Condensed News Roundup From Across the Nation
A weekly digest reports illness of Wisconsin Congressman Babcock and a presidential staff change with Benjamin Barnes named to assist the president. Fires in London cause millions in damages while British troops stand ready for Sudan. A Dallas Iowa barn fire claims three children. Long Island hosts a 100 mile endurance run with broad manufacturer participation. Japan’s Matsukata party sails for Europe, and Bishop Newmann’s tomb is opened before beatification. Carlton Coghlan’s rear admiral nomination sent to Senate. Carnegie funds a New Westminster library. Rome notes Pope’s favor toward Cardinal Sarto as successor. Corbett and Sullivan set May Denver title clash. Portland leather mills concede to worker demands. Oregon cassimere weavers press for higher pay. Brownie alias Yellow linked to San Francisco murder arrested in Grants Pass. Akron game stand struck by lightning. two die and one injured.
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Masaysoshi Matsukata
Japan
United States
Europe
John J. Newmann
J. B. Coghlan
Senate
Andrew Carnegie
New Westminster
B. C
Rome
Cardinal Sarto
Patriarch
Venice
Opinion Clears Osteopathy Law in Washington State
The attorney general has issued an opinion on osteopathy and magnetic healing legality, noting conflicts over whether these arts fall under medicine or surgery. The 1901 amendatory act broadens the 1890 law, clarifying the scope for state regulation.
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Olympia
Ross
E. A. Mead
Whatcom County
Hawley Proposes Bill To Strengthen Army Command
In Washington on April 23 Chairman Hawley introduced a bill to raise army efficiency. The plan differs from Secretary Root’s proposal by scrapping the general staff and placing the Neutsaust general as de facto commander of the entire U S army.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Hawley
Root
United States Army
Moros Reconsider Sultan Puulo Fort After Salubrious Capture
Manila April 25 Lieut Col Frank D Baldwin reports Mindanao operations yield sobering effect as Sultan Puulo fort falls and dattos surrender. Baldwin ordered to suspend attacks for now.
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Manila
Frank D. Baldwin
Mindanao
Sultan Puulo
Col
Baldwin
Seattle Slots Return and Washington News Roundup
Money paying slot machines are running again in Seattle. The Port Townsend cycle club proposes a track from Port Townsend to Irondale about eight miles. A. B. Eatsam of the First National Bank in Vancouver has received notice of a 60 percent assessment on stockholders. A Stevens County grand jury is impaneled for the first time in 17 years. Tekoa Company buys H. J. Russell flour mill and will raise capacity to 200 barrels daily. Watson McDowell, a Northern Pacific brakeman, died after a wreck near Palouse. Seattle beat Everett 2 to 0. Government building appropriation for Seattle set at 1 million dollars. M. A. Upson dies near Blaine. H. F. Smith fined for practicing dentistry without a license. Navy bids for Puget Sound coal plant advertised, but bid process found unsatisfactory. Col. F. D. Huestis appoints Major R. R. Harding as deputy customs collector at Port Angeles. Emir Ali Adam Khel, an India-born British Army deserter, found drowned at Lake Washington. murder suspected. Colfax dispatch notes Chief Saltese of the Coeur d Alene dies at Desmet Mission age 90 after forty years as chief.
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Port Townsend
M. A. Upson
Blaine
H. F. Smith
Lewis Court
Everett
Navy Department
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Emir Ali Adam Khel
Amerali
India
China
Lake Washington
North Point
Colfax
Saltese
Coeur d’ Alene
Desmet Mission
Tekoa
Condition of Queen Wilhelmina Improves in The Hague
Dispatches from Castle Loo report Queen Wilhelmina’s condition improving slightly. After a 45 minute medical conference led by Prof. Rosenstein and others, doctors say her temperature has fallen since morning and her consciousness remains clear. General health deemed satisfactory.
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the Hague
Castle Loo
Wilhelmina
Captain Clark declines coronation mission draw
Washington April 24 Captain Charles F. E. Clark declines appointment as naval representative at King Edward's coronation and the president names Rear Admiral Watson for the post.
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Washington, D. C
Charles FE. Clark
Edward
Watson
Washington Guard unit hanges official in effigy
Spokane April 24. Adjutant General James A Drain of the Washington National Guard was hanged in effigy by members of Company K at the armory. They allege he ordered the company mustered out to clear the way for George Dreher nephew of Senator Turner to organize a new company and gain an officer's appointment.
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Spokane
James A. Drain
Washington National Guard
George Dreher
Senator Turner
Silk dye works close in Paterson amid mob violence fear
In Paterson New Jersey fear of mob violence has forced all silk dye works to shut down. About 3500 workers are out of work. No peace signs are seen and other silk mill departments may soon be affected.
Seattle Market Prices for Livestock and Grains in Round Lots
Local Seattle dealers publish dock and car delivery prices for grains hay eggs poultry and live stock. Notable rates include oats 27 50 per ton barley 21 wheat 22 50 chicken feed 22 23 hay Puget Sound 11 12 timothy 15 50 alfalfa 11 per ton eggs strictly fresh ranch 18 cents live hens 13 cents old roosters 8 9 cents live turkeys 13 ducks 13 spring chickens 18 per lb goose 8 10 cents beef cattle cows 1 4 cents steers 4 5 cents sheep 4 44 cents hogs live 6 4 cents calves 5 7 cents.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Panama Canal Treaty Signed by Hay and Concha
Secretary of State Hay and Colombian Minister Concha sign a treaty granting the United States exclusive rights to construct operate and protect a canal and related rail telegraph and telephone lines within a six mile zone around the Panama bay. Colombia sells rights to the Panama Company waives compensation for 14 years and receives a lump 7 million payment on account with future rent set by a five member board.
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Washington
Hay
United States
Concha
Colombia
Panama Canal
Flaminco, Navy
Perico
Panama Bay
Panama Company
Gillespey Confesses In Goebel Killing Conspiracy
Ira Gillespey in Sevier county jail admits murdering Governor Goebel. He says 21 men were in the plot with three selected to shoot the governor from the state capitol garret. He claims the gun bore the inscription Death to the governor and seeks a light sentence after eluding capture.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ira Gillespey
Sevier County
Goebel
Shields
Gillespey
Georgia
Alabama
Chinese Exclusion Conferees Near Agreement
Washington April 23 Conferees on the Chinese exclusion bill have nearly agreed on all but one point The Senate substitute supports the exclusion while House conferees press to re enact sections 3 to 14 of the 1888 act The only open issue is whether exclusion is extended indefinitely after May 5 with House insisting no treaty reference to limit.
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Washington
Senate
House
Admitted the Killing on Train Confession Report
Helena Montana April 26 Sheriff Jeff OConnell with Sheriff Blexrud and Patrick Noonan return after Noonan confesses to killing John Skinner in Minnesota 28 years ago. Noonan says he was in Fillmore County at the time and acted in self defense before fleeing to California.
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Patrick Noonan
Helena
Mont
Jeff O’connell
Blexrud
John Skinner
Minnesota
O'Connell
Noonan
Logan
Fillmore County
California
Railroad Unions Strain Over Hiring of Unskilled Workers
In St Paul on April 26 the Northern Pacific faces a dispute with the International Machinists Union over the right to employ unskilled and non union workers in its shops. If the road does not yield, strikers threaten to widen the Brainerd shop walkout to every machinist on the line.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
International Machinists’ Union
Brainerd
Hanna Claims Rathbone Persecuted by Cuba Governor
Mark Hanna asserts E. G. Rathbone was wrongfully convicted through court manipulation by Gov. Gen. Wood of Cuba. He plans to present documentary evidence to prove Rathbone’s innocence and the persecution.
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Washington, D. C
Mark Hanna
E. G. Rathbone
Wood
Cuba
Hanna
Rathbone
Reeves Pardoned by Wood in Cuba
Governor General Wood orders the pardon of W. R. Reeves who faced ten years in prison and a $35000 fine for complicity in Cuban postal frauds. Reeves is released immediately as he served as a state witness.
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Havana
Wood
W. R. Reeves
Reeves
Airship Race Rules Set for St Louis Exposition
The committee of aerostatic experts approved general conditions for the airship race with a capital prize of 100000 dollars and 50000 for subsidiary prizes. Rules cover run time course shape entry and machine size while drafts will be reviewed by engineers, aeronauts and societies in America and Europe.
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St. Louis
America
Europe
Fight for Eggs in Chicago Markets Heats Up
The Record-Herald reports fierce scramble for country eggs with Swift & Co and Armour & Co leading agents across the Western states. Competition pushes prices to farmers upward and signals record high cold storage egg prices next winter.
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Chicago
Record- Herald
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Two Hundred Dead in Guatemala Earthquake Survivors Seek Aid
Guatemala City reports two hundred killed in the quake that struck Friday through Sunday. Solola Nahuala Amatitlan Santa Lucia and San Juan were badly damaged, Quesaltenango partly obliterated amid fires. In the capital three churches suffered minor damage as the government works to relieve the victims.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Solola
Nahuala
Amatitlan
Santa Bucia
San Juan
Queseltenango
Stanford Track Team Cancels Northern Trip
Stanford University scholars lack financial guarantees to fund a northern trip. Neither University of Washington nor University of Oregon can cover expenses, forcing cancellation of proposed meets with Multnomah Athletic Club and Pacific University.
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Stanford University
Cal
Stanford
University of Washington
Oregon
Multnomah Athletic Club
Portland
Pacific University
Forest Grove
Crusade in Walla Walla by temperance women tour
Fifty women from the Walla Walla chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union toured local saloons in a bid to stop liquor sales to minors and enforce the law. They found minors inside several establishments and a boy with a pail waiting for beer. no violence occurred and no property was disturbed.
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Walla Walla
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Mass meetings push universal suffrage in Sweden
In Stockholm mass meetings for universal suffrage faced disorder as demonstrators clashed with police near King Oscar's palace. Troops guard palace approaches after several injuries and arrests. In Malmo about 15,000 people attended the rally.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oscar
Malmo
Map of Thunder Mountain country offered by Northern Pacific
The Northern Pacific Railroad publishes a map detailing Thunder Mountain Idaho mining area with description and travel routes. It includes how to reach Thunder Mountain by rail and stage, costs, and is mailed on application to A. D. Charlton Portland Oregon or Chas S. Fee St Paul Minnesota or any NP agent.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Thunder Mountain
Idaho
A. D. Charlton
Portland
Oregon
Fee
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Editor jailed for demanding judge removal in Manila
The Volcano editor received one day in prison and a $100 fine after demanding the removal of the judge who tried Senor Valdez of The Miau. Valdez was fined for libeling Filipino members of the US commission probing the editor of Freedom under sedition law.
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Manila
Senor Valdez
Miau
United States Commission
Freedom
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Miles
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MOROS
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H. J. Russell
Watson McDowell
Palouse
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F. D. Huestis
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Port Angeles
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Carrigan
Pacific Steel Company
Clark
King Edward
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Panama Canal Company
Gov. Goebel
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St. Louis Exposition
Electro-Medical Institute
Seartle
State Electro-Medical Institute Safe Deposit and Trust Company
First Avenue
Fred He
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Oregon Loan
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Union Pacific
A. L. Graig
J. R. Nagel
Firet Ave
Beardsley Bros
Wishkah St
Aberdeen
Hoquiam Cosmopolis
Ocosta
A. E. Dierenport
A. D. Cuaraton, A. G, P. A
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St. Paul, Duluth
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