Trade wars and political turmoil ripple across nations
The tale recounts English market strains and global shifts with mentions of a tobacco trade dispute in English markets, French finance policy, Rhode Island political nominations, Argentina Chile border tensions, Pasteur Institute matters, and rumors of Russia Japan conflict. It notes social unrest in Macedonia, British West Indies concerns, Congo motorcar use, and Austrian budget figures for 1902. The piece weaves economic, political, and colonial notes across multiple regions.
Brave Express Messenger Holds Off Robbers Near Eugene
An overland express northbound from the Pacific was robbed near Walker's station fourteen miles south of Eugene. The express car was damaged and the robbers seized the treasure after a tense standoff. Express Messenger Charlon fired from inside, delaying the band as dynamite exploded outside. The crew and engineer escaped danger, robbers eventually fled with a small sum, and the train was pulled forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker's Station
Eugene
Ure
Charles
Charlon
Lions
Judkie's Joint
Dugene
Lost One Hundred Men Amid Colombian Government Victory
The Colombian government reports General Pompilio Gui teres defeated near the Magdaleos river west of Bogota on October 5. Loyal forces from Tolima and Cundinamarca under Generals Marin and Duran engaged insurgents for about three hours, who retreated after heavy losses capped by the capture of Vicente Lobato and several others along with a large ammunition supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompilio Guiterres
Magdaleos
Bogota
Tolima
Cgndinomarca
Marin
Duran
Geners
Vicente Loobato
General Buller Relieved as First Army Commander
General Buller is relieved of command after the October 10 speech to the King’s Royal Rifles during a luncheon in his honor. He is placed on half pay with General French succeeding him when his services are no longer required in South Africa. Government sought his resignation, but he declined. London papers show sympathy for a brilliant career and approve General French’s appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redvers Tinner
First Army Corps
White
Ladysmith
French
South Africa
Muller
Londay
Wreck on Short Line Trains Kills Two Crews
The Oregon Short Line westbound test mail No. 1 wrecked four miles east of McChmmon on Tuesday afternoon. Engineer Edward Purtell and Fireman Pan Spidell both of Pocatello were instantly killed. The engine vaulted a dirt-filled fill and plunged twenty feet, taking mail baggage and buffet cars with it. Two mail clerks and the express Messenger were slightly bruised but helped transfer. No passengers were injured and the rest of the equipment remained on track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Short Line
McChmmon
Edward Purtell
Pan Spidell
Pocatello
Ihis
Purtell
Insurrection in Samar Report Reaches Navy
A cablegram from Cavite to the U S Navy Department reports an active insurrection in Samar. New York dispatches 300 Marines toward Mathalogan to aid Buney and Bolanga areas, with naval forces concentrating patrols. Two calliers Arethuna and Zaire are utilized as transport and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Reer- Admirn Rodgers
Cavite
Samar
New York
Mathalogan
Buney
Bolangiga
Concentrata
Arethuna
Zaire
Girat
Cathulogue
Basey and
Balangi¢a
Rights of bicyclists on sidewalks affirmed
Supreme court of Michigan upholds a Port Huron rider Anna Lee verdict against a defective sidewalk. Court recognizes bicycle use as essential for workers and citizens and notes cycles may be ridden on sidewalks with proper restraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Michigan
Anna Lee
Oysin
Port Huron
Priest visits assassin in Auburn prison weeks before execution
Leon P. Crolyoaz, the assassin of President McKinley now awaiting electrocution in Auburn N Y, asked for spiritual consolation during the week ahead. Tuesday afternoon he received a visit from Rev. T. Sxardiost, a Polish Roman Catholic priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon P. Crolyoaz
McKinley
Auburn
EN. Y
T. Sxardiost
Population clash affects Wu Ting Fang position
A Pekin dispatch reports strong opposition among conservative Chinese officers to Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister in Washington. They view his international popularity as proof of insufficient loyalty to China and predict his recall or reassignment to the foreign affairs board. A separate note covers a Honolulu doctor seeking private leprosy experiments, rejected by health authorities, and a French miners' strike averted by government warning to the union.
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Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
China
Pew Board of Foreign Affairs
Menta
Paris
Miners’ Committee
St. Etienne
Ite Delibarstienn
Ceat
Seth Abbott Dead Honoring Famous Singer’s Father
Seth Abbott died in Chicago Tuesday night at age 44. His daughter Emma Abbott, renowned singer, mourns as the family recalls his music teaching work and a long illness.
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Possess
Chicago
Beth Abbott
Emma Abbott
Abbott
Watis
Kuma Abbott
Salt Gabe City
Fatally Injured Iowa Teen After Colfax Prairie City Game
Nineteen year old Richard Tripp of Iowa is not expected to live after a tackle caused a stomach injury in a football game between Colfax and Prairie City High Schools in Colfax. He was carried off unconscious as condition worsened with each hour. Separately a false fire alarm at a Louisville theater led to a stampede injuring several hundred. theater staff kept things from turning into a riot though some were seriously hurt.
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Iowa
Richard Tripp
Colfax
Prairie City
Loulavilla
Daring Chicago Post Office Burglary Stuns City
Thieves tunnel from the Chicago post office vault between Saturday night and Sunday morning looting stamps worth 874010. Operatives bored through string walls and floor sheets, then hauled nearly 800 feet through a trench to a wagon in an alley.
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Chicago
Selby Smelting Company
San Francisco
Burgiara
Northwest Notes: Storms, crimes, and fairs across the West
The first snowstorm of the season hit Denver on the 11th. Nerads won a silver medal for a mineral display at the Pan American Exposition. A fire destroyed the Walla Walla oil plant and mill last week. Several incidents across Colorado, Montana, Oregon, and Wyoming include murders, arrests, and accidents. Incorporation filings for Portland fair ventures, a fatal shooting in Louisville, and various regional crimes and notable deaths are reported along with upcoming ventures from Sheridan to Buffalo and a new auto stage line.
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Nerads
Walla
National Council of Congregationalists
Portland
Denver
Mesa
Pines
Rooswel
George W. Mayes
Burns, Or
Elwons Mead
Office of Irrigation Investigations
California
Berkley
John Black
Gallutio Valley
Montana
Snawa Tod & Papoose
Meeker
Colo
Sheridan
Buffalo
Omaha
Oregon
John Taylor
Louisville
Taylor
Delta
Wand
Minole E. Knox
Treasury
Department
Washington
Misa Knox
Sheener
Delano Mill
Boulder
Gremerpe
Dowager Empress Chooses New Heir in Imperial Court
A report from Rai Feng in Ho Nan states the dowager empress will appoint a new heir after discussions with Prince Ching and viceroys. The candidate, said to be Peltze nephew of Prince Tuan, is described as intellectually weak and opposed by reformists.
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Feif
Teels
Prince Ching
Rai Feng
Ho Nan
Mules Hin
Peltze
Tuan
Rench
Reform
Prinon Ching Wil
Peklo
Kai Pong
Electric Tights Used for Telephones Discovery
A faculty member reports imperial technics fog to a dispatch from St. Petersburg describing microphone electric arc lamp devices that transmit sound through arc lamps. Experiments in one location show the voice spoken into a microphone audible in a separate room behind a wall. Also noted is a Hungarian bank failure tied to a manager who confessed defalcations to his wife before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Technics
St. Petersburg
Bode Credit Bank
Ondenburg
Hungary
Ton Ant-Gular
Sehladarer
Bia
Unclear text from a damaged OCR page
Fragmentary article mentions unnamed officials and individuals in a misrendered dispute. The readable bits reference a mission and telegraph timing but lack concrete facts, dates, or names to form a coherent report.
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Janea Brown
T Madison
Wie
Sow Panama Company
Io Adzeniar
Colombia
United Prater
Isthmiah Saan Commission
Gov‘foment
Buller
ATAL
Rights OF
Michigee
Samb
McKiniey
Seth Abbott
Theater Danson Stampede
A. M. Hunce
Lander, Wye
Patrick F. Hayes
Willian McCabe
Butte
Mont
Jal
Hesppotra
Charles Kaiser
Reno Water and Electric Works
Reno
Nevada
Bonanza Queen Mining
Silverton
Wash
Bell Telephone
Minneapolis
Joseph Confal
Central Park
Helena
Confal
Deer Park
Fowler
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Seattle Corporation
Muoila
Deeldee
Pa Chun
Kol
Coe Huldt
Waco
Texas
WT. Harrie
W. T. Garris, Jr
G. Lovelace
Z. T. Reynolds
Lovelace
Harris
Lovelnce
Lovelang
Reynolds
Mus
United States
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