Comprehensive Review of Notable Happenings of the Week
Nine men were killed in a Wilmington pulp mill explosion and five non-union workers were shot at Scranton though none died. Treasury Secretary Shaw signaled moderation on tariffs. Judge Jackson freed John S. Gehr of Colorado for contempt. Japan will not claim Midway Islands but will protect Japanese residents. German beet sugar cuts threaten Vancouver prices. Emperor Francis Joseph marked his 72nd birthday. A Nesquehoning miner, Patrick Sharp, was shot. Remington suicide in Newport. Cholera spreads in Manchuria, with Siberia reporting cases. Many Chinese migrate to Mexico en route to the United States. New York Shipbuilding ordered 80,000 tons abroad. Northern salmon season opened with good catches. Union Pacific shops strike spans carpenters to painters. Dillard captured in Seattle on 48 fraudulent certificates. Griffin Liquid Air probe underway. Sharretts reports tariff treaty with China. Fall salmon run strong. Bakers Bay silversides praised. Aaron von Walterhausen advocates a European tariff barrier against the U.S. Banks planned in the Philippines to aid farmers. Prince Chen Then in Vancouver, then home aboard Empress of Japan. Mrs Jessie Toman found murdered near Muscatine. husband wounded. Trainmen head cites duties amid non-union coal risk. Colonel Hemphill, founder of the Atlanta Constitution, dies. New York Republican convention set for Sept. 23 at Saratoga. San Juan coal strike averted by compromise. Senator Burrows to challenge Cuba reciprocity on constitutional grounds. U.S. soldiers' deaths in the Philippines to be telegraphed biweekly. Venezuelan govt detains three American vessels. Cincinnati Typographical Union to give $2,000 to striking miners. Murray defeats Duffy in Cliftonville athletic showcase.
Eruption of Mount Pelee Shuts Castries Light for 20 Minutes
Officiers on the steamer Dabome report Mount Pelee’s violent eruption at noon Friday near Castries St Lucia. The blast was followed by total darkness five miles from the volcano and it took about twenty minutes for daylight to return.
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Island of
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Dabome
Mount Pelee
Macedonian rebel leader forms new group plans sultan assassination
A Bucharest published newspaper reports that M. Savaroff, former head of the Macedonian revolutionary committee, has organized another group with the stated aim of assassinating the sultan of Turkey.
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Bucharest
Roumania
M. Savaroff
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Turkey
Idaho Republicans nominate state ticket at Boise convention
The Idaho Republican state convention at Boise named Burton L. French for Congress J F Airshie Idaho Supreme Court John T Morrison for governor James M Stevens for lieutenant governor Will H Gibson Theodore Turner H N Coffin John A Bagley Miss Mary L Scott Robert Bell Raph T Morgan Alfred Budge and others for district judges with no fourth district nomination. The platform calls for tariff revision constitutional amendment to curb trusts opening valuable reserve lands for agriculture and minor changes to the two mice limit law for sheep.
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John T. Morrison
Canyon
James M. Stevens
Bingham
Will H. Gibson
Freemont
Theodore Turner
Bannock
H. N. Coffin
Ada
John A. Bagley
Bear Lake
Mary L. Scott
Robert Bell
Custer
Raph T. Morgan
Kootenai
E. C. Steele
George H. Stewart
Afred Budge
Central Committee
Trust Question Up Thrust in Trans Mississippi Congress
The Trans Mississippian congress opened the day with a heated move by W H Eustis to expunge F B Tharcher's address from the records. Eustis charged Thurber acted as a meat trust agent and risked the body's neutrality by presenting the trust side at public expense. The debate lasted an hour, with Thurber criticized for his actions and link to a sugar scandal. Trust issues were referred to the resolutions committees, and Seattle was named for the next meeting.
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Senate
Resolutions Committees
Seattle
Congress
Sage warns against mass consolidations of industries
In New York on August 23 Russell Sage criticizes the idea of combining all major interests. He calls combinations a menace to government and oppressive to the people. He fears an era of consolidation could trigger revolt and financial ruin the public cannot imagine.
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New York
Russell Sage
Mr. Morgan
General Franz Sigel Dies in New York at 77
New York August 23 General Franz Sigel died at his home in the city in his 78th year. Sigel took part in the Baden revolution in 1848 and was a notable figure in the American Civil War.
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New York City
New York
Franz Sigel
Ceneral Sigel
University of Washington President Graves Resigns
Seattle August 23 Frank P Graves president resigns to the board of regents. He receives leave on full salary until January 1 1908 when the resignation takes effect. He seeks a post graduate course in Eastern and European universities citing overtaxed strength and university demands.
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Seattle
Wash
Frank P. Graves
University of Washington
Board of Regents
Graves
Dowager Empress Orders Governor to Stop Reformer Kang Yu Wei
London reports from a trusted Shanghai source that the Dowager Empress has sent secret orders to Wang Chi Chua, newly appointed governor of Kwang Si, to use every effort to end Kang Yu Wei. The Hankow telegram also notes anti Christian riots at Chen Chou and unconfirmed word of two inland missionaries killed.
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London
Shanghai
The
Times
Wang Chi Chua
Kwang Si Province
Kang Yu Wei
Hankow
Chen Chou
Will of Mrs. Charles Fair Discloses $300,000 Estate
The San Francisco will of Mrs. Charles Fair reveals an estate near $300,000. It provides an annuity for her mother and legacies of $10,000 to each of six siblings. The remainder goes to her husband. Fair heirs offer relatives the entire estate if they waive any future contest.
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San Francisco
Charles Fair
Apple Growers Meet to Form National Union in St Louis
About 26 prominent apple growers from Kansas Nebraska Indiana Missouri Arkansas and Illinois met in St Louis to unite U S and Canadian growers. The aim is to form an organization to regulate apple prices nationwide across the United States and Canada.
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St. Louis
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiane
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
United States
Canada
Pelgian Tourists in Rhine Province Kill Three
In the Rhine province an automobile party including a count killed an old man and two children. The mob attempted lynching but police rescued the travelers amid rising crowd violence near Berlin on August 23.
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Rhine
Oregon News Briefs: Commerce, Fires, Crimes and Projects
A weekly review covers Hillsboro’s planned public fruit drying plant, Hot Lake’s $25 000 bathhouse, a Pendleton fire at William Hickey's shop causing 3000 in damage, an opium joint raid in Salem with fines for all. Salem arrests include Fred Reese for clothing theft in Uma tilla county, while Willamette Valley Land Co. ships grasses and grains to Nebraska. Rural free delivery to begin Oct 1 at Harrisburg with two routes serving 10 population. Oregon City officer Barclay now commands transport Tren ton for Philippine force. Land office ruling on Derrick Merwin tract cancels entries due to wagon road conflict. Rev J J Walter named colonization agent for Great Central railroad project Coos Bay to Salt Lake City. Dallas weighs waterworks. Salem cannery closes. Albany spends 41000 on Eastern advertising. Third Presbyterian church of Portland dedicated. Grasshoppers threaten Woodburn hops. La Grande to build up to 50000 in business structures. Maybelle Douglas named queen of Portland Elis carnival. Milton’s Clay Gordon arrested for check fraud. Loewenberg Going Co pays 1259.60 for convict labor. Rev Philo Fuller Phelps to Ashland First Presbyterian. Remains of pioneer Harvey Hogne to Portland for burial. Ruth Jackson and Angle of Medford kill a bear. Elks’ carnival headquarters burglarized. coins and stamps stolen. Thomas F Clarke assumes supervision of Oregon school for deaf mutes in Salem. Mrs Clarke named matron.
Commodity prices for Wheat Barley and Livestock in Valley region
A dense list of current market prices across crops and dairy goods including Wheat at 60 461c and 63 64e, Barley feed at 19.00 per ton, Floor goods from 2.95 to 3.60 per barrel, Bran 16 17 per ton, Middlings 21.50, Shorts is, Hay Timothy 11 12 and Clover 7.50 10 per ton, Potatoes Best Burbanks 71¢ per cwt ordinary 50 75c per cwt, New potatoes Oregon 50 40¢ California 1.00, Creamery 22 4 25c, Dairy 16 16c, Cheese Full cream 12 15c, Poultry prices per dozen and per pound various, Hogs and Veal per pound, Wool ranges and other farm products listed for Oregon and California markets.
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Graham
Burbanks
Oregon
California
Hatter
Young America
Wool—Valley
Interior reverses Bradbury land entry ruling in Idaho
Washington reversed a land office decision in the Robert J. Little case, holding that land entries cannot be received outside office hours. The secretary cited July 11 1900 circular directing that registers and receivers keep offices open 4 p.m. to 4 p.m. daily for business, rejecting off hours applications as improper and noting potential for favoritism and scandal. This establishes the rule that land entry applications must be filed during office hours.
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Idaho
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Robert J. Little
John W. Bradbury
Bradbury
J. McFarland
Register of the Local Land Office
McFarland
Register
Land Department
Lana
South African Blacks Growing Native Tensions Across Farms
London dispatches report intensified conflict risk in Johannesburg as natives attack Boers returning to farms and threaten white women. Authorities delay laws amid debate. many blacks armed, whites unarmed on outlying farms. Universal disarmament and capital punishment for assaults on women urged by experienced colonials.
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London
Johannesburg
Boer Leaders Meet Kruger in Hague Visit
Utrecht Aug 22 Boer generals Botha Dewet and Delarey with Dr Leyds and others arrived from The Hague to consult ex President Kruger on the South African situation. Crowds cheered as the Boer anthem was sung. The three hour conference was stormy and Kruger reportedly opposed British dominion and urged a united South Africa under the Boer flag.
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Dewet
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Kroger
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Peruvian Bark Santa Rosa Arrives in Quarantine
Port Townsend Washington August 22 The Peruvian bark Santa Rosa has arrived and lies in quarantine. She is 73 days from Buenaventura and her crew suffer from beri beri. Three men died on the voyage and were buried at sea.
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Wach
Santa Rosa
Buena Ventura
Eee
Chinese consul in Hawaii found guilty of opium smuggling
A special commissioner George H. Carter reports the Hawaii Chinese consul Yang Wei Pi guilty of opium smuggling. He defended it as under consular privileges. Yang Wei Pi has left for China and is unlikely to return.
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George H. Carter
Hawaii
Honolulu
Yang Wei Pi
China
Death of German War Minister Plargte Reported
Dresden August 22 reports War Minister Plargte dead at Hosterwite. The sudden death shocks officials as details remain scarce.
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Plargte
Hosterwite
USE COAST TIMBER WILL MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO LUMBER INTERESTS
The Panama canal construction will require hundreds of cargoes of construction material and food for workers. The Journal of Commerce notes Panama and Colon are foreign ports, allowing foreign shipowners to bid low rates for transport. Cement, granite, lumber and machinery will be needed, with lumber from Oregon and Washington likely to be shipped Pacific routes, while cement and machinery warrant attention for possible American-ship preferences.
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Rural free delivery routes to begin in three states
Washington reports rise in rural delivery with 48 routes planned in Oregon 37 in Washington and 12 in Idaho. Applications acted upon and awaiting consideration vary by state with several adverse reports in Washington and Oregon. Ontario Oregon to inaugurate rural delivery October 1, while Arcadia post office discontinuance delays star route setup.
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Resolutions Urge Action On Trusts By Trans Mississippian Congress
Anti trust resolutions from the Trans Mississippi congress urge the president to use all power to destroy growing trusts and, if current laws fail, call for stricter measures to curb combinations that threaten competition and Republican institutions.
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Congress
United States
National Congress
Cholera in the Philippines Reaches Ten Thousand Deaths
Washington reports from Manila health officials blame raw shellfish for cholera spread in the Philippines. The death toll in the archipelago has surpassed ten thousand.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Roosevelt creates Alexander archipelago est reserve in Alaska
President Roosevelt issues proclamation establishing an est reserve in extreme Southeastern Alaska. The Alexander archipelago includes Prince of Wales Chichagof Kupreanof Kilu and Zarembo islands and many adjacent islets. The heavily timbered group lies offshore and remains unsurveyed with unknown total area.
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Shamrock III Contract Set for Signature Next Week
London reports that contracts for building Shamrock III will be signed next week. The agreement includes an early launch of the new challenger for the America's Cup, allowing more tuning time than previous entrants enjoyed.
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London
Associated Press
Shamrock IL
Resignation of German Navy Chief Admiral von Diedrichs
Berlin reports that Admiral von Diedrichs resigns as chief of staff of the navy and is succeeded by Vice Admiral Buresel. Von Diedrichs formerly commanded the German squadron in Manila Bay during Dewey’s actions against Spain.
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Coal operatives agree to delivery prices at major ports
A local coal journal reports Welsh coal operators will deliver coal at the Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore wharves priced from five to six dollars and eighty eight cents per ton depending on grade.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Taft Arrives in Manila on Army Gunboat General Alva
Governor Taft reached Manila at daylight aboard the United States gunboat General Alva from Singapore Straits Settlements. He was greeted by an enthusiastic popular demonstration as the ship tied up.
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Taft
United States
General Alva
Sinsapore
Straits Settlements
Trans Mississippi Congress Opens In St Paul Session
The Trans Mississippi Commercial congress opened in St Paul with President John Henry Smith of Salt Lake City presiding. Delegates from the Western states gathered as Smith outlined aims to unify Western views on national legislation and coordinate mining livestock irrigation good roads efforts for greater western gains. Mayors Smith and Van Sant welcomed the delegates before the convention organized.
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John Henry Smith
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van Sant
Power jailed again in contempt case tied to Northern Pacific
Peter Power, linked to the Northern Pacific merger, was detained in Ludlow Street jail after returning to New York from Canada to serve a 30 day contempt sentence. His counsel sought to block confinement with a referee’s order, but U S marshal and Judge Lacome ordered his imprisonment for contempt.
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Northern Pacific Merger Fame
Ludlow Street
New York
Northern Pacific
Canada
United States Marshal’s Office
Lacome
Substitute for coal found in New Jersey turf tests
New York reports successful tests of turf or bog from the New Jersey Lowlands near West New York as a potential coal substitute for winter fuel. Large samples were dug, dried, then burned readily in a forge, turning a ruddy glow and holding fire well. The area is said to offer an almost unlimited supply of Jersey peat.
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New Jersey
West New York
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Portland Plans Good Roads Convention This Fall
Portland officials and James W. Abbott of the Department of Agriculture outlined arrangements for a good roads convention in the city during the week ending October 18. A good roads train may visit Portland to demonstrate practical roadmaking methods for interested participants.
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Canada Would Gift Farm to Each Striker Family
Canadian government instructs homesteading agent to offer incentives to 30,000 or more strikers and families in the anthracite coal region to form a colony in Canada, with land donated by the government and work provided until land is farmed.
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Toledo
Ohio
Canada
Russian Cavalrymen Drown After River Charge
A Daily Express dispatch from St Petersburg reports that during maneuvers near here a squadron of Russian cavalry was ordered to charge and galloped into a river, with 50 men reported drowned and details remaining hard to obtain.
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St. Petersburg
Daily Express
OWA COLLEGE BURNED IN IOWA FLAMES DESTROY PRESBYTERIAN INSTITUTE
Fire of unknown origin swept Parsons College in Fairfield Iowa a Presbyterian institution founded in 1875 The blaze caused about 50000 dollars in losses with roughly half covered by insurance Authorities reported Ottumwa Iowa Aug 21
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Parsons College
Fairfield
Boston Firm Secures Cape Lisbon Coal Vein
Tacoma reports Boston investors have gained control of a 45 foot coal vein at Cape Lisbon to fuel Nome and Behring Sea coast communities. The deal aims to supply fuel to these remote areas, expanding energy access for maritime and frontier development.
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Actress Rose Coghlan Injured by Carbolic Acid Mistake
Helena Montana August 21 Rose Coghlan the actress was severely burned after mistaking carbolic acid for face lotion. She applied the acid in a dark room and narrowly avoided destroying her eyesight, suffering serious facial burns before realizing the error.
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Mont
Rose Coghlan
Foreign delegates gather for YMCA world congress at Christiana
About 1,000 delegates from 31 nations arrive in Christiana to attend the YMCA world congress opening today and running through August 24. The United States is represented by 38 official delegates.
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Christiana
United States
Rush for State Lands as Forest Reserve Looms
Salem August reports show a rapid rush to buy idle and river lands near Coos Bay Curry and other counties as talks of a large eastern forest reserve grow. Investors snap up cheap school land at about 1.25 an acre with the belief timbered areas will surge in value once reserve surveys and irrigation schemes advance. General Odell notes broad demand across Crook Klamath Lake Grant Malheur Harney counties, signaling swift regional development ahead.
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New Fur Seal Rookery Found on Bouldyer Island
Captain Shaw maker reports discovery of a new fur seal rookery on Bouldyer Island in the Aleutians by Lieutenant Berthoff and crew from the Manning. The island lies 3,500 miles from San Francisco, within U S jurisdiction, with seals unbranded and no prior human activity observed. The Manning to continue search for additional rookeries as officials note potential significance amid Prybyloff declines.
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Eeale
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Dorr a Washington Man Found Guilty of Sedition
Fred Dorr of Dayton Washington, native of Manila and son of Dr J C Dorr, was found guilty of sedition tied to publicity of the Manila Freedom. His career included Alaska Australia and China service, aiding Dewey after being expelled from Manila during the war.
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Manila
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Dewey
Schwab's State Car Leaves Loretta for New York Voyage
Pittsburg dispatch reports Schwab's state car departed Loretta this morning to take Schwab to New York. It is understood he will sail for Europe soon. James Gayley, second vice president of the steel company, is tipped for president if Schwab tires. He is a 45 year old scientific merchant.
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Schwab
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Europe
James Gayley
Steel Corporation
War Claims Settled and Adjusted in Auditor Report
Washington reports the auditor’s release shows Oregon’s claim against the War Department nearly settled. About 54 dollars paid with 14,487 accounted for and a balance pending. Idaho payments show 1505224s paid with 1,303 awaiting adjustment. Claims from Washington state have been satisfied with portions disallowed or paid.
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Five Officers and Men Die After River Clash
At Vienna on August 21 a detachment of infantry guarding a river near Pashkbows fought heavy Chinese camp followers. Five officers and thirty men were killed when their unit encountered a hostile group along the water.
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Vienna
Pashbkows
Mech excitement in the Penio Yucatan region report
A terse item notes mech excitement in Penio and Yucatan involvingpetroles TM 54 and coverage details indicating activity or supply concerns.
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Yucatan
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