Review of the Week’s Notable World and U S Events
Russia clings to Manchuria as relations linger at Niu Chwang. Rear Admiral Wildes to command the Asiatic squadron. New York earmarks 50 000 for St Louis fair representation. Gage to be succeeded by Shaw in January. Pension reform bills face opposition by several senators. A Missouri railroad charter is granted. East St Louis bank robbers misreported loot at 10400 dollars. Germany seeks Venezuela debts with France possibly claiming payments. Boer laager falls to British, many cattle seized.
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Shaw
Gage
New York
St. Louis Fair
Missouri
East St. Louis
Germany
Venezuela
France
Good Business Partner Quote from Printers Ink
A compact quotation on advertising as a helping tool for enterprising individuals. It notes that ads cannot replace brains or industry but will aid in achieving larger dividends for those who use them. The line emphasizes Providence guiding capable businesses.
Multiple U S News Briefs and Global Events
A roundup of items includes US population figure of 4 253 069 and Boer losses double British totals. A Houston Texas train killed two men while a 300 recruit rail movement toward the Philippines faced a partial wreck near Chicago. Vladivostok expects an American railway representative to buy land along the Siberian railroad. Mrs McKinley franking privilege bill heads to approval. China’s court returns to Pekin. Canada sends another battalion to South Africa. US troops withdraw from Cuba. Lord Pauncefote ill. Mormons migrate from Utah to Montana. Liberty Bell moves to Charleston exposition. Artesian well at Everett yields natural gas. Philippine tariff amendments proposed. Philippines temporary government bill introduced. Submarine tunnel project eyed under San Francisco Bay. Wireless line talks Seattle to Nome Alaska. 279 troops and nine officers depart Columbus for the Philippines. Oil strike at Whatcom Washington. Boers aim to tire British taxpayers. General Bell campaigns in Batangas. Samar conditions remain poor. Carnegie Institution incorporated at Washington. Lord Kitchener seeks Canadian scouts. Denver bans prize fights. Walla Walla disaster missing and dead set at 47. England’s first football prohibition proclaimed 1314. Catholic growth outpacing Protestants in Prussia. Hebrews increase little. Germany’s education praised with free tuition and compulsory attendance.
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Philippines
Chicago
Vladivostok
McKinley
House Committee On
Pekin
Canada
South Africa
United States
Cuba
Lord Pauncefote
Utah
Montana
Philadelphia
Everett
General Bell
Batangas
Samar
Carnegie Institution
Washington
Lord Kitchener
Denver Fire and Police Board
Walla Walla
Government to Blame for Boxer Uprising Connection
Documents in possession of Columbia University allegedly show the Chinese Imperial Government colluded with the Boxer revolt. The artifacts include an original block cut from a proclamation, circulars bearing imperial seals, and a motto calling Boxers to rise for united victory, found among papers in a ruined Methodist school area near Pekin.
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New York
Columbia University
M. E. Gamewell
Gamewell
Methodist Episcopal Schools
Pekin
Astoria Night Clerk Rescues Sixteen From River in Three Years
Thomas E Parker of Astoria Oregon is praised as a lifesaver at the Parker House hotel. Over three years he rescued sixteen people who fell into the river near the waterfront. He faced several near drownings himself and has not received any reward or thanks from those saved.
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Thomas E. Parker
Astoria
Oregon
Parker House
Parker
Forged Signatures Targeted Montana Pardon Case
Governor Toole uncovers a bold forgery scheme aimed at securing clemency for convict Launcelot G. Livington. A Roosevelt letter denial and a petition bearing 102 forged signatures from prominent figures including August Belmont Hugh Grant Edison and Morgan are exposed. Livington received a five year sentence in 1900 for obtaining money by forged check.
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Helena
Mont
Toole
Theodore Roosevelt
Launcelot G. Livington
Roosevelt
Livington
New York
Hugh Grant
August Belmont
C. H. Parkhurst
Thomas A. Edison
John D. Crimmins
Joseph R. Drebxel
H. W. Bookstaver
T. Atwater Jerome
W. Astor Chanler
James Witherspoon
Dudley
Phinney
Casper Whitney
Lloyd Asninwall
E. D. Morgan
Henry Stillman
Livingston
Statehood Bills Set Hearings Dates in House Committee
Washington January 12 The House committee on territories fixed January 23 for Oklahoma statehood hearings January 31 for Arizona statehood and February 7 for New Mexico statehood. The Jefferson territory bill drawn from Indian Territory was referred to a subcommittee led by Knox of Massachusetts with Flynn the Oklahoma delegate.
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Washington
House Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Jefferson
Indian Territory
Knox
Massachusetts
Flynn
Land openings in Huerfano and Las Animas counties
Pueblo land office announces openings of more than 250000 acres in the south western portion of Huerfano and the western Las Animas counties. The land, previously withdrawn to form the Las Animas Reservation, covers about 24 by 18 miles and is opened for settlement.
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Pueblo, Colo
Land Office
Washington
Pueblo Land Office
Huerfano
Las Animas Counties
Las Animas Reservation
Washington News Briefs Highlight Growth and Disasters
A compact review notes growth across industries in the state, smallpox reports in Republic, and deaths including pioneer Geo. Dacres of Walla Walla. It details yields from post offices, irrigation plans, real estate activity near Latah, and a new cold storage project at Walla Walla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Dacres
Walla Walla
Latah
Palouse
Train Collision Shocks New York Central Tunnel
In the New York Central tunnel under Park Avenue two local trains collided killing fifteen people and injuring about thirty. The White Plains local rammed the rear of the halted South Norwalk local, driving into the car mass and scattering wreckage. Rescue attempts followed quickly with ambulances police and volunteers aiding the injured.
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New York
New York Central
Burrows Ulder Park Avenue
Harlem
White Plains
Manhattan
Bristol Wreck Tops Treadwell Run Near Green Island
The Bristol, an aging coast carrier carrying 2500 tons of coal from Ladysmith to Douglas Island Alaska, wrecked on Green Island near Port Simpson on January 2. The captain and six crew perished. three lifeboats reached safety while a fourth vanished with seven intended passengers. No trace of the missing remains.
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Vancouver
B. C
City of Seattle
Skagway
Bristol
Green Island
Port Simpson
Ladysmith
Vancouver Island
Treadwell
Douglas Island
Alaska
Seattle
Dixon
Troops in Samar Endure Hardships win captains and men
Navy telegram from Cavite reports Rear-Admiral Rodgers noting a ten days march across Samar from Lanang to Bahey. The column endured great hardships, killed 13 insurgents and captured a captain and four men as the rebels surrendered in Batangas Province Luzon.
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Batangas Province
Luzon
Washington
Navy Department
Rodgers
Cavite
Waller
Samar
Lanang
Bahey
Filipino insurgent surrender and gun turn-in in Batangas campaign
Colonel Marisen gan Major Cabrera and a renegade priest Castillo surrendered to General Bell in Batangas Province. They controlled Tonel District with Banan and Guenoa, agreeing to yield every man and gun, with an estimated 160 weapons to be turned in. Bell reports progress and possible surrender of insurgent Malavar next week. The U S Commission funds insular expenses at 2 5 million. Admiral Tschoukhnine and Russian warships have arrived.
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Manila
Marisengan
Cabrera
Castillo
Bell
Batangas
Tonel
Banan
Guenoa
General Bell
Chaffee
Malavar
United States Commission
Admiral Tschoukhnine
Congress Approves Nicaragua Canal Bill by Near Unanimous Vote
The House passed the Nicaragua Canal bill by a near unanimous vote with only two opposed. It authorizes the President to secure land in Costa Rica and Nicaragua for a canal and directs the War Department to begin construction, with an appropriation to support the project.
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Washington
House
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Cannon
Costa Rica
United States
Caribbean
Greytown
Nic Gua
Pacific Ocean
Germany to Await Castro Reply Before Any Venezuela Ultimatum
Berlin reports the foreign office says Germany will give President Castro of Venezuela a reasonable time to reply to the January 2 note delivered by the German charge d affaires at Caracas. No ultimatum will be pressed immediately. A response from Castro has not yet been received.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
Venezuela
Associated Press
Castro
Caracas
Prices Offered by Seattle Dealers for Round Lot Deliveries
Seattle dealers quote prices for hides pelts tallow and other farm goods by round lots on the dock and in the car at Seattle. Hides pelts and tallow heavy salted steers over 60 pounds 12 cents per lb medium 8 cents light under 50 pounds 7 cents cows all weights type salted 7 cents calves 5 cents stags and bulls 5 cents green hides 1 cent less than salted 6 cents dry hides 12 cents dry culls 0 cents summer deer 20 to 25 cents winter deer dry 14 to 20 cents good butcher tallow 4 cents grease 4 2/3 cents. Wool Western Washington clean 12 cents dirty 9 to 11 cents Eastern Washington wool 10 cents. Cattle beef cows 34 to 36 cents steers 44 to 46 cents sheep 35 to 94 cents hogs 57 to 60 cents calves large 4 4 1/2 cents small 5 1/2 cents Live poultry hens 19 10 cents heavy springs 11 cents light springs geese 10 to 11 cents ducks 11 cents turkeys 12 to 13 cents Butter and eggs creamery butter 29 cents eggs 31 cents. Grain oats 22.50 barley 18.50 wheat chicken feed 20 to 21 cents. Hay Puget Sound 10.9 to 16.50 per ton Eastern Washington timothy 13 alfalfa 10 to 10.50. Field seed field peas white 25 green 35 oats 24 spring seed wheat 20 seed rye 18 seed barley 18 per ton.
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Seattle
Washington
Iltee
Puget Sound
Chicago drainage board to seek federal survey funds
Members of the drainage board will leave for Washington Saturday afternoon to ask Congress to authorize a survey and cost estimate for an eight, ten, twelve and fourteen foot waterway connecting the drainage canal with St. Louis.
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Chicago
Drainage Board
Washington
St. Louis
Freight train collision near Roy station kills fireman
Freight train No. 15 on the Rio Grande st ern collided with a work train near Roy station ten miles south of Ogden in heavy fog. Fireman Frank Cowell of Salt Lake City was instantly killed and three men were injured.
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Salt Lake City
Roy Station
Ogden
Frank Cowell
Salt Lake
Washington Time Set for Cuban Reciprocity Hearing
The ways and means committee on January 10 set January 1 as the start date for hearings on Cuban reciprocity. The committee previously favored not extending the hearing beyond February 15.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Train Collision Near Largo Injures Engineer and Fireman
An east bound limited struck an extra freight at Largo Ind while it was siding. The rear cars were demolished and the passenger engine left the track. Mail car derailed but clerks unharmed. Engineer and fireman were badly injured but expected to recover. No passengers injured.
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Largo
Ind
Brooklyn Armored Cruiser to Return for Repairs
New York January 18 reports the Brooklyn naval flagship will return to the local vessel yard for extensive overhauls after relief by the Rainbow at Mazatlan. Overhaul cost listed as about 920 thousand dollars.
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New York
Brooklyn
Atlantic Station
Mavidla
Census Bureau Reports U S Population At 84 Million In 1900
The census bureau released figures showing the United States and possessions total 84 253 064 as of June 1 1900 with Continental U S at 75 994 575 and military personnel abroad 91 219 The report notes coverage gaps in earlier Philippine data and states the 19th century growth nearly sixteenfold from about 5 333 000 to 84 million, placing the U S behind only China the British empire and the Russian empire in population.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
United States
American Samoa
Philippine Islands
Manila
Porto Rico
War Department
Census Office
Hawaii
Alaska
Naval Service
Guam
Secretary of the Navy
China
British Empire
Russian Empire
Hawaii faces government budget cuts for next quarter
Honolulu reports executive council agreeing to general reductions in each department to fund the government without an extra legislative session. The Home Rule and Republican factions push for a new session while ships report rough seas and a strong trade wind.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Executive Council
Charles E. Moody
Puget Sound
Benjamin Sewall
Australia
Board of Urvey
Horn
Canal decision delayed by Nicaragua opposition in Congress
Washington reports a strong tide against fixing the Nicaragua route in proposed Isthmian canal legislation. In the House the Morris amendment momentum grows as canal supporters react to Panama Canal Co offer. In the Senate support favors referring the question back to the commission for a further report and possible Morris proposal.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Panama Canal Company
Senate
Panama
Commission
Havana to hold elections in all Cuban provinces likely January
Reports from Havana indicate elections will be held across all Cuban provinces, including Puerto Prin, with Tomas Estrada Palma aspresident-elect. Officials in Washington and Havana discuss the Panama Company's property sale to the United States, while party adherents align with Estrada Palma amid anticipated strong popular support.
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Havana
Jan
Puerto Prin
Tomas Estrada Waima
Cuba
Washington
Jan S
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Wildes
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Southern Pacific
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Schley
Court of Inquiry
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Nome City
Columbus
Whatcom
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England
Prussia
Colorado
Washington News
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King County
State Penitentiary
Chelan’s
Colfax
Fyerett
Pateros
Latah Creamery
David Miller
Pomeroy
Cowychee Valley
North
Yakima
Perry McConnell
W.&c.r
Helix
Republic District
Rogers
Phinney Creek
Skagit County
Horticultural
Ellege
Tacoma
Bob White
The
Rio Grande
Monterey
Mec
Wevxteas International Railway
Srever
Mexican Central
Mexico
Nicareena
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