Weeklong Review Highlights Global Turmoil and Local Tragedies
Summary of international and domestic events: England faces money scarcity. Boer War ongoing. Europe endures severe cold. Kearsarge gun explosion. Manila incidents and insurgent activity. Philippines civil government established. volunteers return by June 30. czar wary of William. tariff shifts. Nevada train wreck kills six. Spokane jail raid. Union mine victims listed at 64. Canada Vancouver muster outs. Duke of Cornwall tour planned. rail and bridge damages from floods. Danish West Indies talks collapse. Hart death by suicide. Von Waldersee peace expedition. Jefferies Rublin bout postponed. insurgent bands broken. Madrid siege. saloon raid disputes. Dewet seeks peace. Pampanga government. Carranza inquiry. Morgan Steel head. London loyalty address. gruesome death in Colima. Oregon pensions excluded. Afghan ameer letter. Meyrenling death. Bulinges shooting. Napoleon death mask recovered. Margin McClure sentencing. Boston fire losses. Victoria lineage noted. Garter/Victoria Crossholder. Pan-American exposition sculptors announced.
State Capitol Action On Railroad Bills And Holiday Note
Lawmakers in session passed two railroad related measures after lengthy debate. One bill favored by supporters and opposed by some, failed 31 to 22 while another on railroad liability for injuries drew 19 votes in favor. Washingtons Birthday is noted as a potential holiday but not automatic. session length and pay limits suggest modest attendance.
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House
Pooman
Washington
Senate passes multiple bills in session action
The senate approved bills correcting Wheeler county boundary and regulating street railways in Portland. Other measures include the Torrens land title system, regulation of insurers, election of road supervisors, Multnomah county auditor, Sherwood charter amendment, and prosecuting attorney salary in Seventh district. The house passed mine bell signal standardization, mine location mark interference crime, and irrigation water supply controls.
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Senate
Wheeler County
Portland
Multnomah County
Sherwood
Seventh Judicial District
House
Vote tally for senator Wednesday session results
The joint vote for senator Wednesday showed H. W. Corbett 32, Binger Hermann 29, George H. Williams 1, KR D Inman Democrat 26, W. E. Robertson Democrat 1, with one absent.
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H. W. Corbett
Binger Hermann
George H. Williams
KR. D. Inman
W. E. Robertson
Senate Bill 16 Defeated in Licensing Hurdle
A Tuesday vote defeated Senate Bill 16 aimed at licensing stationary engineers and firemen, ending the push to establish regulatory standards for these trades.
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Monilay
Taft and Commission Organize Bulacan Province Visit
On February 14 in Bacolor and nearby towns along the railway the United States Philippine Commission led by Judge Taft was greeted with cheers and music. Native leaders addressed the group while Taft and other officials spoke of forthcoming provincial government in Bulacan and Pampanga. General Grant dispatched scouts after reports of approaching Tarlac insurgents to harass Bacolor.
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San Fernando
Pampanga
Luzon
Philippines
Bacolor
United States Philippine Commission
American Commission
Partido Federale
Malolos
Taft
Commission
Worcester
Flores
Aretino
Tavera
Federal Party
Acta
Bulacan
Columbia
Grant
Tarlac
Unconditional Surrender Reported in Philippine Conflict
Manila reports a insurgent colonel Simon Techon and 70 men with 60 guns surrendered unconditionally to Captain Cooles of the Thirty-fifth regiment at San Miguel de Mayumo. In Siboyan Batangas a rebel general Malbas is said killed with six officers and two men captured.
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Manila
Simon Techon
Cooles
San Miguel de Mayumo
Siboyan
Batangas
Malbas
Mariquipa
Federal Party
Women's Peace League
Effort to Reconsider Woman Suffrage Vote Fails
In the house on Monday an attempt to reconsider the defeat of senate joint resolution 71 for woman suffrage failed. The motion to reconsider lost 28 to 21.
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House
Senate
Governor Geer Bypasses Signature on Barber Sunday Bill
Governor Geer filed the barber Sunday closing bill without signature, completing steps to enact it. With an emergency clause the measure takes effect immediately and will make barbering on the next Sunday a crime.
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Geer Monday
Bills Pass Both Houses Covering Schools and County Matters
The completed list includes House Bill 2 on school libraries, House Bill 91 banning Sunday barbering, House Bill 203 for legislative expenses and deficiencies, Senate Bill 12 to authorize sale of school lands, Senate Bill 15 exempting earnings of judgment debtors, Senate Bill 17 setting witness fees in Douglas Jackson and Josephine counties, and Senate Bill 95 fixing Clackamas County judge salary. Also includes incorporation bills for Sheridan and Whitney.
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House
Senate
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Clackamas
Sheridan
Whitney
Boiler Maker’s Big Mining Bond Ties Up $250 000
Erick Molander of Port Townsend bonded his Mount Sicker holdings to London and Paris investors for 250000. The boiler maker, once stranded after Nome ventures, saved the steamer Charles Lane with 300 passengers and was awarded 500 for the feat.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Erick Molander
Mount Sicker
B. C
London
Paris
Molander
Nome
Charles Lane
Oregon Lawsigns Town and State Bill Actions
The governor signed House bills 8 4 25 180 224 267 and Senate bills 8 19 9 104 11 along with incorporation acts for Roseburg Canyonville Silverton Elgin Summerville Baker City Antelope Dallas Sumpter Myrtle Point Medford. A law without signature and a bill to submit initiative and referendum are also noted.
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Albany
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon State University
Portland
United States
Salem
Washington
Senate
Cascade Locks
Roseberg
Canyonville
Silverton
Elgin
Summerville
Baker City
Antelope
Dallas
Sumpter
Myrtle Point
Medford
Silk mill strike ends in Scranton lockout
In Scranton Pennsylvania 4000 silk workers are locked out as mills refuse to reopen unless workers accept the previously offered wages with a 25 cent weekly concession. Strikers vow to stay out until demands are met and seek nationwide support among silk workers to boycott mills handling Scranton material.
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Scranton
Senatorial Vote Tally Recorded in Monday Session
The roll shows Corbett 80 votes George H Williams 23 votes William Smith 25 votes Binger Hermann 6 votes with 5 not voting or paired and others absent. The tally reflects members present for the Monday vote.
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Corbett
George H. Williams
William Smith
Binger Hermann
Orphans Aid Bill Sees Favorable Committee Report
The houses committee on corporations endorsed Holcomb’s bill providing state aid for orphans. The aid would be up to 10 dollars per year per inmate.
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Houses Committee On Corporations
Holcomb
Marconi Wireless Messages Sent Between Isle of Wight and Leithard
Professor John Fleming announced in Liverpool that on the first day of King Edward VII’s reign Marconi achieved wireless communication between St Cathn es, Isle of Wight, and the Lisaard miles. He said perfect communication has since been established.
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London
John Fleming
Liverpool
Eal
Marconi
Edward VII
St Cathnes
Isle of Wight
Lisaard
Miles
Lawmakers Consider 262 Fund for Captain Clark Sword
Eddy introduced a concurrent resolution on Wednesday proposing appropriation of 262 to complete the Captain Clark sword fund.
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Eddy
Captain Clark
Spain Braced as Martial Law May End After Carnival
Madrid reports calm but warns martial law could end in Madrid and across Spain after carnival if public behavior remains peaceful. Troops withdrawn, censorship eased, but officials deny royal wedding restrictions and weather hampers rallies. US dispatch notes Weyler unrest linked to broader discontent.
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Madrid
Feo
Senor Urgarte
Spain
Catalonia
United States
Grenada
Caserta
Hendays
France
Nice
Hard Labor for Life for Captain in Philippine Arrest
Washington reports from the Philippines that Captain Novice, who led the unit that captured Lieutenant Gilmore and his men, has been sentenced to life hard labor for permitting a sailor named McDonald to be buried alive. A separate dispatch notes 112 rifles and 1500 rounds surrendered at Haganey on Feb 13, signaling improved American position in Kulacan, achieved by the Third Infantry officers.
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Washington
Philippines
Novice
Gilmore
McDonald
Newa
War Department
MacArthur
Manila
L Haganey
Kulacan
Ligon
Third Infantry
Insurgent Engagements Reported in Quezon and Nearby Areas
Colonel Cronin and 80 men of the Thirty third Regiment located 100 insurgents at Candon as Captain Green with 60 troops clashed with a force led by Tino at San Maria. The rebels hid behind stone walls on a steep hillside and fought for three hours before retreating. New discoveries in Le pap bo province noted.
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Manila
Keb
Cronin
Candon
Slooos
Green
Sanw Maria
Tino
Lepap Bo
Car on Hamilton line derails injuring numerous riders
A Hamilton line streetcar jumped the track at Sixth Street and Hamilton Avenue and toppled against the curb. The crash wrecked the car and injured 20 or more passengers, four of them severely, in Pitteborg on February 18.
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Pitteborg
Hamilton
Sixth
Hamilton Avenue
Yale Faculty Ends Washington's Birthday Holiday Tradition
Yale University faculty abolishes the long standing Washington's Birthday holiday for undergraduates sparking student discussion. On February 22 sophomores traditionally wear high hats and carry canes while freshmen attempt a cane rush on the supho fence.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Washington
Defenses for Port Orchard Dock
Tacoma reports fortification work at the Port Orchard drydock entrance with mine and torpedo defenses. A shipment of five hundred mushroom anchors arrives for the quartermaster to secure guncotton mines and torpedoes.
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Tacoma
Port Orchard Drydock
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Engineer
Ordnance Department of the Army
Five Die, Ten Captured as Boers Cross Orange River
Lord Kitchener reports Dewet’s forces crossed the Orange River at Sand Drift north of Philipstown. Inniskillings charged the enemy leaving five killed and six wounded. ten Boers captured with wagons cattle and a convoy of 65 wagons and 45 prisoners taken north of Amsterdam. Casualties total one killed and five wounded.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Christian Dewet
Philipstown
Dewet
Orange River
Sand Drift
Ermelo
Piet Rief
Loniskillings
Evening News
Cape Town
Steyn
Cape Colony
Soas
van Wyksvlei
Calvinia
Carnarvon
Amsterdam
Boers Seek Surrender as Wife of Commandant Botha Travels South
Reports from Cape Town say the wife of Commandant Botha left Pretoria with a military escort to persuade a surrender. Boers attempted to destroy a culvert near Cape Town but failed. Severe fighting followed with three Boers dead and 23 wounded while the British suffered one killed and two wounded.
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London
Cape Town
Botha
Pretoria
Fighting near Aberdeen ends with Boer setback
Cape Town reports fighting near Aberdeen on Friday and Saturday last. Boers are said to have been worsted in the clash, with details scarce and casualties not disclosed.
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Cape Town
Aberdeen
Chicago Hotels Hit by Simultaneous Fires Aimed at Thefts
Fire at Palmer House Great Northern Sherman and Grace hotels in Chicago appears incendiary. Two suspects fled Palmer House while Great Northern guest J. S. Friest reported $500 jewelry theft. Damage ranged from nominal to $1,600 as police guard downtown hotels.
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Chicago
Palmer House
Great Northern
Sherman House
Friest
New York
Grace
John M. McWilliams, Jr
Princeton University
Seattle woman robbed of jewels in San Francisco
San Francisco february 16. Ms F Hi Osgood of Seattle arrived on the Oregon express and told police and railway officials she was robbed last night of four thousand dollars in jewelry from a leather bag suspended from her neck while she slept. Police have arrested a man on suspicion.
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San Francisco
F. Hi. Osgood
Seattle
Oregon Expres
Wreck of Southern Pacific Train Kills Six Near Winnemucca
Eastbound Overland Limited No 2 derailed at a washed out culvert 27 miles west of Winnemucca Nevada amid melting snow. Six dead six injured as train plunged into an 75 foot ravine. Rescue teams and doctors rushed to the scene. track repair will take days with a trestle needed to span the chasm.
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Winnemucca
Nev
Overland Limited
Southern Pacific
Mill City
Wadsworth
San Francisco
Jailers Overpowered by Escapees in Spokane Jail
Spokane February 19 Arthur Spencer of San Francisco among ten prisoners who overwhelmed Jailer Thompson at Spokane county jail this morning seizing keys revolver and gagging him The jailer armed with a Winchester pursued the escapees but none have been located as a jury is sent to assess losses and dangers remain high
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Spokane
Arthur Spencer
San Francisco
United States
Thompson
Spokane County
Lynching of Thomas Jackson in St Peter case of multiple murders
In New Orleans on February 19 Thomas Jackson a Black man was lynched at St Peter twenty miles above the city after stabbing engineer Alexander Bourgeois and killing his wife and two children at Bellepoint plantation. A mob later shot the body after identification by two visiting boys who alerted authorities.
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New Orleans
Thomas Jackson
St. Peter
Alexander Hourgeois
Bellepoint Plantation
Bourgeois
Jackson
Death of Ethelbert Nevin in New Haven
Eth elbert Nevin, noted musician and composer, died suddenly in New Haven, Connecticut, at age mid career. He had come to work with Yale professor Parker, and was born in Nevinacre, Pennsylvania, achieving wide fame for songs such as The Rosary Narcissus Good Night Good Night Beloved and an arrangement of Helms The Heiden Roeslein.
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New Haven
Conn
Ethelbert Nevin
Nevin
Parker
Yale University
Ethelbert Neive
Nevinacre
Nevio
Helms
Mexican Troops Defeat Maya Indians Near Fortified Positions
In Mexico City on February 19 federal troops clashed with Maya Indians and regained control of fortified sites. New Maurer rifles proved highly effective against the enemy.
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Mexico City
Personal crisis reports flood city as three men end lives
In San Francisco on February 19 officials reported three suicides. A. Lewis a shoe maker ended his life by asphyxiation after health troubles. Robert McKenna a painter swallowed arsenic following a quarrel with his wife. A. Moeller a baker grieving his son's death in a football accident ingested carbolic acid.
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San Franciso
A. Lewis
Robert McKenna
A. Moeller
Explosion traps sixty five miners in Cumberland coal mine shaft
In Vancouver island detailed reports say 65 miners are trapped in No 6 shaft of the Cumberland coal mine near Union 60 miles north of Nanaimo after a gas explosion and fire. Rescue efforts from No 5 shaft failed with flames blocking access.
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Vancouver
B. C
Stxty
Cumberland
Vancouver Island
Union
Nanaimo
No. 6 Shaft
The
No. 5
No. 6
Union Colliery Company
Comox
Union Bay
Trent River
Tts
Boy Tiger Keeper Killed in Indianapolis Zoo
Albert Neilson aged 15 a zoo animal keeper was killed after entering a Bengal tiger cage in Indianapolis The animal mauled him tearing him with severe wounds seven bullets were fired but the tiger was not fatally wounded He died en route to the city hospital Neilson had worked three years and was in charge of the lion’s den prior to the incident
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Neilson
Zoological Garden
Neilson
Zoo Company
Generals to Retire Today in Washington
Washington February 18 Generals J H Wilson Fitzhugh Lee and Theodore Schwan will retire tomorrow with Schwan retiring on his own application Colonel A B Daggett of the Fourteenth Infantry will be promoted to brigadier general in place of Schwan and will be retired immediately
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Washington
J. H. Wilson
Fitzhugh Lee
Theodore Schwan
A. 8
Daggett
Fourteenth Infantry
Schwan
Court rules marshals may arrest in emergencies without warrant
In Pittsburg on February 18 Judge W M Achin issued an important opinion in the Bennett v Secret Service Agents Flynn Herriman and Deputy U S Marshal Blair case. He holds that United States marshals or their deputies can make arrests in emergency situations without a warrant, creating a legal precedent.
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Pittsburg
John B. Bennett
Secret Service
Flynn
Herriman
United States
Matshal W
Blair
W. M. Achin
United States Court
Deaths Found in Desert Near Schults Mining Camp
George Wheatley a noted mining man and two Mexican miners were found dead in their tent one mile from Schults mining camp, fifty miles from Tucson. They had been dead for several days and charcoal fumes are the suspected cause. one Mexican body was burning as it was discovered.
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Tucson
Ariz
George Wheatley
Schults
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