Week's Happenings Review Ends With Death of Li Hung Chang
Overnight and past week items include Li Hung Chang dead and Franco Turkish dispute in cabinet talks. Fires kill ten in a Wisconsin theatre. Panama canal talks. Corbin and Edyth Patten wed in Washington. Other notes cover mayoral races, strikes, war news, rail contracts, and toxic mix of global events.
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Li Hung Chang
Wisconsin
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
H. C. Corbin
Edyth Patten
Washington
Millionaire de la Mar
Oregon
Reno
Lake County
St. Louis
Schmitz
San Francisco
Raynor
Schley
Ohio
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation by Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt designates Thursday November 28 as a national day of thanksgiving. He notes McKinley’s death, urges duty to fellow citizens, and calls on the nation to cease work to give thanks for peace and abundance in 1901. The proclamation ends with Roosevelt’s signature and the Secretary of State.
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Roosevelt
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt Dinner At White House With 18 Guests
President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted their first formal White House dinner. Eighteen guests attended in the family dining room, which was lavishly decorated with white chrysanthemums. Guests included Secretary Hitchcock, Admiral Tewey, Colonel Sanger, Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs Sanger, Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Adams of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rockhill, Commander and Mrs. Cowles and Miss Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Hitchcock
Admiral Tewey
Sanger
Secreary of War
Whitelaw Reid
Brooks Adams
Boston
W. W. Rockhill
Cowles
Carter civil trial set after Chicago court martial
Leavenworth Kansas on November 11 reports that Oberlin M. Carter has been notified of a civil trial grant in the United States Circuit Court in Chicago. Colonel L D Carter J Stanton Carter and Horace Stone a Chicago attorney are here in consultation with the prisoner gathering information for the trial. The aim is to introduce evidence Captain Carter says was excluded at the court martial.
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Kan
Oberlin
M. Carter
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
L. D. Carter
J. Stanton Carter
Horace Stone
Plans for new Brooklyn dry dock No 4 with electric pump
At the Brooklyn navy yard officials near completion of dry dock No 4 plans. The dock will feature a bottom electrical pumping plant not yet used in the United States, with the power station located away from the dock. European practice favors such pumps and officials estimate a $70 000 saving for the government.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Europe
Order of Washington Seattle meeting backs supreme officers
Supreme President W. W. Terry and fellow officers faced charges from John K. Parker president of the local union. Parker was ousted from the meeting. a unanimous vote of confidence in the head officers followed. Parker will be tried under impeachment. The Order operates in Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana with over 12000 members led by Portland citizens and historically authorized to insure under Washington law.
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W. W. Terry
J. L. Mitchell
Paul Pferciner
T. B. McDevitt
Order of Washington
John K. Parker
Parker
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Portland
Pacific Regalia Company re-incorporated in Portland
The Pacific Regalia Company of Portland has been re-incorporated by Paul Pferdner J L Mitchell John S Pinney T B McDevitt and May Pferdner with 50000 capital. The firm makes badges buttons regalia and lodge supplies and operates 30 machines, with plans to enlarge to meet growing business.
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Pacific Regalia Company
Paul Pferdner
J. L. Mitchell
John 8. Pinney
T. B. McDevitt
May Fferdner
Fire destroys Jennings restaurant in gale scorches town
Jennings La Nov 6 Early this morning fire broke out in the restaurant of J F Dudley. A heavy gale drove the flames across five blocks of the main business part of town. Loss put at 500000 with about half covered by insurance.
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J. F. Dudley
Corea grants Japan 650 acres for settlement near Masampo
In Yokohama on November 7 Corea allotted 650 acres at Chapokbo near Masampo to Japan for a special settlement to be policed by Japanese authorities. The land was previously pegged out by a Russian warship. Corea withdrew its veto on grain exports in response to Japan's remonstrance.
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Yokohama
Corea
Japan
Chapokbo
Masampo
Corean
Transport Warren Disabled and Hancock Sent to Kobe
A Manila dispatch confirms the transport Warren was disabled and that the Hancock has been coal and dispatched to Kobe to bring the Warren's passengers to San Francisco. The congressional party visiting the Philippines were among the Warren's passengers.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Warren
Hancock
Kobe
Japan
San Francisco
Congressional Party
Philippines
Boycott Movement Degenerates into Socialism in Holland
New York report from London Times correspondent notes the proposed boycott of British commerce in Holland has devolved into a social ism against capital. Many who might back the movement now oppose socialism and withhold support.
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New York
London Times
New York Times
Holland
Buffalo Jones Dies at 71 in Salina Kansas
H L Jones aged 71 died in Salina today a pioneer of Kansas and participant in early border battles. He earned the nickname Buffalo Jones while serving in an early Kansas legislature where he was famed for representing vast land with few people and many buffalo.
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Salina
Kan
H. L. Jones
Jones
Kansas
Buffalo Jones
Buffalo
Cause of Li Hung Chang Death Tearing Over Manchurian Treaty
Li Hung Chang died after a violent dispute with Paul Lessar the Russian minister to China. The clash over the text of the Manchurian treaty followed Japanese pressure and Empress Dowager influence. Li, in a heated exchange, returned home in a rage and suffered a fatal hemorrhage attributed to a weakened condition.
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Paul Lessar
China
Li Hung Chang
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Tokio
M. Lessar
OFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES Twenty-Eighth Infantry Sailing from Portland
Major Roach will command four companies packing at Vancouver and sail November 15 from Portland aboard the Rosecrans for the Philippines. Colonel Mott Hooten will lead San Francisco-bound units aboard the Grant the same day. Lieutenant-Colonel John Stretch also sails. Vancouver Barracks shows marching orders as baggage heads for San Francisco.
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Wash
Roach
Boise Barracks
Idaho
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Portland
Philippines
Rosecrans
San Francisco
Grant
Mott Hooten
Hooten
Far East
John Stretch
Vancouver Barracks
Struck gold in Helena as federal building graded
A ledge of free milling iron stained quartz gold ore was struck today while grading the foundation for the United States Federal building in Helena. The find is the second rich strike in the city in 30 days and lies beneath the Cruse residence, with more ledges running across the developing site.
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Helena
Mont
United States Federal
Thomas Cruse
Elena
Buffington urged per capita payments to Cherokee people
In his annual address to the National Council principal chief T. M. Buffington urged per capita payments due to crop failures and proposed appointing a commission to negotiate a treaty. Two thousand people attended, including the Dawes Commission and other U S officials.
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I. T
T. M. Buffington
National Council
Dawes Commission
United States
Actress on stage embraces challenges conventional wisdom
Miss Julia Marlowe in Collier's Weekly recalls a question about whether an actress sacrifices finer nature by stage embraces. She replies with spirit that such a question simply requires common sense to yield a negative answer.
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Julia Marlowe
Collier's Weekly
Duel Turns Fatal Stabbing At Country Dance
The Dalles reports Nick Marks a well known farmer was stabbed by Reuben Ford during a country dance about 20 miles southeast of The Dalles. A fight over an insult to Marks’ wife led Ford to draw a knife and slash Marks, with one blow near the heart. prognosis was doubtful.
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Nick Marks
Reuben Ford
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Ford
Advertising solicitor disappears after cashed checks in Astoria
Astoria on November 7 reports E. R. Harroun, who claimed to be an advertising solicitor, arrival and varied employment until yesterday when he vanished. He had cashed several checks for small sums drawn on the First National Bank of Astoria and signed by himself, leaving behind no trace.
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E. R. Harroun
First National Tank
Frozen to Death Near Pocahontas Finds Man Missing
Sioux City dispatch reports J. L. Schroeder of Pocahontas vanished last Saturday. His frozen body was located today in a field a short distance from his home, indicating death by exposure.
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J. L. Schroeder
Pocahontas
First Snow In Olympic Mountains Reported
The first snow of the season fell last night in the foothills of the Olympic range. Prospectors for minerals and petroleum are moving into the mountains to assess potential resources.
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Olympic Mountains
Port Townsend
Olympic Range
Commercial and Financial Happenings in Oregon Review
A broad survey highlights growth across Oregon industries. Roseburg water works near completion. St Helens to issue 3500 in bonds for a new schoolhouse. Wasco County roads improved by wide tire wagons. Salem Automobile Co forms to operate lines between Salem and suburbs. 19 Oregon City militia members court martialed for neglect of duty. Clatsop County saw mill in place and set to start operations. dike repair underway. Sumpter Lumber installs 45 hp engine at saw and planing mills. Chisholm logging camp closes for winter then to resume. Oregon Commercial at Huntington expands capacity with new mill and planing facilities. Weston normal school building nearing completion. Klamath Falls reports smallpox. Grants Pass weighs bicycle sidewalk ban. George A. Forbes named physical director at Monmouth normal. land development by teachers and clerks in Umatilla county. Butter Creek cattle feeding begins with 4200 head. Nicolai mill yard congestion halves runs, causing layoffs.
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St. Helens
Wasco County
Salem Automobile Co
Salem
Oregon City Militia Company
Young
Clatsop County
Astoria
Sumpter Lumber Company
Sumpter
Chisholm
Knappa
Oregon Commercial Company
Huntington
Weston
Commercial Price Summary for Western Markets
Regional price list covers wheat, flour, oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, mutton, hogs, veal, beef, hops, wool, mohair, and potatoes. Values shown per barrel, ton, pound, or sack with ranges for several items. Notable figures include flour at 2.65 to 3.50 per barrel, bran 17 to 18, Timothy hay 11 to 13, butter 25 to 27 cents, eggs 20 to 24 cents, live turkeys 10 to 11 cents, dressed beef 4 to 6 cents per pound, wool 11 to 13 cents, and potatoes 65 to 85 per sack.
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Valley
Graham
Oregon
Woolf Valley
Emohair
Kansas City Gang of Female Footpads Troubles Town
Senator Hanna’s secretary notes a long running hoax involving 500 children named after the senator since 1896. Bankers and brokers praise Roosevelt’s stance. King Oscar may send a son to represent Sweiden and Norway at St. Louis expo. St. Louis eyes about 17 million dollars in expo funds with more expected. English electricians claim wireless energy transmission and control of submarines. Wheat crop estimates from English French and Hungarian authorities predict a larger 1901 harvest, with the biggest gains in America.
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Roosevelt
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America
Ten Burned to Death at Klon dike Theatre Blaze
Hurley Wisconsin suffered a deadly early morning fire at the Klon dike theatre owned by Edward Leclaire. The wooden structure 125 feet by 50 feet three stories high housed 25 people including the Leclair family and a stock company. Nine men and one woman are missing with others possibly dead. Initial cause blamed on an oil stove explosion in the proprietor's bedroom. Exit routes were blocked by the blaze forcing some women to jump from windows to reach safety.
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Klondike
Edward Leclaire
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Stolen Bank Notes Suspects Held After Express Robbery
In St Louis authorities hold a man and woman at the Four Courts tied to the Great Northern express car robbery near Wagner Montana on July 3. A safe was blown and unsigned National Bank of Helena notes worth 50 000 to 100 000 were stolen. 8500 Helena bank notes recovered from the couple identified as Mr and Mrs J W Rose who checked into Laclede Hotel last Friday and plan to stay weeks.
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Great Northern Railway
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Mont
National Bank of
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Trial of Polish Student Secret Societies Opens
New York reports from Berlin say 13 Polish students faced trial in Posen for belonging to university secret societies. The prosecutor links them to a Polish students league aiming to restore independence. One student confessed circulating 50 pamphlets claiming Poland was not lost. Polish groups are rising and Prussia vows a strong response.
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Berlin
London Times
Posen
Poland
Powder Magazine Explosion at Williams Damages Several Cars
The powder magazine at Williams, Santa Fe Pacific, Albuquerque reports 2000 pounds of powder exploded. A spark from a nearby engine is blamed for the fire, breaking windows and tearing doors. The engineer and switching crew escaped unharmed, but attached cars were reduced to kindling and the engine wrecked. Damages run into thousands of dollars.
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N. M
Santa Fe Pacific
Williams
Briganrs Hold Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka in Caves
Sofia Bulgaria November 8. Brigands who captured Miss Stone the American missionary and her companion Mme Tsilka were reported to be in Bulgarian territory near the Turkish frontier last week. The captives were lodged in caves with fires to ward off cold. Since then the brigands and the women have vanished to an unknown location.
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Bulgaria
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Porte seeks British support to defend Asiatic Turkey
Paris reports from Constantinople that the porte asked Great Britain to fulfill the 1878 convention trading Cyprus for the sultan's Asiatic possessions. The porte argues Britain must protect Asiatic Turkey against French pressure and proposes sending a Levant squadron for that purpose.
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Venezuelan defense reorganized after river crossing disaster
Reports from Maracaibo Venezuela dated November six say a Colombian night attack forced a major shift in defense plans. Venezuelans were crossing a river near Rubica when a rope bridge collapsed and many drowned. General Uribe Uribe reinforced the left and began entrenching.
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Mutiny on Colombian Gunboat Darien
In Panama on November 6, the crew of the Colombian gunboat Darien mutinied and surrendered the vessel to insurgents. The Darien, a small vessel, had been operating on the Panama side of the Isthmus and is one of several recent Colombian navy visits.
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Duke of Cornwall and York to be Prince of Wales
London reports that the Duke of Cornwall and York will shortly receive the title Prince of Wales. The announcement follows royal succession customs and signals a formal change in royal titles pending official conferral.
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York
Mutiny at Leavenworth Prison Ends in Mass Escape
Convicts at the United States Prison southwest of Leavenworth kill one guard and wound several, seize arms hidden in a wall, and overrunning the stockade. Twenty six convicts escape into a forest heading toward Easton Kansas while guards pursue.
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New United States Prison
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Troy
Gus
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Ardmore
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Pegro
South McAlister
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Trelford
P. J. Waldrupe
Ford Quinn
Ryan
I. T
Easton
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F. E. Hinds
W. F. Peasless
Hinds
BETRAYED HIS TRUST Defaulter in Knights of the Maccabees case
Port Huron Michigan November 11 By his own written confession Charles D Thompson supreme finance keeper of the Supreme Tent Knights of the Maccabees and a leading vessel and tug man here is a defaulter in the sum of 57000 He was heavily bonded by the National Surety Company of New York and the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore leaving the other company protected He did not attempt to escape after defalcation was discovered and remains at home awaiting bonding company action
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Fidelity and Deposit Company
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Artist Miss Kate Greenway Dies In London Funereal
London, Nov 11 Miss Kate Greenway, renowned artist famed for child sketches and paintings, died. Her whimsical depictions of children in novel garb sparked a fad and inspired changes in how children dressed. She contributed to magazines and illustrated many children’s books.
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London
Kate Greway
Greenway
General Greely Returns to Washington After Manila Visit
General A W Greeley chief signal officer arrived in Washington after five months in the Philippines inspecting cable and telegraph service. He conferred in London with cable and telegraph officials and secured an agreement to cut tolls to and from Manila and to reduce government business by about one third.
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A W. Greeley
Philippines
Islands
General Greeley
London
Cable and Telegraph Companies
Manila
Report on Transports ventilations and crew efficiency
Washington November 11 Inspector General Breckinridge in a sun tary report states ventilation on army transports is unsatisfactory while crews are satisfactory and capable. He notes excessive staffing compared with commercial steamers and urges scrutiny of repair work along with noting coal availability on Puget Sound at low prices.
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Breckinridge
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