Summary of World Happenings From The Week
A wide range of reports includes naval activity in Colombian waters, plans for a Panama Isthmus canal, Carnegie trustees first meeting, France depopulation debate, and war tax reductions. Other items cover Dawson’s new gold district, Admiral Schley appeals, a Boston fire, Boer peace talks, a Pennsylvania hanging, and a Pacific cable bill vote. Also noted are Batangas outlook, a New York train wreck, missing Condor search, Montana silver find, Emperor William birthday, and river navigation pauses. Reports mention Iowa treasury duties, Manila expo talk, Chinese admission push, and various crimes and disasters with mixed economic notes.
Outlook in Philippines shows pacification progress
Manila reports the insurgency shrinking with small bands fleeing and daily surrenders or captures. Reconcentration and port closures yielded expected results as Samar remains the last major unsettled area. The native constabulary earns praise for patrolling Batangas and Laguna, with 82 posts handed over. military and civil authorities are ordered to cooperate firmly.
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Manila
Samar
Chaffee
Batangas
Laguna
Luzon
J. Franklin Bell
United States Philippine Commission
Dutch peace bid on Boer independence outlined
London reports from the Daily News describe Dr Kuyper the Dutch premier offering to act as a friendly negotiator. He urged pressure on the Boers to drop independence demands while Britain refused talks unless Boers initiated. Queen Wilhelmina is said to have backed the peace move in Brussels. Kruger was informed but withheld responsibility for any Dutch mission.
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London
The
Daily News
Netherlands
Kuyper
Lord Lansdowne
Dr. Kuyper
Brussels
the Standard
Holland
Wilhelmina
Kruger
Great Britain
Growth and Happenings Across Washington State Industries
Reports show wood cutters in demand at Rockford and a new bank formed in Ellensburg. Chehalis and Republic note hops sales and fire losses, while Walla Walla teachers and students count gains. Palouse wheat, solar power prospects, and depot upgrades accompany road surveys toward North Yakima. A convict code at Walla Walla penitentiary is uncovered but undeciphered.
Death by Hanging of Two Murderers in Portland Court House
Jack Wade and William H. Dalton were executed by hanging in the Portland court house square at 7 58 yesterday morning for the murder of James B. Morrow. About 400 witnesses observed the ceremony as the prisoners offered brief speeches and prayers before the traps were sprung.
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Portland
Jack Wade
William H. Dalton
James B. Morrow
Court House
Wade
Dalton
Frazier
Five-Story Chicago Fire Destroys Illinois Street Building
A morning blaze levelled a five story brick building at 190 192 Illinois Street in Chicago. Fire damaged contents valued at about 150000 dollars as heavy machinery caused upper floors to collapse and all wreckage fell into the cellar.
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Chicago
Illinois Street
Philippine cigar shipment heads to United States
Private advices from Manila report over two million cigars en route to the United States with expectations of a tenfold increase by late February or mid March. Fears persist that current anti-smuggling or import laws may be revoked in the islands.
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San Francisco
Manila
Philippines
Market prices and statistics from regional and international notes
The column lists prices for hides, pelts, tallow and dry hides, wool bids from Washington state, live stock values for cattle sheep hogs and poultry, dairy and grain prices, pure Timothy and alfalfa forage values, field seeds, and barley. It also notes India’s annual gold production, Illinois teachers’ salaries, the Croton dam dimensions, and a Rhodesian hut tax ordinance tax per adult inmate.
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Washington
W. Timothy
Admirals Schley Appeal to President Amid Court Findings
Washington reports the Navy Department released Admiral Schley's appeal to the president challenging the Dewey findings. The petition asserts three grounds and includes exhibits from court testimony, questioning senior command and credit for Santiago. Pittsburg also recounts a deadly runaway car crash on the Monongahela line causing multiple deaths and injuries during a sleet storm.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Department
Sehley
Army
Navy
Dewey
Raynor, Parker and Teague
Court of Inquiry
Secretary Long
Secretary of the Navy
Schley
Santiago
Fatal slip at Illinois Steel plant in South Chicago
In an early today accident at the Illinois Steel Company plant in South Chicago, one man was killed and four others were so severely injured they will probably die. Cold weather is blamed as the immediate cause as molten iron at the top of a blast furnace chills and clogs, then slides down when the vent is opened, burying workers.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
Emperor orders naval college at Che Foo with Beresford instructor
The Tien Tsin correspondent reports the emperor has ordered Admiral Yeh to found a naval college at Che Foo and to hire Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford as naval instructor.
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London
the Standard
Yeh
Che Foo
Lord Charles Beresford
London Smallpox Epidemic Climbs to 71 Cases
London reports a sharp rise in smallpox cases after a recent lull. The daily tally jumped to 71 for yesterday, following a week with about 20 cases per day, signaling renewed spread of the outbreak.
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London
Two Cracksmen Killed in Widespread Robbery Attempt
In Gallipolis Ohio on January 31 two aging bandits attempted to rob a wealthy widow. Deputies and Athens officers concealed themselves in the home and, when the robbers appeared, a battle ensued resulting in the deaths of both criminals and injuries to a deputy sheriff and a marshal.
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Gallipolis
Athens
Progress of U S Treasures Monograph Details Growth 1800 1901
Washington Feb 2 The Treasury reports The Progress of the United States in Its Material Industries outlines rapid 1800 to 1901 development across field forest mine and manufactory sectors plus growth in population wealth and commerce It notes decreases in the public debt and rising money in circulation with sharp gains in crops metals petroleum coal and exports and a falling import trend in per capita terms
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department of Statistics
Freight Trains Collide in Utah Collision Kills Three
Three men died in a head on collision between two Rio Grande Western freights near Cisco Utah, 56 miles west of Grand Junction. Westbound No. 17 from Grand Junction and eastbound No. 145 from Salt Lake collided early morning, engines plowed into each other, leaving wreckage and scattered cars along the right of way.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Cisco
Utah
Salt Lake
Gales in English Channel Hit Shipping Casulaties
Continued gales in the English Channel cause multiple shipping casualties. Channel mail steamers could not start from France this morning.
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Gales
English Channel
London
Channel
Channel Mail
France
American Money Sent to Norway in 1901
Christiania Norway February 3. Nearly 3 000 000 kroner was sent by postal orders from United States residents to friends in Norway during the year 1901.
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Christiania
Norway
United States
Skyscrapers Boycotted by City Coal Teamsters Union
Chicago headlines report the Coal Teamsters' Union ordering 100 drivers to halt coal deliveries to downtown buildings using gas for summer fuel. The dispute targets Old Colony, Monadnock, Palmer House and Auditorium with a truce set to Friday.
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Chicago
Coal Teamster’s Union
Albert Young
Coal Teamsters’ Union
Old Colony
Monadnock
Palmer House
Auditorium
Choice of Routes Sent to Senate
Senator Spooner introduced a substitute for the Nicaragua canal bill offering the president authority to choose between Panama and Nicaragua routes. The plan would buy Panama Canal Company assets for 40 million pending title, secure Colombia concessions including a 10 mile strip, and authorize a canal built under War Department supervision with costs up to 185 million for Panama or 160 million for Nicaragua. An immediate 10 million appropriation is provided in either case.
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Washington
Senate
Spooner
Nicaragua
United States
Panama
Panama Canal Company
France
Republic of Colombia
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Nicaragua Canal
Colombia
Hotel Guests Flee Fire at Lindell in Sleety Blaze
In St Louis on January 30 a major blaze destroyed the adjacent O'Neill building and forced 230 Lindell hotel guests to flee into a smoke filled street. Fire damage totals about 300000 to the neighboring firms while the Lindell faces about 25000 in smoke damage.
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Lindell
St. Louis
Lindell Hotel
Seventh Street
Washington Avenue
O'Neill
Japanese Soldiers Frozen to Death in Northern Japan
London dispatch from the Tokyo Daily Express correspondent reports over 200 Japanese soldiers frozen to death in northern Japan amid severe winter conditions.
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London
Tokio
Daily
Drouth in India Reports Crop Conditions
The viceroy of India telegraphs that the drouth is drying crops in Bengal the North western provinces and in Punjab. Autumn crops are fair in Scind and in the Bombay deccan.
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London
Viceroy of India
Bengal
Punjab
Scind
Bombay Deccan
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Carnegie Institution
Ways and Means
Dawson
Boston
Pennsylvania
House
Pacific Cable
Batangas Province
Philippine Islands
New York
Pacific
Condor
Montana
Emperor William
Cascade Locks
Louisiana
South Carolina
Shaw
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
United Mineworkers
Danish West Indies
Middle West
Colorado
Manila Chamber of Commerce
Islands
Spokane
Prince Henry
Germany
Prince of Wales
Goldfield
Hazelton District
Columbus
Ohio
Mysore
India
Washington News
Rockford
South Bend
Farmington
Ellensburg
Chehalis
Republic
Walla Walla
Medical Lake
Silver Lake
Kettle Valley Railroad
Deer Park
Colfax
Washington State Bank
Northwest Fruitgrowers Association
Palouse
Walla Walla County
Walla Walla Battery
Rock Island
Illinois
Fort Walla Walla
Tonchet
Cheney College
North
Yakima
Horse Heaven Country
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Seattle
Ilinois
Croton
New York City
Rhodesia
Admiral Dewey
Pittsburg
Monongahela
Pittsburg Railway Company
Long Hill
Wilmerding
McKeesport
Pennsylvania Railway
Chinese Naval College
Treasury Bureau
Milton Booth
Teamsters
Drouth
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