Comprehensive Review Highlights Week's Major Events
President McKinley left Washington while Cuban talks resume. Turmoil grows in South China and Luzon nears pacification. Cardinal Rampolla resigns as papal secretary. Alaska transport strike dissolves amid cost cuts. James Callahan acquitted in Cudahy kidnapping case. Oregon’s Henry Meldrum named surveyor general. Von Waldersee reports Chinese defeats. US consul James Douglas Reid dies. Ameri can war tensions and international affairs dominate this week’s digest.
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James Douglas Reid
United States
Telegraph
von JC Trallinger
Oregon
Astonia
General Ketterles
Washington
Fane Ameri Yission
Destructive explosion at Frankfort smokeless powder works
A massive blast at the electro chemical works near Griesheim in April levels the plant. Eighteen cylinders held smokeless powder. fires spread to nearby houses as sparks drifted on the wind. Rescue efforts continue by torchlight with many hospital tents, and authorities halt rail traffic except for救 injuries. Officials fear up to 200 dead or injured as fires burn through the center of the site.
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Frankfort
Germany
Electro-Chemical Works
Greisheim
Mayence
Grinshein
Thames
River Main
Schwanheim
Swindled by Employees in Washington Fraud Case
An investigation reveals systematic frauds at a private electric traction company involving many employees and two firemen. Tickets were destroyed or saved and used to cover daily shortages as a conductor bought and turned in tickets, exposing a broader conspiracy under scrutiny.
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Washington
ATL
On Traction
Severnad
COCA
Cor Storm
Ounspaiv
Wiig
PSU Taith
Growth and Happenings in Washington State Industries
A summary of varied 19th century interests across Washington including a smallpox case in Cheney, Everett ferry and telephony developments, a new daily paper in Dayton, Malachite mine assays near Kellar, sugar beet cultivation near Moscow, arm loss of T P Yager of Walla Walla, sawmills near Wilderville, a Spokane jury cemetery verdict, steel orders for Republic branch, St Maries gold field town site, death of F C Davis of Oysterville, sugar beet farming by Frank Dennis, Stevens county poor farm leadership, New Whatcom school enrollment rise, and farm purchases in Lewis County with regional land and lease details.
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Frank Dennis
Farmington
T. Mo. Smith
Addy
Stevens County
Whatcom
A. Overrley
Ad Wining
Garfield
Bao
Art Browning
Adna
Lewis County
Alaska Telegraph Line Delayed by Arctic Transport Problems
Washington reports that severe transport difficulties in Alaska will delay the military telegraph line from Valdez to the Yukon and St Michaels. Officials expect partial connection by summer’s end, with full completion likely two years off.
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Washington
Alaska
Valdes
Yukon River
St. Michaels
Signal Corps
Green
Fort
Fort Gibbon
Fort Egbert
Black Jack Ketchum Hanged in New Mexico Stockade
Clayton New Mexico April 27 Thom E Ketchum alias Black Jack the train robber was hanged at 1 21 PM yesterday inside a stockade built for the occasion. The noose did not break and his head was severed. The crowd of about 150 watched as the priest stood by and the condemned man spoke a brief farewell before the end.
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Clayton
N. M
Thom E. Ketchum
Black Jack
Ketchum
Fragmentary OCR Note on Event Timing and Delays
A garbled OCR fragment notes delays and timing details for a local event. It mentions a start around four and references various names and places, but the readable content is incomplete and unclear.
Clash Over Utah Grade Ends in Armistice at Right of Way
In Uvada Utah on April 29, 22 wagons loaded with ties advanced toward the disputed Utah and California grade. Sheriff Johnson and Clark forces blocked passage. armistice terms barred unloading and ordered Clark troops to retire to a barbed wire line two miles down the grade while the court settles rights.
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Utah
Oregon
Clark
California
Young
Johnson
Trocha
Boer Force Captured
London dispatch from Lord Kitchener reports Boer casualties and captures. Since yesterday 9 killed 20 wounded 47 captured 42 surrendered. Lieutenant Reid with 2 Bushmen, southeast of Commisse drift Oliphant's river. Commandant Schoeder and 41 Beers, together with a Maxim, were captured at Boa Crept at dawn.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Boerle
Reid
Commisse Drift
Oliphant
Schoeder
Reai
Unclear text case summary
Fragmentary report from New York with scattered phrases about locomotives, Glasgow, and a company gain. Readers cannot derive a coherent event, person, or outcome from the fragment.
Bands of Robbers Across Chinese Frontiers Reported
Berlin reports from Pekin by Field Marshal Count von Waldersee that marauding has increased near Hosiwu and Matu. Junks used as transports between these places have been attacked and Lt. Col. Arnstadt sent from Tien Tsin to command a composite column in the disturbed district. Colonel Hoffmeister attacked the enemy April 23 by the great wall south of Hai Shan Kwan, forcing retreat with losses. four wounded and four flags and four old pattern guns captured. General Voyron plans evacuation of Shan Ting and return to Pao Ting Fu. extended outposts at Sin Lei, with a force at Ansuling pass.
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Pekin
Hosiwu
Matu
Arnstadt
Tien Tsin
Hoffmeister
Great Wall
Hai Shan Kwan
Shan Si
Voyron
Shan Ting
Pao Ting Fu
Sin Lei
Ansuling Pass
Germans Cross Shan Si Passes in Pursuit of Chinese
A Reuters dispatch from Pekin reports that on April 23 German forces advanced into Shan Si via Kouk Nau and Chang Chen Liu passes while pursuing retreating Chinese. French troops held the passes, Germans returned on April 25, with four Germans killed and 85 wounded. Chinese losses are unspecified.
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Reuter
Pekin
Shan Si
Kouk Nau
Chang Chen Liu
Mexican Ministers Move Toward Fresh Accord
In Washington on April 3 a tentative accord between the Mexican and Austrian governments has led to both sides sending ministers to negotiate. A parallel note indicates similar shifts by authorities in Washington and Mexico City, signaling momentum toward a renewed treaty framework and future talks with Deng and other officials.
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Washington
The New Comet and Open Air Apes Play Teaser
A fragmented report describes a public event featuring The New Comet and an open air performance by actors and entertainers including an apparent tax discussion. It mentions locations and attendees with garbled names and uncertain details, hinting at a local pageant or fair with performances and crowd reactions.
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