Gold from Dawson swells Klondike shipments on Yukon run
Gold from Dawson and Eldorado creek pours toward the United States as shipments to St Michaels and Skagway rise. The Dolphin reports over 3 tons aboard and Dawson to Skagway lines say up to 200 Dawson passengers are en route, with more Klondikers returning.
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Yukon River
St. Michael’s
Skagway
Seattle
Dolphin
Klonlike
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Dawson
St. Michaels
Alaska
United States
Yukon
Roanoke
Eldorado Creek
White Horse
Hay dies after fall from New Haven hotel window
Adelbert S. Hay son of Secretary Hay and ex consul to Pretoria is found dead on a New Haven sidewalk after the Yale graduate spent the evening with friends. He retired to his room at 1 am and a cigarette was found on the window ledge suggesting a smoking incident before the fall. The medical examiner calls it an accident with no external injuries.
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New Haven
Conn
Adelbert S. Hay
Hay
Pretoria
New Haven House
Yale
Bartlett
Great Britain Objects to Chinese Tariff Increase Proposal
A Pekin dispatch reports all foreign ministers except Britain agree to raising the Chinese tariff on imports to 10 percent if indemnity service falls short. Sir Ernest Satow says Britain would accept only with abolition of the liken tax on international commerce and other concessions.
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London
Pekin
Ernest Satow
Great Britain
Wind Storm Tosses Box Cars Off Track in North Dakota
A heavy wind storm at White Earth North Dakota blew two box cars from a side track onto the main line. The Great Northern flyer bound for Minot struck the cars and part of the train derailed. Reports say two tramps were killed and several others injured as lines were down and details scarce.
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Minot
N. D
White Earth
Great Northern Flyer
Surrender of Cailles Ends Insurgent Stand in Laguna
Ex insurgent Cailles and 650 men surrendered in Santa Cruz Laguna on June 25. The oath of allegiance was given to Cailles who failed to command all followers. Colonel Cabailles also surrendered after fleeing to the mountains. Proceedings were orderly, with many followers urging Cailles to issue a proclamation branding resisters as bandits.
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Santa Cruz
Laguna
Luzon
Cailles
Cabailles
Expected Surrenders Signal End of Insurgent Resistance
Manila reports an impending surrender of insurgent general Arollio with a large Malvar faction at San Jose Batangas to American forces. With July 4 civil government start, military civil service exam disputes will end. Cailles surrender frees Luzon prisoners. Malvar’s surrender anticipated.
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Manila
Arollio
Malvar
San Jose
Batangas
Philippine Islands
Department
Military Secretary
Civil Service Board
Military
Cailles
Luzon Island
Destroying Chinese Forts Small Steps Delay Forts Fall
Pekin June 26 Ministers report no joint action on destroying forts as each nation holds troops. Plans to use Chinese labor may be needed for unoccupied forts. Enuchs sell Forbidden City valuables. a carved table fetched 600 taels. Guards deter theft at gates. Palace repair costs reach 250000 taels. gold buried in the Forbidden City has vanished in part.
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Pekin
Forbidden City
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Tien Tsin Anniversary Marks Relief and Graves Tribute
The first anniversary of the relief of Tien Tsin was celebrated yesterday in Tien Tsin. Russian and British authorities publicly thanked the ladies who decorated graves of soldiers of all nationalities on June 17, the siege’s anniversary. Chinese insurgent leader General Mais is in consult with German commanders on pacification and reconstruction.
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Tien Tsin
Mais
City of Bangor Rams Estelle in Dense Fog Toll
The steamer City of Bangor, entering Boston Harbor in thick fog, struck the naptha launch Estelle near Deer Island beacon. Five men fell into the water and two were drowned.
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Boston
Bangor
Deer Island Beacon
General Tan Fo Hsiang Advances Prompt Foreign Aid Sought
Reports from Tai Yuen Fu in Shan Si indicate General Tan Fo Hsiang is moving toward the region. The provincial governor has appealed for foreign assistance to halt his advance.
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Tien Tsin
Tai Yuen Fu
Shan Si
Tan Fo Hsiang
Rioters Storm Monastery in Madrid Nightly Turmoil
Anti clerical mobs in Madrid parade shouting burn the convents and kiss Infanta Isabella then storm a monastery during the night before being dispersed by authorities.
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Madrid
Infanta Isabella
Monastry
Governor Rifuses Signature on Death Warrants Bill
Governor Rogers filed with the secretary of state today Senate Bill No. 4 without his signature. The measure, introduced by Senator Rands of Clark County, concerns death warrants and was the bill the special session was to cure. Rogers declined to comment on his non signing.
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Olympia
Wash
Rogers
Secretary of State
Senate
Rands
Clark County
Death Ends Feud in Crowded Seattle Drug Store
In Seattle at 5:25 pm John W. Considine killed ex Chief of Police W L Meredith in a drug store confrontation. Meredith fired twice. Considine returned fire, wounded Meredith fatally with three shots. Tom Considine aided John before he surrendered to the sheriff.
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Seattle
John W. Considine
Standard Gambling House
People's Theater
W. L. Meredith
Guy’s Drug Store
Second Avenue
Considine
Meredith
John Considine
Tom Considine
Considine Cooly
Brazil Accepts Invitation to Pan American Exposition
New York dispatch reports Brazil will participate in the Pan American congress despite prior doubts over arbitration. Peru remains hesitant, while Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay are expected to join Brazil, with Peru and Bolivia possibly compelled by shared interests.
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New York
Washington
the Herald
Brazil
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Chile
Pump Plant Burned in Illinois Fire Disaster
Cairo Illinois June 26 fire destroyed the National Pump Co plant and the Big Four station at Mound City with losses estimated at $100000. The blaze caused extensive damage to equipment and facilities across both sites. Local fire crews battled the flames to prevent spread and assess the aftereffects on nearby infrastructure.
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Cairo, Ill
National Pump Co
Big Four
Mound City
Ill
Largest oil gusher struck in southwestern field at Redford Creek
Denison Texas June 27 reports say the Pennsylvania Oil Company struck the largest oil gusher yet in the southwestern field at Redford Creek north of Denison. The well on the St. Louis and San Francisco extension spouted 400 feet into the air and is still flowing, wasting large quantities.
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Denison
Tex
Redford Creek Nation
St. Louis & San Francisco
Pennsylvania Oil Company
Honeymoon Prank: Newlyweds Fooled Friends On Train
A Kansas City Journal tale recalls a live wedding prank where a newly married pair start their journey with a rice shower and a sign saying We have just been married. Friends stage a dramatic send off, then the couple swaps cars to begin their trip unnoticed.
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Kansas City Journal
Dhey
Animals and Humans Share Health Habits and a Strange Wax
The article notes animal knowledge of simple remedies and health rules, comparing herbivores' healthy routines to human religious ablutions. It mentions migration, diet, and climate as health factors, cites epidemics among Arabs and Somalis, and reports a strange mineral wax washed ashore at Nehalem River in Oregon later identified as mineral wax related to lignite beds.
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Soudan
Samuel Baker
Nehalem
Oregon
Detroit Free Press
Astoria
New York
Northwest
Night Blindness in Warm Climates
Night blindness is described as a peculiar eye affliction where patients see well by day but grow blind as night nears. It is more common in warm climates and often responds to mild treatment.
Sugar in Europe First Reached from Asia in 625 A.D.
Gibbon states that sugar was first brought from Asia to Europe in A D 625. The claim ties sugar's European introduction to early medieval trade routes and Asian sources.
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Europe
Gibbon
Asia
Ingenious Hay Stacker Patent Issued in Montana
A Montana inventor received a patent for a versatile hoisting device usable as a hay stacker and derrick. The base uses adjustable sections with three recesses and ball-ended side members forming universal joints, raised by a ratchet drum rope system, with forked guy ropes and a suspended pulley for hoisting operations.
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Montana
Insect Enemies of Growing Wheat
Massachusetts Ploughman notes that the chinch bug is the most destructive pest to wheat with wide distribution and yearly prevalence. Hessian fly causes about ten percent of losses, roughly forty million bushels annually, while wheat midge and grain plant rice follow. Second-rate threats include wheat-straw worms, wheat-bulb worm, army worm, cut worms, and sawflies.
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Massachusetts
Tie for Holding Cow Heads During Dehorning
A Hoard’s Dairy correspondent describes a head restraint used in dehorning. The device uses a rope dropped over the cow’s neck, looped under, and threaded to form a nose loop. A post supports the loop while a helper applies weight to secure the head, then the rope is slipped off to release.
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Ald
Dehorine
Hoard’s Dairyman
Small Flint Corn for Siloing Says Hoard’s Dairyman
The corn for siloing should be one of the small flint varieties sown at not over twelve quarts per acre. Harvest when seeds are in milk and pack tightly with no holes. Cover with hay. Properly done, silage yields good quality, though flint varieties need more work and fewer ears per acre than large ensilage corns. Good ensilage will not harm milk.
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Hoard
Illinois farming expert advises shelling corn seed ears
Professor Shamel of Illinois College of Agriculture says to shell off and discard both the tips and butts of corn ears chosen for seed. The guidance aims to improve seed quality and germination potential for future crops.
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Shamel
Ilinois College of Agriculture
Dairy and Food Commissioner reports Iowa dairy stats
Iowa dairy figures show 1 205 450 cows valued at 38 358 503 dollars averaging 23 to 55 cows per square mile. Butter prices fell over seven years ago but rose from last year with 1893 27c and 1900 22c.
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Iowa
Norton
Red Top Hay and Pasture A Historic Seed Mixture
Red top hay and pasture grasses were once sown with clover for meadows and pastures. The crop peaked after clover and timothy matured, forming a strong turf and yielding fine hay when cut early. A mix of June grass or Kentucky blue grass with red top provides extended cover, with one bushel of each seed per acre yielding good pasture, optionally with clover early on.
Goose Herds and Markets in Historic England
The article recalls large goose flocks once kept in England with up to a thousand geese, each rearing about seven goslings. Gooseherds tended flocks as sheep, birds were plucked five times yearly, and autumn drives sent flocks to London and other markets. Geese traveled about ten miles daily, often routed through tar and sand to prepare for journeys across Europe.
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England
London
Europe
Draft Horses Sell Strong on Weight and Form
Draft horses of good form are valued close to weight with prices rising faster than weight as the animal grows heavier. Typical prices run from 125 to 300 dollars, with occasional higher sales and about a ten percent bump when matched in teams, dealers note that a pair could fetch 600 dollars if quality meets the standard.
Farm notes and fruit, sugar beet plants in many states
Farm Brevities cover aging fowl by leg rings, Maine cannery output of 5 million dollars, 350000 dollars yearly to sweet corn growers, and the fading old fashioned apple. It notes raspberry and blackberry benefits from continuous cultivation and recommends wires. Sugar beet factories operate in many states across the west and midwest.
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Maine
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