News of the Week from Across Continents
General Werler plans departure from Cuba on October 20. Lela Jones, four, dies crushed by logs at a Ferndale logging camp. Cuban independence struggle energy with Palva presiding Cuban junta mass meeting in New York. Idaho clash leaves three farmers dead amidst settler and sheepman strife. Klondike naming decisions by U S geographic board. Taia spelling adopt. Langtry’s former husband Langtry committed to insane asylum. Fire victim Robert Parks found dead in Dixon Indiana. Multiple crimes and legal actions extend across Seattle to St Louis and San Quentin.
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Royal Arch Masons
Baltimore
Lela Jones
Ferndale
Wash
Nooksack
Arctic
Charles Stewart Parnell
Dublin
Glasnevin
Ireland
United States Board of Geographical Names
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Klondike
Clondyke
Linn Canal
Ufder
Admiral Meade
Krause
Schwatka
Dayi
Dall
Edward Langtry
Lily Langtry
Dixon
Robert Parks
St. Louis
George P. Peffer
Robert Delaney
Eddie Bosley
George Bosley
Bothell
Seattle & International
Union Pacific Committee
Union Pacifi Road
Omal Bridge
Treasury
United States Circuit Court
United States
Steamer Flyer
Seattle
California
Stella
Columbia River
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Pelican
Puget Sound
Theodore Durrant
Appelle Hale
San Quentin
Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Hart
Appellant
Durrant
Cook's Inlet Gold Brings 200000 In Dust To Port Townsend
Port Townsend reports that the steamer City of Topeka carried 200000 in gold dust from Cook's Inlet among 85 men planning to winter in a more favorable climate. No rich strikes are claimed. daily dust averages range from 3 to 10 dollars with occasional higher yields. Robert Michaelson and H A Schemser are among notable claim owners joining the winter settlement.
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Port Townsend
Wacb
Klondike
Topeka
Alaska
Cook's Inlet
Cook’s Inlet
Perry
Sitka
Puget Sound
Juneau
Robert Michaelson
Michaelson
Aleeses
S. D
T. J. Reilly
New York
Bear Creek
Reilly
Seattle
John F. Maloney
Dawson
Galvin
Associated Press
Maloney
Hunker Creek
Gold Bottom Creek
Eldorado
Alexander McDonald
Henry Bratnaber
Ratchilds
Miners Face Severe Winter On Dalton Trail From Klondike
Report from Skaguaw Alaska dated Oct 12 warns of dire conditions on the Dalton trail to Lake Lindemann. James Clark and C A Brown report 26 days travel from Dawson to Haines mission with cattle loss and scarce provisions. Many parties fear starvation as two feet of snow blankets lakes and camps, with Indian guides essential to navigate a 417 mile route.
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Skaguaw
Alaska
Klondike
James Clark
C. A. Brown
Birch Creek
Dawson City
Pelly River
Haines
Thorp
Brown
Clark
Dalton Trail
Lake Lindemann
Lindemann
Bennett
Fire at Broken Mill mine kills three workers in smoke
The Miowera reports a September 13 blaze in block 13 of the Broken Mill mine near Vancouver. Fire erupted after 6 to 7 pm with underground smoke filling drives, volunteers aided by mine officers, sand and timber used to block flames, and fifty men overcome by smoke and heat including three fatalities.
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Vancouver
B. C
Australia
Fie
Broken Mill
Block 13
City of Topeka Brings Captain Hackett After Ann ie C. Moore Fire
Victoria reports the steam er City of Topeka arrived from Alaska with Captain Hackett and the crew of the Annie C. Moore, burned in Lynn Canal. The schooner and its hay and feed cargo were completely destroyed after departing for Skaguay.
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Victoria
B. C
City of Topeka
Alaska
Hackett
Annie C. Moore
Lynn Canal
Skaguay
Whaling Schooner Brings Escape Boat From Arctic Ice
The Bonanza docked in San Francisco with the canvas boat used by Captain Whitesides and six crew from Nevarches to escape the ice jam wreck. The boat has a double canvas bottom and a tearskin for protection. Whitesides credits forethought for the safety of seven men.
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San Francisco
Arctic
Whitesides
Bear
Miner Killed In Mine Cage Accident In Butte
Joe Wallace was instantly killed and David McEllroy fatally injured at the St. Lawrence mine in Butte Montana. The cage rose without the engineer stopping the engine as miners approached. Wallace's neck was broken and McEllroy remained unconscious.
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Butte
Mont
Joe Wallace
David McEllroy
St. Lawrence
Wallace
Saloon Shooting in Brenham Ends in Surrender
Brenham Texas report of Bob Carter killing James Burch in a saloon last night and surrendering. Today Carter’s body was found behind the jail area, riddled with bullets.
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Brenham
Tex
Bob Carter
James Burch
Fire kills man in California barn blaze and horses die
Frank Guerrero burned to death when, after drinking, he slept in a barn where matches in his pocket ignited a fire. The blaze destroyed the barn and two horses perished 18 miles north of San Luis Obispo. The text also notes Liverpool’s giant fire engine capable of 1,800 gallons in four minutes and a 140 foot high stream.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
Frank Guerrero
Liverpool
Cuban Exiles May Return Decree Restores Havana Officials
Havana reports General Weyler issued a decree allowing the return to the island of Senor Gonzales Lanuza a Havana supreme court judge and university professor and Emilio Nunez a prominent lawyer along with Alfredo Zayas Adolfo Diaz Ignacio Lamas Manuel Castro Palomino Juan Nasenat Adolfo dela Cueva Miguel Ferro and 121 others exiled.
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Havana
Weyler to Madrid as Cuba changes take hold
Madrid dispatch reports General Weyler to depart for Madrid with command handed to Marshal Blanco and Linares. Replacements planned for Weyler’s aides. crackdown policies to ease. Manila unrest grows as reinforcements to the Philippines loom and Jules Rivera oversees reduced European force.
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New York
Madrid
Weyler
Marquis de Ahmada
Linares
Wesler
Marshal Blanco
Cuba
Council of Ministers
Count Xinguena
Transatlantic
Bianco
Marshal Campos
Blanco
Palma
General Weyler
Philippine Islands
Japan
China
Manila
Marshal Rivera
Philippines
Spain
U S Gold Output Soars in 1897 Says Chicago Paper
The Times-Herald reports US gold production surges in 1897 with California Colorado Black Hills Arizona Montana Idaho Oregon leading. Klondike yields about 8 million, Washington Wyoming New Mexico Nevada also strong, pushing total to over 30 million, about a third of world output.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
United States
Klondike
California
Colorado
Black Hills
Arizona
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nevada
Rome Tradesmen Propose Tax Reform Amid Riot at Interior
A pro tax protest led tradesmen and Rome chamber of commerce to the interior ministry to seek tax equity. Premier Rudini pledged effort for fairer tax relations. Police dispersed a violent segment. six officers were hurt, one rioter killed, twenty leaders arrested.
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Rome
Pro-Syndica of Rome
Chamber of Commerce
Rudini
Government Buys Derby Winner Galtee-More
Vienna reports the government has purchased the Derby winner Galtee-More for $20,000. The deal is said to be completed and the horse acquired under official arrangements.
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Vienna
Det
Galtee-More
Leprosy Conference Opens in Berlin with 150 Delegates
The international leprosy conference in Berlin opened with 150 physicians attending. Professor Virchow was elected chairman, Dr. Lasser delivered the inaugural address, and Count Posadowsky welcomed delegates for the government. Also noted is New South Wales population of 97,620, up about 4,400 in the past year.
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Berlin
Professor Virchow
Dr. Lasser
Count Posadowsky
Interior
New South Wales
Lightning strike at Union Ridge church kills woman
Union Ridge North Carolina October 13 Mrs E P Huntman died from an electric shock moments before entering a church and many others were seriously hurt as a bolt of lightning caused widespread panic through the town overnight.
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Union Ridge
N.C
E. P. Huntman
Japan to Represent at Washington Sealing Conference
Official telegram from Yokohama reports Japan has accepted the invitation to send a representative to the sealing conference in Washington. The message confirms Tokyo will participate in the talks on the international agreement.
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London
Yokohama
Japan
Washington
Forest fires rage across Manitoba border into North Dakota
Winnipeg reports fires that have burned many people near Whitemouth and Broken Head, with several deaths including a German woman and a trapper. Fires spread across the boundary, destroying homes, downing telegraph poles, and forcing residents to flee through smoke and flames.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
North Dakota
Whitemouth
H. L
Darwin
Horner
Broken Head
Young
Beautjour
O. W. Thomas
Morris
Bold Hold Up Delivers Loot On Oregon City Car
An East Side Railway car Ona bound for Portland was halted at Meldrum station four miles from Oregon City by two masked gunmen. They robbed 34 passengers of about $97, kept their revolvers trained, and vanished into brush as the car resumed. Police sought the suspects with no trace found.
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Portland
East Side Railway Company
Ona
Meldram
Oregon City
Meldrum
Kanakee Marsh Fires Spread in Indiana County
Valparaiso Indiana October 11 The Kankakee marsh fires spread as farmers fight them day and night Several houses were destroyed last night The big marsh near Assinong caught fire sweeping acres of land Residents of Hebron Koutz and Kinman fear the flames may cross deep ditches and threaten more property
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Valpariso
Ind
Kankakee
Assinong
Hebron
Koutz
Kinman
Marsh fires near Niles threaten farms and game
East and north of Niles Michigan fires rage for a week. Farmers defend homes and move belongings while game leaves the marshes. Near Berrien Springs the Big Meadow blaze scorches hundreds of acres of potatoes, marking the worst fire here since 1871.
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Niles. Mich
Berrien Springs
Big Meadow
Fires threaten farms and fields across multiple regions
Prairie fires in Summers and Bristol counties driven by engine sparks burn farm property and corn fields while efforts to halt the flames continue. Northwestern Illinois forest fires consume shocks of corn in Decatur. In East St Louis a worker suffers severe burns from a hot iron bar. In Washington a quartz claim reports rich strike and ore body near Swank.
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Kenosha
Wis
Summers
Bristol Counties
Decatur
St. Louis
John Jackson
Tudor Iron Works
East St. Louis
Jackson
Ellensburg
Wash
Tweet & Johnson
Buggy Struck by Train Near Watsonville Cal
The afternoon train from Santa Cruz struck a buggy carrying Mrs. Carr and her young son in Watsonville California. Both occupants sustained injuries judged fatal with the son also badly hurt. The accident occurred today as the train passed through.
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Watsonville
Cal
Santa Cruz
Carr
Explosion at Virtue mine kills miner in Baker City
In Baker City Oregon this afternoon an explosion at the Virtue mine on the 600 foot level killed J P Maddox and injured several miners after a lighted candle reportedly ignited powder in the magazine. In Constantinople the sultan named Tevhkr Pasha the Turkish plenipotentiary to negotiate peace with Greece.
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Baker City
Virtue
J. P. Maddox
Constantinople
Tevhkr Pasha
Turkey
Greece
Electric car jumps track in Seattle embankment
A Third avenue electric car carrying about 25 passengers derailed this afternoon and plunged down a 10 foot embankment. Remarkably none sustained serious injuries, with quick local response helping evacuate passengers.
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Seattle
Third Avenue
Struck by an Electric Car in Detroit
Detroit report says Thomas McGraw an elderly capitalist was struck by an electric car today and sustained injuries from which he cannot recover.
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Detroit
Thomas McGraw
Two Local Fatalities Reported in Separate Incidents
Medford Oregon report states Mrs. Mary E Wigle died after burns from a fire set while she cooked breakfast. Chicago notices a footpad robbery of newspaper carrier Frank Brunestein, 60, who was shot during the hold up and died shortly after.
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Medford, Or
Mary E. Wigle
Chicago
Frank Brunestein
Bunnestein
Northwest News Flash from the Northwest States
Reports from Washington and Oregon detail a growing surge of activity. A six inch refracting telescope arrives in Tacoma via the Sound University, while Kitsap County sues for 600 dollars over a supreme judge salary payment dispute. A woodsman named James A. Roberts collapses in a saloon, and Charl H. S. Ballou, a well known land dealer, is identified after a grim scene with a bullet. Shingle mills, hopfields, cattle thefts, and grain shipments color the regional activity as governors, educators, and merchants navigate shortages and growth across the Pacific Northwest.
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The
Sound University
L. H. Coon
Ett
W. R. Stockle
Union City
Vicini
Whatcom
Kitsap County
Kitsap
James A. Roberts
Charl H. S. Ballou
Tate
Geles
California
la Conner
Aberdeen
Washington
Rogers
Eljensburg
Yakima
Okanogans
Wall Walla
Spokane
Board of Education
Board of
Oregon
Coburg
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