Ocean Mail Service Introduced by Western Union Telegraph
Western Union announces the Special Ocean Mail Service to speed transoceanic correspondence. Telegrams destined for Europe will be sealed in envelopes and sent from New York, San Francisco, Seattle, or Vancouver to the first outgoing Atlantic or Pacific mail. A five cent postage is added to regular telegraph rates.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
San Francisco
London
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Yokohama
Vancouver
Western Union
Atlantic Steamship Mail
Seattle
United States
Ocean Mail
Eastern Apple Prices Hold Firm in Cincinnati Market
The Cincinnati apple market remains firm with prices slightly up from last week and strong demand from out-of-town buyers preparing for the holidays. New York varieties fetch 4.25 to 4.50 per round lot, Maine around 4.00, and Virginia and up-river Ohio fruit from 3.50 to 4.00 depending on quality. Western box apples move steadily: Jonathan 2 to 2.25, Grimes Golden 2 to 2.15, Washington Bellflower 1.85 to 2, California Bellflower 1.50, Stayman Winesap 2 to 2.35, Winesap 2.50, Geno, Ben Davis.
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New York
New York City
York State
Jonathans and Spitz
Ben Davis
Cincinnati
Maine
Virginia
Ohio
Jonathan
Grimes Golden
Washington
Bellevue Colliery Disaster Inquest Finds Preceding Explosion
In Fernie British Columbia the inquest into 31 Bellevue Colliery deaths revealed a prior Thanksgiving explosion when no workers were present. A government inspector toured the mine, posts notices saying no gas, then another explosion occurred two days later.
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Bellevue
Fernie
B. C
Miners’ Union
Sterling
Edmonton
Heathcote
Natives in Arks Against Diaz Near Moctezuma
In Paso Texas five hundred Yaqui Indians are said to be in arms 40 miles west of Moctezuma Chihuahua according to a Mexican army officer via L H Davis former El Paso county attorney. Davis reports not seeing armed bands himself. Mormon citizens suffer first as insurgents strike Colonia Dublan area. Insurgents taxing native merchants up to 100 and $250 seized from travelers near El Valle.
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Paso
Tex
Moctezuma
Chihuahua
L. H. Davis
el Paso
Monctebuma
N. C. Thompson
Jarros
Colonia Dublan
el Valle
Thompson
Namaquipa
Waterville Jail Breakers Escape from Douglas County Jail
Charlie Billinger and John Cafferty escaped from the Douglas county jail in Waterville. They were trusted inmates as police across Wenatchee kept a vigilant watch on bridges and railroad yards. Billinger, about 35, six feet tall, wears a dark suit. Cafferty, 28, five seven, in a dark gray coat and corduroy pants. No trace found despite daylong search.
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Charlie Billinger
John Cafferty
Douglas County
Waterville
Wenatchee
Billinger
Cafferty
Engineers threaten nationwide strike endangering rail traffic
A strike order looms as engineers in the west prepare to walk out if not offered fair terms. Chicago talks between railroad managers and engineers’ officials intensify the standoff with unions ready to support the engineers while conductors and other workers would stay at their posts.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers
Maynard seeks damages from Umpqua River Navigation
Portland witness C. W. Maynard former Washington state treasurer sues for 60000 claiming an 1907 stage coach crash in Coos Bay injured his arm and ruined a real estate deal. He testified the driver was distracted by a traveling man telling a story as the stage toppled over an embankment.
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Portland
Ore
C. W. Maynard
Washington
United States District Court
Umpqua River Steam Navigation Company
Maynard
Coos Bay
Local man killed in Idaho rail bicycle accident
Frank Barnhart 44 son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Barnhart North Wenatchee avenue and brother of Joe and Harvey Barnhart died last Saturday near Potlatch Idaho. He left a wife and daughter and his body will be brought here for interment. He worked as an agent for a grain company and rode a railroad bicycle between localities when struck by a passenger train.
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Frank Barnhart
Abraham Barnhart
North Wenatchee Avenue
Joe
Harvey Barnhart
Potlatch
Idaho
Noti
Civic Association to Discuss City Planning in Annual Meet
Washington delegates from numerous U S and Canadian cities will gather in the capital for the American Civic Association annual meeting starting tomorrow to discuss comprehensive city planning and the preservation of natural scenery.
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Washington, D. C
American Civic Association
United States
Canada
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Biaz
Douglas County Bastile
Stage Company
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