Weekend Events Snapshot Of Global Turmoil And Local Happenings
A condensed review highlights King Edward suffering lumbago and riots at Hungarian elections. Kitchener criticizes war policy while sugar trusts cut prices. Flanagan sets a hammer throw record in Louisville as Columbia wins a race series. Boer resistance appears fragile. Cape ports may impose martial law. Abductions, political charges, and cabinet discussions thread through crises across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
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Kitchener
Sugar Trust
Flanagan
Louisville
Columbia
Shamrock
British War Office
Treasury says 40 million in gold could be amassed in a year
Treasury officials project an accumulation of 40 million dollars in gold within a year. The note also highlights the Dee river in Scotland as the most praised on the British Isles, and contrasts England’s shoe imports with rising American-made machinery efforts.
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Treasury
Dee
Scotland
Earl of Seafield
Great Britain
Invernesshire
Kekewich noted for vigor but questioned by Rhodes clash
London dispatch on South Africa cites Colonel Kekewich as a vigilant but inflexible commander. The piece recalls Kimberly defense, Rhodes's role in arming volunteers, and a tale of asking General French to arrest Rhodes, with laughter. It also notes Boer tactics and reliance on rail defenses.
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New York
South Africa
London
the Tribune
Kekewich
Delarey
War Office
Kimberly
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
French
Lord Kitchener
Mammoth Drydock Sets Sail From Baltimore October 15
A Washington report says the world s largest drifting drydock, built for 17 500 ton lifting capacity and designed by Clark and Stanfield, will depart Baltimore on October 15 for a hazardous voyage down the Atlantic and Gulf to its new station at Algiers Louisiana after insurance approval and a final conference with Admiral Endicott.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Washington
Baltimore
Atlantic
Gulf
Mississippi
Algiers
Took
Admiral Endicott
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Clark and
Stanfield
Kruger Growing Weaker in The Hague
A. D. W. Wolmarans reports the ex-President of the Transvaal, Kruger, is growing weaker physically and mentally. His decision making is slow, causing hindrance to Boer efforts in Europe. He shows irritation at health questions and refuses to leave Holland as winter nears. A Boer observer notes hatred of Britain has kept him going.
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The
Hague
A. D. W. Wolmarans
Kruger
Transvaal
Europe
Holland
Crozier Named Chief of Ord nance to Succeed Burlington
Washington October 7 Captain William Crozier of the ordnance department at the Army building New York will become Chief of Ordnance upon General Burlington's retirement next month Crozier was the US military representative at the Hague conference
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Washington
William Crozier
Ordnance Department
Army Building
New York
General Burlington
Army
Crozier
United States
Sedition Makers Revealed in Pretoria Treason Trials
Times correspondent reports sedition-makers exposed in Pretoria trials. Some oath takers to the British crown and even receiving relief from British authorities communicated with field commandos, confident of lenient treatment if captured. Ten men could be proven guilty.
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London
Times
Pretoria
Volunteer Packing company formed after Muir strike in Patterson
Articles of incorporation filed in Patterson county clerk office outline formation of the Volunteer Packing company stemming from the Muir strike. Group formed to operate on a cooperative plan with an authorized capital of $100,000.
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Patterson
N. J
Volunteer Packing Company
Muir
Why the Cobra Sank in the North Sea Disaster
London October 7 The jury in the Cobra inquest over the disaster in the North Sea September 19 found about 70 lives lost due to the ships unexplained backling and added that the Cobra was too lightly built The verdict rejects claims of faulty navigation by Lieutenant Bosworth Smith the commander
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London
North Sea
Bosworth Smith
Growth and Troubles Highlight Oregon Happenings
A wide review notes prosperity in Grand Ronde valley and rich finds in Cable Cove while Lane county jail escapes alarm authorities. Fires devastate Gresham business areas. oil signs emerge in Southeastern Oregon. Polk county valuation rises to 3 771 447 dollars as interior stock feed prospects weaken.
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Lane County
Grand Ronde
Linn County
Salem
Gresham
Cable Cove
Roseburg
Woodburn
Astoria
Hungry Creek
Grants Pass
Pendleton
San Francisco
Government
Clackamas
Switzerland
Marion County
Harney County Stockmen's Association
Polk County
Prices for grains and farm goods in regional markets
A wide spread of commodity pricing lists shows wheat, oats, barley, hay, dairy, poultry, meat, and wool values by grade and region. Prices cover flour, butter, eggs, cheese, and meats with per unit and per ton figures, alongside notes of local hay and wool markets.
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Walla Walla
Graham
Oregon
America
Wool — Valley
Montana mob hangs man in Helena after brutal assault
In Helena on October 4 a mob of about 200 masked men seized James Edward Brady from the jail, dragged him to the hay market and hanged him from a telegraph pole. Brady protested innocence as the crowd, which used a battering ram to breach the jail, dispersed quietly. Sheriff McConnell later cut the body down and a formal investigation was announced.
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Helena
Mont
James Edward Brady
Ida Pugsley
Haymarket
Brady
Montana Central Railroad
McConnell
More Land for Settlers at Fort Hall and Quinault Openings
The interior department plans rapid opening of Fort Hall Idaho with 400000 acres and the Quinault reservation in Washington with 300000 acres. Opening dates not fixed yet as preliminary work continues. Survey contract near award. older sooner system likely used for both openings.
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Fort Hall
Idaho
Oregon State Land Board
Ashland
Washington
Interior
Hermann
General Land Office
Humbolt steamer brings Klondike gold rush shipment
The steamer Hum bolt arrived at Seattle from Skagway with 216 passengers and about 1 million dollars in gold, half in care of Alaska Express. Passengers include Klondike claim owners and revenue officers Lieutenants Cam ding and Blake. Sept 25 marked a historic telegraph-era milestone as dispatches reached Skagway. A rich Atlin quartz strike reportedly yields 25,000 dollars per ton.
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Seattle
Humbolt
Skagway
Alaska Express Company
Klondike
Camding
Blake
Revenue Service
Destructive Fire At Alton Mills Destroys Plant
A blaze at the Standard Milling company plant on the riverfront in Alton Illinois caused about 400000 dollars in losses. Wind spread sparks threatening Alton’s business district, prompting aid from St Louis. Two engines and local fire crews contained the fire by 1 o clock. Five freight cars of wheat and seven minor buildings were also destroyed.
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St. Louis
Standard Milling Company
Alton
Ill
Bluff Line
Diamond Jo Steamship Line
Mission Burned by Boxers in Piang Tong
A Hong Kong dispatch to the Times reports the BaseI Mission at Piang Tong in northern Kwantung has been burned by Triad Society Rebels. Missionaries escaped and reached Kia Ying Chow. A Daily Mail report from Hong Kong says thousands of rebels sacked the German Mission at Piang Tong and attacked Hin Nan near Cochin before being repulsed. Two thousand Chinese troops have been sent to quell the unrest.
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London
The
Times
Hong Kong
Piang Tong
Kwang Tung
Triad Society of
Kia Ying Chow
Daily Mail
Hin Nan
Cochin
Shakma
Langlois Bell Suspended as Klondike Assistant Gold Commissioner
Dawson dispatches report J Langlois Bell, assistant gold commissioner for the Klondike district, has been suspended from office with no reason given. Dufferin Patullo, chief clerk, acts in his stead. Bell has served in Dawson for 18 months while his official affairs will be investigated.
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Seattle
Dawson
J. Langlois Bell
Klondike
Dufferin Patullo
Bell
Hawaii Native Ti Li Hong Wins U S Citizenship Case
A Treasury Department ruling grants Ti Li Hong, a Hawaii naturalized citizen, landing rights as an American citizen at Port of Honolulu after his case involving Chinese status and Hawaii annexation years ago.
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San Francisco
United States
Treasury Department
Hawaiian Islands
Stratton
Ti Li Hong
Hawaii
Settlement Ends Ten Week Teamsters Strike in San Francisco
Governor Gage mediated a settlement that ends a ten week strike by teamsters and longshoremen. The draymen’s association agrees to hire union workers for vacancies and keep current wages, hours, and overtime for one year while recognizing unionism. Non union workers are to be retained. machinists’ strike remains separate.
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San Francisco
Teamsters
Draymen's Association
Gage
Settlement Terms End San Francisco Teamsters Strike
The Draymen's association via its executive committee guarantees pre strike wages hours and overtime for a year and aims to reinstate former workers as far as possible with no firing of efficient non union men. No discrimination against unionists. City Front Federation and Brotherhood of Teamsters agree to end the strike and allow workers to return. Employees to follow employer orders in normal business.
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San Francisco
Draymen’s Association
City Front Federaton
Brotherhood of
Seattle Police Brutality Charges Spark Mayor’s Inquiry
George W. Dickinson, Seattle Electric Company manager, files charges with the city council claiming his 17 year old son and another youth were beaten at the city jail after arrests by Police Clerk Easson and Patrolman Leighton. Dickinson seeks a full investigation, while officers deny brutality.
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Seattle
George W. Dickinson
Seattle Electric Company
Dickinson
Easson
Albert Dickinson
Grand Theatre
Leighton
Strike Ends In Port Costa As Workers Pledge Return
President Luce of the Warehousemen's union informs Port Costa workers the strike is off and they may return. Employers offer 30 cents an hour for ten hours. workers refuse. Stevedores refuse to work in sympathy. San Francisco settlement unlikely to alter here without higher pay for nine hours and overtime.
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Port Costa
Cal
Luce
Warehousemen's Union
San Francisco
National Grain Dealers meet opens in Des Moines auditorium
Des Moines Iowa October 4 600 delegates from across the country attend the sixth annual session open meeting in the new auditorium at 9 am Governor Leslie M Shaw Mayor Hartenblower and Lafe Young of the Cereal Club greet delegates President B A Lockwood of Des Moines delivers his annual address
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Des Moines
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Leslie M. Shaw
Hartenblower
Lafe Young
Cereal Club
B. A. Lockwood
Stores For Russian Squadron Reinforcements From Odessa
Odessa dispatch reports that reinforcements and stores for the Russian squadron in the Pacific will be dispatched from Odessa in the middle of the current month.
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London
The
Times
Odessa
Pacific
Contract Labor Excluded in Immigration Bill Clause Adopted
The House of Deputies adopts a clause of the immigration bill prohibiting entry into the commonwealth by anyone under contract to perform manual labor. The measure tightens rules on migrant workers and affects employers bidding for labor. Legislative action signals a shift in enforcement and potential impact on ongoing contracts.
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Nega
House of Deputies
Commonwealth
Pro-Boers in Bermuda Escape Prisoners of War
In Bermuda on Oct 3, pro-Boers aided three prisoners of war to escape from Darrell's Island. They swam to the Princess hotel and hid near Bailey's Bay after hiring a trap and riding to Dr Outerbridge's residence. A two day search ended with their capture amid heightened local excitement over the pro-Boer sentiment.
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McKay
Venezuela
Guajira
Bermuda
Duke and Duchess of York
Oregon
Columbia
Hamilton
Joubert
Alfred Martinus Joubert
Indemar
Darrell's Island
Princess Hotel
Dr. Outerbridge
Bailey's Bay
Cable to Philippines discussed by cabinet
Washington on October 3 five of eight cabinet members attended a meeting about a proposed cable from San Francisco to Hawaii Guam and the Philippines. The issue is whether private parties can lay the cable and if landing it at Manila would violate the Paris treaty with Spain. The attorney general will draft a statement for the president.
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Washington
Hawaii
Guam
Philippines
San Francisco
Spain
United States
Manila
Philippine
Strike on Scranton Road in Lackawanna Valley
The Scranton rail road strike covers the Lackawanna Valley from Pittsburgh to Forest City with nearly 600 workers affected. Employees refuse arbitration over discharge of two Carbondale conductors and demand reinstatement, a new agreement, and a uniform 20 cents per hour wage.
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Scranton
Scranton Railroad Company
Lackawanna Valley
Pittsburg
Forrest City
Stillman
Carbondale
Hoban
Venezuelan invaders defeated at Guajira peninsula
Arrivals report the defeat of Venezuelan forces at the Guajira peninsula by Colombian troops. Several guns, mitrailleuses, rifles, and much ammunition were seized. Indians in Guajira captured returning Venezuelans, including three rebel chiefs. General Orbis, formerly with General Alban, was killed.
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Colon
Rio Hacha
Associated Press
Guajira
Orbis
Alban
Mine Fire Traps Twelve Men in Nanaimo Disaster
A pit lamp caused a fire at Extension Mine No. 2 in Nanaimo British Columbia. Twelve miners entered to fight the blaze and perished. others fled or were injured as smoke and flames spread. No water or effective extinguishing method available, raising fears of mass layoffs as the mine may be ruined. Premier Dunsmuir rushed to the scene as this is the year’s fourth mining disaster.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Dunsmuir
Wellington Coal Company
Victoria
Full confession ends Chehalis murder case in Kalama jail
Chehalis Washington October 2 detective work led to the arrest of Benjamin J Gy for the murder at the Patterson hop yard Olequa. Sheriff Huntington of Winlock and detective Sam Simmons of Portland secured the evidence a bullet hole matching Gy doorway. The Gee family was rounded up with warrants in Kelso.
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Chehalis
Wash
McIntyre
Kalama County
Benjamin J. Gy
Huntington G Winlock
Patterson Hop Yard
Olequa
Sam Simmons
Portland
Gee
Erthan Gee
Kelso
Boer's Matter Decided by Hague Arbitration Council
A Brussels dispatch to The Times reports the Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration council unanimously agrees the South African war issue must be definitively abandoned. The ruling suggests no immediate meeting to consider Boer representatives’ appeal in Europe, likely delaying any further action for a long period.
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London
The
Times
Brussels
Council of the Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration
Europe
Costa Rican Neutrality Stated Over Colombian Revolution
Washington reports that Costa Rica will strictly observe neutrality laws as the liberal party organizes in San Jose to continue the Colombian revolutionary efforts already underway.
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Washington
Liberal Party
San Jose
Costa Rica
Colombia
Tragic Tenement Fire Claims Sturgent Family
In Pittsburg on October 3 a kitchen oil flare caused a deadly blaze in a tenement. Barbara Sturgent died, her husband and son are dying, and two other children are badly burned. Firemen rescued other tenants as flames engulfed the building.
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Pittsburg
Barbara Sturgent
Sturgenta
Textile Workers Set October Strike in Fall River
Textile council members representing every Fall River union meet and unanimously vote to strike starting October 7 unless manufacturers grant the requested one cent wage increase.
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Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Disorders rise in Yangtse province over floods and corruption
London reports from Shanghai that disorders in the Yangtse province stem from flood devastation and relief fund diversion by corrupt officials. The Shanghai correspondent says the situation may lead to rebellion as authorities are ordered to mobilize troops and defend districts.
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London
Yangtse
Shanghai
The
Standard
British Protectorate Likely Over Koweyt Terminus
The Bombay Gazette reports belief that a British protectorate will soon be proclaimed over Koweyt, the proposed Baghdad railroad terminus on the Persian Gulf, as a consequence of the Anglo Turkish dispute.
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Bombay
Bombay Gazette
Koweyt
Bagdad
Persian Gulf
Bloody clash reported at Beirut Syria between Muslims and Christians
A Constantinople dispatch notes a bloody fight occurred at Beirut Syria between Muslims and Christians with no further details provided.
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Beirut
Paris
Constantinople
Mussulmans
Syria
Tragic Utah Stove Fire Kills 7-Year-Old Girl
In Lunda Utah yesterday morning a 7-year-old girl, daughter of Lorenzo Davis of Quitchaps, died after her clothes ignited while she tried to make coffee on the kitchen stove. Her brother tried to help then fetched their mother as flames burned the child badly and she died after a prayer.
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Lunda
Utah
Lorenzo Davis
Quitchaps
Boers Attack Portitala On Zululand Border
Durban reports a force of 1000 Boers under Ger Botha attacking Portitala on September 26. The garrison repulsed the assault after a day of fighting with heavy losses: one officer and five soldiers killed, 5 officers and 38 enlisted wounded, 63 men missing. Boer Commandant Opperman and 19 burghers were killed.
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Durban
Natal
Ger Botha
Portitala
Zululand
Opperman
Assam planters seek memorial for wage relations commission
London dispatch notes Assam tea planters will likely present a memorial requesting a commission to review current capital and labor relations. The Times correspondent cites little chance of a concrete outcome from the ongoing dispute between planters and the provincial chief commissioner.
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London
Simla
The
Times
Assam
Five Wilmington Officers Escape After Boiler Blast
In Victoria B C during October an Adview describes a near death escape of five officers and several seamen from the United States cruiser Wilmington when it arrived at a Chinese port in early September. While going ashore in a launch the boiler exploded and debris showered the deck but all aboard escaped unharmed.
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B.C
Athenian
United State
Wilmington
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