Happenings Of The Week From Manila To Venezuela
A roundup notes the Manila government taking effect Liberia fears German colonial aims Pekin defenses near completion insurgents ousted in Mindoro England backs Chamberlin Boer policy labor disputes remote in San Francisco Dowager Empress Frederick death anticipated Austria bars American shoes in Vienna a lynching in Mississippi fruit shortages Easter states boost Northwestern fruit coal output leads world postal thefts in Portland a Moscow laborer shoots doctors in Idaho An assassination attempt in Portugal peace terms on steel strike Lord Roberts awarded funds revolt in Venezuela Oklahoma land lottery draws four thousand two hundred names an anarchist detained in Switzerland Oregon and Washington military shifts train robberies in Chicago and elsewhere ship movements in the Pacific and Caribbean floods of notes on trade warfare and labor.
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Manila
Liberia
Germany
Legation
Pekin
Mindoro
England
Chamberlin
San Francisco
Frederick
Vienna
Taliaferro
Mississippi
Dreath
United States
Columbia
Stoen
Portland
William Steffen
Moscow
Idaho
W. W. Watkins
Portugal
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Castro
Venezuela
Survey for Quinalt reservation opens for bids
Olympia Wash Aug 1 Surveyor General Kingsbury has orders from Commissioner Hermann to advertise bids for surveying the Quinalt reservation in Chehalis county about 225 400 to 250 000 acres to be opened for settlement after approval. About 200 Indians will receive 80 acres each as homesteads.
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Lomestead
United States Land Office
Olympia
United States General Land Office
Washington
Kingsbury
Growth and Developments Across Washington Industry Hubs
A broad overview notes a growing Spokane area with lake stocking and a record Palouse wheat crop while reporting railroad right of way progress to Republic and a new Palouse river bridge. It also lists forest fires near Meteor and smallpox at Oakesdale, with multiple county economic and infrastructure updates including fire destroyed Anatone mill, land office entries, oil discovery in Everett, and a Spokane public works piping contract.
Robbery on New York and Washington Vestibule Limited
Five masked men held up the Baltimore and Ohio New York and Washington vestibule limited between Edgemore and Grand Calumet Heights Indiana thirty one miles from Chicago. They dynamited a mail car but found no money as the express car containing the treasure was in an unusual location. The robbers fled after failing to loot the train and only the engineer’s gold watch was taken. No injuries were reported among the crew.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Grand Central Station
Edgemore
Grand Calumet Heights
Ind
New York and Washington
Protocol Nearly Agreed As Signatures Loom
The protocol committee has nearly finished the draft and submitted it for approval. If no wording disagreements arise the questions will be signed in a few days. a dispute over phrasing could delay the signing indefinitely.
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Pekin
Protocol Committee
Ministers of the Powers
Reward for Lord Roberts debated in commons
In Westminster today a motion to grant Field Marshal Lord Roberts £100,000 for South Africa service was carried 281 to 73. Balfour lauded Roberts' daring and strategy, claiming Kimberley Mafeking and Ladysmith would have fallen without him, while critics like Dillon Labouchere Kier Hardy and Swift MacNeill condemned his methods as cruel and inhumane.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Roberts
South Africa
J. Balfour
Kimberly
Mafeking
Ladysmith
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
John Dillon
Labouchere
Kier-Hardy
Swift MacNeil
Cape Town
Mr. Balfour
Navy seals orders on public statements about Schley inquiry
Secretary Long issues a general order prohibiting naval personnel from public statements on the Schley court of inquiry topic. He said he would consider modifying the language if an official complaint were made by Admiral Schley. The note underscores strict hush on the inquiry subject.
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Washington
Long
Naval Service
W. 8
Schley
Made British Run
Details from Durban reveal an all day engagement near Mauta on July 28 with the Boers four hundred strong repeatedly charging the British line. The British narrowly saved a gun from the Sixty-seventy field battery as two officers and five men were killed.
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Durban
Natal
Mauta
Boers Run Dispatch Rider News Service
From Lourenco Marques and Amsterdam dispatches the Daily Mail reports Boers in the field maintain a regular service of dispatch riders. Cables are received and filed at Lourenco Marques.
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Lonndon
Daily Mail
Lourenco Marquez
Amsterdam
Chinese Troop March to Pekin Camp Near Evacuation
A Pekin dispatch reports foreign ministers sanctioning 3000 Chinese troops to march to a camp near Pekin about August 8 as allied forces prepare to evacuate the Chinese capital on August 15.
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Berlin
Pekin
German Fleet Arrives at Cadiz Welcomed by Prince Henry
The German squadron led by Rear Admiral Geissler and the group under Prince Henry of Prussia arrived at Cadiz from China. They were warmly welcomed by Prince Henry on behalf of Emperor William in a brief speech. The two units will stay for several days.
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Cadiz
China
Geissler
Prince Henry of Prussia
Prince Henry
Emperor William
British to Evacuate Pekin by August 15
Lord Cranbourne told the House of Commons the official date for British troop evacuation of Pekin is August 15 with possible short extension. Evacuation of other Chinese areas depends on circumstances.
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London
Foreign Office
Lord Cranbourne
House of Commons
Pekin
China
Labor talks aim to end San Francisco strikes
Aug 5 report from San Francisco describes ongoing meetings between labor leaders and employers to settle local strikes. Mayor Phelan pushes for an adjustment within a week while Japanese and Chinese workers on the water front face policy issues and new enforcement under the exclusion act as Pacific mail docks staff move cargo onto the steamer Coptic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Phelan
City Front Federation
Employers’ Association
City Front Federation of Unions
Dunn
Taylor
Powderly
Pacific Mail
Chicago Machinists End Strike With Nine Hour Day
Chicago officials declare the local machinists strike is practically over. Seventy seven of ninety five firms concede union demands and 1500 workers have returned under union conditions, leaving about 500 still out.
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Chicago
Organization of Machinists
Brunswick Arrives at Port Townsend From Nome With Passengers
The steam schooner Brunswick arrived last evening carrying 27 passengers and towing the disabled steamer Ruth. Departing Nome via Dutch Harbor after an 18 day voyage, the trip was completed without incident amid favorable weather.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Brunswick
Nome
Dutch Harbor
Ruth
Alleged Gigantic Swindle Reported by Chicago Corn King
George H. Phillips voiced to postal authorities his discovery of a massive swindle. He described a flood of New York originated circulars seeking subscriptions to a fictitious 2,000,000 pool tied to a September corn deal.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips
Mrs Nation Pardoned After Jail Sentence
Mrs Carrie Nation, jailed for joint smashing in Topeka Kansas, was pardoned today by Governor Stanley. She initially refused the pardon over unpaid fine and costs but later accepted. County commissioners will allow payment of the $150 fine and costs in installments of $5 per month.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Stanley
Seattle Market Prices for Hides Wool Hogs and Grains
Seattle dealers quote round lot prices on the dock and car: heavy salted steers over 60 lbs eight cents per lb. light under 50 lbs seven and three quarters. cows all weights seven and one half. salted hides seven cents. calf nine cents. stags and bulls forty one cents. green hides one cent less. Wool clean twelve cents Western Washington, dirty ten and one half. Eastern Washington eight to ten cents. Livestock: cows thirty one cents, steers forty four to forty five cents, choice sheep five cents, good hogs live five to six cents, hogs dressed seventy one cents, calves live large four cents, small ten to eleven cents. Poultry: hens ten to eleven cents, springs fourteen to fifteen cents, ducks eleven cents. Butter eggs: creamery butter eighteen to twenty cents, dairy ten to sixteen, eggs twenty two. Grains oats twenty eight to twenty nine, barley sixteen, wheat seed and seed oats around nineteen to twenty. Hay Puget Sound ten dollars, timothy Eastern Washington sixteen twenty five to sixteen fifty, alfalfa nine to ten seventy five. Field seed white peas thirty seven, oats twenty eight, spring seed wheat twenty, seed rye eighteen, seed barley eighteen.
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Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
General Wood Foresees Cuba’s Development and Health Gains
General Leon Wood, Cuban military governor aboard the Kenawha, says Cuba is undeveloped but has a bright future. He notes no yellow fever cases in Havana this summer and none in Eastern Cuba for two years, cites an 8 percent cultivated sugar land, 3 600 schools, and progress on orphan asylums as he estimates debts solvable within eight months.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Cuba
New England
Havana
Battle with Filipinos in Cebu area report
Manila reports Lieutenant Croft of the Nineteenth Infantry with Cebu scouts engaging about 60 insurgents. Seven rebels killed and 18 captured while two privates are slightly wounded. Manila civil charter approved by the Philippine commission takes effect at once with property tax set at 1 percent now and 2 percent later. All military cable and telegraph lines will be opened for commercial use tomorrow.
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Manila
Croft
Cebu
Philippine Commission
Suez Canal Deepened and Electrically Lit
The Suez canal is planned to be deepened to 31 feet and illuminated by electricity.
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Suez Canal
Pennsylvania
United States
Sherman
New York
Odell
Cromwell
Chiccago
Baldwin Arctic Exploring Party Sails From Vardo
The Arctic exploring ship America sails from Vardo Norway on Aug 2 with Evelyn Baldwin aboard leader of the Baldwin-Zeigler expedition. Onboard are 426 dogs and 16 ponies. The vessel heads toward Cape Flora to meet Frithjof and Belgica. Baldwin plans to push northward.
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Vardo
Norway
America
Evelyn Baldwin
Baldwin-Zeigler
Cape Flora
Baldwin
Frithjof
Belgica
Mr. Baldwin
Vermont Frigate to be Preserved as Relic at Brooklyn Yard
New York reports that the plan to destroy the old frigate Vermont at the Brooklyn navy yard has been abandoned. All valuable parts will be removed and the hull kept as a relic while Washington decides final disposition. The ship reportedly harbors water gas fleas and microbes.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Vermont
Washington
Resent
Nicaragua Proclaims Monroe Doctrine Support for U.S. Aid
Managua reports that Nicaragua's congress convened as President Zelaya voiced a Monroe Doctrine message. He urged U S assistance against European colonization in South America and expressed Nicaragua's desire for the United States to build the Nicaragua Canal.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Congress of Nicaragua
Zelaya
United States
South America
United Alaska Siberia Railway Scheme Ruled Feasible
St Paul dispatch reports Robert Barbier, head of the Russo China bank and Manchuria railway manager, in the United States to promote a French American project linking Circle City to Behring Sea and Vladivostok. The 2000 mile line would cost about 200 million dollars with backing from the Bank of France and US financiers. Primary survey could start soon if US concessions and protection for the line are granted. Barbier seeks the government’s stance on the project.
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St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Robert Barbier
Russo-China Bank
Pekin
Russia
Manchuria
Alaska
Siberia
Circle City
Wladivostock
Bank of France
United States
Behring Sea
Siberian
Wladivestock
M. Barbier
Mounted Patrol Regulations Reported By Chinese Officials
A note from Li Hung Chang to the Pekin legation describes mounted patrol rules to defend travelers on the road from Ching Ting to Pao Ting Fu. Nine military posts will escort travellers, keeping within 12 feet, dispersing crowds, and refusing pay under penalty of dismissal. Posts advance every two days.
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Washington
State Department
Squieres
Legation
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Ching Ting
Pao Ting Fu
Shan Si
Chi Li
Third Man Likely Chley Court of Inquiry Member
Acting Secretary Hackett hoped to name the third member of the Schley court of inquiry today but the decision remained unpublished at closing. He has consulted rear admirals and informed Secretary Long, who may be briefed before any public announcement.
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Washington
Hackett
Schley Court of Inquiry
Long
Oregon and U S coal output rise in 1900 report
The 1900 coal report shows Oregon produced 58,864 short tons, down from 86,888 in 1899. Washington increased to 2,474,093 tons from 2,029,881. The U S total output reached 269,064,281 tons, up 15,324,289 tons, confirming the United States as the world's leading coal producer.
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Washington
United States
Oregon
Steamboat Mail Route Opens From St Michael to Beetles
The post office department funds a steamboat mail service from St Michael at the Yukon delta to Beetles at the head of navigation on the Koyukuk river. The 900 mile route covers all intermediate points and runs through the end of this navigation season.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
St. Michael
Yukon River
Beetles
Koyukuk River
Two Die in Morenci Smelter Center Blast
Advices from Morenci report the center converter of the Detroit Copper Mining Company blew up killing two men and seriously injuring eight. The furnace and centers were scattered for some distance.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Morenci
Detroit Copper Mining Company
Shan Shan governor builds arsenals for arms and powder
Aug 6 report says Yuan Shi Kai governs Shan Shan province constructing arsenals for smokeless powder and arms. Experts formerly employed in arsenals are being engaged. Chinese manufacture arms in Pao Ting. Trade improves but attitude remains sullen and defiant.
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Tien Tain
Shan Shan
Yuan Shi Kai
Pao Ting
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