Fatal wreck in Oregon halts Southern Pacific train
A Southern Pacific California Express wreck near Salem Oregon killed Fireman Silas L Fish of Portland and seriously injured Engineer W H White. The engine plunged into Mill Creek after a switch was found half open. The track was torn up and the Albany local diverted passengers to Portland. Engineer White later died, with reports of train wreckers as possible cause.
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Southern Pacific
Salem
Ore
Silas Mish
Engineer White
Portland
San Francisco
Silas L. Fish
W. H. White
White
Mill Creek
Fish
Albany
Baiem
Willam White
United States and Britain Agree on Neutral Canal Treaty
The 1901 treaty supersedes earlier conventions and allows U S canal construction at its cost or via gifts loans or stock. It adopts Constantinople 1888 rules for free navigation open to all belligerent and neutral powers with equal terms and strict immunities for canal works. Ratifications to be exchanged in six months in Washington or London.
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United States
Constantinople
Suez Canal
Senate
Washington
London
A. D
John Hay
Pauncefots
House Committees Named in Early Session
Speaker Henderson announced committee appointments including Ways and Means and Appropriations. Republican lineup features Wayne New York Dalzell Pennsylvania Hopkins Illinois Grosvenor Ohio Russell Connecticut Steele Indiana Tawney Minnesota McCall Massachusetts Long Kansas Babcock Mississippi Metcalf California. Democrats Richardson Tennessee Robertson Louisiana Swanson Virginia McClelland Newlands Cooper Texas. Appropriations Republicans Canton Illinois Bingham Pennsylvania Hemenway Indiana Barney Wisconsin Moody Massachusetts Van Voorhies Ohio McCleary Minnesota Littauer New York Brownlow Tennessee Gardiner Michigan Burkett Nebraska. Democrats Livingston Georgia McRae Arkansas Bell Colorado Pierce Tennessee Benton igeour and Taylor Alabama. Barolded bills Republicans Wachter Maryland Ball Delaware Burke Pennsylvania Turner New Hampshire. Democrats Lloyd Missouri Edwards Montana.
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Henderson
House
Ways and Means
Wayne
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvaniia
Hopkins
Illinois
Grosvenor
Ohio
Russell
Connecticut
Steele
Indiana
Tawney
Minnesota
McCall
Massachusetts
Long
Kansas
Babcock
Mississippi
Metcalf
California
Democrats
Richardson
Tennessee
Robertson
Louisiana
Swanson
Virginia
McClelland
Newlands
Nevals
Cooper
Texas
Canton
Bingham
Pennsylvania
Hemenway
Barney
Wisconsin
Moody
van Voorhies
McCleary
Littauer
Brownlow
Gardiner
Michigan
Burkett
Nebraska
Livingston
Georgia
McRae
Arkansas
Bell
Colorado
Pierce
Benton
Igeour
Taylor
Alabama
Wachter
Maryland
Ball
Delaware
Burke
Turner
New Hampshire
Lloyd
Missouri
Edwards
Montana
Time Is Money In A Credit Dispute
Insistent creditor urges tighter limits while Doverspike asks for time to avoid increasing indebtedness. The exchange highlights a clash over debt management and the value of延 time in financial negotiations.
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T E Doverspike
Doverspike
Pittsburg
Colonies as Queen Elizabeth Queen of Virginia
Colonies are described as kingdoms under the Stuarts with Virginia and Carolina named as kingdoms. Massachusetts is noted as a sister kingdom by Cromwell's parliament. The text frames colonial titles and relationships in a constitutional era context.
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Elizabeth
Virginia
Carolina
Massachusetts
Blithersby’s Wife Praises Fishing Luck
Mr Gooph praises Blithersby’s wife calling her a jewel. Mr Whooph notes her reaction when her husband returned from fishing with an empty jug a can of salmon and two salt mackerel, and she compliments his luck.
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Gooph
Blithersby
Whooph
Mr. Gooph
Well Received Serenade Incident Report
A brief diary note from the Chicago Herald mentions Simpson and Hopkins serenading the Perkins girls last night. The girls' father reportedly tossed half a dollar and asked them to pay until daylight, possibly aiming to induce sleep.
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Simpson
Perkins
Hopkins
Chicago Herald
Kitchener Will Continue in Face of Threat
London dispatch reports a South Africa letter describing a subaltern who drew a caricature of Lord Kitchener as Rip Van Winkle leading a centenarian soldier up a kopje. Kitchener viewed the sketch, smiled grimly, and vowed to endure until victory, though the artist feared exposure until reassured the general did not seek his name.
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London
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Rip van Winkle
Kitchener
Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington Gathers 150 Guests
The Gridiron club of 40 Washington correspondents held its December dinner at the Arlington hotel. About 150 guests gathered around the gridiron table as speakers lampooned public events with a menu titled New Alice in Wonderland. The satire began with playful quips about cowcatchers at a milk depot.
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Washington
Arlington Hotel
Coronation Robes Designed for King Edward and Queen
London reports detail the coronation attire for King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The king will wear a cloth of gold underjacket with palm branches and national emblems, a cape with silver eagles and florals, and a crown studded with 1360 white and 1270 rose diamonds including the ruby from the Black Prince. The queen’s robes echo Queen Adelaide’s, kept as heirlooms at Marlborough House.
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London
Edward
Adelaide
Marlborough House
Brodie Castle
Castle
Henry V
Agincourt
Duke of Cambridge
George Fitzgeorge
Mayfair
Lyric
Indoor Bicycle Season Opens at Madison Square Garden
New York December 8 indoor cycling season opened at Madison Square Garden with a 20 mile pro race won by Frank Kramer in 1 06 38. Floyd McFarland followed inches back, George C Schreiber third and Hugh McLean fourth. Kramer and three others lapped at seventh mile. Schreiber won the 1 mile pro handicap in 2 02 3 5 with 35 yard handicap. Champion of France Albert Champion rode 1 27 3 5 exhibition mile. Jimmy Michael rode 2 miles in 3 32 2 5 on a single motor pace.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Frank Kramer
Floyd McFarland
George C. Schreiber
Hugh McLean
Kramer
Albert Champion
France
Jimmy
Michael
Boy Drowns In Union Ditch At North Yakima
In North Yakima Washington a 4 year old boy, son of Andrew Fowler, wandered from his home and fell into the Union ditch. He was missing for some time before his body was recovered several hundred yards downstream, lodged against an obstruction.
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North Yakima
Wash
Andrew Fowler
Union Ditch
Sure He Knew Best. Hartt Deceiving Dora, Mama Argues
Excerpt notes Dora and her mother clash over Mr Hartt with Masie's hotel room decorated with swords and pistols. The exchange shows family tensions and conflicting judgments about a suitor. A Boston Journal line references Masie as a bold girl with a penchant for armaments in her room.
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Masie
Boston Journal
Man argues miracles in Bible scarcer than facts
Denver Times notes banter about biblical miracles and raises a pun on Lazarus and Cain. It cites a German factory workforce statistic showing children decreased to about one third of 1895 levels while laws remain frequently evaded.
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Lazarus
Cain
Denver Times
Germany
Commerce of the Philippine Islands Imports and Exports Rise
A War Department division report compares fiscal years 1901 and 1900 for the Philippine Islands. Imports valued at 30,279,406, up 47 percent from 20,603,430. exports at 23,216,948, up 18.5 percent from 19,751,068. Major trade partners show marked increases, including imports from the United States at 2,855,685, United Kingdom 4,466,145, Germany 2,135,252, and France 1,683,923. Exports to the United States 2,257,021, down 27 percent. United Kingdom 10,700,741, up 72 percent. Germany 81,526, down 16.3 percent. France 1,934,254, up 38.9 percent.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Insular Affairs
War Department
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
H Brown Dead in Kansas City at 78
Edward H. Brown of Girard Kansas died suddenly of heart disease in Kansas City while visiting his sister Mrs A H Barney He was active in politics and railroad circles and served in the Kansas legislature after being a delegate on the convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln He helped promote the Union Pacific railroad and built the Joplin line from Joplin Missouri to Girard Kansas now part of the Frisco system
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Kansas City
Edward H.brown
Girard
Kan
A. H. Barney
Abraham Lincoln
Kansas
Union Pacific Railroad
Joplin
Girard, Kar
Frisco
Bank Statement Figures for Week in New York
New York December 8 bank statement shows loans at 881 million with a gain of 5.38 million deposits at 938.56 million down 1.71 million circulation 31.99 million up 11.4 thousand legal tender 7.82 million up 578.7 thousand specie 169.53 million down 6.66 million reserve 241.35 million down 7.23 million reserve requirements 234.79 million down 427.6 thousand surplus reserve 6.01 million down 6.81 million.
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New York
Submarine Fulton Tests Delight Norwegian Captain
New York wire reports a Fulton submarine boat under Captain Geelmudgen of the Norwegian navy completed a surface one mile trial then submerged for a longer run. Two torpedoes were fired at imaginary targets and the test was pronounced entirely successful. The captain expressed great satisfaction with the Fulton. Also noted is the shipment of two hundred carloads of steel to replace a wooden bridge in the Sacramento canyon, California.
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New York
Fulton
Long Island Sound
Geelmudgen
Sacramento Canyon
California
World News Briefly Told Surprises From Week’s Happenings
A roundup reports tests of a dynamite gun at Hilton Head under army supervision, the shooting death of Rev. J. W. Bradford in Brookside Alabama, and a jail escape in Birmingham where 39 inmates dug through a brick wall. Denver jurors convict John K. Barr of diamonds robbery. Philippine native scouts decapitate and identify the deserter David Fagin. Boxing events feature James Jeffries vs Jack Jeffries in Spokane with amateur bouts and a hypnotism exhibit. An Eastern Oregon smallpox outbreak affects James Powers’ family. Bud Wilson, the convict who killed guard R. H. Naylor, is hanged in Danville Arkansas with the body later showing signs of movement before death is confirmed.
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Hiltonhead
S. C
Army
J. W. Bradford
Brookside
Ala
R. D. Coffman
Coffman
Birmingham
Ale
Denver
John K. Barr
Mary Betts
Bangabon
Nueva Ecija
David Fagin
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Colored
Fagin
James Jeffries
Pugflst
Oregon
James Powers
Pendleton
Powers
Bud Wilson
R. H. Naylor
Yell County
Danville
Arkansas
Wilson
Spokane Quotations and Labor Convention Report
Quotations for poultry eggs and livestock are listed with prices for chicken ducks geese turkeys beef mutton and hogs. The article also notes wheat quotations from Centennial mill Bluestem and Red varieties with bulk and sacked prices. It reports the American Federation of Labor in Scranton Pa entering its convention’s main phase with 312 delegates and 197 resolutions referred to committees.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Carnegie Plans Major Gift For US University Extension
Chicago reports President Roosevelt to host a White House announcement about Andrew Carnegie gifting 10 million dollars to support university extension in the United States. Carnegie aims to establish a national board with Nicholas Murray Butler assisting, coordinating a Washington headquartered organization to extend activity across universities nationwide.
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Chicago
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
United States
White House
Carnegie
Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler
Seth Low
Columbia College
Cannegie
Best Ty Dle
Pilot Rock Incorporation In Oregon Voters News
Oregon votes show Pilot Rock becoming an incorporated town while the state convention nominates a full ticket led by Rev A J Hunaaker of Yamhill for governor. James G Green was hanged at Stevenson Washington in front of seventy five. four fifths of Blue mountains cattle to Milton and Walla Walla are on winter feed. over 3000 head shipped. Oregon General Electric files Articles of Incorporation in Portland with capital of 2 million to furnish lighting and power.
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Pilot Rock
A. J. Hunaaker
Yamhill County
Athena
James G. Green
Stevenson
Washington
Gree
B. V. Benjamin
Blue Mountains
Milton
Walla Wall
Oregon General Electric Company
Portland
Possible Northwest Governor Conference On Rail Merger
St Paul Minn Dec 8 Governor Van Sant may call a conference of northwestern governors to discuss the merger of the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington railroads. No confirmation but encouragement from replies to his letters suggests pursuit. Attorney General Douglas nears completion of the case against consolidation and plans to sue in all courts may begin soon.
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St. Paul, Minn
van Sant
Northwestern
Montana
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Douglas
Labor union joins American Federation of Labor in San Juan
In San Juan Puerto Rico on December 8 a meeting led by Santiago Iglesias approved the constitution of the American Federation of Labor for the sencation libre union with 500 members and received a diploma from President Gompers. It is the island’s first labor organization to join the AFL and signals a broader movement locally.
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San Juan
P. R
Santiago Iglesias
Sencation Libre
American Federation of Labor
Gompers’ «Ploma
Iglesias
Chicago Stock Show closes after record attendance
The international livestock exposition in Chicago drew about 400000 visitors as it closed. Public school pupils received free admission to the grounds, with nearly every city school represented among the thousands of spectators.
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Chicago
Opium Smuggler Sentenced in Everett Washington
Everett Washington December 8 Henry Ferguson a notorious opium smuggler was sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary for robbery and smuggling It is estimated Ferguson has smuggled seventy thousand dollars worth of opium into the country over the past five years In Greenwood British Columbia December 8 Lieutenant Jack Leckie formerly of Strathcona's Horse has received a commission in the Canadian mounted infantry He is in Rosland to accept applications for the new contingent Several men from Greenwood are eager to join.
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Everett, Wash
Henry Ferguson
Ferguson
Greenwood
B. C
Jack Leckie
Strathcona’s Horse
Camdian Mounted Infantry
Rosland
Must Keep Out of Politics
Denver December 8 Roosevelt orders all federal officeholders in Colorado to resign any political organization roles to avoid partisan entanglements as the Post reports The directive aims to separate official duties from political activity statewide.
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Denver
Col
the Post
Roosevelt
Local Language Fragment About Peo Plea
A partial line shows a rural speaker asking if people nearby should grow their own something, with a dialectal misspelling and a pause after a name. The readable text suggests discussion of self sufficiency or garden plots in a community setting.
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Liverpool
Dora
Mr. Hartt
Mamma
Papa
Commerce of Phil
H. Brown
World's News
Spokane
Porto Rico
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