Weekly Review Highlights From Across the World
A collage of global items including Brazil’s Estrada Palma elected president of Cuba, Kitchener reinforcing armies, Germany delaying action in Venezuela, and naval contests for the America’s Cup. Reports cover fires in Dublin and Victoria, train accidents in Chicago and Scranton, political indictments in Minnesota and the Philippines, and notable deaths including Senator Sewall.
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Asie
Portland
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Dowager Empress Faces Renewed Anti Foreign Sentiment In China
Pekin reports show the dowager empress resisting reform as General Yung Lu organizes two anti foreign army corps. The closure of an independent newspaper and the shutdown of a philanthropic school signal official suppression. A Belgian priest murder edict and court effort to conciliate powers accompany nerves over foreign plans to entrap officials after Pekin’s reentry.
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Pekin
Jan
Yung Lu
Ning Sha Foo
Kan Soo
Prince Ching
Legation
Prosperous Porto Rico Governor's New Year Message
Governor Hunt’s state message to the Porto Rico legislature reports tranquil conditions, growing schools with 885 open and 984 teachers, 15,000 pupils, expanding railways and commerce, and rising revenues now totaling 2 million dollars. He urges modern city charters and reform of municipal laws, notes legal ambiguities in the Iglesias case, and defends peaceful labor organization as American.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Hunt
Santiago Inglesias
American Federation of Labor
McKinley Memorials Consolidate Under Cleveland Group
Cleveland Ohio January 6 There is a single national effort to raise funds for a William McKinley Memorial to be built by public subscription over his Canton grave. The McKinley National Memorial Association based in Cleveland directs the drive, while the Washington Arch Association has dissolved and ceded the field to the Cleveland led effort.
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Cleveland O
United States
William McKinley
Canton
McKinley National Memorial Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Washington Arch Association
Polomec River
Arch Association
Freight engine explosion kills three in Macon rail yard
An out of shop freight engine at the Central Railroad of Georgia exploded in the Macon round house on January 4, killing three men and injuring several others. The blast, heard seven miles away, shattered the building and hurled debris up to 300 yards.
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Macon
Central Railroad of Georgia
Washington News Briefs Reflect Growth and Local Happenings
A social athletic club forms at Oakesdale. Klickitat Yakima and Kittitas counties hold 500000 sheep. Depositors of Tacoma’s defunct Metropolitan bank paid. Cheney normal school opens after holidays. A $2500 fire damages Palouse businesses. Auditor Soule of Ferry County injured with a broken leg. Ellensburg winds damage new structures. Mrs. Martin marks 90th Christmas. Ritzville orders lodge hall. Short horticulture course planned at state college. Tacoma auditorium sold to cover liens. Dairying school opens. runs to Feb 28. Reardan flour mill ships 340 barrels daily to China. Creston bank planned. Prosser schoolhouse nears completion. three teachers. West Virginia settlers to relocate to Elberton February. Whitman County records 189 marriage licenses. November lead with 34. Winslow Hall, Colville, dies at 65. Bell Nelson mills and yards sold for 280000. Four holdups net 180. possible vigilance committee. Mill Creek flume damage. Wishkak dam failure halts logs worth 600000. Garfield lands sell for 1800 and 2000 cash. Whitman County eyes cattle theft reward up to 300.
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Oakesdale
Klickitat
Kittitas
Yakima
Metropolitan Bank
Tacoma
Cheney
Ritzville
State Agricultural College
The
Agricultural College
Reardan
China
Whitman County
Winslow Hall
Silver King
Nelson
B. C
Colville
Bell-Nelson
Everett
Bell-Nelson Logging Company
Weyerhauser Syndicate
Bossburg
Funeral for Washington Governor John Rankin Rogers
In Puyallup a vast crowd mourned John Rankin Rogers third governor of Washington with Masons guards and National Guard bands in attendance. A funeral service followed by a cemetery ceremony featured prayers and a three volley salute as participants viewed the late governor. The Rogers family returned to Olympia on a special train.
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Tacoma
Valley District
John Rankin Rogers
State of Washington
Puyallup
National Guard
First Regiment
Seattle
Meridian Street
Main Street
McBride
McGraw
Rogers
Jesus
W. O. Bernadon
First Methodist Church
Spencer Sulliger
First
Washington Regiment
Olympia
Palma ticket likely wins Cuban presidency votes
Havana reports indicate the Palma Nationalist ticket will secure the presidency with Tomas Estrada Palma expected to win the electoral college unanimously. Bartholome Masso supporters withdrew from the campaign and did not vote, as a very light islandwide ballot is noted. La Discussion cites voter indifference and protest against official candidates while Diario de la Marina links the result to Cuban democracy and attitudes toward American policy.
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Havana
Palma
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Bartholome Masso
la Discussion
Diario de la Marina
Palma Wins Cuban Presidency Declared at Home
Thomas Estrada Palma, at his Central Valley residence, received word that he has been conceded the Cuban presidency. He pledged a government of work and high endeavor and said his aim is to strengthen Cuba United States relations and seek reciprocity.
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New York
Thomas Estrada Palma
Central Valley
N. Y
Republic of Cuba
Cuba
United States
Double Duty on Bounty Sugar
The Daily Mail argues for doubling the bounty-fed sugar duty while keeping colonial sugar duties unchanged. It contends this would avert ruin in the West Indies and pressure foreign nations to abolish sugar duties.
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London
Germany
The
Daily Mail Today
West Indies
Walla Walla Sinks After Collision with Unknown Bark
San Francisco dispatch reports the steamship Walla Walla sinks after a collision off Cape Mendocino with an iron bark, likely French. Of 36 first class, 28 second class passengers and 80 crew, at least twenty die, many more missing as life boats drifted in rough seas. Sixty five survivors reach Eureka aboard the Despatch. six sailors drown attempting to land from a stranded boat.
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San Francisco
Walla Walla
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Puget Sound
Cape Mendocino
California
Hall
Eureka
Brown
Trinidad
Ranger
United States Nicaragua Protocol Details Reported
Dispatches from Managua reveal a six mile wide American controlled zone from ocean to ocean with American courts and police. It describes a perpetual lease to the United States and an ongoing annual rent, while pledging Nicaragua’s sovereignty and integrity. Costa Rica talks are proceeding with a similar form but different terms and territory.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Congress
Managua
Ocean
Canal Termini
Greytown
Atlantic
Brito
Pacific
Costa Rica
Court martial clears Fort Douglas surgeon of neglect charges
The court martial in Salt Lake City exonerates Major Peter R. Egan post surgeon at Fort Douglas of neglect of duty. Colonel Sanne condemns the verdict with a severe reprimand and Egan plans an appeal. In Casper Wyoming Sheriff W C Ricker was killed in a chase with four escaped prisoners Clarence Woodward Charles Woodward David Foote and C B Franklin.
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Salt Lake
Peter R. Egan
Fort Douglas
Sanne
Department of Colorado
Egan
Casper
Wyo
W. C. Ricker
Clarence
Charles Woodward
David Foote
C. B. Franklin
Ricker
Laws for Philippines Moves in Washington
Secretary Root consults with Senators Lodge and Platt on bills to govern the Philippines. Proposals authorize railroad and electric franchises, telephones, insular bonds to buy church lands, homestead rights, mining rules, and a special coinage and banking system for the islands.
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Washington
Root
Lodge and Platt
Connecticut
Islands
Memorial services for Rizal held amid anti friar sentiment
In Manila on December 80 a memorial service and procession honored Jose Rizal. The Luenta site of his 1896 execution was visited, with a town hall stop where Acting Governor Wright spoke. The event showed strong anti friar feeling among participants.
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Manila
Jose Rizal
Luenta
Rizal
Wright
Generals Chaffee and Wheaton Visit Batangas
General Chaffee and General Wheaton traveled to Batangas to investigate conditions and confer with General Sell. They plan to return to Manila tomorrow.
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Chaffee
Wheaton
Batangas
Manila
General Chaffee
General Wheaton
Sell
Bonner Accepts Appointment as Manila Fire Chief
Hugh J. Bonner of New York has accepted the offer to lead the Manila fire department, taking the position as chief. The appointment announced from Washington on January 2 marks a new chapter in Manila's emergency services leadership.
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Washington
Hugh J. Bonner
New York
Fire Department of
Manila
Tragedy on a Train near LeLand Mississippi
Four white men killed J. M. Rhea an engine officer on a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley line train near Leland Mississippi. the four assailants were arrested with one jailed in Leland and three in Shelby. Rhea was awakened in the sleeper as a quarrel broke out and he was shot as he attempted to leave the car.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
J. M. Rhea
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Illinois Central Railroad
Leland
Miss
Cleveland
Shelby
Rhea
Tutwiler
Admiral Casey Sails From Acapulco to Peru
Rear Admiral Silas Casey, commanding the North Pacific squadron, departed yesterday from Acapulco aboard the flagship Wisconsin bound for Callao Peru. It is expected the battleship Iowa will soon be ready at Talehuano Chile and Casey may transfer his flag back to Iowa.
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Washington
Navy Department
Acapulco
Mexico
Silas Casey
Wisconsin
Callao
Peru
Iowa
Talehuano
Chile
Casey
Pacific
Argentina
Russian reply on Behring Sea dispute handed to Dutch arbiter
In The Hague M. Komaruti the Russian chamberlain delivered Russia’s answer to the US note on Behring sea seal fisheries. The reply was given to Professor Asser, a Dutch member of the permanent arbitration court and an arbitrator of American sealer claims regarding seizures by the Russian government about six years ago.
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The
Hague
M. Komaruti
Professor Asser
Permanent Arbitration Court
Russia
United States
Dam washes out Anderson dam causing $100,000 loss
Anderson 8 C Jan 2 Three hundred fifty feet of the Anderson Light and Power Company's dam at Portman Sohals in the Seneae river was washed away last night. Damage is estimated at least $100,000.
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Anderson, 8. C
Anderson Light & Power Company
Portman Sohals
Seneae River
Prairie Sails For Port Of Spain From Noorfolk
The United States cruiser Prairie departed Noorfolk today bound for Port of Spain Trinidad near the coast of Venezuela.
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Prairie
Port of Spain
Noorfolk
United States
Trinidad
Venezuela
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Kitchener
War Office
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St. Paul
Chicago
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Sewell
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Hill
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Admiral Schley
Thomas Lipton
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Order of Mechanics
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May Palmer
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Touchet
Creston
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Wishkak River
Tidewater
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Pullman
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Platt
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