Sunday school gains and losses in Oregon listing
The Oregon state Sunday school union held a convention at The Dalles reporting 26 new Sunday schools organized during the year while enrollments fell by 225 schools 2 544 officers and teachers and 16 979 scholars.
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Oregon State Sunday Cachool Union
Dalles
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Hawaii
Houses of Congress
Hawaiian Republic
Pribylov Islands
David Starr Jordan
Cepes
Teave San Frankhdebe
Admiralty
Pembroke Dockyard
Nathve Crumpacker
United
Congress
Fatal shooting on Astoria fishing boat in July incident
Louis Spina was fatally wounded in a late night quarrel aboard a fishing boat when Antone Tonich fired a Winchester rifle as Spina advanced with a knife. Spina says the shooting was accidental and exonerated Tonich, who is jailed as investigators probe the case. Spina died after surgery removing four feet of intestine.
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Astoria
Louis Spina
St Mary's Hospital
Spina
Antone Tonich
Tonich
Loss of Aden Steamer Off Serrata Island
The Indian government steamer Maya, sent to search for the Aden, reports the Aden was lost off Serrata Island at the eastern tip of Africa on June 9. Of the 34 Chinese and Japanese aboard, eight women, nine children, two officers, and several crew escaped but are unaccounted for amid bad weather. In total 77 drownings and missing, including 25 passengers and 32 crew, are reported with nine passengers saved by the Mayo.
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Texas
Augustus Thomas Y
Maya
Albay
Eya Libon
Dakota
Grees Bros
State Penitentiary
Hong Kong
Tuyuan
Australia
Luosouk
Bangkok
United States
Marion
Philadel
Honolulu
Osu
Waerat
Aden
Yokohama
Colombo
London
Serrata
Africa
China
Japan
Weyler asks for 60000 troops to start Cuba campaign
A Chicago Chronicle dispatch from Jacksonville reports Weyler in Cienfuegos seeking 20,000 colonial volunteers and 40,000 more Spanish troops by September 1 to launch a major campaign. It cites a supposed engagement near Matanzas with rebels and claims 15 insurgents killed and a corporal wounded, alleging massacre rather than a battle.
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Chicago
Jacksonville
Weyler
Cienfuegos
Spain
Cuba
Gomes
Stolongo
Matansac
Whalers in the Ice Off Mackenzie River
Letters from Herschel Island report three premier San Francisco whalers trapped in ice off the Mackenzie mouth last September. The Mary D. Hume Jessie H. Freeman and Fearless are frozen in, with June thaw risking their destruction and 120 to 150 crewmen in danger if ships crash. crews hauled provisions on dog sledges.
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New Bedford
Masa
Herschel Island
San Francisco
Mackenzie River
Mary D. Hume
Wiliam Haggerty
Jessie H. Freeman
W. 8. Porter
Fearless
Pension bills reported by Senate pension committee
Day in the Senate reports the Senate pension committee meeting. Gallinger says favorable reports will be issued for all bills passed by either branch or favorably considered. General pension measures, amendments to the 1890 act, and proof in pension cases are among those listed.
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Senate
Washington
Pension Committee
Congress
Gal-linger
Trusts Control Amendment Discussed by Judiciary Committee
The Republican committee on judiciary considered a proposed amendment to curb trusts. It would punish monopolies or conspiracies to monopolize any tariff-protected article with a fine and up to one year in prison. A stray note mentions Australian shepherds predicting weather from wool curliness.
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Washington
Committee On Judiciary
Wreck of Aden Steamer Off Socotra Island
A Daily Mail dispatch from Aden describes the Aden striking the Rasradeisa reef near Socotra on June 9 after monsoon storms. Passengers faced panic and desperate efforts to abandon ship as lifeboats failed, a few women and men staying to share the fate, and long months of hardship before rescue signals finally prompted a steamer to sight the wreck on June 26.
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London
Daily Mail
Aden
Arabia
Colombo
Rasradeisa
Socrata
Carden
Miller
Madames Gillett
Pearce
Strain
Miss Lloyd
Miss Weller
Mesera
White
Kelt
Cave
Velpy
Americans to be tried in Havana court martial
A Havana dispatch reports Consul General Lee will present Ona Melton American reporter Captain LaBored and other Captured Competitor crew for trial on July 1 before civil judges. No new testimony will be heard. declarations from prison will guide judgment.
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New York
George Ferran
Ferran
Lee
America
Rivera
Ballacoa
Weyler
Ascarraga
Matanzas
Sagna
Santa Clara
Sancti Spiritus
Cienfuegos
Pinar del Rio
Roban
Cuban forces attack Gibara and Banes near Gibara clash
Reports from Santiago province describe 5000 to 6000 insurgents led by General Calixto Garcia and Colonel Torres assault the Cuban seaports Gibara and Banes. The feint at Banes diverted Spanish troops from Gibara, which Garcia briefly seized before being driven back after heavy fighting. Colonel Machado notes Gomes plans a summer campaign with General Gomez directing operations from Santa Clara.
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New York
Key West
Santiago
Gibara
Banes
Calixto Garcia
Torres
Garcia
Machado
Cuba
Gomes
Gomez
Santa Clara
Havana Rumor Claims Castelar to Washington Minister
Havana reports Senor Santos Guzman, leader of the uncompromising Spanish party, told followers Castelar is to be named Spain's minister to Washington, a post currently held by De Lome.
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Havana
Senor Santos Guzman
Senor Castelar
Washington
de Lome
Strikes Planned at Illinois Steel Company Amid Pay Cut
At a Milwaukee meeting of the Amalgamated Association the strike was ordered to start Thursday. The company proposed a wage decrease, which workers rejected. About 500 employees will strike and 400 more may lose work when the plant closes.
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Milwaukee
Amalgmated Association
Illinois Steel Company
Rebuff for the Sultan in Thessaly diplomacy
In Constantinople on June 80, the sultan's renewed bid to win Germany's backing to keep Thessaly was rejected and he was urged to align with European wishes.
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Constantinople
Germany
Thessaly
Europe
Wabash Wreck Near Kansas City Kills and Hurts Mail Crew
Seven killed or missing after last night Wabash Road wreck near Missouri City. Conductor G Copeland of St Louis survived with a fractured skull and other injuries. 19 others injured but not critically. Heavy rain swelled a creek, damaged trestle and bridge, causing extensive mail loss on the Kansas City route.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri City
Wabash Road
W. S. Mills
le O. M. Smith
Gustave A. Smith
Postal
de Louis
F. W. Brink
Charles Winters
Edward Grindrode
Man
Charles
Mra. Wilkine
Wabash
Ka City
Insurgent attack disrupts Havana to San Jose road
On June 29 a band of insurgents stopped a Havana to San Jose des Lajas stage. Eighteen scouts and six guerillas were killed, along with a Spanish doctor and a carpenter and three passengers who tried to flee. The coach spared only a woman and a child. Insurgents seized $17,000 in medicine and $8,000 in cash plus two carts of provisions. General Weyler freed 14 women and 15 children captured in an insurgent camp. A report from Tunas notes a horse shot at the Gomes engagement. A maples sugar tally from Cambridge Vermont notes very little tree sugar this year.
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Havana
San Jose Des Lajas
Weyler
la Lucha
Tunas
Insurgenta
Gomer
Gomes
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Penu
Ill
Caleide
Oaicago
Wissela Atease
Eustinate Ross
St. Reuis
Paris Green
Borse
Federal Council
Boatpuller
Lier
Mapulace
Cambridge
Vermont
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