Schley Court Weighs Calling Admiral Sampson as Witness
Washington October 6 The Schley court of inquiry debated summoning Admiral Sampson. A doctor’s certificate would excuse his attendance if summoned. Lieut Doyle corrected testimony. Hodgson faced questions about yesterday. Papers on the Santiago campaign and the “Dear Schley” letter were discussed as editors’ writings were barred.
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Washington, D.C
Schley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Sampson
Sampson
Lieut
Doyle
Brooklyn
Schley
Lemly
Santiago
Ommander Hodgson
Hodgson
New York Sun
Raynor
Dewey
Statehood Convention Called For Arizona Territory
Governor Murphy issues a semi official proclamation ordering a statehood convention in Phoenix on October 26 with delegates from all counties and an emphasis on non political barriers in selection. The Phoenix Board of Trade pledges funds for expenses and cooperation with New Mexico on a joint admission effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Murphy
Phoenix Board of Trade
Fifty-seventh Congress
Oterio
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Admiral Schley to retire from active navy list
Washington reports Rear Admiral Schley will retire October 9 by age limit while the court of inquiry remains in session. His retirement promotes Capt. Frank Wildes and Capt. Henry Glass to rear admirals. Additional promotions include Cmdrs Wilmore and Lentze to captains and LCDRs Staunton and Bartlett to commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schley
Navy
Court of Inquiry
Frank Wildes
Boston
Manila Bay
Therfore
Henry Glass
F. P. Wilmore
Eugene Lentze
Staunton and Bartlett
Money for Military Posts at Washington Barracks
The secretary of war allocates 100000 dollars to prepare Washington barracks for the army war college the school of national defense and the engineer school of application. The war college and national defense school are new and will be organized under Secretary Root. The engineer school moves from Willetts New York to Washington barracks next week with classes drawn from Fort Leavenworth and Fort Monroe graduates.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Washington Barracks
Army War College
School of National Defense
Engineer School of Application
War College
Root
Engineer
Willetts
N. Y
School For National Defense
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Monroe
Powers on Trial Opens Second Goebel Case in Georgetown
Georgetown Ky Oct 1 The second trial of Caleb Powers for conspiracy in Gov Goebel’s assassination began with a strong legal lineup on both sides Attorney Campbell for the prosecution suggested a link to the McKinley assassination noting no one was hanged for that crime.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Guv. Goebel
Campbell
McKkinley
Gov. Goebel
Cubans Aid Colombian Rebels With Arms Shipment
In Havana on October 9 reports claim Cubans are aiding Colombian rebels. A schooner carried four hundred Springfield rifles and forty thousand rounds of ammunition to Colombia.
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Havana
Colombia
Boer attack on Fort Italia far larger than initial reports
A Times dispatch from Dun dee notes the Fort Italia assault was a much bigger engagement than first indicated. Boer casualties exceed 600 with many buried on farms and 75 wounded carried off. British prisoners report heavy losses and widespread looting as the main Boer force remains near the Zululand frontier.
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London
Dundee
Times
Fort Italia
Fort Italin
Natal
de Wet
Orange River Colony
Taelkop
Botha
Zululand
Kruger's Slowing Health Stirs Boer Efforts
In The Hague on October 5, A D W Wolmarens reported Kruger’s declining mental state as a serious hindrance to Boer advocates in Europe. Kruger resists admitting illness and refuses to relocate from Hollard despite approaching winter, while a Boer leader notes hatred of Britain sustains him.
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The
Hague
A. D. W. Wolmarens
Kruger
Transvaal
Europe
Hollard
Great Britain
Commutation Effort for Czolgosz Grows in Boston
Boston social alliance circulates a commutation petition for Czolgosz, despite New York’s Guy Odell's refusal to consider it. Theodore W. Curtis acts as secretary, arguing the change serves justice and civilizational interests rather than sympathy or anarchist ties.
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Boston
Guy, Odell
New York
Czolgosz
Theodore W. Curtis
Veteran captain begins seventh small-boat voyage to Europe
Atlantic City reports Capt. W C Andrews aged 69 leaves with his bride in a fourteen-foot boat named the Dark Secret. This is said to be his seventh crossing in a small craft and he aims for the English Channel in about twelve weeks with four months of provisions aboard.
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Atlantic City
N.J
W. C. Andrews
Europe
English Channel
Fraudulent Mining Promoters Alarm Dawson Readers
United States Consul McCook reports from Dawson British Columbia that fraudulent mining companies are being promoted in the area. Prospectuses reference prominent government officials without authority and promoters pay unearned dividends in Bien to entice US investors by selling stock in worthless claims.
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Washington
United States
McCook
Dawson
British Columbia
State Department
Bien
Mine Still Burning In British Columbia Mines
Nanaimo B C Oct 5 reports say the fire at Extension mine remains not yet smothered despite limited information from officials stoppings were blown out of entrances twice yesterday and again today risking a large scale explosion all attempts to work the tunnel have been abandoned
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Nanaimo
B. C
Rich Copper Deposits Found Near Mexican Line
A Mexican boy sold stones to a San Diego assayer. Tests showed almost pure copper ore with silver streaks. The find lies about 25 miles south of the U S border, and the land is claimed under Mexican law by the boy’s father and the assayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Cabinet Considers Postal's Pacific Landing Request
Washington cabinet discussion focused on the Postal Telegraph Company seeking permission to land at San Francisco Guam Honolulu and the Philippines for a Pacific cable linking territories. The attorney general said he would have a presidential opinion ready in one week on the president’s authority to grant the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Guam
Honolulu
Philippines
United States
Pacific
Bremerton Officials Seek $1 Million Factory for Gun Repair
Puget Sound Navy Yard officials in Bremerton petitioned Congress for a $1,000,000 appropriation to build and equip a factory to repair all sizes of naval guns used on U S battleships. Washington officials reportedly favor the move, noting no Pacific Coast facility now handles large Marine gun repairs. The Bremerton yard would gain prominence as a key Pacific naval station.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Congress
United States
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Bremerton
Washington
River and Harbor Committee
Navy Yard
Direct Seattle Yukon Mail Exchange and Tonasket Postmaster Named
Washington announces a direct exchange of ordinary mails between Seattle and Dawson and White Horse in the Yukon district and discontinuation of the Skagway to Lake Bennett route. Mails between Dawson, White Horse, and Seattle will move via Skagway and Seattle railways when possible and be delivered intact when steamship dispatch lacks railway clerks. Also arranging regular transfers of registered mail between Seattle and Valdes. Tonasket gains a new post office with Joseph B. Rister as postmaster.
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Washington
Seattle
Dawson
White Horse
Yukon District
British Columbia
Skagway
Alaska
Lake Bennett
B.C
Seattle and
Railwa
Valdes
Tonasket
Okanogan County
Wash
Riverside
Joseph B. Rister
Mystery submarine boat sails to New Jersey for trials
A secretly built submarine craft from Ware Island near Stamford Harbor departs for the New Jersey coast for deep water trials. Supervisor J L Carter oversaw the project, which reportedly measures fifty feet with a cigar shaped pine hull clad in galvanized iron and powered by two engines driving two dynamos using kerosene as fuel and ballast. The vessel is believed to be an experiment for a group of capitalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford, Conn
Ware Island
Stamford
New Jersey
J. L. Carter
Pottery Works Fire Damages Pittsburg Plant
A major blaze at the Pittsburg Clay Pot Works in Allegheny caused about 280000 dollars in damage. Six firemen were injured but not fatally, and 165 workers faced weeks of idle time. A nearby 5,000,000 cubic foot gas tank from a Philadelphia company lay within 100 feet of the flames, prompting emergency efforts to prevent an explosion.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Philadelphia Company
Seattle Markets Price List for Produce and Livestock
Local Seattle dealers publish dock and car price offers for oats barley wheat chicken feed and bran hay timothy alfalfa eggs butter poultry beef cattle cows steers sheep hogs calves lambs hides pelts wool and tallow with unit ranges and condition notes reflecting regional market terms and weights. Prices cover fresh eggs butter poultry live stock hides and wool across Puget Sound and Eastern Washington deliveries.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington
Timothy
Washington to Represent State at 1903 St Louis Exposition
Governor Rogers advises chambers of commerce and boards of trade in major towns to form a Washington commission to prepare a creditable display at the St Louis exposition. Members would serve without pay, as no state appropriation has been provided, to act before the next legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Washington
United States
Rogers
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Lewis and Clark Exposition Corporation Formed in Portland
Articles of incorporation filed for the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair to be held in Portland in 1905. Capital stock of 300000 dollars across 30000 shares of 10 dollars each. Sixty seven leading Oregon business and professional men named as incorporators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Smelter Contract Signed with Blue Bird and Denver Interests
Everett news reports a contract signed at Judge Gardiner's office granting the subsidy and tonnage requested by the Denver Smelting Company. Judge Gardiner spoke for Blue Bird Mining Company while Thos Parke represented Denver capitalists. Work must start within a year after the reduction works are erected near Darrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Judge Gardiner
Denver Smelting Company
Blue Bird Mining Company
Thos. Parke
Denver
Darrington
Plague Cases in San Francisco Rise Again
Three more bubonic plague cases were reported to the marine hospital service in San Francisco. The infections occurred on September 14, 20 and 27. Officials warn that vigilance must be maintained to prevent further spread of the disease.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Governor Rogers Receives Exposition Telegram
The telegram from Buffalo dated Oct 11 1901 reports the Washington exhibit winning the highest award in forestry fisheries and agriculture with horticulture pending. It is signed by Elmer E Johnston executive commissioner of the Pan American Exposition.
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Olympia
Rogers
Buffalo
N. Y
John R. Sonar
Washington
Elmer E. Johnston
President transfers Nome lands to Interior Secretary
Washington, Oct. 12. The president by executive order places under the secretary of the interior all lands within the Nome Alaska military reservation. The action follows civil government establishment at Nome and withdrawal of troops, including barracks hospital store house officers quarters guard house and coal house.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Nome
Alaska
Bank Burglary Strikes Narka Kansas Police Seek Clues
A Beatrice Nebraska dispatch reports the state bank of Narka Kansas robbed late Thursday night. burglars blew the safe and seized a large sum of money. Bloodhounds were sent by special train to the town about forty miles southeast of Beatrice.
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Kansas City
Beatrice
Neb
State Bank
Narka
Kansas
Here
Passes to be Abolished by Major Rail Associations
A committee formed a year ago by the Central Traffic Association the Western Passenger Association and the Trunk Line Association reports unanimously that all passes should be abolished including those between presidents of roads. The action will be reported to the association for ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Traffic Association
Western Passenger Association
Trunk Line Association
Association
German liner Graf Waldersee carries two French fishermen
The Graf Waldersee arrived from Hamburg with two French fishermen aboard after they drifted for five days at sea. They were found malnourished and without water or food, miles off the French coast.
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New York
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Four Panhandle trainmen die in Onward rear end collision
Logansport Indiana October 7 four Panhandle trainmen killed in a freight train rear end collision near Onward fourteen miles southeast of Logansport Three bodies were recovered badly mutilated and the fourth nearly consumed by fire authorities did not identify the dead at once and the wreckage blocked the line The tragedy occurred during daylight hours and prompted a rush to the scene by local crews and rescue workers
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Logansport
Ind
Panhandle
Onward
Here
Lord Kitchener Reports Boer Casualties This Week
Lord Kitchener reports for the week ending yesterday Boer losses of 50 killed 26 wounded 244 captured and 60 surrendered. The casualty figures reflect ongoing confrontations as battles continue across the theater.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Town Wiped Out in Alba Fire After Citywide Devastation
Alba Texas October 12 citywide blaze destroyed every business building and residence except one causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Fire officials and residents assess fire sources and begin rebuilding efforts.
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Alba
Tex
Pacific telegraph cable to span the globe
Albany announces a new company will lay a 6912 mile cable from San Francisco to Honolulu and beyond to the Midway Islands Guam and Luzon. Cost estimate is 10 million dollars with government wishes for reduced rates and wartime control.
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Pacific Coast
Albany
N. Y
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Honolulu
Midway Islands
Guam
Luzon
Globe
Congress
Bradford
Naval Bureau of Equipment
Coal trade expands in Honolulu with new Pacific shipments
The Sandwich Islands purchase opens Honolulu to coal imports from Puget Sound ports. Weekly shipments grow as demand may double in a year. Coal mining interest rises with many new locations being filed. Stevens county Washington sees several hundred acres of coal land applications, while British Columbia deposits near the boundary line prepare for major development.
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Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Stevens County
Washington
British Columbia
Boundary Line
Fresh California Fruits Reach Paris Amid Commerce Clash
A Valencia Spain paper notes California oranges peaches and pears reach Paris after six thousand miles in better condition than local produce. It says Spanish and Italian growers struggle to compete with American cultivation methods.
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Europe
London
Paris
Valencia
Spain
America
Homesteaders Quietly Break Ground in Washington State
In 1900 young men from Eastern states and some from abroad settled land in Lincoln and Adams counties Washington. After paying a $22 government filing fee many had little cash left yet by exchanging labor with neighbors and working for others they broke and sowed their land to wheat last fall. Threshers report yields of thirty to forty five bushels per acre on these claims.
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Lincoln
Adams Counties
Wash
USC Opens With Large Endowment Drive Under Way
The University of Southern California opens under favorable auspices with a $100,000 endowment fund nearly complete. Mrs. Anna Hough, sister of the late Jay Gould, subscribed $25,000 and will add $40,000 toward a second $100,000 endowment, contingent on matching funds by November 1.
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University of Southern California
Anna Hough
Jay Gould
Simpson Lumber Opens New South Bend Sawmill
The Simpson Lumber Company started its new South Bend Washington mill on September 28. The modern facility operates at a capacity of 125000 feet per day and is regarded as one of the Pacific coast’s best.
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Simpson Lumber Company
South Bend, Wash
Pacific Coast
A Juvenile Bunko Man
A boy named Tommy asks if the golden rule applies and then presents his father with a knife and a large apple pie telling him to eat it. This odd scene is described in the San Francisco Bulletin.
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Tommy
San Francisco Bulletin
Shrewd remark sparks clash over daughter's music
Mr. Sirius Barker declares his daughter should play only classical music. He argues neighbors know nothing and she can play without complaint. The Washington Star notes such remarks reflect how circumstances alter judgments. A cabinetmaker is one of those cases. A woman may love flattery yet despise an awkward flatterer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirius Barker
Washington Star
Different Sorts of Baldness
A witty exchange sketches two speakers debating marriage to a bald professor. One mocks the professor’s appearance while the other defends a more nuanced view of baldness.
Pacific Coast Agriculture and Wheat Trade Trends
The Washington Department of Agriculture reports Pacific coast farming remains large, with fewer but bigger farms, especially in California. Wheat transport is highly efficient, ship loading occurring directly from cars or via elevators for re-cleaning and grade adjustment. About 27.45 million bushels of Pacific coast wheat are exported annually, worth around 20 million dollars.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pacific Coast
East
Middle West
California
Tidewater
Oregon
Marble and onyx display highlights Spokane fair
The interstate fair in Spokane last month showcased polished marble and onyx from Stevens county Washington. Five districts were represented and the exhibits demonstrate Washington's potential as a producer of fine marble and onyx with large deposits capable of meeting significant demand.
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Spokane
Stevens County
Wash
Washington
Idaho lawmakers approve Little Salmon wagon road contract
North and South Idaho commissioners state they accepted the Little Salmon road from contractors. An initial $12,000 state appropriation, plus $3,000 donated by the Oregon Short Line and $3,000 by the Pacific and Idaho Northern railroads, funded 27 miles of road from Goff to Round valley totaling $16,000.
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Little Salmon
Idaho
Oregon Short Line
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Goff
Round Valley
Pendleton Sees Housing Boom Spurs Population Rise
In Pendleton Oregon a town of 5000, forty new houses are under construction, 125 built in the past year and all occupied, signaling a population increase of about 500. The growth is described as natural rather than a boom, mirroring broader Western trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Incorporation Filed for Tacoma Southern Railway & Navigation
Articles of incorporation for the Tacoma Southern Railway Navigation Company were filed last week with $4,000,000 capital. The firm aims to build railway lines from Tacoma to The Dalles, Oregon, along the Columbia River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma Southern Railway & Navigation Company
Tacoma
Dalles
Oregon
Columbia River
Harney County Gains Wealth and Population Surge
Harney county Oregon shows rising wealth and population with cattle sales projected at 1 000 000 this year up from 800 000 last year. Agricultural output is about double last season, signaling strong rural growth for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harney
Harney County
Oregon
Standard Oil Plans Third-Largest Refinery at Point Richmond
The Standard Oil Company will build the United States third largest refinery at Point Richmond California near Frisco. The project involves over three million dollars in expenditure for the new plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
United States
Point Richmond
Cal
Frisco
Music Hath Strange Charms and Brooklyn Blues
A Philadelphia Record column quotes a Manayunk merchant describing how city workers can be pressured for late payments. He argues for tact and a musician’s approach, visiting police stations at payday, sharing a cheery greeting, discussing weather, and playing Then You'll Remember Me to coax payment before the next payday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manayunk
Philadelphia Record
Iron and Steel Export Surges in 1890 Trade
America last year exported iron and steel valued at 120 million dollars, a figure exceeding the total exports of all kinds in 1890. This shows a sharp shift in the nation’s trade balance toward heavy industry products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
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