Pacific Coast News Highlights in 1898 San Francisco Dispatch
The note filled page reports streetcar strikes over union rights and ten hour shifts with 25 cent hourly pay, a collision of steam schooners Noyo and San Pedro near Point Bonita, a wreck of Kate and Ann off San Miguel Island, and a proposed Alaska railway from Resurrection Smy to Rampart City. Also included are local incidents, investments, and a plan to bring eastern wives to California, plus various legal and business notes across the region.
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San Pedro
Enieks
San Francisco
Moyo
Point
Noyo
Jahnsen
State of Washington
Central Alaskan Railway Company
Resurrection Smy
Rampart City
Yukon
Kate
Ann
San Miguel Island
Santa Barbara
Blanton Duncan
Los Angeles
Mra T. A. Lewis
Duncan
United States
Massachusetts
California
General Smith Praises U S Forces in Samar
General Smith reports American troops in Samar faced insurmountable difficulties and nearly unbearable hardships. He commends the forbearance of his men and doubts any other nation’s troops could have acted as did the Americans. A Manila dispatch notes daily surrenders of small insurgent groups, rising after General Malvar’s surrender, and Manila orders a court of inquiry into Samar affairs.
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Smith
Malvar
Mauils
Manila
Washington
Samar
Philippines
Tragic Cyanide Tank Death at Mojave Plant
John O Brish died after entering a cyanide tank at Exposed Treasure Gold Mining near Mojave while cleaning the tanks. Edward Miller was rescued after raising the alarm. O Brien left a widow in Los Angeles. The incident highlights dangerous plant conditions and a fatal end for one worker.
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John O'Brish
Edward Miller
Treasure Gold Mining Company
Mojave
O'Brien
Miller
O’brien
Los Angeles
Pittsburg
Ogdens Landing
Cairo
Illa
Cincinnati
Memphis
Vrooman to Build Model Village Near Kansas City
Walter Vrooman, founder of a college in England and head of cooperative enterprises centered at Trenton, Missouri, plans a model village near Kansas City with a dozen factories, churches, schools, dwellings, stores, and recreations built at his expense. It will follow John Dewey ideas, focus on child welfare, include playgrounds and a children’s living house run by nurses and teachers, and open 25 cooperative stores in Kansas City soon. He also announces cooperative revival work starting May 12 and free Canterbury Theater performances by Walter Jefferson Dramatic Company. existing Vrooman stores in northern Missouri thrive, with Trenton’s largest.
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Ruskin College
Walter Vrooman
Saa College
England
Co-Operative Enterprises
Trenton
Kansas City
Vrooman
John Dewey
University of Chicago
Canterbury Theater
Walter Jefferson Dramatic Company
Missouri
Navy Officer Morgan Held Morally Unfit for Advanced Grade
Washington notes report that Ganner Charles Morgan of the navy was found morally unfit for promotion to the advanced grade. The same dispatch notes Admiral Sampson once objected to Morgan's promotion. In other items, protests against export duties on Philippine products cite harm to British and German trade. Secretary of War seeks 100000 for Alcatraz military prison expansion to 800 capacity. Alcatraz CO condemns prison buildings as unfit for confinement.
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Ganner
Charles Morgan
Morgan
Sampson
United States
Germany
England
Manila
Hoot
Congress
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Alcatraz
Foreign Items From A Busy Dispatches Mix
A Vienna cable reports Grand Duchess Helene has wed a student, provoking czarist anger and her arrest in Warsaw with return to St Petersburg and exile for the husband. An earthquake at Shamakha raises Black Sea Caspian levels, blocking Krasnovodsk harbor for large ships. A London dispatch notes peace talks with the Doers show tentative progress toward an early end to the war, with Pretoria delegates empowered to negotiate independently.
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Helene
Vladimir
Russia
Saya
Vienna
New York Journal
Warsaw
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Shamakha
Black Sea
Caspian
Krasmovodsk
Pretoria
London Standard
Utrecht
London Daily Mail
Europe
Porter Henderson Shot by Constable in Kern City
T F Henderson a porter at the Cosmar hotel in Kern City California was shot through the heart and killed by Constable G F Strobel in what was described as self defense Strobel was arrested then released on his own recognizance He attempted to arrest Henderson on fictitious check charges and Henderson allegedly threatened Strobel who fired in self defense B F Kieth plans a 15 story New York theater with separated seating and a Shissler pack train reaches Thunder Mountain Ida easing food shortages Flour priced at 30 0 per sack and sugar and bacon 75 cents a pound
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T. F. Henderson
Cosmar
Kern City
Cal
G. F. Strobel
Strobel
Henderson
B. F. Kieth
New York
Acta
Shissler
Thunder Mountain
Ida
Congress Debates Chinese Exclusion and Cuban Reciprocity
The congress week summary shows Senate debates on Chinese exclusion and House action on Cuban reciprocity. Platt substitute advances. Chinese exclusion extended to life of the current treaty with changes. Philippine governance bill moves forward. Cuban reciprocity passes House 247 to 68, sugar differential removed. A bank order and land park actions accompany the long legislative mirror. A separate national notice follows: Evelyth case outlines a missing Iowa farmer found in California, with his wife pursuing settlement of the estate.
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Senate
Foraker
Ohio
McLaurin
South Carolina
House
McCall
Massachusetta
Brantley
Georgia
Robertson
Louisiana
Stevenson
Minnesota
Platt
Hoar
Massachusetts
United States
Friends of the
Cashman
Washington
DeArmond
Missouri
Philippine Islands
Teller
Committee On
Cuba
Oregon
Patent Application Details Jump Amid Old Land Claims
Complex land and ore claims described with references to trenches, shafts, and lodes. Mentions miles, degrees, feet, and bearings around a rock outcrop and air shaft, with coordinates and survey markers.
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Etng
Harvey
Ibe
Caren
Vine Bose
Rabee
Baty Ewer Dee
Rum
Bocas
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Fraternal Brotherhood
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J.D. Miller
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George Gavin
Squilor
James A. Evelyth
Sioux City
Mia Evelyth
Redondo
Mra
Evelyth
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Palstof Rocks
St Dawe
Oxsonity
Ormady Conunty
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