Natives Flee As Volcano Peaks Burst In Samoa
Reports from Tutuila dated November 1 describe powerful earthquake shocks on the western island of Savaii causing a concrete church to collapse and fires to flare from four extinct volcanic peaks. Authorities say other Samoa regions remain unaffected as eruptions are limited to the mountain ridge.
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United States Naval Station
Tutuila
San Francisco
Savaii
Montain
Samoa
Tau
Oleosega
Manua
Oleosegia
Mana
Everett Cracks Down on Gamblers Boosters
Everett police shatter a booster ring after Seattle gambling houses close. Arrestees posing as cooks boasted soft hands and hopeful access to gambling, with authorities warning more are expected and promising tough penalties.
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Everett
Seattle
Shorter Working Day In Walla Walla Brickyards
Walla Walla dec 8 after the first of next month bricklayers will earn 5.00 per day for nine hours of work a one hour reduction with the same pay as ten hours. The wage rise was agreed by the local union which includes nearly all masons. The new rate does not apply to contracts already in force.
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Walla Walla
A Bold Pretender in Fez Claims Sovereign Rights
Dispatches from Fez report the pretender to the throne, still at Tazaz, declaring sovereignty. He says he has seized the treasury and armaments and will strike the sultan’s forces once reinforcements arrive as the sultan masss a large army to oppose him.
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Madrid
Fez
Morocco
Tazaz
Nobel prizes to be distributed in Stockholm on Wednesday
Stockholm December 8. The physics prize will be shared by Dutch professors Lorenz and Zeenan. Professor Mommsen will receive the literary prize. Major Ross, principal of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, takes the medical prize. Russian professor De Martens will be awarded the peace prize.
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Stockholm
Lorenz and
Zeenan
Mommsen
Maj. Ross
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
de Martens
Gas Well Found Near Livingston With High Quality Gas
Livingst on Montana December 9 A natural gas well was discovered in Coal Measures two miles west of the city. Early reports say the well is of great proportions and the gas is declared by mining men to be of superior quality.
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Livingston, Mont
Government land sales reach over six million acres
Assistant District Commissioner Richardson of the General Land Office reports that 6,109,039 acres were disposed of by the government in the first quarter of the current fiscal year. Receipts total $2,615,089, up $1,184,910 from the same period last year and 600,987 acres more.
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Washington
Richardson
General Land Office
Ultimatums Move Venezuela Toward Seizure of Customs
Great Britain and Germany present time limited ultimatums to Venezuela over claims and injuries. If Venezuela fails to comply, seizure of customs houses is planned. London reports note the British and German positions are nearly identical and emphasize diplomatic rather than coercive aims.
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Castro
Venezuela
London
Great Britain
Germany
Foreign Office
W. H. D. Haggard
Balfour
House of Commons
New Railroad Likely In Myers Creek District Next Season
Great Northern surveyors work between Curlew and Chesaw as a tote road is built up Myers creek to support a crossing of the divide toward Bonaparte pass. Grading could start in early spring with the route crossing the summit about six miles south of Chesaw at 4000 feet.
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Chesaw
Myers Creek
Great Northern
Curlew
Midway
Okanogan River
Bonaparte Pass
President Roosevelt names Barrett minister to Japan
President Roosevelt will appoint John Barrett of Oregon as minister to Japan to succeed the late Buck. Barrett was offered the post when vacancies appeared, but California delegates push to promote their candidate Dr. Chester Rowell from Fresno County to the Chinese or Japanese missions amid disappointment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John Barrett
Oregon
Japan
Buck
Barrett
California
Chester Rowell
Fresno County
Philippines Opens To Chinese Residents Of U S
Manila reports Customs Collector Shuster rules that Chinese legally resident in the mainland United States may enter the Philippines. The decision states they are entitled to entry regardless of class or occupation as long as they travel by a reasonably direct route and act diligently.
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Manila
Shuster
United States
Philippines
Taft Establishes Zonal Defense Against La Drondes in Rizal
Governor Taft orders zoned operations in Rizal province as part of a broad campaign against bandits. Land tilled by day, residents must retreat to designated zones at night, with a strong constabulary presence to confront La drones.
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Manila
Risal Povince
Luzon
Gov. Taft
Struggle Over Army Transport Contract Seen This Week
Washington reports a plan by consolidated interests led by Vice President Morton of the Santa Fe to lease army transports through a San Francisco group. The tactic aims to bid as low as the Boston Steamship Co and have private owners insure and guard the vessels, with minimal or no rental. Critics call it impracticable and warn of a Seattle versus San Francisco fight, while Secretary Root’s stance remains uncertain.
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Washington
Seattle
Morton
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Secretary of War
Boston Steamship Company
Ludington
Root
Southern Pacific
New Shipping Order Causes Confusion at Port Townsend
Port Townsend ships faced a new order from the revenue cutter Girant requiring weather bound vessels at Port Angeles to dock at the customs house after 48 hours. The John A. Briggs Helois Chemainus Antuco fleet returning to port amid rough seas triggers protest from owners who warn it harms American ports.
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Port Townsend
Girant
Port Angeles
Custom House
John A. Briggs
Helois
Chemainus
Cape Town
Antuco
Vancouver
Australia
Ex Mayor Ames of Minneapolis Arrest Requisition Honored
Gov Beckham of Kentucky has honored Minnesota's requisition for the arrest of Ex Mayor A A Ames of Minneapolis who recently traveled to Louisville. The Ex Mayor and his wife have been in Louisville under physician care for over a week and have now left town. Destination unknown.
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Ames
Gov. Beckham
Frankfort
Beckham
Minnesota
A. A. Ames
Minneapolis
Louisville
the Herald Commercial
Aes
Old Letter At Auction From Washington To Henry
A George Washington letter dated October 20 1785 and written to Patrick Henry governor of Virginia sold at a collector’s auction for 580 dollars. A New York purchaser acted as agent. The letter discusses a Virginia legislative grant to Washington for his Revolutionary War services and his refusal of the grant.
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George Washington
Patrick Henry
Boston
Viginia
New York
Spark
Washington
Virginia
Russia objects to Bering sea award limit
The Russian government agrees to pay the awarded sum but rejects the ruling that Russia cannot chase trespassers beyond its territorial waters, signaling dissatisfaction with Prof. Asser’s decision for the United States.
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Russia
Bering Sea
London
St. Petersburg
Morning Post
Asser
United States
Vanderbilt Sylonillillness? Illness of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt is seriously ill with typhoid fever and confined to bed for a week in New York. His wife, formerly Miss Wilson, remains constantly at his bedside. Their son, young Vanderbilt, works as a mechanical engineer and has shown notable skill in that field.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Miss Wilson
Vanderbilt
Papal Delegate Falconio Named Washington Envoy
Mgr Falconio appointed papal delegate to the United States and Washington successor to Archbishop Martinelli raised to cardinal. Born 1842 in Italy, he joined the Franciscan Order in 1860 and was ordained in 1866. He has served in Bonaventure College Albany and Harbour Grace Newfoundland and was archbishop of Arenza in 1892.
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Mgr. Falconio
Canada
Washington
Martinelli
Italy
Franciscan Order of Friars
United States
Bonaventure College
Albany
N. Y
Harbour Grace
Newfoundland
New York
Arenza
Mgr
Falconio
America
Advertising Propositions Build Prosperity In Modern Market
An editorial excerpt stresses advertising as essential to business success. It argues that a well crafted ad converts readers into customers, contrasts dogged persistence with clever pitches, and urges immediate campaign planning. It cites the Philadelphia Record noting readers do engage ads.
Safest Place to Be Shot Says Australian Officer
An Australian officer who served much of the South Africa campaign told a Melbourne interviewer that the head is the safest place to receive a bullet. He cited dozens of head wounds where only one proved fatal, noting bullets often glanced off the skull.
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South Africa
Melbourne
A Strange Funeral in Sussex Parish Church
In Slaugham Sussex Mr Loder ordered a plain farm wagon coffin drawn by four farm horses to the parish church. The wagon wore a purple pall and evergreen lining while bearers wore black smocks, a rare sight in rural England.
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Sussex
England
Loder
Slaugham
An Old Backslider and a Winter Warning
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution notes a fiddler who asks what happened to the music as a speaker recalls a backslider and the coming winter. The piece includes a domestic economy note urging parents to give every child a bank as an ingenious device to amuse guests and provoke envy.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Lowrie
Co. M. Demeree
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
G Street
Aberdeen State Bank
Aberdeen
Wash
H Street
Aberdeea
Billings
St. Louis
M. P. Benton
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Pacific Hotel
H. A. Tereda & CO
G ST
Zelasko Block
Star Meat Market
James Barrett
Propr
F Street
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
Prepr
Harbor
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