Telegraphic News of the World Condensed Across Hemispheres
A sweeping digest notes diverse items from two hemispheres: a sugar company in San Francisco with $5,000,000 capital, a Japanese vessel with plague aboard, California explosive prep for the Philippines campaign, a Pawnee freight steamer burned off Cape Henry, and the Selkirk sinking in the Philippines with all hands saved. It also mentions stockyard strikes in Chicago, railroad and mining developments, Wilson-era style. The summary compiles political, military, business, and crime items with multiple named places and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Pawnee
Cape Henry
Florida
Selkirk
Ane
Vast 1898-99 World News Mutterings Across U S Columns
A sprawling digest notes returning soldiers, yellow fever in New York and Salvador, Dreyfus in Rennes, Dewey funds near 12000, Dewey sailed toward Port Said, Otis to Washington, Cuba and Philippines actions. Reports on labor, prices, rail and steel, fever alerts, and imperial moves mix with local incidents and crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph Company
Transvaal
Dreyfus
Prance
Rennes
United States
Salvador
State Department
Murphy's Great Ride Sets Record on Moving Bicycle
Charles Murphy of Kings County Wheelmen rode one mile on a two mile track beside the Long Island Railway paced by locomotive 74. He finished in about 57 4 5 seconds with officials noting a best time of 47 4 5 seconds after adjustments. Murphy rode a 28 inch wheel with 120.6 inch crank hangers and weighed 201 pounds.
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New York
Charles Mr. Murphy
Kings County Wheelmen
Long Island Railway
Murphy
Maywood
L. 1
Ekill
Sam Booth
Sheriff Creamer
Poe
Sam
Babylon
Governor to Govern Samoa By Foreign Council Inevitable
The Mariposa news from San Francisco reports Samoa will be governed by a three power council with a local Samoan body and a governor not bound to treaty powers. The commission will restrict consular functions and create a single law system funded by tax duties. Consuls Rose and Masse travel aboard. Some rebels resist the provisional plan and cling to rifles. Fighting McCook Marines notes pioneer clergyman Henry H. McCook, 66, and Eleanor Abey, married last Tuesday. Dr McCook aided Civil War efforts and grave marking in the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mariposa
Australia
Samoa
Honelulu
Rose
Masse
Fighting McCook
Philadelphia
Henry H. McCook
Eleanor D. Abey
McCook
Illinois Volunteers
Spain
Cuba
Ten Thousand Men Reinforcements Ordered for General Otis
Washington reports a decision to continue recruiting at all stations. General Otis would have 40 000 troops ready after the rainy season. Enlistments for two years in the regular army start immediately with volunteers to follow under a later act. About 10 400 more men are sought, with strict limits on volunteer groups. Separate dispatch from Victoria notes drownings of five soldiers in the Pasig river with four bodies recovered and buried in a national cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alger
Corbin
Bird
Hom
Geneal Otis
Otis
Philippines
Congress
Conc
E. Hermann
Jasper L. Williaams
Nels Anderson
Joseph Nuneville
New National Cemetery
Old Spanish Cemetery
Case under new treaty in Tex extradition hearing
In Paso, Texas, June 80, the trial of Mrs. Mattie Rich opened before a U S commissioner to decide if she should be surrendered to Mexican authorities for trial in Juarez for murdering her husband last April. Rich earlier gave an ante mortem statement claiming she shot him. The case, first under the neutrality treaty, has drawn wide attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Tex
Mattie Rich
United States
Juarez
John Rich
Ile
el Paso
Mexico
Rich
Fort Dodge
San Antonio, Tex
War Supplies Move Amid Arbitration Push in Transvaal
London reports President Krueger insists on arbitration as a settlement condition. Meanwhile the Transvaal keeps buying provisions and war material and arranges with the Hinterland Railway Co to control railway lines in the Orange Free State if war breaks out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Johannesburg
The
Standard
Krueger
Transvaal
Hinterland Railway Company
Orange Free State
Prospecting Tour to Alaska Porcupine Dredgers Set
Dwise Hunt and Captain Hunt lead the Jack Crawford party planning a quartz and placer claim survey in American Alaska. Henry M. Wallace of Ann Arbor funds the operation to test hydraulic prospects and gear up for a seasonal launch toward the Chilkat river, aiming to establish a permanent headquarters if successful.
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Ntain Dwisht Hunt
Haines
Porcupine
Hunt
Jack Crawford
Tootalingua
Dyes
Yukon
Atlin
Porcupine District
Henry M. Wallace
Ann Arbor
Mich
Captain Hunt
Alaska
Stam and Stripes
Northwest Territory
Chilcat River
Stampede Expected as Porcupine McKinley Mines Glow
Mr. Cole reports a gold dust yield from Lahore Discovery on Poreupine creek sold for 835 and notes rising prospecting along McKinley and Porcupine creeks. High water limits workings to elevated rim rock while praise for placer mining grows, promising a stampede within six weeks.
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Mr. Cole
Poreupine City
Claim No
Lahore
Poreupine Creek
Weitzman
Porcupine
McKinley
Cannery on Sea Island Fire Destroys D J Munn Plant
The Sea Island cannery of D J Munn, one of the North Arm’s largest and best equipped for the sockeye run, was utterly destroyed by fire. Losses cover cannery stock, cans and machinery with an estimated value of 55000 dollars and only 45000 dollars insured.
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D. J. Munn
Sea Island
GB. C
North Arm
Prospector Finds Rich Ledge Near Haines
William Estinghausen of California reports a copper and gold rich quartz ledge four miles from Haines after four months of river prospecting along the Chileat. The five foot ledge shows high mineral content and he plans immediate development, noting years of mining experience in Alaska and California.
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William Estinghausen
California
Chileat
Haines
Estinghousen
Alaska
New Alaska City Emerges From Ketchikan Mining District
Jim McCloskey of the Arctic returns from the Ketchikan mining district and reports a promising region. He notes Ketchikan is growing toward city status with one large store and about 40 houses, a townsite survey underway, prospectors arriving, and copper-stained ore samples common in the district.
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Alaska
Jim McCloskey
Arctic
Ketchikan
Jim
Trotting Races Begin at Irvington Track Portland
Saturday July 1 marks the start of trotting and winning races at Irvington track Portland. Open day offers free admission for ladies. other days 25 cents for grandstand seats, while gentlemen pay 60 cents for all racing days. Strong entries suggest a successful meet with good racing and popular pricing drawing crowds.
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Irvington
Portland
Grandstand
Quartz specimens from local lodge attract expert praise
Mr. Shellon presented quartz samples near town showing high crystallization with peacock copper and minerals resembling gold. Experts praised the specimens as promising, noting the vein is about eight inches wide and likely to widen with continued development work.
Sumner Iron Works Eyes Move After Nail Company Closure
The Puget Sound Wire Nail and Steel Company, now owned by the American Steel and Iron Trust, has closed. Nails and wire machines will be shipped to San Francisco’s Washburn and Moon Company. F W Mitchell of Mitchell Lewis and Staver examines the Sumner site for possible purchase and relocation of the iron works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puget Sound Wire Nail & Steel Company
American Steel & Iron Trust
Washeburn & Moon Company
San Francisco
F. W. Mitchell
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Company
Seattle
Sumner Iron Works
Mill Destroyed by Fire at Genesee Idaho
A Krumm chopmill in Genesee Idaho burned, starting in the engine room. Four to five tons of chopped feed were on hand when the fire struck. The 14 horsepower gasoline engine valued at 1100 dollars is not a total loss, with hope to repair. Insurance coverage was 1000 dollars, far from enough to cover the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesee
Idaho
Seaside Cannery Secures Waterfront Lot for New Plant
George W. Sanborn buys 200 feet of waterfront property on the west side of the Seaside cannery and plans a standalone plant for next season. The facility will be up to date with the latest machinery and operate independently of any other cannery or partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sanborn
Seaside Cannery
Bank Incorporated forms in Medford with $50,000 capital
Bank Incorporated, The Medford bank, filed articles of incorporation in Medford, Jackson County. Capital stock fixed at $50,000. Incorporators include R. H. Whitehead, J. E. Hagart, J. Stewart, W. B. Roberts, and I. E. K. Ankney. The company intends to conduct banking business.
Pacific Coast Trade Seattle Markets Prices
Market listings show onions at 90 cents per 100 pounds and apples 2.50 to 3.50 per box. Other produce includes potatoes 35 to 40 cents, beets 1.25 per sack, turnips 0.0, carrots 1 per sack, parsnips 1.75, and cauliflower 1.00. Dairy and meats offer butter 18 cents, eggs 21 cents, poultry prices for hens, spring chickens, and turkeys 14 to 16 cents, beef and mutton at 9 cents, veal 8. Millstuffs, grains, and feeds listed with ton prices for oats, hay, corn, barley, flour, and feed meal.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington Times
Graham
Walla Walla
Oregon
America
Market Prices for Wheat to Beverages and Livestock
Wheat and other grains quoted by grade and region with prices per bushel or ton. Dairy and meat products listed by item and grade including butter cheese poultry sheep hogs beef veal with varied per unit prices. Some OCR errors present but main items and values are clear across grains fruits vegetables and animal products.
Commodity price list from Wool-Spring-Nevada to Hops
A catalog of agricultural and food product prices listing wool from regions Wool Spring Nevada Oregon Eastern Yale ley Northern at various prices per pound and per ton for millstuffa middlings bran onions butter eggs and hops with cents per unit and tonnage where shown.
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Nevada
Oregon
Yaleley
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Yew Sugar Company
Pancisco
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Prince Luigi
Cape
Ken Democrats
William
Wting
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Engla
Neral
Chicago
Slvania
Wisconsin
Trousand
Derbilt
Asphalt Trust
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Ilowstone
Jon
Francisco
Kong
England
Toledo
Paris Tion
tAdmiral Sampson
North Athans
Bull
Germany
France
Inaldo
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Hipatch
Polin
G. A
Lega
Fe Cole
Eilers Smeke
Hace Lansing
Olsio
Fort Meigs
Daniel
Timann
Italian of Deputies
Rome
Chamber Deputies
Belgium
Texas
Admiral Sampson
Dewey
Shasta County
Cal
Velasquez
Venezuela
Minneapolis
Coghlan
Bremerton
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Colombo
Port Said
Jones
Arkansas
Secretary of War
H. G. Otis
Los Angeles
Alabama
St. Louis
Walbonger Wackerle
City
Wallace
Gem
Victoria
Er Coke
Manila
Phil
Europe
South
Grand Central Palace
Toad
Government OF Samoa
Pasig
Mrs. Rich
Gale
Fourth Cavalry
Morong
Muntinlupa
Paris
M. Berteauux
M. Millevoye
Chamber of Deputies
M. Berteaus
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Sber
Peacock
Pacific Coast Trade
Portland Market
San Francisco Market
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