Global news snapshot from a decade ago blends wars and weather
A broad, unnamed digest reports on MacArthur shipping Filipino rebels to Guam, a deadly orphan home fire in Rochester, Boer losses near Lindley, Idaho panhandle annexation talk, Morans winning a battleship contract, and a Manila review of the Thirty-seventh regiment. It notes martial law in Cape Colony, legal changes on Chinese immigration, a fatal work accident in Tacoma, and a range of European weather and labor events with multiple obituaries and civic notices.
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Philippine Islands
Manila
Cape Colony
Metropolitan police to be formed in Manila
A broad survey of late news notes plans for a metropolitan police force in Manila. Other items report Debussy noted debts, political moves in Prussia and Pekin, ship and rail disruptions, accidents, fires, and legal actions across the world with emphasis on demonstrations of power, finance, and international tension.
Worse Than Ever Censorship of General Kitchener
London dispatches report South Africa news worsening with laconic Kitchener messages. Boers steal cattle near Pretoria exits fort while 900 men under Kritzinger operate 16 miles from Richmond toward Murray’s Bur g. Dynamite mines said to protect Rand mines raise public danger warnings.
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Rand
London
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Lord Roberts
The
Times
Cape Town
Lord Coleridge
Fingand
Kritzinger
Richmond
Murraysburg
Porterville
Calvina
Johannesburg
Urgent call for more troops in South Africa persists
New York dispatch reports continued appeals from Cape Town reporters for fresh mounted troops to bolster the South African force. Yeomanry and returning units need replacement as recruiting for the constabulary moves slowly. From the United Kingdom only 200 recruits have sailed. 300 more will depart next week, while three times that number seek enlistment. Selection runs at 300 monthly, risking a year and a half to reach 5,000 men.
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New York
the Tribune
Cape Town
South Africa
South African Constabulary
United Kington
Boers Trek Toward Cape Colony as Garrisons Fall
London reports a Cape Town correspondent states about five thousand Boers moving west from Vryburg into central Cape Colony. The trek follows claims they have captured several small garrisons along the route.
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Vryburg
Cape Town
The
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Lebanon
Sodaville
Chinese Troops Drill at Pekin Amid Foreign Tensions
A Sinan Fu source reports 85,000 Chinese troops drilling inside Pekin with many armed. He notes strong anti-foreign feeling and belief in defeating the allies in open combat. Ministers are surprised by a Russo concession north of the Pei Ho at Tien Tsin.
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Pekin
Sinan Fu
Russia
Pei Ho
Tien Tsin
Manchuria
Senor Corogao
Europe
M. Dangiers
Hague
Philippine leaders clash over Paris post and Canton move
London January 12 A serious disagreement has arisen between Philippine representatives in Europe. Agoncillo who Aguinaldo after there has revolted and refuses to go to Hong Kong or give up his post in Paris to Dr Apacitlo. The latter Aguinaldo ordered to go to Canada from Hong Kong to watch the United States elections. He was then ordered to replace Agoncillo. The disputants have both cabled Aguinaldo and are waiting for a reply.
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Europe
Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Hong Kong
Paris
Apacitlo
Canada
United States
Livingston National Bank dividend declared by comptroller
Washington January 1 The controller of the currency declared a dividend of 2.7 in favor of the creditors of the Livingston National Bank of Livingston Montana.
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Washington, Jan
Livingston National Bank of
Livingston, Mont
German pipe foundries join national pipe trust
A special Cologne dispatch reports that all German pipe foundries have united to form a pipe trust being organized, signaling consolidation in the industry.
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Berlin
Cologne
Governor appoints judge in Fourth district Idaho
January 12 report from Jaahelovee Idaho states Governor Hust appointed K. J. Perkr of Mountain Home as a district court judge for the Fourth district to succeed Steckelager who won a seat on the Supreme Court bench.
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Rote
Idaho
Hust Bes
K. J. Perkr
Mountain Home
Steckelager
Oldest Freemason Claim Tied to Joan Laing in Chicago
Report notes Joan B. Laing of Chicago is believed to be the oldest Freemason in the United States, with a disputed claim of joining the order in Scotland around 1520. The details are unclear and appear based on fragmentary records.
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Joan B. Laing
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Diether
Laing
Scotland
Little Breecha
Bald Mountain
Inland Empire Dairying Co Operative Creameries Beginning
Industrial Agent Judean of the R. & N. Co. promotes cooperative creameries in Eastern Washington and Oregon. Tekoa will start with 500 cows and Summerville with about 600. The O. K. & N. Co. backs cooperative creameries, aiming to mirror Minnesota and Wisconsin success in farming regions with year round forage.
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Judean
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Tekoa
Palouse
Summerville
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Jodson
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Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Oregon Forestry Exhibit Aims to Showcase State Woods
Forestry commissioner A J Johnson of Oregon pushes Pan-American exhibit plans with 140 wood varieties. Myrtle highlighted for its utility and color. Oregon will display in agricultural liberal arts forestry and fisheries buildings to reflect the state’s growing industry and progress.
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A. J. Johnson
Oregon
Triple lynching averted as jail guards rush prisoners
In Yuma Arizona last night three tramps killed Under-Sheriff Sam Devore during an attempted arrest for liquor theft. A mob gathered demanding justice, but Acting Governor Akers ordered the trio moved to the penitentiary after receiving word the jail could not protect them. Devore was a popular local official.
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Sam Devore
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Germany Hesitates on Pekin Transfer Proposal
Berlin reports Germany will not define its stance on Secretary Hay’s Pekin transfer idea yet due to divergent views. A foreign office official says Conger’s reading of the empress dowager’s attitude is correct and notes the Sinan Fu court is growing more untenable, suggesting powers may push the imperial rulers back to Pekin.
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Foreign Office
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Pekin
Counterfeit Burlington Ticket Plot Reported
Kansas City officers learned an attempt to counterfeit Burlington railway tickets. A man sought a St. Joseph printer to produce an electrotype of a Burlington coupon ticket, which was refused. Burlington agents have been alerted to watch for fake transport coupons.
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Kansas City
Burlington
St. Joseph
Glasgow firm claims milking machine for Pan-American show
A Glasgow company asserts it has a pneumatic milking device that could milk cows. The firm plans to exhibit the machine at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo next summer, featuring valves and suction rubber components as part of the system.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Buffalo
American engineer freed after Mexican rail incident
Washington Jan 11 A dispatch from Consul Charles W Kindick Juarez reports the release of T W Lewis an American engineer on the Mexican Central railway who was detained after his train ran over and killed a Mexican man Jesus Calderon who had attempted to coupling.
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Charles W. Kindick
United States
Juarez
Mexico
T. W. Lewis
Mexican Central Railway
Jesus Calderon
Fire Claims Two Chinese In Nampe Wash House Blaze
At Nampe wash house in Boise two Chinese men died in a morning fire. Seven Chinese were inside and others were rescued in critical condition, one badly burned. One body was recovered while the other was incinerated. The building held money, including an anticipated $5,000.
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Boise
Nampe
Tme
Military government mulls port closures in southern islands
Manila reports the military government weighing closing certain southern ports to disrupt enemy communications. Ubar port on Bono Island has been ordered shut after garrison withdrawal. The Metropolitan Police act is before the Philippine commission, prescribing three volunteer company units.
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Ubar
Bono Island
Metropolitan Police
Philippine Commission
Russia seeks Manchurian annexation and railway control
London reports Prince Uchtoms sky's Pekin mission aimed at a convention where Russia renounces war indemnity in exchange for indefinite lease of Lin Tung peninsula and Port Arthur and seeks annexation with complete Manchurian railway possession, not a 90 year term under current agreement.
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Prince Uchtomsky
Pekin
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Russia
Lin Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Manchurian
Ubina
Similarities in Vienna and London views on China talks
A London dispatch notes suspicious similarity between Vienna official views and English dispatches in the United States. It cites unanimity against the American government, noting the state department proposal to refer Chinese negotiations to a commission meeting in Washington or elsewhere. The Daily Telegraph Vienna correspondent reports Austrian diplomats’ ire over the move.
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Herald
London
Vienna
United States
State Department
Washington
Daily Telegraph
Blocked Mails After Railway Eviction Clash at Grantham Farm
In Crawfordsville Indiana on January 14 the Chicago and southeastern Railway lost segment rails and bridges at Wesley Grantham’s farm after a writ of ejectment. Sheriff Cain ejected, bridges blown, rails removed to a nearby school. Court refused temporary restraint but barred further property destruction. Armed guards protect the site as Grantham’s lawyers pursue $3000 payment.
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Sheriff Canine
Grantham
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Ladoga
Seattle Raises Bonus for Moran Bros. Ship Launch
Seattle residents completed a $100,000 bonus for Moran Bros. Company contingent on the launching of the new sheathed battleship awarded to the firm. The effort concludes with the community backing the vessel’s launch in another milestone for the city.
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Moran Bros. Company
Powers in China and the fading concert of Europe
The piece argues that the Anglo German and triple alliance are unraveling as Russia seeks new treaties with China and the United States is excluded. It claims England aims to curb US influence, provoking a collapse of any concert among the great powers and a shift toward separate interests.
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England
Transvaal
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German Empire
Russia
Daily Telegraph
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America
Triple Alliance
Lawshe Goes to the Philippines for Auditing Duties
Auditor Lawshe received final orders from the secretary of war and will depart Washington tonight to assume duties as auditor for the Philippine archipelago. He will re-examine accounts of army officers handling all government funds in the islands.
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Washington
Lawshe
Secretary of War
Philippines
Philippine Archipelago
Fatal Snowslides Near Telluride and Ouray
Spedals to the News report two fatal snowslides in western Colorado. William Temsat, an employe of the Tom Boy mine near Telluride, was caught in a slide that wrecked the mine’s blacksmith shop. his body was recovered. The second slide occurred near the Camp Bird mine at Ouray, claiming miner J. H. Collier, whose body is thought buried under snow and rock and unlikely to be recovered before late next summer.
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Colo
Spedals
William Temsat
Tom Boy
Telluride
Camp Bird
Ouray
J. H. Collier
Moran Bros bid trims for navy battleship contract
The Morans reduce their bid by 100000 to fit Congress limits, sealing the offer at 3,773,900. Backers pledge the sum, oversubscribing the amount, with the work planned on Puget Sound over three years. Moran Bros to construct new machine shops and a power house costing 400000.
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Morans
Congress
Puget Sound
Moran Bros
Navy Commander Quackenbush Dies at 54 in Washington
Washington report states Commander John W. Quackenbush United States Navy retired died today at his home in the city aged 54. He served during his career in maritime duties and was a respected naval officer.
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Samuel S. White
Oregon
Portland
Washington
John W. Quackenbush
United States Navy
President commutes murderer's hanging to life imprisonment
Washington January 14 The president commuted the sentence of Charles L McVin who faced execution tomorrow to life imprisonment. McVin a street railway motorman killed another motorman in December 1589 over jealousy, altering the expected public hanging.
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Chas. L. McVin
McVin
Sentenced to Death in Indiana Murder Case
Princeton Ind Jan 14 J D Keith was this afternoon convicted of murdering Nora Keifer and sentenced to death.
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J. D. Keith
Nora Keifer
Danish West Indies Sale Nears United States Transfer
Copenhagen January 14 negotiations for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States are nearing settlement. The matter is with the finance committee of the rivedag to bridge the price gap. The king and ministry favor the sale but strong opposition may delay final action.
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Danish West Indies
United States
Rivedag
Editorial Writer Charles E. Bock Us Killed by Train
Boston January 14 Charles E Bock Us longtime editorial writer for the Boston Herald was instantly killed tonight by an express train at Dorchester.
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Tacoma
Mount Pleasant
Boston
Charles E. Bock Us
Boston Herald
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Diamonds Found in Guiana Reported in Kingston
The Demarara mail reports large diamond finds in the interior of British Guiana. A company has been formed in England to work the claims.
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Jamaica
Demarara
British Guiana
England
Oregon State News A Brief Review of Industrial Growth
A survey of Oregon industries reports expansion across sectors from Dallas to Medford. Factories and plants grow, including an organ factory expansion in Dallas and a pumping plant at Medford, with rail and steamship activity supporting timber, wheat, hops, and orchard trade.
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