Exile from Korea Arrives in Victoria Bound for U S
Prince Yang Ho Pak, a Korean exile, arrives in Victoria aboard the Empress of Japan after fleeing Seoul to avoid arrest. He seeks asylum in the United States, saying he was forced out of Korea and cannot predict his future plans. He is about 40, slight in build, with an intellectual face, having spent a decade in Japan and returned to Korea briefly last August.
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Victoria
United States
Vicront
Yang Ho Pak
Interior
Seoul
Quean
Japan
Gong
Korea
Pak i
Thia
Conference of Silver Democrats in Washington outlines policy
Delegates and silver sympathizers fill the Metropolitan hotel for a conference led by Senators Harris Turpin and Jones of Arkansas to shape Democratic policy on silver. Two thirds of states represented. a committee is formed to draft a program and resolutions. the event is explained as a leadership meeting, not a convention.
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Wasminaros
Metropolitan
Silver Democrats
Opor Atimu
Harris
Turpin
Jones
Arkansas
Democratic Party
Casey Young
Jouss
George
M. Locrons
Virginia
Trinda
Missouri
Alabama
Ohio
Georgia
Indiana
Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Dakota
West Virginia
Colorado
South Carolina
North Carolina
Florida
Call
Tennessee
Himmell
Daniel
W. J. Daniel
E.W. Carmack
Tennesse
J. F. Johnston
Patrick Walsh
A. W. Clark
W. Hinrichsen
Btincia
J. J. Jarvis
W. J. Stone
H. M. Biji
J. 8
Beard
A. Woodson
Olney Nowell
W. R. Bierley
W. 5
Yoder
J. F. Saulsbury
William Coleman
W. 8
Stockdale
J. FB. Trentien
J. J. Cornwall
Bilas Hare
Texas
J. K Jones
Arkansan
Zenith City Launches as Largest Great Lakes Steamer
The Zenith City, a 405 foot steel steamer, was launched at the Chicago Ship Company yard on August 16 with champagne, a large Duluth delegation, and Miss Bleming breaking the bottle. Built as a heavy freight carrier for iron ore and grain, the vessel measures 405 feet long, 48 feet beam, 8 feet draft, with 3,870 net tons and 8,704 gross tons, and will operate from Duluth.
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Burgest
Treat Lakes
Zenith City
Chic Cago Ship Company
Pawe
Carde
Bleming
John C. Fleming
Carnegia Steel Company
United States
Calumet
Duluth
A. B. Wolvin
Skoumor
Zourth
Min
Thousands Dead After Japanese Storm Ravages Coast
Stem of reports from Hong Kong and Japan detail a deadly July storm affecting the Japanese coast and southern regions. News says thousands perished, with many sailors and fishermen drowned, several steamships driven ashore, rail accidents rising, and coastal villages destroyed. Investigations into a alleged plot against Hawaiian government noted. authorities report multiple Americans implicated though none arrested yet. The Empress of Japan carriage brings advices up to August 2.
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Vancouver
Oriental
Hong Kong
Unutou
Honolulu
Affai
Japan
Sutsnin
Manitoba Wheat Crop Yields Project Record-High Totals
The Manitoba crop bulletin estimates wheat at 25.6 bushels per acre for a total of 20,124,815 bushels with data suggesting 21,881,418 bushels. Barley at 36.8 bushels totals 6,507,310 bushels, overall grain yield for Manitoba 67,301,001 bushels. hail damage about 1 percent. Prospects for a large safe harvest are reported by correspondents.
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Migured Oo
Winxirka
Man
Bullerin
Manitoba
Distilling Firm’s Assets Sold to Reorganization Panel
Chicago August 16 Under Judge Showalter authority General John MuNulta receiver of the distilling and cattle feeding company sold the corporation assets to the reorganization committee for 69 800 000 The sale completes a drastic reorganization plan and transfers control to the committee for future oversight.
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Bold
Chicago
Showalter
John MuNulta
Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company
Reorganization Committee
Abandon Bay District Track Threatens Bay District Race
Thomas H. Williams, president of the California Jockey Club, reportedly failed to secure backing in Chicago and New York for the Bay District racekick. A local paper claims the San Francisco track will be abandoned as a result of the mission's failure.
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San Francisco
Thomas H. Williams
California Jockey Club
Chicago
New Yorks
Omaha Police War Ends in Court Settlement Fight
Old and new police commissions reach a compromise with the state supreme court to settle the Omaha police dispute. The AP A commission agrees the old force may remain in possession until a decision is reached, avoiding further direct conflict.
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Omuana
Omaha
Wittont
Old Fire and Police Commission
Supreme Court
Seller Jurors in Durrant Case Springs Shock
San Francisco Aug 16 another sensation in the Durrant case as Mrs Durrant spurns a bribery bid from a two woman agent claiming votes for acquittal might be bought. She alerted her son’s lawyers and police noting the offer. Agent Mrs Sarah Groger admits visiting Mrs Durrant and offering coin to influence the verdict, though she says she acted for a third party and innocently.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Sarah Groger
Leavenworth Street
Parrant
Groger
Northern Pacific Controversy Prompts Hearing Move
Aug. 15 report from Searae Washington notes prospects for another order in the Northern Pacific railroad controversy. Silas W Pettit plans to cite receivers in Judge Hanford's court on Aug 22 to oust current receivers and name new ones, alleging collusion with Hill Adams to favor the Northern Pacific for the Great Northern. Potential target includes William M Cromwell and Kendrick.
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Searae
Wash
Northern Pacific Railroad
Silas W. Pettit
Hill- Adams
Great Northern
Pettit
William M. Cromwell
New York
Kendrick
St. Paul
European crops and three Minnesota cannibals tale
The European agent reports fair crops in most countries except Great Britain where drought injures all crops. France and Germany show generally favorable conditions with some reductions and quality notes. Russia expects average wheat and better rye. Three Minnesota men reportedly lost on Teburon island amid cannibal legends, while a judge in Parlor Prau sentences W W Taylor to five years. United States and allies urged to pursue guarantees against Chinese outrages.
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Great Beituin
Europe
Agricultural Department
Great Britain
France
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Hungarian
Russia
Waite
la Peterspore
Novosti
United States
Ireland building collapse linked to old well under pillar
In Old Watt New York on Aug 16 investigators uncovered an ancient well beneath the Ireland building’s foundation central pillar as debris was cleared after ten lives were lost. At Mason City Iowa on Aug 16 the North McGregor and Chamberlain mail pouch was cut and rifled. a large amount of plunder reported.
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Old Watt
New York
Ireland
Mason City
Murder shadow over Bannock crisis in Indian report
An Interior report by Cay. David T. Van Eradale of the Seventh Infantry, former acting agent at Fort Hull, says hunger and treaty rights push Bannocks to hunt. It asserts killings amid tensions may amount to murder and warns government inaction risks renewed violence and loss of life and property. General Coppinger moves east from Jacksons Hole with cavalry, two troops remaining under Major Chaffee.
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Coppinger
Washixeton
Jacksons Hole
Chaffee
Divorce by Hypnotism Sparks Hawarden Court Fight
In Hawarden on Sept 11 1891 Etta J Hurt was granted a divorce from William Hart by default. She remarried Seth Allen the same day. Hart seeks to set aside the decree alleging hypnotism by his wife and claims 10000 damages for alleged alienation of affections.
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Hawanpex
Hawarden
Etta J. Hurt
William Hart
Allen
Chinese Government in Helpless Confusion, Times Dispatch
The Times reports from Tien Tin that the Chinese government is in helpless confusion and unable to take decisive action or exert authority. Observers warn results may be serious until foreign powers take precautions.
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Sosvox
Ang
the Times
Tien Tin
Murder, divorce, and jailbreaks reported across states
James Amyck was shot and killed by his divorced wife Ella Amyck in a dispute witnessed by her brother and his wife. Amyck had menaced the woman, who seized a Winchester rifle and fired, Amyck dying minutes later. George Rice, a Wisconsin jail escapee awaiting burglary trial, was recaptured and held as a fugitive. A separate note mentions a jailbreak-era fugitive linked to counterfeit cases in Mind. In Japan, no confirmation of a cabinet crisis has reached the legation, which would know only after a new ministry is formed.
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Sen Vend Evreks
Kau
Ang li
James Amyck
Ella Amyck
Washington
Wen
Japan
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