Powers in Accord All Fall in Link with America
Washington dispatch reports favorable European chancelleries indicate a near complete agreement on China based on Secretary Hay’s July proposals. Russia and France are ready to negotiate, Germany may join, and prospects for a settlement without formal gear look brighter than a week ago.
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Washington
China
Hay
Russia
United States
State Department
France
Germany
Foreigner blame at church meeting and other early 20th century items
At a Boston meeting Dr. Francis A. Clark denounced foreigners amid rising China tensions, urging Christian missions to seize the moment. In San Francisco, deputies head to Nome to arrest receiver Alex McKenzie over contempt of writs. A Valparaiso report claims ex minister Salvador Lopez y Guijarro embezzled over 100000. In Philadelphia a likely collision sinks the British steamer Riela after a voyage from New York.
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Boston
Congregational Ministers
Francis A. Clark
United Christian Endeavor
China
Massachusetts
America
Great Britain
San Francisco
United States
Shelly Monckton
George H. Burnham
Seattle
Cape Nome
Senator
Alex McKenzie
Nome
United States Circus Court of Appeals
New York
Herald
Valparaiso
Salvador Lopez Y Guijarro
Loez
Philadelphia
Eagle Point
Hewigan
London
Delaware
Biela
Manchester
England
Unwatered Utopia Irrigation Versus the West
Los Angeles Herald highlights the National Irrigation Association case for federal action to reclaim 100 million acres of arid land. It cites a potential population of 50 million, argues only public agencies can build reservoirs, and calls for a decade long $15 million yearly program plus a $100000 preliminary survey. Author Guy Ek Mitchell.
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Los Angeles Herald
National Irrigation Association
Secretary of Agriculture
Hiram M. Chittenden
Engineer Corps
Congress
Guy Ek. Mitchell
Filipinos Attack Near Manila and Elsewhere Reported
Reports from Manila describe renewed Filipino raids near Las Pinas Paranaque Imus Bacoor and Muntinlupa with outpost firing. Insurgent activity is noted in Zambales and Batangas with about 90 insurgents killed in various districts. Two civilians from San Francisco Jack McMahon and Ralph McCord are missing after a trip to Northern Luzon.
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Manila
Las Pinas
Paranaque
Imus Bacoor
Mautin Lupa
Zambales
Batangas
Bicol
South Camarines
John McMahon
Ralph McCord
San Francisco
Vigan
Bangued
Luzon
Unrest in Two Kwang Provinces Flares Across China
London reports highlight upheaval in the southern provinces with a Triad uprising near Canton and renewed Christian persecution in Shan Tung. Dispatches note Russians defeating Manchurian forces, and Chinese authorities moving the commissariat head office to Taku.
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Kwang
Shan Tung
London
Daily News
United States
William
China
Great Britain
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Chinese Commissariat
Ching Kiang
Yang Strait
Taku
Shen Si
Daily Express
Hong Kong
Canton
The
Times
Waichau
Sauen
Kowloo
Wreck of Futamai Maru and Pacific Cable Award
News from the antipodes reports the Futamai Maru wreck after striking Mindora island in a gale, with total loss of ship and cargo valued at 1.5 million dollars and 150 people saved. Also noted are a Townsville plague outbreak, a Pacific cable contract won by Telegraph Construction & Maintenance for 9.5 million, and a Newcastle coal strike with 1,100 idle workers.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Mindora Island
Dule Bering
Townsville
New South Wales
Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company, Limited
Newcastle
Mount Arrowsmith
Tasmania
Los Negros
R. Lyne
Chipper
John Garland
Peter Mullen
Burned at the stake in Electric Alabama
Wetumpka reports Winfield Townsend alias Floyd, a negro, was burned at the stake in Electric after a midnight attempt to assault Mrs Harrington. Townsend confessed to related crimes and implicated Alexander Floyd, who was hanged two weeks earlier for an attempted assault on Miss Kate S Carson.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Winfield Townsend
Floyd
Electric
Lonnie Harrington
Townsend
Devoro
Dext
Alexander Floyd
Kate S’carson
Brutal Idaho murder shocks Wallace store owner
In Wallace Idaho Matt Mailey was found murdered at his store after a passerby reported the body near the rear. The locked doors, blood on the floor, and signs of a violent struggle suggest homicide with no obvious motive or missing cash. A witness saw a tall slim man with Mailey earlier.
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Wallace
Idaho
Matt Mailey
Ciear
Mailey
Coeur d’Alenes
Steamers with treasure bring gold and passengers
The Pacific Coast Steamship City of Topeka arrived from Lynn canal with about 150 passengers and 200000 dollars in gold, mostly in small sums. The Dutch wreck is being floated. The Senator came from Cape Nome with 100 passengers and 133000 dollars in treasure, including John Noyes of Butte and N P R Hatch en route to San Francisco for a legal matter. Missionaries and engineers in Shanghai deemed safe after reports from Gent Che Li and Sheng.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Topeka
Lynn Canal
Pasengers
Skagway
Cape Nome
St. Michael
Nome
John Noyes
Butte, Mont
N. P. R. Hatch
San Francisco
Ile
Landbloom, Lindberg
Federal District Court
Paris
Shanghai
Gent
Che Li
Sheng
Theng-Ting-Fu
Ning Tian Lung
Good Fortune Ended by Disease and Cure in Waldron Area
In Shelbyville Indiana near Waldron farmer Robert White, once a strong man now past forty, endured rheumatism and catarrh. After a severe bout with the grippe he relapsed. Doctors failed and self treatment followed until Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured him after six months. He credits the pills with purifying his blood and restoring health, and notes local demand increased at Waldron druggists.
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Waldron
Ind
Robert White
White
Grippe
Matisville
Dr. Williams
Williams
Nature
Bradstreet Reports a Brighter Industrial Outlook
Bradstreets notes September ends with a better industrial outlook. Sign of possible settlement of the anthracite coal strike gains credibility. Iron and steel show improving inquiries. structural demand steady and prices firm. Wheat and exports shift, with weekly totals up from last week.
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Bradstreet
Bradstreets
Pacific Coast Market Prices Across Seattle and Portland
Seattle and Portland markets list extensive prices for produce meats dairy and grains. Entries include onions lettuce potatoes beets turnips wax beans squash carrots parsnips cauliflower cucumbers cabbage tomatoes butter eggs cheese poultry hay corn flour millstuffs hay and livestock with varying grades and per unit costs. Market notes show fluctuating values for wheat, oats, barley, flour, and dairy from multiple regional sources.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Market Prices Reported for Grains and Dairy Goods
San Francisco Market lists Wool Spring Nevada at 11 18c per pound and Eastern Oregon at 10 140. Yale ley 16 18c Northern 9 10cc Hope Crop 1900 12 14c Butter Fancy creamery 280 doseconds 26 27c fancy dairy 260 doseconds 28c per pound Eggs Store 23c fancy ranch 88c Milatuffa Middlings 18.00 92.00 bran 15.50 16.50.
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Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Nevada
Yaleley
Northern
Fancy Ranch
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