Global headlines from distant crises and events
A sweeping digest reports on the assassination of Baron von Ketteler in Pekin, Chinese famine and cannibalism amid war, Boer invasion in Cape Colony, and Canadan and American political shifts. It notes To peka’s arrival in Tangier, the Earl of Hopetoun’s swearing in, and Oregon Alaska forming a life saving district. It covers fires, mines sales, deaths, disasters, and diplomatic moves including the Taft commission toward Philippine governance.
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Baron von Ketteler
Pekin
Costa Rica
Cape Colony
China
Pennsyvania
Quay
United States
Tangier
Morrocco
Earl of Hopetoun
Federated Australia
Armour dies great pork packer and other news
Obituary reports Philip D Armour’s death as a major industry figure. Reports from around the world note leaders and events including Portugal dispatching forces to Lourenco Marques, a fatal Minneapolis hotel fire, and Oregon probate judge Samuel White’s death. weitere items cover strikes, political shifts, and European weather and rail developments.
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Philip D. Armour
Portugal
Lourenco
Transgressors Face Harsher Path in Modern Times
A New Zealand brase band from Christchurch uses bicycles for performance, with 10 riders who ride to practice and fulfill engagements on the wheel, reflecting a culture of crime outcomes and unusual athletic artistry in the era.
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New Zealand
Christchurch
Indemnity Dispute Between China and Powers Grows
Washington reports that the state department seeks a diplomatic understanding among powers to settle Chinese indemnity. Pekin ministers may fail to agree, so negotiations shift to direct exchanges. Germany is expected to demand the largest bill, with German officers in China paid five times their normal salaries.
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Washington
State Department
Conger
Pekin
China
Germany
Attempted mail bomb shocks Paris attorney’s family
Thomas J. Coffman, a lawyer from Hume Illinois, escaped serious injury when a wooden mail bomb addressed to his brother Dr. Sylvester Coffman detonated failing to ignite. The device featured tacks and sandpaper, mailed likely from Logansport Indiana, as investigators probe the case.
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Paris
Thomas J. Coffman
Hume
Sylvester Cotfmar
Logansport
Ind
J. W. Blusser & Son
United States
Dynamite Explosion At New Jersey Powder Plant
A blast at the Repanno Chemical Company powder machine house in Thompson's Point, N J, kills three workers and injures several others. The frame building was demolished while loading eight inch paper shells with dynamite for blasting. The total loss is not expected to exceed 50000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Repanno Chemical Company
Thompson
Woman Suffrage Tax Protest by Mary S Anthony
In Rochester on January 7, Mary S Anthony declares she will not pay taxes on her property except under protest until women gain the vote. She informs County Treasurer Hamilton that tax payment will be withheld pending suffrage rights, signaling a likely test case in court.
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Rochester
N.Y
Sunsa
Anthony
Mary S. Anthony
Hamilton
Boiler Explosion Destroys Mills in Watseka
A boiler blast at Bishop's mills operated by Pure Food Milling Co in Watseka Illinois killed John Spohrie and Lute Mal lett instantly and injured Eva Jones a miller. The boiler was hurled about 200 feet demolishing Gard's hardware store. Cause of the explosion is unknown.
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Watseka
Ill
Bishop's Mills
Pure Food Milling Company
John Spohrie
Lute Mallett
Eva Jones
Gard
Uprising of Dutch in Cape Colony alarms British
Cape Town reports a serious situation as the Monarch will land guns tomorrow and martial law may be proclaimed. Dutch bands move toward Prieska and Graaf Reinet near Cradock while Worcester conference stirs fears of a wider uprising among residents.
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Cape Town
Kuruman
Griqualand West
Priesak
Hertzog
Ingerburg
Graaf Reinet
Mariesburg
Cradock
England
Worcester
Unrest in Venezuela Sparks Reports of Rebel Leaders
Caracas reports ex Secretary General Peraza with about 50 followers in the mountains. Passengers from La Guayra say a serious revolution broke out in Maracaibo with government troops defeating rebels and 20 leaders arrested. Another rising near the Orinoco is noted. The US cruiser Scorpion departed to join the Hartford at La Guayra.
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Middle Western States
Seattle
Navy Department
Scorpion
la Guayra
Venezuela
Caracas
Peraza
San Juan de Porto Rico
Philadelphia
Maracaibo
Orinoco
Hartford
Nearly Frozen to Death At True Blue Mines
Tudor started for the Big this place and was found half way between here and the mines in a frozen condition. He had been drinking and built a fire on the cabin floor to sleep. He escaped as the cabin burned, suffered burns, and was taken to Huntington for medical aid.
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Tudor
Huntington
True Blue Mines
Ile
Mission to Found School in Africa Aids from Britain
Bishop Hartzwell of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Africa and Rev. George H. Reiboldt of Indiana plan a mission to Zambesi to establish a college at New Ontalia. Britain funds the effort with 15000 dollars and 13000 acres of land for a school educating English residents. Reiboldt will depart New York at month end.
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Chicago
Richmond
Ind
Hartzwell
Methodist Episcopal Church In Africa
George H. Reiboldt
Indiana
Zambesi
Africa
New Ontalia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Reiboldt
New York
Sanford Fleming backs world telegraph line plan
Sanford Fleming, Ottawa promoter of the Pacific cable, writes an open letter to Postmaster General Willim Mulock urging a state owned telegraph line encircling the globe. He says it could nationalize cable services in the British empire and cut message costs to a fraction of current prices.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sanford Fleming
Willim Mulock
postimaster-Cieneral
Globe
Sanford
Salute Fire Kills Germans in Leie Hu Incident
Ten German soldiers were killed and nine wounded on January 1 at Leie Hu when a salute fired a defective cartridge. The incident occurred in the early hours of New Year’s Day and was reported from Tien Tein.
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Tien Tein
Leie Hu
Pittsburg Ironworkers Strike For Higher Wages
Pittsburg Tad Jan 4 One thousand structural ironworkers walked out today in Pittsburg for a six cent hourly pay rise and a nine hour day. No workers are on the job and several major contracts are stalled as a result.
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Pittsburg
T.a
Travel Resumed Over Lewis and Clark Road
Travel has resumed over the Lewis and Clark road in Clatsop county after a break in the dike was repaired.
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Clatsop
Washington NCS Commercial and Financial Happenings
A survey of economic and civic items across the state notes Fairhaven water use for 1 680. Spokane robbery of J Z Smith. two steel jail cells bought for Clallam. Colville jail empty for over a month. light snow aids freighting between Kettle Falls and Republic. Sul livan estate appraised at 447 230 37. Sedro Woolley post office to issue international money orders next month. two Walla Walla physicians remove thyroid. Horn Silver mine sale in Okanogan district. 1900 divorces in Pierce 125, licenses 542. Harry Nelson under arrest in Walla Walla for assault. woolly aphis in Lewis county. L Mackie to build double block and shingle mill near Trafton. Simmons cemetery to be moved to Yakima city cemetery. Nooksack to Lake Whatcom water diversion planned. Ralph Shoemaker loses all fingers except thumb in Bryan mill. Selah Valley Irrigating Canal authorizes 10 000 expendi ture. crown gall infected fruit shipment condemned at Snohomish. six Chinese men sentenced seven months each at McNeill's Island. sale talk on Silver Dollar mine in Republic. Volunteer deeds transferred to Ohio men. Everett youth Shade injured forehead. Billy Robinson stranded at Slate Creek. post offices sought in Franklin county Lake Connell Fishbrook Judson. Marn Baker sentenced to nine months on McNeill's Island. Dave Morgan injured in Tacoma suburb. J R Woodley leases 1 000 oil acres near Rosalia. John Clemans named delegate to International Stock Association. Harrington Milling sending 6 500 barrel flour order to Kobe Japan with 25 carloads for Seattle. 18 000 barrels shipped to Japan in three months.
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Sedro-Woolley
Walla Walla
Horn
Okanogan
Pierce County
Harry Nelson
G. 8
Nooksack
Lake Whatcom
Bomb Found in La Salle Street Tunnel in Chicago
Detective Sergeant McLaughlin located a gas pipe bomb in a niche of the La Salle Street tunnel near midnight. The device, about 3 inch pipe with a half burned fuse, exploded at the central station. A shabby man about 25 years old seen loitering earlier is suspected, possibly a discharged company employee.
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Chicago
McLaughlin
la Salle Street
Central Station
North Side
From a Boer Standpoint
Charles P. Pierce, consul-general of the Orange Free State in New York and Boer relief fund treasurer, says reports of Boer defeat are a delusion. He notes over 16 000 Boers under arms, with 5 000 invading Cape Colony against 210 000 British troops, and cites Boer losses at about 1 500 killed or wounded with heavy property losses.
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New York
Charles P. Pierce
Orange Free
Dependencies
Woolwich
United States Envoy hands treaty amendments to Lansdowne
Ambassador Choate presented the Hay Pauncefote amendments to the British secretary for foreign affairs Marquis of Lansdowne in London. No discussion followed and Lansdowne's reply was not indicated. The meeting largely covered China's response to the powers demands and Hay's interest in Britain's view. No dispute between Hay and Lansdowne was apparent.
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London
United States
Choate
Tried to Drown His Landlord in Chicago Plot
Joseph Schweir carried out a fatal plan to push landlord John Korda into the 12 foot water of Lake Michigan at a pier. Korda was rescued by nearby factory workers and Schweir was arrested shortly after. He confessed to the attempted homicide.
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Chicago
Joseph Schweir
John Korda
Schweir
Korda
Michigan Street
Schweiz
General Batchelder Dead at Washington
General Richard N Batchelder quartermaster general of the army died here this afternoon at 2 25 after years of ill health an angina attack before the holidays he will be interred at Arlington cemetery on Monday he served in the Pacific coast quartermaster department including Portland Oregon and depot quartermaster at San Francisco
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Washington
Richard N. Batchelder
Army
Batcelder
Arlington Cemetery
Batchelder
Quartermaster’s Department of the
Repairs Planned for Cruiser Baltimore at New York Yard
The naval board of construction decided to rehabilitate the cruiser Baltimore now at the New York navy yard. Improvements will cost about 500000 dollars and require at least a year and a half to complete.
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Washington
Naval Board of Construction
Baltimore
New York Navy Yard
End of the Venezuelan War Reported in Curaçao
A Curacao dispatch to the Herald says General Celestino Peraza former Venezuelan secretary-general who led a recent rebellion at Lecina in Miranda district has been decisively defeated. He reportedly fled with a small group toward Colombia after gathering 700 followers at La Pasoa.
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New York
Herald
Curacoa
Celestino Peraz
Venezuela
Lecina
Miranda
Colombia
la Pasoua
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Astoaria
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J. Z. Smith
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North Yakima
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Smith
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J. R. Woodley
Rosalia
John Clemans
Rogers
International Stock Association
Salt Lake City
Harrington Milling Company
Kobe
Japan
Lansdowne
British Foreign Office
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