Various International Crises and Domestic Disasters Reported
A mix of early 20th century items notes a Filipino court martial, Argentina and Chile arbitration talks, and Britain offering mediation. Reports cover factory explosions in Kokomo Indiana and Baltimore losses, a New York five story fire, and a payroll robbery in Leavenworth. Consolidation in industry forms the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company with 1.5 million capital.
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New York Stock Exchange, Paper Works
Hamilton
Abernathy Furniture
Leavenworth
Kan
Argentinas
Chile
Great Britain
Aechine Company
Omrbode
West
The
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company
Suria
German threat to Venezuela port blockade and occupation plans
The article outlines Germany's potential coercive moves against Venezuela, including blocking ports to starve the besieged nation of corn imports. It notes Venezuela's dependence on global grain supplies and mentions possible German occupation of La Guayra or Maracaibo ports while Venezuela, led by Castro, prepares defenses but shows no signs of mine laying or armed resistance.
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Germany
Venezuela
Castro
la Guayra
Maracaibo
Storms and wrecks lash Vancouver harbor and coast
A fierce art storm lashed Vancouver Canada last night and today causing 100000 dollars in damage to a shop and harbor facilities. The storm toppled anchors, wrecked the cable station and damaged several vessels, including the bark Elizabeth Nicholeon and the steamer Active. Logs piled, ships adrift, and cargo from Alaska or the Mainlander steamers washed ashore amid insurance and transport concerns.
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Vancouver
B. C
Tage
Sa 'Inkae
Australia
English Bay
Victoria
Elizabeth Nicholeon
Hastings
Active
Akeee Company
Icy
Alaska
Seattle
Shaw Accepted to Succeed Gage as Secretary of Treasury
Washington reports Governor Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa will be appointed secretary of the treasury around January with the transfer date set by mutual convenience with outgoing Secretary Gage. A final choice was announced after weeks of speculation, and Iowans abroad praised Shaw as well equipped for national finance and familiar with both eastern and western concerns.
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Washington
Leslie M. Shaw
Laws
Wilson
Gage
Shaw
Fhaw
Mississippi
Blizzard Hits Helena With Sudden North Dakota Pace
A sudden Montana blizzard struck Helena on December 30 turning a calm morning to a fierce snowstorm. Witnesses noted an odd mountain-like cloud over Prickly Pear valley before the squall, which swept in from the northwest and lasted about an hour, followed by strong winds across Western and Central Montana.
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Mont
Helena
North Dakota
Montana
Tornado Hit Naples Causing Deaths And Heavy Damage
A tornado swept over Naples causing one woman’s death and 33 injuries. Many buildings in the surrounding area were demolished and railroad tracks sustained significant damage. Widespread destruction followed, with substantial losses reported in the town and nearby countryside.
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Rome
Naples
Railways Grow In United States In 1901
Figures from Railway Age show U S railway construction in 1901 surpasses any year in the past decade totaling about 5 505 miles of line built in 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Age
United States
Market Prices and Weather Notes From Oregon
Wheat and barley prices prevail with ranges for flour and millstuff, hay values listed by type, livestock and dairy terms noted, and a cold wave warning. An note on British protest over American shoes and tobacco ads appears along with a university debate and a Secretary Wilson remark on beet sugar industry benefits. Weather telegrams show mass distributions and a single incident of property saved.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson Ays
Congress
Weather Bureau
FIERCE FIGHTING FURNS IN SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS
Lord Kitchener reports sharp engagements across the Orange River and Transvaal colonies. Be ginderyn near Be ginderyn Be ginderyn attacked by 300 Boers and 40 natives. British suffered heavy losses. Dewet attacked Langberg, Dewet driven off with 20 dead, 12 British. Damant at Talel Kop rallied to drive Boers. heavy British casualties, Damant wounded. Prisoners taken, 27 Boer dead were later acknowledged.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Orange River
Traneves
Transvaal
Beginderyn
Brite
Ak Talel-Kop
Orange River Colony
Damant
Kester
McKenzie
Smith
Lake Banagher
Beland Sprout
Kriz
Mahon
Gov Rogers Dies After Six Day Illness in Olympia
Governor John B. Rogers died at 5 p m after a six day illness due to leber preumonia. Lt Governor McBride will succeed him, though Rogers was a Democrat. Rogers rose from obscure druggist to governor of Washington with prior service as a state official.
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Olympia
John B. Rogers
Rogers
Blackman
Helen Rogers
Edwin Rogers
London
F. J. Rogers
Stanford
Governor Rogers Captures Washington Governorship
An extended biography follows Governor Rogers from early career as a drug clerk in Boston and a farm laborer in Illinois to his 1896 election as Washington’s governor on a fusion ticket. It notes his 1900 renomination at Seattle and reelection by a large majority, with details of his illness onset and pneumonia in early days.
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A. C. Rogers
Santa Barbara
Rogers
Ingham
Olympia
Boston
Jackon
Miss
Illinois
Kansas
Farmers’ Alliance
Kansas Commoner
Wichita
Washington
Puyallup
Irm
Ellensburg
Seattle
Graham Machine Company factory burns in Rochester fire
A large Rochester factory, the Graham Machine Company, was totally destroyed by a fire early today. Three firemen were injured, none fatally, with losses estimated around 140 thousand dollars.
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Rochester
N. Y
G. H. Graham Machine Company
Admiral Schley Receives Prize Money Warrant
Washington March 26 The treasury department today drew a warrant in favor of Rear Admiral Schley for 3334 dollars as his share of prize money for the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago on July 3 1898.
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Washington, Mec
Treasury Department
Schley
Santiago
Boer prisoners isolated on Hawkins Island in Bermuda
Hamilton Bermuda December 26 Boer prisoners of war landed on Hawkins Island have been isolated after several developed a mild form of measles.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Hawkins Island
US Denmark talks on Danish West Indies fate
Washington on December 26 reports a negotiations between the United States and Denmark over cession of the Danish West Indies. The Danish side proposes that islanders decide by plebiscite whether to cede the islands to the United States, but the outcome remains uncertain.
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Washington
United States
Denmark
Islands
Six killed as electric car derails near Allentown
A derailed electric car at a curve between Allentown and Coopersburg killed six people and injured several others. The accident was caused by wet rails and snow on December 26.
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Allentown
Here
Coopersburg
Australia to send 1000 men to South Africa
New York date line reports a Sydney dispatch that the Federal government of Australia has decided to deploy a contingent of 1000 men to South Africa. The decision underscores Commonwealth military support in the ongoing conflict.
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New York
Sydney
Anys
Federal Government of
Australia
South Africa
Sun steamer burned at Memphis wharf with four dead
The steamer Sun burning to the water's edge at her Memphis wharf early this morning caused the loss of four lives. The blaze started at 4 10 A M as the ship lay at the dock after arriving from Fulton. Insurance will cover part of the damage, with total loss estimated at twenty thousand dollars. A separate estimate puts the San Francisco to Honolulu cable cost at about three million dollars if construction proceeds.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sun
Fulton
Pacific
San Francisco
Honolulu
Mining claim shakedown near Fort Sill
United States Indian Agent Randlett warns Kiowa and Comanche stake-holders on Indian allotments to vacate mining claims at once or face ejection by soldiers from Fort Sill. The notice targets all claimants on Sling on Indian allotments.
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Guthrie
O. T
United States Indian
Randlett
Fort Sill
Times editorial argues Britain blocked American Hispano war intervention
London dispatch notes The Times editorial claims Continental newspapers distract from Russia and asserts Britain prevented U S intervention in the Hispano American war. The piece urges documentary evidence to prove Britain’s stance and to counter current pressures.
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London
the Times This
Kussia
England
the Times
Great Britain
Nations Scouts Form Burgher Corps In Transvaal
Pretoria reports the creation of a new burgher corps named Nations Scouts, authorized by General Lord Kitchener to form fresh wings in the Southern and Eastern Transvaal. Boer leaders elected by burghers will oversee these extensions amid growing wartime mobilization. Major cellier Cronje Bruce Hamilton commands cited as aiding British success.
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Pretoria
Nations
Lord Kitchener
Transvaal
Cellier
Cronje
Bruce Hamilton
Freight wreck derails 15 cars near Silver Lake Texas
In Grand Saline Texas on December 27 a freight wreck derailed 15 cars near Silver Lake injuring five people. The Texas and Pacific Cannon Ball engine was detached and sent with no wrecking crew, derailing while approaching the scene and injuring four men, none fatally.
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Grand Saline
Tex
Silver Lake
Texas & Pacific
Young Man Shot Dead in Dockhill Hallway Prank
In Dockhill Mississippi on December 26 Frank, visiting relatives J S Mills and wife, was shot and killed when Beatrice Mills, 14, fired a shotgun as Royal returned home for a joke. Mills and Royal had gone to town earlier.
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Dockhill
Miss
Armenian prayer drives for Ellen Stone and companion
New York reports letters from Armenian natives indicate continued concern over the abduction of missionary Ellen M. Stone and her companion Mme Tsilka. Armenians and Turkish Christians gather daily in churches since September 3 to pray for their release. Special prayers are held across Christian communities in the Orient.
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New York
Armenia
East
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Miss Stone
Ail Christian the Orient
Severe Santa Ana Winds L.A. Area Deluged by Dust Storm
A powerful Santa Ana wind storm raged across southern California causing heavy wind damage, sand and dust blanketing Los Angeles and Riverside. Colton Pomona and Redlands faced stalled SP trains, sand depths up to three feet, downed wires, and widespread building and orange grove damage. Colton emerged as the center, with trains halted and fruit losses reported. by late day the storm subsided, but rail and communication disruptions persisted.
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Los Angeles
California
Santa Ana
Surrey
Colton
Pomona
Southern Pacific
Riverside
Great Orange
Ordar
Redlands
Rochester
Gommins
Santa Fe
Here
Fight Near Dapdap Describes Ninth Infantry Losses
Washington reports a Manila cable from General Chaffee detailing a December 24 engagement near Dapdap Samar. Captain Francis H Schoeffel led 18 men of Company F Ninth Infantry in a hand to hand fight against bolomen. Seven soldiers were killed and several wounded as the enemy was driven from the field with Lang's Philippine scouts arriving later to aid and recover the dead.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Dapdap
Samar
Ninth Infantry
General H. Smith
Francis H. Schoeffel
Lang
Fire at Brown Family Hotel Burns Portland Block
A spontaneous blaze at the Brown Family Hotel on Grand Avenue caused $25,000 in damages yesterday afternoon. Many top-floor residents lacked insurance as rescues from the fire escape drew cheers from onlookers. One man sustained facial and hand burns saving his mother.
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Portland
Brown Family
Grand Avenue
Oil Refinery Fire Kerbs Pittsburg Losses and Fatality
Fire at Delinger Bros oil refinery in Pittsburg on December 30 rapidly spread due to flammable reservoirs. Explosions followed as barrels and tanks ignited, oil ran to Alleghany Valley Railroad tracks and Jellys foundry, destroying four three story brick houses. One man died.
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Pittsburg
Delinger Bros
Alleghany Valley Railroad
Jelly
Brich
Masso Withdraws From Cuban Presidential Campaign
Havana December 30. General Masso, candidate for the Cuban presidency, left for his home in Manzanilla and has given up the campaign. A Havana paper quotes General Maximo Gomez threatening to expel Civil Governor Reico of Puerto Principe province for permitting demonstrations against Gomez and warns he will take action against a few others when Cuban government is formed.
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Havana
General Masso
Cuba
Manzanilla
Maximo Gomez
Reico
Puerto Principe
Gomez
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Pest
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Ee Ee Sa
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Long
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Homier Boy Mining Company
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Roger
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