News of the Week Condensed Events From Continents
A digest of diverse events includes a fatal coal fire in Hot Springs Arkansas, a Cuban rebels pardon by Marshal Blanco, ongoing Marquette Illinois miners strike, a rumored massacre near Simla, two deaths in Southern Oregon from railroad incidents, Mount Vesuvius activity and lava flows, famine in Archangel Russia, and San Francisco Chamber of Commerce urging Bear to Arctic rescue. The U S Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling in the interstate commerce case involving AlabamaMidland and Georgia Central railways over long and short haul clauses amid railwater competition.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Marshal Blanco
Cuba
Marquette
Ill
Simla
Oregon
Southern Pacific
Grant’s Pass
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Artio de Cavello
Vitrova and
Hiano del Inestro
Chamber of Commerce of
San Francisco
McKinley
Bear
Arctic
Healy
Point Barrow
Government Station
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama Midland
Georgia Central Railways
Alabama
Anarchists Celebrate 11th Anniversary in Chicago Rally
A public meeting in Chicago drew about 500 anarchists to mark the 11th anniversary of comrades' conviction. Johann Mostpreland proclaimed the future bright, urged defiance of government and peaceable order, and a bomb incident occurred amid the crowd, causing alarm and occasional applause.
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Chicago
Johann Mostpreland
Canaille
Politi Lits
Laurier to Aid Canada United States Relations
Washington reports Sir Wilfred Laurier and Canada’s delegation plan a wide ranging mission aimed at settling disputes with the United States. They seek mutual changes on alien labor, Klondike immigration, fisheries, transit routes, and reciprocity to ease friction and open routes to the Klondike. A White House conference approved measures to assist whaling fleets with the Bear expected to sail soon.
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Washington
Wilfred Laurier
Canada
Louis Davies
Laurier
Dominion
Behring Sea
United States
North Atlantic
Klondike
British Columbia
Great Lakes
Fraser River
Puget Sound
Wilfred
McKinley
Sir Wilfred
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Crow’s Nest Pass
Klondike Territory
Fort Wrangel
Stickeen
Tesli Lake
Yukon River
Waston
Penitentiary for Life for Father and Son Nunn
Benjamin Nunn and Roy Nunn father and son were sentenced to life in the state penitentiary for the murder of Curtis Wright in Gladwin Michigan. The sentences were handed down on November 10.
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Gladwin, Mich
Benjamin Nunn
Roy Nunn
Curtis Wright
Alderman Henry Ludelph Killed by Train Incident
Alderman Henry Ludelph of the 16th ward was struck by a Chicago and Northwestern train in Chicago this evening and died instantly.
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Chicago
Henry Ludelph
16Th Ward
Chicago & Northwestern
Dynamite Jack Clifton Killed by Deputies Near Cheetah
In Muskogee Oklahoma Territory on November 10, Charles Clifton alias Dynamite Jack, a notorious outlaw, was killed yesterday at Sid Williams’ house 15 miles west of Cheetah after he opened fire on Deputy Marshals Lawson and Buseie who were arresting him.
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Muskogee, I. T
Charlie Clifton
Dynamite Jack
Sid Williams
Cheetah
Lawson
Buseie
Fatal Boiler Explosion at Mercer Iron & Coal Works
In Stolesboro Pennsylvania the Mercer Iron and Coal Company boilers exploded at noon during lunch causing three deaths and seven injuries among workers. Emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Stolesboro
Mercer Iron & Coal Company
Reform of Currency Provisions in Outline
Washington reports the monetary commission reviewing John G. Bullitt’s currency plan. It proposes replacing all currency with 3 percent bonds, issuing national bank notes redeemable in gold, secured by gold deposits and bank pledges, plus a currency board and new bank authorizations. The scheme includes taxes on note issues, golden redemption of silver, and legal tender constraints with flexible note issuance during emergencies.
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Washington
Monetary Commission
John G. Bullitt
Philadelphia
Treasury
Currency Board
United States
Commission
United States Benis
Two Burned to Death in Halifax House Fire
A house three miles from Halifax owned by George Tullock burned last night. Miss Mary Wallster, Mrs. Tullock's companion, and a four year old child were burned to death in the blaze.
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Halifax
George Tullock
Mary Wallster
Three Jones & Laughlin workers fatally crushed at plant
In Pittsburg on November 9 an accident at Jones & Laughlin steel works left three employees trapped between a car and a shifting engine. Two men died from the injuries and a third was badly hurt.
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Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlin’s Steel Works
New Rio Newspaper Office Looted After Attack
A large mob shattered the Republican office in Rio de Janeiro last night and looted the premises. Police could not stop the disturbance which followed an attack on the government and President Moraes. General Marcade Betancourt was fatally stabbed during the unrest.
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Rio de Janeiro
Republican
Moraes
Marcade Betancourt
Weylers policy in Cuba fuels starvation horror reports
A Havana dispatch claims Weyler’s deportations and a policy to “exterminate” the Cuban patriots have driven tens of thousands of concentrados to death by starvation. Descriptions detail starving families, abandonment to carts, and corpses left in fields as doctors are barred from citing starvation as a cause of death.
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Cuba
New York
Havana
Weyler
Concentrados
Spain
San Domingo
Wesler
Blanco
Guanabacoa
Durrant Case Affirmed. Death Sentence Remains
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision denying habeas corpus for William Henry Theodore Durrant, sentenced to death for the 1895 murder of Miss Blanche Lamont in San Francisco. The ruling allows the execution to proceed, with Attorney General Fitzgerald present and stating it will ensure Durrant’s hanging.
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Fitzgerald
California
Supreme Court
Washington
W. H. T. Durrant
Durrant
United Mreme
Thar
William Henry Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamont
San Francisco
United States
Si Ice Puller
Circuit Court
Supreme court decision pleases Durrant case supporters
The ruling arouses enthusiasm among officials and crowds as it clears the path for executions of other death row inmates whose sentences were delayed awaiting the Durrant verdict. In Leadville, Joseph Hatcher dies after a 50 foot fall at the Chip mine during a work raise.
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Leadville
Colo
Joseph Hatcher
Missouri
House collapses kill farmer and visitor near Vienna
In Vienna Indiana this morning the house of farmer Bill Doley collapsed trapping and killing him and a man named Parks. Doley’s children were also endangered but survived.
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Vienna
Ind
Bill Doley
Parks
Anti Football Bill Passes in Georgia Legislature
Atlanta Nov 10 Representative Cole's bill banning match or prize football games with admission fees passed after amendment removing similar games phrases. The measure proceeds without debate.
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Atlanta
Cole
Bogus Butter in Germany Reported by Mannheim Factory
The article notes 50 imitator butter makers in Germany. A Mannheim plant produces about 6,000 pounds daily from a coconut-based preparation.
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Germany
Mannheim
Alaska farming prospects amid limited stockraising
Reports by Dr. W. H. Evans and Benton Killin to Secretary Wilson say Alaska can support some crops and livestock if properly developed. They note small kitchen gardens, limited stockraising, long winters, and a seven month feeding period, with coastal freight keeping food cheap.
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Washington
W. HM. Evans
Benton Killin
Alaska
Wilson
Killin
Navy
Convict Kraln Killed Escaping Salem Penitentiary
Otto Kraln a 25 year old German convict died after a failed escape at Salem Oregon penitentiary He fashioned a plank track and leaped over a wall with guard warnings fired wounding him fatally near the north yard This was his third escape attempt He was sentenced in Multnomah County in January 1893 for assault with intent to rape In Atlanta Georgia Oliver Burke County bills to make Jefferson Davis birthday a legal holiday were rejected by the Georgia House Judiciary Committee and then the measure was debated without passage
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Salem, Or
Otto Kraln
Insane Asylum
Jay McCormick
J. H. McCormick
Fred Jow
Krahnody
McCormick
Krahn
Multnomahe County
Atlanta
Oliver
Burke County
Jefferson Davis
General Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
House
Fever Situation Presses New Orleans as Cases Rise
The fever situation worsened with 40 new cases and seven deaths after a cold wave and frost. Dr. Oliphant, president of the board of health, issued an order tightening quarantine except for passengers from Mobile Montgomery and coast points who must present health certificates from local officers.
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New Orleans
Oliphant
Board of Health
Secretary of War Alger Weighs Klondike Aid Request
Boston, Nov 9 In Portland Oregon and the Chamber of Commerce appeal for war department help to send supplies to the Klondike Captain Ray at Fort Yukon and Dawson City is expected to report soon Secretary Alger says he cannot act without congressional authority He has ordered reindeer to St Michaels in expectation of needed provisions and will assist as a citizen but officially cannot move without Congress.
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Boston
Mase
Harvard
Alger
Portland, Or
Chamber of Commerce
Klondike
War Department
Ray
Fort Yukon
Dawson City
St. Michaels
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chinese coalminers to join Illinois strike fight
The Times-Herald reports Chinese coalminers will enter the Northern Illinois district to break a strike. About 800 skilled workers are hired to work under arms with guards of 100 former Chicago policemen. Initial consignments from the Wilmington Coal Company begin next Tuesday, with plans for 1,000 more if successful.
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Times-Herald
Ilinois
Chicago
Wilmington Coal Company
Wilmington
Braidwood
Choir Refuses to Sing Over Mayor Candidate Stance
New York church choir of about 40 singers refused to sing in sympathy with Professor Agramonte after Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr endorsed Seth Low for mayor last Sunday. Dixon said he endorsed Low to defeat Tammany though he opposed Low personally.
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New York
The
People’s Church
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Professor Agramonte
Seth Low
Agramonte
Junta
Cuba
Dixon
Low
Tammany
Lowi
Explosion at nitro gallery wrecks Pine Fork magazine?
Terrific blast at Pine Fork in New Martinsville West Virginia as William Conn of Cuba New York sought 12 gallons of nitroglycerin to shoot oil wells. A second wagon with two unknown men arrived and the magazine exploded wiping out horses wagons and any humans near. Debris shattered windows within a half mile and left only a fragment of a man’s foot.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Pine Fork
William Conn
Cuba
N. Y
Fifteen Thousand Mile Ride Starts in Philadelphia
Charles Campbell and William J. Nixon depart Philadelphia on a tandem for a 15,000 mile wager. Escorted by about 300 riders to Wilmington, they aim to finish within a year and travel to Southern cities and Indianapolis for the national L. A. W. next year. They plan to earn the $1,000 by selling bicycle sundries along the route.
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Philadelphia
Charles Campbell
William J. Nixon
Wilmington
Indianapolis
National L. A. W
Dry-dock for ironclads reaches Havana
The long awaited dry-dock built in England arrived in Havana on November 9 after crossing the Atlantic without damage. It is spacious enough to accommodate the largest ironclads and will support ship repairs and maintenance locally.
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Havana
England
Atlantic
State treasurer calls general fund warrants in Olympia
Olympia Washington November 8 The state treasurer has called in general fund Warrants Nos 18671 through 19230 totaling 60685 59 and maturing November 19. Marquisville mining town robbed by three colored desperadoes one shot gun and two revolvers hold up 50 miners after payday. no injuries reported as suspects flee Des Moines Iowa November 9
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Olympia
Wash
Des Moines
Marquisville
Here
Northwest Briefs Highlight Mill Plans and Tax Woes
Washington and Oregon items report Grey in Whitman County to build a flouring mill, Adams County bank loaned 50 000 for wheat, Yakima orchardists seek rents for apples, and Pasco horse dealers shipped beef horses to Linnton. Eastern Washington stores sacks wheat awaiting storage, Sprague markets 5 000 bushels, and the Northern Pacific paid 2 105.92 in taxes. City of Everett sues to recoup 1 852 50 taxes. Farmers in Umatilla and Walla Walla regions report extensive brickyard activity and leasing of lands. A Mongolian pheasant was shot near Salem and a sheriff fights delinquent taxes.
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Grey
Whitmangly
Adams County Bank
Yakima
Orion
City of
Everre
Snr
Stoc Titas County
Rlon
New
Whate
B. A
Seaborg
Astoris
Columbia River
Whatcom County
Whatcom
Blaine
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Disie
Seattle
Ivo
Weston
Salem
Ioshen
Santiam Risver
Sciois
Joseph Vey
Umatilla
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Sparta
Baker City
High
Canton
Press McKinley
Commercial Travelers’ Association
Dueber Heights
Dueber Watch Works
Japan
State Department
America
White House
Gage
Long
Melville
Dickens
Showalter
Revenue Service
Penitentiary For Life
Bullitt
London
Nev
Harwood
Gibraltar
Savona
Asch
Flushing
Antwerp
Parademark
Wielong
Evans and Killin
Kodiak and
A Mountains
Ceres
Klondike Relief Committee
Illinois
Sprague
Mem Bank
Northern Pacific Railpany
Cowlitz
Moxee Company
County
Reles
Coquille
Crook
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