Canadian Fortifications Deal With Imperial Government
The Canadian Government will purchase Esquimalt site and fund fortifications and submarine works. Imperial Government to construct. £42,000 armament provided. Parliament has voted $75,000 with more sought at next session. Supervision by royal engineers aims to control costs and plans.
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Defense of
Canada
OrTrawa
Ont
Maj
Herbert
Esquimalt
Royal Engineers
Belvidere in Ice and Whaling Tales From North
SAN FRANCISCO reports the Belvidere was crushed in ice while chasing whales and repaired at Unalaska, carrying 600 pounds of bone. The Karlink reportedly captured four night whales from a private setter. Whalers near the Mackenzie River face hardship with only three whales reported. New York notes a political circular alleging British fleet blame in a battleship collision. Nashville covers a fatal picnic fight in which two men died and others were injured.
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San Francisco
Belvidere
Unalaska
Karlink
Vincent
Grampnos
Mackenzie River
Nashville
Tenn
Bonagua
Various Ocean and World News Digest From The East
Detained steamship Nasmyth due to yellow fever with one death on board. A brutal storm damaged Honduras coast and fruit plantations. U S exports and imports values for year ending June show rising totals. Pension dispute stops payment of $600 to George Snively. Osman Pacha visit to Chicago to study cotton farming. comments on Khedive. A rattlesnake bites Dot the snake charmer at Hubers Museum. likely fatal. L D Parker’s Postal Telegraph arrest linked to line erection dispute.
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Franklin
Honduras
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Columbus
Ind
George Snively
Hoke Smith
New York
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Chicago
Egypt
Secretary of Agriculture
Khedive
Dot
Huber
Walker
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Valparaiso
L. D Parker
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Convicted man must remove line after obstructing highway
In Providence County a man was tried and convicted for obstructing a public highway. He paid a $140 fine and costs and the court ordered removal of the line within ten days. Several lawsuits for damages have been filed in the Circuit Court by farmers along the line.
Daring surgery at Provident Hospital in Chicago
A strong young Black man wounded in the left breast was operated on at Provident Hospital. Dr Williams removed ribs and exposed the heart to repair a puncture, with vessels tied and a drainage tube left in place. The report notes extensive, careful work and stabilization after the perilous operation.
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Chicago
Provident Hospital
Williams
France Demands Siam Evacuate Mekong Left Bank
Paris reports an ultimatum to Siam within 24 hours demanding evacuation of the Mekong left bank, indemnity for French outrages, and treaty obligations. France would control most of the river, extending western claims beyond the mountain range toward British territory.
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Figaro
Siam
Mekong
RCME
Vogheria
Casteggo
Piedmont
Toronto
England
Maura
Edgar and
Pheton
Victoria
Wheat shortages and lawless clashes headline Ashland and Guthrie dispatches
The Journal of Agriculture argues world wheat deficiency may reach 100 million bushels with the US crop around 350 million. Europe and England face shortages as American farmers hold back. Ashland reports a Wise County Virginia clash where state troops fight the Gleeman gang, four soldiers dead and six wounded. Paris Texas notes a Choctaw Nation suit seeking 135 354 for loaned district funds with high-profile witnesses. Guthrie reports Cherokee Strip homesteads forfeited to settlers, triggering possible contest of many claims.
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Journal of Agriculture
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Leven
Europe
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Wise County
Virginia
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Plecman
Thestre
Dan Taylor
Oliver Flooman
Paris
Texas
George S Thehbo
United States
Congress
Washington
Guthrie
General Land Office
Cherokee Strip
Oklahoma
Notorious Rootlegger Captured in Dubuque
A long list of Iowa items notes the capture of a notorious rootlegger in Dubuque, the death of Judge Geo B Young at Clinton, a fatal quarrel over a mortgage near Marysville, and various local incidents including robberies, accidents, and weather notes. The column also mentions Des Moines disorderly houses, a boy’s death, and other community updates.
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Dubuque
Geo. B. Young
Clinton
Iowa corn in World's Fair spotlight aims to wow judges
The World’s Fair exhibit section stresses Iowa corn as the nation’s top food crop. Officials estimate hundreds of corn samples will be judged by about seventy agricultural experts, with emphasis on soil, processing, and improved preservation methods. A Texas habeas case targets federal prisoners at Anamosa, while Iowa crops note a warm week with rapid corn growth and oats and barley harvests beginning.
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Jamestown
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Gulf of Mexico
United States
George Hawkins
Mayiriesr
Samuel Leland
Nebraska
Kansiay
Coron
Chicago
Iowa
Baldwin
Agricultural Department
Charles J. Murphy
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Washington
D. E. Milward
Mr. Murphy
New Mexico
California
Texas
Boumer
Dubuque
Madden
Anamosa
Shiras
San Antono
Don Gara
Rio Grande
Messian
Iowa Weather Top Service
Mysterious disappearance shocks Muscatine town
Excitement rises in Muscatine over the four week absence of young farmer James Adams. His partner William Thompson reports stolen belongings after leaving, offering a $25 reward, while his stories grow less credible.
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Muscatine
James Adams
Willam Thompson
Style News
Blood Flows in Kansas Miners Strike Riots
At Weir City a mob of strikers and supporters attacked strip pits owned by Granat Bennett and Clemmons. Shots were fired, several men fled, and deputies later evacuated two trapped workers. Authorities warn that more trouble is anticipated.
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Kansas
Weir City
Gulf Railway
Guweor
J. H. Clemmons
Clemmons
Cleraimon
Columbus
Pension policy outline by Commissioner Lochren
Pension Commissioner Lochren outlines the administration's pension policy in a letter to an Albany politician. He cites old acts restricting pensions to disability tied to manual labor, notes rules for service and nonservice origins, and mentions revisions under the 1900 order to reexamine cases like slight deafness, with cases suspended or dropped if not meeting June 27 1880 law.
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Lochren
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Bvallal
Earp
Arsistant Secretary of the Interior
Kennett
Hay Shortage Strains Europe as U S Aids Market
New York marketmen quote hay at 17 to 20 dollars a ton while selling to European dealers for about 30. Ocean freight adds 10 and other costs bring the consumer price to roughly 50 per ton. European drought last summer and current dry weather hit crops hard. An ordinary person exhales about one pound of carbonic oxide daily.
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Europe
United States
New York
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