000 men for embarkation should hostilities occur.
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Port Arthur
Alexiaff
London
Chefoo
Morning ‘Post
Wei-Hai-Wei
Japan
Ping Yan
Korea Bay
Hakodate
Tendon Daily Mail
Rendurees
Daily Mall
Swien Hospital Eystem
Restien
Ita Land
Murderer Acquitted by Gambling Trial in Trwrencerille
In Tavneheart court George Ryan faced an assault with intent charge. After a 36 hour jury deliberation the panel acquitted him as the trial exposed chaotic proceedings and a dramatic live-table incident. Prosecutors argued, jurors reportedly struggled with the evidence.
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Tavneheart
Trwrencerille
George Ryan
Agkault
Made Him Eat Mud Orceonian Special at Portland County Fair
Four men Colfer Wash.cays Ten Minharis Qooree Duhery and Pred A. Redon were arraigned at the Multnomah County Fair in Portland Oregon for forcing a boy to eat mud. The boy, about ten years old, was described as wild and taken from Spokane with the claim of capturing a wild fire. The men were later linked to a Good Business arrest. Rufustone, the boy's father, testified that the accused denied the charges.
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Colfer
Fale
Portland
Ore
Thay Bey
Rufustone
Convict Lynch Captured After Escape Near Salt Lake
James Lynch, the condemned convict who fled the state prison in a dramatic escape last week, was captured at Woods Cross near Salt Lake. He was unarmed and offered no resistance, saying he had endured 110 hours without food since his escape.
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James Lynch
Tuilety
Atate
Woods Cross
Salt Lake
Salt Lake salt refiners victim of trolley accident
Atkinson Whitworth a forty year Salt Lake resident who refined salt from the lake was killed instantly when his wagon horse misbehaved and blocked a trolley car. Conductor Merrie and motorman Bywater reported Whitworth attempted to drive in front of the car, the horse bolted, and the collision crushed his forehead on the asphalt.
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Atkinson Whitworth
Salt Lake
Merrie
Bywater
Whitworth
Rioting in Spain Leaves Several Dead and Wounded
Seven people killed and thirty three wounded as Socialistas clashed with clericals in Boboa Spain during a demonstration. Revolvers fired from the Catholic club and St Nicholas church. the vicar and several priests were arrested. Downpour in England causes rising rivers and flood disruption across towns and railways.
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Boboa
Spain
Socialista
The
Pueblo
Louis Dautro
Christian Brothers’ School
Catholic Club
Church of St. Nicholas
Failed to Turn Gas Out at Quincy Hotel
A 58 year old Chicago man William Dobbin and his wife were found in their Quincy hotel room asphyxiated by escaping gas. The couple registered from St Louis and hotel staff believe the gas leaked gradually unnoticed. The wife is barely alive.
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William Dobbin
Chicago
Quincy Hotel
St. Louis
DRESS WAS TOO Low In Odd Gane of Lowe Majnste Reported
An unclear historic note describes clothing as too low cut and deemed evil for youth. Officials claim the misfit garment influenced moral concerns and prompted removal of related attire from a public display.
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Baveris
Meiden
Waveria
Agaioet
Prinst Ales
Miernr
Fragmented 1900s News Fragments From A Fragmented Wire
Disjointed OCR led to a mosaic of early 20th century items. Mentions include labor strikes, a fever outbreak in Laredo, a Boston American defeat, a Japanese overhaul of a cruiser, a fatal feud in Clear to the Sowders and Parton, and a life sentence in Woodstock. Other notes reference Paris anarchists, a Skagway robbery, and political and military topics with several named places and persons.
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Borange
Pacensry
New Orleans
Yokohama
Japan
Midi
Clear
Sowders
Parton
Ten
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Kemmerer
Tre Kemmerer Publisning CO
Northwest Notes
F. J. Nash
Cheyenne
Peabody
Colorado
Edward Verdeckberger
Fhe
Rawlins
Wyo
Kate Lonegan
Francis
Denver
Colo
Peabdy
Roosevelt
Charles M. Patterson
Portlasdore
Pilate
P. Mejie
Havre
Charles Hinen
Wro
Upion Pacific Hotel Company
Pew
Butte, Mont
William Sealion
Anaronda Copper Company
Minster
Hamilton
Owl Creek
Congleta
J. J. Wood
Joseph Murphy
Tate
Sacco- Penta
Fort Park
Tom Billed
Wetlaws
Porter Bind
Minnesota
White House
Ned
Bown
Inaane
Bilealeth
Widwus
Widbawleek
Corral
Bomach
SIG Bank
Monterey
Missouri
Giri
Low
Minscurt
Gonlon
Wellnone
Benjamin Aylor
Webbity
Aylor
Prosperity
J.W. Aylor
Allen
T 9
Brete
England
Meteorological Office
Yorkshire
John Mullin
Grand Trunk
N. W. Crawford
Charles T. Thumpena
Bouton
Pullman Palace Car Company
Port Vuron
Mich
Abe
New York City
Haid
Tax Office
Manhattan Borough
Dolphin Sant June Baw Bey
Desthy
Laredo
Tex
Earl Hileworth
Mother and & Board
Woodstock
Min
Gower
Pico
Azores
Princetown
Mass
Mary Koskiski
Mington
Del
Jean Bankers
Magni! Pullmans
Marie Job
York City
Playpany
Cincinnati
Losin
Paris
Victor Emmann
Skagwayna
P. B Ke
Nuge Clry
McKinley
Amazonas
Bra
Army
War Department
Kensal
Ba McCullom
Mberidan
Ted
CratchBeld
Biv
Lalande
Lake Superior
Tewe
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