Selkirk Sinks in Rock Island Rapids
The steamer Selkirk sank in the Columbia River after striking a rock at the Rock Island rapids ten miles below Wenatchee. The hull was holed and the vessel listed but all aboard reached shore safely. Machinery may be saved. the boat remains partly submerged near the channel.
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Selkirk
Columbia River
Rock Island
Wenatchee
Wenatches
Pasco
C. and O. Steamboat Company
Griggs
T. A. Davies
Guy Browne
Capt. Miller
W. S. Zimmerman
Rock Island Bridge
Ellensberg
Columbia
Capt. Griegs
James J. Hill
Red River
Brewster
Barrett Rock
Orondo
Mr. Davies
Comr
Unreturned Rock Island Boat Still Classified Property
Officials say no return from Rock Island has occurred and the timing of any salvage attempt is unclear. It is not known if the loss is insured or its extent. The vessel remains the property of the C and C company, slated for delivery to Pasco.
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Rock Island
C. and C. Company
Pasco
Oklahoma to open seven land allotments for settlers
Oklahoma plans a seventh land opening in the southwest. The Kiowa and Comanche pasture of 480000 acres and a 25000 acre wood reserve will be settled within four months under the Stephens bill granting allotments for Indian babies born since June 6, 1900. Crowds from northern states gather near Red River and Indian Territory towns like Marlow Duncan and Rush Springs with about 47000 acres ready for settlement nearby.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Stephens
Red River
Wauriba
Davidson
Indian Territory
Marlow, Duncan
Rush Springs
Explosion shakes Bridgeport area with powder magazine blasts
Four powder magazines belonging to the Union Metallic Cartridge Company exploded early today near Bridgeport Connecticut. The blast shook the region for about twenty miles, damaged buildings, and toppled a farm house. Two other magazines were wrecked but their contents remained intact.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Deserter leaves wife and twins at stock yards area
Angered by a second set of twins, J Drabois a stockyard butcher disappeared after abandoning his sick wife and four children. The wife now seeks help at the stock yards police station reporting starvation and abandonment. A $10 relief collection was organized by the county agent and Sergeant Prindeville.
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Chicago
J. Drabois
Hermisage Avenue
Stockyarde
Stock Yards
France
Drubois
Prindeville
Mail Carrier Admits Tearing Up Letters on Route
James M. Moorberger of Hart, a rural route carrier and Civil War veteran, confessed to federal authorities that he habitually tore up all letters at the end of each day. He is under arrest in Muskegon Michigan, after the May 15 report of his actions and untrustworthy handling of mail.
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Muskegon, Mich
James M. Moorberger
Hart
Moorberger
Welcome rain boosts wheat outlook across eastern Washington
May 14 reports from Pullman North Yakima Walla Walla Ritzville Lewiston Kiowa and other towns say a heavy rain spread across the Palouse and eastern Washington and nearby Idaho. Farmers call the showers timely saving the wheat crop from danger and likely yielding a bumper season with thousands of dollars in benefits.
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Wenatchee
Pullman
Wash
Palouse
North Yakima
Walla Walla
Ritzville
Lewiston
Idaho
Kiowa
Horse Heaven
Creffield Prophet Fails to Rise from Grave
In Seattle Lake View cemetery the grave of Franz Edmund Creffield remains undisturbed four days after burial. His widow shelters under police guard and offers stoic silence as authorities report she shows no emotion at the prophet's death.
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Seattle
Lake View
Franz Edmund Creffield
Creffield
Holy Rollers
Joshua
Kelly
Police Department
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Rock Island Rapids
L. V. Wells
Shotwell
Monitor
Arthur Gunn
Bousquet and Holm
Oxfords
H.l.wiester
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