Train in Natal Under Fire as Boers Attack
Nov. 18 report from Natal notes an armored train, half British volunteers, half Dublin fusiliers, attacked by Boer artillery in four positions. The engine and tender were damaged, several men killed or wounded, and casualties estimated over a hundred. Lieutenant Schill praised for courage. prisoner status of Lieutenant Churchill unclear.
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Natal
Aublin Fusiliers
Artil
Stragglere
Estcourt
Hard Fight Near San Fabian Ends in Filipino Losses
Manila dispatch reports the Thirty third infantry in a two hour clash with equal insurgent forces five miles from San Fabian. One officer and five men were killed, one officer and 12 men wounded. US troops captured 29 Filipinos and 100 rifles, with 81 insurgents dead found in trenches and fields. The regiment returned to San Fabian as ammo ran low. A Filipino war secretary proclamation boasting of US casualties was found.
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Manila
San Fabian
Dagupan
Grounding of the cruiser Charleston near Camiguin Island
Manila reports detail the grounding of the cruiser Charleston after striking an uncharted coral reef ten miles east of Camiguin. The stern submerged, bow high, heavy seas battered the vessel, watertight doors failed, and salvage proved impossible. The ship had been on a five week cruise along Luzon’s eastern coast.
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Manila
Charleston
Camiguin Island
Luzon
Admiral Watson
General Wheaton
Philippine
Ghastly Trade: Trunks Contain Corpses at Union Station
Four zinc lined sample trunks were found at St. Louis Union Station containing corpses. Frank Thompson, Memphis undertaker, is arrested on pending charges amid a police investigation into a human body trafficking ring. The trunks held three black men one white woman. causes cited include consumption and wasting disease. The white woman appears refined with gold filled teeth and well preserved features.
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St. Louis
Bage Gage-Room
Union Station
Frank Thompson
Memphis
W. H. Hamesen
Keokuk
Iowa
Puerto Rico’s Shape May Change Under U S Rule
A Washington dispatch says the coast survey finds Puerto Rico much more irregular than earlier Spanish surveys showed. The island, long thought oblong, likely appears larger and differently formed, with an eastern end slant into the sea. The final shape remains uncertain until full American surveying is completed.
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Porto Rico
New York
the Times
Washington
Puerto Rico
Coast Survey
Escaped Spanish Prisoner Reported with Gilmore in Tarlac
Manila dispatch dated November 16 reports an escaped prisoner seen with Lieutenant Gilmore in Tarlac on November 1 with five men. he crossed from Baler in May with 18 men and the whereabouts of eight others are unknown. The National Association of Postmasters met in Washington.
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Gilmore
Tarlac
Washington
Navy Department
Watson
Manila
San Fabian
Baler
U S Foreign Trade Nears Two Billion Dollar Mark
Washington November 21 The foreign commerce of the United States is on track to set a century high for the year with October exports leading all prior Octobers and ten month totals surpassing any similar period. Exports for ten months ending October 1899 reach 1 029 242 000 up from 987 879 000 last year while imports total 658 875 000 versus 527 738 000 in the prior year.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Heavy fighting near at Ladysmith and Natal reports
London reports describe limited action since the November 9 clash at Ladysmith. Boers may hesitate as British preparations for relief efforts loom. Natal theater seen as strategically driven, with options to hold Ennersdale, threaten Estcourt, or move from Weenen toward Weston and Mooi bridge.
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London
Ladysmith
Natal
Great Tuvela
Ennersdale
Weenen
Estcourt
Weston
Mooi River
Jeubert
Botha
American forces push toward Dagupan in Philippines
Ready to Occupy Dagupan Manila November 21. The American occupation proceeds rapidly between Manila and Dagupan. General MacArthur is within five miles of Dagupan with Wheaton or Lawton likely to occupy. Captain Leonhauser conducted a notable night march from Capas to O'Donnell on November 16 and surprised a 200-strong insurgent force, capturing all.
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Dagupan
Manila
General MacArthur
General Wheaton
General Lawton
Leonhauser
Leonid Meteor Shower Not Due This Season
Washington reports that the Leonid meteor shower will not occur this season despite prior expectations. Dr. L J Lee explains the passage period is two years, not one, with the display now expected to peak mid November 1900. The current shower is weaker as the thick part of the trail has not yet been reached.
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Washington
L. J. Lee
Dr. Lee
Humboldt
Venezuela
Senate investigates food adulteration in market drive
The US senate committee led by Senator Mason of Illinois renewed its probe into adulterated foods. Dr Edward H Jenkins an agricultural chemist testified that competition and demand for cheap goods fuel frauds, noting glucose starch jelly bases and artificial flavors. He cited color in temperance drinks and fake spices such as coco shells prune stones as deception.
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New York
United States Senate Committee
Mason
Illinois
Edward H. Jenkins
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Jenkins
Canada
Election Conspirators Arrested in Philadelphia Conspiracy Case
Samuel Talton deputy coroner Joseph G Rodgers lieutenant of the capitol police Washington and Clarence Messner in the congressional library copying division held on eight hundred dollar bail for trial on conspiring to forge election returns in Philadelphia The arrests followed testimony at a Washington residents hearing about repeaters brought to the city by Rodgers Kirkland and W H Cook impersonated election officers in ward two and aided in falsifying returns and ballot stuffing
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Philadelphia
Samuel Salton
Joseph G. Rodgers
Capitol Police
Washington
Clarence Messer
Congressional Library
Rodgers
George Kirkland
W. H. Cook
Second
Kirkland
Timber resources of Washington attract railroad pamphlet
The Northern Pacific Railway issued a Western Washington timber pamphlet with half tone illustrations and statistics for lumbermen. It cites nine year rail shipments of dressed lumber totaling from 100 million feet in 1890 to 3 billion in 1898, and highlights extraordinary Washington trees including a King County cedar and several tall pines with large diameters and volumes.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Washington
Puget Sound
King County
Oregon Lumbering Boosts Coast Timber Trade
The Booth Kelly Lumber Co has over 1,000,000 feet of lumber ready for shipment from Saginaw to California and the East but lacks rail cars. Necanicum Spruce Lumber Co of Seaside bought a cannery boiler to expand its box factory and dryhouses with a 60,000 capacity dryhouse. An Eagan band resaw machine bought in the East will arrive soon as the company crews up on 2,000,000 feet of spruce along the Necanicum with logging contract set.
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Oregon Lumbering
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Saginaw
California
Southern Pacific
Necanicum Spruce Lumber Company
Seaside
Knappton
Eagan Band
New Canadian Winter Trail Cut to Dawson Route
J. J. McArthur arrives in Skagway after completing a 150 mile shorter winter trail from Bennett to Dawson. The route uses 50 miles of land along a White Pass railroad extension and 100 miles of timber country cut by 80 men, with roadhouses every 25 to 80 miles. First mail to Dawson via the route has run, and transport firms expect heavy Arctic season travel toward Nome with up to 250 teams. Everett reports major growth with a $8,000 monthly payroll across a large mill complex and multiple factories, plus new public buildings and a $80,000 courthouse.
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J. J. McArthur
Bennett
Dawson
Skagway
White Pass
White Horse Rapids
Dowason
Canadian Development Company
Klondike
Arctic
Nome
New Flouring Mill Planned at Wenatchee
R T Murdock of Chelan Washington named proprietor and manager of a new flouring mill to be built on the Columbia River. Construction starts at once with an initial capacity of 50 barrels per day, expansion planned as demand grows.
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Wenatchee
R. T. Murdock
Chelan, Wash
Columbia River
Will Put in a Creamery in Woodburn
T. S. Townsend of Portland with several creameries in Oregon visited Woodburn last week. He proposes to establish a Woodburn creamery if milk can be supplied regularly by about 200 cows. Townsend says the Willamette valley is ideal for creamery sites and he has a strong market for his products.
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T. S. Townsend
Portland
Woodburn
Willamette Valley
Bradstreet review notes strength in prices across sectors
Bradstreet's reports continuing price strength driven by active demand. Textile strength grows with gains in raw cotton wool and hemp, and manufactured goods show confidence in men wear carpets. Wheat remains dull amid rising world stocks, while lumber and hides stay firm. Iron and steel show mixed signals with rail demand lifting bars, billets easing, and pig iron active for late 1900 delivery.
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Bradstreet’s
Bradstreet
Pacific Coast Trade Prices For Produce And Provisions
Beattle Marketa lists new onions at 1.00 to 1.25 per sack and potatoes at 16 to 18. Beets per sack 85c, turnips 65c, carrots 1c, parsnips 90c. Cauliflower 75c per dozen, cabbage 3 to 1.25 per 100 pounds, peaches 65 to 80c, apples 1.25 to 1.50 per box, pears 1.00 to 1.25 per box, prunes 60c per box, watermelons 1.50, nutmegs 50 to 75c. Butter 80c per pound. dairy 17 to 22c, ranch 20c. Eggs 30c firm, cheese native 13 to 14c. Poultry dressed 11 to 12 4c, hay Puget Sound timothy 12.00, Eastern Washington timothy 17.00. Corn whole 28.00, cracked 23, feed meal 23. Barley rolled or ground per ton 21, whole 22. Flour patent per barrel 3.65, blended straights 3.25, California 3.25, buckwheat flour 3.50, gras ham per barrel 2.90, whole wheat flour 3.00, rye flour 3.75. Millstuffs bran per ton 16, shorts per ton 17. Feed chopped 20.50 per ton, middlings per ton 22, oil cake meal per ton 35.00.
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Beattle Marketa
California
Puget Sound
Washington
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Portland Market Prices and livestock quotes
Port land market listings include Wheat Walla Walla at 65 cents and 560 per bushel, flour prices for best grades and graham, oats and barley prices, millstuffs rates, hay values, butter and cheese quotes, poultry and eggs, potatoes and vegetables, hops, wool and mohair, mutton veal beef and pork prices. The data lists varied grades and per unit figures across commodities.
San Francisco Market Prices and Agricultural Quotes
Market report from San Francisco and Eastern Oregon lists Wool at 12 15c per pound, hops 74¢ per half pound for 1899 crop, onions yellow 75 85c per ?, butter fancy creamery 26 28c, dairy 2c, millstuffs middlings 19.00 to 20.50, bran 17.50 to 18.00, with assorted prices for Wilson wheat and other staples.
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San Francisco
Nevada
Oregon
Wiley
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