Happenings Around the World and Nation In Brief
Battleship Oregon and cruiser New York reach Honolulu en route to Manila with all aboard in good health. Former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington to pursue her land dispute. Gov. Dole calls extra session to address treasury defalcation. Supreme Court recesses to Dec 1 as cases linger. Sultan of Johore to tour America in 1904 including St. Louis expo. American firm wins 1 million contract for St Petersburg conduit tubes. Supreme Court reopens Northern Pacific case on mineral land entry. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar dies in London. Alaska lighthouse project approved at Cape Saunchef. Minnesota defeats Wisconsin 1-0 in football. English author George Alfred Healy dies. Labor shortages prompt reduced log cutting in Minnesota pineries. Daughters of the Confederacy raise 45836 for Jefferson Davis monument. President Loubet invited to St Louis expo and expected to accept. Minnesota university attendance nears 3500, heading to 4000 by year end. Los Angeles bowler James McGrath sets coast record with 297. Oberlin college trustees to name Henry Churchill King as next president.
Japan to Station Permanent Fleet on Pacific Coast
Fleet Surgeon C Aoaki of the imperial navy announces Japan will send a permanent fleet to American Pacific waters. Headquarters at Esquimalt British Columbia with visits to Valparaiso. Europe fleet planned too. The move signals Japan's rising status and goodwill toward the United States as a major naval power. Aoaki will also inspect Japanese laborers in Mexico before returning to Tokyo.
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San Francisco
Pacific
C. Aoaki
Imperial Japanese Navy
Japan
America
Esquimalt
British Columbia
Great Britain
Valparaiso
Europe
Aoaki
Mexico
Tokio
Burglar Breaks Newberg Depot Steals $1800 Safe
Portland reports a Newberg depot burglary 20 miles away where a thief entered the freight room and opened the safe with the combination. An express package for the Chehalis Valley Milling Co carried $1800 and was stolen, with Western Union receipts the only other missing items. No suspect yet.
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Portland
Newberg
Chehalis Valley Milling Company
Western Union
Armour & Co Plant Destroyed By Fire At Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa November 17 The entire Armour and Company plant burned down at 2 30 o clock with a loss of about 750000 Firemen fought the blaze but could not save the buildings leaving several hundred workers unemployed.
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Sioux City
Armour & Co
Washington notes A 400 barrel clean flour mill planned at Lind
The article reports a 400 barrel clean flour mill to be erected at Lind. It also notes the Heather lighthouse tender launched from Moran Brothers shipyard and Major J R Hayden's graveside services with Masonic honors in Seattle.
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Lind
Heather
Moran Brothers Shipyard
Seattle
J. R. Hayden
Parks and Boulevards Plan Approved by Seattle Council
Seattle Nov 18. The council committee on parks and boulevards votes unanimously to empower the board of park commissioners to develop a city wide system of parks and boulevards. The board must present a full report with proposed projects and estimated costs for committee review before council approval.
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Seattle
Council
Board of Park Commissioners
James
Park Committee
Woman Drowns After Quarrel Behind Lake Boat
Mrs. Nora Ruddy quarreled with Fr. Whitney at Harrison Idaho and hired the steamer Powderhorn to cross the lake. She stepped to the stern, refused to return, and then disappeared as the vessel turned back. rescuers arrived too late.
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Spokane
Nora Ruddy
Fr. Whitney
Harrison
Idaho
Powderhorn
Cohen Pleads Guilty in Police Corruption Case
Minneapolis November 18 Joseph Cohen pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe as the go between for police corruptionists in the Ames administration. His admission ties him to Col Fred W Ames trial where the former police superintendent was convicted. Cohen awaits sentencing.
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Minneapolis
Joseph Cohen
Ames
Col
Fred W. Ames
Cohen
Battle at Agua Dulce reportedly cripples Colombian gunboat
San Jose reports via Colombian revolutionary sources that a clash near Agua Dulce left the government vessel Bogota disabled. Five officers and 15 crew believed killed. Government forces hold several generals as prisoners, averting retribution for Uribe Uribe.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Colombia
Agua Dulce
Chuculto
Bogota
Poas
Panama
Uribe-Uribe
Perdomo
Herrera
Revolutionary Army
Man Loses Hands Saving Co Worker in Seattle Plant
Paul Hoffman was fatally shocked after becoming entangled in a live wire at the Seattle Cataract Company plant on October 20. Superintendent P F Knight attempted a rescue and suffered severe shocks, losing both hands and part of both arms in a later operation at Seattle General Hospital. Hoffman died five days after the incident. Knight’s operation was successful with no expected further complications.
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Seattle
Hearic
Paul Hoffman
P. F. Knight
Seattle Cataract Company
Hoffman
Knight
Seattle General Hospital
Sunday Knight
Freight Blockade Congests Chicago Rail Yards
Chicago freight growth has caused unprecedented congestion in city yards and across lines east and west. Officials warn of rolling stock shortages and potential weeklong shutdowns to recover, while perishable goods rot on tracks and track elevation projects hinder rail movement.
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Chicago
Here
Pennsylvania
Mission of Gen Bliss to Cuba Draws Mixed Reactions
Havana on November 17 reports that Gen Tasker Bliss's mission to study Cuba's industrial and fiscal prospects may complicate affairs and fuel fears of a return to military government.
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Havana
Tasker Bliss
Cuba
Betrothal of Crown Prince Frederick William to Princess Alice Mary
Berlin reports the betrothal of Crown Prince Frederick William to Princess Alice Mary of Albany, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and niece of King Edward, viewed as the era’s most significant European dynastic alliance recently concluded.
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Berlin
Prince Frederick William
Alice Mary of Albany
Queen Victoria
Edward
Europe
Gompers Charged With Misuse of Power at AFL Convention
At the AFL convention in New Orleans delegates debated a resolution by Sheridan of the Amalgamated Iron & Steel Workers seeking an investigation into charges by Shaffer that Samuel Gompers abused his office. The session adjourned after a committee was named. Shaffer alleged Sheridan aimed to oust him.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Sheridan
Amualgated
Iron & Steel Workers
Shaffer
Gompers
Wheeling
Scretary Wilson
The
Legislature to Meet in Armory Building
Olympia November 17. The next legislature is expected to convene in the state armory building, a central and spacious site reserved by agreement. The guard property will move to the old capitol, with steam heating and daytime as well as night electric lighting planned.
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Olympia
National Guard
Capitol
Poets Home in Roslyn Burns. Bryant Property Destroyed
The old home of poet William Cullen Bryant at Roslyn Long Island was destroyed by fire. Occupied by W. Butler Duncan the house furnishings and Bryant's original library were saved while Duncan's yacht models collection was lost.
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New York
William Cullen Bryant
Roslyn
L. I
W. Butler Duncan
America's Cup Dates Set for August 1903 Crews
The Royal Ulster Club reports the New York Yacht Club has fixed race days for the America's Cup on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday in the third week of August 1903. If needed, extra races will follow on the same days each subsequent week. Conditions and courses mirror previous years.
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London
Royal Ulster Club
New York Yacht Club
Charles Sprague Dies After Illness in Seattle
Charles Sprague son of the late Gen. John W. Sprague and brother of Otis W W C Sprague died at Providence hospital after a short illness from appendicitis. A well known Seattle figure he had run transportation ventures on Puget Sound and in the North and lived in Seattle for years. He fell ill in Tacoma last Saturday and was moved to Seattle for treatment.
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Seattle
Charles Sprague
John W. Sprague
Otis
W. W
C. W. Sprague
Providence Hospital
Sprague
Sound
Tacoma
Secretary Root trims Army inspection reports
In Washington on November 17, Secretary Root ordered the inspector-general to make a single report to the secretary of war instead of the traditional dual reports one to the commanding general and another to the secretary of war. Gen. Miles’s supporters view the change as a rebuke.
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Washington, D. C
Miles
Army
Root
Secretary of War
Entirely Just and Equitable Freight Rates Debate
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission in response to William R Hearst complaint that anthracite coal freight rates are entirely just and equitable. The case centers on transportation by the anthracite coal carrying roads.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
William R. Hearst
New York
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Honolulu
Manila
Lilioukalani
Hawaii
United States Supreme Court
Johore
Malay Peninsula
St. Louis Exposition
St. Petersburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Northern Pacific
A. J. Sodenberg
Prince Edward
Saxe-Weimer
Cape Saunchef
Alaska
Minnesota University
Wisconsin
George Alfred Healy
Minnesota
Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Loubet
France
James McGrath
Los Angeles
Board of College Trustees
Henry Churchill King
Oberlin College
Barrows
Pacific Coast
Washington State News
Vancouver Barracks
Puget Sound Reduction Company
Everett
United States
Multnomah
Washington University
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Navy Department
United States District Court At
Walla Walla
Seattle Market Report
Shorts
Puget Sound
California
Mountains
Lima
Washington Creamery
Gompekres
Armory
Aberdeen Brewing Co
Telephone
B. Lowrie
Co. M. Demeree
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
G Street
Aberdeen State Bank
Aberdeen
Wash
H Street
Billings
St. Louis
Burlington
Stng
M. P. Benton
Pioneer Square
Seattle, Wash
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Pacific Hotel
Star Meat Market
James Barrett
Propr
H. A. Tereda & CO
Zelasko
F Street
Phory A
Aberdeen Livery and Transfer CO
W. T. McBride
Harbor
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