Happenings of the Past Week Outside Washington
Highlights include Roosevelt's Pittsburg Fourth Day speech King Edwards improving toward coronation duties negotiations to acquire Panama canal property to begin next week Minneapolis police chief F W Ames on bribery trial train wreck injuring twenty five in Hoosie New York government sues overvalued imports King Howard missing parade due to doctors New Jersey Porto Rican tobacco incorporation filed San Francisco arrest in murder case Lord Pauncefote's body moved aboard the Brooklyn en route to England.
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F. W. Ames
Minneapolis
Hoosie
N.Y
Alaska Game Law Prohibits Destruction of Wild Life
The Alaska game protection measure, backed by President Roosevelt, becomes law. It bans wanton destruction of wild game and nests, forbids killing birds for shipment from Alaska, sets seasonal limits, restricts female birds, bans hunting with hounds, and limits boat use. The Agriculture Secretary may extend or prohibit closed seasons for up to five years and restrict sale of hides and heads within fifteen days after season end.
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Washington
Alaska
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Gare
Nur Yes
Secretary Moody limits new hiring at Puget Sound yard
Secretary Moody told Representative Jones no more mechanics or laborers will be sent to Puget Sound Navy yard from San Francisco and elsewhere. He cited 301 laborers and 845 mechanics on the waiting list and said the cruiser Philadelphia will be sent there for repairs.
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Washington
Moody
Jones
Puget Sound Navy Yard
San Francesco
Puget Sound
Seattle
Burwell
Puget Sound Yard
Philadelphia
Anarchists Try to Enter Magazine Near Fort
Two men attempted to enter the magazine outside the fort and wounded the sentinel with a revolver. The sentinel fired with his rifle, the assailants escaped, and a similar attempt occurred Saturday evening. Authorities believe anarchists planned to blow up the magazine containing powder for 4,000,000 cartridges.
Meteor Loses In Sailing Match At Kiel Run
In Eckenfoorde Prussia June 4 the British schooner Cyvely defeated Emperor William s yacht Meteor for the fourth time in the Kiel long run. Clara placed second and Meteor third. The Meteor was christened recently by Mrs Alice Roosevelt.
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Eckenfoorde
Prussia
Emperor William
Meteor
Cyvely
Kiel
Clara
Mies Alice Roosevelt
Washington State Fourth Celebrations and Local Gatherings
Statewide Fourth of July observances bring varied events from Seattle to Wallula. Governor Savage hosts a Rainier Grand banquet with Nebraska visitors Brig. Gen. Greely and Gov McBride staffers in attendance. The state education board grants life diplomas to teachers while Snohomish County lawyers form a county bar association at Everett.
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Governor Savage
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Rainier-Grand Hotel
Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
Gen. Greely
Army
Navy
McBride
The
State Board of Education
Snohomish County
Everett
China Refuses July Indemnity Payment at April 1901 Exchange
Taotai of Shanghai informs bankers that China will not pay the July indemnity installment except at the April 1901 exchange rate. Foreign ministers see this as influenced by U S support for China's stance and expect China to accept the ministers' majority decision when convinced the United States backs her. Some ministers decry U S policy as against protocol.
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Peking
Taotai
Shanghai
Bankers’ Commission
China
United States
Conger
Foreign Office
Prince Cehing
Ruling Allows Firearm Use by Strike Peroters in Pawtucket
District court declares street railway workers may defend themselves passengers and property with firearms during a strike. Five Pawtucket Street Railway employees charged with concealed weapons were ordered discharged.
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Pawtucket, Rv
Pawtucket Street Railway Company
Queen Alexandra Returns as Anxiety Eases at London Ceremony
London marks end of wartime anxiety as Queen Alexandra attends a public review of colonial troops led by the Prince of Wales. About 2,500 colonials from various camps march past Buckingham Palace and the Mall to the Horse Guards Parade. Canadian detachment is largest with diverse units from across the empire. The display includes troops from India and postwar contingents from South Africa.
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London
Queen Alexandra
Edward
Prince of Wales
Constitution Hill
Buckingham Palace
India
San Lucia
Bornean
Fiji
West Indies
Gold Coast
Nigeria
Uganda
Yerote
South Africa
Kitchener
Seattle Market Prices for Farming Produce and Livestock
Market notes list by the producer or local dealers the latest Seattle area prices for grain seeds hay and feed including wheat barley timothy alfalfa and oats with prices per unit. livestock figures cover beef cattle cows steers and calves along with sheep hogs and poultry prices and various hides pelts and wool values across Western and Eastern Washington markets.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Timothy
Desperate Oregon convict Tracy eludes Seattle posse
Harry Tracey, the Oregon convict who escaped Salem prison, has evaded multiple posses near Seattle. After hijacking a Seattle launch near Olympia, he forced crew to Meadow Point then returned to Seattle. Victims include Deputy Sheriff Charles Raymond killed and Deputy Sheriff J J Williams wounded. Neil Rawley later died. Contested claims say Rawley was killed by a shot from his own party. Tracy remains at large with roads guarded and searches ongoing.
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Seattle
Harry Tracey
Oregon
South Bay
Olympia
Meadow Point
Ballard
Tracy
Tracey
Merrill
Tragg
Officer Breese
Neil Rawley
Rawley
Breese
Breeze
Candihee
Hothell
Bothell
Freemont
Breece
Winchester
J. J. Knight
State Mill
Secretary of War appoints board on Lake Washington canal route
The engineer board is authorized by the new rivers and harbors law to select a canal route for Lake Washington. Work starts soon with consideration of Salmon Bay dredging already underway. The secretary also named a separate board to survey upper Columbia river improvements.
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Washington
Secretary of War
First Death in Anthracite Strike Reported in Duryea
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on July 2 a guard shot and killed Italian worker Antonio Juimuipe at the Willian A Colliery in Duryea from behind the colliery stockade marking the first loss of life in the anthracite strike.
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Wilkesbarre
Willian A
Duryea
Antonio Juimuipe
House Adjourns As Members Sing National Airs
Congress ends a stormy session with a burst of enthusiasm and song. Speaker Henderson announces adjournment without day while members, galleries, and Special guests sing My Country Tis of Thee Dixie and The Star Spangled Banner. Total appropriations reach 800,193,837 versus 730,838,575 last year.
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Washington
Henderson
House of Representatives
Dixie
Mr. Chandler
Senate
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Danish West Indies treaty scandal findings reported
Washington July 2 Chairman Dalzell of the special committee on the Danish West Indies purchase submitted its report. It finds no evidence of bribery or corruption by any congress member in the sale and states the bribery allegations originated from Christmas whose stories rest on seeing money.
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Washington
Dalzell
House
Danish West Indies
Christmas
Congress
United States
Danish West Indian Islands
Thole Burden
Pearsons Gift Boosts Whitman College Endowment
Two checks for 25000 each arrive for Whitman College President S O B Penrose from Chicago philanthropist K Pearsons. The gift totals 250000 dollars, pledged to fund the first girls dormitory story to be completed by June 1, with officials meeting the deadline.
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Walla Walla
B. Penrose
Whitman College
2. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Pearsons
Whitman
U S exports to Asia rise. South America shows drops
Washington reports from the treasury bureau of statistics indicate exports from the United States to Asia rise in the ten months ending April, outpacing gains in other regions. By contrast, exports to South America decline in almost all divisions.
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Washington
United States
Asia
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
South America
Judge Taft Receives Vatican Land Trial Proposals
Rome July 2 Judge Taft civil governor of the Philippines received a cable from Secretary Lut enumerating definite propositions to present to the Vatican about the disposition of the trial lands in the Philippines.
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Rome
Taft
Philippine Islands
Lut
Vatican
Philippines
Amnesty Proclaimed as Philippines Restored to Civil Control
President Roosevelt declares peace in the Philippines, grants broad amnesty to Filipinos who fought under insurrectionary leaders or against Spain, except for crimes after May 1, 1902 and certain violent offenses. Chaffee relieved. General Root issues army-wide order praising war-time conduct.
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Washington
Philippine Archipelago
Root
Chaffee
United States
Noot
Cuba
Philippines
Kingdom of Spain
United States of America
Theodore Roosevelt
Spain
Philippine Islands
General Chaffee
Secretary Root
Army
Prisoner of War Repatriation Policy Amid South Africa Conflict
The Foreign Office reports a British directive: foreign prisoners of war will not be released until all Boers are repatriated. Those who pay their own costs may be released earlier but cannot return to South Africa.
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the Hague
Foreign Office
South Africa
Pierce County Posses Disband After Pursuit
Tenino July 2 posses seeking Tracy and Merrill have partially disbanded as fugitives may have escaped. Only a few men remain near the Nisqually River while Deputy Sheriff Johnson and Sheriff Mills stay on.
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Tenino
Tracy
Merrill
Nisqually River
Johnson
Mills
SORROWFUL TALE OF MISSING VESSELS IN ARCTIC ICE
The Sen ator brings word from Nome of two missing steamers the Jeanie and the Portland. The revenue cutter Thetis forced through 75 miles of ice without finding them and Captain Healy fears they are lost. Nome hears of a passenger steamer trapped in ice and swept northward. St Paul’s report conflicts about Belvedere and Baylies sightings.
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Thetis
Arctic Ocean
Port Townsend
Wash
Pacific Coast Company
Senator
Nome
Seattle
Jeanie
Portland
Patterson
Healy
Senators
San Francisco
St. Paul
Centennial
St.eeaul
Nore
Diomedes Islands
Washington State to Have First Class Battleship Name
The navy announced four new battleships will be named Washington Tennessee Louisiana and Connecticut. President Roosevelt supported the choice to honor the West and South, drawing disappointment from other states that hoped for naming honors.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Tennessee
Louisiana
Connecticut
Roosevelt
West
General Chaffee Probes Cruelty Charges in Tayabas
General Chaffee sends a letter to the investigating board on Major Gardener’s cruelty charges against American officers in Tayabas Luzon. He says Gardener abandoned claims that higher army officers were hostile to the civil governor, noting the board seeks witnesses. Gardener vows to reply later.
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Manila
Chaffee
Cornelius Gardenee
Tayabas
Luzon
Gardener
Philippines
Root
Census report on printing and publishing in 1900
The census bureau reports 22,312 establishments in the printing and publishing industry with a capital of 292,517,077 and products valued at 547,055,050 for the census year 1900.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Minnesota Republicans Renominate Slate at St Paul
The Minnesota Republican convention at St Paul renominated Goy and R. Van Sant and placed a full state ticket in the field. Most nominations were by acclamation. The convention's notable moment was a speech by Senator Knute Nelson.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Goy, &. R. van Sant
Knute Nelson
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