Vast array of world events and notes from Jan elec
A wide collection reports famine anxieties in India as monsoon failures worsen distress. Boers surrender in the Free State while Chile floods kill twelve and displace 8000. Pressi the Humbert assassin works in Paterson NJ. McKinley faces a possible second term foe, and Italy mourns Humbert’s assassination. Fraser River strike collapses with most white fishermen back to work. Russian acts in Manchuria spark unrest. Haqqers stir revolts. Roosevelt plans August private citizenship. Caleb Powers testifies in Goebel case. Internal revenue curbs cigars labels with gifts. New Orleans quiet after riots. King Humbert’s death echoed. Dewet offers conditional surrender. miners entombed in Mexico. France fears Japan-China coalitions. Otis justifies Mindanao killings. Idaho timber lands bought by Wisconsin syndicate. New York immigration charges surface. Plans float to mall transport at Governor's Island. Cape Nome quarantine. Shanghai intrigue alleged. Kansas stock fraud accused. Prindoo surrenders to British. Lady Randolph Churchill wed in London. Rathbone arrested in Havana. A Baker County bridge fire aids an excursion train. Clark donates to the Democratic fund. German papers condemn William’s no-quarter stance in China. Shang warns of levies on Pekin. Illinois guards suffer injuries at a cannon explosion. A Pekin-bound missionary sees no fate for foreigners. Hobart estate valued at 2.63 million. National Telephone & Telegraph files for incorporation. Hailing appointed clerk in Hawaii court. California hop growers form price-regulating association. Miss Fickle and Coy wed in Grand County. Senor Silvera says Spain won’t send warships to China. Coinage up last year with nickels and quarters rising.
Global War News Flows From Asia and Europe
The report notes Japan could deploy up to 70 000 men to China and allied forces marching on Pekin expect to reach in eight days. It covers political nominations in Kentucky New Hampshire and Oregon, river and harbor disruptions in New York and Brooklyn Navy Yard damage, and diverse items including casualties, hostages, finance figures, and economic impacts from war.
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Pekin
Lane County
Oregon
State Department Defends Temporary Boundary Line
Washington reports say protests in Alaska over the provisional boundary have not reached the capital. Officials emphasize the line is temporary to prevent clashes and that rights of all citizens remain intact under the modus vivendi. Britain, meanwhile, yielded nineteen-twentieths of the disputed territory and kept shipping 10 miles from the line.
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Washington
Alaska
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Porcupine
State Department of the
Geatritain
Lynn Canal
Conger Safe in Peking With Provisions for Weeks
Washington reports two cables from China confirming Minister Conger is safe and well. He says provisions suffice for several weeks though ammunition is scarce. Daggett notes allied forces likely to advance, with little looting or killing. Overseas troops arrive as ships unload slowly.
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Tien Tain
Conger
Lekin
Legations
Washington
War Department
China
India
McCann
Sladen
Allens
Mitchell
Brice
Daggett
McKinley
Canton
Four Girls Drowned in Ocean City Surf Today
Ocean City New Jersey records a tragedy as Virginia and Elsie Lowe of Germantown Pennsylvania and Jennie Bertie Lonsdale of Windmere Pennsylvania, all under 20, drown after being swept out by a heavy undertow while bathing. A lifeguard pulled the Lowe sisters ashore but they died. the Lonsdale girls were resuscitated by doctors yet succumbed.
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Ocean City
N. J
Virginia
Elsie Lowe
Germantown
Jennie
Bertie Lonsdale
Windmere
Lowe
Lonsdale
Cuba to Hold General Election for Constitutional Convention
Washington on August 3 reports the war department orders a general election in Cuba on the third Saturday of September to elect delegates to a Havana convention on the first Monday of November. The convention will frame and adopt a constitution for the Cuban people.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Havana
Oregon Battleship Damage Report While in Drydock
The navy department ordered Constructor Ruben from San Francisco to inspect the battleship Oregon in drydock at Kure Japan and report damage. He supervised part of Oregon s construction and is well suited for the assessment. Ruben will go to Manila to relieve Constructor Hobson who is ill and receiving hospital treatment in Nagasaki.
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Oregon
Washington
Navy Department
Ruben
San Francisco
Kure
Japan
Manila
Hobson
Nagasaki
Eyre-Cragin canal concession upheld by Nicaragua
Reports from multiple cities describe Nicaragua's congress terminating the Maritime Canal Company concession and formally declaring the Eyre-Cragin canal grant. Officials stress US construction plans remain unaffected and concessions may be adjusted to prevent friction with the United States.
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Washington
Maritime Canal Company
United States
Cragin-Eyre Company
Eyre-Cragin
Manafua
Nicaragua
Galveston
Zelaya
Ile
Beekwei Campaign Lights Ashantee War Camp Found
Major H. R. Beddoes with 100 men and two guns began July 24 to locate the Ashantee force. The camp, 3,000 to 4,000 warriors, lay three days east of Mompoessi. After hours of fighting the Ashantees were defeated amid stubborn resistance. Beddoes, Lt Phillips and Swaby were badly wounded. thirty others injured. More troops needed to finish the campaign.
Amer ica in Samoa Instrument of Cession Signed
Commander Benjamin F. Tilley reports on the cession of Tutuila and nearby islands to the United States. The instrument names a district of Tutila and preserves local town control under US law while protecting land rights. Tight restrictions ban firearms explosives and liquor imports without commandant approval.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Tilley
United States Naval Station
Tutuila
Samoa
Navy Department
United States
Tilley
Tutila
Auna
Pago Pago
Ose Island
Magua
Tivoli raid nets fines and jail in New York police court
In New York on August 5 eighty one women and one man arrested at Tivoli were arraigned. Two women were fined ten dollars for disorderly conduct and another received three months as a vagrant. Most cases adjourned. Among men, J F OConner temporary Tivoli manager faced two thousand dollar bail for examination. J F McAve waiter held on hundred dollar bail amid counter charges against State Senator Ford who testified as witness.
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New York
Tivoli
J. F. O'Conner
J. F. McAve
Ford
McAve
New Jersey Gov Voorhees on Anarchists and Law
In New York on August 5 Governor Voorhees of New Jersey said state authorities are observing laws and are able to handle the anarchist issue. He warned that if any lawbreaking occurs, prompt action will be taken and offenders prosecuted. He rejected the suggestion that anarchists are sheltered in New Jersey.
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New York
Voorhees
New Jersey
Porter's Tampa yellow fever alert triggers quarantine call
Key West reports two yellow fever cases in Tampa with Dr. Weedon noting possible general spread. Dr. Porter orders quarantine restrictions on all travel to and from Tampa, aiming to contain the disease to the city.
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Key West
Fla
Porter
Florida
Weedon
Tampa
German Transports Sail For China Departure Marks End of Voyage
German transports Rhein and Adria sailed for China with the expeditionary corps under General von Leased. Emperor William and the empress visited the ships on departure eve. A large number of Martinique youths petition President Loubet for arms and passage to aid the Boers in South Africa. A Georgia coast sugar refinery is planned in Blaxley.
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Bremerhaven
Rhein
Adria
China
Von
Emperor William
Qumprees
Martinique
Prsident Loubet
France
South Africa
Georgia
Blaxley
Italians in San Francisco react to Humbert assassination
Italians in San Francisco met last night to express feelings over King Humbert's assassination. A sympathy cablegram was sent to Italy's foreign affairs minister for the royal family. Memorial services were planned for the monarch's funeral, with Consul Serra in Rome to represent the local colony.
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San Francisco
Humbert
C.F. Serra
Rome
Cable
Louisville Population Reported at 204731
Washington August 5 The census office announced Louisville Kentucky has a population of 204731, an increase of 42602 since the 1890 census, reflecting growth in the city’s urban area and economic expansion.
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Louisville
Washington
Six Dead and Many Injured in Tampico Clash
A Tampico police clash at Donna Cecilia suburb left four Bahama negroes and two soldiers dead and 21 wounded, with several more expected to die. The confrontation involved about 60 Bahama natives and troops from the government barracks.
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Chicago
Tampico
Mexico
Donna Cecilia
Six Armored Cruisers Bid By Navy for Construction
The navy issued a circular calling for bids to build six armored cruisers. Three ships come from the 1899 act and three from the 1900 act. Plans ready November 5. Bids enforce minimum tonnage and 25 knot speed with 36 month completion and penalties. Main battery includes eight inch and six inch rifles, plus extensive smaller guns and torpedo tubes. Cost limits are 4.0 million for the 1890 act ships and 4.25 million for the 1900 act ships.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Nine Injured as Iron Girders Drop on Broadway
At Broadway and Walker streets in New York a crane mishap sent five heavy iron girders crashing from a 12 story building top. Three workers aged 16 to 19 were seriously injured and four more badly cut, while 100 others escaped harm. Alfred Norton, iron workers foreman, is charged with criminal neglect.
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New York
Broadway
Walker Streets
Fannie Cohen
Morris Beichere
David Waldemann
M. Goldberg & Co
Walker Street
Alfred Norton
Center Street
Fires Spread In Sierra Madre Forest Reserve
August reports from Camp Sturtevant show forest fires continue in the Sierra Madre with 15 to 20 square miles already devastated. Firefighters face heavy work to check the flames lest a larger area be laid waste in the San Gabriel forest reserve.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sierra Madre Mountains
Sturtevant
San Gabriel Forest Reserve
Beheading and peace policy claims from Pekin dispatches
A July to August 1900 era report summarizes claims on Prince Ching's peace policy and allied actions around Pekin. It notes beheadings, troop movements, and diplomatic shifts as American and British interests press for a quick resolution. Chinese imperial factions and Li Hung Chang's faction are cited with limited influence.
Defied British Nation as Cork MP Tanner Is Suspended
London reports Dr Charles Tanner Nationalist MP for Cork middle division again suspended after clashing with the chair during a supply vote. He was barred for the remainder of the sitting amid wild gesticulations and insults, declaring the chairman a premier’s alien and vowing to throw “at your teeth.” The scene saw members flee to their seats to quell the uproar. In Pretoria, August 6, President Kruger and Commandant-General pledged indemnity for farm damages caused by British forces, offered to pay the losses.
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London
Charles Tanner
Middle Divises
Cork
Tanner
Gral
Dr. Tanner
Kroger
Pretoria
Brrger
Glanders Breaks Out Among Cavalry at Presidio Troops
Glanders outbreak reported among eight horses at four Presidio stables. Cavalry regiments await shipment to China aboard the Aztec and Strathgrain. The illness was detected this morning and eight infected animals were shot to prevent epidemic spread.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Ous
China
Aztec
Strathgr
Democrats Lead in North Carolina Governor Race and Senate
Early returns from Raleigh indicate Democrats will win the governorship by a large margin, with estimates between 55 000 and 60 000, while party leaders push for a sweeping gain in the legislature. Current counts suggest about 38 of 50 Senate seats and a strong majority in the House, with results still pending in several counties expected to bolster Democratic control.
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Raleigh
N. C
Simmons
Senate
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