Global News Digest Recaps Week in Review Highlights
The item covers diverse events including King Leopold denying colonial expansion rumors, two oil plant fires in Highlandtown Maryland, a Berlin electrical workers lockout, a stock-up in plate glass, a blackmail case against Paul Morton aide, Asiatic Turkish insurrection, Jeffersonville fire losses, a Ecuador loan request, Mississippi quarantine, immigration smuggling dismissal, embassy arrivals in Washington, upholsterers' wage strike, Alameda grounding in San Francisco, a Chicago safecracker claim, Emperor William honors, British claims in Red Sea piracy, Sakhalin snow, Japanese troop issues, and Curzon’s India travel delay with royal ceremonies set for Bombay.
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Leopold
Congress On
Highlandtown
Baltimore
Red “C” Oil Company
Sherwood Bros
Chadwick
Thornton
N. M
Sanjak and
Bazar
Turkey
Jeffersonville
Detroit & Southern Railway
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Congress
Alabama
Mississippi
Department of Commerce and Labor
Immigration Service
James A. Anderson
Buffalo
N. Y
Oceanic Steamship Company
Alameda
San Francisco
Honolulu
Fort Point
San Francisco Bay
J. S. Thatcher
Chicago
Marshal Vollmer
Berkeley
Cal
Lestrange
West Berkeley
John Conway
Emperor William
St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Germany
Hodeida Yeomen
Turkish Arabia
Fox
Red Sea
Sakhalin
Alexandrovsky
Lord Curzon
Lady Curzon
India
Edward
Prince and Princess of Wales
Bombay
England
Most Powerful Afloat Natal armored cruiser launched
The duchess of Devonshire launched the armored cruiser Natal described as the most powerful afloat. Natal displaces 3,550 tons with a speed of 22.33 knots and armament of four 7.5 inch guns, two 12 pounders, 28 three pounders and two machine guns.
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Barrow-in-Furness
England
Duchess of Devonshire
Natal
Vickers
Army Canteen Battle Reignites As Congress Weighs Return
Debate over reestablishing the army canteen splits opinion at posts and among officers. Temperance groups and churches led the abolition years ago, but nine of ten commanders favor reinstating beer and light wines for soldiers, warning drunkenness would rise without it.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
War Department
Larned Sets Eight Mile Walking World Records at Stamford Bridge
G E Larned beats both pro and amateur walking marks by eight miles in 58 minutes 18 25 seconds at Stamford bridge. He also clocks eight miles 539 yards in one hour to break the world time record. Scaled note: the rest covers boxing dissatisfactions at Walla Walla and a college wrestling match and a prepaid bout.
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G. E. Larned
Stamford Bridge
Larned
Kid Scaler
Martin Denny
Walla Walla
Scaler
University of Washington
Seattle
C. W. A. Garthie
Prosser
Washington
Garthie
Joe Carroll
Bellingham
Ed Conners
Edison
Fire, Bullet and Rope Tragedy Strikes Illinois Family
In Rock Island Mrs Clar ence Markham killed her two children with an ax in a fit of temporary insanity then burned their bodies in bed and attempted to end her own life. She died from burns after confessing. The elder child was nine and the baby younger. Hours later Clarence E Markham killed himself after tying a rope and using a pistol.
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Illinois
Rock Island
Ill
Clarence Markham
Cambridge
Here
Clarence E. Markham
Steamer Hsiesho Sunk by Mine Near Shantung Coast
The coasting steamer Hsiesho, between Shanghai and Tientsin, struck a mine 90 miles southwest of the Shantung promontory and was destroyed. Fifteen aboard, including Engineers Mauchan and Muir, were drowned. foreign passengers and part of the crew were rescued by two passing steamers.
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Cheefoo
Hsiesho
Shanghai
Tientsin
Shantung
Mauchan and
Muir
Wages increased for Boston carpenters
About 6000 carpenters in Boston and nearby areas will receive a 28 cent daily wage increase. The rise takes effect under Judge Wentworth’s municipal court arbitration ruling issued roughly one month earlier.
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Boston
Wentworth
Fire Hits Mackintosh Hemphill Foundry in Pittsburg
Fire at Pittsburg Fort Pitt foundry damaged Mackintosh Hemphill company with losses around 200000 dollars. Valuable patterns built up over thirty years were destroyed.
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Pittsburg
Mackintosh-Hemphill Company
Fort Pitt
Trains in collision at St. Paul injures five and kills one
A Soo Line passenger train collided with a Chicago Great Western stock train at the North Street viaduct in St. Paul Minnesota. One passenger was killed and five seriously injured as cars plunged down a 25 foot embankment and a fire broke out.
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St. Paul, Minn
Soo Line
Union
Chicago, Great Western
North Street
Union Station
Minneapolis
Chicago-Great Western
Great Western
Mining notes reveal deepest mine shaft anomaly and regional activity
The Red Jacket shaft at Calumet & Hecla reportedly traps all items to its east side, while deaths from a premature blast occur at the Saginaw mine in Deadwood. Litigation over smelter smoke damages and rising mining activity in Idaho and Mexico accompany broader industry developments.
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Calumet & Hecla
Red Jacket
M. E. Mathias
J. B. McFadden
Saginaw
Deadwood
Amalgamated Copper Company
Anaconda
Deer Lodge Valley
Washoe
Lake Pend d ‘Oreille
Panhandle
Sandpoint
Idaho
Ellis & Ludwig
Greenhorn
Don Juan
Sunrise
Sunset Peak
Wallace
Ida
McKinley
Salmon River
Lucile
Ben Schultz
Nez Perce
Uniontown
Wash
North Star
Buffalo Hump
American Smelting & Refining Company
Chihuahua
Mexico
Depositors Share in Profits With Mutual Bank Chicago
The Mutual bank in Chicago opens with a cooperative profit sharing plan. Depositors receive 3 percent on savings and 3 percent to stockholders, with profits split equally between both groups. The bank starts with $250000 capital and a $50000 surplus, led by prominent officers and directors to build public confidence.
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Mutual Bank
Chicago
Ine Mutual
Robbers dynamite Great Northern train near Ballard
A Great Northern overland train leaving Seattle at 8:30 PM was held up five miles from Ballard. Three men robbed the express car while two boys attempted passenger robberies. The dynamite blast shattered the baggage car and seven men were involved. The two boys were captured and a posse heads to the scene. No fatalities reported though express messenger Andrews is said injured.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern Overland
Ballard
Edmonds
Charles Anderson
I. Waring
Great Northern Express Company
Everett
Grant
Little
Great Northern
Wyoming Oil Wells Discovery Stuns Western Wyoming
Professor C Willard Hayes of the geological survey reports discovery of oil fields in western Wyoming. Wells yield oil far more valuable than California production, with estimates 10 to 20 times higher in value.
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C. Willard Hayes
Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
Wyoming
California
Thief 15 Caught After Confessing Large Securities Theft
New York police arrest a 24 year old transfer clerk at a Wall Street brokerage as he heads to church. He confesses to stealing securities valued at 359 080 dollars using a forged check from National City bank. Authorities hold the stolen securities and withhold his name from his family until justice is served.
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New York
John McCauley
National City Bank
McCauley
Detective Bureau
Wall Street
Crowe Captured in Butte After Omaha Kidnapping Case
Pat Crowe, wanted for the 1899 kidnaping of the Cudahy son, was arrested in Butte Montana after photos from Omaha confirmed his identity. Police Capt. W. F. McGrath and Detective M. P. MacInerney accosted him in the tenderloin district, Crowe resisting and vowing to return to Omaha without requisition papers. His two Montana-based brothers were noted as part of his background.
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Butte
Mont
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Packer
Cudahy
Crowe
W. F. McGrath
M. P. MacInerney
Tenderloin
Montana
Great Falls
Gold Dust Recovered in Bank Mail Robbery Case
Gold dust stolen from the Meadowe Warren stage mail pouches July 7 was recovered in Ontario Oregon by U S Inspector Thomas J Clark of Spokane The bullion valued at 1480 pounds four and a half was linked to John Gideon and his partner Pope while Pope remains under arrest Gideon to stand trial at Mos cow federal court October 23 In Denver mob violence forces judicial order reversal at Brighton Colorado.
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Weiser
Idaho
Meadowe- Warren
Ontario
United States
Thomas J. Clark
Spokane
Lewiston
Grangeville
Clark
Pope
John Gideon
Golden Rule Placer Mining Company
Gideon
Azlone
Moscow
Celebrated Pedestrian William Gale Dies in Cincinnati
Cincinnati October 3 William Gale the celebrated Cardiff pedestrian has died at age 74 in this city. Gale gained fame for long distance walking feats and held records in endurance walking. His death ends a noted era in pedestrian sport.
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Cincinnati
William Gale
Cardiff
Hashish Habit Grows in Egypt as Customs Crackdowns Mount
Egyptian customs report successful seizures including over a ton valued near £2500 at Alexandria. The drive targets hashish supply chains via Triopoli and seeks Greek action to curb cultivation in the Peloponnese. Cairo sees widespread private trafficking amid rising insanity and high street prices.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Alexandria
Tripoli
Greece
Egypt
Peloponnesus
Piraeus
Cairo
God Is Good Despite Hard Times Across the Nation
The Memphis News notes bumper crops from corn to cotton and record wheat yields making farmers prosper. Factories hum with no major strikes, ships and railroads run full tilt, and retail and bank activity show strong gains. Cities see home-building booms and Americans spend freely on leisure.
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West
South
New York
Europe
Philadelphia
Free -Memphis News
Wot do you think of that guy ask for grub remark
A Detroit Tribune note with a humorous exchange about asking for food and being offered a dental pick as a workaround. The quip contrasts street slang and practical irony. It also includes a reflective aside about poets living near nature yet distant from publishers.
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Detroit Tribune
Band Stand Collapse Hurts Three in Lawrence Mass
Three members of Banda Roma of Boston were seriously hurt and nearly all others cut or bruised when a band stand collapsed in Lawrence Massachusetts tonight. President Loubet ends bid for re election next January after six years in office.
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Clara M. Groff
Minneapolis
Dutch
Thompson
H. S. Moore
Montreal
Canada
Wilkinson
Martin
Hall Wilkinson
Frank Martin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cyrus Berglund
New York City
Co. J. Keenan
Miss Grughlin
New York
W. E. Haskell
Boston
William M. Hall
Union Depot
Minneapolis Times
Lawrence
Mass
Banda Roma
Loubet
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Assee Ee
Los Angeles
Tecomb
Sogo
Portland
National
P. C
Pittabure
Beaton
Brovoklyn Ccs
Cleveland
All Chicago
Seri
Ously
Albany
State Department of Labor
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles Dexter
H. Q. Bateman
Millwaukee Association
Bateman
Securi
T Crowe
Denver
Col
Brighton
Adams County
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