News of the Week A Condensed Happenings Review
A week in review covers global unrest in Spain and Korea, high finance gifts to Harvard, Ludlow’s Philippines return, Pitt acquittal in Manila, and a vast California grain fire. It notes Wabash train wrecks in Indiana, Alaska miners forming a union, Houston and New York incidents, and foreign policy moves from Hay. It concludes with flood losses, a Portland fire, and the blockade neutrality rule in the Spain war.
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J. P. Morgan
Harvard University
General Ludlow
Philippines
Buford
Harold M. Pitt
Manila
California
Speaker Henderson
Europe
Saya King Edward Io
America
Indiana
Thomas and
San Francisco
West Virginia
Nightingale Birthday Noted Amid Household Tips
The item records Florence Nightingale's celebrated birthday while mixing in stray household hints. It includes advice on cleaning Willow furniture with salt and water, soaking silk handkerchiefs, repelling ants with powdered borax, cleaning decanters with eggshells, using alum in stove polish, and preventing fading in red bordered linens.
Surrender of Cailles in Laguna Province
General Cailles surrendered at Santa Cruz Laguna with 650 men and 500 rifles after oath of allegiance. Colonel Cabailles also yielded. Cailles could not bring in all insurgents. Surrender was orderly. Reports say followers urged a proclamation declaring resisters as bandits to be published by local insurgent presidents.
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Santa Cruz
Laguna
Luzon
Cailles
Cabailles
Insurgent Leader Near Surrender in Batangas
Manila reports General Arollio and much of General Malvar's forces may surrender at San Jose Batangas as July 4 marks a civil government shift. With Cailles surrender, Luzon prisoners may be released and Malvar's surrender anticipated.
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Manila
Arollio
Malvar
San Jose
Batangas
Philippine Islands
Department
Military Secretary
Civil Service Board
Cailles
Luzon Island
Destroying Chinese Forts and Forbidden City Loot
Pekin reports no ministers meeting since last week as nations plan to destroy forts with troops. Unoccupied forts may require Chinese labor. several enuchs are said to have sold valuables from the Forbidden City, including a carved table for 600 taels. Guards hold gates. palace repair costs are pegged at 250 000 tales. Fears persist over hidden gold and missing palace secrets.
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Pekin
Forbidden City
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Anniversary of relief celebrated at Tien Tsin
The first anniversary of the relief of Tien Tsin was celebrated yesterday. Russian and British authorities publicly thanked the ladies who on June 17, the siege’s anniversary, decorated the graves of soldiers of all nationalities. Chinese insurgent leader General Mais is in conference with German commanders on pacification and reconstruction.
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Tien Tsin
Mais
Steamer Bangor Collides In Fog. Five Jump Overboard
The City of Bangor, entering Boston Harbor in dense fog, struck the naptha launch Estelle near Deer Island beacon. Five men were thrown into the water and two drowned.
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Boston
City of
Bangor
Deer Island Beacon
Appeal for Foreign Help From Shan Si Province
News from Tai Yuan Fu in Shan Si reports General Jun Fo Hsiang advancing toward the province. The governor has appealed for foreign assistance to oppose his march.
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Tien Tsin
Tai Yuen Fu
Shan
S&8i
Jun Fo Hsiang
Madrid Riot Storms Convent Amid Anti Clerical Protests
In Madrid on June 26 anti clerical crowds shouting burn the convents stormed a monastery during the night. They dispersed after authorities acted. Infanta Isabella was kissed by protestors during the unrest.
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Madrid
Infanta Isabella
Monastry
Governor Delays Signing Senate Bill No 4 In Olympia
Governor Rogers filed with the secretary of state in Olympia on June 26 and withheld his signature on Senate Bill No 4. The act concerns issuing death warrants and was introduced by Senator Rands of Clark County. He declined to comment when pressed for reasons.
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Olympia
Wash
Rogers
Secretary of State
Senate
Rands
Clark County
Wreck at Monaca Ends Train's Sudden Descent
Northbound passenger No. 23 of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad wrecked at Monaca 26 miles from Pittsburg. Two killed, three fatally injured, forty hurt. The train, speeding, struck an open switch and plunged 25 feet down an embankment, overturning every car.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Monaca
Monaco
Oregon's Pan American exhibit and state industry highlights
Oregon officials plan visits to semi arid regions in August while the state touts its Pan American exhibit merit. Baker City and Huntington send 35 carloads of cattle to Montana. Gray's Peak plans a new stamp mill. Oregon King Gold Mining files for a 1 million dollar capitalization. Prairie City to gain a stage station. Rogue river valley reports a shrinking wheat crop, with Sherman county expecting a large yield. Fish and wildlife notes Chapman.
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Oregon
Pan-American
The
Union
Baker City
Huntington
Montana
Gray's Peak
Fired on by Strikers At Mateawan Coal Fields
Huntington June 27 A posse of deputy U S marshals was fired on by strikers and fled the coal fields at Mateawan. After marching 25 miles on foot due to flood wrecked rails they served injunction notices but were blocked by armed mobs. The strike grows tenser as miners across Kentucky take passes and ignore the injunction at Thacker.
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Thacker
Hatfield
United States
Striekra
Kentucky
Agricultural Market Prices for Wheat to Potatoes
A detailed display of exchangeable values for Wheat, Oats, Barley, Millstuffs, Hay, Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry, Mutton, Hogs, Veal, Red Groats, Hops, Wool, Mohair, and Potatoes. Includes per bushel, per ton, or per sack figures across Bluestem, graham, timothy, clover, Oregon hay, and regional markets with varied price ranges and unit measures.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Lee
Young America
Train wreck near Cass kills many on Wabash rails
A Wabash Railroad eastbound passenger train No 3 struck a washout at Cass fifteen miles west of Peru indicating a high speed run to recover time. The engine and five cars wrecked with reports of engineer fireman and at least a dozen passengers killed and dozens injured as surgeons rushed to the scene.
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Indianapolis
Peru
Wabash
Cass
Here
Logansport
Pongo
TO EXPLORE ALASKA EXPEDITION REACHES DAWSON
A United States exploration party arrived in Dawson in June en route to Northern Alaska. They will travel the Yukon to Fort Hamlin by steamer and overland via the Dahl river trail to Bergman, then follow tributaries of the Koyukuk to Kotzebue sound. The mission aims to gather geological data and map the region.
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Seattle
Dawson
Alaska
Yukon
Fort Hamlin
Dahl River
Koyokuk
Bergman
Alashak
Kowak
Kotzebue Sound
Arctic Ocean
Behring Strait
Condolence Telegrams Reach Secretary Hay in Washington
Telegrams of condolence from around the world arrive at the state department today addressed to Secretary Hay. Cards of regret are also being received at the Hay home.
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Washington
State Department
Hay
Bible Society plans scriptures in twenty Filipino dialects
The American Bible Society prepares to issue editions of the Scriptures in 20 Filipino dialects. A fortune teller named Weentna carried belt notes totaling 3500 dollars. Colunt von Waldersee may visit America soon, hinting at reduced China tensions. If counterfeit activity remains low, 1901 will close with record bad money produced in the U S. Horace W Means of Lexington Kentucky shot himself amid ill health concerns. Canada will try to stop Sable Island erosion by planting trees and shrubs.
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The
American Bible Society
Horace W. Means
Lexington
Kentucky
Sable Island
Moths Banished by White Cloves, Similar to Camphor
A note states white cloves are as effective as camphor cedar or tobacco in repelling moths. The claim compares methods for household pest control and suggests cloves offer similar results to established remedies.
Desperate and Bloody Fight Ends in Seattle Shooting
In Crowded Guy's drug store in Seattle John Considine fatally shoots ex Chief Meredith as the two men with a history threaten to kill on sight. Meredith dies after a brief struggle with Considine and his brother Tom.
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Seattle
John W. Considine
Standard Gambling House
Peele's Theater
W. L. Meredith
Guy's Drug Store
Second Avenue
Considine
Meredith
John Considine
Tom Considine
Considine Cooly
Lusitania Wrecked Off Cape Ballard With 300 Aboard
The Orient Steam Navigation Company's Lusitania from Liverpool to Montreal ran aground in dense fog off Renews near Cape Ballard. Amid panic and crowding for boats, passengers, mostly emigrants, faced a brutal scramble while crew attempted rescue. Women and children were landed first, many passengers sheltered with fishermen, and the ship showed signs of breaking up as rain and heavy seas continued.
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St. John’s
N. F
Orient Steam Navigation Company
Lusitania
Liverpool
Montreal
Cape Ballard
Cape Race
Renews
Riot at Rochester injures policemen and rioters
One thousand striking laborers clashed with police in Rochester on June 28. Eleven officers and twenty rioters were hurt as rioters attacked laborers digging a trench for Rochester Gas and Electric. Police fired over the heads of strikers, scattering the mob toward City Hall Park.
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Rochester
N. Y
Alaska
Rochester Gas & Electric Company
City Hall Park
Brazil Accepts Pan American Congress Invitation
New York report says Brazil has formally accepted participation in the Pan American congress despite earlier doubts about arbitration. Peru remains doubtful about joining, while Bolivia and Argentina are believed to follow Brazil. Peru and Bolivia are viewed as aligned on interests, and officials hope Peru will choose participation over yielding to Chile.
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Carquines Straits
California
Brazil
Pan- American Congress of Nations
New York
Washington
The
Herald
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Chile
Canadian officer hoists flag under Ottawa orders in Skagway incident
A Bay Flag was moistened by a Canadian customs official under Ottawa instructions in Skagway. An Oregon man, George Miller, cut the halyard, seized the flag, then calmly handed his card to the Canadian officer before leaving. Miller, Eugene, Oregon, brother of Joaquin Miller, was visiting friends.
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Oregon
Vancover
Skagway
Ottawa
Ti Eng
Furley
George Miller
Eugene
Miler
Joaquin Miller
California
Fense
Navy to Probe Guam Disorder Amid Marine Disgrace
Washington reports the navy department will review a Guam order by naval commander Commander Seaton Schroeder denouncing hoodlumism and lawlessness. The message cites terrorism at the fort gambling and drunkenness, warning the U S force risks. General Heywood of the marines already asked to provide information and a court of inquiry may be set.
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Washington
Navy Department
Guam
Seaton Schroeder
United States’ Force
Gener. Heywood
Marines
Northwestern storm devastates Minneapolis area
A fierce storm swept Minneapolis and St Paul causing widespread damage and casualties. The twister south of New Richmond Wisconsin destroyed farm property, with near four inch rainfall and many livestock losses reported.
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Minneapolis
Minn
St. Paul
New Richmond
Wis
Second Cloudburst Hits Bluefields District Again
A second destructive storm swept the flood swept district tonight in Bluefields West Virginia. No loss of life reported yet but property damage is extensive. The large force previously repairing storm damage has been set back in many areas by the new destruction.
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Portland
West Virginia
Bluefields
W. Va
Pope’s feeble health changes Vatican pavilion plan
Rome reports the pope, weakened by age, was advised by his physician to avoid the usual hot weather pavilion in the Vatican garden. Despite this, no alarm is present. A recent audience with Cardinal Gibbons featured a poignant farewell, suggesting the pope may not meet him again.
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Rome
Vatican Garden
Cardinal Gibbons
Plague Reports Prompt Navy Repositioning
Washington dispatch says four bubonic plague deaths occurred in Honolulu between May 29 and June 9. Assistant Secretary Sanger will confer with General Shafter and General Corbin on the possibility of coal to power the Hancock for a direct voyage to Manila. General Shafter’s report indicates the health authorities consider the plague a concern.
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Washington
War Department
General Shafter
San Francisco
Bubonic Pla
Honolulu
Sanger
Shafter
Corbin
Hancock
Manila
Shaker
Hnsteie
Fire destroys National Pump plant and Big Four station
In Cairo on June 26 a fire wiped out the National Pump Co plant and the Big Four station at Mound City Tl. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Cairo
National Pump Co
Big Four
Mound City
Largest oil gusher blown at Redford Creek Texas
Denison June 27. The biggest oil gusher yet struck in the southwestern field was blown in at Redford Creek north of Denison on the St. Louis and San Francisco extension by the Pennsylvania Oil Company. The oil spouted 400 feet into the air and is still gushing, wasting large quantities.
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Valdes
Eagle City
Alaska
Wabash
Indiana
St. Louis
England
South Africa
Ingalls
Portland
Columbus
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
United States
Tien Tsin
Hawaii
Denison
Tex
Redford Creek Nation
St. Louis & San Francisco
Pennsylvania Oil Company
Refunding Proprietary Stamps Decision Reached
The commissioner of internal revenue Yerkes rules that proprietary stamps properly affixed and canceled on articles not removed from the factory for sale or use before July 1 1901 may be refunded on proper application to the collector from whom the stamps were purchased.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes
Fire at Central Hotel in Kern County Claims One Life
A blaze at the Central hotel in Kern, about a mile east of Bakersfield, killed one fireman and left others missing. The skull of a fireman was crushed. The fire, believed caused by a lamp in a room, cut off all escape routes as flames surged. Loss estimated at 10,000 dollars with 3,000 dollars insured.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Central
Kern
Here
Ingalls Ship Sees Further Sink During Repair Attempt
In New York on June 27 the transport Ingalls, which sank in a dry dock in the Erie Basin on June 14, dropped another four feet while being moved to a stronger dock. No injuries reported. Divers claim hull undamaged as dock blocks beneath the keel gave way during the process.
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New York
Ingalls
Erie Basin
Agoncillo Says Philippine Struggle Ongoing Despite Capture
Marseilles correspondent quotes Aguinaldo's European agent Agoncillo saying the fight in the Philippines is not over. He concedes Aguinaldo’s capture weakens prospects but asserts Americans, like the British in the Transvaal, are pursuing a costly conquest.
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Paris
la Presse
Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Marseilles
Hong Kong
Philippines
Transvaal
Coronation of King Edward Proclamation in London
The royal proclamation at St James's Palace announced the coronation of King Edward to take place in June next with date to be fixed. Medieval pageantry marked the occasion as crowds gathered at Temple Bar and the River Exchange area while the announcement was heralded.
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London
Edward
St. James's Palace
Temple Bar
Fire destroys hardware store in Rosalia
A fire that started at 3 a.m. yesterday in a Rosalia hardware store destroyed the building. Losses totaled 2,000 on the structure and 15,000 on stock, with 8,500 covered by insurance. The cause is still unknown.
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Rosalia
Wash
Oregon steamer Oregon anchored off Buceo after damage
A Herald dispatch from Montvideo reports the American steamer Oregon bound for San Francisco with the Pacific squadron anchored off Buceo near the port. American authorities sent a tug to investigate the unusual anchorage while the Oregon’s captain says the vessel is damaged and did not want towing into the harbor.
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New York
Herald
Montvideo
Oregon
San Francisco
Pacific Squadron
Buceo
Cape
Sheepmen and Cattle Raisers Clash in Sweetwater County
A clash between sheepmen and cattle raisers in Sweet Water County Wyoming has intensified with no clear resolution. A deadline set weeks ago by cattlemen threatens crossovers into ranges long held for cattle, amid overstocking concerns and tense border tensions.
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Wyo
Tank Fire Hits Indirect Tank Farm In Decatur
A fire began at a tank storage area in Decatur Indiana started by lightning at Preble days ago. The blaze threatened 50 000 barrels of oil with 300 workers from nearby cities fighting the flames. Five adjacent tanks containing 90 000 barrels were damaged. The Standard Oil Company incurred losses estimated at 80 000. Many tanks were badly burned.
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Decatur
Ind
Standard Oil Camp
Los Standard Oil Company
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