Hearsay roundup of global troubles and local unrest
A condensed survey notes Jamaica talks of annexation to the United States. Robbers bound a man at Astoria and took 400. The Vatican seeks gradual friar withdrawal from the Philippines. A Lake Mining man fatally shoots two, then kills himself. The Seattle steamer Jessie Bennett sold for 48000 to Colombia. Troops stay in Shenandoah Pa after riots until the strike ends. A Philippine secret order uprooted by the constabulary. The cruiser Brooklyn returns with Lord Pauncefote remains. A colliery explosion in New South Wales claims many lives. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co adds 50 acres for St Louis fair. A Costa Rica tidal wave causes damage. Cholera runs rapid in Manchuria with hundreds of victims daily. Outlaw Harry Tracey seen in Wenatchee as he travels south after food and horses. The Navy extends seven submarine boats completion time to seven months. Pittsburg fire destroys 318600 property. King Edward walks the deck of his yacht. The German gunboat Panther heads to Caribbean waters. A Shenandoah Pa policeman is beaten by strikers. Natives in Portuguese West Africa trouble authorities. uprising feared. Riots and French religious tensions ease with hope for peace. A New York subway explosion kills two and injures two. Peru urges Panama canal preparation in a congress message. The battleship Illinois in English drydock with damage. A German inventor claims wireless telephone. Panama disturbances near end. More injunctions against West Virginia coal miners. Leavenworth Penitentiary fire causes 20000 damage. Seven Pittsburg firemen injured in an explosion. Indian Territory tribe troubles authorities. Nicaraguan government commutes Russell Wilson’s sentence. New Jersey primary rioting. one dead and many wounded.
Portland Carnival prizes a pony for Children’s Day
At the Portland Elks Carnival Children’s Day on September 12 a Shetland pony with cart and harness will be awarded to a attending child. Dr. W A Wise provided the pony and Studebaker’s supplied the cart. A saddle and embroidered saddle cloth may accompany the prize. Prize baby day is September 5.
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Portland
Elks
W. A. Wise
Studebaker
Notable early Wisconsin wire pioneer still living in Topeka
Capt. M. I. Smith, famed for laying state wires, remains in Topeka, Kansas. Chicago chemists tout a wallpaper strengthening process poised to transform industry. John D. Rockefeller, not Andrew Carnegie, is United States Steel’s largest stockholder with a $1,000,000 annual dividend. Maryland Society of California Pioneers counts 12 survivors. Rev. Dr. W. H. Milburn, elderly Senate chaplain, is about eighty. A Kansas City mill project valued at $10,000,000 is pledged as the world’s largest cotton mill. A church controversy over Catholic influence spurs a meeting to ban a cenous, with membership dropping 2,675,200 in 12 years.
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United States Steel Company
Mr. Cutler
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
W. H. Milburn
The
Senate
Kansas City
United States
Earth 18 Shaken Los Alamos Town Riddled by Severe Quake
In Los Alamos California population about 800 trembles under a string of earthquakes centered in the Los Alamos valley. The most violent shock at 1:20 a.m. splits walls, topples chimneys, and jars structures. Damages estimated under 10000 dollars. residents seek safety as tremors continue.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Los Alamos
Pacific Coast Railway
Santa Ynez
Santa Maria
Presbyterian Church
Soldiers Idle as State Troops Guard Shenandoah
Shenandoah Virginia August 2 twelve hundred state troops encamped to deter a hilltop threat overlooking the town. Rioters and police faced off last night but calm returned as militia arrived. crowds dispersed and the town returned to its normal appearance with few incidents reported. Brigadier General Gobin commanded the troops on a hill overlooking Shenandoah while locals gathered to watch the militia.
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Shenandoah
Gobin
French General Welcomes U S Secretary of War Aboard Savoie
Havre August 2 General Pistor of the French army greeted Elisa Root the American secretary of war on arrival of the steam ship Savoie. Secretary Root thanked Pistor and proceeded to Paris. General Horace Porter United States ambassador to France and General Leonard Wood arrived on the Savoie with Secretary Root.
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Havre
Pistor
Savoie
Elisa Root
Root
Parie
Horace Porter
United States
France
Leonard Wood
Russian Order to Withdraw from Manchuria Reversed
From St Petersburg the Daily Mail correspondent reports the withdrawal order has been rescinded as Russia contends with Chinese bandits in Manchuria. Looting of transit goods is reported and two Russian merchants in the region were burned alive.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Manchuria
Resumption of Work at Two Scranton Collieries
Scranton August 2 The Oxford colliery of the People's Coal Company and the Cayuga colliery of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Company resumed operations this morning and worked all day. Oxford had between 120 and 130 men underground with about half recruited from the valley. Cayuga had 60 miners, all of them veterans of the Delaware Lackawanna collieries in North Scranton.
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Scranton
Oxford
People's Coal Company
Cayogs
Delaware, Lackawana & Western Company
Cayuga
Delaware, Lackawans & Western
Growth and Fires Mark Oregon Market and Industry
A broad review covers 1902 wheat arrivals in Portland and a 15 percent expected drop in Umatilla county yields. Fire losses near Elgin total $25, with eleven horses perishing. The Lower Columbia fish run remains heavy, while Columbia county schools report 64 more pupils. Oregon Elks plan a major Portland carnival, SP builds a Southern Oregon fire patrol, and Eastern Oregon grain sees many small fires with limited damage. Authorities pursue escapee Harry Wright in Lane county as Lucky Boy mine tunnel collapses. Crown Paper announces a new pulp mill in Oregon City producing 20,000 pounds daily. Veterans’ reunion in Medford, new Cecil post office, and dredge profits on the lower Columbia noted. Timbermen form a mutual protection group in Dallas. a coal strike near Asbestos stirs Jackson county. Post offices moved at Antone, Cray, and lone.
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Crown Paper Company
Oregon City
Oregon
Medford
Oregon Prison Official Demands Full Reward for Merrill Body
First Warden J T Janes of Oregon State Penitentiary publicly says the $1500 reward for Merrill’s return should be paid in full to Mrs Waggoner. He argues prompt, liberal payment improves discipline and encourages pursuit of Tracy, while criticizing tardy action by Superintendent Lee.
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Salem, Or
J. T. Janes
Oregon Penitentiary
Merrill
Lee
Waggoner
Jones
Tracy
Miners and Police Clash in Shenandoah Riot Death Toll Rises
In Shenandoah a street fight between striking miners and deputy sheriffs left Joseph Beddall a hardware merchant dead after a volley from Sheriff Beddall. Two deputy sheriffs were shot, one fatally, and more than twenty strikers were wounded as a mob of about 5 000 surrounded the railway station. Governor Stone considered militia after citizens petitioned for troops.
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Shenandoah
Joseph Beddall
Beddall
Pottsville
Ferguson Hotel
Associated Press
Stone
Thomas Reddall
Philadelphia& Reading
Miners’ Hospital
FIGHT ON ISTHMUS Battle rages as revolutionaries and troops clash
Panama reporting from August 4 describes a fierce engagement at Agua Dulce beginning July 29. Revolutionary forces suffered heavy losses, government troops endured minor casualties, and an armistice was briefly granted to bury the dead.
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Panama
Herrera
Agua Dulce
Associated Press
Agua Dalce
Moreno
Salazar
Morales Berti
Berti
Market Prices and Local News From the Northwest
A list shows grain and livestock prices for wheat barley flour oats butter cheese and meat values with specific figures for new and old crop prices. Regional notes mention Yale University degrees 650 graduates plans for a Chinese volunteer mission a coal strike storage a will valued at 12 to 15 million dollars a Michigan car company rep in the Sound country for fir supply and Yakima county being divided with Prosser as proposed county seat Yakima county is large nearly Connecticut in size.
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Yakima County
Riverside
Prosser
Connecticut
Tracy Moves Toward Wyoming After Bank Robbery Threat
Spokane dispatch reports George McCann sighting a man answering Tracy's description about 15 miles west of Coulee City near Wenatchee. Deputies pursue via Moses Lake. Tracy crossed the Columbia and aims for the Hole in the Wall Wyoming to become a thief among thieves after promising $5,000 for help escaping Oregon penitentiary.
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Spokane
Waterville
Spokesman-Review
George McCann
Coulee City
Tracy
Wenatchee
Friel
Devers
Moses Lake
Sedgwick
McCann
Columbia
Oregon Penitentiary
Wyoming
Engineer Dies Saving Train In Wisconsin Collision
Elm Grove Wis August 1 In a collision between a Waukesha bound Scoot passenger train and a westbound freight Dennis Connell the engineer of the passenger train was killed and Fireman Chamberlain badly injured Several passengers on the Waukesha train were slightly hurt Connell died at his post sacrificing his life to save his train
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Elm Grove
Wis
Waukesha
Dennis Connell
Chamberlain
Connell
Nile dam at Assouan reaches final coping stone
New York reports that the last coping stone of the Nile dam at Assouan has been laid. The reservoir will enable two crops per year, bring wastelands into tillage, and boost sugar cultivation. It will supply 1,000,000,000 cubic meters yearly. The Assouan dam spans about 1.25 miles and should be completed by year’s end.
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New York
Nile
Assouan
Times
London
Assonan
Collision sinks British steamer off Malacca Straits
In a collision off the Malacca Straits between British schooners Prince Alexander and Ban-Hin-Guan, the Prince Alexander sank with 40 lives lost.
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Singapore
Malacca
Straits Settlements
Prince Alexander
Ban-Hin-Guan
Tokyo dispatch on Marcus Island ownership dispute
The Times correspondent reports Tokyo reaction to Marcus Island contention. Japanese press treats it calmly, noting public opinion trusts the United States to act justly and that the guano deposits are illusory due to heavy rains washing them away.
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London
Tokio
The
Times
Marcus Island
United States
Will of Lord Pauncefote Probated in London
The will of the late Lord Pauncefote was probated in London. The estate is valued at 63 500 pounds.
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London
Lord Pauncefote
Britiehambascade
United States
Auction Fetches High Prices for Rare Books in London
London auction sale of rare books nets strong bids with a Caxton Royal book selling for 1400 pounds and a second folio Shakespeare fetching 615 pounds this afternoon highlighting robust interest from collectors in the capital.
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London
Navy tests show fuel oil spraying promising for ships
Washington August 1 The bureau of steam engineering reports satisfactory results from low pressure air spraying of fuel oil in tests. Many problems remain before full naval use is possible. If small torpedo boats experiments succeed, further tests will occur with a torpedo destroyer.
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Washington
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Japan Re-Arming Army and Selling Rifles to China
London reports via the Daily Mail that Japan is rearming its army with a new rifle design and is selling its old rifles to China, according to St. Petersburg correspondence.
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London
Japan
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
China
Y M C A Announces 4 Million Fund Pledge
The international Y M C A committee reported completion of a 4 million dollar fund with a 1 million endowment pledged. Six donors contributed 632000 from a limited list of 180 subscribers, plus 250000 promised by a top donor during jubilee year.
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New York
International Committee of the
Jit
Cape Haytien Mob Disturbs City In Cable Dispatch
A July 31 cable from Commander McCrea aboard the Machias reports Cape Haytien in turmoil with an unorganised mob threatening foreign consuls. The State Department approves his protection of consuls and warns against bombardment without warning to allow civilians to evacuate. The Machias is deemed sufficient for now, with an eye to more gunboats for restraint.
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Washington
Navy Department
McCrea
Cape Haytien
State Department
Gulf
Carribbean Sea
Great oil trust formed by Rockefeller Rothschild Nobel
London reports claim Rockefeller Rothschild and Nobel have created a global oil combine. The Daily Mail says the three giants control world output, with offers to Russian exporters to sell only at set prices. Russian exporters refuse, prompting anti trust conference invitations and a declared fight to the death by the combine.
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London
Daily Mail
Rockefeller
Rothschild
Nobel
Batoum
Moscow
Great Combine
Mining and storing coal in Carbondale region
Superintendent Ross of the Delaware and Hudson admitted that coal is being cut loaded and stored in cars at shaft foot awaiting hoist. Underbosses company hands and returned strikers are carrying out the work secretly to avoid striker wrath. Strikers halted men at Rocket Brook colliery Carbondale but resumed washery work after noon. carpenters at Coal Brook and Northwestern collieries were turned back. Strikers met to halt all work in the Carbondale mines and washeries.
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Scranton
Ross
Delaware & Hudson
Rocket Brook
Carbondale
Coal Brook
Northwestern
Navy to receive Filipino prisoners oath of allegiance
The War Department sent the president’s July 4 amnesty order to the Navy Department with a note about Filipino prisoners in Guam. A reply says Guam’s governor will be informed and an army transport will sail to Manila via Guam. Prisoners who take the oath of allegiance will be sent back to the Philippine islands.
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Washington
War Department
Navy Department
Guam
Manila
United States
Philippine Islands
Ground upheaval in Stratford linked to gas blast
A Stratford New York report describes a dramatic subsurface explosion blamed on lightning striking a natural gas vein. Tons of sod gravel and stone rose into the air landing on a knoll 12 feet higher. Debris covers about 100 feet square and more than six feet deep.
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New York
Stratford
N. Y
Little Falla
Tinplate plant to close as wage cut urged
Notices posted at the American Tinplate Company foundry in Anderson Indiana announce a shutdown for an indefinite period this week. Workers view the move as pressuring acceptance of a 25 percent wage cut proposed by the company. The firm states mills at Niles Michigan have accepted the cut and other mills in Ohio and Pennsylvania are expected to follow.
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Anderson
Ind
American Tinplate Company
Niles
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Belt Line Railway Creates Coastal to Inland Link
July 31 Empire City notes Belt Line Railway construction begins from a Bay to Marshton crossing East Marstiey then a round by the creamery to Glasgow and the harbor jetty. The 15 mile line opens to other railways for fair charges and aims to connect with Southern Pacific, despite transcontinental uncertainties. About 45 workers and horses mobilize at Empire as grading starts toward Elkton.
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Portland
Belt Line Railway
Pire
Ber
Marshtiey
East Marstiey
Glasgow
Harbor
Expin Council
Railwoas
Great Eastern Railway
Cone Bay Railroad
Southern Pacific
Empire
Roseburg
Enging
George Lyman Moody
Elkton
Hoist Fells on Ferry in Detroit Storm
A July 30 storm in Detroit causes $50,000 damage as a giant Brown hoist aboard the Michigan Central car ferry transport breaks its anchors and crashes 30 feet onto the vessel. The upper works of the ferry suffer extensive damage while nearby towns report property losses but no deaths.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Central
Wyandotte
Michigan Central Car Ferry
Mindoro massacre trial opens in Philippines clash
Manila papers received at the war department report the start of the trial of 25 Mindoro natives charged with killing four Americans. A partial account from a few arrested describes natives attacking landing Americans, killing them, and mutilating their bodies, which were placed in a boat later recovered by Americans.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Mindoro
Shoat
Severe North Dakota Hailstorm Wrecks Crops
Reports from Grand Forks North Dakota dated July 31 describe a damaging hail storm sweeping the northern counties Pembina Walsh Grand Forks Trails Ramsey Nelson Cavalier. Wind and storm devastated crops with wide extent and severity, making total losses hard to estimate.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Pembina
Walsh
Grand Fork Trails
Ramsey
Nelson
Cavalier
Immigration Photos of Turkish Anarchists Sent to Officials
Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent dispatched photographs of Turks expelled from Turkey and suspected to be on a path to the United States. Accompanying the images were instructions to investigate the charges if correct and to report back on the men identified.
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Washington
Turkey
Cuban Congress Resolutions on Church Property Rejected
Information from Washington reports that the lower branch of the Cuban congress declares a resolution regarding church property invalid. The government and the church parties to the settlement must re adjust the arrangements as the measure is not binding.
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Washington
Jis
United Isa
Cubs
Congress
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Balt Lake
Ami
Seattle
Jessie Benning
Tayabas Province
Constabulary
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New South Wales
Costa Rica
Harry Tracey
Wenatchee, Wash
Pittsburg
Edward
Panther
Caribbean
Shenandoah, Pa
Portugese West Africa
New York Subway
Peru
Panama Canal
Linois
West Virginia
Leavenworth, Kan
Indian Territory
Russell Wilson
New Jersey
M. I. Smith
Wisconsin
Topeka
Kan
Chicago
Maryland Society of the California Pioneers
Earth
California
News OF the
Commonwealth
Umatilla County
Elgin
Lower Columbia
Superintendent of
Columbia County Schools
Harry Wright
Tracy and
Lane County
Lucky Boy
Blackburn
Supreme Cot
School Land Board
George W. Davie
Bondemen
Cecil
Morrow County
Douglas
Ella
Lower
Dallas
Vicinity
Asbestos
Jackson County
Antone
Wheeler County
Cray
Gilliam County
Lone
Klamath County
Janes
Portland Markets
Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Burbanks
Young America
Wool—Valley
Mohain
Yale University
E. A. Hoffman
General Theological Seminary of
Michigan
Wash
Marcus
Pauncefote
Y. MC. A
Machias
Cape Maytien
Rothschids
Sonal City
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Ling ‘Ae Bay
Dich
Mindora
Dan
Bella
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