Steamers to China and Japan sail from Portland soon
An agreement signed by Vice President Mohler for O R N and Dodwell Carlill Co for Northern Pacific Steamship Co starts a Portland to China and Japan line. The first steamer should sail within a month with a schedule of one ship every 28 days and plans for three vessels on the route.
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Portland, Or
Mohler
B. Dodwell
Dodwell, Carlill & Co
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Oriental
Portland
China
Japan
Steamship Company
Ogden Goelet Dies Aboard Mayflower In Yacht Tragedy
Ogden Goelet of New York dies on board his yacht Mayflower in Cowes Isle of Wight. He was the son of the late Robert Goelet and grandson of Peter Goelet. A prominent figure in New York London and Paris society, his estate is among the city's most valuable.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
Ogden Goelet
New York
Robert Goeelet
Peter Goelet
London
Paris
Goelet
New Military Post at Seattle
Olympia August 30 J F McElroy king county prosecuting attorney works at the land commissioners office composing an abstract of title for Magnolia bluff Seattle site due to technical irregularities W T Cavanaugh has received his commission as postmaster replacing A W Wisner to begin duties tomorrow
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Olympia
J. F. McElroy
King County
Land Commissioner's Office
Magnolia Bluff
Seattle
W. T. Cavanaugh
McKinley
A. W. Wisner
Wash
Jack Leonard
Jacob Marquist
Spokane
Supreme Court of the United States
Colfax
United States Supreme Court
Special Fruit Train Runs From Wallula to St Paul
Northern Pacific freight department plans a daily Wallula to St Paul run linked with the O R and N fruit special from Portland to Wallula. A fast schedule is set with five cars added at Spokane. In Tacoma the attorney general rules the US marshal headquarters stay in Tacoma, despite attempts to relocate to Spokane with C W Ide as new appointee.
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Portland
Ore
Northern Pacific Freight Department
Wallula
St. Paul
Spokane
Tacoma
United States
United States Marshall
C. W. Ide
Two Republics and the Czar Alliance Call
Paris August 30 M Gerville-Reache a Guadaloupe deputy and republican writes in Le Jour urging a Franco Russian American alliance He argues the United States has no grounds for conflict with France or Russia but would bring vast naval power into the pact and calls publicists to promote the idea before 1900.
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Paris
M. Gerville-Reache
Chamber of Deputies
Guadaloupe
le Jour Today
United States
France
Russia
Foreign flour duty status in China reported
Consul Fowler at Chee Foo, China, informs the State Department that foreign flour pays no import duty there. About one third of flour imports go to Canton, with around 850000 pounds of California flour sold yearly in Chee Foo. Local Chinese diets favor corn foods.
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Washington
Fowler
Chee Foo
China
State Department
Canton
California
Zionist congress backs Hebrew return to Palestine
Delegates at Basle approve a program to re establish Hebrews in Palestine with public rights and send a dispatch to the sultan of Turkey thanking him for privileges in his empire. Also reported are a murder appeal in Cleveland and Canada bread stat totals.
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Basle
Switzerland
Zionist Congress
Palestine
Turkey
Young Girls and Hidden Ailments Warned
An advice notice urges mothers to treat young girls with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervousness tears and early womb troubles. It claims prompt use averts danger and offers free information from Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Labor Conference in St Louis Debates Rights of Labor
Delegates including E V Debs M D Ratchford and A D Mahon arrived for the St Louis conference on labor rights. Ratchford urged a special congressional session to address injunctions and labor disputes, while Sovereign opposed that plan. Evening attendance exceeded 3000 with leaders like Workman Sovereign and Mahon among speakers debating remedies and civil rights.
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Workman
Sovereign
St. Louis
E. V. Debs
M. D. Ratchford
A. D. Mahon
Debs
James O'Connell
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
A. S. Merrill
Industrial Council
Kansas City
Taylor R. Benner
Social Democracy
Milwaukee
Frederick F. Heath
W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Jacob Tazelaar
Brotherhood of Painters
R. P. O'Neill
Rich Mill
John Mitchell
Spring Valley
George
W. D. Macon
United Mineworkers of America
The
Stone Masons’ International Union
Brotherhood of Bottle Blowers
Building Trades Council of St. Louis
the Patriots of America
Central Labor Council of Cincinnati
International Typographical Union
People’s Party of Kansas
Industrial Order of Freedmen
Ratherford
Congress
Ratchford
United States
Patrick O'Neill
Rich Hill
McKinley
Masonic Hall
Workman Sovereign
America
Frank Stevens
M. D. Mahon
G. C. Clemens
Owen Miller
Forest Fire Threatens Anaconda Area In Montana
A forest blaze west of Anaconda Montana is spreading toward the city. The fire has consumed over 10000 acres of timber and threatens Georgetown and Silver Lake with potential loss of property and life if not checked promptly.
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Anaconda
Mont
Here
Georgetown
Silver Lake
Drowned Ranchers Missing After Boat Sinks Near Ozette
Port Angeles reports Albert A. Solberg and Elias Hanlan, ranchers, have been missing for two weeks after their overturned boat was recovered near the Ozette river. Authorities say they were undoubtedly drowned. The Marquis of Conningham, former House of Lords minister, is dead.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Albert A. Solberg
Elias Hanlan
Ozette River
Marquis of Conningham
House of Lords
Officials Return to Olympia
Attorney General Patrick Henry Winston arrived in Olympia to handle official business. Secretary of State Will D. Jenkins returns from New Whatcom after a land board meeting. Investigator W. B. Fraser plans to report on charges against E. Dudley, wagon road commissioner. Supreme Court affirms two King and Whatcom county cases regarding Nagle v Holloway and Bellingham Bay Improvement Co.
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Olympia
Wash
Patrick Henry Winston
Capital
Will D. Jenkins
New Whatcom
State Board of Land Commissioners
W. B. Fraser
Rogers
Dudley
Marcus
Marble Mount
Supreme Court
H. T. Denny
John H. Nagle
George M. Holloway
King County
City of
Bellingham Bay Improvement Company
Whatcom County
Wheat Rises as Bradstreet Reports Strong Trade Outlook
Bradstreet's notes a improving general trade situation aside from the coal strike. Prices advance across staples with iron and steel leading the way as pig iron and foundry iron rise. Wheat gains amid export strength and potential further rises. 210 business failures reported nationwide compared with prior weeks.
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Bessemer
Foundry
Bradstreet
United States
Hurricane sweeps the Gulf coast with several ships reported lost
A Nogales dispatch states a severe hurricane struck the gulf of California and lower Mexico on August 23. Three lives are reported lost and crops damaged. The steamer Carmen may have been lost near Agrabampo as wires are down. Salvatierra and Penelope returned in distress. Rambler is missing.
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Denver
Nogales
Arviz
Guaymas
Gulf of California
Lower Mexico
Carmen
Agrabampo
Salvatierra
Rambler
Penelope
Cubans Beat Coast Officials in Florida Escape
A large Cuban expedition led by Col Mendez fled Tampa by a night train to Cleveland on the Peace River near Punta Gorda. The crew planned to sail at 10 to 11 PM aboard the tug Fearless under Captain Merwin to join a larger boat offshore. Some Cubans remained in the city as a blind while others departed, claiming the group is the best equipped yet sent out.
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Tampa
Fla
Mendez
Cleveland
Peace River
Punta Gorda
Fearless
Merwin
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engine Firemen
National Miners’ Fund
Joe Walcott
George Green
San Francisco
Walcott
Green
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Denmark
Duke and Duchess of York
Ireland
Ontario
Star Pointer
Joe Patchen
Mystic Park
Norwood Park
Kate Brown
United States
Puget Sound
Monaghan
Chemnitz
Germany
State Department
Buffalo Grand Army of the Republic
National Monument Association
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Charleston Harbor
Anderson
Fort Sumpter
Missouri River
St. Louis
James Carson
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Eugene V. Debs
The
Social Democracy
C. Ratchford
International Mine Workers
Mr. Lloyd
Carpenters and Joiners’ Union
Pennsylvania
Found a Mountain of Copper on Montague Island
W A Dickey reports a new copper find near Montague Island after exploring up the Shushima river. Lead claims reach 300 to 400 feet wide with peacock copper and about 1,000,000 tons in sight. Discoverers include Bes ton of a California syndicate and Gladhugh and Ripstein, Cook’s Inlet residents.
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Seattle
Wash
W. A. Dickey
Helen
Shusimna River
Prince Williams
Montague Island
Mr. Beston
California
Gladhugh and
Ripstein
Cook's Inlet
Dickey
Shushima River
Arrests Sought in Puget Sound Chinese Smuggling
Port Townsend August 28 warrants likely to be issued by U S authorities for several persons in the Puget Sound customs district for complicity in illegal landing of Chinese. Dragnet may reach notable men in politics and society across the state. Three inspectors have reviewed customs records, including Leslie Custom and Carew W West in Portland.
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Port Townsend
United States
Puget Sound
Lfe
Custom House
Leslie Custom
The
Treasury
Carew W. West
Portland
Eloping Couple Marries After Chase in Washington
Grace Lee aged 16 and Charles Arly aged 24 eloped from Irondale and were pursued by Jefferson county officials. They reached Sidney and were married, ending the chase.
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Seattle
Wash
Grace Lee
Charles Arly
Irondale
Jefferson County
Sidney
Nugget Find and Global News of the Era
A miner named Jim McCarner finds a $300 nugget at Soda Creek four miles from Tavern California. The piece details 20 years of mining, while other dispatches report rising danger in India, a new U S consul general to St Petersburg, and a series of political and labor events across the United States.
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Jim McCarner
Soda Creek
Tavern
Cal
Bombay
India
William R. Holloway
Indiana
St. Petersburg
Russia
Prince Luigi of
Savoy
Mount St. Elias
National Irrigation Congress
Lincoln
Neb
Seattle Judge Rules Grain Inspection Law Valid
Judge Benson overrules the state's demurrer in the 1895 grain inspection case and sends the question to the state supreme court. The suit seeks to challenge the constitutionality of grading and inspection charges on grain entering Seattle Tacoma or Spokane. The decision holds the law aims to establish a binding grade for shipments affecting all parties in transfer or delivery.
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Seattle
Wash
Benson
Supreme Court
Tacoma
Spokane
Powell
State Auditor Sustained Cheney Normal School Decision
Spokane Aug 28 The Washington Supreme Court sustains the state auditor against J J Rippetoe principal of Cheney normal school The vetoed appropriation ends any salary certificate and the school faces possible closure or abolition unless private funds sustain it Governor Rogers vetoed the appropriation and the court finds no method for state support until the next Legislature.
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Spokane
Supreme Court
J. J. Rippetoe
Cheney Normal School
Rippetoe
Rogers
Ripptoe
Cheney
Albany Leader Erastus Corning Dies at 70
Albany New York August 31 Erastus Corning died yesterday of apoplexy at age 70. He was among the state s wealthiest men with widespread charitable works.
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Albany
N. Y
Erastus Corning
Wheat and cattle markets move on Liverpool reports in Chicago
Wheat opened weak on Liverpool declines with December future down 1.1 cents. Bulls trimmed losses as Paris showed small gains but overall demand steadied. Cattle prices ranged 3.90 to 5.50 for natives. hogs at 3.43 to 4.45. sheep and lambs mixed with range 2.25 to 3.80. Chicago receipts: wheat 176,000. corn 1,244,000. oats 559,000. Pork 9.02. lard 4.95. ribs 5.70.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Paris
Wheat and grain prices and receipts across markets
Portland reports 246 car loads of wheat on the largest August day yet with Walla Walla at 80 82C and Valley 4 85e. San Francisco grain prices show No 1 wheat at 1.48 1.54 and choice milling at 1.50 1.60, with barley feed 92 94c and oats ranging from 1.06 to 1.25 depending on grade.
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Portland, Or
Walla Walla
Valley
San Francisco
Salinas
Government Bonds and Metal Quotations Report
New York news on August 30 reports U S new 4s at 1251 U S 4s at 112 5s at 113 Laek copper $11 15 bid $11 25 asked Lead at 4 15 4 20 Brokers quote Hops and wool quiet Coffee futures September 6 35 December 6 70 Rio spot No 7 steady Sugar raw and refined firm.
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New York
C. Lake Copper
Scotland’s 146 Parishes Free of Paupers and Public House
A report notes that in Scotland 146 parishes have no paupers or poor rates and none contain public houses. The claim highlights regional relief conditions and social welfare absence in these communities.
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Scotland
Trade Mark Claim Over CASTORIA Rights Sought
A legal filing asserts exclusive use of the word Castoria and the phrase PITCHER'S CASTORIA as their trademark. The action seeks protection of the brand identity in ongoing court proceedings.
Strangler Lewis Defeats Butter Clayton For World Wrestling Title
London report notes a championship bout on Saturday night ended with "Strangler" Lewis defeating "Butter" Clayton to claim the world title.
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London
Strangler
Lewis
Butter” Clayton
Walters Wins Vase in Six-Hour Ford Race
London August 30 Walters won a six hour bicycle race at Catford covering 162 miles. Stocks the former holder finished second with 161 miles.
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London
Catford
Walters
Stocks
Dr. Darrin Eye Ear Nose Throat Specialist Office Spokane
Free consultation at Auditorium building Spokane Washington with Dr. Darrin. Open daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. permanent location. Charges low and according to ability to pay. Treats by electricity diseases of the eye ear nose throat catarrh deafness and many nervous chronic and private ailments in either sex. Most cases can be treated at home after one visit. Circulars and question blanks free. Inquiries answered.
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Darrin
Auditorium Building
Spokane
Wash
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W. BE. Tierney & Co
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Center Broadway
Herman Berg
Townsend, Mont
E.h.goodman
C. H. Baldwin
Attorney At Law
J. E. Kanouse
A. K. Prescot
N. Main
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E—~Ee Helena
Norman Tripp
Herman Sperling
All Moors
Henry Heneberg
E. F. McRae
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Wallace
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C. A. Wilder
South Side Broadway
High Society of America
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Benjamin Hill
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Packing House Products
U. S
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England
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Hyannis
Massachusetts
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Mothers of America
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Centaur Company
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
London Times
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