Northwest Notes Seventeen Crises and Displaced Lives Across the West
Five deaths and a property loss of 1 060 000 mark the remelt of recent foods in King County Washington. Republicans gain a Senate successor in Puget Sound area. A shipboard explosion stranded sailors aboard the Snueth Polywog near Seattle. Missing Beatie residents Louis and Harry Sorokof surface as likely shanghaied. A Montana blizzard threatens stock losses while a Seattle murder change of venue moves to Tacoma. Crimes include Penna death sentence in Butte and a U.S. Office robbery in Seattle with a hefty haul. A nitroglycerin plot at the state penitentiary alarm and a Denver mining figure dies. Mrs Creffield linked to Joshua Cheffield murder, and other arrests, shipwrecks, and riverine incidents fill the page.
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MIE
Gewaing
Puget
Seattle
Louis
Harry Sorokof
Beatie
Judith Basin
Montana
Chester Thompson
O. Meade Emory
Tacoma
Pierce County
Frater
Thompson
William Penna
Susie Bryant
Butte
Donlan
Penna
Gwiliff
Overland Limited
Carlin
Nevada
Conn
Sparkes
Fred Adams
United States Ofice
McNeil's Island
Specie Prison Commission
Oferals
Washington State Penitentiary
Colorado Pioneers’ Association
Maud Chefeld
Mra
Créfeld
Joshua” Chefeld
George Mitchell
Crefield
Kether
Eather
George
Creffield
Parker
Laramie
Wyo
H. H. Bodfish
William Baylies
San Francisco
Arctic
Iain J. W. Newth
Jeanette
Beatty Grand
Galena
Junin
Chile
Astoria
Ore
Clatsop Beach
Gearhart Park
Peter Iredale
M.C. A
Bertat
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Two Score CD Down to Death on Steamer Dix Collision
Seattle mourns as the steamer Dix sank after a collision with the Jeanie in Port Blakely harbor. Forty two drowned, 37 of 79 passengers rescued by lifeboats. Marine inspectors Whitney and Turner order a rigorous investigation to begin at noon. The Dix lies in 10 fathoms near Port Blakely. underwriters may recover the vessel. Longshore and maritime officials prepare to assess salvage.
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Seattin
Wash
Dix
Seattle
Port Glasonly
Aloha
Coast Company
Jeanie
Duwamteh Head
Seatite Harbor
Jeanian
Whitney
Turner
Port Blakely
Fort Ward
Bolro
Stenger
Hiehland Valley
Louis Yournig
Gert
Simmons
Yournig
Crapley Out of Church in Rochester Believed Heresy
The Rev. Crapsey of Anthony's Episcopal Church Rochester was suspended by the state court of review for heretical teachings. His sermons questioned the virgin birth and challenged foundational Protestant Episcopal beliefs. A separate speech by Secretary of State Root in Sansay City urged enduring peace and closer trade ties among Latin American republics.
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Rotfam
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sansay City
Glaser
Bility Root
Root
North
South America
Bank Run Provokes Short Panic in Chillicothe
Citizens rush the Savings Bank of Chillicothe amid no stated cause. Officials say the bank is strong and all demands were paid as chaos lasts from noon to late afternoon. Separately, gales cause shipping disaster reports with the Norwegian ship Dybvag capsizing near Excoumalan. crew missing. Also mentions a wrecked schooner Marie Loutme and a total loss tug Spray. In Minneapolis a proposal to curb child labor faces Senate debate. AFL supports state laws to curb child labor in mills and factories.
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Chillicathe
Savings Bank
Steathlows
Savings Bank Company
Ohio
Quenec
Gulf
Dybvag
Excoumalan
Buenos Aires
Wate
Marie Loutme
Coudean
Riviere Blanche
Trois Pistoles
Spray
Madero Island
Minneapols
Albert J. Beveridge
Richmond
Senate
American Federation of Labor
Crazy Swiss governess throws child overboard on New Artillery Jam
New York reports a Swiss governess on the steamer New Artillery Jam from Amsterdam and Boulogne seized a baby from a deck crowd and threw it overboard in a fit of insanity. Passengers and the mother, Mrs Garowski, stopped further harm as crew contained the incident. The governess was confined to the ship's hospital while the infant's fate remained unsettled. Meanwhile on the Pacific Express in Nevada a stove explosion in a dining car caused panic, gas fill, and several injuries, with passengers escaping through windows and doors as crews improvised救 aid.
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New York
New Artillery
Amsterdam
Boulogne
Mit-Ocean
Thuretay
Mish Nowgie
Mra Garowski
Russia
Fargo
Mr. 0
Ming Naegle
Herne
Switzerland
Haw
Ammerdam
Reno
New
Pacific Expresa
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Heno
Pinuily
Mis 1
Parker
California Avenue
Louis
Patan
Transcontinental rail merger rumors swirl around Great Northern and Burlington
Rumors from Chicago suggest a single vast railroad system may soon form by merging the Great Northern with the Burlington and Northern Pacific assets. A close associate of executive circles stated the plan aims to consolidate control under James J. Hil. The report comes as weather disasters widen across the Deep South and storms batter the Mississippi region, while unrelated violence claim and political legal actions unfold in New York and Idaho.
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Omaha
Neh
Hee
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Great Northern
James J. Hil
The
Bee
Ramily
Chicago
Terrible storm tears through the sunny south with fatalities
A fierce weekend storm across Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi caused five known deaths and heavy property damage. In Winona Mississippi churches and the Hefty brick yard were wrecked along with the post office and several warehouses. At Techula Mississippi a woman and child perished when a tree fell on a frame building. Drownings and fires followed as roofs ripped off, trains damaged, and crops washed out. Other towns reported severe damage though communication was cut, while a Nevada hotel fire killed two guests and injured many.
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Arkansas
Tennessee
Winona
Mise
Postoffice
Opera Hiotge
Pilal
Jackson Mercantile Company
BJ. Dunkston
Aimes
J. Dankston
Minos Central
Mathinon
Misa
Memphis
Techula
Honcomah Creek
Kwollen Strom
V. Peterson
AR. Ritchie
West Point
Columbus
Mahin
Goldfield
Nevada
Goldfeld Way
Hector
Los Angeles
Junge JM
Ellis
Denver
Co A. Cramm
Lee Angeles
Brokhens CA. Young
F B. Woods
Bomb Explodes Before Altars in Roman Cathedral
A bomb exploded in Saint Peter's Basilica during a Sunday service. Ten people were killed and many injured as crowds fled in panic. Officials offered reassurances but chaos persisted. no motive or perpetrator identified. The article notes Saint Anacleatus and the basilica's long history in contrast to the attack.
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Rome
St. Peter's
Anacleatus
Peter
Basilies
WRECKED ON THE LAKES NEAR THUNDER CAPE
Fort William Ontario reports a violent gale on Lake Superior sinking the Canadian steamer Theano after it struck a rock near Thunder Cape. Captain George Pearson and twenty crew survived aboard for two hours before abandoning ship as boilers exploded and the hull fell away. The American steamer Philip Minch and Canadian Stratheonis were driven ashore. their crews are safe though losses are possible.
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Fort William
Lake Superior
Theano
George Pearson
Thunder Cape
Wos
Philip Minch
Stratheonis
Theona
Thunder Bay
Sixteen New Life Insurance Laws Drafted by Commission
Chicago reports the Insurance commission finished a week long session drafting sixteen proposed laws to regulate life insurance nationwide. If adopted by the states, they aim to curb abuses in management and would be introduced next winter in thirty seven state legislatures. El Paso police report the death of Felipa Guerrera after assault and beating with an iron pipe. Santiago Blanco was arrested and jailed on suspicion.
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Chicago
Insurance Commission
Ife Teurance
el Paso
Tex
Felipa Guerrera
South Oregon Street
Santiago Blanco
Confidence of Winning Out in Standard Oil Circular
Standard Oil directors in New York issue another circular to stockholders asserting the company’s legal and moral position is unassailable and confident of victory in ongoing proceedings. A separate item from Bellefontaine reports George Gamble, 65, a Denver, Colorado prominent citizen, indicted for arson over a fire at a Vanesfeld flour mill on Oct 7.
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Standard Oil Company
New York
Bellefontaine
George Gamble
Denver
Cole
Gambie
Vanesfeld
Cranmer
Gamble
Champaign
Urbana
Tuscol
Evans, Colo
Anarchist Murders Naples Scientist in Lectured Condemnation
An anarchist named ga Ra, recently returned from Paterson New Jersey via London, stabbed Gioranni Rossi a renowned zoologist at the University of Naples after Rossi condemned anarchist crimes in a lecture. The act caused widespread redignation. The killer boasted of the deed and said he would begin Tagaio on others if free.
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Naples
Ga Ra
Paterson
N. J
London
Gioranni Rossi
University of Naples
Rosel
Laegana
Bertilion Measurements in a Springtwid Encounter
An odd exchange unfolds as a Springtwid bey asks a passerby about a stray call. The man responds with a boastful quip about ears and hearing, suggesting conscience and perception are impaired by loudness and bravado.
Dog swims English Channel signals human progress
The piece notes a dog crossing the English Channel as a parallel to human achievement and predicts broad world benefits. It mentions fog signal improvements at Needles lighthouse plus reed trumpets audible miles away and reflects on small daily pleasures shaping life’s course.
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Needles
Inie of Wight
Bible Describes Heaven As Eden And City Of God
The Sunday Magazine outlines heaven as a paradise without sin graves or griefs a better country a temple of divine presence and a city with gold streets jasper walls a sea of glass and gates of pearl. Also notes rail routes from Idaho to Missouri river points with sale dates November 20 and December 5 1906 plus return time.
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Heaven
The
Sunday Magazine
Utah
Idaho
Santa Fe
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Missouri River Points
Chicago St. Lous
Dee
C. F. Warren
A. T
F. Ry
Dooly Bik
Men Tall and Short Across Nations
Malinall the statistician quotes average statures at age 30 for nations including Amer 68.1 inches, English 67.9, Scotch 674, German 46.2, Russian 65.4, Hindoo 65, Chinese 64.2, Bushmen 62, and Laplander 60 in. Temperature greatly affects water flow through soil with 50 to 60 degrees raising flow by 16 percent and 76 degrees nearly doubling movement. A Tibetan lama warns of 1907 with predictions placing Saturn as king of the year, meritorious people suffering, wealthier classes prospering, disorder, hunger, and quakes.
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Malinall
Amerfours
Hindoo
Xero
Lhassa
Mark of Man's Superiority Quote by Quintillian
A nature themed reflection notes that the creator endowed humans with speech to distinguish them from other animals, highlighting language as a defining human trait. The line attributes speech as a key marker of humanity in Quintilian's thought.
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Mark
God
Quintillian
Montenegro Bars Kodaks From Foreign Visitors
Foreigners traveling in Montenegro must have written permission to carry kodaks and are subject to prosecution even for taking simple scenery photographs. Local authorities enforce strict controls on photography by outsiders.
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Montenegro
Above the Law in a Fragmented Houston Post Clip
The fragment references a line about crooks and authority with a balloon incident, a sheriff question, and a vague gauge of friendship. It mentions Josh and critters being above the law, all tied to a Houston Post clipping. It attributes thoughts to John A. Howland, implying a commentary on truth over flattery.
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Galders
Browe
Josh
Houston Post
John A. Howland
First Prayer in Congress Since 1777 Declares Traitor
The Sunday Magazine notes the first prayer in Congress in 1777 delivered by Rev. Jacob, rector of Christchurch, a learned man who later sided with the Loyalists by turning traitor to the independence cause.
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Congress
Jacob
Christchurch
Sunday Magazine
Poor Cotton Output in German Africa Season 1905 06
The season 1905 06 yielded only forty five dollar bale production of cotton in German Africa, covering an area almost as large as the entire American cotton belt, highlighting inefficient cultivation.
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Africa
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