Summary of Notable Global Happenings From The Week
Disastrous forest fires blaze near Latrobe Pennsylvania. Wisconsin legislature rejects woman suffrage. Nicaragua may shift from silver to gold standard. Misalah quarantine resumed from Manila for Frisco amid cholera. Spotted fever hits ships at League Island navy yard. General Burton named army inspector general. Joaquin Miller denies death reports. Montana judge grants new trial for Martin Zidmair. Christians killed and Muslims wounded in Monastir outbreak. Greek royal betrothal announced between Prince Andreas and Princess Alice. Madame Calve ends engagement with Julius Bois over debts. Chief of Police Peace of Quebec dies on train. cause proplexy. Portland carpenters threaten citywide tieup after union decision. Foot and mouth outbreak reported in Farmingham Mass. Russia claims no intent to occupy Newchwang. Britain may seek no joint action.
Cleveland declines pursuit of Democratic presidency
In a May 6 1903 letter from Princeton Grover Cleveland responds to Athens Banner editor RF Holder Jr. noting he has not sought the Democratic nomination for a fourth time. The Athens piece cites local business sentiment favoring Cleveland.
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Athens
R. F. Holder, Jr
Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Holden, Jr
Grover Cleveland
Dreyfus Case May See Court Hearing and Commission Role
Paris reports that War Minister Andre completed Dreyfus new trial inquiry and will present the matter to the court of cessation for a hearing. If rehabilitated, Dreyfus may join Andre’s staff as commander of a specially organized squadron.
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Paris
la Patrie
Andre
Dreyfus
Revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch sails to Puget Sound for Roosevelt voyage
The United States revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch departed San Francisco on May 11 bound for Puget Sound. It will be used as a yacht by President Roosevelt during his visit to the region.
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San Francisco
United States Revenue
Hugh McCulloch
Puget Sound
Roosevelt
Palouse Weather Earns Joy Amid Rainy News Waves
Washington State notes report a good rain in the Palouse as Seattle faces a mix of charges and changes. The Chippeck Fish Company of Seattle makes an assignment while Seattle jail inmates abscond Sunday night. A mayoral veto sparks controversy over a garbage franchise. Spokane attorney Lewis begins an eight year sentence for embezzlement and Berlin town prize fight sparks officials’ resignations. A Darrington shooting ends in a fatality, with McPhail surrendering. State dairy leaders push farmer institutes June to July, and local Hillyard ladies form an athletic club. Inventors gain patents for ore roasting, handcuffs, weapon parts, and fence clamps. A big land sale near Snake River shifts sheep to Idaho.
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Hillyard
Folowing
Washington
Arthur W. Catton
West Seattle
John W. Pettijohn
Montesano
John Smith
Tacoma
Carl J. Young
Seattle
George H. Wright
Spokane
Irish Land Bill Clears Second Reading With Big Majority
London May 11 The Irish land bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 448 votes to 26. John Morley Liberal praised it as bold and revolutionary though riddled with objections. He warned failure would end purchases under the landlords terms and urged clarifications from Irish Secretary Wyndham on possible concessions.
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London
House of Commons
John Morley
Mr. Wyndham
Cannon Says Roosevelt May Call Extra Session
Congressman Cannon of Illinois in Lincoln as guest of Burkett states he expects President Roosevelt to call an extra session of Congress for November 9. He cannot discuss likely measures.
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Lincoln, Neb
Cannon
Illinois
Lincoln
Burkett
Roosevelt
Congress
Seattle Market Report with Dairy and Grain Prices
Seattle dealers quote round lot prices for delivery on docks or in cars. Grain prices include oats 21 22, barley 22, wheat 25, hay Puget Sound 12, Eastern Washington 17, and various feed mixes. Poultry and livestock show live hens 14 cents, calves 5 7 cents, and spring lambs 38.50 per head, with other meat quotes.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Butter—Ranch
Washingington Creamery
California
Oregon
Russia retires from Manchuria easing joint action fear
Washington reports the Russian reentry into Newchwang followed by a withdrawal, easing pressure for U S Britain and Japan. Count Cassini assures Secretary Hay Russia kept pledges and acts in self defense while Peking officials question Newchwang's reports on Manchuria moves.
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State Department
Conger
Associated Press
Peking
Newchwang
Cassini
Hay
Manchuria
United States
Great Britain
Japan
China
Count Cassini
Russia
Highbinders Confess in See Yup Conspiracy Killings
San Francisco May 12 two of four See Yup see highbinder presidents confessed to a conspiracy to kill up to 300 Educational society members. They say $500 per target was planned and $1500 to families in China. Other suspects deny the confessions calling the claims false.
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San Francisco
Tom Vick
Chinese Educational Society
See Yup Society
China
George Hong On
Lee Yups
On Yick Highbinders’ Society
le Ying
Bow Long Highbinder Tong
Quan Wah
Wong Doo Kong
Tom Yik
Confegeors
Educational Society
Highbinders
See Yups
Water Strikes Artesian Flow in Walla Walla County
A Blalock fruit farm well reached 550 feet to yield 50 gallons per minute at 70 degrees. Scientists had pursued artesian flow in Walla Walla County for 35 years, promising irrigation gains as drilling spreads through the semi arid belt of Eastern Oregon and Washington.
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Walla Walla
Blalock
Walla Walla County
Oregon
Washington
Jade Ledge Found Near Grants Pass Sparks Rush
A six foot jade ledge uncovers near Indian creek along the Grants Pass Crescent City stage road. Reports say first rate jade specimens arrive from the strike, marking the first in situ jade discovery on the North American continent and triggering a mining rush and claims in the Indian creek and Althouse districts. Jade's value and historic use in the Orient are noted as context.
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Grants Pass
Indian Creek
Crescent City
North American
Althouse
Oregon-California
Orient
Roosevelt Addresses Crowd At Pajaro Station
President Roosevelt spoke briefly at Pajaro California after the presidential train stopped for ten minutes. He urged Americans to visit the Pacific slope to see where much of the nation's future greatness lies and praised Pacific coast workers and communities.
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Pajaro
Cal
Roosevelt
Pacific Slope
Atlantic
Pacific
Must Pay Head Tax Says Customs Chief In Spokane
Spokane May 11 The Collector of Customs Ide says English travelers crossing from the Canadian side must pay a $2 head tax under a new immigration law excluding Mexicans Canadians Cubans and Porto Ricans The law is in effect and enforcement is to be tightened with new rules to ensure every foreigner is counted and manifested The official notes difficulty in applying the rule to rail crossings and plans to consult shipping men on effective enforcement
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Spokane
The
Sound
Concessions Narrow Double-Header Tradeoff on Great Northern
May 11 report from St. Paul on the vote about sustaining the general committee’s protest against double-headers on the Great Northern system. Ward to confer with officials. no strike likely. Ward offers that at most three percent of trains run as double-headers, a concession seen as liberal by the workers.
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Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Officers Named in Skagway Commissary Courtmartial
Washington May 11 officers implicated in irregular transactions in commissary supplies at Skagway Alaska have court martial orders. Major Charles A Booth Seventeenth Infantry now Vancouver Washington and Captain F Knudson Eighth Infantry now Fort St Michael Alaska named. Other officers implicated will be ordered before a court martial.
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Washington
Skagway
Alaska
Charles A. Booth
Seventeenth Infantry
Vancouver
Wash
F. Knudson
Eighth Infantry
Fort St. Michael
New Cunard Liners Displacement and Power Reported
Telegrams from Liverpool estimate the new Cunard line steamers will displace 32,000 tons and boast 65,000 horsepower. The vessels are described as twenty five knot liners. London reports confirm the figures via Liverpool telegrams.
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London
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Acres of Flames in Ottawa Destroy Huge Lumber, Homes
A daytime Ottawa fire suspected incendiary destroyed hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber. One man, John White, released from prison for arson, was seized near the origin and is to be charged. The blaze spread from timber yards toward Rochesterville and beyond, leaving about six hundred families homeless and causing major property losses.
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Ottawa
Ont
John White
Hull
Ottawa & Parry Sound
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rochesterville
Pine Street
Anderson
Somerset
Albert
Richmond Road
Wellington Street
St. Jean Baptiste Church
David Mills
JR. Booth
Salonica Besieged Amid Claims of Bulgarian Involvement
London reports Salonica under siege with ten foreign warships in the harbor and Turkish troops patrolling the city. A state of siege has been declared and revolutionary plots may stall, while authorities link explosions to Bulgarian royal engineers. The correspondent suggests war with Bulgaria as the only way to clear the atmosphere.
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London
Salonica
Times
Remarkable longevity in Rossland mining family
In Rossland a miner George Williams departs for Wales to visit his parents, who run 107 and 104 years old. Their elder son William is 85 at home, with brothers John 56 Charles 54 George 50 Thomas 61 and Alfred 42. Four sisters survive, three over forty. The elderly couple are great great grandparents with nearly 100 descendants. all male relatives are miners and unusually preserved.
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Spokane
Rossland
George Williams
Wales
William
John
Charles
George
Rogland
Thomas
Alfred
Yukon opens as ice leaves White Horse to Lake Lebarge
From Skagway the Princess May reports the Yukon river now open to Lake Lebarge as ice clears near White Horse. River steamers prepare for service and navigation to start in a week to ten days. The voyage also relayed a Ketchikan report of two Indians dying after drinking Florida water bought at a general store, with a third expected to die. the storekeeper and his wife were arrested.
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Victoria
B. C
Skagway
White Horse
Yukon
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