Summary of Recent Happenings Abroad and at Home
Ninety American soldiers have died of cholera in the Philippines. A passenger train derailment near Ashton Iowa killed two engineers and injured five. Large crowds mourn Amos J Cummings at Carnegie Hall in New York. Charles Dillon, a Northwest sportsman, died in a runaway at Helena. Senor Villegas, ex president of Santo Tomas, jailed twenty years for oath violations to the United States. Columbian troops seized Agua Dulce with no resistance. Mine Workers president Mitchell outlines miners grievances. Foxhall Keene’s American polo team lost to England 7 to 1 at Hourlington. Cornell won the intercollegiate regatta with Columbia, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgetown following.
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Ashton
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Amos J. Cummings
Senor Villegas
Santo Tomas
Philippine Islands
United States
Agua Dulce
Mitchell
Plan proposed to hand over Philippines to Japan
Gen A. Burt, recently returned from the Philippines, advocates turning the islands over to Japan on an installment plan. He suggests $510,000,000 as the price and argues the move would provide coaling stations, control of trade routes, and strong orient allies without a large U.S. military presence.
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United States
Orient
Questioned American concession in Bolivia sparks international concern
London diplomats debate who backs the 80,000 square mile Bolivian concession. Local rubber wars and long standing land grants complicate claims as neighboring nations fear foreign control. A South American observer calls the plan monstrous and inoperative, noting Bolivia’s weakness and regional vigilance by Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.
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London
Germany
England
Bolivia
Chile
Brazil
Agentina
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Argentina
South America
Attempt on Emperor William's Life Reported on Train
Paris reports an assassination attempt as Emperor William's royal train neared Dusseldorf. A shot through the coach window narrowly missed the Kaiser. Guards pursued the fleeing assailant as police begin an investigation.
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Paris
William
Dusseldorf
Washington State News Summary
John Yeshick, a Minnesota farmer, was murdered and his body found in a stream near Stampede. Four hundred delegates attend the Grand Army encampment in Everett. Walla Walla brick shortages force temporary building suspensions. The State Bankers Association closes with a Seattle banquet. Kent residents Miss Helen Stratton and Miss Emma Ramstead die. Joseph Miller injured in a buggy train collision. Will T. Laurie of the University of Washington wins the interstate oratorical contest at Denny Hall.
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John Yeshick
Minnesota
Grand Army
Everett
Helen Stratton
Emma Ramstead
Kent
Joseph Miller
Denny Hall
University of Washington
Will T. Laurie
Rioters Attack Lehigh Valley Mines in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on June 23 a mob of about 1000 strikers led by their wives attacked four Lehigh Valley collieries. They used pick handles and clubs injuring coal and iron police. seven non union miners were feared dead. Deputies read the riot act and dispersed the crowd with no property damage and no gunfire.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Shenandoah
Coal and Iron
After War Ends in King Edward Provinces
Pretoria reports the war concluded with peace and honor for all combatants. British rule will be upheld vigorously and civil liberty granted to Boers will be limited to prevent renewed conflict. Boers return to farms while Uitlanders anticipate new opportunities in the newly governed territory.
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Pretoria
Edward
South Africa
Cape
Government contracts Marconi wireless links Alaska to Tanana
General Greely signs a contract with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company to build two wireless lines from Fort Gibbon Alaska to Bates Rapids on the Tanana 165 miles apart. The system must be operational by October 1 and work daily without interruption. the government bears no expense if it fails.
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Washington
Gen. Greely
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Bates Rapids
Tanana
Greely
Nome City
Bering Sea
Sherman arrives with Wheaton and troops from the Philippines
The army transport Sherman arrives in San Francisco with Maj. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton and Brig. Gen. Snyder aboard. It carries 1,808 soldiers from the Sixth and Nineteenth Infantry, 57 discharged, 197 sick, three dead and 11 insane. Gen. Wheaton returns in fairly good health after a long campaign.
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San Francisco
United States Army
Sherman
Philippines
Lloyd Wheaton
Snyder
Gen. Wheaton
Islands
Fire at Ballard destroys mill and lumber facilities
Ballard on June 28 suffered a devastating blaze that raged twelve hours near the business center. The Kellogg Mill company plant, 2,500,000 feet of lumber owned by the Stinson mill company, two wharves, a large shingle shed, A B Clark's residence, and three box cars loaded with shingles were burned, with property valued at about 65000 dollars.
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Ballard
Kellogg Mill Company
Stinson Mill Company
A.B. Clark
Coronation Postponed Amid King's Illness and Nationwide Shock
London reels as King Edward undergoes a surgical operation for perytiphlitis after a late announcement postponing the coronation. Officials say the ceremony is deferred and all celebrations await a new date. the king remains unconscious after surgery, while Londoners face financial worry and a city in turmoil.
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London
Edward
Exchange Telegraph Company
Buckingham Palace
Paddington Station
Palace
Ministry
Stock Exchange
Minvor
New York Moves Toward Rapid Transit Triumph
New York awakens to the need for a rapid transit system and aims to build one that will surpass Paris and Berlin and approach London in scope and speed. The plan reflects strong city intent to deliver a metropolitan transit network in the near future.
Kruger's Return Reported From London Talks
Amsterdam June 24 Boer Agent Wessels travels to London to confer with the secretary of state for war about his own and Paul Kruger's return to South Africa.
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Amsterdam
Wessels
London
Secretary of State For War
Paul Kruger
South Africa
Sessions Resume in Danish West Indies Inquiry
The House committee investigating the Danish West Indies purchase resumes hearings. Chairman Dalzell presents papers from U.S. minister to Denmark Svenson and Embassy official Henry White, plus Capt. Walter Christmas. Letters discuss alleged bribery, false reports, and responses from Swenson and others as they seek treaty objections.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Danish West Indies
Dalzell
United States
Denmark
Svenson
Henry White
London
Walter Christmas
Hay
Swenson
Capt
Christmas
Nels Gron
Gron
Herring
Islnes
Man Confesses in Slayings Case in Sedro-Woolley
A man in Sedro-Woolley Washington claiming to be John Bennett surrendered to authorities. He admits knowing who killed Nora Fuller in San Francisco and says his confession will cause a sensation there. He says he did not commit the murder but will reveal who did and Frisco police have been notified.
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Sedro-Woolley
Wash
John Bennett
San Francisco
Nora Fuller
Frisco
No Cuba Reciprocity Treaty to be Submitted This Session
Washington reports that no reciprocal treaty with Cuba can be presented in the current session of Congress. A draft treaty would require Havana approval before Senate consideration, a process not feasible before adjournment expected by July 4. Administration confidence in securing ratification remains doubtful despite presidential intent.
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Washington
Cuba
Congress
Senate
Quesada
Havana
Venezuela Revolution Deepens as Caracas Braces for Battles
Willemstad reports the Venezuelan revolt expanding under President Castro. Government forces show defeats and fear spreads in Caracas. A decisive clash is expected near Valencia, with Castro said to resist if beaten.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Castro
Caracas
Valeenica
Chinese Cruiser Kai Chi Wrecked by Explosion
A Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese cruiser Kai Chi was destroyed by a massive explosion in the Yangtse river. The ship sank in thirty seconds with 150 officers and men dead or drowned. only two crew members survived.
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London
Central News Bureau
Shanghai
Yangtse River
Dawson Man Bribed Shifts at Dawson Customs Office
Dawson, V T. June 23 Collector Davis of the Dawson customs office is superseded by E B Bushby. An Ottawa dispatch says the chief inspector will visit to investigate irregularities. Davis allegedly took an eight thousand dollar bribe to reduce duty on a large importation.
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Dawson
V. T
Davis
Dawson Customs Office
Bushby
Ottawa
Portland Fire Routs East Side Waterfront in Massive Blaze
A $500,000 fire destroyed ten blocks of Portland s east side waterfront starting at Wolff Zwickers iron works. The Madison street bridge collapsed after burning away, ships and mills burned, and the steamer Albany rescued the free swimming baths by towing them to the west bank.
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Portland, Or
East Side
Wolff & Zwicker’s Iron Works
Hogue
Iron Works
Madison Street
Standard Oil Company
Phoenix Iron Works
Johnston Shipyard
East Side Lumber Company
Hicks’ Machine Shops
Star Milling Company
Portland City & Oregon
Albany
Canary Islands engineer claims atmospheric electricity invention
London reports Senor Clements Figueras, long time physics professor at St. Augustine's College Las Palmas, says he invented a method to directly use atmospheric electricity. He claims a generator collects electric fluid from the air and can apply it to any purpose, but withholds the key to the invention for now. He says the idea is not extraordinary, only slow to be discovered.
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London
Daily Mail
Las Palmas
Senor Clements Figueras
Canary Islands
St. Augustine’s College, Las Palmas
King May Die In London As King Lies In Critical Condition
Officials at the Mansion House report acute alarm over the king after a serious operation. The king, age enfeebled, remains very ill with signs of collapse and a possible death within forty eight hours. George Frederick, Prince of Wales, is at his bedside and would become George V if the death occurs.
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London
Mansion House
George Frederick
Prince of Wales
England
George V
World’s Largest 14 Inch Gun Near Completion at Watervliet
A 14 inch gun the largest in the world will be completed at Watervliet Arsenal and sent to the Sandy Hook proving grounds. The weapon is described as the most powerful yet devised, with monster cranes aiding assembly and expected to astonish the world and revolutionize gun making.
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New York
Watervleit Arsenal
United States
Sandy Hook
Nurse Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Calumet Poison Case
Jane Toppin, a nurse from Barnstable Massachusetts, was found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering Mrs Gibbs by poison at Calumet on August 12 1401. The court ordered her committed to Taunton insane asylum for life. Authorities say she may have poisoned as many as ten others.
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Barnstable
Mass
Jane Toppin
Gibbs
Calumet
Miss Toppan
Tauton
HOUSES WASHED AWAY IN MARTINIQUE FLOODS
June 21 Fort de France reports levee of the Basse Pointe river flooding the valley after a volcanic eruption. Thirty houses swept into the sea as muddy torrents 40 metres wide roar through the area. Mount Pelee vents smoke and cinders while northern winds push vapor along the coast.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Bassepointe
Falaise
Mount Pelee
le Precheur
Moros Attack U.S. Escort in Mindanao Front
Five soldiers of the Twenty-seventh Infantry guard a wagon train near Camp Vicars in Mindanao when ten Moros attacked. One soldier was fatally wounded, another seriously hurt, a rifle was captured, and Moros from Bonolod were named as the attackers. Colonel Baldwin reports a Bacolod conference where sultan urged friendship but two dattos vowed to fight. Three western towns show unfriendly sentiment. Baldwin seeks peace.
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Manila
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Camp Vicars
Island of Mindanao
Bonolod
Frank D. Baldwin
Mindanao
Bacolod
Col. Baldwin
Spreckels Charts Wireless Link from Hawaii to San Francisco
Chicago report says John D. Spreckels, Hawaiian industries magnate, plans a wireless telegraph link between the islands and San Francisco. His experts install a system between Los Angeles and Catalina Island, 40 miles off the coast, with potential Hawaiian rollout. His Oceanic Steamship Co ships Australia Alameda Ventura and Hyades would receive wireless gear aligned with San Francisco and Honolulu instruments.
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Chicago
John TD. Spreckels
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Pacific Ocean
Spreckels
Oceanic Steamship Company
Australia
Alameda
Ventura
Hyadse
Islands
Honolulu
Protect Oysters in Puget Sound Sparking Debate
Seattle observers seek methods to safeguard the Puget Sound oyster industry amid four spawning months May to August. Despite seasonal decline in supply and quality, oyster harvesting continues, contrasting with eastern states suppression during spawning. Restaurants still demand, though sales drop about 25 percent.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Liner Humboldt Reaches Seattle With Klondike Gold Dust
Klondike gold dust worth seven hundred thousand dollars accompanies the Humboldt into Seattle. Ninty three total passengers aboard, sixty of them from Dawson report little news of significance.
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Seattle
Humboldt
Dawson
Fire on Myrtle Avenue Trolley in Brooklyn
A Myrtle avenue trolley car in Brooklyn caught fire while running at high speed. The motorman and five passengers were burned, with one likely fatally injured. Other passengers were badly hurt as they leaped to escape the flames that swept the car’s full length.
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New York
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
Two Escaped Convicts Sighted Near Castle Rock
Castle Rock on June 23 reports a 14 year old witness Adrian Stock saw two escapees named Tracy and Merrill in the area Thursday afternoon.
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Castle Rock
Tracy
Merrill
Adrain Stock
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