World Happenings Review Recaps Fatal Cloudburst Toll and Fires
A week in review reports Tabasco Col. cloudburst fatalities rising to eleven with widespread damage. Other items note Mrs. Thomas Barry's death in Piermont and a 450 mile railroad link from Coliman to Tuxpan, plus fires, political dismissals, and notable deaths in Havana, Jamaica, and Ohio.
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Tabasco
Col
William Redmond
Piermont
N. Y
Thomas Barry
Atlantic
Pacific
Mexico
Coliman
Tuxpan
Secretary of the Interior
George F. Wilson
Senator Mitchell
Oregon
Clara S. Hay
John Hay
Havana
J. Alexander Swettenham
Jamaica
C. W. Johnson
Wells Street
Chicago
Pearl
Nevada City
Cal
Bertha Bennetts
Robert Wimberly
Wimberly
September Fever Month and Yellow Fever Mortality
New Orleans reports September as the peak month for yellow fever fatalities, except in 1853. Federal authorities act to maintain control as September brings more rainfall, stagnant water, cistern overflow, and disruption from oiling effects.
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New Orleans
Court martial concludes for Kniaz Potemkin crew
The court martial of 137 Kniaz Potemkin sailors has ended. Eight prisoners were condemned to death, with a recommendation to commute to life imprisonment. Nineteen others received hard labor terms.
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Libau
Kniaz Potemkine
Choir Boys Strike Shocks St Luke’s Church
In San Francisco on Aug 29 the choir boys of St Luke's Episcopal Church on Van Ness avenue rebel after being reproved for crop yield, creating an unprecedented crisis at the famed house of worship.
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San Francisco
St. Luke’s Church
van Ness Avenue
Largest Elk Herd in Jackson Hole Region
The Washington Star reports the largest elk herd in the United States, possibly world, winters in Jackson Hole district Wyoming with an estimated 32,000 head making up the vast band observed in the lowlands.
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United States
Jackson's Hole District
Wyo
Washington Star
Major Fernie Fire Destroys Property Worth 35000
Early Saturday morning a disastrous blaze in Fernie British Columbia destroyed an entire block measuring 300 by 240 feet. The flames caused 35000 dollars in property loss in the fire that swept multiple buildings.
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Fernie
B. C
Rockefeller Asked to Pay Peace Indemnity
A Paris Matin cableed an appeal to John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland urging him to use his wealth to pay the indemnity Russia owes Japan to end the Russo Japanese War. Rockefeller declined to comment on the message received at his Forest Hill summer home in Cleveland Ohio.
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Paris
Portsmouth
Russia
Japan
Matin
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Globe
America
Ohio
Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Fired gay Russians at Palace hotel incident
Two officers of the Russian transport Lena, Captain A. Ginther and Captain S. Ratmanoff, were turned out of San Francisco’s Palace hotel with their baggage while two women guests were asked to leave. The officers warned the affair could become an international issue, though Palace officials saw no consequences.
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San Francisco
Lena
Mare Island Navy Yard
Palace Hotel
Palace
A. Ginther
S. Ratmanoff
Samuel Smith
Russia
Miss Allyn
New York
Ginther
Ratmanoff
Equitable Life and New York Seek Full Investigation
Equitable Life Assurance Society joins New York in requesting a court inquiry into its directors and officers. The move responds to charges against the board by the state, per a document titled as the directors’ answer to the charges.
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Equitable Life Insurance Company
New York State
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York
Equitable
Big Strike of Printers in Chicago and Midwest union
Chicago aug 28 before mid week every union printer in 37 shops controlled by the Chicago Typothetae will strike and within a week the fight may spread to 12 midwest cities. The union raised strike assessment to 10 percent and demands an eight hour agreement and a closed shop. They can marshal 900 on strike with a $1,000,000 defense fund.
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Chicago
Result of East War casualty and naval losses totals
Japanese and Russian losses in the war are compiled from Tokio estimates. The analysis shows 166,756 Japanese casualties and 329,779 Russian casualties with Prisoners 646 Japanese and 67,701 Russian. Naval totals: Japanese 12 ships sunk or captured and 46,025 tons. Russian 57 ships and 245,292 tons. Japanese net naval advantage plus 110,000 tons added to mercantile fleet.
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Fukumun
Kaiyuan
Weiyuantaumun
Port Arthur
Russia
Peresviet
Bayan
Chemulpo
Varing
Japanese Mercantile Marine
Mining Notes From Western North America In Focus
The Le Roi No. 2 at Rossland British Columbia has begun sinking from the ninth to 1450 foot level. Copper silver ore found on the McKinley claim near Grand Forks BC. Spokane firm Riblet Tramway lands Yukon White Horse tramway contract. Garvin Hammond of Portland plan cyanide plant at Lewiston to process Snake and Clearwater sands. University of Washington mining building underway with stamp mill and concentrator. Nome 1905 gold output forecast at 10 million dollars, up 3 million from last year. Samuels sells 164 interest in Hercules mine Burke Idaho for 62 500. Purchasers Paulson Hutton Markwell Reeves gain control. Coeur d Alenes ore shipments 175 000 tons in seven months, annual production near 300 000 tons, up 25 percent from 1904. Goldfield senator Nixon cites Reilly lease on Florence mine to yield at least 700 000 in three months. secrecy uncovered ore worth 700 000. John H Doyle and Annie G Greany wed in Fall River Massachusetts. Japan marks February 11 coronation as greatest holiday. other two are January 1 and November 3. German department store growth checked by taxes with little effect. Japan has few foreign banks. four among 1799 ordinary banks.
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Riblet Tramway Company
Spokane
White Horse
Yukon Territory
G. A. Garvin
I. S. Hammond
Portland
Lewiston
Snake
University of Washington
Pacific Northwest
United States
Fred Wing
Seattle
Nome
H. F. Samuels
Hercules
Burke
Idaho
Coeur d’Alenes
Samuels
August Paulson
al Hutton
C. H. Reeves
Mr. Markwell
Messrs. Paulson, Hutton, Markwell
Reeves
Idaho Press
Bunker Hill
Standard
No Peace Certainty Russia Refuses Roosevelt's Ideas
The Aug 27 dispatches report Russia refusing to accede to President Roosevelt's peace proposal. Talks in Portsmouth continue with no rupture, but no clear path to agreement. Russia may accept dividing Sakhalin or selling the northern half. Japan seeks full control unless compensated.
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Oyster Bay
Russia
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
N. H
Japan
M. Witte
Baron Komura
Peterhof
Meyer
Sakhalin
Nicholas
Takahira
Kitchener Turmoil Sparks Fresh Indian Army Rift
In Simla Lord Kitchener, commander in chief in India, issues a sharp protest over Curzon's alleged misrepresentation to the home government. The viceroy replies, defending Kitchener’s statements and arguing that his reform plan would curb powers at army headquarters, widening the factional divide.
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Simla
Lord Kitchener
India
Lord Curzon
Flour trade paralyzed by Chinese boycott on Pacific coast
Reports to the Hammond Milling Company from Hongkong indicate the Chinese boycott of American goods has halted flour trade between Pacific coast ports and China. The situation leaves the Seattle based firm awaiting developments as shipments stop.
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Seattle, Wash
Hammond Milling Company
Hongkong
Pacific Coast
China
Opulent Livery Prospers From Carriage Business Origin
A wealthy livery stable owner recalls how high carriage costs for his daughters inspired him to start a thriving business. He notes his daughters patronized the stable, then married well and now maintain carriages of their own, while many other customers joined in.
Girls Who Need College Makeover A Mother’s Dilemma
A narrator recalls a friend's daughter Gertrude who remains polite yet distant at a church reception after her college choice. The mother prefers a college near home and values mind over manners, noting Gertrude earns a BA cum laude while still not rising to greet the narrator.
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America
Gertrude
Secret Service Report Counts 532 Arrests
Chief Wilkie’s annual report cites 532 arrests by the Secret Service. It lists 41 counterfeit currency cases 52 altered obligation cases 434 coin counterfeiting cases and other violations of federal statutes.
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Wilkie
Secret Service
Burning Commended A Friendly Hint
A fragment from a Cincinnati Enquirer tale describes a walking trip in Scotland where a barefooted young woman answers a traveler with wit. The piece contrasts reproving impertinence by women with a scene of dignity and a stray remark about Tim and a Dallas Baptist convention.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Scotland
Tim
Williams
Texas State Convention of Negro Baptists
Dallas
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