Rail rate cut and three railroad presidents meet at Davenport
Grain rates will drop by an estimated one to two cents per bushel for grain from the East to Spokane benefiting this year's crops. A crop road will connect Central Washington to the Great Northern line, costing about 360000 and eighteen miles long. Three railway presidents hosted a unique meeting at Lincoln county's Davenport with farmers and delegates present, including James J. Mann and A L Mohler.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Great Northern
Central Washington
Northern Pacific
Grand Coulee
Adrian
T ‘Ward
Seattle
Tacoma
Uni
Mellen
Davenport
Big Bend
Lincoln County
James J. Mann
Northern Pacfic
A. L. Mohler
Oregon Railway and Navigation Lines
Hill
Colfax
Palouse
Mysteriously Shot Woman in Woodland Wisconsin
Ida Ullman was shot while walking home near Woodland on August 6. The bullet lodged near her right ear and she fell unconscious. A passerby helped summon medical aid as doctors work to remove the bullet, with no motive or shooter identified.
Attempted train robbery near Edmunds on Great Northern
In Everett Washington on Sunday night an east bound Great Northern overland train was attacked by a gang near Edmunds. Shots shattered windows of two Pullman sleepers and a dining car. A cook suffered a minor head wound. The train continued.
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Great Northern
Everett
Wash
Edmunds
Ruins Quarter of Crop From Wind and Hail in Sleepy Eye
Weather damage devastates crops in Sleepy Eye Minnesota as wind rain and hail ruin about a quarter of the unfenced grain. Farmers estimate up to one fourth of the season crops may be lost amid widespread spoilage and damaged fields.
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Minn
Miners Face Union Aid Strikes and Troop Watch at Shenandoah
In Witkestarre and Shenandoah Aug 6, crowds seek aid from Ninth district United Mineworkers while some rank as non union to force work. Soldiers kept vigilant after riots. funeral of Joseph Beddall spurs precaution as troops hold near Indian Ridge colliery and at Woodward near Plymouth. rumors of resuming work persist amid tight company security.
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Witkestarre
Ninth District
United Mineworkers
Shamokin
Mitchell
Woodward
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Plymouth
Shenandoah
Joseph Beddall
Beddall
Thomas Heddall
R. Beddall
Brigade
Gobin
Twelfth
Twelfth Regiment
Indian Ridge
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Versons
Beating and Robbery Report From Deadwood Falls
Thomas Walton of Deadwood Falls was beaten and left on a railroad track after a robbery of nearly a hundred dollars. Suspects Robert Powers of Denver and James H. McCoy of Sheridan, Wyoming are jailed. Walton shot Powers in the hand during the attempt. Also reported missing in Duluth is Howard Sharp of St Paul, a Collier’s Weekly canvasser, last seen Feb 20 at an unlisted Baltimore house.
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Thomas Walton
Deadwood Falls
Deadwood
8. D
Ellhorn
Robert Powers
Denver
James H. McCoy
Sheridan
Wyo
Walton
Yward
Duluth
Minn
Howard Sharp
St. Paul
Baltimore
Collier's Weekly
King Alfonso Visit Sparks Oviedo Triumph
King Alfonso's journey to Oviedo drew festive scenes as the town decorated in his honor. Crowds gathered around the town hall cheered the monarch who appeared on a balcony and acknowledged the ovation. London dispatch notes mining houses plan to bring in Chinese labor into the Transvaal, with calls for government intervention to avoid flood of workers.
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Oviden
Madrid
Alfonso
Oviedo
Owsers
London
Mes
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Searching Parties In Menominee Look For Missing Man
Menominee Michigan Aug Charles Smith about forty resides on Marinette avenue lost on Cham bers Island sixteen miles east of the city A searching party of thirteen went out yesterday afternoon fearing he became exhausted after separating from the group while berry picking
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Menominee, Mich
Charles Smith
Menominee
Marinette Avenue
Chambers Island
Aizteen
Smith
Senator Hanna Is Cane d At Cleveland Meeting
Seven to eight hundred Cleveland City Railway Company employees gathered in a downtown hall and presented senator Hanna with a valuable cane. Hanna thanked the workers and spoke on hoped for smoother relations between capital and labor.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland City Railway Company
Henna
Hannan
Hanna
Murder at Devils Lake N D Discovered by Accident
On a stormy night in Devils Lake Nick Nachtaheim was found murdered in his south side cottage his head severed and body dumped in a cellar The crime likely occurred ten days earlier with robbery as the motive Sheriff Bates ordered an inquest and a jury to conduct proceedings The second incident describes George Kingsbury robbed by a female partner in crime after being held at gunpoint near Chicago and 8th Street Washington details include a $5 loss and a dramatic escape from a doorway assault on a crowded street.
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Devils Tay
N. D
Devils Lake
Hans Wilson
Nick Nachtaheim
Wilson
Nachtsheim
Bates
Chicago
George Kingsbury
8 Street
Washington
Kingsbury
Moscle
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Ween Railway
Bill
Mellex
Morler
Bruegger Mercantile Co.’s Department Store
Goodyear
Ine
Jt, Paul Man
Adel Penta
Sinea
Williston
Hedderich Bros. & CO
Coolies
Rasbrgns
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