Eugene Weekly Guard news digest 1890s style
A condensed review of global and domestic events including steel mills revival and a New Jersey anarchist play linked to Humbert I’s assassination. Reports cover labor strikes in San Francisco and Newark, Anglo French tensions, Turkish Bulgarian clashes, rail and bridge issues, and economic data on cotton, imports and exports with mentions of notable personalities and places such as Col umbia, Washington, and Philadelphia.
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France
Turkey
Colombia
Patterson
N. J
Steel Trust
Pekin
Admiral Howison
Schley Court of Inquiry
Gage
San Francisco
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Union Tron Works
New York
Rooklyn
Monroe Doctrine Endorsed in Zelaya Address in Nicaragua
General Zelaya of Nicaragua declares support for the Monroe Doctrine in his annual congress message and urges U S canal construction through Nicaragua. He frames the United States as protector of the weak and highlights shared interests in opening a Central American interoceanic canal to strengthen maritime power and progress.
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New York
Santox Zelaya
Nicarauga
United States
Managua
Nicaragua
Journal and Advertiser
Inter-Orean
Rebellion in China Sparks Imperial Guard Mobilization
The Queen Adelaide reports Tung Fuh Siang's rising with banners reading Sweep China and destroy the aliens. The court orders Shen Si and He Nan braves to arm 15 to 160 battalions to deter the insurrection, while floods in Japan cause heavy loss of life and widespread damage.
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Lingan
Shanghai
Shen Si
He Nan
Japan
General Strike Ordered by Amalgamated Steel Workers
Pittsburg August 8 reports a general strike of Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers after the mills’ last shift August 10. President Shaffer orders all union men in U S Steel to join, signaling a prolonged clash with strong potential for loss of money, idleness, hardship, and even bloodshed.
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Pittsburg
Steel Trust
Amalgamated Association of Iion, Steel & Tin Workers
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
France and the Porte Contemplate Recall of Ambassador
In Paris the foreign ministry would not confirm the Constantinople reports that M. Constans the French ambassador has handed a Turkish rights matter to Paris and urged his recall with passports of Sahib Bey. The press notes possible recall or an unlimited leave of absence for Constans while Delcasse is away. An immediate decision hinges on cabinet vacation schedule.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Constantinople
M. Constana
Quays Company
Sahib Bey
Tempe
M. Constans
The
Francaise
Turkey
Constans
M. Delcasse
Sedley court vacancy filled by Rear Admiral Howison
Washington August 8 Rear Admiral Henry L Howison was appointed to fill the Sedley court of inquiry vacancy due to Rear Admiral Kimberly illness The decision was announced by Assistant Secretary Hackett and approved by Admiral Schley.
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Washington
Sedley Court of Inquiry
Kimberly
Henry L. Howison
Hackett
Schley
Auction Sale in Brooklyn Nets Two Ships to Chicago and Baltimore
In Brooklyn today the United States transports Terry and McPherson were sold at auction. Miles Barry of Chicago purchased the Terry for 19 600 dollars, while E H Parsons of Baltimore bought the McPherson for 18 700 dollars.
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New York
United States
Terry
McPherson
Brooklyn
Miles Barry
Chicago
E. H. Parsons
Baltimore
Trains Tied Up By Nevada Landslide
All trains on the Southern Pacific railroad are tied up by a landslide at Avenet Nevada, 280 miles west of Ogden, blocking service and causing delays across the line.
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East Lake City
Southern Pacific Railroad
Avenet
Nev
Ogden
Growth and Taking Stock of Oregon Industries
A survey of Oregon commerce notes shipments of over 1000 tons of fruit and hops from Eugene, a new large natatorium at Baker City, and Hood River apple buyers at 1.25 per box for fall delivery. Reports cover gold bearing quartz discoveries, prune labor, threshers unions, and livestock prices, with notes on counterfeit coin circulation, a busy creamery, and a new post office at Luda Coos county.
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Eugene
Baker City
Hood River
Ashland
Douglas County
Powder Valley
Elgin
Lucky Boy Mine
Blue River District
Oregon
Lane County
Agricultural markets summary from Wheat to Potatoes
Market report lists prices for Wheat Bluestem Oats Barley and flour futures, with per bushel and per ton figures. Includes Butter Eggs Cheese Poultry Mutton Hogs Veal Beef Hops Wool Mohair and Potatoes with regional notes for Valley and Eastern Oregon and various grades and packaging terms.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Young America
Wool — Valley
Odd 534 year old Chinese paper money found
The article notes a 534 year old Chinese paper note unearthed. It mentions Americans adopting Yankee methods in England. Gen Wood joins Havana Academy of Science. Louisiana Purchase exposition head forecasts processes over products. Chicago students claim a new wireless system. Mrs. Powers of Georgetown is linked as Grant’s boyhood sweetheart and later postmistress.
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Francis
Chicago
Lucinda Powers
Georgetown
Gen
Grant
Great Yangtze Floods Cause Massive Chinese Losses
Victoria B C August 9 floods driven by the Yangtze rising as high as 40 feet flood hundreds of miles. Anking Kiu Kiang and Wuhu suffer extreme inundation with thousands feared dead. Hong Kong police seize Mausers revolvers and pistols in Queen's Road West.
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Victoria
B. C
Yangtze
China
Anking
Kiu Kiang
Wuhu
Chong Teh
Chong Cheh Tung
Wu Chang
Hong Kong
Queen's Road
West
Cloudbursts in Utah Cause Loss of Lives and Damage
Cloudbursts and heavy rains swept across Utah last night killing two people and causing extensive damage to railroad lines and property. Winter Quarters miners idled as tracks were washed away, Ereka flood damaged Main Street and business cellars, Rio Grande and Short Line lines washed out, Morgan landslide delayed Union Pacific trains, Parley’s Canyon landslide cut Salt Lake water supply, an electrical storm disrupted telegraph and telephone services and blacked out the city lights.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Winter Quarters
Ereka
Rio Grande
Morgan
Union Pacific
Parley’s Canyon
The
Electric Light Company
Hawaii judge Humphreys to face possible DOJ action
Washington August 9 Judge A H Humphreys of the First Circuit Hawaii met with Attorney General Knox after Hawaii bar association filed a complaint accusing him of arbitrary and unjust conduct and contending three attorneys were contempt of court arrests. Accused were pardoned by the governor later. The bar may file formal charges, with DOJ handling next. Deep tensions between new federal officials and the old regime are noted.
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Washington
A. H. Humphreys
First Circuit
United States Court
Hawaii
Knox
Bar Association of Hawaii
Humphreys
Judge Humphreys
Department of Justice
Navy orders Machias to Colon to protect American interests
The navy department has ordered the gunboat Machias, then in Boston, to proceed to Colon to safeguard American interests amid reports of disturbances and traffic disruption at the isthmus.
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Machias
Colon
Washington
Aug
Navy Department
Boston
Brooklyn Arrives Manila After Australian Parliament Opening
The United States cruiser Brooklyn under Rear Admiral Remey arrives in Manila from Australia where it participated in celebrations marking the opening of Australia's first parliament.
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Manila
United States
Brooklyn
Remey
Australia
Remarkable gold strike reported in Wilks county near Washington
Samples of ore accompanied by attested affidavits have arrived in Atlanta showing a remarkably rich strike of gold in Wilks county near Washington Georgia.
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Atlanta
Wilks County
Washington, Ga
New plan for Vermont boat museum room proposed
New York August 8 Tribune reports a new plan to preserve the old training ship Vermont by creating a naval museum or trophy room. The current museum space is small and needed for offices, following protests to the navy department against converting the vessel into junk.
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New York
the Tribune
Vermont
Navy Department
Boers Far From Defeat Says Red Cross Surgeon
Topeka reports Thomas Anderhold returned home from the Transvaal after 18 months aiding wounded Boers as a Red Cross surgeon with the Irish-American hospital corps of Chicago. He says the Boers remain confident and no nearer defeat than a year ago, claiming capture by the British and return home.
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Topeka
Kan
Thomas Anderhold
Transvaal
Red Cross
South Africa
Chicago
Ander Id
Gateable Smelter Heist Ventured Underground Vault Theft
Thieves tunneled from outside into the Selby Smelting and Lead Company vault near the San Francisco bay shore and carried away about 1200 pounds of gold bullion valued at $280,000. They used a drilled floor hole, closed the vault from inside, and fled by boat leaving two bars behind. Police blamed skilled mechanics. the scheme spanned weeks with a tunnel under the foundation and pepper to hinder pursuit.
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San Francisco
Aug. T
Selby Smelting & Lead Company
Selby Works
Bay Shore
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Bay Cities
Selby Smelting Lead Company
Foreign ministers stall as Britain delays China protocol
Pekin reports say ministers planned to sign the settlement protocol today but Sir Ernest Luton notified that Britain cannot sign. The meeting was postponed indefinitely. Rockhill and Mumm von Schwarzenstein urged viceroys Chang Chih Tang and Liu Kun Yi to pressure the government to avoid objections. Other powers push to complete, while British delay unsettles. London awaits Lansdowne’s remark in the Lords noting progress and kept open the open door policy as indemnity issues wind down. Guards at Pekin may total 1,800 with 3,000 more to be stationed along the route to the sea.
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Pekin
Ernest Luton
Great Britain
Rockhill
Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Chang Chih Tang
Liu Kun Yi
Hankow
Nankin
Ernest Latow
Voyron
London
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Earl Spencer
China
Legation
Plague Precautions Tighten Rule for Orient Ships
In Victoria on Aug 7 authorities directed stricter measures to stop bubonic plague from entering Canada. Dr Watt at Williams Head quarantine station must fumigate all Orient steamers before docking, with Ottawa issuing the precautions.
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Victoria
H. C
B. C
Hong Kong
Watt
Williams Head
Ottawa
Fire destroys expo building in Kansas City blaze
A historic Expo building from 1887, cost over $20,000, burned in under two hours yesterday after a boy set rubbish alight near the crowd. Patrick Kilmore, who dedicated the structure 14 years prior, stood nearby as the flames started shortly after 1 o'clock.
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Kansas City
Aug
Patrick Kilmore
Putting Down Rebellion General MacArthur Report
The Aug 12 report presents Major-General MacArthur’s July 4, 1901, address summarizing the October 1, 1900 to July 4, 1901 period in which Filipino insurgents pursued guerrilla resistance after the collapse of open rebellion. He notes secret committees funding and punishing supporters while Americans pursued counterinsurgency and expresses hope in the adopted policy's effectiveness.
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Washington
MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
Battleships on Puget Sound May Be Ordered to Panama
War between Venezuela and Colombia could trigger dispatch of a battleship from Puget Sound. The Oregon at the Puget Sound navy yard and the Iowa at Anacortes are the available vessels, with the Wisconsin in yard and unfit for combat. If one ship goes, it will be the Iowa due to required repairs on the Oregon.
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Venezuela
Colombia
Puget Sound
Panama
Oregon
Iowa
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Anacortes
Wisconsin
Puget Sound Yard
Ambassadorial Efforts Against Native Hostility in 1900
General MacArthur notes U S proclamation of December 21 to hold the island and enforce laws has reduced resistance. He cites past education causing suspicion, urges continued conciliation and cooperation. Army field report shows stations rising from 413 to 502 by October 1 1900 in contact with hostile forces, yet insurrection nearly suppressed.
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United States
MacArthur
Plot Against King Edward Delayed Departure for Germany
London reports from the Tribune’s London correspondent say anarchist plots prompted by German police may have caused King Edward and royal mourners to delay their travel. The King with Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria plans to depart London tomorrow evening for Cronberg to attend a memorial on Sunday.
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New York
London
the Tribune
Germany
Edward
Friedrichshof
Alexandra
Victoria
Cronberg
Memorial Ne
British dispatch reports Boer loss and surrender in South Africa
London August 12 Lord Kitchener reports a post of 25 men from Steynacker's Horse on the Sabi River was surprised and captured by the Boers. He also notes the surrender at Warmbaths of Commandant Devilleres, second in command to Selers.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Steynacker
Sabi
Devilleres
Selers
Government to cap Jewish students in Russian universities
The government announced a new policy limiting Jewish students to 3 percent of all university enrollments nationwide, with the Moscow University exception enforcing a total ban. The move targets higher education minorities amid mounting state control of intellectual life.
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ST. Petersburg
University of Moscow
Soldier in Philippines sends $270 to Father Conaty
Secretary Gage received a soldier’s contribution of 270 dollars from the Philippines. The funds were sent to Father Conaty, rector of the Catholic University, for transmission to the Secretary.
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Washington
Gage
Philippines
Father Conaty
Catholic University
McKinley approves death sentence in Spain war case
President McKinley has approved the death sentence of Private Phineas Foutz of Company K, 19th Infantry, the first Marine or Army enlisted man to be executed since the Spanish war began. Foutz was convicted by a general court martial at Cebu, P I, for stabbing to death Geneviva Torres, a Filipino girl, in her home at Mandaue Cebu on November 15 1900.
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Washington
McKinley
Phineas Foutz
Ex Governor William A Newell Dies at Allentown Home
Trenton New Jersey August 12 Ex Governor William A Newell dies at his Allentown New Jersey home in his 84th year He served as a U S Representative from New Jersey from 1845 to 1851 Elected Governor of New Jersey in 1856 as a Republican candidate He later ran against General McClellan and was defeated During Hayes administration he was appointed Governor of Washington Territory and made Washington his home for about three years
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Trenton
N. J
William A. Newell
Allentown
Newell
Congress
New Jersey
McClellan
Hayes
Washington
Steel Trust Orders McKeesport Plant Torn Down
The States Steel Corporation ordered the Dewees-Wood plant at McKeesport dismantled and moved to Kiskiminetas Valley amid the strike. Union leaders pledge to fight, while preparations for teardown proceed and rumors spread that other local plants may close. Local officials and citizens express mixed reactions as the industrial conflict deepens.
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Steel Trust
McKeesport
Kiskiminetay Valley
Pittsburg
States Steel Corporation
Dewees-Wood
Mck
Kiminetas Valley
Pers
American Federation Labor
Schaffer
Amalgamated
Hig Ooten
Dewees Woog
Per
Sifer F. Smith
American Sheet Sheet Company
Yp. Murtinc
American Sheet Sregt Company
Dewees-Wooe
Mek
Kiskim Valley
Stikers
Carnegie
Coneaut
Gompers Endorses Amalgamated Association in Strike Stand
President Gompers and AFL officials met with the advisory board of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers for over three hours. He stated that organized labor must support the Amalgamated, condemning trusts and pledging moral and financial aid to striking workers.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Amalgamated Association
Morrison
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amarmated
Silk import totals for Philippine silk manufactures rise in 1900
A comparative statement from the Division of Insular Affairs shows Philippine silk imports in 1900 reached 285,984 dollars, up from 183,000 in 1899, an increase of about 111 percent. Imports from the United States grew modestly from 361 dollars in 1899 to 1,110 dollars in 1900.
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Washington
Pines
Philippines
United Su
Krugers Mental Condition Reported Serious
A Rotterdam telegraph reports the mental condition of Mr. Kruger is among serious nervous diseases with serious apprehension, updated from Beste. The note comes as a special dispatch from London dated August 12.
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Kruger
London
Rotterdam
Beste
Drouth in Russia Impacts Baltic and Siberian Crops
Report from St. Petersburg notes drought affecting two percent or more of crop damage across the Baltic provinces and extending into the Siberia and Volga regions. Five major crop failures are cited in the overview of agricultural strain and area losses.
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Russia
ST. Petersburg
Baltic
Siberia
Volga
Fire destroys cargo at Trans-Caspian Railway warehouse
In Tiflis an explosion caused a blaze at a bonded warehouse on the Trans-Caspian Railway. Sixteen carloads of merchandise were destroyed in the fire, the cause yet to be determined.
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Philadelphia
Tiflis
Russia
Paisley Race Meeting Injures Forty After Crowd Crush
In Paisley Scotland a race meeting crowd surged causing about forty people to be injured many with peck injuries. Officials reported ties and delays as emergency crews responded to the chaotic scene.
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Paisley
Scotland
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