Hanged Wyoming murderer and fever at Williams College
A review of the week reports Tom Horn's execution in Wyoming and a typhoid epidemic at Williams College in Massachusetts. It notes a proposed dissolution of Hill’s railway merger, possible customs HQ move from Port Townsend, and various political, labor, and international developments across the United States and abroad. The item blends crime, public health, transportation, and diplomacy in a condensed wrap-up.
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Tom Horn
Wyoming
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Panama Treaty Moves With Panama Commissioners
Cabinet discussed Panama situation and ratification plan. Roosevelt aims to have Panama government ratify the canal treaty before Senate action. Nashville commander Hubbard furnished new revolution details to the cabinet, to be released shortly.
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Washington, Navy
Panama
Senate
Colombia
United States Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Mooly
Hubbard
Nashville
Invites Cuba to Be State Under Equal Terms
Senator Newlands introduced a joint resolution inviting Cuba to become a U S state on equal terms, with Puerto Rico becoming a Cuban province and Cuba absorbing Cuban bonds and treasury funds. The plan would retain Cuban officers until their terms expire and integrate Cuba’s rural guard into the U S army.
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Washington
Newlands
Hawaii
Cuba
United States
Porto Rico
Russia Prevents Opening Yong Amph o
Tokyo and Shanghai dispatches report the Russian minister at Seoul again thwarted the opening of Yong Ampho. Officials say reoccupation signals Russia will deny treaty rights in Manchuria and alleges a U S Japan convention. Also notes indignities toward native authorities.
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London
Daily Mail
Tokio
Seoul
Yongampho
Corean
Times
Shanghai
Mukden
Russia
Manchuria
United States
Japan
Daily Mails
American Fleet Withdraws From Beirut for Mediterranean Cruise
Admiral Cotton, commanding the European station, is authorized to leave Beirut with the flagship Brooklyn and the cruiser San Francisco. The fleet will call in a few days for a Mediterranean cruise before returning to participate in naval maneuvers in the Caribbean. The Beirut stay ends with secretary of state consent, deemed no longer necessary.
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Washington
Cotton
Beirut
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Mediterranean
United States
Caribbean
Railroad revival promises Grants Pass to Eureka line
Snow blankets the Blue Mountains as Southern Oregon railroad plans rebound with the California & Oregon Coast company backing a Grants Pass to Eureka route. The firm absorbs the Oregon & Pacific, secures rights of way and grade stakes, and aims to begin construction in spring. Meanwhile, high winter snow boosts water outlook but tests sheepmen and hay markets, with a single hay stack selling for $18,000.
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Grants Pass
Josephine
del Norte
California
Eureka
Oregon
Oregon & Pacific
San Francisco
California & Oregon Coast Railroad Company
John Barth
Milwaukee
B. W. Thomas
New York
J.C. B. Gunn
T. W. M. Draper
H. Hi. Laidlaw
M. 8. Wilson
Baker City
Fire destroys Tillamook County Courthouse
A major blaze last week leveled the Tillamook county courthouse and endangered the town's business district. Firefighters and citizens saved many books and papers. the school superintendent and county surveyor offices lost most documents, with the assessor's records largely burned though the safe contents may remain intact. This year's assessment roll was saved.
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Tillamook
Tillamook County
Governor Signals Unfinished Business For Next Legislature
The governor indicated that a special session may address matters beyond the tax law. He noted vetoes from the last session form unfinished business that must be considered when the legislature next convenes. He said he did not intend to stop action on these vetoed measures, citing constitutional procedure.
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Balem
Whistler Leaves Harney County for Pendleton
Burns John T Whistler engineer in charge of US Geological Survey reclamation work in Oregon departs Harney County for Pendleton. He plans December move to Washington DC to prepare a detailed exposition of this year’s fieldwork. Three engineer parties worked in the state all summer surveying the Silvie valley reservoir site and outlining an irrigation system to Ha rney valley lands. Bad weather ends fieldwork for the year though water gauges will continue to be read.
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Burns
John T. Whistler
Oregon
Reclamation Service
United States Geological Survey
Pendleton
Harney County
Washington, D. C
Whistler
Silvie's Valley
Harney Valley
End Fruit Tree Shipping in Milton Season Closes
The shipping season for small fruit trees in Milton has ended with an estimated 12,500 trees sent across the west, midwest and east. About 10 cars were dispatched in the last 10 days as the season was short, many smaller trees expressed to avoid delays. Samuel Miller runs a large nursery in eastern Oregon among several other fruit growers with small nurseries.
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Milton
Middle
Samuel Miller
Oregon
Miners’ association backs Portland assay office demand
The Baker City Miners' association passes a resolution endorsing Senator Mitchell's bill to establish a government assay office in Portland. The Sumpter group urges the office be located in Baker City and notes Representative Moody nearly secured passage in the last Congress session.
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Baker City
Miners’ Association of Sumpter
Mitchell
Portland
Moody
Survey maps Union county topography and elevations
Geologist T R Berry completes a comprehensive Union county survey detailing geology and topography. It lists stream altitudes from source to mouth, with Granite Mountain at about 8000 feet as the highest point, Mount Fannie near Cove at 7000 feet, and the Wallowa river mouth at 2535 feet as the lowest point.
Portland Markets Report of Breadth of Prices Across Commodities
Wheat prices for Walla Walla blue stem range from 75 to 76 cents. Barley feed at 20 per ton, with brewing at 22. Flour prices vary by grade up to 4.50 for hard patent and 3.65 2.75 for clears. Millproducts list bran 20, shorts 20, linseed and dairy foods, hay prices for timothy 16, clover 13, vegetables list turnips 65 per sack, onions yellow Danvers 75 cents to 1 per sack, apples 75 cents to 2 per box, butter up to 30 cents per pound, cheese up to 16 cents, poultry and beef prices shown, and overall market shows wide assortment of farm staples.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Oregon
Boxer
Oregon Ranch
Hope
Wook Valley
Senate seeks widened fur seal protections with Britain
Washington November 24 Senator Dillingham introduced a concurrent resolution urging the secretary of state to ask Great Britain to join the United States in revising and amending current regulations for protecting fur seals of Alaska. The resolution says existing rules are wholly insufficient to achieve the protection aims.
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Washington
Dillingham
Secretary of State
Great Britain
United States
Alaska
Sewer Cave Buries Six Men in Wilson Avenue Sewer
In Youngstown Ohio on November 24 the sewer casing at Wilson avenue collapsed trapping six workers under ten feet of sand and gravel. Martin Timlin and Raphael Chillo died, two others were likely fatally hurt, and two escaped unharmed.
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Youngstown, O
Wilson Avenue
Martin Timlin
Raphael Chillo
Pendleton Faces Carpenter Shortage Slows New Building
Pendleton remains strained by a scarcity of carpenters as repairs and new homes stall. Despite 15 to 20 buildings under way and 300 carpenters at work citywide, labor and material shortages threaten spring construction.
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Pendleton
Pendleton Wheat Purchase Shocks Local Markets
Pendleton W 8 Byers flour miller bought 150000 bushels of choice wheat for milling at 67 cents. News of the large purchase caused buyers to drop prices to 64 cents, leaving the market quiet as farmers hold.
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Pendleton
W. 8. Byers
Land Sale Record Near Letony Details
Pendleton-A filed a deed with the county recorder showing Michael McCracker sold 2,000 acres of Manuel Pedro for 16,507 dollars. The property lies several miles southwest of Letony and involved a 15,507 dollar payment.
Canal Treaty Details Leaked From Washington Reports
The treaty drafts reveal Panama ceding land for canal use with expansive U S sovereignty over an eight to ten mile canal strip. It permits fortifications and troop policing, preserves Panama City autonomy under Panamanian law, and shifts the $10 million payment to Panama. Hay confirms general terms after talks with the Panama minister.
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Washington, Navy
Panama
United States
Republic of Panama
Thin Sone
Canal Strip
Colon
Colombia
Hay
Cure for Consumption in Russia by Zagoranski
Moscow reports remarkable cures of consumption by Kisel Zagoranski a mining engineer now licensed to practice medicine. He learned a Siberian mine foreman’s TB remedy from an old foreman who treated workers and died. Zagoranski and American observers tested the method on patients including an Englishwoman. treatment last spring appears to yield a permanent cure.
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Moscow
Russia
Kisel Zaograneki
Russian Medical Department
Zagoranski
Preas
Siberia
Porests Must be Conserved in American Policy
Rochester Nov 21 officials of the National Grange were installed today The committee on foreign relations expressed itself in favor of reciprocity with all countries which consume our products The committee also favored international arbitration The committee on agriculture presented a report noting two pressing needs for the American farmer changes of law governing the vast public domain and the conservation of the forest area of the country
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Rochester
N. Y
National Grange
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee On Agriculture
Sheep Freezing to Death in Wyoming Snowdrifts
A Sydney Neb. dispatch reports 50,000 or more sheep freezing in deep snowdrifts north of Cokeville Wyoming on the Oregon Short Line. The flock, summer herded in Idaho and Wyoming mountains, was bound for winter ranges in the Red Desert Wyoming.
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Denver
Sydney
Neb
Saya
Union Macfie
Cokeville
Wyo
Oregon
Professor Hussey Finds Ten New Double Stars
London reports Professor Hussey of the Lick Observatory, after weeks at Canoblas, has discovered ten new double stars. He calls the finding one of the greatest importance in astronomy according to the Sydney correspondent of the Daily Mail.
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London
Daily Mail
Sydney
N. W
Hussey
Lick Observatory
Canoblas
Passage of Cuban reciprocity bill in house vote
Washington November 21 the house approved by 335 to 21 the bill to implement the Cuban reciprocity treaty. Democrats led by Williams of Mississippi fought to amend but were defeated by strict party lines. Cannon supported the ruling to allow the vote without further motions as McClellan, elected New York mayor, chaired part of the session.
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Washington
House
Williams
Ways and Means Committee
Cannon
McClellan
New York
Tragic 31 Dead In Peoria Rail Crash Between Mackinaw and Tremont
A headon collision between a wear-bound freight train and a work train on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and Louisville line near Mackinaw Tremont left 31 dead and at least 15 injured. Both crews escaped after jumping from their cabs as the derailment caused a massive debris pile and a boiler explosion. Conductor J W Jude of Indianapolis and engineer George Becker were among those affected as orders and delays contributed to the tragedy.
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Peoria
Ill
Mackinaw
Tremont
J. W. Jude
Indianapolis
Urbana
George Becker
Ninert
Rates on Steel for Export Cut New York Navy 23
A conference of railroad and steel industry representatives reached an agreement to cut export tariffs. Tiwan approved a 39 1 percent reduction on all iron and steel manufactured goods for export. A further December 1 reduction of 891.8 percent will apply to finished steel products including structural iron plates beams and rails.
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New York
Navy
Mississippi River
Tiwan
Sultan's fate to be decided by top diplomats in Vienna
Vienna dispatch reports that the grand vizier has resigned and that if a proposed programme is not accepted this week key figures Baron von Calice the Austro-Hungarian ambassador and M Zinovlev the Russian ambassador will personally present the sultan with copies and hold him responsible for the consequences.
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Vienna
Nene Keye Presse
Constantinople
Grand Ylyier Hie
Baron Vor Calice
M. Zinovleff
Texas Lifts Quarantine As San Antonio Proclamation Takes Effect
Governor Tan raises the quarantine against San Antonio and officials statewide begin lifting local quarantines. Train service to resume on all railroads tomorrow.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tanharo
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