Private Yacht Rhea Lost in Gallup Rapids Tragedy
Ogdensburg New York August 13 Private yacht Rhea owned by James Whitney sank in Gallup Rapids during a pleasure trip. Whitney owner and three men died. guests Charles White Edgar Dane and Hugh Raney plus ladies Miss Whitney and Miss McPherson survived by leaping ashore at the lock head. Bodies of the three men not recovered. All residents of Prescott.
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Ogdensburg
Charles White
James Whitney
Edgar Dane
Gallup Rapids
Rhea
Whitney
White
Hugh Raney
McPherson
Mr. Raney
Prescott
Washington to impose 5 percent tariff in final protocol plan
Washington reports from Peking that the draft of the final protocol is agreed. A 5 percent ad valorem tariff will take effect two months after signing, with exceptions for goods shipped within ten days. The Chinese free list will include rice cereals flour gold and silver bullion and coin boosting Pacific coast shippers.
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Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Peking
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast Electric Railway Company
Alenhurst
N. J
Gomes
Cuba
Declres Hinsell
Senor Palmo
Navy Department
Johnson
Port Royal Naval Station
Sampson
Koston Navy Yard
Ah Wooey
Vancouver
LB. C
Bank Failure Shocks Childress Texas Community
Bank of Childress owned by A. B. Wedding of Childress collapsed Monday afternoon. Assets and liabilities are unknown but creditors may be paid in full. Local officials say the bank failure surprises residents as they assess impact on the town.
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Gomes
Havana
Maximo Gomez
National Party
Cuba
Senor Estrada Palma
Palma
Maso
Senor Maso
Childress
Tex
Bank of
Week's Record Highlights Global and Domestic News
A week of condensed items reports postal receipts near doubling since 1890, warship deployments to Panama, strikes and labor tensions, violent crimes, fires destroying business districts, and notable deaths. Major entities include the warships Machias Wisconsin Iowa, cities Port land Seattle Chicago Fort Scott Union, and figures Shaffer Holmes Tillman and many more. The roundup covers politics, industry, and social issues with dozens of incidents across the United States.
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Machias
Panama
Colombia
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Shaffer
Jmen
Seattle
Wash
Fort Scott
Kan
Harlem
Confluence
Bottineau
N. D
Selby Smelting
Vallejo
Cal
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Hogan
Mount Hennen
Wisconsin
Iowa
Prof
Triggs
Chicago University
Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Washburn Jewelry Company
Anderson
Ind
Clements Buchter
Louisville
Amalgamated Association
United States
War Department
Philippine Islands
Alabama
Ran‘tonl
Til
Buffalo
Michigan
Minnesota
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Hartford
Columbia, S. C
Lehigh Valley
North
Leroy
N. Y
Mercer
Nation and Nation divorce suit cited in note
David Nation of Medicine Lodge Kansas sues for divorce from Carrie Nation citing her notoriety for smashing saloons and stirring public controversy. The item notes various other US and world events, including labor unrest, taxation on options trading, and colonial affairs.
Various Minor News Items From The Era
The compiled notes report sugar cane in explored Africa, forest fires in northern Ontario and Quebec, new fishes found by the government fish commission in Hawaii, a 25 percent rise in American college graduating lists, preserved fruits salvaged from Herculaneum, a Swedish girl age seven arriving in New York bound for Colorado, and a forthcoming surgeon general of the army post next year. Also noted are mosquito control on Staten Island, 600 teachers sent to the Philippines with 400 more needed, a warship to bring Commander Schroeder from Guam for Schley inquiry, U S import lead in the Philippines in May, czar arbitration talks with American shipowners, English cement makers adopting Yankee methods, a new Chicago church the Church of Man denying God, Southern Pacific’s 95 oilburning engines, daily oil use of 21 barrels per locomotive, a rumored Irish strike plan during the South African trouble, and a secret New York meeting in September.
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Africa
Ontario
Quebec
Government Fish Commission
Hawaii
Herculaneum
New York
Sweden
Colorado
Army
Staten Island
Philippines
United States
Schroeder
Guam
Schley Court of Inquiry
Russia
Church of Man
Chicago
Southern Pacific Railroad
England
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Cronberg
William
Frederick
London
Meil
Vienna
Obotti
Sourteem
Halifax
Cape Sable
Barington
Priscilla
Wases
Fall River
Mass
Manufacturers’ Association
Lafayette
Dubois
R. T. Buzard
Carrier
Here
Edward
von Waldersee
Count von Waldersee
Hamburg
Order of the Bath
David Nation
Medicine Lodge
Carrie Nation
Caloons
O Athor
Snowy Mountain
Helena
Mont
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Sydney
Australia
Cadillac
Michael Davitt
Ireland
Judge Harney
Montana
Amalgamated Copper Company
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mills
Republic
McKeesport
Bay View Mills
Milwaukee
Joliet
South Chicago
Shamrock ST
Sandy Hook
Germany
Admiral Evans
Navy
W. E. Chandler
New Orleans
South Africa
John Winters
Selby
W. M. Evarta
Ottawa
Columbus
Steel Trust
Saltillo
Mex
William A. Newell
New Jersey
Washington Territory
Department of Agriculture
Allentown
Alexander Thomas Ballantine
Cleveland
Josiah Johnson Hawes
Boston
Senator West
MacArthur
Peter Jackson
Roma
N.S. W
China
Malvar
Batangas
Dumont
Paris
Bixto Lopez
McKinley
Kincora
English Channel
Lord Kitchener
Prince Henry of Orleans
Duke of Chartres
Duke of Orleans
Saigon
Venezuela
Francesco Crispi
Italy
Naples
Great Britain
St. Helena
Jim
Hedges
Linetah
Jim Glendenning
Gage
Wallace TI
Milly
Treasury Department
Treasury
St. Louis Exposition
Seventh National Bank of New York
Hoffman
France
West Fourth Street
Devils Lake, Ndae
J.J. Beul
Devils Lake Iron Works
Gorder & Son
Devils Laks
North Dakota
Convincia
Chas
F. Cogelow
Devils Lake
Prosser & Strumgard
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