News of the Week: Far Flung Events Across Continents
A compilation covers the Truckee Lumber Company fire in San Francisco, Alfred Pearce’s fatal train accident near Mendota, a meteor-linked earthquake scare in Lansing Indiana, a shooting of James Williams in Armore Indian Territory, grasshopper damage in Oregon, whale collision injuring the Hermosa steamer off San Francisco, and a tour of U S industrial centers by South American delegates.
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Truckee Lumber Company
San Francisco
Alfred Pearce
Mendota
Cal
Lansing
James Williams
The
Chronicle
Armore, I. T
Williams
Morrow County
Lexington
Collision Kills Five on Omaha Railroad Near Hudson Junction
June 9 Hudson Wisconsin five men died instantly and four injured in a high speed collision on the Omaha line near Hudson junction. The west bound freight hit a work train backing east at 85 mph on a sharp downhill curve. The rear boarding car carried four workers who perished as it burned. Fireman of the work train also killed. Both engines wrecked. Engineer James Owens and the conductor accused of disobeying orders and taking the wrong track. Estimated damage sixty thousand dollars.
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Hudson, Wis
Omaha
Hudson Junction
James Owens
Owens
Road race disaster at Passaic stone quarry
Twenty riders crashed in a five mile road race near Passaic New Jersey as they turned a sharp corner into a river road at the quarry. A ten ton stone blocked the path causing wrecks and injuries. George Peddy of Lindhurst suffered a broken leg and was carried from the scene. others were bruised or unconscious. Spectators and rescuers aided the injured at a nearby shed.
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New York
Passaic
N. J
George Peddy
Lindhurst
Peddy
Boiler Explosion at Norcega Bros. Works Kills Dozens in Puebla
In Puebla a boiler exploded at the Norcega Bros. print works killing 60 or more as debris hampered removal. A boiler fragment struck a roof injuring residents including an old man and three children. An iron beam damaged a nearby house. A fireman was killed and troops and laborers search the scene.
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Mexico City
Norcega Bros
Puebla
Cyclist Killed While Racing Near Rogers Williams Park
Providence Rhode Island June 9 Arthur Lahiff a cyclist died in a race against an electric car on a steep Rogers Williams Park incline. He tumbled sideways and somersaulted over his handlebars breaking his neck as trolley cars sped downhill in the contest.
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Providence
R. I
Arthur Lahiff
Rogers Williams
Lahiff
Explosion injures miners at Brown Coal mines in Monongahela
An explosion of gas in the Black Diamond mines of the Brown Coal Company in Monongahela at 7 o'clock injured several men but not fatally. A rescuing party entered the mine and all workers were removed before the after-damp overcome them. The gas reportedly ignited from an open lamp.
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Monongahela
Brown Coal Company
Rail accident injures four on Illinois Central line
In Chicago this morning three men and one woman were seriously hurt when a lowered rail on a flat car was struck by an express train on the Illinois Central road.
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Chicago
Kentucky feud ends in gun duel near Stackhouse stable
In Lexington on June 9 a descendant of Kentucky's prominent Payne family shot Percy Stackhouse, a trotting horse driver and trainer, inflicting a likely fatal wound. Payne, living at Stackhouse's home after a quarrel over a slight matter, has been held for trial and is said to be defended by his kinsman W. C. P. Breckenridge.
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Lexington
J. B. Payne
Kentucky
Percy Stackhouse
Payne
Stackhouse
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Turkish Exces ses Reported in Epirus and Around Larissa
It is officially announced that Turkish irregulars have committed outrages in Epirus including violence against women, defilement of churches, and general pillage. Similar excesses are reported in villages near Larissa.
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Athens
Epirus
Larissa
Canovas Policy Unchanged. Weyler to Stay in Cuba
Madrid reports the queen regent has renewed Senor Canovas and the cabinet with powers unchanged. The cabinet will not remove Captain-General Weyler from Cuba though surveys show strong opposition. The premier announced the renewal after a cabinet council, while opposition voices express surprise and displeasure.
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Madrid
Senor Canovas
Diet
Chamber of Deputies
Weyler
Cuba
Madrid unsure over Sudan policy shift in cabinet moves
The Times Madrid correspondent reports surprise in ministerial circles at Spain’s crisis solution. Expectations had grown that reforms and war conduct by Weyler would prompt a radical policy change in the Sudan campaign. The premier aims to vindicate liberal pride and later modify the cabinet to end the deadlock before the Cortes reconvene, likely removing Weyler.
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London
Madrid
Weyler
Queen's decision ends Spanish premier cabinet resignations
Washington reports Spanish Minister Dupuy de Lome received a telegram showing the queen has decided after consulting the former premier Sagasta and field marshal Martinez de Campos amid Cuban policy questions. Secretary Sherman noted a cipher dispatch from Taylor in Madrid and said it reflects the queen's confidence in the ministry.
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Washington
Dupuy de Lome
Senor Sagasta
Liberal Party
Martinez de Campos
Cuba
Weyler
Senor de Lome
Sherman
United States
Taylor
Madrid
Canovas Confidence Boosted Amid Madrid Cabinet Crisis
In Havana on June 8 the Spanish press notes fresh proof of confidence for Canovas from the crown as La Gaceta publishes queen regent reforms. Jose Congeste, Spanish member on the Ruiz committee, sailed to New York yesterday.
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Havana
Madrid
Senor Canovas
la Gaceta
Senor Jose Congeste
Ruiz
New York
Correspondent Expelled From Cuba After Release
Wendell P. Phillips Cuban war correspondent of the London Chronicle and several other reporters were released from Montanzo prison after 10 days. They must leave Cuba and never return, with Phillips having sent letters via the British consul to evade censorship. His trial was defended by the British consul.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Wendell P. Phillips
London Chronicle
Montanzo
Cuba
Phillips
The
Chronicle
Havana
Aldrich Signals Possible Cuban Consul General Assignment
Ex-Congressman J. Frank Aldrich of Chicago arrived in Washington on June 8 arriving with discreet purpose. He came on instructions to be present when Mr. Calhoun arrives and had accepted the Havana consul general post over a month ago signaling a likely early replacement or departure for Consul General Lee.
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Washington
J. Frank Aldrich
Chicago
Calhoun
Aldrich
Havana
Meral Lee
Islands
Turks to Sign Armistice Extension at Dawn
London reports the Turks pledge to sign the armistice extension at dawn and peace negotiations are expected to begin promptly in Constantinople.
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London
Constantinople
World's Largest Poultry Ranch Planned Near San Francisco
A massive poultry operation is proposed near San Francisco, aiming to raise about 90,000 broilers and produce roughly 2,000,000 gallons of output annually, marking a major expansion in regional poultry farming.
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San Francisco
Two Sisters Take Strychnine in Desperate Act
In Livermore California on June 8 May Alviso, 16, and Leoni Alviso, 15, consumed strychnine in a suicide pact. May died within hours, and Leoni lies near death with physicians unsure if she will recover.
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Livermore
Cal
May
Leoni Alviso
Leoni
Cuban Concentrados Starvation Exposed in Cuba and Matanzas Appeal
The Havana dispatch details Spain’s control over Cuban civilians labeled prisoners of war and starving concentrations. A New York Herald report cites a petition from Matanzas victims to the United States, urging aid and relief while warning of Weyler's policies and urging consular distribution of aid.
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New York
Herald
Havana
Concentrados
Matanzas
Lee
Calhoun
United States
Common Humanity
Washington
Cuba
Weyler
Spain
America
Quay Proposes Amendments to Tariff Bill
Senator Quay offered several amendments to the tariff bill in today’s Senate. One would strike the tea duty and set a 1 percent ad valorem on proposed free list items until July 1901, then exempt. Another would exempt foreign iron ore used by American owners from duty. The lumber clause was resolved by defeating West’s bid to place white pine on the free list amid party-line tension. Eight Democrats opposed West’s proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Quay
West
Senate Okays Steel Bridge Plan Over St Louis River
The house passed the senate amendment authorizing a steel bridge across the St Louis river and a bridge across the Pearl river in Mississippi. The vote was 91 to 79 and the chamber then adjourned. A new company forms to lay a 170 mile six inch oil pipeline from Indiana fields to Chicago.
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Washington
House Today
Senate
St. Louis River
Pearl River
Mississippi
Indiana Oil Fields
Chicago
Elevator Frees Falls in Post Office Shaft in New York
The post office freight and employee elevator fell from the fifth floor to the basement today after the rope broke. Injured include Captain J. J. Cox with internal injuries, George W. Daly with internal injuries, John Murphy with a broken ankle, Joseph Luff with a broken back, Thomas Mc Govern of Brooklyn with a broken back, and Frank Birdsall with a broken leg.
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New York
J. J. Cox
George W. Daly
John Murphy
Joseph Luff
Thomas McGovern
Brooklyn
Frank Birdsall
Respite for Durrant extends life into new year
San Francisco reports that Theodore Durrant will live at least seven more months as a U S supreme court appeal halts state execution. A stay remains in effect until the high court meets again in October to decide the appeal from the circuit court. Attorneys await the next step in the federal process while awaiting formal orders.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court
Durrant
Gilbert
United States Circuit Court
Fitzgerald
Hale
Aull
Folsom
Worden Aull's execution stayed by attorney general stay
Worden Aull of Folsom prison received word from the attorney general to delay the hanging after a telegraphic message. The written opinion is expected by tomorrow, and the gallows have been taken down. Worden, who was condemned for trainwrecking, remains in murderers' row awaiting federal review.
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Saramento
Cal
Worden
Congress
Federal Supreme Court
South
United States Supreme Court
Salter Worden
Warden Aull
Worder
Murderers’ Row
Five Water Tanks Collapse in New York Building
Five tanks each holding 13 000 gallons of water fell five stories in a David S Brown Co soap factory building at Twentieth avenue Fifty first and Fifty second streets burying two men. William Fraser a 49 year old Otis Elevator Co surveyor was recovered Jacob Jacobson a carpenter is missing contractors and architect charged with homicide mortar claimed as mud.
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New York
David S. Brown & Co
Twentieth Avenue
Bank Teller Confesses Shortfall Then Disappears
Dover June 7. First National Bank directors learn from paying teller William N. Boggs that he is $38,000 short and has left town. He outlines irregularities spanning 10 years in a letter to the bank.
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Dover
Del
First National Bank
William N. Boggs
Attempt to Abduct a Chila Child in Oakland
A 12 year old child of Attorney J B Randolph was seized by a man in Oakland California in the afternoon. The abductor carried the child several blocks before a passing bicyclist intervened and the suspect fled. Randolph says he knows the motive but will not reveal the name of the man.
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Chila
Oakland
Cal
J. B. Randolph
Randolph
San Francisco Bans High Hats in Theaters
Mayor Phelan signed a city ordinance prohibiting wearing high hats in theaters. The new law is to be strictly enforced in local playhouses and will apply across all venues.
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San Francisco
Phelan
Board of Supervisors
Retaliation Motion in French Chamber over US Duties
In Paris June 7 the chamber of deputies heard Baron Des Rotorous present a motion to raise duties on American goods if the United States imposes a prohibitive duty on French products.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Baron Des Rotorous
United States
Paris Deputy Row Ends With Military Guard Called In
London report details a chaotic session in the chamber of deputies when M Brisson suspended the sitting and ordered removal of M Richard the socialist deputy after he labeled colleagues police spies. Brisson refused Juares interpellation citing lack of notice, triggering a fierce uproar and a display of extreme left vitriol aimed at Brisson who relies on socialist support for his seat.
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London
Paris
The
Times
Chamber of Deputies
Juares
M. Brisson
Chamber
M. Richard
Sociliet
Shooting Burglar Injures Officers In Everett Store Raid
In Everett late Saturday a burglar drilling into L G Metzger's store fired on M J Gillespie wounding his mouth tongue and jaw four teeth broken. A second shot narrowly misses Gillespie then a third hits his leg as the perpetrator flees across lots toward timber. Officer Marshall is struck in the right forearm as the suspect escapes.
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Tacoma
Ledger
Everett
Marshal Chapman
Marshall
L. G. Metzger
M. J. Gillespie
Gillespie
Marshall Champman
Lovesick Domestic Suicide in Oregon Park near Parkersville
Susan Pulard an 18 year old domestic for Jacob Bingman vanished a week ago and was found dead in the river beneath the Parkersville bridge two miles east. Witnesses place her passing Parkersville at five and a log bear her hat and cloak nearby while a watch stopped at 5 25. Coroner Clough’s inquest returns death by own action from unrequited love. Parents reside in Clackamas county.
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Rvais, Or
Susan Pulard
Jacob Bingman
Parkersville Bridge
Here
Parkersville
Clough
Clackamas County
Hupeh Brings 3800 Tons Tea Curios From Orient
Vancouver reports the steamer Hupeh arrived from the Orient under Canadian Pacific charter with 3800 tons of new tea and curios. After discharging, she sails to San Francisco then back to the Orient. Officers say a British resident claimed the Spanish captured 25 Catholic priests in the Philippines and roasted them. Rebels, short of ammo, used coconuts as cannonballs against Spanish troops.
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Vancouver
B. C
Orient
Canadian Pacific Railway
San Francisco
Lond
Philippine Islands
Tank Steamer Sinks Schooner Pearl in Fog Collision
The British tank steamer Aral collided with the London bound schooner Pearl off Wolf Rock and sank it. The captain's wife and two Pearl crew members drowned. the captain and two crewmen were landed at Salcombe. A second collision in fog damaged the Norwegian bark Midnatssol after hitting the British steamer Orellena, which was towed to Montevideo.
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London
New York
Dover
Pearl
Port Talbot
Wolf Rock
Salcombe
Orellena
Midnatssol
Ship Island
Brazilian Troops Defeat Fanatics at Canudos
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports Brazilian troops crushed 8 000 fanatics led by Conselheiro at Canudos Bahia after stubborn resistance, with federal artillery driving them into disarray. A separate El Paso report confirms Francis Schlatter’s death near Sierra Madre Mexico after a prolonged fasting period.
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New York
Herald
Buenos Ayres
Dio de Janeiro
Brazil
Canudos
Bahia
Conselheiro
Denver
Colo
el Paso
Tex
Francis Schlatter
Sierra Madre
Casa Grande
Chihuahua
Mexico
Schlatter
Swiss Dairyman Keola Dies by Own Action Near Salinas
Keola a Swiss dairyman committed death by own action yesterday in Blanco California. He shot himself with a gun wedged between two barrels in a cellar. The weapon lay by his right ear as his extended arm fired. a No 6 shot entered his ear. The body was found in John Breschini’s cellar. A separate line notes Joseph Fe Thomas Maguire found at Helbrook gulch in Siskiyou county, California 280 nugget.
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Salinas
Cal
Keola
Blanco
John Breschini
Joseph Fe
Thomas Maguire
Helbrook Gulch
California
Siskiyou County
Plans for a new county spurs debate in Oregon court
The Northwest report notes submission of plans for a new county to county court and a ruling by Judge Eakin on a contested election involving the old council and mayor. It mentions Albany lodge scheduling a June 26 gathering, freight through Pendleton, and large salmon canning concerns near Bandon, with State Treasurer receipts and a fall accident in Douglas County.
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Eakin Hag
Ington
Klamath County
Argei
Hag
Albany Lodge
Ely
Ifg
Ellis
Pendleton
Astoria
Hallock
Phil
Linn
F. H. Andrews
Kellog
Douglas County
Wa n gton mining and business brief from the year reported
News notes report Waterville creamery receiving 1000 pounds of milk daily and $80,000 spent locally by tax agents in Yakima county. Fires destroy a Skagit county store hotel and railway office, while a water flood wrecks crops at Mount Coffin. Tacoma evangelists preach to hobos, a theft occurs, and telephone expansion links Spokane to the Columbia River region.
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Wington
Waterville
Sprague
Yakima
Yakima Coun
Tacoma
Columbia River
Mount Coffin
Slong
Spokane & British Telephone Company
Spokane
Columbia
Rossland
Vernon
Colville
Te World
Mountain Creamery
Ownell
Frank Martin
Nant
Thas County
Martin
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