Fearful Arctic voyage and Kentucky political row headline
Reports recount W Doolittle of Irvington New Jersey arriving in Seattle after a perilous year seeking Alaska gold via Edmonton Telegraph Creek route. Fourteen men attempted Telegraph Creek with three dead from scurvy. relief reached 500 in Laird district. Kentucky Democrats head to governorship on ballot after long battle. Clyde line steamer Pawnee burned off Cape Henry. crew fate unknown.
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W. D. Doolittle
Irvington
N. J
Seattle
Wash
Edmonton
Telegraph Creek
Moose Lake
Allison Brothers
Kent
England
Carter
New England
Varter
Laird District
Pawnee
Cape Henry
City of
Macon
New York
Boston
Brunswick
Porto Ricans Enlist in War Department Battalion
A Washington dispatch to the Herald reports Brigadier General Davis in Porto Rico informing Secretary Alger that 300 native Porto Ricans have enlisted in the War Department battalion. One hundred more are to be secured.
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New York Herald
Washington
Alger
Davis
Porto Rico
War Department
No Troops Needed Now and Presidential Return Report
War Department says Otis dispatch means army rests in rainy season defending territory with no immediate troop needs. Presidential party returns to Washington as Mrs. McKinley supported by President and Dr. Rixey. her condition not serious. riots in Ceccano Italy after excommunication. seven killed. troops occupy town. Addie Barrow pleads guilty in New York Marion Clark kidnapping case. sentenced to twelve years ten months.
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War Department
Otis
United States
Washington
Rilota
Italy
Ceccanoli
Rome
New York Special
Addie Barrow
Marion Clark
Three Drowned on the Yellowstone River near Gray Cliff
A capsizing on the Yellowstone River at Gray Cliff twelve miles east of Big Timber Montana cost three lives. The dead are Reno Sherman Centralia J W Dickerson Centralia Xa and W S Thompson Kansas City Mo. Chicago Attorney's Fortune Notified as heir to a million dollar Dunfermline Scotland estate. Wreck on the Big Four Knights of Pythian special from Bloomington to Champaign wrecked at Mayview Illinois several injured seriously. Spain's Effective Army The Official Gazette fixes the active army for next year at 18000 men. United States Court Clerk Dies O H Hillis United States Circuit Court clerk at Omaha dies after entering bathroom and not reappearing heart failure likely.
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Yellowstone River
Gray Cliff
Big Timber
Mont
Reno Sherman
Centralia
J. W. Dickerson
W.S. Thompson
Kansas City
Knights of Pythian
Bloomington
Champaign
Mayview
Ill
United States Court
O. H. Hillis
United States Circuit Court
Omaha
Beliga Expedition Anthropologist Describes Long Freeze
Dr Frederick A Cook of the Belgica Antarctic expedition aboard the Buffen from Rio Janeiro recounts the voyage from Staten Island on January 1, 1898. The ship became immovably frozen in pack ice for thirteen months drifting 2000 miles before reaching clear water at 103 west longitude and returning to Punta Arenas.
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Belgica Antarctic Expedition
New York
Buffen
Rio Janeiro
Frederick A. Cook
Dr. Cook
Staten Island
Land of the Southern Seas
Cape Horn
South Shetland Islands
Palmer Land
Hughes Gulf
Magellan
Pacific
Graham’s Land
Alexander Island
Punta Arenas
SLAIN AT MOUND CITY ILL NATIONAL CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT
Maj. Thomas B D Fitzpatrick, superintendent of the National Cemetery at Mound City Illinois, was shot and killed by employee Michael Tobin. Witnesses say Tobin fired from a tool shed as Fitzpatrick walked about thirty feet from his office after being told his job would end June 30. Death was instantaneous and Tobin fled.
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National Cemetery
Maj
Thomas BD. Fitzpatrick
Mound City
Michael Tobin
Fitzpatrick
Tobin
Maj. Fitzpatrick
Train Jumps Embankment Near Muscatine Iowa Wreck
A passenger train on the Muscatine and Montezuma division of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern derailed after a broken engine truck, sliding down a ten foot embankment two miles beyond Muscatine. Engineer Charles Heller suffered a broken right arm and fireman William Houx ribs were broken with other injuries to Reverend W A Mhwiliney from Ashkum Illinois. The engine ran 200 yards after leaving the rails as both crews escaped by jumping clear.
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Muscatine
Montezuma
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Northern
Iowa
Charles Heller
William E. Houx
W. A. M@hwinley
Ashkum
Alaska Gold Output Seen At Eighteen Million Dollars
A letter from Dawson states the current season's clean up will total at least 18 million dollars, over twice last year's yield. The rise comes from development on Dominion Sulphur and Hunker creeks and heavy work on El dorado Bonanza Hunker and Dominion claims. Gold Run has emerged as a notable new creek in the district.
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Dawson
Dominion
Hunker
Eldorado
Bonanza
Capital cigar factory seized in largest San Francisco shipment
Burt Thomas of the internal revenue service seized 250 000 cigars and tobacco valued at 5 000 dollars from the Capital cigar factory. He traced cheap cigars refilled in empty boxes formerly used for imported cigars to the same factory. The story ties Standard Oil affiliates to a broader control of whisky and distilling through the Whitney Widener Elkins syndicate.
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San Francisco
Ivy
Burt Thomas
Internal Revenue Service
Capital
Thomas
Bezes
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
United States
Whitney-Widener- Elkins Syndicate
Entombed Hero Survives After 76 Hours in Mine
Ignat Cosmoro of Plymouth Pennsylvania endured 76 hours entombed in the Gaylor colliery Texas Town area without water or food. He was rescued and walked half a mile home showing remarkable endurance amid disaster reports from Texas and surrounding states.
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Ignat Cosmoro
Plymouth
Cosmoro
Gaylor
Texas
Carizo
Gold Going Abroad and War Costs Outweigh Revenue
R G Don Co reports weekly trade review noting 4 million dollars in new gold exports this week and a large fiscal surplus despite 230 million dollars in war expenses. Revenue falls short of expenditures by under 100 million, while exports and iron production rise. Failures total 178 in the U S and 18 in Canada versus last year.
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R. G. Don & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Europe
New York
Cramps
Chicago
United States
Canada
Miss Florman Finds Immense Atlin Quartz Mine
Miss Frankie Florman of Black Hills South Dakota has located a vast quartz vein near Atlin that runs 200 to 600 feet wide and stretches over three quarters of a mile. Assays by her mining expert father show ore values from 8 to 27 dollars per ton on the surface. Frank Baker and William Partridge have bonded the property for 200000 dollars.
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South Dakota
Atlin
Frankie Fiorman
Black Hills
5. D
Atlin City
Miss Florman
Frank Baker
William Partridge
Twenty Miners Die of Thirst Lost in Desert
Word reached San Diego that twenty miners going to the Sierra Pintada placers perished after losing their way in the desert and wandering until dying of thirst. The information came via a letter to J. P. Cantlin, charterer of the schooner Thomas 8. Negus, from purser L. J. Allen. Corpses were found by a later party heading to the same site.
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San Diego
Cal
Sierra Pintada Placers
J. P. Cantlin
Thomas 8
Negus
Tanu Steps Down as Samoa Monarch
Malietoa Tanu recognized by commissioners of the three powers as Samoa's king and abdicates in favor of the trio, who form a provisional government with the consuls directing in non unanimous matters under the Berlin treaty.
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Samoa
Hi Ones
Malietoa Tanu
Fire sets blaze near Everett jail leads to arrests
A Black man was burned during a train incident and jailed in Everett after a fire at a building. Sheriff and county officers pursue suspects believed responsible for the arson. The victim was jailed for stealing a ride from Jacksonville on a train.
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Everett
Jal
Jacksonville
Hartville
MacComb
Defeat of the Khatite Heralds British Friendly Victory
The khalifa is defeated by native forces allied with the British and flees with a small band. The report notes heavy losses on the enemy side and that retreat has begun, signaling a shift in control and ongoing pursuit.
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Khalifa
Six Men Shot at Evansville Ind
Six nonunion colored miners were fired upon in Evansville Indiana by unknown parties. Three of the victims are reported fatally wounded with one dead and the others in serious condition.
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Evansville
Ind
Paul Jones Mystery Reveals Collision Not Explosion
Wreckage found by Captain M. P. Coulett on the Paul Jones shows the naphtha tank remained intact, disproving the explosion theory. Fragments near Grand Grazier Island indicate a likely collision, as the scene lies away from busy shipping lanes and a collision was unlikely.
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M. P. Coulett
Independence
New Orleana
Paul Jones
Gulf
Cowlett
Grand Grazier Island
Breton Island
New Theory of Typhoid In Camps Debunks Water Link
Army Board experts appointed by the War Department challenge the view that typhoid epidemics in Spanish American War camps came mainly from polluted water. They attribute transmission to windborne germs and flies, disputing official camp reports and prior medical theories. The board's work is described as thorough and likely to draw wide attention.
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Army Board
War Department
Spain
Child Saves His Sister Life in Tornado String
A tornado hit Tren ton township South Dakota demolishing a schoolhouse and damaging the Buckley home. A hailstorm followed and a boy saved his sister by shielding her body with his own, then collapsed from hail exposure while she escaped unharmed.
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Trenton Township
S. D
Buckley
Markets Report From Multiple Cities
Markets across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York summarize live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices. Cattle mostly 2.50 to 9.25 dollars with regional variations. hogs commonly 2.75 to 4.50. wheat No 2 red around 73 to 82 cents. corn generally 34 to 42 cents. oats 20 to 30 cents. rye 58 to 69 cents. butter eggs and creamery products priced per standard market units.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Otis Reports Philippine Situation and Insurgent Trends
General Otis furnishes a cable outlining Luzon lines from Imus to San Fernando and Laguna, insurgent forces scattered with a core of 4,000 in Tarlac and northern Pampanga. natives seek peace, trade disruption hurts insurgents, and American troops are urged to safeguard archipelago ports while tackling illness among troops.
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Otis
War Department
Washington
Philippines
Luzon
Imus
San Fernando
Laguna
Tarlac Province
Pampanga
Cavite
Batangas
Manila
United States
Archipelago
Palawan
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Utah
Negros
California
General Hospital
Cuba
Zelandia
Sheridan
Germany
Americans sue Ontario over timber license law
Detroit attorney Don M. Dickinson files a damages claim on behalf of Michigan lessees against the Ontario government at Ottawa for forcing log processing in Ontario under crown timber licenses. Michigan mills have closed, with damages totaling 986,500 dollars. The constitutionality of the Ontario statute is under court review, likely not reaching the British Privy Council next November.
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Don M. Dickinson
Detroit
Ontario
Ottawa
Michigan
Ontario Timber Land
British Privy Council
Anti
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