Hectic week of politics and perils across nations
Brigadier General G W Baird retired. Panman canal offer rejected. Senate and m between Alaska standoff. Pope Leo marks 25th accession with ceremonies. Two men held for Los Angeles streetcar holdup. Turks and revolutionaries clash. rebels gain mountains. California funds GA E encampment in San Francisco. United Mineworkers raise officers' salaries. Government ownership resolution fails. Rear Admiral Schley pay bill tabled. Utah woman legislator bans liquor gifts and voter bribery. Navy bill advances. West Point cadet from Porto Rico planned. Europe demands Turkey reforms united. Brigadier General Morria C. Foote retired. Ex-Lt Gov Tillman denied bail in Gonzales murder. Wyoming budgets 1906 fair. Colorado promises soon. Alaska delegate bill favorable in senate. North Dakota group backs 1905 fair in Portland. Cedar Rapids hotel fire ruins. many injured. Judge Day confirmed to Supreme Court. Squiers sails to New York. Peary seeks 200000 backing for pole quest. Manila prosecutor ex-senator Smith takes Manila post. Susan B Anthony donates books and letters. New York syndicate to build paper mill in New Hampshire. Hay fed to elk on Teton Yellowstone reserves. Merchants Bank Philadelphia fades into Girard Trust. Lakeside seats collapse at Racine injuring several. Kansas railroad coal seizure crime bill set. 1000 penalty. Frisco wreck at Pittsburg Kan injures five. Adams memorial in Madison. Standard Oil dividend raised to 20. Robbery of Nathan Poros diamonds in Cincinnati. Stewarts GA W trip to San Francisco for encampment. Funeral for Rear Admiral Frank Wildes in Roxbury. Army and militia maneuvers location hunt under Dick bill.
Roosevelt threats senate session to pass Cuban treaty
Washington reports say President Roosevelt warned the Senate it must pass the Cuban reciprocity treaty or convene in special session. Opponents considered shelving the measure, but leadership pushes for ratification before March 4 to avoid lapsing.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Eight Children Killed in Newark Express and Trolley Crash
A Lackawanna express cuts through a trolley at Clifton avenue in Newark injuring many and killing eight children. The crowded trolley carried nearly 100 pupils with others standing on platforms. The motorman died at the scene and the engineer is gravely hurt.
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Newark
N. J
Lackawana
Clifton Avenue
Explosion Kills Three at Fort La Fayette Naval Magazine
At Fort La Fayette in New York Bay a blast in the workroom of the naval storage magazine killed three men outright and left seven or more seriously hurt. The dead and injured were fort workers and the explosion was heard for miles. Reports vary on how the blast occurred, with theories ranging from filling an 18 inch shell to removing a powder charge and unwinding a fuse that set off the cap.
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New York
Naval
Fort la Fayette
New York Bay
Brooklyn
Shamrock III Nears Completion In Anti Windward Design
Glasgow reports large gangs of workmen rapidly finishing Shamrock III. The challenger aims for minimal sail area to improve windward performance, following the Valkyrie II, with hollow stern spars nearly finished and riggers installing running and standing gear.
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Glasgow
Salem Bill Extends State Tax Rates to 1910
Salem February 20 Senator Pierce's bill to continue current state tax appropriations through 1910 passed the house. The retention percentages remain the same until 1901, then adjust using five year county expenditure averages. Rates for Union and Paker counties align with the pan handle transfer from Union to Baker county.
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Salem
Pierce
House
Union
Paxer
Panhandle
Baker County
Three Die After Fire Buries Jewelry Store In Mall
Springfield Ohio February 21 three men die and another is fatally injured as a fire destroys a jewelry store and damages a Fountain Mare theater mall building valued at 225000. Wall collapse traps workers and bodies are recovered burned beyond recognition.
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Springfield
Legislature Passes Key Bills and Vetoes Bicycles in Larceny Law
A lengthy legislative summary notes bills passed by both houses, including funding for Indian war veterans, a state fair grant, and a Willamette bridge. It records vote tallies, adjournment plans, and Chamberlain vetoes on bicycle classification and Marion county stock running bans.
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Chamberlain
Marion County
Portland Markets Snapshot of Grain Livestock Prices
Portland markets listing prices across wheat barley flour oats potatoes poultry cheese butter eggs hogs and more with varied per unit values. Wheat ranges 75 to 80 cents per cental and barley at 23.50 to 24 per ton. hay and dairy products show mixed regional rates. hogs and beef prices given by weight.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Timothy
Hope
Wool—Valley
Oregon
Berlin papers weigh Venezuela settlement outcome
Berlin reports note German newspapers mostly echo government positions. They say Germany should emerge from the settlement with gains equal to demands at the start. Some papers claim the United States gained the most prestige, while European powers did not improve their standing from the affair.
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Berlin
Germany
Pacific Wireless plans coast to Hawaii messages from San Francisco
General A L New of Pacific Wireless Telephone & Telegraph says wireless messages to the Hawaiian islands will originate on this coast. Seattle or San Francisco will be the coast terminus, with dynamos ready to send 3,000 mile messages within about a month. The plant’s completion and testing will proceed, and Marconi’s involvement is not confirmed.
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San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
A. L. New
Pacific Wireless Telephone & Telegraph Company
General New
California
Hawaii
Seattle
Marconi
Honolulu
Rich gold find in Alaska echoes Klondike boom
Federal officers on the Yukon confirm a Tanana valley strike rivaling the Klondike. Two thousand stampede from Nome Dawson Eagle and Rampart. Weather is severe and supplies run short risking lives. 660 claims recorded in Fairbanks district. Gold in Pedro Coldstream and Fine creeks runs 25 to 50 cents per pan.
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Chicago
Yukon River
Klondike
Tanana Valley
The
Chronicle
Tacoma
Washington
Nome
Dawson
Eagle
Rampart
Yukon Valley
United States
Claypool
Circle
Fairbanks
Pedro
Coldstream
Fine
Northwest in Congress. New public works and dams urged
Washington notes: Senator Foster proposes a 10000 dollar public building site purchase in North Yakima. House commerce panel backs a Senate bill to build dams on the Columbia at Kettle Falls for power, within a few miles of the falls and with Jay P. Graves rights. The committee also backs a lifesaving station at Cape Flattery, Washington.
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Yakima
Kettle Falls
Washington
Foster
North Yakima
House Commerce Committee
Senate
Columbia River
Jay P. Graves
Cape Flattery
Wash
Nine Die As Clifton Hotel Fire Rips Cedar Rapids
A early morning blaze at the Clifton hotel in Cedar Rapids Iowa killed nine guests and injured 42 others who leaped from second and third story windows. Firefighters worked all day amid debris as more bodies were feared. property loss was estimated at 69000 dollars. The hotel housed delegates to YMCA and Knights of Pythias events.
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Cedar Rapids
Clifton Hotel
Ave
State Young Men's Christian Association
Knights of
Fulton the Man Wins Senate Seat in Oregon Sprint
Salem reports Charles W. Fulton elected United States senator after a tense, late-night balloting. On the 18th vote Fulton clinched victory as Multnomah and Benton counties shifted, with key turns from Nottingham and Daly shaping the final result after 45 ballots in all.
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Salem
Charlea W. Fulton
United States
H. W. Scott
Portland
Scott
Multnomas
Nottingham
Multnomah
Fulton
Banks
Fisher
Jones
Daly
Benton County
Astoria
Marion
Multnomah County
Blizzard Drives Westward Cold Snap and Fuel Shortages
Chicago reports a renewed blizzard with temperatures below zero from the Atlantic to the Rockies. Trains delayed, mountains snowbound, rivers see steamers ashore. The wind clears snow for grazing but worsens fuel shortages. St. Louis and Kansas face heating outages, with schools closed for lack of fuel.
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Chicago
Atlantic Ocean
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis
Kansas
General Davis OKs Glenn court martial finding
Manila February twenty General Davis approves the court martial finding in Major Edwin W Glenn Fifth Infantry acquitted of unlawfully killing prisoners of war with reservations that Glenn disapproved orders shown reckless disregard for human life and condemned them He notes guiding may be pressed but treacherous guides may be executed and cites his disapproval of the orders.
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Manila
Davis
Edwin W. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Glenn
Clerks Conclude Pacific Coast Railway Mail Convention
The chief clerks of the railway mail service on the Pacific Coast wrap up a three day convention in San Francisco. They approve simplifying entrance exams by removing nonessential material and expect Superintendent Thrall to issue formal orders soon.
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San Francisco
Railway Mail Service
Pacific Coast
Thrall
Knox Opinion Limits Duty on Prohibited Smuggled Goods
Washington February 20 Attorney General Knox issued an opinion to the secretary of the treasury stating that goods prohibited or smuggled are not subject to duty in addition to forfeiture. The opinion also allows release of cigars packed in violation of law upon payment of a fine equal to the duty if the importation does not involve fraud.
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Washington
Knox
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Dublin Oil Discovery Promises Bog Land Profits
In Dublin on February 23 a sample of locally found oil near Mount Joy Square was deemed good and clear. Discovered five weeks ago in a basement on reclaimed bog land, it has produced a copious flow. Experts say the find could signal profits for bog lands across Ireland.
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Dublin
Mount Joy Square
Ireland
Representative Hamilton Seeks Hawaii Bond Authorization
Washington February 20 representative Hamilton of Michigan introduced a bill to authorize the governor and secretary of Hawaii to issue bonds not to exceed 500000. The funds would supplement existing congressional appropriations to pay all judgments arising from the suppression of the bubonic plague in the territory in 1899 and 1900.
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Washington
Hamilton
Michigan
Hawaii
Congress
Ships Sail for Samar and the Philippines
San Francisco February 23 dispatch reports transport Kilpatrick to sail February 28 for Samar with the Fourteenth Infantry replacing the First Infantry. The Logan sets sail on the last day of February carrying the Sixteen Squadron of the Thirteenth Cavalry, 100 marines and numerous moon passengers. The Sheridan will arrive from the Philippines and is due March 3.
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San Francisco
Kilpatrick
Samar
Fourteenth
Logan
Thirteenth Cavalry
Sheridan
Philippines
Garfield Named Commissioner of Corporations
President Roosevelt announced James R. Garfield of Ohio will become commissioner of corporations in the new department of commerce. Garfield, son of the late President, serves on the civil service commission and will oversee investigations into corporate organization and conduct for interstate and foreign commerce and publish related data. He will report to the secretary and assist in preparing legislative recommendations.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Department of Commercce
Garfield
Civil Service Commission
United States
Coast Bidders Gain Chance in Naval Plan
Representative Cushman urged Secretary Moody to include in the naval appropriation bill a 4 percent bid differential for Pacific coast bidders on vessels, matching last year’s provision. Cushman argues the rule creates fair footing for Pacific firms and would help curb Atlantic coast bids.
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Washington
Cushman
Moody
Atlantic
Land office withdraws 750000 acres for irrigation project
Cheyenne Wyoming notes instructions from the general land office to withdraw from entry a strip of land across Northern Laramie county varying from 12 to 30 miles in width and spanning east to west. The 750000 acre tract lies in the county and will be covered by the Devil's Gate reservoir under the national irrigation act.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Cheyenne Land Office
General Land Office
Laramie
Devil's Gate
Representative Richardson Seeks Pratt Amendment Debate
Washington lawmaker Representative Richardson introduced a recoln ident why that b. 19.-Representa of Tennessee today now asking the pros pertion of the Pratt amendment regarding the rule of Pines had not been enforced. He also introduced a concurrent resolution declaring that it is the sense of congress that the Isle of Pines is territory belonging to the United States, and that no sovereignty can be lawfully exercised there except by the United States.
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Washington
Fetive Richardson
Tennesese
Pines
Isle of Pines
United States
Work of tragedy as eighteen known dead in steamer sinking
Norfolk reports the passenger steamer Olive, hauling between Franklin, North Carolina, and Virginia, struck by a late storm at Woodley's pier area and sank with eighteen known dead and others rescued in serious condition. Captain Georgey and five others survived. The Olive, built in 1869 and 120.9 feet long, owned by J A Preton of Virginia, carried a small crew and passengers. The disaster occurred around 9:30 p.m. as the vessel neared its destination, leaving many below decks with little time to escape.
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Norfolk
Franklin
V. Edenton
N. C
Nigis
Woodley
Mount Pleasant
Oliver
Ju Wu
Olive
J. A. Preton
F Va
North ¢Lina
Virginia
Sever
Navy plans long voyage for North Atlantic squadron
Washington reports three months of target practice and elaborate drills by the general board to train officers for large scale fleet maneuvers. If gun work reaches required proficiency, next summer may see the North Atlantic squadron sail in formation toward the Azores and possibly Lisbon, with no plan to visit Northern Europe.
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Washington
North Atlantic
General Board
United States Navy
Moody
Azores
Lisbon
Europe
Shipwrecked Prospector Tale From Vancouver Island
Two prospectors Pete Anderson and A Ferguson were wrecked off Cape Cook on Vancouver Island. They built a raft to cross Nespert let, endured a storm, suffered extreme privation, and crawled 60 miles along the beach with no food to reach an abandon ion hut and an Indian village 60 miles away. Their ordeal lasted days as they staggered into camp and survived on scant shelter.
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Victrola
B. C
Vancouver
Queen City
Pete Anderson A. Ferguson
Cape Cook
Nespert
Blelet
Bremer Fire Saves Residents at North Street Building
Fire in a three story brick building at 1 to 3 North Street in Chicago on February 19th forced occupants to flee by smoke and flames. Clayton Bush his wife and children were carried out by police and others, with others saved by officers. Loss is estimated at 75,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Quick Wn
Bremen
Fvr
North Street
Clayton Bush
Othe
Port Huron Fire Destroys Hotel and Missing Worker
A Port Huron hotel burned in the early morning,Worth y, a yardman, is missing and Milton Campbell a fireman was crushed. Guests escaped in their night clothes as walls collapsed and the loss is reported at 100 0. Washington accepts Panama Canal deal worth 40 million dollars pending treaty ratification.
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Port Huron
Mich
St. Clair Hotel
Worthy
Yardman
Milton Campbell
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