Myrtle Point Enterprise Full of World News and Local Happenings
A condensed review highlights major events from around the world and Oregon. Ex Governor Pillsbury dies. subway accident kills five in New York. London guards lynching suspects. French plans for coal fields. Afghan issue talks. Hawaii dairy and naval funding figures appear. Manchurian treaty noted. many international and national items of interest listed.
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Pillsbury
Minnesota
New York
London
England
Russia
Saratoff
Dekingon
Oregon
PansAmerean Export Toon
Tunnel Cave-In Slays Five in Broadway Project
Five men died and two were injured when a rock mass collapsed in a Rapid Transit tunnel on Broadway about 105 feet underground. Rescue efforts found the entombed workers amid debris as blast-caused dust filled the shaft area and the coroner prepared to hold further inquiries.
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New York
Broadway
LO Mitickers
Owas
Lawer
Debria
Wien
Othe
O'Hara
Maddern
Danife
Owen Bly
Geetian Bass
Treler Aress
Wireless telegraph station planned at North Head report
Astoria reports plans for a wireless telegraph station at North Head to aid weather reporting of vessel arrivals and departures on the Columbia. Cost concerns may trigger a future congressional appropriation as original plans prove too expensive. Washington cabinet session notes Secretary Hay attendance and tea growth talks. Gage returns from western trip. Birmingham reports three trainmen killed in a freight train collision near the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee line.
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Astoria
Johnson
Langtitt
United States Engineers
North Head
Columbia
Congress
Washington
Hay
Birmingham
Miah
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
Here
British Admlty Plans New 16500 Ton Battle Ship
London reports the admiralty orders inductions at Devonport to prepare for a new battleship larger than any before. Displacement set at 16500 tons and length 485 feet, claimed to crown the King Edward class.Berlin dispatch notes Count von Bujow may resign under pressure from Bavaria and Württemberg amid regional political tensions.
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England
London
Admiralty
Devonport
Edward Close
Battle in Samar Drives Rebels From Field
Reported action in Samar states ten killed and six wounded as rebels were repelled. Gunboats dispatched to the scene and a large number of enemy dead reported. details sketchy with names and precise lines of engagement not fully received.
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United Statsa
Samar
Washington
Mani
Smwd Seee
Sera Nchrutang Coomerad Corban
Nate Poebelae
Ceenmerel
Theat
Conerel
Anander Hasan
Lost pay vessel tale from Arends voyage to Maracaibo
Report says the Venezuelan schooner Arends departed from Ja Govare bound for Maracaibo carrying government funds to pay frontier troops. Heavy weather off Aroha island caused loss of the entire sum, with suspicions of collusion. Weather calm Sunday night, captain aboard Aruba, investigation ongoing.
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Ariubuy
Curacan
Ja Govare
Maracaibo
Aroha
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Aruba Island
Philippine figures clash over freedom amid Manila visit
In Manila on October 18 a Philippine party left for the United States after an interview with Aguinaldo who claimed the initial hostilities surprised him and that his truce efforts failed. Aguinaldo objects to a writ of habeas corpus and prefers to remain a prisoner while many Filipinos suffer. Authorities watch Sixton Lopez in Hong Kong as a possible danger source. The Philippine commission bars suspects from landing without an oath of allegiance with a two year perjury penalty. A typhoon in Manila causes major shipping damage and loss of life.
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Ats
Manila
Jul
Sixton Lopez
Hong Kong
Philippine Commission
Mania
Navy Estimates for 1903 Favor Large Increase in Battleships
The navy department released estimates ending June 30, 1903 totaling 98 million dollars, up from 77 million. The document notes higher costs for construction and maintenance, with proposed additions of three new battleships and two armored cruisers, and requests 904 thousand for pulse works at Puget Sound Navy Yard.
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Washington
Navy Department
Long
Pulse
Puget Sound
New Canal Treaty With Roosevelt Policy Outlined
Senator Morgan of Alabama met with President Roosevelt in Washington on January 18 to discuss the Nicaragua canal bill and a new treaty closer to the president’s views than Hay-Pauncefote. Morgan cited the administration’s Southern appointments policy: appointing the best men to public office.
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Washington
Morgano Alabama
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgan
Senate
Strike at Singer Works Triggers Potential Mass Walkout
Strike at the Singer Sewing Machine plant in Elizabethport New Jersey pits 150 assembly workers against management for refusing to work with a non union man. The strikers warn that if the man is not discharged 2700 more employees will quit tomorrow. The company employs about 6000 people including many women.
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New York
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Elzabethport
N. J
France Budget Committee Votes Against Ironclads
Paris budget committee, despite opposition from Minister of Marine De Lanneshay On, strikes out the vote for three new ironclads. Minister Caillalux says the government will oppose any proposal to increase expenditure.
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Paris
the Times
M. de Lanneshay
Marine
Bee
M. Caillalux
Italians Arrested in Rio Plan to Kill President
A telegram from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon reports two Italians were seized Friday near the Presidential palace by the guard. They were found with daggers and weapons, and authorities say they intended to assassinate the president.
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Paris
Lisbon
Rio -Jenarie
Bank Robbery in Mount Vernon Sparks Shootout and Manhunt
A gang hit a bank vault in Mount Vernon early today causing doors to tear free and a fierce exchange of shots. Citizens and officers pursued fugitives into nearby woods as the robbers fled on horseback. one robber is believed killed, others escaped with minimal loot according to Banker Wolfe.
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Wolfe
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