News of the Week Condensed Worldwide Events
Caracas uncovers a revolution plot with five hundred arrests. The Glenfarg carries 170430 bushels of wheat worth 140000 from Tacoma to St Vincent. Crete dispute as Schaeffer appointment stirs Ottoman objections with Germany backing Turkey. Spain signs cruiser contracts with British builders. Milwaukee sails New Orleans to Liverpool with 23850 bales cotton and huge grain and goods cargo. Fire destroys Fort Branch hall and several buildings in Indiana with 350000 total losses. Farmers Alliance warehouse in Genesee Idaho burns with 100000 bushels of grain. Madrid unsettled by Havana Weyler debate and recall claims. Moreton, Tacoma ship, sinks? awaiting high tide float. Central America diet opposes Merry appointment to Nicaragua. Union knitting mill Hutson burns, 600 workers affected. Cyclone hits Chittarong India. many homes destroyed. Denver police gambling ban ruled unconstitutional. US wire industry consolidation planned led by Morgan with 100 million capital. Boulder county coal miners strike 1000 workers. Supreme court permits bicyclists to use lanterns or bells only if negligent without them. Turkish circular protests trials of Mussulmans and requests 10000 rifles seized at Piraeus be handed to Ottoman government.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Congress
Puget Sound
Glenfarg
Tacoma
St. Vincent
Schaeffer
Luxemburg
Crete
Turkey
Spain
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Liverpool
Hallowe’en
Fort Branch
Ind
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Farmers’ Alliance
Genesee
Idaho
Madrid
Havana
Merchant's Exchange
San Francisco
Republic of Central America
Sherman
William L. Merry
United States
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Salvador
Managua
United States State Department
Union Knitting Mill
Hutson
N. J
Simla
India
Chittarong
Bengal Presidency
New York
Pierpont Morgan
Boulder County
Colo
Lafayette
Supreme Court
Judicial Committee
Rhodes
Porte
Piraeus
Blanco arrives in Havana as Spain’s captain-general
General Blanco lands to crowds and ships celebrating his arrival. He takes an oath at the palace and issues proclamations urging peace under a new government policy while pledging to fight those who prolong rebellion. He requires party unity for peace and avoids autonomy overtures.
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Havana
General Blanco
Marshal Blanco
Spain
Cuba
Tam
Island
Blanco
Creek Murderer Watka Executed After Rivalry Love Triangle
John Watka, Creek Indian, was executed for the killing of Jonas Deer, a rival for the same woman's hand. The two clashed at a dance, Watka killed Deer, and later married the woman. Watka submitted to the execution, blindfolded with arms tied, as a marksman delivered the death bullet. He had earlier returned from Kansas City to face his sentence.
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Chelsea
I. T
John Watka
Jonas Deer
Watka
Deer
Kansas City
Reds
Free distribution planned for Hirschfelder cure oxytuberculin
In San Francisco on November 2, Cooper medical college and supporters propose free distribution of Dr. Hirschfelder's oxytuberculin for consumption treatment. No firm plans set. distribution likely via city health departments and public hospitals. Dr. Hirschfelder approves. no proprietary rights. Dr. Reilly of Chicago notes interest in aiding the poor. Switzerland moves to compulsory accident and sickness insurance for all citizens.
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San Francisco
Cooper Medical College
Hirschfelder
Reilly
Chicago Health Department
Switzerland
Oil firm buys Devonian Emery Mason fields in Bradford
The South Pennsylvania Oil Company closed a deal to acquire the Devonian Emery and Mason oil properties in Bradford, including 20 000 acres and 450 producing wells for 1 400 000 dollars in cash. A naturalist notes frogs and toads puff up as a defensive instinct. A large tannery in Ludlow was destroyed by fire causing losses likely over 150 000 dollars. assistance from Warren arrived in time to prevent spread. In Washington two Oregon appointments were made with Owen Summers named appraiser in Willamette and Zoeth Houser as U S marshal for Oregon district.
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Bradford
South Pennsylvania Oil Company
Devonian, Emery and Mason Oil
Bradford Fields
Ludlow
John G. Curtis
Warren
Washington
Oregon
Owen Summers
Portland
District of Willamette
Zoeth Houser
United States
District of Oregon
Wires to Klondike Could Be Built Along Old Route
Pacific official says telegraph line to Klondike via Ashcroft and Quesnelle is feasible with government support. A Dawson City link could be in operation within a year, with stations every 40 miles and use by mounted police and other departments. The Lakme schooner reports Yukon river steamers wintering and harsh northeasterly gales near St Michaels.
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Vancouver
B. C
Charles Hosmer
Pacific Postal Telegraph System
Klondike
Dominion
Ashcroft
Quesnelle
Asia
America
Behring
Behring Se. This Route Passes Through the Present Klondike
British Columbia
Telegraph
Dawson City
Mounted Police
Hosmer
Victoria
San Francisco
Tacoma
Lakme
Anderson
St. Michaels
Dutch Harbor
Portland
Sound
Carlson
Yukon
Egg Island
Dogs for Yukon haul arrive in Seattle from Chicago
A Northern Pacific train carried 220 dogs into Seattle last night from Chicago. They are to be used to haul provisions into the Yukon gold fields, aiding supply efforts for the remote mining region.
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Seattle
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Yukon
Transfer of Weyler to Blanco in Havana Ceremony
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII carried Marshal Blanco to Havana where Lie utenant-General Weyler surrendered command. Weyler and Blanco parted after a cordial meeting while 600 sick soldiers formed Blanco’s escort aboard the Montserrat. Large crowds cheered Weyler as he departed.
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Havana
Alfonso XIII
Marshal Blanco
Cuba
Weyler
Marquis Ahumada
Navarro
Blanco
Monterrat
Montserrat
Wanted a cigarette near Sprague freight tragedy
A Spokane night brake man found a conscious man with both legs severed near Sprague after a westbound freight crash. The man asked for a cigarette before help arrived, and another well-dressed man’s body, identified as Thomas Kelly, lay dragged along the tracks nearby.
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Spokane
Sprague
Thomas Kelly
Judge Ha zelrigg Rules Unions Own Label Rights
In Frankfort Kentucky on November 1 Judge Hazelrigg wrote a court of appeals opinion holding that labor unions have property rights in their labels and other devices that denote the fruits of their labor and may enjoin others from using or counterfeiting them. This marks the first such ruling in the state.
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Frankfort
Hazelrigg
Court of Appeals
Jealous Swede Kills Woman Then Self at Tacoma Wharf
In Tacoma on November 2 Charles Growans, a longshoreman, stabbed Celia Hanson in a jealous attack, then fled to the McCarver street wharf where he cut his own throat with a razor and leaped into the bay. He was rescued by a policeman and jailed, with authorities noting a weeks long spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Charles Growuna
Oreman
Celia Hanson
McCarver Street
Growans
Growuns
Union Pacific road sold to reorganizing committee for $53.5 million
The Union Pacific system including buildings was sold in Omaha to the organization committee for 53,528,532.76 with government sinking fundbringing total to 57,564,332.76. No other bidders appeared and the sale proceeded amid a large crowd and cautious scrutiny by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Union Pacific Road
Organization Committee
Union Pavilic
Chancery
Cornish
Ninth-street
Reorganization Committee
United States Circuit Court
Lawyer Greer
Trombuill
Union Pacific
Denver & Gulf Road
Cheyenne & Northern Road
Denver & Gult
General Fitzgerald
Louis Fitzgerald
A. W. Kreich
AL W. Kreich
Mr. Cornish
General Cowan
Durrant Case Motion in California Murder Proceedings
Attorney General Fitzgerald of California filed a motion to dismiss or affirm in the W H T Durrant murder case. The matter is under advisement following the submission of the motion. London reports a large fire destroying warehouses and stables belonging to Carter Pearson & Co. in Goswell Road. Georgia reports a cotton oil mill fire causing $117000 in losses with most on stock and about $7800 in insurance. St Paul notes Judge Lochren declines to hear Ky Lee Law’s deportation appeal due to non adopted treaty
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Washington
Fitzgerald
California
W. H. T. Durrant
Durrant
London
Carter, Pearson & Co., Limited
Goswell Road
Atlanta
Georgia
St. Paul
Lochren
Ky Lee Law
McCafferty
United States Senate
Conference proposes suspension of pelagic sealing in Behring Sea
Washington reports Russia Japan and the United States near a written proposal to halt pelagic sealing on the high seas. The plan aims for broad participation, preserving seal herds, and could prompt Britain and Canada to join in a united effort. Final government actions expected from St Petersburg and Tokyo by Wednesday.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
United States
Behring Sea
North Pacific
St. Petersburg
High Seas
Great Britain
Canada
Pew
Fujita
Tokio
Remarkable ruling frees Colfax horse thief
William Herbert, a horse thief and suspected murderer wanted in Wyoming, was cleared of the horse stealing charge by Judge McDonald in Whitman county superior court. The dismissal arose after the attorney argued the complaint described a horse when the animal was a gelding, a point the judge accepted. Herbert still faces other charges.
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Colfax
Wash
William Herbert
Wyoming
McDonald
Whitman County Superior Court
Herbert
Tragic Rockfall Kills Two on Great Northern Crew
Murphy and Dunn, on the Great Northern extra crew, were killed yesterday near Katka Idaho while drilling rock for riprap along the Kootenai river. Rock from above buried them after they sought shelter under a cliff. It took 12 hours to recover the bodies. Dunn was a former civil engineer.
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Bonner
Train Split Reaches Denver After Snowbound Delay
Two sections of a Rock Island train arrived in Denver at noon after lengthy delays from Kansas City and Denver. Snow swept six miles of track near Limon Junction burying rails under 20 feet of snow and snapping wires, leaving officials unsure of the yesterday due train’s location for 48 hours.
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Denver
Colo
Rock Island
Kansas City
Limon Junction
North Pole Balloon Attempt Leader Andree Missing
Spitzbergen reports the crew of a wrecked vessel reached nearby areas with rumors that Professor Andree the Swedish explorer who launched from Danes Island on July 11 in a bid to cross the North Pole is involved in the incident.
Peruvian Cabinet Likely to Tender Resignation
In Lima on October 29 a rumor spreads that Peru’s cabinet intends to resign to the president. The report discusses political instability and potential changes in government leadership.
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Lima
Peru
Trouble in Hayti fuels Germany Haiti dispute
In Port au Prince the German minister Count Schwerein has hauled down his flag amid rising tensions with Haiti over the arrest and imprisonment of German citizen Linders. German warships are reported en route to back demands for indemnity, while Linders was twice fined and jailed before a potential recall of German archives to Washington.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Hasti
Germany
Count Schwerein
Linders
Linder
Central Police
Berlin
United States
New York
Mining Disaster In Scranton Kills Six Men At Vonsterch Shaft
In a Delaware and Hudson Vonsterch mine fire in Scranton six workers suffocated. Missing men were in the deck and surfie veins about 100 and 60 feet deep. Fire trapped routes of escape as the stope burned for hours and smoke filled the passages. Fire Chief Hickey and eight firefighters narrowly escaped. Joe Yamashi was later rescued.
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Scranton
Navy
Lackawana
Wyoming
Pittston
Delaware & Hudson Company
Vonsterch
Thomas Hill
John Farrell
John Francis Moran
Mike Walsh
John McDonnell
Thomas Padden
Hickey
Scranton Fire Department
Joe Yamashi
Would-be highway robber narrowly misses fatal shot near Tacoma
John O Kieff, a stranger, was ordered to surrender near Wright Park when two masked men attempted a robbery. A single revolver shot narrowly missed him, leaving a bullet hole in one robber’s hat. The story notes his sudden cash windfall from a local bank. The piece also mentions Canton's new Chinese mint producing over 14 million ten cent pieces last year.
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Tacoma
John O’kiefff
O’kieff
Wright Park
Canton
City Marshal Shoots Farmer During Arrest at Midway
Versailles Kentucky November 2 Ed Sterns the city marshal shot and killed Jason Miller a farmer and trader at Midway as Miller resisted arrest.
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Versailles
Ed Sterns
Jason Miller
Midway
This County
Miller
German Paper Seized in France
Paris police seized a German comic paper titled Lustigblatter containing cartoons ridiculing President Faure and the French republic. The action underscores wartime censorship and pressure on foreign publications in France.
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France
Paris
Lustigblatter
Care Toons
Faure
Four Die in Ehrinfield Crossing Crash in Perth Amboy
Four men were killed when an engine struck a wagon in Ehrinfield aboard the Perth Amboy crossing today. The victims were Joseph Tetyi George Azarea Joseph Bartfoi and Andrew Klein.
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Perth Amboy
Ehrinfield
Joseph Tetyi
George Azarea
Joseph Bartfoi
Andrew Klein
Fire Hits Warren MA Businesses Causing 75000 Damage
A blaze in Warren Massachusetts damaged the business district early today. It caused about 75 000 dollars in damage and partially burned the town hall with several blocks affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Springfield
Mase
Warren
Northwest Briefs From All Cities and Surrounding Areas
Readable fragments summarize regional farm markets taxes and infrastructure. Mentioned are berry shipments worth over 12 000 dollars, fluctuating grain prices, crop yields in Yakima and Spokane areas, tax levies in cities, and river and railroad projects. Also notes on horticultural society discussions and early prunes. Talks of potato production and beets analysis, plus civil service exams and local government debt figures.
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Allen
Alvin W. Kreich
Dubuque
Julian Dubuque
Mississippi River
Little Cloud
Fire Department of
England
Whitman County
Andree
Marshall
Northwwest Breviy
Chehalia
Puyallup
Garfi Mountains
Spokane Fruit
Yakima County
Jast
Stann
Skagit
Mittee
Walla Walla
Ireland
King County Horticultuml
Speternoon
Thurston
State Insurance Company
Imi
F. Cass
Skagit City
Reg
Woodburn
County
Burbank
Civil Service
Astoria
Lewis
Ronde Valley
J. E. Kennerly
Blue River mi
Lane County
Kenniston
Chauncy Bale Eugene Mining Company
Peter Wage
Nehalem
Fishhawk Falls
Harney County
Goveneorus
Coos River
South Fork
H. R. Kiperb
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