Week's Events Cover Crimes Fires and Politics
Murderer Dalton was found guilty of first degree murder in Portland. A block of 17 business houses burned at Sweetwater Texas. Major General MacArthur to command the department of the Colorado. The canal treaty caucus in the Democratic Senate failed to decide. Illinois celebrated its 83rd anniversary of statehood in Springfield. Various items report fires, robberies, political moves, and international tensions.
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Dalton
Portland
West Virginia
Sweetwater
Tex
Ives
Goldsmith & Co
Milwaukee
MacArthur Kas Laer
Department of the Colorado
Springfield
No direct vote chose the U S president
A compressed, era tone note surveys electoral method and mentions that no president has been elected by direct popular vote in the United States.
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The
United States
UAE seals new prison plan briefed by leader
Text unclear but indicates UAE considering new prison plan or security measure announced by a leader. No identifiable entities, dates, or locations clearly stated.
Philippines court hangs Olivar leader of ladrones band
Major Henry O. Turrill sentences Juan Olivar, Filipino gang leader, to be hanged for the murder and robbery at Mineo Panay. The case covers the capture of Theodore Labrador and family, with several victims killed by bolos. Other related executions and commutations are noted, including insurgent cases and charges not fully aligned with sentences.
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Wntary Commission
Philippines
Henry 8. Turrill
Juan Olivar
Olivar
Theodore Labrador
Mineo
Panay
Mall
Labrador
General Chaffee
Echevarra
Naro
Muasinte
Charlee
Ygnacio Biaoting
United States
Raynor vows to appeal court of inquiry ruling
Isador Raynor expressed keen disappointment at the court of inquiry findings and said he will go to Washington to plead his engagements. He will urge Admiral Schley to pursue every possible appeal, including congress, to overturn the judgment. He argued the testimony favored Schley and that the country will likely support him in continuing the fight.
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Isador Raynor
Court of Inquiry
Washington
Admiral Schley
Dewey
Sehley
Lam
Tam
Blizzard Looms as Wyoming Snow Devastates Sheep Country
The Cheyenne telegram reports a fierce Southern Wyoming blizzard delaying travel by three to five hours and threatening heavy losses among Red Desert and Uintah county sheep herds. One herder is dead, another Mexican herder reportedly frozen, as flocks are scattered and a break is awaited.
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Wyo
Dee
Wyoming
Red Desert
Uintah County
Alan
Woman sought in Paterson for Miss Stone relief funds
Police in Paterson, New Jersey, are asked to watch for a well dressed refined woman claiming authority to collect funds for Miss Stone’s liberation. She carries a paper identifying her as an agent of the American Tract Society and lists Bishop Potter, Archbishop Corrigan, J. P. Morgan, and Mrs. Gardella Hobart.
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New York
Paterson
N.J
Miss Stone
American Tract Society
Bishop Potter
Archbishop Corrigan
J. P. Morgan
Gardella Hobart
Embassies Warn Prompt War Indemnity Payment
Constantinople reports the Russian embassy in Constantinople warns the porte that the war indemnity must be paid promptly. The Times notes embassies are preparing and identical notes on mining regulations from last year applied retroactively, harming old mining enterprises.
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New York
Constantinople
London Times
New York Times
Porte
Nicaraguan US treaty enables duty free imports
Managua December 16. Nicaraguan foreign minister Senor Sanches and United States minister William J. Merry signed a protocol for a treaty. It provides for duty free admission into Nicaragua of flour wines under 14 degrees fresh and dried fruits and preserved products from the United States.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Senor Sanches
William J. Merry
United States
Salvador
Costa Rica
Shamrock II Fire Damages Liptons Challenger
Sir Thomas Lipton's cup challenger Shamrock II narrowly escaped destruction as a boiler shop at Erie Basin burned, engulfing a launch and leaving the vessel badly scorched on one side. Firemen saved the ship. total damage estimated at 100000 dollars.
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New York
J. M. Robinson Company
Erie Basin
Shamrock
Growth and Happenings in Oregon Industries
A broad review of commerce and progress across Oregon notes the Y M C A building opening in Salem, rising Willamette water in Albany, Pendleton wheat sales at 50 cents, and 100000 bushels sold there. Officeholders plan Lewis and Clark centennial board formation January 13. Clackamas County offers a $100 reward for highway robbery suspects. An electric line extension from Lents to Oregon City with a Molalla loop is proposed. Soldiers’ Monument Associa tion approves a Lone Fir cemetery memorial costing 2000 to 6000 dollars, with 200 subscribed. New bank planned for Grants Pass. The Dalles reports frost. no snow yet. Eastern Oregon prepares first regular oil drilling near Vale. Listen Lake Gold Mining of Sumpter formed with 500000 capital. Nehalem Coal Mining Co ship sails to Astoria and proves good fuel. Lowell copper mine near Waldo sold for 30000 to San Francisco investors for development.
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Willamette
Albany
Pendleton
Clackamas
Lents
Portland
Springwater
Molilla
Portland City & Oregon Railway Co
Oregon City
Ruling on Dewey Sehley Court of Inquiry Findings
Secretary Long released the Bedley court of inquiry report with two opinions. The majority condemns Admiral Sehley on 11 points including delay, faulty blockade, and disobedience to orders, while Admiral Dewey generally supports Sehley but confirms key facts. Dewey credits swift action and a successful Santiago blockade and total destruction of Spanish ships.
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Washington
Bedley Court of Inquiry
Long
Admiral Benham
Ramsay
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Sehley
Sehley
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Colon
Brooklyn
Texas
Hodgson
Diamonds stolen from Portland Hotel tied to arrests
Portland police linked the November 17 jewel theft of 10000 dollars from the Albert F. Lowenthal case to four suspects colored by arrests in Portland and Omaha. Kelly Wiley and Brooks Grant were arrested, with Woods and Mrs True Johnson in Omaha. Grant says Wiley confessed to the theft. Wiley denies it. Three burglaries in Portland are charged to Wiley.
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Portland
Albert F. Lowenthal
Portland Hotel
Kelly Wiley
Brooks Grant
W. H. Woods
True Johnson
Omaha
Neb
Wiley
Woods
Mrs. Johnson
Fremont
Johnson
Grain and livestock market prices from Valley region sale
A listing of prices for wheat, flour, oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, mutton, hogs, veal, beef, hops, wool, mohair and potatoes. Prices shown in per unit terms and per pound or ton for regional commodities. Local ranges include Wheat Walla Walla bluestem and several dairy and egg products with varied grades and containers.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Worldly Checks and Scientific Breakthroughs Span Global News
Passing checks at the London clearing house would equal all the world’s coin in six weeks. Prof Ritchey at Yerkes Observatory reveals a major astronomical discovery proving nebular theory and evolution among planetary bodies with photographic evidence. Sweden plans a coastwise wireless telegraph system. Colorado mines test a new gold extraction process from low grade ore with satisfactory results. Judge Eli P Evans has served as Columbus common pleas judge for 25 years. Southern Oregon hosts the world’s largest nickel deposits. An Anglo American syndicate will fund a $10,000,000 London office block. Western railroads add trains to meet rising passenger traffic. A German test shows a new steel production method predicted to revolutionize the industry. Secretary Hay tells New York Chamber the U S upholds the Monroe doctrine and the golden rule.
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Ritchey
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Colorado
Eli P. Evans
Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Oregon
Brevet Board Reports Near Thousand Names Listed
The army brevet board completed its list of officers to be recommended for brevet rank for gallant services in Cuba Porto Rico the Philippines and China President Roosevelts name is expected on the list with brigadier general of volunteers The report will be sent to the secretary of war within days to replace a prior Senate submission.
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Army Board
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
China
Secretary of War
Senate
Roosevelt
Verdict of Schley Court Exonerates Schley on Cowardice
Washington December 13 The Schley court of inquiry is nearing its written verdict. It is expected to exonerate Schley of cowardice and praise his bravery and rapidity in battle. The report will criticize his retrograde movement and his steps to verify whether the Spanish fleet was at Cienfuegos. It is believed friends will refrain from seeking a congressional investigation.
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Washington
Schley
Cienfuegos
Wooster University main building destroyed by fire
The main building of the University of Wooster in Wooster Ohio burned early today causing an estimated loss of 250000 with 70000 covered by insurance. All college records and most equipment were destroyed including a mineral and relic collection valued above 10000 recently donated by the United States government.
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Wooster, O
University of Wooster
United States
Lord Kitchener Reports Boer Command Captured at Richardsfontein
London dispatch from Standerton Transvaal states General Bruce Hamilton after a night march surprised and captured nearly the entire Boer Bethel force at Richardsfontein early yesterday. Seven Boers were killed and 131 taken prisoner.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Standerton
Transvaal
Bruce Hamilton
Richardsfontein
Torpedo Demonstration Planned by Navy Attache
Commander Clover of the United States Navy, the attaché at the U.S. embassy in London, and his family arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to spend the holidays. He will report to the government on a working model torpedo using the Marconi wireless transmission system before returning to his post on December 28.
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New York
Clover
United States Navy
United States
London
Marconi
Coal famine cripples Philadelphia port shipments
Philadelphia reports a coal famine unseen for years as coast wise and West Indian trade suffers. Orders from New England and the West Indies flood in, but merchants cannot ship due to a severe car shortage hindering coal transport from mines.
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Philadelphia
New England
West Indies
D P Thompson Dies Pioneer Oregon Figure at 67
David P. Thompson, a Portland pioneer and leading Oregon citizen, died at the Hobart Curtis apartments at 12:25 this morning. He was 67, cause pernicious anemia from organic stomach trouble. After weeks of declining health, he lapsed to coma and passed quietly, with family, physician Dr A J Giesy, and a nurse present. He had shown moments of lucidity yesterday before sinking. The death shocks his wide circle of friends across Portland and the Northwest.
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David P. Thompson
Oregon
Hobart- Curtis
Thompson
A. J. Giesy
British Officer Denies Boer Prisoners Were Treated Badly
Lieutenant Colonel Quayle Jones, formerly in charge of Boer prisoners at Bermuda, arrived on the Pretoria from Bermuda en route to England and issued strong denials of reports that the prisoners were mistreated, underfed, or lacking clothing.
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New York
Quayle-Jones
England
Bermuda
Pretoria
Bper
Conference on Galveston bondholders December 17
New York reports a conference in New York on December 17 of Alvestons bondholders to discuss steps to meet Galvestons financial difficulties. Galveston failed to pay interest on certain bonds with a 40 year 1881 limited debt, default occurring December 1 when the city could not meet the interest.
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New York
Alvestons
Galeston
Journal of Commerce
Galveston
Miss Stone Seen in Balkan Camp Near Dubnitza
Berlin dispatch reports Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary captive, seen alive recently at Koprivenkolibi near Dubnitza according to the Sofia correspondent of the Lakai Anzeiger.
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Berlin
Sofia
Lakal Anseiger
Misa Ellen M. Stone
Koprivenkolibi
Dubnitza
National G A R Encampment Set for Washington D C
Chicago December 16 Members of the executive committee of the National Council of the G A R decide to hold the next encampment in Washington D C in the fall with date to be fixed. Atlantic City and Denver sought the meeting but Washington was chosen unanimously after hearing three delegates.
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National Council of the G. A. R
Washington, D.C
Atlantic City
Denver
National Capital
New York Fire Destroys Dennison Paper Store
Fire at the Dennison Paper Manufacturing Company store in New York this morning leveled the building within half an hour. The blaze caused extensive damage and losses are expected to be heavy.
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New York
Dennison Paper Manufacturing Company
Indian War Veteran Pension Bill Proposed by Senator Mitchell
Washington December 12 Senator Mitchell introduced a bill to extend pensions to surviving officers and enlisted men including marines and volunteers who served in numerous Indian wars from 1817 to 1856 and to include their widows who have not remarried with proof of enlistment or pay records as proof of service.
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Ashington
Mitchell
Military and Naval Service of the
United States
Florida
Rate War Hits Utah Railroads In Westbound Trade
Salt Lake City December 12. A Utah rail rate war draws in every railroad doing business in the state. The Gould system western lines Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific push cuts. Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific also engage, with westbound traffic offered at 30 to 50 percent off. Origin traced to Mallory Morgan lines competing from New York via New Orleans to Rocky Mountain points.
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New York
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Rocky Mountain Territory
Dole denies report in Honolulu interview
Governor Dole reiterates he had no thought of resigning in a Honolulu interview. A health board rule requires English for physician licensing exams, potentially excluding many Japanese and foreign doctors. The Tampico arrived from the Sound after 16 stormy days, one gale ripping away its forecastle rail. The Rosecrans docked November 27 from Portland en route to Manila, coal loaded, leaving December 3. The Wisconsin battleship is in port, arrived December 1 from Pago Pago, to coal and sail to Acapulco in about a week.
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Dole
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Sound
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Manila
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Fago Pago
Acapulco
Mexico
Explosion at Sharon Steel plant injures nine workers
An explosion at the Sharon Steel Company casting department shook South Sharon, breaking windows in hundreds of homes and moving nearby buildings from their foundations. Nine men were injured with two possibly fatally, as molten metal sprayed from a ladle into a casting machine when water contacted hot metal.
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Sharon
South Sharon
Sharon Steel Company
Kitchener Reports Boer Casualties and Prisoners
Lord Kitchener in Pretoria dispatches last week's tally: 31 Boers killed, 17 wounded, 352 captured, 33 surrendered, with supplies taken. He states eastern Transvaal blockhouses allow continuous patrol for the first time.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Transvaal
Mine fire in Extension mine may require flooding
Victoria B C December 12 investigation shows the fire in the Extension mine near the earlier disaster is not smothered despite air shutoff. Officials say flooding the mine may be necessary as at Comstock. this will be costly and time consuming, delaying pumping out water after the fire ends.
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Victoria
B. C
Comstock
Lodge Explains Canal Treaty Changes and War Fortification Right
Senate session focused on routine business and executive matters before addressing the Hay Pauncefote treaty. Senator Lodge argued the revised draft abrogates the Clayton Bulwer pact, omits time of war open clause, and allows fortifications to protect American interests in the isthmian canal.
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Lodge
United States
Washington
Senate
Hoar
Judiciary
Knox
Odin
Senate Jy
The British Coal Trade Braces for Tax Clash
New York reports growing concern over Britain's coal trade as exports fall by 158000 tons in ten months and workers log fewer days. Prices rise, supply outstrips demand in many districts, and iron industry demand also declines due to fewer blast furnaces.
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New York
Michael Hicks-Beach
London
The
Tribune
Cruiser Philadelphia to sail for Panama from Mare Island
The United States cruiser Philadelphia has left Mare Island naval yard after repairs and awaits orders. It is expected to depart for Panama. The army transport Hancock is set to sail for Manila on the 16th with 1,100 soldiers of the Twenty-seventh Infantry. the Sheridan will be ready to sail at the same time carrying 1,700 soldiers and passengers.
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Philadelphia
Mare Island Navy Yard
Panama
Hancock
Manila
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Sheridan
Irrigation bill to fund arid land reclamation gains push
Washington delegates unite behind Hanborough Newland bill as the basis of action. The measure aims to set aside proceeds from public land sales to create a fund for irrigation and reclamation of arid lands, with coordinated support from senators and representatives.
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Washington
Senator Gallingeria proposes protection bill for top officials
Washington report notes Senator Gallinger introduced a bill to punish attempts on the president, vice president, or successors, and to penalize those who assault or incite others to attack them. The measure covers ambassadors and foreign ministers with specified penalties for intent and action.
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Washington
Gallinger
Ate
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