News Of The Week Condensed From The Continent
Col C F Crocker dies in San Francisco. Oregon sheepmen organize to protect flocks from cattlemen. Miners strike tensions rise as they seek railway aid. C M Schultz buys Tacoma Ledger for 18000 dollars. J M Bradley named editor. Gold rush to Klondike draws Seattle crowd and risk to many. Oregon pioneer John Durbin dies near Salem at almost 103. Salt Lake jubilee heralds grand intermountain celebrations. Hawaii arbitration proposal eyed by Japanese press. Broadmoor Casino in Colorado Springs burns, loss twice 100000 dollars with little insurance. Two masked men rob Sac and Fox post office near Guthrie Oklahoma Territory. Philadelphia merchant W A Bellwood arrested for fraud to fund horse bets losing 13000. Central Labor Union denounces Powderly as immigration commissioner. Lieutenant Peary sails from Boston toward Greenland for Arctic base. National Republican League meets in Detroit with broad state representation. Portland grain fleet up to 77 ships. Turkish war alerts as El Edhem Pasha rushes to Domokos. French floods devastate with 200 million francs losses and 300 drowned. Oregon printer E M Waite dies after heat stroke during parade. South African commission condemns Rhodes supporting Transvaal insurrection. Portuguese vice consul investigates flag incident at Monterey. Transmississippi Commercial Congress session in Salt Lake. Silver dollar output and seigniorage totals reported for fiscal year. British Columbia delegation urges Yukon route opening. Persian ultimatum to Persia over Kerbela troops. war risk. Russia suspected backing Persia.
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Col
C. F. Crocker
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Oregon
C. M. Shultz
Chicago
Tacoma Ledger
J. M. Bradley
Seattle
Sound
Clondyke
John Durbin
Duncan Ross
Salem
Salt Lake
Constantinople
Isobiurate
Edhem Pasha
Domokos
France
E. M. Waite
Waite
Johannesburg
Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
Henrique Laidley
Monterey
Cal
Washington
Manuel Ortin
Ortin
Laidley
United States
Mississippi River
Mint Bureau
General Beeton
British Columbia
Wilfred Laurier
Yukon
Porte
Persia
Kerbela
Russia
House Passes Conference Report On Bill After Midnight Vote
Washington officials report the conference bill adopted 185 to 118 in the House after 12 hours of debate. The sugar schedule sparked the fiercest exchanges as Bailey and McMillin clashed over free raw material doctrine. Republicans largely supported. Democrats mostly opposed with a few exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Dingley
Payne
Bailey
McMillin
Diplomatic Corps
Slayden
Broussard
Myer
Davey
Kleburg
Silverites
Shaferth
Newlands
Hartman
Baker
Barlow
Botkin
Fowler
Jett
Lewis
Marshall
Marton
Peters
Simpson
Strowd
Vincent
Howard
Kelly
Stark
Sutherland
Senate Deficiency Bill Conference Report Agreed
The senate after an executive session adopted the conference report on the general deficiency bill The Harris Union Pacific resolution drew debate Morgan Thurston and Stewart argued over the track record of the road The debate touched on government dues and legal remedies Thurston urged using courts to recover funds an executive session followed by adjournment. The second item notes a New York Herald dispatch on Secretary Long considering placing the monitor Miantonomah in reserve with a short crew ready for five days notice in light of Japan Hawaii and Cuban tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Harris
Union Pacific Railway
Morgan
Congress
Thurston
Stewart
Cleveland
Union Pacific
New York
Herald
Columbia
Minneapolis
Department
Japan
Hawaii
Cuban
Horse mauling leads to fatal finish in Oregon
In Coos county near Fairview George Martin was dragged by a horse while riding with a companion. The horse tore flesh until a companion killed it with a club. Martin suffered a broken shoulder blade and is expected to recover.
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Rosebarg
Fairview
Coos County
George Martin
Martin
Off for the Clondyke one hundred sail on the Al Ki
Seattle reports the Al Ki sails with about one hundred men bound for the Klondike overland route via Dyea and the Yukon. Crowds gathered days ahead, amid excitement in Juneau and Port Townsend as miners head toward Alaska with horses and sheep for the journey. The Portland also sails for St Michaels with limited provisions, while Alaska towns fear shortages as prospects depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Clondyke
Juneau
Dyea
Linderman
Bennett
Yukon River
Portland
St. Michaels
Yukon
North American Trading & Transportation Company
Captain Carroll
Queen
Alaska
Placer
Port Townsend
Yukon Valley
Washington
Gold Fever Grips New York as Alaska Prospects Grow
New York reports a surge of 2000 prospective gold seekers heading toward the Klondike as excitement spreads across the city. Advertisements drew 1200 applicants with 500 to 2000 dollars for expeditions, while 32 men join a company’s prospecting effort.
Foreign relations strain widens over U S Britain ties
In London the house of commons debate on the foreign office vote features Sir Charles Dilke warning that gravest questions arise from U S relations and the government lacks full support. In Washington the State Department weighs possible international friction from Alaska gold finds and moves to push swift Canada Alaska boundary treaty ratification via Senator Davis.
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London
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Charles Dilke
United States
New York
Washington
Great Britain
Alaska
State Department
Davis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Canada
Senate
Noted Amelia Kohler Dies at 92 in Mount Vernon
New York reports Amelia Kohler nee Offergeld died at Mount Vernon aged 92. She helped inspire Tor Moore to write The Last Rose of Summer by prompting the first line and once ran a private school in London. She lived with her daughter F M Saunders and had seen Napoleon. her family home was Aix la Chapelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amelia Kohler
Mount Vernon
Coercion Demands Across Powers Amid Turbulent Talks
London reports the British government demands immediate coercion of Turkey while Russia Germany defer action awaiting a clearer moment. Prince Henri of Orleans declines a duel with an Italian officer from Abyssinia but would accept a challenge from a peer. Balzac monument planned in Tours. In Georgia a jailed killer is reportedly lynched, riders with acetylene bicycle lamps perform public demonstrations in Waterbury Connecticut.
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Rome
Popolo Romano
Count
Turin
Prince Henry of Orleans
Abyssinia
Henry
London
The
Telegraph
Vienna
Turkey
Russia
Germany
Daily Mail
Paris
Prince Henri of
Orleans
Pinin
Prince Henri
Chicago
Waterbury
Balance of Trade Shows Record Exports Over Imports
The US annual trade report for the year ending June 30 1897 records a record high merchandise exports of 1 032 998 770 and total exports of 1 051 897 001 while imports total 764 373 905 with a large trade surplus of 257 613 186 Exports of gold and silver are noted with substantial movements in both directions and silver trade volumes setting new records.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Europe
Women Prisoners Exempt from Rock Pile Work
Kansas City police commissioners rescind the order forcing women prisoners to work on the rock pile with men, amid public opposition. Leavenworth reports separate female labor in the rock breakage yard, with officers claiming inmates do not object to the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Board of Police Commissioners
Leavenworth
Aerial Voyage Planned From Pike's Peak to Colorado Springs
Announcement: W D Felts will fly a 10 mile air line from Pike's Peak summit to Colorado Springs dropping about 10 000 feet using a series of condor wing inspired rigid aeroplanes. He plans first to land on Cameron's cone five miles away dropping 4 000 feet then descend 4 000 feet to Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs
W. D. Felts
Pike’s Peak
Felts
Cameron's
New Counterfeit Ten Dollar Silver Certificate Reported
Washington July 19 Chief Hazen of the secret service reports a new counterfeit ten dollar silver certificate of the 1891 series letter D. It bears the Hendricks portrait and signatures of Tillmann and Morgan as register and treasurer. The wood-cut style is crude with a pink seal and irregular numbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hazen
Secret Service
Hendricks
Messsr
Tillmann and
Morgan
Conferees Agree on Tariff Bill Progress Report
Washington July 20 Conferees announce they have agreed on all tariff bill items with a full conference to harmonize remaining points. Senate amendments largely accepted to secure passage. Jones of Nevada leveraged power for Western protections. new sugar schedule expected in the main duty on raw and refined sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Resan
Senate
House
Jones
Nevada
Conference
Ways and Means
Navy prepared for trouble with Japan over Hawaii
The Bulletin reports the navy department has suspended moving ships and keeping Pacific and Asiatic squadrons ready, while orders to hold the Asiatic squadron in place, ready to return or head to Hawaii on short notice, are issued. Coast monitors Monadnock and Monterey denied for Honolulu. Mare Island inquiries about Baltimore’s readiness for emergency commissioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Navy Department
Japan
Hawaiian Islands
Department
Washington
Hawaii
Monadnock
Monterey
Honolulu
Mare Island
Baltimore
Pacific Coast Torpedo Boats Kept In Senate Bill
Washington July 20 The next naval appropriation bill likely includes a Pacific coast contract for torpedo boats. A prior provision gave Pacific bidders 5 percent more than Atlantic yards which aided competition but this clause was omitted in the current bill. The last session sponsors come from Atlantic-focused states, and the coast interests will be addressed in the next session. Two fishermen drowned at Astoria in the river mouth while members of a cannery crew. their identities were not released. In Simla rainfall reduces relief work, and a notable notice at Astoria canneries announced a new price of 3 cents per pound for red chinook salmon 10 pounds or heavier, and 1 ½ cents for steelhead and light-colored salmon. California claims the tallest boy of his age, John Bardin, 15, six feet five and 220 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clondyke
Union
Pacific Coast
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Astoria
California
John Bardin
Oregon fragments reveal broad state notes and incidents
A mishmash of Oregon local items reports salmon pack forecasts near total harvests, accidents including a wagon overturn and a fatal self harm case, robberies in Susanville, wheat yields in Umatilla, and the Portland packing plant orders. It notes church counts in Linn County, convict statistics, crossing safety rulings, Everett child counts, mill capacity upgrades, and assorted regional events from June 1896 through summer.
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Independence and Dallag Growers’ Association
Dyton Association
Portland Horse Packing Pony
Ton
Paris
Gqrance
Linn County
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Broadmoor
Colo
Sac and Fox
Guthrie
O. T
W. A. Bellwood
Philadelphia
Central Labor Union of New York
T. W. Powderly
Organized Labor
Peary
Boston
Greenland
North Pole
National Republican League
Detroit
Glenelvan
Tarif Bill
Senate Proceedings
Chicago Federation of Labor
William Jones
Boot and Shoeworkers’ Union of America
Louis Torre
Preston
Mint
San Franciso Mint
Antlers
L T
Allen Attridge
Comfort
Attridge
Fisherman's Wharf
Earth
Journal and Advertiser
Greater New York
New York, New Haven
the Herald
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
England
Balzac Hare
Tours
Atlanta
Constitution
Columbus
W. L. Ryder
Ryder
Balance OF Trade
Summit
Wallace
Idaho
C. A. Patterson
Murray
Jennie Graham
Burke
Simla
India
Toria
Henry Anderson Humatod
Glore
Willamette
Mixichinery
Harry W
Olalla
G. L. Wool
Ockley
St. Johns
Umatilla
Susanville
Soo
Tury
Hart
Southern Pacific
Roseburg
Everett
Cheney Mills
C. L. Myers
Lincoln County
Supreme Court
Petiton
J. W. McCauley
Adams County
Flora Fife
J. Fife
Chauncey Lamb
Florence
Colfax
Goldendale
Kamilehie Road
Dr. Blalock
Walla Walla
Matthews
Hoquiam
Saoco
Tacoma
Diay
Trailer Benham
Sam Lash
Shiloh
Alexander Fraser
Wenatchie State Road
Dian Reservation
Mountain Division
Okanogan County
Marble Mount
Judge Carroll
Pierce County
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