Turbulent World News From The Junction City Bulletin
The bulletin lists global turmoil and local events from droughts to strikes. Reports include a major steelworkers strike, shipwrecks like the Hamburg liner Tania, the Shamrock LA scoring, potently fierce natural disasters in Java, and political shifts in Russia, Germany, and Japan. It notes drought in the American Southwest, a sternwheel river boat move, railgrading in Vancouver, and the Cuban republic starting with a small national debt. Additional items mention a Paris airship trial, the Kurihama monument, Bastille celebrations, Northern Pacific leadership, and a new freight in legal and finance matters across multiple regions.
Butte Hotel Fire in Four-Story Block
A blaze at the Butte Hotel on Broadway in Butte Montana drove guests from lower floors into smoke filled stairwells and several were rescued from upper windows. Firefighters confined the flames by 4 am with five injuries and an estimated loss of 25000 dollars.
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Butte
Mont
Butte Hotel
Broadway
Chinese Prepare Pekin Entry With Masked War Ruins
In Pekin large preparations hide traces of battle as the emperor approaches the city. Great pagodas rise while the Chen Men gate is rebuilt to resemble stone. Li Hung Chang delays troop withdrawals to August 15, and foreign ministers agree on barracks timelines. American British and other guards escort General Gaselee to the station. US legation and other envoys await.
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Pekin
Chen Men
Li Hung Chang
Legations
Gaselee
United States Legation
Klondike Gold Treated by Humboldt Passengers
The steamship Humboldt arrived from Skagway with 40 passengers and $300,000 in Klondike gold. Distribution ranged from $1,000 to $62,000 among Dawson travelers, including four women owning about one third of the treasure. Reports say three river steamers are partly wrecked between Dawson and White Horse.
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Seattle
Wash
Humboldt
Skagway
Klondike
Daw‘son
Dawson
White Horse
Purser Shoup
St. Michael
Ocean
Roanoke
Nome
Explosion on Susquehanna excursion boat at Sunbury
An excursion boat anchored at Market Street wharf in Sunbury blew up with great force. Two boys were killed and about a dozen injured while fishing nearby. One man is missing. The engineer was away and the pilot left in charge. Boiler pressure was 60 pounds when the firebox door was opened. No cause given.
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Sunbury
Susquehanna River
Marketstreet
Thin City
Train collision near Weatherby injures four. one dead
South bound passenger train No. 1 on the Kanana City Northern Connecting Railroad collided with an extra Rock Island meat train one mile north of Weatherby Mo at 3 16 in the afternoon. One man was killed and four others severely injured.
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Kansas City
Kanana City
Rock Island
Rock Island Crossing
Weatherby
Growth and drought touch Oregon industries and farms
A broad review notes drought in Silver Lake country and crop pests in Coos Polk and Grant counties. Lumber and mining activity rise with Eugene exports and Climax mine ore. New Hendricks ferry on McKenzie river and a Soda Springs mineral springs program underway. Agricultural fairs planned in Ashland September and farmers seek Willamette valley land to escape winds and grasshoppers.
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Silver Lake
Coos County
Polk County
Eugene Lumber Co
Willamette
Hendricks Crossing
McKenzie River
Eugene
Herman Polk
Fulton Station
Mount Angel College
Grant County
J. Plomarth
Ashland
W.N. White
Dover
Oregon
Milton
Greenhorn
Morrow
Nebraska
Kansas
Willamette Valley
Dream
Igs
Sodaville
Southern Oregon District Agricultural Society
Portland Markets Report Grain Dairy and Livestock Prices
Market listings show Wheat Walla Walla notes with export values and various grain millstuffs including bran shorts and hay prices. Butter eggs cheese and poultry prices are listed alongside live cattle mutton veal hogs and wool with regional splits and per unit costs.
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Walla Walla
Oregon Wild Bay
Ovens Furkoyny
Wool— Valley
Oregon
China Suspends Examinations for Five Years Edict
A Washington dispatch reports China has suspended official examinations for five years in all provinces. The edict states the move aims to modernize exams rather than punish foreigners, complicating U S expectations for foreign minister penalties. The United States hopes powers withdraw promptly while acknowledging China’s prestige constraints.
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New York
Weshington
Herald
Mara
China
Haw
Nperor
United States
Drought Relief Follows Texas Thunderstorm And Tornado
Dennison Texas reports the worst drought in the area ended by a two hour rainstorm accompanied by near tornado strength winds. Rainfall is widespread and saves the cotton crop while aiding fruit crops and stock water. The Southern M E church valued at 15000 dollars was partially demolished and several houses were wrecked. A tornado is said to have crossed the Chickasaw Nation with few details.
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Dennison
Tex
M. BE
Devastation in Java Shocks Northern Java Estates
July 17 Tacoma reports details of May volcanic eruption in Northern Java. A 50 mile radius saw coffee plantations and estates wiped out by ash, stones, lava, and mud flows. Seven hundred natives and several Europeans died. The lava consumed an estate superintendent and about 25 coolies. Coffee estates nearby were destroyed and corpses littered the countryside. Protests arise as Port Arthur authorities scrutinize letters of American and European residents, forbidding mentions of Russian military affairs or criticism of Russian methods.
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Tacoma
Java
Port Arthur
Concord at Seattle gunboat returns from Philippines
The U S gunboat Concord under Commander Harry Knox arrives in Seattle from the Philippines via Dutch Harbor. One officer remains aboard from the Manila Bay action, and only five sailors who manned the guns at the Spanish battleship engagement are still aboard.
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Seattle
United States
Concord
Harry Knox
Dewey
Manila Bay
Philippines
Dutch Harbor
Alina
F. E. Schute
Tirines
Prairie Fire Devours Wheat in Kansas Near Larned
A prairie fire started 18 miles north of Larned Kansas yesterday afternoon burned over a large area and destroyed 40 000 bushels of wheat. In San Francisco incendiaries struck early this morning torching Bibles and killing twenty horses across the same region.
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Larned
Kan
San Francisco
Steel Strike Expands Across U S Steel Plants in Major Tie Up
Reports from Pittsburg say about 75 000 workers have joined a broad steel strike. Amalgamated Association shows unity as shutdowns spread to American Cap Company American Steel Hoop Company and American Shot Steel Company plants. Total idle workers now around 14 000 with 25 000 in Pittsburg. Federal Steel National Steel and National Tube Company notified that a mass walkout circular will not be issued today.
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Pittsburg
Analgamated Association
American Cap Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Shoet
Tlret
Shoot Steel
American Tinplate Company
Monessen
Amalgamated Association
Alleghany
McKecaport
Shaffer
Pittebrog
Lindsey & McCutcheon
Allegheny
United States Steel Corporation
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
National Tube Company
Dynamite Used as Fire Rages Through Enid Block
A midnight fire in Enid destroyed four blocks of business houses on the public square within three hours. Water shortages forced dynamite blasts to halt the spread as flames leapt across streets. Loss estimated at 190000 with light insurance. Fire began in a two story hotel and consumed multiple hotels, stores, a furniture shop, a butcher shop, a carriage works, a wholesale house, Armour Packing Co. building, and the entire block south of the square. Firefighters blown up several buildings to prevent further spread.
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Enid
Armour Packing Co
Better Mail Service for Alaska and Washington
The post office department contracts for expanded Alaska service linking Seattle Circle City Sitka and Valdez with faster times and a direct Sitka steamboat route. It adds one round trip monthly between Seattle and Circle City via Sitka and Valdez aboard the all American overland route. The schedule runs from October 1 to June 30.
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Washington
Alaska
Seattle
Circle City
Sitka
Valdes
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