Week of world events and notable figures summary
A broad roundup notes Belgium's revolutionary spillover, Wade Hampton's death at 84, Sir Hiram Maxim's airship prize bid, and Boer peace talks. It cites Rockefeller's gift to a Brooklyn school, Rhodes' funeral and diamonds, fire damages in Columbus and New York, and various political shifts and crises from Manila to Moscow. The Moscow riots, Roosevelt at Charleston, and California governor bid follow, with other items on the Philippines, China, and finance.
Mistakes in Luzon raise call for war report review
Washington notes Senate Philippines committee agenda as Lodge presses for Major Gardener’s December 1901 report on Tayabas province. The document criticizes troop tactics including house burnings water torture and harsh handling of natives, urging concentration of troops in garrisons to preserve goodwill and avoid native abuses.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Philippines
Lodge
Cornelius Gardener
Philippine
Tayabar
Miles
Root
Oregon Democrats Nominate Chamberlain For Governor
Portland April 11 The Democratic state convention met in Catholic Foresters hall and nominated George F. Chamberlain for governor. It named a central committee with Sam White of Baker county as chairman, made district legislative nominations, adopted a platform, and adjourned for the day.
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Portland
Catholic Foresters’ Hall
George F. Chamberlain
Sam White
Baker County
Democratic state convention adjourns with full ticket set
The adjourned Democratic state convention met in Portland at 10 am and completed the state ticket: Supreme judge B. F. Bonham Marion county. Secretary of state D. W. Sears Polk county. State treasurer Henry Blackman Morrow county. Attorney general J. H. Raley Umatilla county. State printer J. F. Godfrey Marion. Superintendent of public instruction W. A. Wann Lane county. Congressman First district J. K. Weatherford Linn county. Congressman Second district W. F. Butcher Baker county. C E B S Wood Multnomah county endorsed for United States senator.
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Portland
B. F. Bonham
Marion County
D. W. Sears
Polk County
Henry Blackman
Morrow County
J. H. Raley
Umatilla County
J. FE. Godfrey
W. A. Wann
Lane County
J. K. Weatherford
Linn County
W. F. Butcher
Baker County
C. EB
Wood
Multnomah County
United States
Growth and Political and Industrial Happenings in Oregon
Brief review notes postoffice moves in Mabel Lane Ridge Drew area, new offices from Perdue, and Polk county mohair pool sale. Fruit growers expect large yields despite cold snaps. Hood River fears damage from January February freeze. Mrs Eliza Jane Wrisley an Oregon pioneer dies in Medford. City elections held statewide. Oregon & Pacific Railway planned Grant Pass to Crescent City. Textbooks satisfactory after six months. Columbia river fishing opens April 15 with strong season prospects. Portland customs receipts total 77212.99, mainly duties on Orient imports. Salmon price fixed by Astoria union. Willamette Pulp & Paper raises wages in Oregon City.
Agricultural prices and commodities listing from 19th century notes
A dense catalog of farm products with per ton and per cental prices for Wheat Barley Flour Millstuff Butter Eggs Cheese Poultry Meat Hops Wool and Mohair. Includes regional price ranges and notes on demand and production alongside brief factual snippets on topics like German school books South Africa war and Eskimo tattoo evidence.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Platform of a Progressive Party in the Philippines Era
The platform condemns the current state government as extravagant and pledges economical administration. It supports expanding public ownership of utilities, opposed private franchise grants without fair payment, and salaries for state officers. It rejects leasing public domains, backs native self government before independence, calls for Nicaragua canal construction, Chinese exclusion, direct Senate election, eight hour public work day, irrigation of arid lands, and river improvements on the Columbia and Willamette.
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Platfom
Philippines
Nicaragua
United States
Columbia
Willamette
U S Army Transport Hancock Runs Aground Near Iba
The Hancock is stuck in mud near Iba in Zambales province about 100 miles north of Manila. No danger is feared and tugs have been sent to assist the vessel.
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Manila
United States Army
Hancock
Iba
Zambales
Here
Gold output in March tops 104 thousand MU in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg on April 14 the March output of fine gold reached 104,127 MU. The report notes strong production though comparative figures for prior months were not included.
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Johannesburg
Army transport service ordered on economical basis
Washington orders to cut costs by discharging all nonessential staff on army transports in New York. Su perintendent Duval will implement strict crew limits, dismissing the fifth and sixth mates, and reducing hires in steward and deck departments. The paint inspector is removed from duty.
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New York
Washington
Duval
Army Transport Service
San Francisco
Senate boosts Upper Columbia river canal project funds
Washington April 12 The senate commerce committee backs Harts canal plan to clear The Dalles and Celilo with authorizations totaling about 614000 including 400000 for prosecution, plus increased sums for Snake river Pend d Orveille Okanogan Tacoma harbor New Whatcom and Puget Sound, while preserving the Columbia mouth appropriation.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Columbia River
Turner
Dalles
Celilo
Secretary of War
Senate Committee
House
Harts
Senate
Snake River
Lewiston
Pend d'Orveille
Okanogan
Tacoma Harbor
Whatcom
Puget Sound
Nooksack
The
Columbia
Miss Ellen Stone Returns After Serbian Captivity
Miss Ellen M. Stone the missionary arrived in New York today aboard the Deutschland from Southampton. She said Turkish brigands were not as fierce as believed, denying ransom claims and noting that insults ceased after Mme Tsilka's baby was born. Stone plans to visit her elderly mother in Chelsea, Massachusetts, before returning home.
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New York
Ellen M. Stone
Southampton
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Miss Shoe
Turkey
Chelsea
Mass
Government torpedo boat project causes multi‑million losses
Washington April 12 The building of 26 torpedo boats for the United States government cost contractors about 2 000 000 more than the gov ernment paid. Builders claim losses exceed 5 000 000 and seek congressional compensation. Secretary Long records the figures for Congress to consider, but does not endorse the claim.
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Washington
United States
Torpedo Boat Board
Secretary Long
Congress
Long
Wynne Accepts Assistant Postmaster General Post
Washington April 12 Robert J Wynne Washington correspondent for the New York Press has accepted the office of first assistant postmaster general The nomination will likely go to the senate soon after the president returns from Charleston The change will take effect in May or earlier
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Washington
Robert J. Wynne
The
New York Press
Senate
Charleston
Cholera Tolls Update From Manila and Provinces
In the provinces totals show 224 cholera cases and 166 deaths to date. Manila reports 206 cases and 160 deaths from cholera.
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Manila
Secretary of War orders sale of transports Egbert Rosecrans
Washington April 12 The secretary of war directs the sale of the transports Egbert and Rosecrans now at San Francisco to the highest bidder to reduce transportation expenses.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Egbert and Rosecrans
San Francisco
Irish coercion push as militia ships sail to Ireland
Dispatch from Dublin reports 10 battalions of English and Scotch militia will embark for Ireland within a month under the coercion act. Lord Londonderry, the paymaster general, threatened to resign unless the cabinet pursues active measures to counter the United Irish League.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Dublin
Ireland
Lord Londonderry
United Irish League
Strike at Rocky Fork mine in Red Lodge Montana
Miners in the Rocky Fork mine in Red Lodge Montana went on strike this morning. Over 500 workers walked out over a grievance about riding out on hoisting cars in the afternoon after work. Ground men had previously been riding out until State Inspector Welch ordered the practice stopped. Pickets were posted.
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Red Lodge
Mont
Rocky Fork
Welch
Riots Break Out as Lancers Restore Order in Brussels
Disorder spreads to Bracquignies near Charleroi as several thousand strikers clash with gendarmes. A squadron of lancers dispersed the mob after a sharp fusillade, leaving 40 to 100 wounded and many arrested. Authorities ban gatherings over 10 and threaten imprisonment for revolver carry.
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Brussels
Bracqegnies
Charleroi
Rue Stevens
Maison du Peuple
General Council
The
Labor Party
Postal Relations With Cuba Extended Till Treaty
President elect Thomas Estrada Palma of Cuba met Postmaster General Payne and officials. Domestic postage and money order rates will continue under joint action until a treaty is signed. A postal convention, likely similar to Canada and Mexico terms, is planned for August 1 with Cuba to grant equivalent concessions to countries having similar arrangements. Palma expressed satisfaction with the condition.
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Washington
Thomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Gonzales de Quesada
Payne
Canada
Mexico
Palma
Limiting the Armament in South America Warship Orders
The Pass reports London learned Argentina and Chile were buying more warships. Financial interests asked Lord Lansdowne to intervene. Argentina's Roca and Chile's Riesco agreed to Lansdowne's mediation to ease armed peace. An arrangement may limit armaments, cancel last orders, and compensate builders for losses.
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Buenos Ayres
London
Argentina
Chile
Enish Houses
South America
Lord Rothschild
Lord Revelstoke
Lord Lansdowne
Roca
Riesco
Kansas lawyer Eugene F Ware named pensions commissioner
Washington April 14 Eugene F Ware of Kansas has been selected by the president to succeed Henry Clay Evans as commissioner of pensions. Ware from Topeka is with the firm Gleed Ware Gleed. The White House said the president wanted a man he knew well from Kansas. Senator Burton supported the appointment though the Kansas delegation was not consulted.
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Washington
Eugene F. Ware
Kansas
Henry Clay Fvans
Ware
Topeka
Kan
Gleed, Ware & Gleed
White House
Burton
Pension Bill Favored For Late President Widow
Washington April 12 The house committee on pensions reports favorably on a senate bill granting the widow of the late President a pension of 5000 dollars per year.
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Washington
House Committee On Pensions
Senate
Scarcity of American Meat Shuts London Retailers
Telegrams from London report a meat shortage in America has raised prices, forcing many retailers to close their shops amid soaring costs and limited supply.
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London
Hirmingham
Postal Receipts Rise in 50 Largest Post Offices
Washington April 14. Postal receipts for last month show a 10 percent net increase over March last year among the 50 largest U.S. offices. Total receipts reached $45,267,604. Denver posted the largest gain at 37 percent.
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Washington
Denver
Odell Signs $100,000 McKinley Statue Bill for Buffalo
Governor Odell signed a measure to appropriate 100000 dollars for a statue of the late President McKinley to be placed in Buffalo. The action was announced from Albany New Jersey on April 14.
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Albany
N. J
Odell
President McKinley
Buffalo
Philippine Government Bill Outlines Civil Rule in Islands
Washington reports the insular committee has perfected a House bill establishing a complete civil government for the Philippines to take effect after peace. A Philippine assembly and Philippine commission would govern, with a census, districts, and a new currency system centering gold and silver parity.
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Washington
House
Philippiens
Insular
Cooper
Senate
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Philippine Assembly
Philippine Commission
United States
United
Moonshiners fight revenue men near Big Meeting Creek
In Hardin county Kentucky near Big Meeting Creek post office a gun battle left one moonshiner dead inside a still. A deputy revenue collector barely escaped injury when a rifle ball grazed his head during the pursuit. Two moonshiners fled. one is believed wounded.
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Louisville
Big Meeting Creek
Hardin County
Petition seeks exclusion of Chinese and Japanese labor in Hawaii
In Washington on April 10 Senator Patterson of Colorado presented a memorial signed by more than 300 American residents of Hawaii urging a law to bar Chinese and Japanese from any U S territory and require federal labor to be done by U S citizens. The petition notes Orientals perform 75 percent of Hawaii’s labor and cites 87 000 of 150 000 residents as Chinese or Japanese.
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Washington
Patterson
Colorado
Hawaii
United States
China
Japan
Atlanta lawyer named for Philippine judge post
Santa Fe New Mexico April 10 William H Pope of Atlanta Ga longtime resident and U S attorney for Pueblo Indians and assistant U S attorney for the court of private claims today accepted a judgeship of a court of first instance in the Philippine Islands tendered by Governor Taft He will sail in June He is a gold Democrat 31 years of age.
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Santa Fe
N. M
William H. Pope
Atlanta
United States
Pueblo Indians
Court of Private Claims
Court of First Instance
Philippine Islands
Taft
Jone
Transport Dix Arrives Nagasaki With Seattle Freight For Philippines
Washington reports Quarter master General Ludington was told the transport Dix reached Nagasaki with army freight from Seattle for the Philippines. The vessel was several days overdue.
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Washington
Ludington
Dix
Nagasaki
Seattle
Philippines
Boer Peace Hopes Fade In The Hague And Utrecht
A Tribune correspondent reports Boer sympathizers in The Hague and Utrecht express deep doubt that peace is near in South Africa. Boer envoys and refugees insist the war will last four more years and demand independence for any settlement.
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New York
South Africa
Tribune
Hague
Utrecht
Colonization company to settle Rio Grande valley land
A colonization company is formed to settle 40 000 acres in the Rio Grande valley below El Paso. Experiments show water can be pumped from wells to irrigate the land at low cost. Lands will be sold only to bona fide settlers. The valley has a long farming history but irrigation now enables cultivation.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Transport chiefs faulted in army reports exposure at last
Washington April 10 reports by army inspectors reveal mismanagement and favoritism in the transport service. San Francisco favored over Portland and Puget Sound for ship outfitting, prompting calls for a public, thorough inquiry into the service’s handling and costs.
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Army
Portland
Puget Sound
San Fi
Army Department
Navy
Quartermaster Department
San Francisco
Paget Sound
San Proncisco
Vigorous Senate Protest Over Chinese Exclusion Bill
Senator Cullom delivers an energetic speech in Washington protesting the Chinese exclusion bill in its present form. He argues it violates treaty obligations with China, while Patterson and Perkins defend the measure as consistent with the 1894 convention and necessary to prevent fraud.
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Washington
Senate
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
China
United States
Congress
Patterson
Perkins
Ching
Governor docksery comments on Lathrop horse market
Governor Dockery acknowledged awareness of a long standing market at Lathrop Missouri described as the world’s largest hors and mule market. He stated it operates privately and has supplied both the United States and British governments with horses and mules for about a decade.
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Jefferson City
Dockery
Lathrop
United States
Boers eye Colorado settlement along Denver Salt Lake route
Dover April 10 A Boer colony may form along the proposed Denver Salt Lake Short Line. A committee of local Boer sympathizers presented to the state land board a letter from Boer Consul General Pierce in New York seeking information on state lands along the route. The consul expects several thousand Boer refugees could move to Colorado if suitable inducements are offered and settle on farms.
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Denver-Salt Lake
State Land Board
Pierce
New York
Colorado
Philippine Rebate Issued for Philippine Exports to U S
Secretary Root in Washington directs Acting Civil Governor Luke Wright to implement the Philippine tariff act provision. It provides a rebate of export duties on goods shipped from the Philippines to the United States. The move follows consultation with treasury authorities to give effect to the rebate.
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Root
Treasury
Luke Wright
Philippine Islands
Philippines
United States
Bulgarian Tactics Reported Near Kirk Kilisseh
Constantinople April 10 The Vali of Adrianople reports that a group of Bulgarians killed and mutilated three Armenian peasants and a boy near Kirk Kilisseh and fled to Bulgaria hoping for pursuit and a frontier clash with the guard.
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Constantinople
Adianople
Turkey
Kirk Kilisseh
Adinople
Bulgaria
Big Four Train Wrecked Near Cleveland
The Indianapolis special on the Big Four railroad between Indianapolis and Cleveland wrecked at 10 15 tonight in a low lying area west of Cleveland. Two persons are dead and three injured though not seriously. The wreck is believed due to a washed out track from 12 hours of heavy rain.
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Indianapolis
Cleveland
Walforth Remn
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