Week's Happenings Condensed From Across The Nation
A hectic week with a mine disaster at Johnstown claiming 143 bodies after 600 workers were inside. A Portland bartender killed three relatives then surrendered. Outlaw Tracy eludes capture as gunfights continue in Seattle and surroundings. Panama Canal treaty may be signed soon as Hay urges evacuation of Ton Tain. Heat records press Philadelphia and New York. Aguinaldo plots a US visit and lectures for independence. Venezuelan troops face rebels with heavy losses. Mindanao siege ends as Americans disperse rebels. Coal miners strike support fund urged. religious and academic notices mix with Twain’s posthumous honor in Missouri.
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Kalin Hae
Philippines
Wisconsin
Johnstown
Portland
Tracy
Thcy
Hay
Ton Tain
Philadelphia
New York
Deadly Explosion at Cambria Steel Mine Vä
A catastrophic explosion at Cambria Steel Company Rolling Mill mine near Westmont, Johnstown, Va, on July 19 likely left many dead. Rescue efforts struggled as gases, dense damp, and dangerous conditions blocked access from the Westmont opening while doctors revived two escaping miners.
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Johnstown
Johostown
Cambria Steel Company
Westmont Bill
Nous
Cambria Iron Company
Westmont
Mill Creek
Flood Sufferers In Des Moines Amid Heavy Flooding
Des Moines reports hundreds homeless after flood, sleeping in schools and parks without blankets. Charities and city officials rush aid, but rivers Dewey and Racoon show little fall. Officials estimate losses near one million dollars as Great Western and Keokuk routes submerge bridges and freight traffic stops.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Dew Moines
Great Western
Keokuk &Westers
No Royal Procession For Coronation Day
London reports no royal procession will take place on coronation day or the following day. King Edward likely to be crowned Saturday August 9 as doctors favor an early ceremony to avoid a second bank holiday and business disruption. In Martinique Mount Pelee erupts again, Fort De France reports a fresh eruption this morning.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Edward
Fort de France
Island of
Martinique
Mount Pelee
Five Toronto Firemen Die In Blaze At Warehouses
Five Toronto firemen were killed in a disastrous blaze that began in a building occupied by P. McIntosh & Sons and spread to hay and straw warehouses of Gadsby & McCann. The establishments were destroyed. The firemen were buried by a falling brick wall and died at the scene. Laws, 950,000 in adrance, 100.
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Toronto
P. McIntosh & Sons
Gadsby & McCann
Oregon Industry Growth Amid Regional Advances
A wide review highlights new industries expanding in Oregon including a 100,000 ft daily capacity sawmill planned for Astoria, a jammed hop market, and improved grain and hay prospects after rains. Cold storage plants in Astoria pay 6 cents per pound for large fish, and Willamette prune shipments reach 1902 contracts. Wards of labor and rail strikes shape news with Curran and freight handlers in focus, while timber holdings and mill capacity promise major development.
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Sialem
Astoria
Zee Fee Ee
Linn County
Prineville
Inauguration of Large Baker City Irrigation Plan
One of the region’s largest irrigation ventures is launched by a Baker City business figure aiming to irrigate 6 000 acres north of the Lower Powder river between Clover and Goose creeks using waters from smaller streams. Other notes mention a Hood River apple crop, Ashland Iron Works forming a new company with 920 000 capital, rising Nehalem timber values, mining company articles filed in Baker City with 1 000 000 capital, and court changes as Judge Moore joins the chief justice’s bench. Plans for the fourth biennial Hood River fruit fair are in progress with a possible date soon.
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Sone
Baker City
Powder River
Clover
Goose Creeks
Ashland Iron Works
Ashland
Spreme
Det Montag
Moore
Hood River
Wheat and dairy prices and market notes from earlier period
A dense market list shows prices for wheat, barley, hay, potatoes, butter, cheese, poultry, meat, wool, and other farm products, with figures per ton or per pound. It also mentions New York's planned grand hotel cost and a claim about borax affecting human digestion, plus a note about Carnegie's relation to Miss Harriet of Pittsburg and a large recent gift.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Oregon
Hope
Wool—Valley
Flautern Oregon
New York
Rate of Indian War Pension Expanded in 1892 Act
Washington July 12 under the Indian war veteran pension law recently enacted pensions will be $4 per month and payable from June 27 for life to veterans and widows not remarried. Applies to survivors in Oregon Washington and other areas. Claimants must prove eligibility. perjury penalties and roll removals apply. Application forms scarce due to printing office backlog with next week anticipated.
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Washington
United States
Oregon
Gene It
Commissioner of Pensions
Cloudburst Causes Severe Damage in Upper Bashkir District
A July 12 cloudburst in the Upper Bashkir district Northampton county caused extensive damage. Telecommunication lines were wrecked and washouts hinder reports. One farmer was killed by lightning as Bushkill creek rose overflowing fields of grain.
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Banton
Bashkir
Northampton County
Bushkill
Oregon First: Hydrographer Sewell Heads Coast Tour
Chief Hydrographer Sewell of the Geological Survey sails for an extended Western States tour to inspect proposed reservoirs under the new irrigation law. He will visit Eastern Oregon and Washington with field parties, aiming to back modest, medium sized projects for early construction and widespread settler land reclamation.
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Washington
Sewell
Geological Survey
Oregons
Newellie
Oregon
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Walcott
Newell
Kilauea Quieted as Marcus Island Plans Advance
Honolulu July 5 via San Francisco July 14 The volcano Kilauea is dying down to normal conditions. Captain A A Rosehill, securing a title to Marcus Island, plans to work the guano deposit with the Marcus Island Guano company. He foresees trouble with Japanese on the island before rights are secured. Rosehill reports Japanese resisted Captain Pierce at landing 14 months ago. 20 Japanese with arms showed a document from the Japanese government. Rosehill intends to send the Joha BE. halen to take possession and extract guano. The U S training ship Moira is 42 days out from Yokohama. no word since leaving Japan.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Kilauea
Mauna Lea
Hawaii
Nowe
A. A. Rosehill
State Department
Marcus Island
Marcus Island Goano Company
Rosehill
Pierce
Sheridan
Arma
Joha
Halen
Moira
Yokoama
Here
Japan
Merry
New York Floods Rochester Area Strikes Genesee Valley
Flood waters across the Genesee valley inundate villages from Medina to Portageville. Black Creek and Genesee River swell beyond record levels washing out tracks, bridges, crops, and buildings. Towns including Mount Morris Portageville Pike Lamont Roseburg Pillmore and Nunda report extensive damage to farms residences and commerce.
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Rochester
Tsrom Medina
Genesee
Marie York
Pennsylvania Erie
Charehville Com
Black Creek
Penoyan
Hammondsport
Mount Morris
Geneses Ab
Portageville
Pike
Lamont
Roeeberg
Pillmore
Ninth Week of Strike Quiet in Anthracite Region
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania during the ninth week of the coal strike, President Mitchell is in New York, while District No. 1 delegates convene at Nanticoke. About 400 delegates from Forest City to Shickshinny, totaling 75,000 miners, meet in routine business as 3,000 police guard colliery districts and arrests for alleged intimidations occur quietly. The scene remains calm with no signs of settlement. 1 SALE OF FORT HALL LANDS.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
New_York
Nanticoke
Forest City
Scranton
Shickshinny
Here
Pocatello Selected Over Blackfoot for Land Sale Point
Public auction of Fort Hall lands within five miles of Pocatello will be held in the city rather than at Blackfoot. Commissioner Richards and Blackfoot officers agree Pocatello yields better prices and easier purchases. Lands offered township by township in sequence until sold. Beancamino Met Mrs Lewton. Louieville, Ky. General Fuencamino presents sympathy to General Lawton’s widow after arrival. Buencantino heads to San Francisco then the Philippines.
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Alaska
San Francisco
R. Pfund
Yukon River
Bates Rapid
Tanana River
Greely
Washington
Fort Hall
Pocatello
Blackfoot Land Office
Richards
Blackfoot Land Officers
Blackfoot
Beancamino
Lewton
Louieville
General Fuencamino
Aguinaldo
Federal Party
Philippines
Lawton
Louisville
Buencantino
Cracks in Mound Walls North of Tul Cause Alarming Suspicions
July 10 Guthrie O T reports great excitement over cracks found by surveyors north of Tul indicating pressure beneath. gas escaping from the measures and a continual hissing and roaring heard, with a small landslide at the hilltop and large boulders toppled aside.
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Guthrie
O. T
Tul
Intruder Appears On Prison Wall In Salem Breakout Attempt
An unknown man attempted to breach the Salem penitentiary wall at midnight on Monday. Guard Lampoon fired at a head above the wall after spotting a figure near post No 5, signaling a possible plan to smuggle weapons for an inmate breakout. Guards increased yard presence. search for the intruder continues with the incident kept quiet by officials.
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Salem
Guanlin
Tracy
Merrill
Arine
Simpson
Tracy and Merrill
Gambell
Tracy Escapes Pursuing Posse Amid Pepper Trail
Seattle July 9 Convict Harry Tracy once more evades Washington officers as a Renton pursuit shows him likely heading toward Seattle. Pepper used to blind the scent. Anderson, linked to Tracy, is tied to a tree after being found at Renton. Four unknown partners aid Tracy, investigators say. Paris July 10 No major French financial danger. finance minister to present bill altering rente terms amid calm.
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Seattle
Harry Tracy
Washington
Renton
Anderson
Tracy
Meadow Point
France
Paris
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Teachers Overstepping In Philippines Protestants Urged Stop
Complaints reaching Acting Governor Wright allege teachers in the Philippines have been trying to induce Catholic children to become Protestants. Authorities were instructed to halt the practice, with no legal authority for school influence.
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Washington
Wright
Iit
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