Hectic Week of Global Turmoil and Incidents
Martial law proclaimed in Salonica as turmoil spreads across Europe. Chile earthquake inflicts heavy property losses. Payne uncovers a Washington scandal amid labor unrest plaguing U.S. business. Six injured in Chicago rail collision. Arkansas valley tracks damaged by trestle failures. losses exceed $500,000. National Geographic to send W. J. Peters on Zeigler Arctic expedition. Mexican Wells Fargo robbery nets $42,000, $11,000 recovered. West Point fire destroys blocks of buildings. $125,000 loss. New York matches rules tighten. licenses required. Military train derailment injures crew in Ohio. Turkish Bulgars clash as tensions rise. Navy Secretary Moody to tour coast with Roosevelt. Robbery nets $10,000 at Britt, Iowa. Hollidaysburg powder works explosion. nine dead, twenty injured. Naval mutiny injures recruits in Boston. Canadian landslide toll rises to 69. Pennsylvania fires wipe out towns Watsonville and Simpson. Americans and Japanese attacked near Canton. rescued by Chinese troops. Missouri Illinois boodler probes ongoing. Scott obituary. Hearst marries Millicent Wilson. Portland employers seek unions counterforce. Melbourne business district fire. Coffin collapse injures seven in Chicago. Roosevelt to lay cornerstone for Y.M.C.A. in Topeka. Banale seeks revolver permit. Madacna case arrests await. Riots at French monasteries intensify. King Edward greeted in Rome. Rath Hanna marriage planned in Georgia. Manchuria ports dispute. Idle Hour fire at Vanderbilt estate. Chaffee defends Miles reporters. Rockefeller Jr. and son under guard from threats. Kilpatrick orders $9M bicycle company deal. Frank bank robbers engaged in pistol fight near Jooxout.
Russia presses China on Manchuria and Mongolia
London dispatch reports Russia’s chargé d affaires Planchon demanded reasons for China’s refusals in a Pekin interview with all Chinese ministers. China cites lack of imperial sanction for changes in Mongolia, no sale of Liaoning, and open ports depending on trade. Russia signals continued pressure despite delays through Russian minister Leesar’s return and Manchurian convention terms.
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London
Pekin
the Times
M. Planchon
M. Planccbon
China
Mongolia
Liaon Valley
Manchuria
Porte
M. Pianchon
Kuesia
M. Leesar
Ubina
Russia
Times
Ready for war Russia readies Manchuria moves
Victoria April 30 Russia has long prepared for confrontation with Japan over Manchuria. Dispatches claim Japan built up imports and stockpiles while Russia mobilizes, with ships moving toward Port Arthur and troops deployed in civil clothes. Telegraph lines cut and forests set afire mark escalating tensions.
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Port Arthur
Nagasaki
Cardiff
Chefoo
Manchuria
Russia
Monkden
Pekin
New Chwang
Retvian
Pallada
Diana
Hong Kong
Asahi
Manchauria
Tokio Foreign Office
Viscount Aoki
Gulf of Pechik
Yalu
Wachan
Taku
Naval officers bribed over Manila gunboat construction
Two Japanese papers report that American officers supervising the Manila gunboat build by the Uruguay dock company were bribed and passed faulty work. They claim officers noted defects, prompted inspections, and led to reconstruction of four gunboats at heavy cost to builders.
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Victoria
Bb. C
Manila
United States
Uruguay Dock Company
Niroka Shimpo
Washington
Japan Mail
Cable to Manila Direct by Fourth of July 1905
An Washington dispatch reports Vice President Ward of the Postal Cable Co promises direct cable communication between the United States and the Philippine Islands by July 4. With the Hawaii to Honolulu segment completed, laying across the Pacific proceeds swiftly to link Manila with the home government via an American direct cable by 1905.
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Chicago
Adieputch
Washinon
D. C
Cave
United States
Philippine Islands
Ward
Postal Cable Company
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific
Manila
Fire Devastation Misses Watsonville Widely
Bradford reports late advice from Watsonville say the town avoided predicted doom by fire. Nearby losses are substantial, with Mount Jewett escaping largely intact. Simpson and Bingham areas suffered total destruction of oil property along a wire zone, and about 1,000 oil wells in McKean county were destroyed.
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Bradford
Watsonville
Mount Jewett
Simpson and
Bingham
McKean County
Boundary commission cases exchanged between Washington and London
The United States case for the Alaskan boundary dispute is completed and delivered to the British embassy in Washington while Britain’s case has been turned over to the American embassy in London. Counter cases are due July 38, with further steps ahead of the joint commission meeting in London on September 3.
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Washington
United States
London
Joint Commission
Washington April 2003 finances show surplus and gains
The monthly statement of government finances reports April 2003 receipts of 45,426,100 and expenditures of 41,63,814, leaving a surplus of 1,563,254. Custom receipts rose by 1,440,000 while internal revenue receipts fell by 3,102,000. For the ten months of the current fiscal year, receipts exceeded expenditures by 55,414,646.
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Washington
Canton attack on engineers prompts US aid and inquiry
Pekin reports US consul at Canton says a mob assaulted engineers at the Canton Halow railroad. The gunboat Callao has moved to the river to assist the engineers. Mr. Conger asks the Chinese foreign office to investigate and ensure protection by the viceroy.
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Pekin
United State
Canton Hae
Conger
Canton-Halow
United States
Callao
Foreign Office
Oregon Unionists Push Co op Sales for Higher Prices
Marion county fruit and wool growers meet in Salem to organize unions aimed at mutual benefits and to secure higher bids from buyers. About 50 sheep owners formed the Marion county woolgrowers association with committees to draft a constitution and enlist members. The Salem fruitgrowers union discussed marketing berries and cherries with cannery preference at same prices offered to shippers. The state fair receives larger premiums as annual funding rises from 8000 to 10000 dollars, boosting agricultural promotion amid new Oregon immigration.
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Salem
Marion County Woolgrowers’ Association
Salem Fruitgrowers’ Union
Oregon
Etrangere
Power firm sale links Southern Oregon aims to light region
A deal transfers the Redland Electric Power and Light plant and equipment to Sickiyou Electric Power and Light. The California buyer plans to acquire all Redland stock and pay a premium, developing power on Fall Creek and Klamath River to supply mines towns and quartz mills in Southern Oregon and nearby California. Churchill Bros. bankers and Alex Roscoborough push the project with access to 22 000 horsepower in Fall Creek and Klamath River waters to back electric railways and manufacturing ventures.
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Redland Electric Power and Light Company
Sickiyou Electric Power and Light Company
California Company
Fall Creek
Klamath River
Siskiyou Mountains
Klamathon
Hornbrook
Churchill Bros
Sisakiyou County
Alex Roscoborough
Oakland
Cal
Oregon
California
Willamette University Debt Drive Progress Report
President John Coleman of Willamette University announces subscriptions totaling 8000 dollars toward the university debt, conditioned on full subscription by June 1. A week ago 7000 remained unsubscribed. new pledges reduce that to 4000, with efforts to raise the balance so commencement can occur debt free.
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John Coleman
Willamette University
Salem
Jone 1
Jones Willamete
Train service debate to be presented in San Francisco
The discussion over rail service raised by Corvallis Independence Amity McCoy McMinnville and Monmouth is being revisited. The matter will be brought before the officers in San Francisco.
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Corvallis
Independence
Amity
McCoy
McMinnville
Monmouth
San Francisco
Four Foot Ore Vein Struck at Crystal Mine
The Crystal Consolidated Mining Company of Cottage Grove reports from Bohemia that a four foot vein of base ore has been struck in its lower tunnel.
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Crystal Consolidated Mining Company
Cottage Grove
Bohemia
State land board opens bids on surveyed townships
The state land board opened bids Tuesday for sections 16 and 34 in township 31 south range 0 west and section 16 in township 31 south range 10 west, recently surveyed. Bids ranged from 2.50 to 425 dollars, land sold at the top bid. Several homesteaders occupy the land and purchasers from the state will face a contest.
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State Land Board
Weat
Weet
Survey trip planned to Blue River Bohemia mines by Colonel French
Colonel A. B. French of the coast geodetic and geographical survey is in Eugene preparing for a government survey expedition. He will lead a party of 20 to 25 men into the Blue River and Bohemia mining regions.
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A. B. French
Coast Geodetic and Georaphical Survey
Eugene
Blue River
Bohemia
River drivers end strike with terms from Grande Ronde manager
Striking river drivers have resumed work after securing terms from Manager Murphy of the Grande Ronde lumber company. They will earn 3.50 dollars per day plus board and wages for the six days of the strike in town.
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Murphy
Grande Ronde Lumber Company
Baisley Elkhorn mine to resume work May first
The Baisley Elkhorn mine ends more than two years of legal dispute and will resume operations May 1 under General Manager Hayes the property’s principal owner. Hayes previously led the Bonanza mine and sold his Bonanza stake about a year ago to take control of Baisley Elkhorn. A tunnel roughly a mile long will be driven into the mountain.
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Baisley-Elkhorn
Hayes
Bonanza Whine
Bonanza
Williams Bros and Kendall planing mill opens in Grants Pass
The big planing mill and sash and door factory of Williams Bros. & Kendall in Grants Pass has begun operations with sufficient machinery installed to start work on a long backlog of building material orders. The mill complex houses over 30 machines of up-to-date patterns for cutting and finishing all grades.
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Williams Bros. & Kendall
Grants Pass
Pacific Coast
Government survey team plans Albany topographic map run
A government surveying party led by C. H. Semler C. P. Jones A. D. Patterson Frank Neel and Ray Telford prepares to survey the Albany valley area for a general topographical map. Lines will extend from Albany in all directions as the team works 224 feet above sea level.
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C. H. Semler
C. P. Jones
A. D. Patterson
Frank Neel
Ray Telford
Albany
Saw mill capacity to rise near Union with eight mills planned
Van Houten and Messenger have received machinery for a new saw mill to be built in the timber east of Union. It will have a capacity of 20,000 feet per day. Several other mills are under construction and within a month about eight sawmills are expected to be operating nearby.
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Union
Varney Declines McMinnville College Presidency Suit
Rev. George RK Varney informs the McMinnville college trustees he will not permit use of his name as President Boardman successor. He had earlier been elected pastor of the New Whatcom Baptist church, which declined to release him.
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George RK. Varney
McMinnville College
Boardman
Varney
New Whatcom
Portland Markets Report in Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
Portland market listing shows wheat, barley, flour, mill feeds, potatoes, poultry, cheese, butter, wool, beets, beef, veal, mutton, lambs, hogs with prices per ton per cental and per pound. Values include wheat prices at 70 7 te and 75 76e, barley at 21.50 23, flour ranges 3.95 to 4.25, hay Timothy 13.50, potatoes Budack prices 25 40c per cental, poultry hens 12c, live turkeys 16 17c, cheese 16 17c, butter 20 22c, wool 12 15c, beets 34 4e per pound, hogs 7 7 ye per pound.
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Walla Walla
Blue Stern
Valley
Young America
Wool
Oregon
Lesead
Fashionable pet words fade as trends shift in language
An eighteenth century note traces words like really, pugely, the quality, genteel, and elegant as fashionable terms that later recede. It contrasts current tastes with lingering popular forms such as convincing, weird, and strange in Avensis and England, reflecting shifting linguistic fashions.
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England
Governor Richards Dead in Cheyenne Wyoming
Governor De Forest Richards died at his home in Cheyenne at 8 o'clock yesterday from acute kidney disease. Born August 6, 1846 in Charleston New Hampshire, he was sheriff, county treasurer, and lawmaker in Alabama before moving to Chadron Nebraska to found a bank in 1885. He then moved to Douglas Wyoming and helped establish the First National Bank, becoming mayor, state senator, and governor in 1902. with no lieutenant governor, Fenimore Chatterton will assume the governorship.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
de Forest Richards
Richards
Charleston
N. H
Phillips Andover Academy
Alabama
Chadron
Neb
Chadron Bank
Douglas
Converse County
Wyoming
First National Bank
Fenimore Chatterton
Seventh Day Adventist plant to move east after week long clash
Battle Creek stockholders decide to relocate the publishing house plant to the East pending a final city choice. The move reflects the majority’s belief in Ellen White, a leading prophetess, who warned disaster if the plant stayed and the Adventist colonists scattered nationwide.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Seventh Day Adventist Publishing House
Mra
Ellen White
Mint packs 1,200,000 peas for Philippines voyage
In San Francisco on April 30 authorities prepare 1,200,000 peas as new coins for the Philippines. They will be shipped aboard the transport Thomas on May 1 in 600 pine boxes bound with iron. Pesos are in sacks of 1,000 pesos, two sacks per box, each sack sealed and each box double sealed with treasury and war department marks.
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San Francisco
Mint
Philippines
Thomas
Treasury
War Department
Southern Pacific trims force at Danemuir and Dunemoir plant
Danemuir Cal April 30 The general management of the Southern Pacific company continues to follow a policy of reducing the forces to the lowest possible limit Assistant Master Mechanic Hale received wire instructions to cut the Dunemoir workforce by 40 men and discharge ten machinists one car laborer and 20 laborers at closing time leaving neat reductions in heavy labor output as well.
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Danemuir
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Hale
Dunemoir
Sneatly Co
President Cassatt Sets Advisory Committee for New York Tunnel
Philadelphia April 30 President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania rails has appointed an advisory committee of experts to aid in constructing the New York tunnel project. The panel has decided to use an electrical engine with the motor on track to increase power and add tracks for greater capacity.
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Philadelphia
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Rails Aed
New York
Fair Dedication of Exposition Amid Cold Wind and Dust
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition buildings were formally dedicated in St. Louis with grand ceremonies despite a harsh day. About 11,000 troops lined the parade, including 3,100 regulars and 7,900 National Guard, as President Roosevelt and ex-President Cleveland observed the review with visibility hindered by wind and cold. Nine state contingents, led by New York Illinois Iowa Missouri Oklahoma Ohio, joined the massive display as police and First Missouri Infantry ensured crowd control and smooth proceedings.
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St. Louis
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Liberal Arts
First Missouri Infantry
Ths
National Guard
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ohio
Russian Manchuria dispute prompts legation comment
Pekin May 2. St Petersburg denial of the authenticity of Russian demands on China Previona evacuation of Manchuria causes comment among legations. The same day the Russian charge d affaires admitted their information was correct. Prince Ching seeks urgent Russian aid to restore Manchurian government to China per agreement.
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Pekin
St. Petersburg
China
Manchuria
M. Plancon
Prince Ching
Russia
Governor Nash urges iron and steelworkers to join militia
Columbus Ohio May 2 Governor Nash asked members of the Amalgamated association of iron and steelworkers to join the militia. He noted the belief that military and labor are antagonistic and urged them to study the issue and see that their duty mirrors that of other citizens. He said workers are as anxious to enforce state laws as the governor.
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Columbus, O
Nash
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers
Picketing Halts Plant Launch At Deeringhar Vester Works
Chicago May 2. Effective picketing blocked management efforts to admit nearly 150 workers to the Deeringhar Vester plant at dawn. When the workers assembled before 5 am they were met by a striker delegation and turned away. Strikers aim to extend pressure to other factories to create disorderly conditions.
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Chicago
Deeringhar- Vester Works
Washington Judge Tyner Stricken After Stroke
Judge James N. Tyner, recently dismissed from government service, has suffered a serious decline in health since last July after a stroke of paralysis. The strain on his system has left him almost completely prostrated, according to reports from Washington.
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Washington
James N. Tyner
Posts Fee Department
King
Post Office Scrutiny Under Way Amid Fraud Inquiries
Washington April 29 census of opinion shows belief in broader disclosures than feared in the postoffice department. Investigations target lax methods and possible wrongdoing across its vast workforce, with Tyner and Christiancy already affected as officials suspend or retire pending probes. The uproar underscores the department’s size and the challenge of pinning accountability on a single figure while promising moral impact and deterrence.
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Washington
Postoffice
Tyner
Christiancy
Rolle
Work Gang Run Down in Buffalo Kansas Wreck
A northbound Missouri Pacific stock train collided with a work train near Buffalo Kansas killing 11 men and injuring 25. Most victims were Greeks. misreading orders blamed. The work train carried laborers and was en route to town when the freight plowed into it. Debris lit by burning wreckage created battlefield scenes as doctors aided the injured and authorities blamed the construction train crew. Coffeyville hospitals received the wounded.
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Buffalo
Kan
Fuffalo
Neodesha
Coffeyville
Old Country
Gould
Kansas City
Pekin Protest Over Manchurian Agreement Provisions
Minister Conger in Pekin protests two points of Russia proposed Manchurian terms. China should not pledge to limit foreign trade towns amid Mukden and Takubao talks, and should not restrict Chinese workers to Russians only. The U S withholds comment on other demands while standing on treaty rights against infractions.
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Pekin
Conger
Prince Ching
Russia
China
Mukden
United States
Proposals Opened for Colunbia Bar Jetty Stone Supply
Portland reports proposals will be opened by Captain W C Langfitt for furnishing 625000 tons of stone to the Columbia bar jetty. The contract offers two forms: 170000 tons to be delivered in two months and 475000 tons within an eight month working season. Shore delivery aims to speed work as tramway readiness nears.
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Portland
Uncle Sam
Columbia Bar
W. C. Langfitt
United State Engineers
Plague Spreads in Manila and Cameroons Outbreak
In Manila on April 29 Cholers reports a worsening plague threat spreading northward from the Cameroons to Cayagan valley. The outbreak has produced 101 cases of bubonic plague since January, chiefly among natives and Chinese, with fears it may extend across the islands. Past epidemics lasted about three years.
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Manila
Loronbad
Cameroons
Cayagan Valley
Fighting rages in Santo Domingo suburbia amid government clashes
April 29 reports long fighting between government forces and revolutionists in Santo Domingo and surrounding suburbs. Government troops occupy San Carlos and Guida areas after heavy losses. Monition rifles and cannon are cited as changing the situation, with hopes for restoration of order soon.
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Santo Domingo
San Carlos
Guida
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