News of the Week: Global Incidents From Fire to Politics
A broad survey notes Portland fires causing extensive damage to Peters & Roberts' furniture factory and W. P. Fuller & Co. warehouse. Faure visits Russia. Brazil may sell a warship under construction. Oregon governor pardons Clarence Wade, ill in prison. Buenos Aires reports large grain crops and a heavy wool clip. A Seattle man seeks 200 young women for Klondike expedition. A Wind River ore vein yields rich gold. Hyde Kentucky fatal duel between two ex-sheriffs over politics. Buda Pest building trades strike involves 20,000 workers with clashes. Canudos fighting injures 2,400 Brazilian troops. fanatic activity rises in Sao Paulo and Haran. Counterfeit notes surface. land claims allow 160 acres per person. Western railroads face a car shortage with grain harvests. coal limits on Burlington cars. New electricity cure for consumption proposed. Education report shows national enrollment near 16.4 million. public and private totals given. Maloney shoots ex-city marshal J H Prawl. Utica mine fire at Angel's Camp damages property. Canada replies to Klondike mail with counter-proposal. British ships land at Skaguay, Alaska, violating the Drea route. investigation ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Seattle
Boston
Klondike
W. P. Fuller & Co
Portland
Lander
Wyo
Daniel Tracy
Leadville
Wind River Range
Gold
G. H. Steel
Sam Young
Leslie County
Hyde
Steel
Young
Buda Pest
New York Herald
Rio Janeiro
Canudos
Sao Paulo
Haran
Treasury Department
Ryan
Interior Department
Vanderventer
St. Joseph
Burlington Company
J. M. Bleir
New York
County Medical Society
William T. Harris
Business
Music Conservatories
Skaguay Trail Impassable and Miners Struggle
The Rosalie reports about 4,000 people in Skaguay with the trail still impassable. About 900 miners work on it and expect progress in weeks. only 20 men crossed in three weeks. Dyea sees rapid crossings. Juneau fills with Dyea and Skaguay miners planning to winter there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Rosalie
Dyea
Skaguay
Juneau
Kaiulani Plans Return to Hawaii and a Queenship Hope
Princess Kaiulani, now of age, will leave England for Hawaii in October after ten years abroad. She seeks a path to becoming queen if annexation fails, hoping to bridge republican and royalist factions. She will reach New York around September 25 and may visit ex Queen Liliuokalani, who will stay in the city while Congress is in recess. Kaiulani will be accompanied by her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Kaiulani
Hawaii
England
Island
Republic
Liliuokalani
New York
Congress
Murder trial ends with verdict of insanity in Dolan case
In Judge Dunn's courtroom Eugene Kenny was found insane at the time of Patrick Dolan's murder. As the judge prepared to remand him for lunacy examination, Michael Dolan, brother of the victim, attacked Kenny, striking him about the head and face before officers intervened and restrained him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bees plague North Broad street mansion in Elizabeth
Bees swarm a deserted North Broad street house in Elizabeth New Jersey causing fear and officials to seek banishment. In Niles Michigan Patrick Kelley recovers from a neck fracture with improving mobility and potential early discharge. In Cairo Illinois a boiler explosion at W B Halliday brick yard kills engineer Ruby Bradley and Gideon Ricks and injures eight others most of whom are Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N. J
North Broad Street
Cairo
Ill
W. B. Halliday
Ruby Bradley
Gideon Ricks
Henry Schiller
Schiller
Crocodiles and Ostriches Swallow Stones for Grinding
Crocodiles, like ostriches, swallow pebbles and small stones to grind their food more effectively in the digestive process, a behavior shared by these species.
Jewelry in the Collection Box at Alliance Convention
At the Christian Alliance convention in Cleveland on August 24 a rapid mission collection raised eleven thousand dollars, bringing total to fourteen thousand. Several ladies donated diamond rings and many men their watches and jewelry. Also noted is Lord Kelvin's remark that the earth has been habitable for 30 million years, yet he doubts the antiquity claimed by earlier scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Alliance
Lord Kelvin
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Frank Webster
Buffalo
Warren Bush
Chicago
Charles Glaser
Niagara River
Lasalle
Funds For Miners Seek Co operation Of Friendly Operators
Pittsburg district coal dispute heats as conference looms with potential disruption. Miners plan funds to fight imported labor and may mobilize friendly operators to mine coal at demanded rates while exploring eight evictions by the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company. Violence injures several strikers and clashes continue amid farmer support and wide camp attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
M. D. Ratchford
Miners’ Organization
Ratchford
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
W. A. Lemon
Oak Hill Tipple
Antonio Podasky
Gonronng Pimold
Bastiste Dalmeise
Oak Hill
Sandy Creek
Plum Creek
Turtle Creek
Goff
West Virginia
Samuel DeArmitt
New Texas
Conference set to address nationwide coal strike
President Ratchford said after a Pittsburg meeting that a conference with Pittsburg operators should lead to a broader gathering of coal operators and miners to study a settlement. Secretary Pearce will attend. In Benin City the British later received 800 unarmed blacks after the king surrendered on August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ratchford
Pittsburg
Pearce
Lagos
West Coast
Africa
Benin
Benin City
Nashville Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide After Divorce Claim
In East Nashville J B Rich shot and killed his wife at her mother's home then wounded her brother in law and killed himself after a week old divorce filing for infidelity. He had been arrested for kidnapping a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
J. B. Rich
Rich
Robbers seize placer company retort in broad daylight
In Granite Colorado today a messenger and guard delivering the weekly clean-up from the placer company were halted by two men. The robbers forced the retort valued at 4000 to 5000 dollars from the pair and fled up the mountain. A large posse pursues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite
Colo
Placer Company
Reindeer Express Could Link Alaska mining towns
United States Commissioner Harris reports Alaska reindeer stations could train 500 harnessed reindeer for miners on the Yukon. A proposed reindeer express from Behring Strait to Kodiak would enable winter communication with whaling fleets and aid freighting near Yukon placer mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alaska
United States
Harris
Yukon River
Yukon
Behring Straits
Kodiak Island
Kjollmanni
Katmai
Sitka
San Francisco
Arctic Circle
Interior Department
Circle City
St. Michaels
Behring Sea
Arctic Ocean
Tramp sabotage blamed for Chicago rail crash
An engine attached to a heavy excursion train on the Chicago and Calumet Terminal derailed near Riverdale. One man probably fatally injured, seven others with minor injuries. The accident, caused by a misplaced switch believed to be vandalized by tramps, left 500 passengers aboard and torn track beyond repair. Murray, among the injured, was trapped but rescued unconscious and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & Calumet Terminal
Riverdale
Murray
Miner William Truax and Dillon Strike Rich Ledge in Carrville
In Carrville California on August 23 William Truax and actor Dillon struck a rich ledge on Morrison creek near the Graves brothers and Davis placer mine. They arrived Monday noon and by noon today had uncovered a two foot wide rich vein that may bring them fortune. Dillon hailed from Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrville
Cal
William Truax
Dillon
Truax
Cripple Creek
Morrison Creek
Graves Brothers
Davis Placer
Sacramento
Lucky Antone Strike Rumors and Plumas Claims
Quincy reports confirm a $10000 weekly strike by Lucky Antone, an Italian, near Thistle shaft while Charles Fish loses about $3000 from a gravel claim at Nelson creek junction. Nelson creek is noted as Plumas county’s richest stream with many paying claims along its banks. London dispatch says Captain Beade’s polar expedition, with Austrians and Hungarians, returned before reaching 80 degrees 40 minutes north due to heavy ice. Eaton and Faxon collected almost 40 North American sphagna species, totaling 172 specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Cal
Lucky Antone
J. W. Corduroy
Charles Fish
Nelson Creek
Feather River
Plumas County
London
Gjaetsvar
Norway
Beade
Messrs. Eaton and
Faxon
Judge rules nickel-in-the-slot a gambling device
In San Francisco on August 25 United States Circuit Judge Morrow held that a nickel-in-the-slot machine is a gambling device not a new and useful invention. G F W Schnitz sued Holtz and others for patent infringement. evidence showed the machines mainly used in saloons and similar places and the court ordered a decree for the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Morrow
G. F. W. Schnitz
Holtz
Canadian United States Agree on Klondike Mail Upgrade
The Canadian and United States governments agree to cooperate to double Klondike mail service from the coast. Semi monthly routes from Dawson City via Fort Cudahy to Dyea to be exchanged with Canada handling one round trip monthly. International exchanges at Dyea and Dawson City to create new post offices and supervision under Canadian mounted police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Klondike
Canada
Circle City
Dawson City
Dyea
Post Office Department
Fort Cudahy
Daweon City
Dyes
Shallenberger
Juneau
Lynn Canal
Victoria
Forty Mile
Canadian Mounted Police
Al-Ki Sails To Dyea With Passengers and Freight
Seattle reports the Al-Ki sets sail for Dyea and Skaguay at 6 30 PM carrying 145 passengers and 600 tons of freight including 25 long horned steers. Police protection forms the Willamette and Klondike Protective Society after the Willamette leaves for Dyea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Al-Ki
Dyea
Skaguay
Willamette
Willamette and Klondike Protective Society
Valentine Shrip
Klondike
St. Michaels
Kerry Lumber Company
Sailor Falls Through Hatchway to Death Aboard Corunna
John Riley, a sailor on the British ship Corunna, which arrived to load wheat at Tacoma for the United Kingdom, fell through a hatchway this morning and broke his neck. The incident occurred aboard the vessel in Port Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
John Riley
Corunna
Tacoma
United Kingdom
Severe Storms Hit Silesia Killing Several
Severe storms swept much of Silesia with multiple fatalities from lightning as reported from Berlin on August 23. Weather battered towns, caused damage, and prompted emergency responses across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silesia
Berlin
Matilda Wrecks Off Tatoosh Rocks En Route to Port Blakely
The American bark Matilda, 819 tons, Captain McKenzie,ОО bound Honolulu to Port Blakely to load lumber, grounded on Tatoosh rocks at 2 AM and is a total wreck. Owned by Captain Rufus Calhoun of this city, the vessel was built at Searsport Maine in 1857. There was no fog though light smoke was reported at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Matilda
McKenzie
Honolulu
Port Blakely
Tatoosh Rocks
Rufua Calhoun
Sound Ports
Searaport
Chasing a Filibuster Off St Augustine Coast
Last night heavy firing by rapid-fire guns and a searchlight drew locals as the First Artillery in St Francis barracks tracked a vessel. They believe a warship chased a light-draft boat, firing at least 40 shots, and the fleeing craft likely took an easterly course to reach Matanzas inlet before shoal waters halted pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aungstine
Fla
St. Francis Barracks
Tan
Anastasia
Matanzas Inlet
St. Augustine
Friends
Dauntless
Pilot Papers Revoked After Mexico Wreck Inquiry
Seattle August 24 The inquiry board for the Mexico wreck at Dixon entrance on August 5 revokes Captain Thomas master papers and suspends his Alaska papers for 30 days. Pilot Connell receives 30 day revocation. The board faulted Thomas for not being on deck and for venturing toward West Devil's Neck. Thomas is praised as capable and is expected to remain with Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Mexico
Dixon Entrance
Thomas
Connell
West Devil’s Neck
Alaskan
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
San Francisco
Robbed by Depositors at Farmers Bank
Elmer E. Struble cashier of the Farmers Bank at Shepherd Michigan was shot in the vault during a robbery. All cash vanished though the amount is unknown. Struble died about six hours later. Report says several desperate depositors staged the attack believing the bank was about to fail. Authorities hear names of suspects and arrests are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd
Mich
Elmer E. Struble
Farmers’ Bank
Mount Pleasant
Struble
Wreck Fatalities Reported In Lima Excursion Train Crash
Toledo reports a Toledo to Lima excursion wreck with multiple deaths and injuries. Names include Mrs. John Burnham and Mrs. William Murray of Lima among the fatally injured. H F Bennett of St Marys and J D Bree among the injured. Around 25 others suffered injuries as crews freed trapped passengers. The crash stemmed from a freight train failing to stop at a junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Detroit & Lima
Lima
John Burnham
William Murray
T. N. Scanlon
H. F. Bennett
St. Marys
J.D. Bree
People’s Tea Store
Murder Over Chickens Shocks Whitewood Family
In Whitewood Adam Grega aged 28 killed his father Andrew Grega aged 66 with an ax in a dispute over chickens. He then walked 24 miles to town and surrendered himself to authorities. In another report 2000 Indians from British Columbia crossed the Sound by canoe aiming for hopfields in Puyallup Stuck and White River valleys with six weeks of harvest ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Whitewood
Adam Grega
Andrew Grega
Hopfields
Port Townsend
British Columbia
Puyallup
Stuck
White River
Northwest Briefs From Washington and nearby towns
Items report seven cent fare, season for ducks and geese, huckleberries in Dayton, reestablished Star route mail between Blaine and New Whatcom, and rising land assessments. Notes on grain inspection act test in court, land schedules, harvest wages up to nine dollars, abundant hay and barley, and bumper lumber shipments. Also mentions prunes in Oregon, salmon fisheries, and local mining news with scattered figures and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Dayton
Star Route
Daily Mail
New Whatcombe
Douglas
Nem
Northern Pacific Railway Pany
Chehalig
Havi
Island County
Coupeville
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Peters & Roberts’ Furniture Factory
Faure
Russia
Cronstadt
Brazil
Lord
Clarence Wade
Oregon Penitentiary
J. H. Prawl
Daniel Maloney
The
Dalles
Klickitat County
Utica
Mother Lode
Angel’s Camp
Schallenberger
Postma Ter-General
Drea
Skaguay Trail
Boston Girls
Ralph K. Montmorency
Pacific
Puget Sound
Charlotte Smith
Women’s Rescue League
Central Labor Union
Curtis
Niles, Mich
Patrick Kelley
California
Tee
Dawson
Calderhead
Adam Baker
Boss
Tatoosh
Florida
Board of Inquiry
Jefferson
Emerson
Rogan
Montague
Adams
Kittitas
Oma
Ington
Oregon
Lane County
Sheridan
Polk County
Oswego
Board of Management
Commercial Association of County
Fullerton
Willamette Valley
Rogue River Valley
Sherman
J. G. Holcombe
Fred Arthur
Pany
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