News of the Week: Global Disasters and Political upsets
A sweeping condensed dispatch lists a deadly mine accident at Champion reef with many killed, a farmer’s home fire killing a child near Greenwood California, massive Fraser River sockeye salmon catches, rising Japan silk prices, and Chinese entrants for Omaha Exposition. Also noted are Port Arthur tornado deaths, a regicide in Monmouth, Afridi Orakzai forces near Khan Khe valley, Sullivan’s Boston mayor bid, Panuela quarry gas deaths, Howard’s prison escape, Cuban insurgent executions, a nitro explosion in Cygnet Ohio, Pacific cable plans, Japan-Hawaii arbitration, possible Spanish government change, a cargo of diamonds found near Laredo, France wheat deficits, a fatal Reading wreck, Greek bond payments, Alaska rush forewarnings, and a Seattle bicycle track accident.
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Madras
Champion Reef
Thomas Hawkins
Greenwood
Cal
Fraser River
Northwest
Japan Mail
Japan
Yokohama
Secretary of the Treasury
Mee Lee Wah
Omaha
Port Arthur
Tex
Troops to Eckley Mines Amid Mine Troubles
Hazelton Pa Sept 15 troops march toward Cox Bros Eckley mines as unrest grips Hazleton district. General Gobin delays patrols until outbreak, to be joined by Philadelphia city troops after midnight. No martial law, guards placed around two superintendents houses. No arrests of sheriff or deputies during troop presence.
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Hazelton
Cox Bros
Eckley
General Gobin
Genera Gobin
Philadelphia
Hazleton
Gobin
No. 7
Martin
Remarkable life-saving aorta surgery on veteran machinist
In San Francisco Adrian Hehortoge underwent an extraordinary operation. Fifteen yards of silver wire were inserted into his aorta to form a temporary mold and stabilize the vessel. The procedure, performed amid high risk, aims to allow contraction and absorption of the wire to restore normal flow. A separate report from Colorado Springs notes Colonel H M Elway presenting a 100 pound ore sample rich in free gold from Cripple Creek, valued at about 100000 per ton, from the May Queen claim.
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San Francisco
Adrian Hehortoge
Arota
Colorado Springs
Col
H. &. Elway
Cripple Creek
Four Drowned In Cedar River Tragedy At Waverly
Waterloo Iowa reports Rev Scott Hyatt and wife Royal McQueen and Miss Mae Tibbets drowned in the Cedar river during an excursion. Hyatt McQueen and Tibbets bodies found early this morning in a deep pool clasped together. Mrs Hyatt recovered later 800 yards downstream entangled in a fence. The loss is blamed on women swimming beyond their depth while men tried to save them.
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Waterloo
Scott Hyatt
Royal McQueen
Mae Tibbets
Cedar River
Waverly
Hyatt
McQueen
Miss Tibbets
Humboldt receives Anderson and reports from St Michaels voyage
Mayor Woods of Seattle and Captain charter Humboldt announce arrival of the Anderson at Datel Harbor after a voyage from St Michaels. Humboldt brings 14 passengers and about 1500 in gold. two frightened travelers abandon their gold search. Messages deny discord among expedition members and warn of hardships and scarcity ahead in Yukon and Klondike regions.
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Seattle
St. Michaels
Ami
Elias
Anderson
Humbulis
Wasi
Klondike
Yukon
New Klondike Diggings At Sulphur Creek Stir Gold Rush
John E Light a Chicago claims on Sulphur creek report big finds near Eldorado and Dominion creeks. A stampede follows, with hundreds crossing the divide to stake claims as Dawson reports a $585.25 Yukon nugget and miners note limited yields despite vast rumors. Mrs Henderson adds northern mining tales and caution about exaggerated wealth.
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Eldorado Creek
Dominion Creek
John E. Light
Chicago
McKinnon Boys
Wellington
B. C
Dominion
Eldorado
Bonanza
Indian River
Klondike
Discovery
Dawson
Slowdike
Tacoma
E. A. Henderson
Cleveland
St. Michaels
The
Ledger
Yukon
Nick Knutson
San Francisco
Excelsior
Mr. Henderson
Hurricane Hits Yokohama Harbor Causes Floods and Loss
A fierce hurricane swept Yokohama on Thursday night flooding the city and causing property damage and loss of life. The German warship Irene and British ships Glenericht and Lonsdale were driven ashore but later floated with no serious damage reported.
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Irene
Glenericht
Davies
Port Gamble
Lonsdale
Fraser
Antwerp
Tale of Spanish Cruelty
Two passengers aboard the steamship Scandia report Spanish cruelty toward political prisoners. Juan Vivo and Albert Lopes recount detainees transported to the Cadiz area, chained, starved, and beaten on voyage. one man died from mistreatment. Vivo sailed from Malaga via Gibraltar to New York. Lopes corroborates the accounts.
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New York
Scandia
Yvery
Juan Vivo
Albert Lopes
Dewwriber
Onder
Werte
Uhatarigas
Spain
Malaga
Gibraltar
Lopea
Cuba
Europe
Vivo
Hawaii annexation progress and Grant relics proposal
A Washington dispatch says Hawaii’s senate has approved the annexation treaty by unanimous vote and the legislature is pledged to annexation. Officials expect U S Senate ratification next session and foresee no vote against annexation to avoid Japan's diplomatic challenges. Separately New York seeks to move Grant relics from the National Museum to a mausoleum room in Riverside, though no decision has yet been made.
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Herald
Washington
Senate
Republic of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Lorin M. Thurston
Thurston
House
Hawaii
United States Senate
Japan
Grant
National Museum
John H. Donevan
Porter
France
Duncan
Riverside
Central American Colony Reacts to Reyna Barrois Coup
In San Francisco on September 15 the local Central American community, led by Guatemalans, shows excitement over reports that Reyna Barrois has seized a second term by coup. Dispatches say rebels expect victory and Barrois may resign to avert bloodshed.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Reyna Barrois
Congress
Barrois
Express train robbery attempt thwarted near Foraker
An attempt by tramps to rob the Wells Fargo express train on the Chicago & Erie near Foraker was stopped when the messengers fired. The tramps escaped and no injuries are confirmed. England’s jubilee festivities featured its celebrated woman while Disraeli’s Nap lingered at Hawarden.
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Lima
Wells Fargo
Chicago & Erie
Foraker
England
Hawarden
Severe hurricane devastates Port Arthur and Sabine Pass
A Houston dispatch reports a severe hurricane striking Port Arthur and Sabine Pass last night. The storm formed around 6 PM and intensified to a coastal tidal wave by midnight, destroying all buildings. At least eight people are killed and about twenty wounded.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Houston
Tex
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Serious Train Wreck Near Denver Leaves Dozens Dead
A Rio Grande passenger train collided with a Colorado Midland stock extra 14 miles west of New Castle near Denver. Forty to twenty five people killed, with many injured and stock cars demolished. Officials cite crew error as a possible cause while two alleged thieves are in custody.
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New Castle
Colo
Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
Hannibal & St. Josep Railroad
Burbank
Emporia Wreck Toll Rises With Forty Dead In Santa Fe Crash
Twelve known dead, one missing and fourteen injured mark the Emporia Kansas railway disaster on the Santa Fe. Rescue efforts amid fire and looting unfold as officials estimate the $100,000 wreck cost. A Wells-Fargo messenger body is unaccounted. mail losses are heavy with one pouch saved for Southern California.
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Kan
Santa Fe
Wells-Fargo
J. F. Sauer
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California
New York City
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Ottawa
Miners Strike Ends as Convention Accepts Pittsburgh Terms
The great miners strike declared July 4 ends in a convention vote. Illinois opposed the settlement. Indiana and West Virginia voted for it while Ohio and Pennsylvania had mixed supports. The resolution accepts 65 cents in Pittsburgh district and nearby areas, resumes work, and funds nonprotesting miners, with Illinois to decide at Springfield on September 19. A resolution denounces deputies who fired on striking miners at Hazelton.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Con Vention
Pittsburg
Illinois
Oho
National Executive Council
Springfield
Hazelton
Freight wreck leaves seven dead at Hanson Ark
A Iron Mountain freight wreck at Hanson Arkansas near Van Buren killed seven men and injured six others with two expected to die. A car loaded with heavy machinery derailed causing 15 cars to derail. victims were from Vian and nearby. Rescue crews worked as missing count fluctuated and bodies were sent to Vian.
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Hanburn
Ark
Iron Mountain
Hanson
I. T
van Buren
Will Frame
Charles Frame
Douglass Anderson
John Johnson
Rose Henderson
Frank Hamilton
H. A. Walton
Vian
Walton
Kansas City
Times
Hanborn
Will
Charles
Menis
Gulf Coast Quarantine Orders Extended by State Board
Nashville announces quarantine along the gulf coast from Mobile to New Orleans over unfavorable gulf reports. Memphis enforces strict quarantine against New Orleans Ocean Springs Mobile and other gulf towns.
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State Board of Health
Gulf Coast
Mobile
New Orleans
Memphis
Board of Health
Ocean Springs
Mexico Dispatch Signals Stable Policy in Presidential Message
Mexico notes that the president is not expected to propose radical policy shifts in his upcoming message. Manufacturing and agricultural interests across the nation reportedly favor maintaining the silver standard.
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Mexico
Revolution in Guatemala Threatens Barrios Regime
Dispatches report a western Guatemalan revolution against President Barrios breaking out, signaling potential upheaval in the Republic.
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Berlin
Guatemala
Barrios
Republic
Twenty Four Killed in Panalas Quarry Blast
In Mexico on September 14 a deadly blast at Panalas quarry near the Vera Cruz railway killed twenty four people and injured many more as spectators crowding to view the explosion were fatally exposed to ignited gas.
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Mexico
Panalas
Vera Cruz
Cubans Expelled From Mexico
Word from Havana on September 14 reports that Mexico expelled Vera Cruz the Cuban junta representative in New York.
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Havana
Mexico
Vera Cruz
New York
Northwest Brem Items Of General Inthe From All The Cities And The Thriving Sisters
News blurbs from Washington state regarding snow at Wenatchee summit, a shingle mill start in Ocosty, harbor labor shortages, hatchery plans for Chehalis River, grain storage expansion to 180000 bushels, and a Mining Company financial tally of 1259000. Monuments costs in Walla Walla, dairy and lumpy jaw warnings, Yakima Indians threshing tensions, Klondike gold coal oil finds, Seattle church and Y M C A donations, and a Vancouver army survey detachment. Rural mail carriers and post office revenue, Beaver Hill drill, cannery progress, and grain, wool, and agriculture notes across counties.
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Ocosty
Gray's Harbor
A. C. Little
Chehalis River
Wilbur
Turner
Mining Company
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Pierce
Kingog
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Tacoma
Yakimation
T. 8
Lippy
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Methodist Church of
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Clallam
Salem Post Office
City of
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