World’s Hems Briefly Told of Global Happenings
A weekly digest reports a work train wreck near Peru injuring fifteen amid rains. Bank cashier Henry Fleischman fugitively fled with 100000. A Montana lover’s tragedy ends in suicide near Red Lodge. Arch plans shift to Congress for memorial. Multiple political, labor, and crime items span Idaho to Boston and beyond with notable deaths, strikes, and legal outcomes.
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Cincinnati, Echmond & Muncie
Eavy Rains
Peru
Seymour
Poice
Los Angeles
Henry
Fleischman
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank
Red Lodge
Mont
Fannie Hundley
Rumsey Chance
William McKinley Memorial Arch Association
Tts
Congress
Washington
Austin Craig
Sumpter, Ore
Bank of Sumpter
Whitney
van Reypen
Army
Troy
Idaho
W. H. ‘Mann
Hanna
Northern Pacific
Shirley
Montane
Jacob Schaefer
New York
George Sloseon
Schaefer
Morningstar
Lawson
Boston
United States Metal Selling Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Rothschilds
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Amalgamated
Calumet & Hecla
Rio Tintos
Patrick A. Collings
Hart
John ‘Hay
President McKinley
Lolanda Bonine
James Seymour ‘Ayres, Jr
Kenmore
F. D
Illett
Great Northern Railroad
Four Courts
St. Louis
Killpatrick
Montana
National Council of the G. A. R
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Famine in China predicted to recur next spring
Pekin reports from Lian Fu in Shan Si province by the Christian Herald’s famine commissioner. Autumn crops may feed some months but won’t cover the next harvest, with Shen Si deaths estimated at 25,000 or 30 percent of the population. Four days of travel through villages north of the Wei Hai river found hardly 200 people amid widespread devastation.
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Pekin
Christian Herald
China
Lian Fu
Shan Si
Shen Si
Wei Hai River
Belk Refuses to Discuss Schley Inquiry Findings
Boston December 15 Rear Admiral Belk retired head of the Massachusetts training school declined to discuss the Schley court of inquiry findings at length. He provided a written statement stating that the decision mirrors Admiral Dewey's finding and, based on the evidence, he judges that finding to be just and proper.
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Boston
Belknap
Massachusetts Training School
Court of Inquiry
Admiral Schley
Schley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Dewey
Jewels Identified Tie to Portland Theft in Omaha
Albert F Lowenthal arrives in Omaha to identify diamonds found with True Johnson and W H L Woods arrested here He recognizes the jewels as part of the Portland theft and files charges The pair remains jailed in Omaha Also Rochester Irish champion Peter Golden wins six days walk with a 352 mile and 10 lap record hailed as a world best for a 20 lap track
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Omaha
Albert F. Lowenthal
Portland
Ore
True Johnson
W. H L. Woods
Lowenthal
Chief Donahue
Rochester
N. Y
Peter Golden
Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry drive in open carriage
London reports Dec 15 that Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry of the Netherlands rode in an open carriage through Appledorn, according to the Amsterdam desk of the Daily Express.
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London
Amsterdam
The
Daily Express
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry of the
Netherlands
Appledorn
Two Die in Freezing Crash Near Rosedale
Terre Haute December 15. Wright Fisher and Dr. Dewitt Jordan of Vincennes froze to death while driving from Terre Haute near Rosedale. Their buggy fell on the icy road and they perished in the cold hours.
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Terre Haute
Wright Fisher
Dewitt Jordan
Vincennes
Rosedale
Chilean Reply Eases War Fears, Secolo Reports
Sailing Date of Transports Rome Dec 15 The Secolo says Chilean reply to Argentina's note is most satisfactory and the probability of war has been dissipated.
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Rome
The
Secolo
Argentina
Northwest States Harvest and Crime Highlights
A wide sweep notes harvests and crops forecast across four northwest states, plus incidents from Walla Walla to Spokane. It reports counterfeit money in New Whatcom, a pioneer death in Walla Walla valley, rail progress on the Great Northern, a fatal freight accident near Toppenish, and various local incidents, trials, and political moves.
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Lind
New Whatcom
David S. Baldwin
Walla Walla Valley
Great Northern
Marcus
Maing
Pullman College
Society of Mining Engineers
Goodsell
Spokane
Bryan
Elis’ Hall
James J. Jeffries
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
W. W. Phillips
Alfalfa
Toppenish
Phillips
Yakima Valley
C. H. Wimner
Nob Hill
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Mont
Portland
Ore
Northern Paine Coast
W. W. Landes
Loomis
United States
Oregon Notes and Local Trials in Oregon State Circuit Courts
William H. Dalton found guilty of first degree murder for the November 21 killing of James B. Morrow by a state circuit court jury. Alexandria Meldrum convicted of horse stealing in Baker City. Thurston Grim fatally shot neighbor John Roppel in a road dispute near Aurora, self defense claimed. George Vernon, traveling violinist, arrested in Siskiyou county on fraud and train robbery links. Addison Kidd confesses obstruction of Oregon Railway & Navigation trains near The Dalles, tied to the Portland-Chicago wreck and engineer Cavanaugh’s death. D. P. Thompson, longtime capitalist and ex minister to Turkey, dies in Portland. born 1834 in Ohio, walked to Oregon in 1853, governed Idaho Territory in 1874, led banks in the region.
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William H. Dalton
James B. Morrow
Salem
Alexander Meldrum
Manny Howard
Baker City
Aurora
Thurston Grim
John Roppel
Grant
Pasa
Ore
George Vernon
Siskiyou County
California
Southern Pacific
Eugene
Addison Kidd
Menefee
Oregon Railway & Navigation
Dalles
Portland
Oregon
Idaho Territory
Harrison
United States
Turkey
Mr. Thompson
Northwest
Marconi Reports Wireless Atlantic Signal Discovery At St Johns
William Marconi announced receipt of electric signals across the Atlantic from Cornwall England. At Signal Hill St Johns he used a kite and wire reel to send and receive the Morse s signals between Paldu station in England and Newfoundland. He warned the system is embryonic, needing sensitive apparatus and perfect conditions for reliable success.
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St. Johns
N. F
William Marconi
Atlantic Ocean
Cornwall
England
Midocean
Signor Marconi
Paldhu
Marconi
Signal Hill
Paldbu
St. Johns Lime
Signor
Marcon
Poldhu
Newfoundland
Cavendish Boyle
Atlantic
Spokane Quotations Poultry Vegetables and Hides Price List
Poultry and eggs list prices for chickens ducks geese turkeys and eggs with weights and form. Vegetables show potatoes onions per cwt and per ewt. Fruit covers apples prunes pears with per box or per Ib. Livestock bids include beef steers cows veal mutton hogs by cwt. Wool hides and wheat quotations from Centennial mill Club bluestem red with bulk and sacked prices.
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Centennial mill—Club
Bluestem
Woman jumps from bridge into Willem river
An unknown woman leaped from a railroad bridge into the Willem river. She spoke brief German to the draw tender and looked highly agitated. Moments later she again leaped from the bridge. No clues to her identity were found and the body had not been recovered.
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Willem
Steel Carloads Replacing Bridge in Sacramento Canyon
Two hundred carloads of steel have been sent to replace the wooden bridge in the Sacramento canyon. The text then digresses into a stray, garbled line about faces and cheek, followed by an unfinished note about club boys.
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Sacramento Canyon
Callou
Trade Report Shows Holiday Demand and Steel Strength
Bradstreet's weekly trade summary notes brisk holiday activity across markets while jobbing distribution cools ahead of stock taking. Iron and steel lead demand with high prices and conservatism. pig iron rails and finished products booked in advance. Wheat and corn rise earlier in the period, with a recent slight pullback. U S weekly business failures total 233, Canadian 23, against prior periods.
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Bradstreet
Vance
Valley
Ceteala
Drouth
Pushela
United States
Virginia House Debates Schley Sincerity Vindication
Richmond December 15 Delegate Banker of Chesterfield introduces a joint resolution in the Virginia House for a joint committee of both chambers to gauge Virginian sentiment on the court of inquiry findings in the Schley Sampson controversy and push Congress for Admiral Schley’s vindication. The measure passes. Folkes offers resolutions praising Schley’s Santiago campaign, denouncing naval clique attacks, and urging accurate histories in schools. they are referred.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia
Court of Inquiry
Schley-Sampson
Congress
Schley
House
Two Men Die Walking on Tracks Near Detroit
In Del Ray, a suburb of Detroit, two men Charles Derosier of Ecorse and Fred Misler of Del Ray were killed by a Lake Shore passenger train while they walked on the track to reach work. A third man, Ernest Hempelman, suffered a broken leg and a head wound in the dark accident.
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Detroit
Mich
del Ray
Lake Shore
Charles Derosier
Ecorse
Fred Misler
Ernest Hempelman
Russia Will Boycott Trade Moves In Odessa
A movement in Odessa aims to stimulate Russian trade with France Britain Belgium and Switzerland and to vigorously boycott German manufactures if proposed German agrarian tariffs advance, per a London Times and New York Times correspondent.
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New York
Odessa
London Times
New York Times
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Switzerland
Carnegie Gift to Government for National University
Andrew Carnegie states the $10,000,000 gift to the government for a national university will succeed. He says the Washington matter will come out all right and that if he had to sell the bonds himself he could easily raise the money, promising no trouble.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
National University
Washington
Birth of Crown Prince's son reported in Athens
In Athens on December 15 Crown Princess Bexphia, wife of Crown Prince Constastina, gave birth to a son. The report notes the event as a royal birth with formal congratulations and public interest.
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Athens
Bexphia
Constastina
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National Republican Committee
D. W. Standrod
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George L. Shoup
Idaho University
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McGrew
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Star
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Department of Entomology
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Newton Crane
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Eee
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