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A $250000 life saving bill passes Congress and heads to the president. China agrees to open West River to commerce near Canton and Hong Kong. Spaulding introduces a Hawaii annexation resolution seeking statehood. Captain Reed of the T. F. Oakes is arrested for alleged prior ship famine. Peru-US dispute over Ramsey intensifies. Incendiary fires threaten Altoona with $50000 to $60000 loss. Dr Samuel Armour dies in Central Africa jungle fever. Governor Rogers seeks militia retention. McKinley to send Cuba commission on Ruiz murder. United Press faces creditor assignment after four NY dailies pull support. Pensacola oyster sloop wreck claims eight lives. Morocco bans Mecca pilgrimage due to plague. Willapa wreck reported near Victoria. Grant Monument ceremony invites maritime warships. Japan mulls gold standard coinage at 32 to 1. Chicago gas explosion kills two, injures four. Western railroads maintain rates amid warnings against price cuts.
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Hong Kong
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Long Island College Hospital
Justice Walker
Ohio
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Washington
McKinley
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Ruiz
United Press
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Danube
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City of
Japan May Open Market for Pacific Range Horses
San Francisco April 6. Japan plans a large cavalry force and may turn to Pacific coast range horses. U S consul in Melbourne highlighted American lines as best suited, and Tokyo officials consider importing Australia’s small range horses. Japanese authorities and business leaders urge presenting the matter to the government to establish a major export market.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Tokio
Australia
United States
Bell
Melbourne
Tetsutrao Aoki
Yokohama Specie Bank
Washington
Oregon
California
Oder
Wreck on Short Line near Malad Idaho
The westbound Oregon Short Line passenger train derailed near Malad Idaho at 10 am. The fifth car sleeper and two Pullman cars overturned, with P Kennedy of Kansas City killed and several others seriously injured. Officials rushed physicians. track cleared by 7 pm. damage about 4000 dollars not counting an Oregon Railroad & Navigation coach destroyed.
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Salt Lake
Oregon
Boise
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Charity at Home and Civil Unrest Roil the Nation
A Topeka cable says Governor Leedy favors Kansas spare corn for Mississippi flood relief while England would handle India. In New York Emilio Nunez, linked to filibustering and Bermuda expeditions, returns after surrendering bond. In Humaneville a man fatally attacked his stepmother and her sister, then confessed. motive cited as a rental dispute.
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the Times
Topeka
Christian Herald Relief Committee
Leedy
New York
Kansas
India
Mississippi River
England
United States
Emilio Nunez
Cuba
Nunez
Joaquin de Castillo
Bermuda
Turkieh Raises Washington Mission to Embassy
The Turkieh government notifies Washington that its mission will be raised to an embassy due to higher expenses. The move blocks the president from nominating ex-Secretary John W. Foster as ambassador to Constantinople under current law.
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Washington
State Department
John W. Foater
Constantinople
Vesuvius Halts Cuban Expedition And Seizes Tug
Jacksonville April 6 The cruiser Vesuvius stopped a Cuban expedition at Fernandina and captured the tug Alexander Jones of Wilmington N C The Bermuda was spotted and directed away by signals The Jones was brought to Port Fernandina and turned over to customs for light violations The Cuban plot aimed to move arms and men to Fernandina with the Bermuda awaiting outside the three mile limit
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Fla
Vesuvius
Fernandina
Alexander Jones
Wilmington
N. C
Potous
Fernandina Bar
Bermuda
Jones
Port Fernandina
Baltzell
General Sanguilly
Bar
U R and N Plans New Snake River Route For Seven Devils Mines
Lewiston Idaho April 6 The U R and N Company is developing a new traffic route to serve the Seven Devils mining district. It would extend the Summerville branch to Snake River, improve the river for 60 miles, and make navigation practicable past Big Canyon. Captain Boughmans surveys feasibility as ore traffic is expected to rise and freight move within ninety days.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Snake River
Seven Devils
Oregon
Portland
Denver
Marcus Daly
Summerville
Eph Boughmans
Big Canyon
Campea
Snake
Counterfeit $10 gold pieces spotted in Spokane
Counterfeit ten dollar gold pieces have been seen in Spokane in two varieties. One is made of base metal with a copper-like appearance. The other bears an excess of alloy, making it heavier or altered from genuine gold.
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Spokane
Two Women Shot in Kansas Killings Attempt
In Kincaid Kansas on April 6 George Miller of Moran shot Mrs. W H Burkey and her daughters Effie and Jennie Kirby, wounding them seriously. Miller fled, sought Dr Splawn to remove bullets, was arrested, then wounded by an officer who jailed him.
Rivera to be shot in Havana amid indignation
A Havana dispatch reports General Rivera is to be tried by court martial and shot soon despite wounds. Weyler may order execution Saturday. Cuban anger grows as insurgents mass in Havana province and reports of large arms shipments reach Matanzas and Remedios. Weyler rests in Cienfuegos, sicker but ineffective. Marriott’s body retrieval request is denied by authorities.
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Havana
Rivera
Weyler
Baccalon
Gomez
Roloff
Pinar del Rio
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Remedios
Cienfuegos
Marriott
Crosby
Chicago Record
de Lome
General Lee
Mr. Marriott
Lee
Ahumada
New State Audit Board Formed in Olympia
Olympia Washington April 5 the new board of audit and control is organized with Governor Rogers as ex officio chairman M H L Holmes named clerk at 1000 yearly Dr F L Goddard of Tacoma to head Steilacoom asylum replacing Dr Wanghop H L Achilles resigns as commander of Orting Soldiers Home and S M Allen of Seattle appointed Warden Musgrove removed Deputy Warden E Reed takes charge J B Gehr clerk of the penitentiary Traveling Auditor Ernest Lister to inspect Steilacoom asylum then proceed east of the mountains Salaries for two accountants at Eastern and Western Washington hospitals reduced to 1000 each.
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Olympia
Wash
Board of Audit and Control
Rogers
M. H L. Holmes
Seattle
F. L. Goddard
Tacoma
Steilacoom
Wanghop
H. L. Achilles
Soldiers’ Home
Orting
J. B. Gehr
Boy Survives Freight Car Tragedy in North Yakima
Harry Steele a 14 year old boy was knocked down by several rock cars during a flying switch in North Yakima. The wheels crushed his right hand requiring amputation of three fingers. He showed remarkable nerve and kept calm as cars passed, grateful it was not his head.
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North
Yakima
Wash
Harry Steele
Groceryman Robbed at Spokane Intersection by Two Highwaymen
Spokane, April 6. J. M. Olmstead, a grocer, was held up at Sixth and Washington by two bandits who demanded money. He refused and was beaten, losing $40 in gold and silver before the thieves fled. Identification details are scarce. This marks the third robbery of the week.
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Spokane
Wash
J. M. Olmstead
Sixth
Washington Streets
Olmstead
President nominates diplomats to Germany Italy and China
The president sent to the senate nominations including Andrew D. White of New York as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Germany William F Draper of Massachusetts as ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Italy Chandler Hale of Maine as secretary of the embassy at Rome Samuel L Gracey as consul at Fuchai China Anson Burlingame Johnson of Colorado as consul at Amoy China
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Senate
Andrew D. White
New York
Germany
William F. Draper
Massachusettes
Italy
Chandler Hale
Maine
Rome
Samuel L. Gracey
Fu- Chai
China
Anson Burlingame Johnson
Colorado
Amoy
Port duties bill passes with new duties on shipping
Parise April 5 The chamber of deputies adopted the port duties bill imposing a tax on foreign vessels of 1 franc 25 centimes per metric ton on merchandise and on each head of cattle or hogs landed.
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Parise
Chamber of Deputies
Troops Attack Bandacan and Bombard Mala Bong
A Manila dispatch reports Spanish forces attacked Bandacan with light losses on the attacker side. insurgents suffer 149 killed. The Spanish squadron bombarded Mala Bong, setting the town afire and killing many insurgents.
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Madrid
Manila
Bandacan
Malabong
Bank Closed In Bowling Green After State Inspector Action
Bowling Green, Missouri, April 5 State Bank Inspector Austin has closed the Citizens bank of the city. The action ends local operations and triggers regulatory proceedings. Citizens bank was a longtime local lender serving residents and businesses in Bowling Green.
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Bowling Green, Mo
State Bank Inspector
Austin
Citizens’ Bank
City
Northwest Brevities from Oregon and neighboring states
Local items report 1600 sheep sold at two dollars each in Stantington, a Lane county marriage license for Thomas Purcell and Elizabeth Hoffman, and Gazelle’s beef shipments surpassing prior winters. Also notes recovery efforts at The Dalles cannery, Coquille river erosion, Jewett mine progress, prairie chickens released near Drain and Snowden, a seven foot wild man sighting, and a perilous Idaho fugitive chase ending with Hugh Fulton’s injuries.
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C. A. Jennings
Lane County
Thomas C. Purcell
Elizabeth Hoffman
Gazelle
Lakeview Examiner
Goering & Co
Astoria
Seufert Bros
Dalles Canning Company
Dalles
Coquille
Bandon
Oregon
Drain and
Snowden
Malheur River
Agency Valley
Yale
Idaho
Hugh Fulton
Fulton
Variety of Northwest News From Yakima to Spokane
Beef cattle scarce in Yakima as local stockmen plan spring roundups to tally winter losses. The University of Washington registrar’s office is abolished. Palouse log drives progress but river high. Ritzville grading NP railroad from Cheney to Connell. Governor Rogers taps E A McDonald Tacoma dairy commissioner. Potatoes yield reported near Zillah on five acres with no cultivation after planting. Hops up. Meeker farm plowing under way. Olympic reserve mapped in the peninsula. Ocosta wharf warehouse collapses in strong wind. longtime landmark to be missed. North Yakima Commercial Club seeking engrav beet seed for valley farmers. Spokane land office records 26,000 acres of Northern Pacific land across Stevens and Spokane counties near Milan and Newport.
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E. A. McDonald
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Cheney
Connell
Zillah
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Walla Walla
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Yakima Valley
Spokane Land Office
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Ktevens
Spokane
Milan
Newport
Oregon in Congress Seeks Big Public Works and Land Laws
Senator McBride leads Oregon measures with a Portland public building bill totaling 1 million dollars and a Warm Springs boundary fix. Other proposals include veterans' pensions, land claims proofs reforms, and a ban on selling liquor in the capitol. The delegation backs Binger Hermann for land office commissioner and lobbies the president.
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United States Surveyor-General
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Oregon
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Nevada
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Casey
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Ellis
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Congress
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Hill
New York
Binger Hermann
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Hermann
Geiver brings gold bullion and concentrates from Bananaw mine
Albert Geiver, superintendent of the Bananaw mine in Baker City Oregon, reported about 10000 in gold bullion delivered this afternoon and sixty tons of concentrates valued at 60 per ton shipped. Improvements this month limited mill operation to fifteen days. A Batoum Russian landowner earned about 30000 daily during the oil strike.
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Baker City
Albert Geiver
Bananaw
Wool sale in Caldwell moves 400000 pounds of 1896 clip
A Caldwell Idaho report states Colonel James Clinton Jr representing Hecht Liebman and Co of Boston bought 400000 pounds of the 1896 wool clip from Robert Noble in what is described as one of the year’s largest wool sales. Terms are private. The note adds a curiosity about light travel time to earth.
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Tribune
Caldwell
Idaho
James Clinton, Jr
Hecht, Liebman & Co
Boston
Robert Noble
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