Expansionism and a Pacific future headline the San Francisco speech
At the Mechanic's Pavilion in San Francisco on May 18 President Roosevelt delivered a major address on expansion and trade development. He urged bold actions to secure a Pacific position, praised cables and steamship lines, and advocated an Isthmian canal under U.S. control while warning against bluster and urging a peaceful yet prepared stance. MH de Young opened the reception as Mayor Schmitz introduced Roosevelt to cheering crowds.
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Bao Francisco
St Lovia Hin
Pacific
MH de Young
Citizens’ Reception Committee
Wnh
Schmits
Jepple
San Francisco
Tome
Pacific Slope
Graud Co
Ata
Fife
Philippines
Famine in China Sparks Rebellion and Fraud
A famine in Kerang province drives hunger and riots as rice shortfalls grow. A Chinese impostor posing as a military official sought to smuggle arms via a stern wheel boat to Nan Ai me, delivering a fake paper to L Yu chan. He was captured near Wuchow before reaching his destination.
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Matstmvions
Kerang
Wormer
Canton
le Yuchan
Nanaime
Wuchow
Sx Yor Chae
Carnegie Criticized Reflects Anglo Canadian Press Rift
A British press campaign questions Andrew Carnegie's influence on Canada and the United States, accusing him of ignorance of Canadian realities and challenging his profit sharing and philanthropic methods. European papers call for delivering Canada from Carnegie's positions as unions warn of monopolistic trends, amid a broader debate on his role in international affairs.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Canada
Pittsburg
Canadian Gazette
Carnegie
New York
Amer~ica
America
Ning Post
France Seeks Quiet End For Grande Chartreuse Monks
The Grande Chartreuse monks face expulsion from France as authorities close the cloister near Vienna. A century of liqueur making, secrecy, and cross border moves culminates in the loss of homeland, with distillery assets and the famous yellow Muraforis at risk.
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Vienna
France
Ste
Department
Ofere
Jos Iier
Peter Cirster
Koive
Grenoble
Italy
French-Canadians consider migration for cotton land
Readable fragments report French-Canadians in Washington bound for cotton sites in the Southern States. They hope to buy land for older and younger family members, signaling possible organized emigration influenced by glowing tales of Southern cotton.
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Wellstonde
Infucnia
Washington
Ottawa Fire Ravages City Leaving Hundreds Homeless
A massive Ottawa blaze on a Sabbath night devastated a wide area, destroying about 300 houses and vast lumber stocks. Two major fires started in lumber yards near St Louis dam and in C.D shed, with water mains bursting and a tense, hours long battle by militia and fire brigades. The disaster left nearly two hundred homeless and prompted emergency measures as crews fought flames through a strong southeast wind.
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Booth
St Louis
C.D
Don
Lamus
Tooth
Provost
House
Kerr
Sux
Rochester
Division
News Notes and World Events Distorted by Telegraphed Copy
Fragmented notes report various items including art, military movements, a billiards champion, longshoremen strike progress, large immigrant arrivals, a shipyard project for Sydney, Grover Cleveland politics, a burglary arrest, New Zealand advisement, and Canadian domestic periodicals. The garbled text mentions Western land arrivals and a world champion, with scattered references to unions, ships, and politicians.
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Sydney
Grover Cleveland
Wingipar
News Zealand
Williem Mulock
Dakota Prairie Fires Ravage North Dakota Plains
Reports from across North Dakota describe widespread prairie fires last Thursday as extremely damaging. Dry, windy conditions from the south fanned flames across thousands of square miles, threatening Harvey and other towns before volunteers saved them. Distressed farms and timber suffered, with multiple farm buildings burned and one noted fatality among residents' family. the Great Track area also saw extensive destruction including abandoned crops and lumber losses.
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North Dakota
Ned Stivers Alley
Harvey
Evence
Fevrich
Kolla
St John
den Ranstadtt
Sawyer
Ward
Granstadty
Speise
Wheat market stays unsettled amid fears of May option manipulation
The wheat market over seven days shows an under tone of strength tempered by nervous speculation and a minor weekly decline in American markets. Cash and export demand remain moderate while world shipments stay large. European crops look poor in Germany, France, and Russia, with weather damage rising in the US spring wheat belt. Manitoba and Pacific coast stocks show varied activity, with notable declines in interior elevator levels and mixed futures heard at Montreal and Fort William.
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Europe
European
California
Germany
France
Russia
Manitoba
Montreal
Tate
Fort William
Port Arthur
Bulgarian Panic and Turkish Massacre Fears Spread
Turmoil grips the region as panicked Bulgarians hide at home and troops move toward the frontier. Reports describe massacres debated by authorities, hospitals overflowing with wounded Turks, and refugees starving in cellars as fear and chaos surge across the area.
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Satonien
Sgn
Beslan
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Trinon
Beig
Prises
Far Eastern Question Uproar Signals War Preparations
Disputed dispatches indicate Japan boosting wartime readiness on Tsushima Island and along the Manchurian frontier. Reports claim Russian troop movements near Harbin Port Arthur and Yalu River raise Japanese alarm while Chinese officials caution over imperial ambitions.
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India
Japan
Tshima
Manchuria
Sydney Fisher
Canad
Yalu
Toko Fu
Russia
North China Daily News
Ran Jan
Harbin
Port Arthur
Mune Churia
Yatu
Korea
Ubnaseed
Fragmentary report on wartime atrocity aftermath at Wetersbure cemetery
An incomplete dispatch describes massacre victims buried in a Jewish cemetery at 44 and notes lingering fear among the local Jewish community. Corroborated accounts include victim counts, identification of a local official, and foreign observers sent from Odessa to assess the crisis.
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Egies
Vonssacre
Wetersbure
Doneish
Towhorcgre
Havin Pion
Odessa
Geal
Suborisien
Secauy
Bave Tebe Boy Ie
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