Global Dispatches Review Highlights Leaders and Marriages
Mayor Eugene Schmitz returns from Europe and Commander Peary along with Mrs. Peary depart Sydney for New York. Samuel Gompers reelected AFL president. George W. Cable wed Eva Stevenson of Lexington. Carnegie offers Baltimore 500000 for 20 Enoch Pratt branches. John Helmstreet dies at 101. Harriet Harger killed in Birmingham car crash injuring 16. Schwab praises western real estate as prime investment. London Morning Observer says Liberal cabinet to be reorganized with Campbell-Bannerman to Lords. Lieutenant Ellis Miller marries Wilhelmina Cochran, linked to Lord Barrington death sentence. George Adams, ex Seattle assay office cashier, in federal prison on McCann funds case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Schmitz
San Francisco
Europe
R. E. Peary
Peary
Sydney
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
George W. Cable
Eva C. Stevenson
Lexington
Andrew Carnegie
Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Free Library
John Helmstreet
Chicago
Rome
Harriet Harger
Pontiac
Mich
Birmingham
Charles M. Schwab
London Morning Observer
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Lords
Ellis D.miller
United States Marine Corps
Wilhelmina Grace Cochrane
Kansas City
F. Seymour Barrington
Clayton, Miss
James P. McCann
United States
George Edward Adams
Government Assay
Seattle
SicNeil’s Island
Catholics win property in Philippines supreme court ruling
The Supreme Court of the Philippines ousts the Aglipaynos and the municipality of Lagonoy from parish buildings, granting possession to the Roman Catholic Church. The ruling sets a precedent affecting about 50 churches disputed by Aglipayanos in Camarines province, Luzon. Lagonoy, with about 8500 residents, is a key locality in this dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Aglipaynos
Lagonoy
Camarines
Luzon
Aglipaya
Worm From His Eye Saved Orphan Lad Sight
Chicago reports seven year old Edward Behringer an orphan whose eye was saved by a pioneering operation. A worm slowly ate the eyeball and was removed, thought to be the first such procedure in the United States. Behringer lived on a truck farm near Niles Michigan and likely contracted the parasite from radishes eaten raw from the garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward Behringer
United States
Behringer
Niles
Mich
Reception for Ameer in Agra January Visit
About 26 ruling chiefs will assemble at Agra in January to honor the Afghan ameer’s visit. The program includes a viceroy ameer meeting, a military review, an Indian orders chapter, a vice regal garden party, a reception, fireworks, state dinners, and two large visitors’ camps are being arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
Agra
Ameer
Afghanistan
Utes Reach Fort Mead Under Guard Escort
Ute Indians moving through South Dakota into Wyoming arrive at Fort Mead with the Sixth United States Cavalry. They camp on the government reserve after being supplied with provisions and clothing by fort officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Wyoming
Fort Mead
United States Cavalry
Government Reserve
Fort
Italian Poet Guad Cardua Receives Nobel Prize
Rome telegraphs that the Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to Guiese Cardua, the Italian poet, announced from Stockholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Stockholm
Guiose Cardua
Murder at Kentucky Hotel in Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas November 27 proprietor J Frank Emery of the Kentucky hotel was shot and killed during a attempted robbery by two men Charles Rumble and Sam Hutton. Rumble shot Emery in the chest and later wounded a porter Lee Simons. Rumble was shot by officers and both robbers were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. Frank Emery
Kentucky
Kan
Emery
Lee Simons
Charles Rumble
Independence
Sam Hutton
Minnesota Avenue
Rumble
Hutton
Kentucky House
Mining News From Western Mines and Legal Ruling
The or public report shows Black Hills South Dakota gold output for last year at 6 986 900 dollars down 250 000. Kendall Mining company pays a 3 cent monthly dividend totaling 15 000 dollars on 500 000 shares. British Columbia Copper workers demand a 15 class rise. Rossland coal shipments to rise as coke returns. Le Roi mine restarts after fuel and car delays. Trail smelter plans two weeks coke stock. George A. Ross wins a 500 foot crosscut tunnel for Laclede Mining. Galena and Pocahontas ore shoots identified. Silver Star contract for 100 foot continuation of 600 foot tunnel awarded. Nine Mile and Success mines drive crosscuts toward ledges. Hercules mine tunnel expanded 1500 feet with 2000 more to go from new concentrator level. Supreme Court reverses district court in Emma Adams et al. vs Bunker Hill Sullivan Mining, damages case over a death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or Ucial
Black Hills
S. D
Kendall Mining Company
Kendall, Mont
British Columbia Copper Company
Greenwood
B. C
Crow's Nest Asgs Company
Rossland
le Roi
Trail
George A. Ross
Laclede Mining Company
Galena
Pocahontas
Murray
Burke
Silver Star Mining Company
Mullan
Jesse Shanklin
Wallace
Nine Mile Mining Company
Success
Hercules
Supreme Court
District Court of
Shoshone County
Emma Adams Et al
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Company
Adams
Jewelry Theft Probe Linked to Philadelphia Case
Pittsburg police joint with Philadelphia officers seek jewelry worth 50 000 to 75 000 stolen from Henry Barnett head of a large Philadelphia fireworks firm. The robbery described as highly sensational includes about 40 pieces led by a 15 000 diamond brooch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Henry Barnett
Most Valuable Staats Zeitung Building For Brooklyn Bridge Terminal
New York Nov 25 The board of estimates has decided to acquire the Staats Zeitung building as part of the Brooklyn bridge terminal project. Appraisers value the property at about 2,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Estimates
Brooklyn Bridge
Staats Zeitung
Bold Train Robbery On Chicago & Alton in Missouri
A masked lone robber robbed 15 passengers on Chicago & Alton No. 24 near Glasgow Missouri about 1 AM Monday. He was captured at Armstrong after officers boarded the train. taken to Glasgow and jailed. One passenger was T J Burns Chicago & Alton Kansas City official.
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Kansas City
Chicago & Alton
Glasgow
Slater
Amstrong
Armstrong
Haywood
St. Louis
Chicago
Alton
Rock Island
T. J. Burns
Plan to Recoin Philippine Silver Money Proposed
Brigadier General Edwards presented to Secretary Taft a plan for recoinage of Philippine silver coinage. The reform aims to lower silver content below bullion value to stop melting, with adoption by the Philippine commission and presidential approval as prerequisites. The Insular Affairs Bureau weighed reducing coin weight without lowering silver percentage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Taft
Philippine Commission
Drowning of Lt. Commander Garrett at Sea
Lieutenant Commander Leroy M. Garrett, commanding the United States steamer Albatross, was washed overboard and drowned 500 miles northeast of Honolulu. The Albatross searched all night with a searchlight but found no trace. The vessel had completed a significant scientific expedition in the Aleutian and Japanese waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy M. Garrett
United States
Albatross
Honolulu
Tangier diplomats urge Morocco to restore order now
Members of the diplomatic corps issue a collective note to the Moroccan government describing the intolerable Tangier situation and demanding immediate measures to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Morocco
Reading Railroad Refuses Ten Hour Day Demand
The Reading railroad rejected the trainmen's demand for a ten hour day. The company cited a substantial wage increase and other concessions already granted, saying nothing further could be expected for the present.
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Reading Railroad
Northwest notes bustle with trains, floods, beekeepers, and deaths
Shortages in Spokane milk and the Brewster fruit expansion mark agrarian strain. Dairymen face a milk shortage while 1500 acres may be planted with fruit near Brewster. Tacoma gambling dens reopen and accidents claim workers in Toppenish Yakima and Selah. Funeral for Willie Veatch follows a train incident at Mace. Major local officials push a state rogues gallery in Seattle.
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Washington
Spokane
Brewster
Tacoma
Jacob Johnson
Northern Pacific
Toppenish
North Yakima
Medical Lake
Stevens County
Grand Opera House
Seattle
First Presbyterian Church
F. E. Hatton
Idaho Division
Selah
Ellensburg
Levi L. Sutton
Hatton
Orleans County
New York
J. N. ‘Compkins
Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank of
Mead
West Side
Metler
Pierce County
Stuck River
White River
Blackburn & Burrows’ General
Ridgefield
Pullman
Washington State College
Washington State Beekeepers’ Association
Inland Registered Stock Breeders’ Association
College Chapel
Idaho News: Fergus County rustler convicted in Lewistown
Barney Hedican, a noted Fergus county rustler, was convicted of horse stealing in Lewistown. H. C. Fenner, a prominent Nampa contractor, was struck by a train and died from his injuries.
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Idaho News
Barney Hedican
Fergus County
Lewistown
H. C. Fenner
Nampa
Montana Items From Eureka To Kendall News
A railroad accident kills farmer John F. Peyton near Eureka. Edward Smith’s wool clip sells for 25 1 3 cents a pound after refusing 19 cents. Kendall hosts Amalgamated backed project with Barnes King purchase. Neil Dougherty, Elliston postmaster, found dead with a bullet and suspected foul play. W. H. Lines slain near Huntley in a quarrel with two black attackers. Griffin and Lines travel from Billings before the killers flee toward the hills.
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John F. Peyton
Ledah Plains
Eureka
Edward Smith
Dillon
S. W. Gebo
Amalgamated
Barnes King
Kendall
Neil Dougherty
Elliston
Dougherty
W. H. Lines
Huntley
Millie Miller
Griffin
Lines
Billings
Oregon Squirbs and Regional Happenings in 1906
Athena faces coal shortages as ranchers along the Tum-a-lum river form a committee to dyke the river at the Oregon Rail Road & Navigation bridge. A mastodon skeleton is found near Athena by Frank Swaggart. The St Paul plans Portland entry via Oregon Water Power & Railway lines near Troutdale. Lachmund & Pincus seal Oregon’s largest hop deal of 1906 at Salem, 748 bales at 14 cents. Portland stock yards run at capacity amid railroad demoralization.
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Athena
Wallawalla
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Frank Swaggart
Oregon
St. Paul
Portland
Oregon Water Power & Railway Company
Troutdale
Salem
Lachmund & Pincus
Union
China’s Trade Slackens Shrinking Silk Exports Alarm
The article notes a collapse in China’s tea and silk trades with silk exports dropping from 2 to 0.45 percent of empire exports since 1864. Canton’s customs commissioner warns the tea industry appears doomed as government efforts to mask the downturn fail.
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China
Canton
French Torpedo Ship Algeciras Destroyed in Toulon Harbor Fire
The French torpedo ship Algeciras, a 5047 ton vessel built in 1855 used as a school ship since 1894, burned at Toulon harbor with 500 men aboard. Most were saved. six torpedoes exploded during evacuation. three men perished. The garrison and warships towed nearby vessels to safety as crews fought the blaze.
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Toulon
France
Algeciras
Patrie
la Hore
Patrick wins reprieve from death sentence for Rice murder
Albert T. Patrick, condemned for the Rice murder, has secured a fight for life according to the New York World. Before Governor Higgins leaves office he will sign a commutation, resulting in life imprisonment instead of execution.
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Albert Patrick
New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Higgins
Patrick
They Uphold the President at Astor Camp Rally
A Washington camp of Spanish war veterans led by John Jacob Astor dismissals of a battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry are noted. The group condemns the president’s action and defends his decision in a Saturday evening gathering.
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Washington, D. C
John Jacob Astor
To Close Cunard Agencies Budapest
Budapest minister declares the government will shut all Cunard steam ship agencies to curb emigration. The report notes beer and spirits decline while tea imports rise and mentions a monument fundraising for Coronado memory in New Mexico with a granite bowlder to be placed at Las Vegas Glorieta mountains.
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Cunard
Budapest
Count Andrassy
Hungary
Coronado
New Mexico
Glorieta Mountains
Las Vegas
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News OF the World
Globe
Philippine Supreme Court
India
Utes
Porter
Guest
Kansas
Mining News
Coeur d’Alenes
Missouri
Garrett
News OF Northwest
Washington, Idaho
Montana
Willie Veatch
P. L. Veatch
Mace
Philharmonic Musical Club
University of Idaho
William Dwyer
Moscow
North Idaho
Salt Lake
Ogden
Utah Sugar Company
Lewiston Sugar Company
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Western Idaho Sugar Company
Utah
Idaho
Henry Carsow
Fort Lapwai
Lucy Allen
Nez Perce
Carsow
Fran. W. Hunt
Goldfields
Nev
Hunt
Philippines
Idaho Volunteers
Boise
Sparks
Reno
Pocatello
Elkorah Temple of Shriners and Elks
Boise Lodge
Nampa Elk Lodge
Shriners
Algeciras Toulon
United Kingdom
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