Oregon Sunday School convention and distant events in the Pacific
The Oregon state Sunday School convention in The Dalles reports 26 new Sunday schools formed during the year, with 2 544 officers and teachers and 15 979 scholars lost from enrollments. A San eco chamber of commerce meeting discussed Hawaii annexation and a memorial for Congress. Multiple scattered references to Behring sea, David Starr Jordan, Manila era events, and thefts of sovereigns and gold on ships are noted in a garbled clipping.
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Oregon
Onion
Dalles
San Eco Chamber of Commerce
Tae
Pribyn
David Starr Jordan
Ae San Fran
Fatal shooting on Astoria fishing boat ends in jail
Louis Spina lies at St Mary's hospital in critical condition after a quarrel with Antone Tonich aboard a fishing boat. Tonich fired a Winchester rifle after Spina drew a knife, inflicting severe abdominal wounds and prompting Spina to say the shooting was accidental. Spina blames himself and Tonich is held for further investigation. Both men had fished together for four years.
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Astoria
Louis Spina
St Mary's Hospital
Spina
Antone Tonich
Tonich
Spanish demands for Cuban volunteers and pension news
July 1 dispatch reports Weyler seeking 30 000 colonial volunteers and 40 7 troops for Cuba while Gomes refuted. Washington notes pension bills advancement with committee support and lead ore price provisions amid senate actions and dispatches.
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Chicagd
Mares Weyler
Cienigagos
Aes
Cuba
Gomes
Steamer Aden Wrecked Near Socotra Island Sea tragedy unfolds
The Mayo, dispatched from Aden to locate the missing steamer Aden, reports the vessel was lost off Socotra Island at dawn on June 9. Of 84 passengers from China and Japan, nine were saved along with six crew. Drowned or missing total 25 passengers and 83 crew.
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Aden
Mayo
Yokohama
Colombo
London
Socrata
Africa
China
Japan
Anti-Trust Amendment Considered by Judiciary Committee
Washington July 1 The Republican committee on judiciary discussed an amendment to curb trusts making monopolising or conspiring to monopolise trade in tariff protected articles punishable by a fine and one year imprisonment. An unrelated note mentions Australian shepherds predicting weather from wool condition and linking increased crumbiness to better weather.
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Washington
Committee On Judiciary
Wreck of the Aden After Monsoon Storm Near Socotra
After a severe monsoon struck the Aden two days out of Colombo it ran aground on the Rasradeisa reef near Socotra on June 9. Passengers faced panic and losses as lifeboats failed, several crew members were swept away, and women chose to share fate with husbands. Survivors endured days without food as signals finally drew two steamers on June 26.
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London
Daily Mail
Aden
Arabia
Colombo
Rasradeisa
Socrata
Carden
Atores
Madames Gillett
Pearce
Strain
Miss Lloyd
Miss Weller
Mesare
White
Kelt
Cave
Velpy
Lascar
Americans to be tried at Havana on Competitor case
A Havana dispatch reports Consul General Lee will present Ona Melton and others from the schooner Competitor for trial on July 1 before civil judges. Evidence will be limited to prior prison declarations. no new testimony is allowed. Ferran alleges the vessel bore the American flag beyond the three mile limit.
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New York
George Ferran
Ferran
Lee
America
Rivera
Ballacoa
Weyler
Ascarraga
Matansas
Sagua
Santa Clara
Sancti Spiritue
Cienfuegos
Pinar del Rio
Roban
Wreck on Wabash Road Kills Seven Postal Clerks
Kansas City reports a wreck on the Wabash line near Missouri City. Seven postal clerks died, including W. S. Mille and O. M. Smith of St Louis, with Conductor Copeland alive but severely injured. Nineteen others injured, none critically. The storm swollen the creek trestle, wrecking the bridge and scattering mail. Cleanup and rail service resumed by night.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri City
Wabash Road
W. S. Mille
St. Ty
Gustave A. Smith
Louis
F. W. Brink
Postal de
Charles P
Copeland
Moberly
Copeland Wee
Mae Deuce
City
Cuban Forces Attack Gibara and Banes in Cuba Campaign
Herald dispatch from Key West reports 5 000 to 6 000 insurgents led by General Calixto Garcia and Colonel Torres attacked the seaports of Gibara and Banes. Garcia briefly seized Gibara before being driven out in heavy fighting with Spanish troops bolstered by advance warning and fortifications. Commander Gomes plans a summer campaign directing operations from Santa Clara with large well armed columns distributed across provinces.
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New York
Santiago
Gibara
Banes
Calixto Garcia
Torres
Garcia
Sss
Machado
Cuba
Gomes
Santa Clara
Successor to De Lome Named for Washington Post
Havana reports Senor Santos Guzman, head of the uncompromising Spanish party, told adherents Castelar will be appointed Spanish minister to Washington, a post now occupied by De Lome.
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de Lome
Havana
Senor Santos Gusman
Senor Castelar
Washington
Strike Ordered by Amalagmated Association at Minors Steel
At a Milwaukee meeting the Amalagmated Association voted a strike of 500 workers to begin Thursday after the Minors Steel Company offered a wage cut the workers refused. About 400 more will lose their jobs if the plant closes.
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Milwaukee
Amalagmated Association
Minors Steel Company
A Rebuff for the Sultan in Thessaly Talks
Constantinople reports a fresh sultan attempt to secure Germany’s backing for Thessaly retention was met with refusal and counsel to align with Europe’s wishes.
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Constantinople
Germany
Thessaly
Europe
Insurgents Hit Havana Roadbound Stage En Route to Lajas
A Havana to San Jose de Lajas stage was attacked by a large insurgent band. Eighteen scouts were killed along with six guerillas, a Spanish doctor, a carpenter, and three passengers. One coach survivor was a woman. The raiders seized $ seventeen thousand in private booty $ eight thousand in cash and a convoy of provisions. General Weyler freed sixteen women and fifteen children from an insurgent camp. A report notes a Gomes commanded clash where a rider was killed under Gomes. A separate item mentions maple sugar production in Vermont.
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Havana
San Jose de Lajas
Carte Lucien
Weyler
le Lucha
Gomes
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