Happenings of the Week Include Deaths and Disclosures
Pierre Lorillard dies as a long list of world events unfolds. The pope condemns French laws, Kruger plans falter, Oklahoma land openings proceed, salmon canners form, and the Constitution defeats Columbia in a Newport race. Train wrecks, fires, and notable deaths pepper the roundup.
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Prince von Hohenlohe
Ragatz
Switzerland
Kruger
America
Oklahoma
Navy Department
Crazy Man
Telluride
Colo
Standard Oil Company
Pacific Coast
London Stock Exchange
J. W. Watts
Rutherford B. Hayes
Montana
Robert Knapp
Willamette
Portland
Newport
Constitution
Columbia
Independence
Southern Pacific
Dunsmuir
Cal
Williams
Ariz
Sullivan City
Alder Creek
Alaska
Albert L. Johnson
Brooklyn
England
Skagway
Cascade Reserve
Oregon
Missouri
Washington Gossip and Departmental Updates
The agricultural department plans to publish a nationwide soil map in colors, showing crop suitability for every ten acre patch. Census and war department reports reveal livestock gains in major markets and ongoing insurgent captures in the Philippines through April 1901.
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the Agricultural Department
United States
James H. Kyle Dead in Aberdeen South Dakota
Senator James H. Kyle died yesterday afternoon after a malaria related heart condition. Born February 24 1854 near Xenia he won a 27 day contest on the 40th ballot to join the South Dakota state senate in 1890 and later served in the U S senate beginning March 4 1891. He was re elected in 1897.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Kyle
James H. Kyle
Xenia
State Senate
United States Senate
Switch Ned Been Turned
The southwestern express on the Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked at the east end siding two miles east of Greensburg. Three passengers were injured but none seriously. Authorities suspect a deliberate attempt at train wrecking as the switch was turned and the lock broken.
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Pittsburg
Southwestern Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greensburg
Washington News Briefs From the Thriving Commonwealth
Commercial and financial rounds up industry growth in Washington. Sprague notes 354 school children. Tacoma to have 10 months of school next year. Four harvesters imported at Waitsburg costing about $2000 each. Everett tax league formed to reduce 5 percent levy. Everett census up from 2112 to 2829. June homestead entries at Walla Walla office total 145 covering 21,593.72 acres. Pendleton plans logging camp shutdown near Everett relocation to Monroe. Port Townsend customs reports 79 Chinese entrants in June, 41 admitted 38 rejected. Westport reports gold found in well by Grays Harbor Oil Co. near 75 feet. Big fir tree near Arlington shipped to Everett for expo office. Whatcom to get parsonage. Walla Walla pioneers to form association. Davenport auctions 65 horses. Walla Walla gas plant to expand. Blalock Island development company formed. Waitsburg water main extension study of 2000 feet. Catlin ranch near Snohomish sold for 1400. Puget Sound rail cars in shortage for sawmills. Wahkiakum bears remarkably numerous this spring.
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Waitsburg
Everett
Walla Walla
F. J. Pendleton
Monroe
Port Townsend
United States
Westport
Grays Harbor
Arlington
Johnston
Seattle Market Prices For Livestock Hides Grain And Wool
Prices offered by Seattle dealers for delivery in round lots include hides pelts and tallow with varied per pound rates for steers cows calves and bulls. Wool grain and field seeds are listed by region with figures for western and eastern Washington and Puget Sound markets.
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Seattle
Washington
Waslington
Puget Sound
Washington Timothy
Salem Center man rides to market on trotting cow Daisy
George Mansfield a wealthy farmer from Salem Center New York is seen riding to market each morning on his trotting cow Daisy. The odd sight is common in town. A Tokyo study reports 1786 university students with more than half myopic indicating rising shortsightedness among students.
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George Mansfield
Salem Center
N. Y
Daisy
Tokio
Balaena Wrecked Off St Lawrence Island in Behring Sea
The Balaena of San Francisco, belonging to the Pacific Steam Whaling Co, lies wrecked on a rock 20 miles west of Southeast cape Saint Lawrence Island after a gale May 1. Captain P F Cotte and 60 crew escaped to shore almost miraculously. several hands are badly frozen. The ship, provisioned for 30 months, was en route to the Arctic and remains a total wreck hanging to the rock with a 12 foot hull hole.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
St. Lawrence Island
Southeast Cape
Behring Sea
P. F. Cotte
Arctic
Cape
Fire Devastates Huntington Hotel and City Reservoirs
A major blaze in Huntington West Virginia raged from 11 AM to 5 PM causing about 200000 dollars in damage. The hotel crowded with guests, many women, saw several fainting as crowds were evacuated. City reservoirs were dry and all engines were out of repair, allowing flames to spread to six residences, a livery stable and numerous shops.
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Huntington
W. Va
Students Demonstrate Against Clergy in Mexico City
In Mexico City about 300 students held a public meeting denouncing priests accused of immorality. Gendarmes kept order as Governor Coral witnessed the rally. Precautions were taken to avert more trouble, with risk of priestly denouncement prompting potential temple protests.
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Mexico City
Coral
Federal District
Recruiting New Regiments in the Philippines Relief Effort
Acting Adjutant General Ward reports five new infantry regiments and five cavalry regiments are practically recruited. The Thirteenth cavalry remains 389 men short. Troops to be sent to the Philippines to relieve regulars who have been there two years or more.
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Washington
Ward
Thirteenth Cavalry
Philippines
Combat in Manchuria and Shan Province Fronts Reported
Fresh dispatches describe a pitched battle at Shen Yang where natives defeated the Mohamme dans. General Tung Funh Siang is said to be pressing attacks on Chinese converts in Shan province.
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Tien Tsin
Manchuria
Chi Li
Shen Yang
Tung Funh Siang
Shan 8
Tug Fern Foundered Near Eagle River Michigan
The tug Fern of Algonac Michigan foundered off Eagle River on Saturday morning. A crew of five men went missing. The wreck of the yacht Marguerite from Hancock was located between here and Eagle Harbor. reports suggest women may have been aboard.
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Eagle River
Mich
Fern
Algonac
Marguerite
Hancock
Eagle Harbor
Summer Mail Service Opens Between Lake Bennett and Dawson
The post office announces summer mail service is now operating between Lake Bennett in Canada and Dawson in the Yukon territory. It follows the same conditions as last year and handles all mail classes from Canada and the United States.
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Washington
Post Mee
Lake Bennett
Dawson
Yukon
Canada
United States
Heat keeps rising as relief remains limited across regions
Washington stays the warmest east of the Alleghenies with 95 as epidemics of heat persist. New York reports a two inch downpour and a drop to 76 while Chicago promises brief respite. General John W. Carr, once on General Garfield’s staff, lies critically ill from heat prostration.
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Washington
Arkansas
Gulf States
Ohio
New York
New England
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Allegany Mountains
Oklahoma
Alleghanies
John W. Carr
Fort Scott
Kan
Garfield
Storm at Buffalo floods streets and shuts city power
A severe electrical storm struck Buffalo on July 8 causing widespread outages. Lightning damaged supply wires from Niagara Falls, burning transformers and equipment, halting streetcars and downtown electric lights. Torrential rain flooded cellars midways and the Machinery and Transportation building's engine room filled, stopping machinery.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Machinery and Transportation
Martial Law Proclaimed in Buenos Ayres
A state of siege has been proclaimed due to anarchist involvement in local disturbances. Quiet prevails as the minister of finance Dr. Enrique Berduo has resigned. The government will send a message to congress withdrawing the bill for the unification of the foreign debt.
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Buenos Ayres
Enrique Berduo
Congress
Will Test Japanese Canal Bunker Coal for Army Transports
The quartermasters' department contracted for large quantities of mike coal at Nagasaki Japan for six months to end of the calendar year. The bunker will be tested thoroughly before any further supply agreement is made.
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Washington
Quartermasters’ Department
Nagasaki
Japan
United States Army
Cloudburst Hits Grand Rapids Area Causing Widespread Damage
A severe cloudburst in Grand Rapids and western Michigan caused extensive damage with railroads crippled north of the city. Dams on the Flat and Rouge rivers washed out and mills along streams will remain idle for days as the Grand River rose over three feet in four hours. Fruit trees and crops suffered heavy losses.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Pere Marquette
Indiana
Rouge
Grand River
Colorado Starts New Battleships and Armor Cruisers
The Navy Department reports progress on the Colorado at Cramp’s shipyard, the first of a line of new battleships and armored cruisers under way. Initial indication shows about 2 percent completion with the vessel’s hull frames and materials in place.
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Washington
Uliv
Navy Department
Colorado
Cramps
Telluride Strike Ends After Miner Union Settlement
Telluride Colorado reports a mine strike settlement between Smuggler Union miners and management led by Arthur L. Collins. The accord allows non union workers temporarily, grants union officials access and payroll auspices, and aims to curb liquor sales, with Liberty Bell and Tomboy mines reopening.
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Telluride
Colo
Coates
Orman
Arthur L. Collins
Collins
Liberty Bell
Tomboy
Marshall Basin
Cuban leaders praised in New York dinner gesture
General Maximo Gomez and General T. Estrada Palma were hosted at the Union League Club by W. E. D. Stokes. Gomez thanked the U S press for aiding Cuba and said Cubans now seek libertad while noting the struggle against Weyler and the need for independence with U S support.
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New York
Union League Club
Maximo Gomez
T. Estrada Palma
W. E. D. Stokes
Stokes
Cuban League of America
Junta
Palma
Gonsales
Gomes
United States
Cuba
Weyler
Gomez
Cahan Libre
Cahans
Jessie Morrison Sentenced for Manslaughter in 1900 Case
Jessie Morrison, convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for the murder of Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle on June 22, 1900, was today sentenced to five years in the penitentiary with hard labor.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Clara Wiley Castle
Kruger Urged to Threaten Privateer Letters If Powers Fail
July 9 report notes The Petit Bleu claims Mr Kruger has refused privateering proposals but promoters press him to warn the powers. If Kruger persists, they plan to act without authorization by issuing letters of marque.
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William. E. Chandler
Lodge
Chandler
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Vancouver
Naval Observatory
Philadelphia
Tennessee
That State
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Earl of Stamford
National Vigilance Society
London
Washington Gossip
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
St. Joseph
War Department
Allison
Towa
Union Iron Works
Smith
St. Paul
Mina
Census Bureau
Wes
South Dakota
Washington News
Commonwealth
Sprague
Tacoma
Othe Presbyterian Church
Whatcom
Catlin
Monroe Road
Snohomish
Wahkiakum
the Alleghany
General Gomez
Thea
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