History of a Week and World News Digest
A weekly roundup reports the Boxer Rebellion rising in China with killings including a French missionary and Belgian priest, plus officials and converts slain. It notes Chinese resistance and foreign troops, and outlines a plan to overrun Honan and Shantung toward Pekin. Also covers President Roosevelt’s western trip schedule for autumn visits to Springfield, Detroit, San Antonio, plus potential Mississippi bear hunt.
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Victoria
B. C
Culvering
Pekin
Southwest Chili
Yea
Go Chi Bing
Wei Hien
Honan
Shang Tung
Roosevelt
Southwest
Northwest
Springfield
Detroit
Mich
San Antonio
Texas
Mississippi
New Orleans
Not Guilty Verdict Draws Judge's Rebuke in McFetridge Case
Judge Kavanagh criticized the jury after a not guilty verdict for William McFetridge in a murder charge. He said the evidence was direct and conclusive and stated he would not have been surprised by a death penalty. The report also notes Revolutionists fleeing in Panama as troops advance.
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William McFetridge
Kavanagh
Chicago
McFetridge
Texas Flood Dams Bridges Wash Away Rail Lines
Severe floods sweep the Texas Panhandle along the Denver road with destroyed telegraph and telephone wires. Bridges over the Pease and Red rivers are partially gone and more than two hundred feet of track washed away. Crops damaged but no lives reported.
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Texas Panhandle
Denver Road
Colorado
Texas
Pease
Red Rivers
Grand Rapids Furniture Association declines pool join
A Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers' association meeting practically decided not to join the proposed furniture pool, signaling a blow to the combine and possible non completion this year. The report mentions peace after a long war, Lord Kitchener's Pretoria terms, a balloon accident in Kingston Point, and various other war and immigration notes.
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Furniture Trust
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Combine
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Lord Miller
Mount Pelee Eruptions Threaten Martinique Island
Professor Hill, US geologist, warns extreme danger remains over Martinique after Mount Pelee eruptions. He reports unprecedented volcanic activity and unknown future developments as his party traversed the ashes zone from Deux Choux to Fonds St. Denis and reached the Itaizaud plantation.
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Mount Pelee
Island of
Martinique
Hill
United States
Fort de France
Science
Deux Choux
Fonds St. Denis
Itaizaud Plantation
Striking Mount Pelee Witness Accounts From Prof Hill
Prof Hill recounts near approach to Mount Pelee and Morne Rouge during the May eruption. He notes explosive gas oxidation, mushroom columns, and dangerous conditions for climbers while documenting new volcanic phenomena and frightened refugees. A separate report claims Gov Monttet ignored Landes warnings, contributing to St Pierre’s destruction. A Great Northern flyer crash near Ojata, North Dakota injures one clerk.
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St. Pierre
Fonds St. Denis
Hill
Mount Parnasse
May S
Morne Rouge
Pelee
Wort de France
Deux Choux
Martinique Disaster Costs Newspapers Enormous Sum
The Martinique catastrophe forced newspapers to spend vast sums on cable reports. Cable messages cost $2.15 per word, urgent messages $6.45 per word, plus tags, staff, and photographers, with coverage extending 10,600 miles via an indirect route to New York.
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Martinique
Unian
Fort de France
New York
St. Croix
Dominica
St. Lucia
Guadeloupe
Paramaribo
Cayenne
Para
Madeira
Lisbon
Azores Islands
United States of America
Shipbuilding activity in America in late 1901
The United States bureau of navigation reports a strong half year with 568 vessels totaling 179 229 tons built in 1900 compared with 1901’s 154 073 tons in 377 ships. Weaving in tonnage by region shows Atlantic gulf 84 347 tons Great Lakes 45 855 Pacific coast 18 211.
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America
United States Bureau of Navigation
Atlantic
Gulf Seaboard
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
First National Bank of Wewoka authorized to begin business
The GComptroller of the Currency allows First National Bank of Wewoka I J to start operations with a capital of 25000 dollars. Other notes report a Nematia County farmer striking a coal vein while drilling, a unionization push for Pullman car conductors and porters, and the steam yacht Vixen’s Hudson trial speed of 23.7 miles per hour.
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Gcomptroller of
First National Bank of
Wewoka
I.J
Martin Garvin
Nematia
Iran
Pullman Car
United States
Hudson
Vixen
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Boy Confesses Killing Schoolmate After Alleged Assault
Jacob Graham aged 13 confessed to police in St Joseph Missouri that he killed Robert C Hunter 14 by striking him after claiming Hunter assaulted him The death occurred from concussion of the brain Hunter died after going home Mount Temple steamed from New Orleans to Cape Town with 1062 horses Whattyes kraals burned by burghers killed 32 Boers near Scheppers Nek Kansas City considers cotton mill prospects Former State Senator Francis M Wilson of Platte City plans 1904 bid for Democratic nomination for congress in the Fourth Missouri district
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Jacob Graham
St. Joseph
Robert C. Hunter
Graham
Hunter
Whattyes
Schepper
Nek
Kansas City
Francis M. Wilson
Platte City
Cinigrease
Cost of living rise shown by 1890 1901 index study
Carroll Wright’s labor department report uses base price 100 for 1890 1899 to index 261 commodities. The analysis shows wholesale price increases across groups, confirming that a dollar buys less in recent years and impacting households with food dress goods and tools.
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United States
Department of Labor
Carroll D. Wright
Col. Wright
Monument Dedicated on Memorial Day in New York City
New York City's memorial to Union soldiers and sailors from the Civil War sits on Riverside Drive near Ninth Street. The Grecian temple style monument, 100 feet tall, was dedicated on Decoration Day with the cornerstone laid December 15, 1900 by Gov. Roosevelt. Built of white Dorset marble on pink granite, it features twelve Corinthian columns, a domed interior chamber, and a bronze door with an eagle. Total cost, including approaches, is about 260000 dollars.
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New York City
Ninth Street
Roosevelt
Congress Debates Philippine Bill and Silver Coinage
The House and Senate spent days debating the Philippine question and silver coinage while passing multiple bills. Private pension measures and district code amendments moved forward. A conference on the omnibus public building and fortifications bills was approved.
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District of Columbia
Senate
Count de Rochambeau
House
Oakwoods Cemetery
Chicago
Messrs
Dalzell
Cannon
Richardson
Fenn
Senate Committee
Congress in Session Late July After Public Buildings Bill Passes
Washington notes report Congress to stay in session until late July. The Senate passed an omnibus public buildings bill totaling 21 255 150 dollars. Roosevelt may not campaign publicly, but delivered an Arlington speech unveiling Spanish War monument.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Arlington
Gallinger
Senate Judiciary Committee
America
Frederick the Great
United States Philippine Commission
Customs Service
Court of Appeals
Lambert Tree
Foreign Commerce Bureau
France
Corporal O'Brien
Senate Philippine Committee
Cant. McDonald
Rochambeau
United States
Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
Vna
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St Deon
Wewasa
Hast
Wear
China
Colombia
Victor Salazar
Department
Panama
Punta Pinas
Chiriqui
Grandea
Bocas del Toro
Hicks
Harry Hicks
Kingston Point
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
Weis
Meade
Sanco
Manila
Board of Charities
Gov. Monttet
Prof. Landes
University of
Landes Gory
Mouttet
Landes
Lan
Des
Gov
Prof
Ojata
N. D
Frank Heffron
Robert T. With
PELAW
Corrigan
McDonnell
Brooklyn
Wigger
Mewark
N. J
Gabriels
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Galway
Ireland
Gord Morris
Killanin
Chicago Record-Herald
Cape Town
Cousumer
Wena
Clyde Blair
Chicago University
Fort Scott
Kan
Blair
Col. A S. Johnson
Kansas
The
Native Sons, of
Massachusetts
Patterson
Orly
Committee
Hoar
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