Washington Gossip Recaps Pension and Bank Stats Across States
A comptroller report notes 43,399 new pensioners in 11 months and outlines state-by-state funds for Spanish War volunteers. It cites bank condition data through April, showing total resources near 5.63 billion and deposits over 2.8 billion in 1900 figures, plus war department transport dispositions and a world map in the White House war room. Also mentions Powderly border-entry proposal, vandalism at the Supreme Court, McKinley staff liveries, Knox buying Mrs Childs residence for unstated price.
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Comptroller of Currency
Treasury
War Room
White House
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Moran Bros. Resume Work Under Guarded Nonunion Labor
In Seattle on June 18, Moran Bros. Company metal workers and shipbuilders returned to boilers and machine departments with nonunion mechanics. Twenty boilermakers and machinists earned $3.50 for 10 hours, plus 60 nonunion carpenters at work. No striker demonstrations yet, but 20 armed guards patrol the plant.
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Seattle
Moran Bros.’ Company
Desertion sentence for Fortieth volunteers from Manila voyage
San Francisco June 20 reports two Fortieth volunteers among twelve Manila arrivals on the Pennsylvania are serving five years at hard labor for desertion. Soldiers recount desertions from the Fortieth during its Mindanao posting from August to November last year.
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San Francisco
Fire destroys Squaw Island buildings along Niagara River
In Buffalo on June 20 a fire swept away all buildings on Squaw Island fronting the Niagara river from Ferry street to three-quarters of a mile north. Loss estimated near 500000 dollars. Adeen nap tha and steam launches canal boats and house boats anchored in the harbor valued at about 15000 were destroyed. A dock worth 24000 and numerous shanties and boat houses used by squatters fed the blaze.
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Buffalo
Squaw Island
Niagara River
Ferry Street
Growth and Happenings in Oregon Industries Daily
Benton county farmers buy a clover huller. Robinsonville mines bonded. Four hundred cattle sold near Eugene at 17 dollars each. Badger mine ore ships to San Francisco two carloads every five days. Whitney to Alamo road underway to shorten distances and boost mining. Eugene plans a new steam laundry. Southern Pacific opens Salem town office. Frosts kill fruit in Eagle and Pine valleys and injure grain clover and alfalfa. Quartz gulch claims near Alamo sell for 25000 dollars with mill planned. Baker county taxes for 1900 total nearly 50000 dollars, collected in about 60 days.
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Benton County
Sherman County
Robinsonville
Eugene
Badger
Oregon
San Francisco
Alamo
Baker County
Portland Prepares for a Record Fourth of July Celebration
Portland lines up a grand Independence Day celebration with big surprises planned by the organizing committee. Cheap rail fares will bring visitors from nearby cities to join the festivities. Bands from surrounding towns will provide music and all local societies are invited to parade. L Cole, advertising chair, says Portland will host more guests than ever before and sister cities will be warmly welcomed.
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Portland
L. Dpd
Market Prices And Naval News From The Pacific
Wheat and flour prices listing per bushel and per ton for various grades. Barley and hay values show regional figures. Wool, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, meat prices follow. Admiral Rogers to represent the US in Japan unveiling. Sampson medals planned for Santiago. Digestive times compare meats and venison. Manila Bay battle claims awarded $181,830 to veterans. Parcells fairy score rediscovered in London. Filipinos denied land entry in San Francisco on disease grounds.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
Young America
Court of Claims
Manila Bay
Parcells
Royal Academy of Music
London
San Francisco
Buffalo Exposition
All Philippine Volunteers Due Home This Month
San Francisco June 21 It is expected that about 7 500 men will arrive from Manila before June 26. The transport Aztec arrived after 32 days from Manila and 24 days from Nagasaki with Company H 62 men of the Forty second infantry and other discharged soldiers and civilians. Other ships Logan Grant and Buford carry parts of several regiments and are due around June 24 25. The Pennsylvania released by the government may make a trip to Nome.
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San Francisco
Duming
Manila
Nagasaki
United States
Thomas
Ohio
Buford
Logan
Grant
Kirkpatrick
Pennsylvania
Nome
BAD FIRE AT NOME AND ICE CHALLENGE FOR STEAMER Nome City
The Nome City arrived from Cape Nome after the Nome fire of May 25. Firefighters fought ice filled hoses as flames spread from a Stedman avenue corner to the old Court building. Judge Ryan and wife escaped with loss of possessions. total losses estimated at 126,500. Nome City found an ice channel to Nome, discharging cargo on the ice before landward transfer, then faced breaking ice as it returned to open water.
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Port Townsend
Nome City
Nome
Cape Nome
Puget Sound
Stedman Avenue
First Street
Old Court Building
T. P. Ryan
Jeanie
United States
Torpedoes Remove From Cruisers In Navy Rethink
The Navy Department ruled torpedoes should not be carried on cruisers. New and pending designs will omit torpedo tubes except on Maine class ships. The change frees space for engines and crews and reflects lessons from the Spanish war.
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Washington
Navy Department
Maine
Oklahoma land opening to draw vast crowds in Oklahoma
Ex-Governor Richards of the general land office reports to Secretary Hitchcock and others on Kiowa Comanche Apache and Wichita reservations. He notes no mineral evidence, good water supply, and readiness for the August 6 opening. Governor Jennings predicts about 100,000 seekers for 13,500 entry slots.
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Washington
Richards
General Land Office
Hitchcock
Ryan
Vandevanter
Kiowa
Oklahoma
Jennings
Death of ex governor Hazen Pingree in London
London June 19 Ex Governor Hazen S Pingree of Michigan died last night at 11 35 his son was at the bedside when he passed quietly without warning Doctors left briefly and Pingree Jr watching for four days reported a sudden change and his father died peacefully Embalming planned and body to be taken home Diagnosis cited a cancerous intestinal affection left no hope for recovery Toward the end he suffered great pain and weakness but mind remained clear
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London
Hazen
Pingree
Michigan
Mr. Pingree
Pingree, Jr
United States
Treaties With Southern Republics Await Ratifications
Washington reports that the period for exchanging ratifications of the reciprocity treaty with Nicaragua ends on June 20 and indications suggest no extension. The reciprocity treaty with Ecuador is currently before Ecuador’s congress.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Tacoma Boilermakers End Strike With Nine Hour Day
The Tacoma boilermakers ended their strike today returning to work after securing a nine hour workday and union recognition. It is expected machinists will resume by week’s end.
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Tacoma
War Department to contract 373000 pounds smokeless powder
The ordinance bureau of the war department plans a new contract for 373000 pounds of smokeless powder for seacoast guns. Emphasis will be on careful selection due to recent trouble in San Francisco with navy smokeless powder.
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Washington
Ordinance Bureau of the War Department
San Francisco
Railroad Extension Stopped in Cheyenne
In Cheyenne Wyoming on June 21 survey crews for the Burlington railroad on the proposed Guernsey branch extension to Salt Lake have been recalled and work halted. The company appears to have decided not to proceed with the extension.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Burlington Railroad
Guernsey
Salt Lake
Seattle consolidates four districts into one office
Washington report states Fremont Green Lake Latona and Ross fourth class offices within Seattle will be consolidated with the Seattle office on July 15. University Station will be made a carrier station.
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Washington
Fremont
Green Lake
Latona
Ross
Seattle
University Station
Forest Fire Near Olympia Destroys Camp and Cable
A June 21 forest fire about 12 miles east of Olympia, Washington, wiped out a Mason County logging camp in Black Falls, causing about $16,000 in losses. The blaze destroyed one camp and its equipment, including a new $4,000 cable, despite efforts by over 100 men. plans call for rebuilding the camp once the fire subsides.
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John McDonald
New York
Olympia
Wash
United States
Denmark
West Indies
FP. C. Cheney
Manchester
N. H
Here
Mason County
Cominy
Three Adams Express clerks tied to jewelry theft
New York on June 20 three Adams Express Company clerks Robert Pentcast C M Brown and Thomas Mac Carthy were arrested for stealing 7000 dollars in jewelry. The branch manager found tampered seals on two packages and investigators located 12 missing packages.
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New York
Robert Pentcast
C. M. Brown
Thomas MacCarthy
Adams Express Company
Proclamation Warns on Boer Commanders in Cape Colony
In Molteno Cape Colony on June 20 Boer commanders Kritzinger and Fouche posted a proclamation claiming powers from the earlier annexation of northern Cape to the Orange Free State. It states that anyone revealing the whereabouts of a Boer command will be punished with three months of accompanying the command on foot if failing to comply.
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Molteno
Cape Colony
Appointment of Taft as Civil Governor of the Philippines
Washington June 24 The president appoints William H Taft president of the Philippine commission as civil governor of the Philippine islands effective July 4 1901 The order sets civil authority over civil affairs transferred from military governor and outlines reporting lines and appointment powers under the commission and secretary of war Live control remains where insurrection or disorder continues
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Washington
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
William H. Taft
Secretary of War
United States
Philipine Commission
The
Eliam Root
Massachusetts Battleship Navigates Hell Gate Narrows
Captain Henry M. Manney piloted the Massachusetts through Hell Gate without pilot aid to prove a first class battleship could pass the danger. the feat witnessed by river craft and shores marks a historic naval milestone. Secretary Long issued orders restricting ships of this size from Hell Gate except in great emergencies.
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New York
Flell Gate
Henry M. Manney
Massachusetts
Hell Gate
Willet's Point
Fort Schuyler
Long
Manney
Striking miners clash with guards at Maritime mines
In Matewan West Virginia on June 22 union miners on strike attempted to enter the Maritime mines where non union workers labored. Operators protected by 20 Winchester armed guards fired about 50 shots. Two union men were killed and another badly wounded. Sheriff Hatfield with 50 deputies on scene.
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Matewan
W. Va
Lambert
Mingo
Maritime
Hatfield
Brotherhood of Railroad Employees to Move HQ
George Estes, president, says the Brotherhood of Railroad Employes will relocate its headquarters from San Francisco to Denver in the near future. The union, open to all railway workers regardless of line, is a relatively new organization with sizable West Coast membership.
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Denver
George Estes
Broterhood of
Brotherhood
San Francisco
Righting the Ingalls Capsized Army Transport
New York reports that divers work to seal ports and hatches of the capsized army transport Ingalls at Brooklyn. After sealing the hull it will be pumped out, floated, and righted. The ship is not believed to be seriously damaged.
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War Department
New York
West Indian
Secretary of War
Cuba
Porto Rico
Department
General Bird
Brooklyn
Na Tung Named Chinese Minister to Japan
Pekin reports the emperor has appointed Na Tung a Manchu and former president of the Tsung li Yamen as Chinese minister to Japan. He is rumored to be a Boxer and narrowly avoided execution in the officers’ purge. Japan may refuse the appointment.
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Pekin
Na Tung
Japan
Tsung li Yamen
China
Firework Store Explosion Traps Firemen In Paterson
A massive blast at Abraham Rittenberg’s firework shop in a four story Paterson tenement leveled the building and ignited a blaze that killed multiple residents and injured many, with a tree car scorched and bystanders hurled by the force. Firemen, led by Captain Allen, conducted rescues as upper floors collapsed burying the captain and two others.
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New York
Abraham
Rittenberg
Paterson
Allen
Western officials meet in Cheyenne on irrigation plan
State engineers and Western senators and representatives gathered in Cheyenne Wyoming on June 22 to discuss irrigation government aid and reclaiming arid lands. Wyoming State Engineer Fred Bond presided while H E Burkett of Lincoln Nebraska was elected congression al meeting chairman.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fred Bond
Wyoming
H. E. Burkett
Lincoln
Neb
George E. Tobey
Congress
Washington
Windstorm Havoc Hits Independence Kansas June 24
A powerful morning windstorm from the south veered to the southeast causing extensive damage in Independence. Trees uprooted, outbuildings overturned, and houses and barns moved from foundations. Fronts of several businesses damaged, windows shattered, mill roof blown, ice house unroofed, and Santa Fe depot damaged.
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Independence
Kan
Santa Fe
Aid for Boer Prisoners Appeal for Transvaal women and children
A New York appeal calls for money and supplies for women and children in Transvaal camps as part of the Boer War relief effort. Signers include prominent clergymen. The appeal notes 22 detainees in camps and 318 children died in May.
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New York
Transvaal
Pacific Mail Algoa chartered for hay transport to Puget Sound
San Francisco June 24 The Pacific Mail steamer Algoa, reputed as the largest freight carrier, has been chartered by the government to carry hay and fodders to Puget Sound with departure slated for July 20. The Pak Lee and other transports are reported to be operated by the China Mutuals Company and will run between Northern ports and the Orient.
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Pacific Mail
Algoa
The
Pacific
Puget Sound
Philippi
Fra
China Mutualts — Company
Orient
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