Across the Nation A Condensed Week in Review
Over 65,000 wedding rings were pawned in Paris last year. Brooklyn navy yard workers push to unionize while New York police adopt hand imprints for criminal ID. Ted Sloan barred from French racing amid alleged race fixing. A Philadelphia bootblack found a $10,000 bill and returned it earning a $10 reward. Bay State Gas Co of Delaware insolvent. Porter Brothers Co Chicago fruit and commission house fails. T Ahearn roadmaster for Milwau kee and St Paul die under a train at Cresco Iowa. West Point to gain 220 acres at $20,000 first addition to the reserve since founding. St Hyacinthe Quebec fire devastates factory district 250 homes lost and quarters homeless with $4,000,000 in damage.
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Ted Sloan
Philadelhia Bootblack
Cook to Lead Mount McKinley Expedition for Topography
Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn will lead a four member science party on a three and a half month overland and sea voyage to Mount McKinley. The group includes Robert Dann, Ralph Schainwald, a biologist, and a surgeon. They sail to Seattle and then Cook Inlet arriving June 19 to start explorations with provisions and instruments. If successful, a 2000 square mile untraveled tract will be surveyed from the summit and the mountain’s volcanic origin questioned.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Moffat McKinley
Cook
Robert Dann
Ralph Schainwald
Pacific Mail Cuts Freight Rates to Orient Competing Line
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company announces a new lower rate to the Orient, aiming to deter the China Commercial Steamship Company. Freight will cost about four dollars a ton on the Siberia’s next voyage, as three Chinese-financed ships of 5,000 tons each are set to enter service in England.
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San Francisco
Siberia
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Orient
Pacific Mail
Pacific Mail Company
China Commercial Steamship Company
England
Fire Devastates Manila Tondo District Displacing Thousands
A massive blaze in Manila's Tondo district destroyed two thousand native houses. About eight thousand people are homeless and receiving food and shelter from the city. Damage is estimated at two million pesos.
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Manila
Tondo
Elm planted by Lincoln toppled in storm
Sprit deld Hls May 22 reports the historic elm planted by Abraham Lincoln in front of the old Lincoln homestead fell yesterday amid a heavy wind and rain storm.
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Sprit
Hls
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Washington State News Highlights Local Developments
Stevens county plans a fall fair while Spokane shingle mill operators resume work at the old scale, with readjustment expected in stronger market conditions. Kennewick sees bank changes as C B McConnell sells to O H Amon, and government transport contracts go to Northern Commercial Company and O J Humphrey of Seattle.
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Spokane
C. B. McConnell
the Exchange Bank
Kennewick
8. H. Amon
Secreaary Root
Alaska
Northern Commercial Company
O. J. Humphrey
Seattle
Bitter Cold Sweeps Northern Montana With Heavy Snow
Ten feet of snow blankets Coutts Montana near the border while Butte reports four to six degrees below zero. Great Northern trains halted by drifts as stock losses reach about two million dollars with around 90 000 head. Fruit crops face total failure and frost damages hit garden stuff. Missouri River rises prompting ranchers to abandon lowlands for flood fears.
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Montana
Missouri
Coyle Elected Moderator Of 115th Presbyterian Assembly
In Los Angeles on May 22 the 115th assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States met at Emmanuel Presbyterian. The morning featured the retiring moderator Rev Henry Van Dyke’s annual sermon from Princeton. the afternoon elected moderator for the year to come, Rev Dr Robert F Coyle of Denver on the second ballot. The evening included the Lord's Supper with Van Dyke presiding.
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Los Angeles
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United
Locusts Devour Eastern Montana Grasshopper Belt
Bozeman Montana May 22 one district forty miles square east of Forsyth is plagued by Rocky Mountain grasshoppers. Prof R A Colley of the Agricultural college reports cattle must be moved as forage is gone and vegetation has been stripped.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana
R. A. Colley
The
Agricultural College
Forsyth
Rocky Mountain
Roosevelt Appeals for a Strong Navy in Tacoma Speech
President Roosevelt arrives in Tacoma amid 21 gun salutes and mass turnout to press for a larger naval force. He grasps Otto Winters from his Cuban service and plans to sail to Seattle with the Rough Rider, then visits the navy yard and the Masonic temple cornerstone ceremony before informal dinner with Senator Foster.
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Tacoma
Puget Sound
McCulloch
Wright Park
Army and Navy
Roosevelt
Washington
Otto Winters
Rough Riders
Winters
Spokane
Navy Yard
Seattle
Senator Foster
Nineteenth Street
Grays Harbor
President Roosevelt Guest Of Washington State
President Roosevelt was hosted by Washington officials in Olympia on May 22 with a public lecture on good living and citizenship. He planned a drive. a visit to the state’s oldest Masonic temple was missed due to schedule, and thousands cheered as he spoke. In Washington on May 21, the State Department said blue book notes on Venezuela were prepared by Bowen and are not official.
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Seattle
Bremerton Navy Yard
Olypia
Roosevelt
Washington
Olympia
Michael Herbert
Powers
Venezuela
State Department
Bowen
Telegraph station named Koyukuk established at Yukon junction
The signal office reports a new telegraph station called Koyukuk has been set up at the confluence of the Koyukuk River with the Yukon in Alaska. The declaration notes the War Department source and confirms location details.
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Washington
Signal Office
The
War Department
Koyukuk
Yukon River
Alaska
Postal Investigation Clears Milwaukee and New York Offices
Washington reports that post office probes are finished in Milwaukee and New York with accounts found correct and straight. Comptroller Tracewell personally reviewed New York. Washington office inspectors and Civil Service experts continue testimony from clerks transferred through the Washington post office.
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Washington
Payne
Milwaukee
Tracewell
New York Postoffice
Postoffice
Washington Postoffice
Civil Service Commission
Postoffice Department
Tulloch
Porto Rico
Chicago
Island
Washington City
Jones Eyes Opening South Half of Colville Reservation
Spokane May 20 Congressman Wesley L Jones arrived home from Washington and said he would introduce a bill to open the south half of the Colville reservation. He noted prior efforts for the north half and discussed possible terms for settlers and anticipated river improvement appropriations on the Columbia and Pend d Oreille rivers. He aims for a river and harbors committee seat next session.
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Spokane
Wesley L. Jones
Washington, D.C
Colville Reservation
Columbia
Wenatchee
Kettle Falls
Pend d’Oreille
Committee On
Dalles
Snake River
Record Heat Sets May Temperature Milestone
In New York on May 20 the heat reached 90 degrees at 3:20 pm, the hottest May reading since records began. Philadelphia endured three days of extreme heat with five deaths and numerous prostrations as temperatures climbed to 92 degrees. Baltimore tied for one of the warmest spots in the nation at 92 degrees with three heat prostrations reported.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Montana Blizzard Kills Herders and Millions in Livestock
A three day Montana snowstorm kills many herders and thousands of cattle and sheep. Losses across the state are estimated at five million dollars with dozens of herders missing or frozen. Sheep perish in drifts while cattle are found in snow piles across Harlem Lethbridge Chinook Havre and nearby ranches.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
H. H. Wilson
Portage
Shelby Junction
Havre
Harlem
Lethbridge
Butte
Teton County
Cascade County
Britain to settle Boxer indemnity with silver terms
Washington reports Great Britain will grant China the same settlement terms as the United States for the Boxer indemnity. London signs to pay on a silver basis for a term of years with bond to cover any future deficiency if gold terms are later chosen. The move strengthens the U S position.
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Great Britain
China
United States
Washington
State Department
Peking
London council weighs Yerkes led underground merger report
The London county council reviewed a parliamentary committee report on a proposed underground railway amalgamation led by Mr. Yer kes. It notes large payments to the Yer kes and Speyer groups and urges fuller public consideration, but the council took no action on the report.
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London
London County Council
Yerkes
Speyer
Primary election measure referred for a statewide vote
Madison May 20 The state senate concurred in the primary election bill as passed by the assembly and referred the issue to the people for decision at the next general election. The plan would abolish nominating conventions for city and county offices including governor and both houses of the legislature while Congressmen would still be named by the old method. A convention would frame the state platform.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Assembly
Pernambuco legislature moves to grant flour milling monopoly
The Brazilian state of Pernambuco passed a bill creating a monopoly in flour milling. The state department was informed and American flour makers express concern, noting Minister Thompson's protest against the measure.
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Washington
State Department
Pernambuco
Thompson
Val des Copper River and Tanana Railroad Incorporation
Articles of incorporation and maps for the Val des Copper River and Tanana Railroad Company filed with the interior department. The line plans to run from Valdes to Eagle City in American territory, touted as the first all American road in the territory.
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Washington
Valdes
Copper River
Tanana
Interior Department
Eagle City
American Territory
Territory
Palma Opposes Lottery Veto Threat Amid Strong Support
President Palma declares he will veto the national lottery bill if passed by Congress. The House of Representatives is reported to be overwhelmingly in favor of the bill.
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Havana
Palma
Congress
House of Representatives
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bay State Gas Company
Delaware
Addicks
National Convention of the Order of Railroad Conductors
Portland, Or
Porter Brothers Company
T. Ahearn
Iowa and Minnesota
Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Cresco
West Point
Military Academy
St. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Cote Brothers
MT. M'Kinley
Dr. Cook
Washington State News
Stevens County
Sarah E. Boyer
John F. Boyer
Walla Walla
E. J. Kendall
Lake Washington
Rief
DR. Coyle
Denver Divine
Presbyterian Assembly
Seattle Market Report
Butter—Ranch
Washingington Creamery
California
Oregon
Koyukuk Telegraph Station
Postal Investigation
Congressman Wesley Jones
Tle
Wisconsin
C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen
Fred Hewitt
Propr
Heron and
F Ste. Aberdeen, Wash
K. Bowes
Heron Street
Fashion Saloon
J. M. Bowes
Prop
Heron &T
H. A. Tereda & CO
Zelasko
F Street
Aberdeen Livery AM Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
Prepr
Harbor
Fish Market
Michael Finn
Wishkrh St
Aberdeee
F. R. Granger
Billiards
Aberdeen, Wash
St. Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
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