World News Briefs From the Week
Spain and Belgium plan an arbitration treaty. The Odd Fellows grand lodge will meet in Toronto next year. Five Revolutionary War pensions still paid. Fraser River sockeye abundant but no market. A Santa Fe derailment near Newton Kansas injures several. Minister Takahiro to St Petersburg. Baron Kaneko likely to succeed him. Mount San Paulino landslide buries a town. most escaped. Reading railroad collision near Harrisburg. $50,000 in paychecks scatter. A dynamite blast in a New York tenement. no serious injuries. Italian Black Hand linked. Venezuela president snubs a French diplomat. Nevada wreck kills two, injures 43. Norway republic advocates resurface. More Italian earthquakes worry Italy. Nordstrand bank closes. capital $10,000. Vandals topple 200+ cemetery crosses in Escanaba. Hull of Great Northern condemns rail rate regulation. Franco German Morocco talks resume toward solution. Odd Fellows sovereign grand lodge considers $1,000,000 Las Vegas sanitarium. German South Africa rebels ambush convoy. cattle, wagons, rifles seized. Cholera checked in Germany. New York primaries promise a close race. Dressmaker convention panic in Chicago. Ohio Democrats fund tariff debate. Norway–Sweden ties partly settled. Anthracite operators resist miners’ demands. Pullman cars on Union Pacific to California. Paul Morton at the Aquidneck has found money debts paid. will reserve.
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The
Odd Fellows’ Sovereign Grand Lodge
Las Vegas
New Mexico
South Africa
Germany
Credit for Canal Employes Introduces Coupon System
Washington reports a new coupon credit system for Panama Canal employees to start around October 1. Books carry $2.50, $5, and $25 gold credits, with 1 cent to $1 tear-out slips payable to a certain wage rate. Merchants will accept slips, banks act as clearing houses, and commissaries will carry only essentials, with no alcohol or tobacco.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Panama
Canal Commission
Panama Railroad
Canal Emloyea
Land Fraud in Colorado Arrest Warrants Issued
Denver reports warrants issued by the US district attorney for Peter Campbell former Akron land office registrar Percy G Beeney county treasurer of Washington county and D W Irvin Akron real estate dealer on charges of perjury and defrauding the government of lands in Washington and Yuma counties amounting to thousands of dollars. They allegedly acquired abandoned lands and resold them to new settlers.
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Denver
Colorado
United States District Attorney's Office
Peter Campbell
United States Land Office
Akron
Percy G. Beeney
Washington County
D. W. Irvin
Washington
Yuma
Campbell
Beeney
Irwin
Bandstand Collapse Injures Many at Belleville Carnival
A bandstand collapse at a Belleville Illinois carnival injures three seriously and up to 200 more with injuries ranging from internal trauma to leg injuries and bruises. The structure gave way as spectators crowded the stand for a loop the loop ride.
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Belleville
Ill
Damrich
Frank Dietz, Jr
Mise Bertha Schrieber
Demand Treaty Be Broken in Quiet Park Meeting
An anti peace gathering in Ugena park drew few attendees due to heavy rain. Troops guarded entrances. no guards inside. The group urged the cabinet to break the peace treaty or resign and to pressure lower-house members to conform, threatening non re election. A sweeping reform in administration was proposed, not yet published.
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Tokio
Ugena Park
Postot Adeetat Bet Hee Ieee Wla
Colerado Cuts Speed Record on One Mile Course
Boston dispatch reports the armored cruiser Coloreds achieved a new naval speed record during trials on a one mile course near Rockland Massachusetts. The ship reached 23.2 miles per hour during a four hour run to sea on Sunday, within 0.4 of its wartime peak.
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Colerado
Boston
Coloreds
Rockland
Packers Pay Fine for Conspiracy in Rebates Case
Four Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing officials in Chicago were fined a total of 25000 dollars by Judge Humphrey after pleading guilty to conspiracy to accept railroad rebates. Samuel Weil of New York received 10000 dollars. JB S Casey Vance D Skinworth and Chessy Todd each got 5000 dollars. The men faced charges of unlawfully conspiring to solicit rebates from several railroads.
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Chicago
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing Company
Humphrey
United States District Court
Samuel Weil
New York
Casey
Vance D. Skinworth
Chessy Todd
Weil
Samuel Weill
Schwarschild & Sulzberger Company
Michigan Central Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Grand Trunk Western Railway
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Faith in China Damaged by Rail Concession Loss
Ex Minister Edwin H. Conger told the Grant club in Des Moines that the failure of American builders to complete the Chinese railway damaged U S credibility with China. He warned the concession was relinquished and that this setback harms future business prospects and trust in American proposals.
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Des Moines
Grant Club
China
Edwin H. Conger
America
Mr. Conger
Joint Swedish Norwegian talks on fortifications end with open question
Karlstad September 23 Swedish and Norwegian commissioners held a joint conference after separate sessions. The four hour meeting reportedly settled transit trade protections against the Serene Sea and reindeer pasturing disputes, but the demolition of fortifications remains unresolved.
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Karlstad
Fi Ie
Serene See
Norway
No Delegate for Alaska Plan Outlined by Congress
Washington reports that visiting lawmakers including Speaker Cannon rejected a delegate for Alaska. They favor a District of Columbia style approach with a joint Alaska committee in both chambers to handle all Alaska legislation. They warn one delegate cannot represent Alaska’s diverse needs. The group also backs federal support for Alaska railroad bonds and a Valdez to Fairbanks line plan.
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Washington
Alaska
Cannon
Congress
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Congressional
Philippines
Valdes
Fairbanks
Four Trains Wreck in Nevada Head-On Collision
A devastating wreck near Beowane Nevada on the Southern Pacific line leaves one dead and at least twenty five injured. A freight train collision preceded a rear-end crash between two passenger sections. one section reportedly ran past orders. Emergency crews, wrecking trains, and medical aid converge at the scene as details remain sparse and a special hospital train is prepared in San Francisco.
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Reno
Nev
Spet
George Wareman
Southern Pacific
Beowane
Kowa
Tinville
Sparke
San Francisco
Japan’s postwar finance steadies after peace treaty
Tokyo September reports show business interests cautious but growing. Deposits rise at banks following the peace treaty, signaling lower interest rates as capital seeks solid investment and an end to war‑era feverish ventures.
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Tokyo
China
Copper River Railroad Refined by Havemeyers and Allies
A fragment reports the Havemeyer refiners and allied backers organizing to advance the Eastern line. The note hints at Copper River release and railroad development debates without clear dates or full names.
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