Happenings Across Hemispheres Reported Weekly
World news roundup cites Ua., London, Philadelphia figures. Notable items include the Francis murder suspect still at large, a London forgery case, a Washington state murder, a fatal Wenatchee cart accident, a 300 foot oil gusher at Granite Oklahoma, a Texas Texarkana train robbery, a mob killing near Troy Alabama, Lord Kitchener figures, a costly yacht bet settlement, and a dangerous dynamite explosion near Corvallis Oregon.
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Kansas City
Boesie” Francis
Vance
Wenatchee
Wash
Wenatchee Trading Company
Gile
William Foley
Great Northern
Foley
Granite
Okla
Texarkana
Armstrong
Eylau
Troy
Ala
Bill Fourney
Bill Hillard
Mise Wilson
Chestnut Grove
Dewet
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Orange River
Walter J. Kingsley
London
Bear Wallow Creek
Pendleton
Ore
Umatilla
Gus Peterson
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
United States
San Francisco
Pacific Marine Firemen’s Union
Sailors’ Union
Pacffic
Columbia
Hailey
Idaho
Mies
Bessie Beard
Beard
Oders
Thomas W. Laweon
Baltic
Gassnus
Rugen
Wacht
Arkona
Sacheen
United States Steel Corporation
Representecrecy
War Flares in Panama as Venezuelan Fleet Bombards Rio Hacha
Dispatches from Washington report Panama facing simultaneous attacks from Venezuela and Ecuadorian forces aided by Nicaraguans. Colombia accepts U S mediation while President Castro rejects good offices. Curacao cable breaks hamper frontier news. Colombia also buys 25 000 Mauser rifles and 5 000 000 cartridges to quell uprisings.
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Rio Hacha
United States
Washington
Legation
Panama
Colon
Venezuela
Bogota
Colombia
Begerra
Willemstad
Curacoa
Mariasburg
Castro
President McKinley Undergoes Major Surgical Operation
The president underwent an hour long operation with ether anesthesia. A five inch abdominal incision followed the ball’s path to ensure no injury to the intestines, kidneys, or other organs. Surgeons reported no perforations and expressed high confidence in a successful recovery, noting favorable factors and an above average chance of recovery given his health and prompt care.
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Associated Press
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
McKinley
Trade Review: Holiday Slowdown and Mixed Signals
R G Dun reviews last week noting a holiday cut in legitimate business and exchange closings. Demand for iron steel appears firm with material advances, while cotton goods stay active but show little strength. August commercial failures total 803 with liabilities of 9.46 million, up from last year’s 735 and 7.32 million.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Atlantic
Wheat Report Hides and skins prices noted
Hides Green hides and calf skins 5 6c per lb dry hides butcher 10 12c per lb Tacoma unchanged Bluestem 56c club 55c
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Tacoma
Bluestem
Club
Guam Situation Prompted Army Order Against Hoodlums
A U.S. soldier in Guam reports an order from Governor Seaton Schroeder condemning hoodlumism and lawlessness on the island. The directive cites thefts including a barrel of whisky from the naval hospital and urges servicemen to aid officers in removing the command from disrepute. It notes many know the thieves but lack the courage to denounce them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Guam
Seaton Schroeder
Naval Hospital
Medical Department
Berlin Gazette Says Germany Wanted Chinese Reform Confidence
The Cologne Gazette article cited by the Times states Germany abandoned the demand for pact signing before Prince Chun's reception to encourage China to reform by demonstrating trust in its good intentions.
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London
Kruger Seeks Meeting Denying Del Cosse Visit
Dispatch from Brussels reports Mr Kruger believes the request for a meeting with the civil authorities is refused, and that his confidence remains unshaken. The Times cites Mr Kruger as understanding no visit to Del Cosse occurred, according to sources in London.
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Kenger
London
The
Times
Brussels
Kruger
Civir
M. del Cosse
War on the hoppers pest control plan to wipe grasshoppers
Government entomologists in the Great Plains and Southwest plan a novel fight against the grasshopper plague. Fungus cultures from South Africa are shipped in tubes to infect and kill the insects, with instructions for use. Farmers are urged to destroy unhatched eggs by soil cultivation and sieving, while other methods involve pits and canvas enclosures to trap swarms. The migratory, sometimes brilliantly colored grasshoppers devastate crops as they move in vast, mile-wide armies across fields and gardens.
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Bristol
New London
New York City
Church of St. Stanislaus
Czolgosz
Timm Pahl
Pendleton
Ore
Pahl
Jamestown
N. C
Northern Pacific
Oakes
Lamoure
Myron T. Herrick
McKinley
Congress
Lilly Hopyard
Corballis
United States
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebi
South Africa
Washington
Texas
Grasshopper plague germ culture scares farmers
Reports detail experimental cultures spread in Colorado and Texas to infect grasshoppers and halt outbreaks. Instructions describe releasing infected hoppers to spread disease among their peers, with the goal of reducing crop damage in the West amid rising pest concerns. The piece contrasts historic swarms with current localized infestations and notes the grasshopper’s biology and armor.
Mountain observatory to rise above Austrian Alps
The article surveys an elevated observatory planned near Semmering in the Austrian Alps. It notes clouds in neighboring valleys and a peak that clears to the stars, while debates about Herizzian waves and underground wireless graphs continue. It also covers astronomical measurements of Saturn’s moons Titan and Zeta Geminorum, bamboo internodes filled with water, and a light electric railway in Poland.
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Semmer
Neghborng
Ian Watves
M. la Grange
Paris Academy of Sciences
J. J. Lee
Naval Observatory
Sau
Oder
Bie
Saturn
Earth
Mr. Lee
Titan
Rh. H. Yapp
Malay Peninsula
Yapp
Tess
Poland
Lodz
Zgierz
Pabianice
Russia
Misa Agnes M. Clerke
Monsieur Coupin
Tropics
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Brigard
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Brooklyn
Johnpie
Mail and Express
Dent
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