Happenings of the Week Across War News and Industry
A sweeping review of notable events from ports to politics including French bark Asie capsizing in Portland harbor Cuba elects Tomas Estrada Palma president and other international moves. Britain and Germany shape reaction to Venezuela while rail, factory, and legal matters ripple through the United States and its states.
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Washington
Telluride
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Roosevelt
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Mich
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Resting Place of Washington's Third Governor
John Rankin Rogers, third governor of Washington, was laid to rest in Puyallup in a state funeral attended by thousands. National Guard units from Seattle and Tacoma, Masons, and a 2,000-strong crowd filled streets and cemetery rites with marches, prayers, and the firing of volleys as his family returned to Olympia.
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Valley District
John Rankin Rogers
State of Washington
Puyallup
National Guard
First Regiment
Seattle
Meridian Street
Main Street
McBride
McGraw
Rogers
Jesus
W. O. Bernadon
First Methodist Church
Spencer Sulliger
First
Washington Regiment
Olympia
Palma ticket likely elected Cuba President Estrada Palma favored
Havana reports indicate the Palma ticket will win Cuba’s presidency with Tomas Estrada Palma receiving a unanimous electoral college vote. Democratic candidate Bartholome Masso’s followers abstained, and turnout was unusually light. New York confirms Palma’s election while outlining goals of work, progress, and stronger U S relations.
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Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Havana
Palma
Bartholome Masso
la Discussion
Diario de la Marina
New York
Thomas Estrada Palma
Central Valley
N. Y
Republic of Cuba
United States
Daily Mail backs higher sugar duty on bounty sugar
London Jan 3 The Daily Mail argues for doubling the duty on bounty fed sugar while leaving colonial sugar duty unchanged. It contends this would avert ruin in the West Indies and pressure foreign nations to abolish sugar duties.
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London
Germany
Daily Mall Today
West Indies
Alameda Runs To Honolulu Amid Heavy Seas Onboard
The steamship Alameda reports a perilous voyage from Puget Sound to Honolulu aboard the 8. P. Carleton. The ship frequently listed and rolled, shipping water over decks for two weeks. Crews faced danger as masts threatened to fail and men worked amid water-filled scuppers.
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San Francisco
Alameda
8. P. Carleton
Puget Sound
Honolulu
Stake
He Carieten
Vast Commercial Growth and Notable Local Happenings
A broad review highlights strong industrial growth across Oregon with new mines expanding in Southern Oregon, a Quartzburg smelter aiding local mining, and Portland hop prices firm at 11-12 cents. Grants Pass and Marshfield report incidents, Salem hosts a prune surge and wheat shipments top two million bushels, while civic projects include Baker City library plans and Marion County voter registration.
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Quartzburg
Prairie City
Salem
Astoria
Laws for Philippines Bills Move Toward Island Government
Secretary Root has held daily talks with Senators Lodge and Platt on Philippine governance bills. Proposals authorize railroad and utility franchises, insular bonds to buy church properties, homesteads, mining regulation, and a special coinage and banking system for the islands.
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Root
Lodge and Platt
Connecticut
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Islands
Memorial rites for Filipino leader Rizal observed in Manila
Memorial services and a procession were held December 30 in honor of Jose Rizal, the Filipino leader executed by Spaniards in 1896. The Luenta ceremony culminated with a town hall procession where Acting governor Wright spoke briefly to participants amid strong anti friar sentiment.
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Jose Rizal
Luenta
Rizal
Wright
Generals Chaffee and Wheaton Probe Batangas State Affairs
Manila dispatch reports General Chaffee and General Wheaton have traveled to Batangas for a personal investigation of conditions there and to confer with General Bell. They plan to return tomorrow.
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Wheaton
Batangas
Manila
General Wheaton
Bell
Bonner Accepts Manila Fire Chief Post
Washington reports Hugh J. Bonner of New York has accepted the appointment as chief of the Manila fire department, signaling a transition in the colonial administration of city services.
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Hugh J. Bonner
New York
Fire Department of
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Four men kill railroad engineer on Yazoo Valley train
Memphis police report four white men, after boarding a Leland to Shelby bound train at 3 AM, fired on engineer J M Rhea as he slept in a sleeper near Le land Mississippi. Rhea died after being shot as he attempted to exit. All four assailants were arrested, one jailed at Leland and three at Shelby.
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Illinois Central Railroad
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Cleveland
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Rhea
Tutwiler
Market Report: Grain, Livestock and Dairy Prices Listed
A historical market sheet lists prices for Wheat, Barley, Oats, Flour, Millstuff, Hay, Mutton, Hogs, Veal, Beef, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Cheese, Potatoes, Hops and Wool. Values are given per ton, per pound or per dozen with regional notes for Oregon and valley grades.
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Graham
Oregon
Reese Dairy
Young America
Burbanks
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Admiral Casey Sails For Pacific Station
The Navy reports Rear Admiral Silas Casey departed yesterday from Acapulco aboard the flagship Wisconsin bound for Callao Peru. It is expected the battleship Towa will soon be ready at Talehuano Chile and Casey may transfer his flag back to the Iowa leaving two large Pacific squadron battleships patrolling off Chile Argentina and Peru to protect American interests.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Silas Casey
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Callao
Peru
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Talehuano
Chile
Casey
Iowa
Pacific
Argentina
Russian reply on Behring sea seal fisheries differences
The Hague dated January 2 reports M Konogroff the Russian chamberlain delivered Russia's reply to Professor Asser a Dutch arbiter on the Behring sea seal fisheries dispute. The document responds to the United States last note regarding seizures of American vessels by Russia about six years ago.
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Permanent Arbitration Court
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United States
Wireless telegraphy foresight and historic notes
A Dundee scholar predicts wireless telegraphy potential while Egypt’s court mourning lasts a year. A Pittsburgh bidder seeks to buy St. Petersburg railways and modernize them. Locke’s six year exam prep on Human Understanding is cited. Early stage lines ran New York to Philadelphia bi monthly from 1730. Texas plans to employ 4,000 convicts on 5,000 acres of sugar cane. A Texas coastal canal project to Rio Grande is debated at $1.5 million.
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Texas
Rio Grande
Dam Washes Away 350 Feet Of Anderson Power Dam
Three hundred fifty feet of the Anderson Light and Power Company's dam on Tortman Sobals in the Seneae river was washed away last night. Damage is estimated at least $100,000.
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Prairie sails to Port of Spain from Noorfalk
The United States cruiser Prairie departed from Noorfalk Virginia today bound for Port of Spain Trinidad near the coast of Venezuela.
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United States
Trinidad
Venezuela
Return of General Gomez to Havana Met With Tepid Reception
Havana on January 2 reports General Maximo Gomez returned last night yet drew only modest cheers despite six bands playing. Earlier Masso supporters planned a counter demonstration but authorities blocked it to prevent trouble.
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Maximo Gomez
Gomes
Gomez
Year of Deaths and Disasters 1901 Chronicle
A sweeping year review highlights the deaths of Queen Victoria and President McKinley and notes widespread calamities. The text catalogs major events from January through December, including fires, floods, wars, ships, and political upheavals, with numerous dates and fatalities.
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Queen Victoria
McKinley
Countess of Annesley Hosts King and Queen in Ireland
The Countess of Annesley is praised as the most talked about woman in Ireland and London and is to entertain King Edward and Queen Alexandra during their upcoming Emerald Isle visit. Her social prominence positions her at the center of royal hospitality and gala arrangements surrounding the royal tour.
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London
Countess of
Annesley
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Emerald Isle
New capacity as hostess of royalty noted in press
The subject stands out as a conspicuous figure for hosting royalty, her beauty aging into fame, and her reputation as one of the handsomest women in the United Kingdom. Her home Castle Wellan sprawls across a superb Northern Ireland estate, ample to suit a monarch’s seat.
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Castle Wellan
Northern Ireland
Imports Value of Tropical Products in 1901 Year
A table outlines the value of United States importations for fiscal year 1901, emphasizing tropical and subtropical productions. It lists sugar and various items such as coffee, silk, spices, cabinet woods, rice, cotton, vanilla beans, and other tropical goods, totaling the overall import value.
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Tropics
Lalla Robter
Perspectoscope: New lens mirror device for stereoscopic view
The perspectoscope is a new instrument that makes a single photograph appear solid as in a stereoscope. It uses an arrangement of lenses and two mirrors set at an angle to reflect the image into both eyes. The picture lies at right angles to the eye lisse.
German Cruiser Ordered to Venezuelan Waters
Berlin reports Germany will send Gazelle from Kiel and 1 2 warships to reinforce Caribbean squadron. Government seeks to avoid antagonizing the United States while pursuing claims for German subjects. German press echoes restraint, citing Washington informed and understanding. Secretary Hay expresses satisfaction with Germany's position as talks continue.
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Germany
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Kiel
Jntends
Caribbean Sea
United States
Washington
Lokal Anzeiger
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Hay
China Threatening Major War Says Bible Society Official
Charles F. Gammon, superintendent of corpor teurs for the American Bible Society in Northern China, reports from Shanghai that the Chinese government is openly violating the protocol. He warns of mounting arms and arsenals, official mobilization, and a looming conflict within five to ten years, predicting a gigantic, terrible upheaval and dismemberment of China.
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Charles F. Gammon
American Bible Society
China
Society
Shanghai
Yangtse Kiang
Pan American conference approves Duarte Pereira proposal for jurist committee
The Pan American conference accepted the proposal to appoint a committee of jurists to codify international law. An amendment making the U S secretary of state the chair of the codifying commission was also approved. Mexico City, Jan 2. With it tid
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Duarte Pereira
United States
Mexico
City
Jan
Freight collision halts Baltimore and Ohio near Long Run
Parkersburg West Virginia January 2 Two men are missing and one badly injured after a westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight crashed into a rock at an embankment near a tunnel by Long Run. An engine and four cars fell off the track, two more cars wrecked, and about 100 feet of track torn. The engine struck the rock as the train emerged from the tunnel.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Long Run
Pennsylvan Railroad hastens North River tunnel plans
New York dispatch reports progress on completing final plans for a North River tunnel. A company will be organized under New Jersey law to build and operate the terminal on the Hackensack Meadows near Homestead station, north of Jersey City. Estimated total cost reaches into millions.
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