Week of dire world news spurs empire war talk
A sweeping review covers South Africa crisis with Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts dispatches. Boers raid near Pretoria. dynamite mines guard Rand mines. Cape Town fortifications grow. London and New York papers urge reinforcements as officers warn of shortages and recruitment lags.
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South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Lord Roberts
The
Times
Cape Town
Lord Coleridge
East Fort
Pretoria
Kritzinger
Richmond
Murraysburg
Porterville
Calvina
Johannesburg
Rand
Five Thousand Boers Trek West Toward Cape Colony
Cape Town diary reports about five thousand Boers moving west from Vryburg into the heart of the Cape Colony. They are believed to have captured several small garrisons along the route.
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London
Vryburg
Cape Town
The
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Chinese Troops Drill in Pekin and Foreign Concessions Debate
A Sinan Fu resident reports 85,000 Chinese troops drilling in Pekin, many armed with modern rifles, amid bitter anti foreign sentiment. Ministers are stunned by the Russo-Chinese concession north of the Pei Ho at Tien Tsin, seen as pay for peace alongside Manchuria annexation. Corogan assigns possible talks in Pekin or Europe, Dangiers suggests The Hague.
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Pekin
Sinan Fu
Russia
Pei Ho
Tien Tsin
Manchuria
Senor Corogan
Europe
M. Dangiers
Hague
Philippine leaders in Europe face rift over envoy moves
Dispute erupts among Filipino representatives in Europe as Agonccillo revolts against Aguinaldo orders. Agonccillo refuses to go to Hong Kong or surrender his post in Paris to Dr Apaciblo, who Aguinaldo sent towards Canada to monitor U S elections. Both parties cable Aguinaldo awaiting reply.
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London
Europe
Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Iong Kong
Paris
Apaciblo
Canada
Hong Kong
United States
Agonecillo
Cooperative Creameries Spread Across Inland Empire
Industrial Agent Judson of the O K and N Co leads a drive to form cooperative creameries in Eastern Oregon and Washington. Tekoa and Summerville already organize with 500 and 600 cows respectively, aiming to boost local dairying with farmer participation and favorable conditions.
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Spokane
Judson
Oregon
Washington
Tekoa
Palouse
Summerville
Grand Ronde
Astern
Itaha
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iahro
Mississippi Valley
Oregon forestry exhibit aims to showcase varied woods
Forestry commissioner A J Johnson plans a Pan-American display for Oregon with 140 wood varieties. Myrtle is highlighted for its usefulness and color diversity. Oregon will present in agricultural liberal arts forestry and fisheries buildings to reflect advances and state participation.
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Buffalo
A. J. Johnson
Oregon
Trio Lynch Threat at Yuma Jail Over Sheriff Killing
A mob besieged Yuma County Jail after three tramps killed Under-Sheriff Sam Devore during an arrest for theft. Acting Governor Akers ordered shifting prisoners to the penitentiary as tensions remained high in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Yuma
Sam Devore
Devore
Akers
Germany Holds Off On Pekin Talks Transfer
Berlin Jan 11 Germany is not yet willing to define its position on Secretary Hay's proposal to move the Pekin negotiations to Washington. A high foreign office official cited differences in views and said the Chinese court at Sinan Fu is increasingly untenable, making it likely the powers will persuade imperial figures to return to Pekin.
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Germany
Hay
Washington
Foreign Office
Conger
Sinan Fu
Pekin
Counterfeit Burlington Tickets Probe in Kansas City
Kansas City police and Burlington officials learned a man recently tried to hire a St. Joseph printer to produce an electrotype of a Burlington coupon ticket. The printer refused and notified railway officials. Burlington agents have been alerted to watch for fake transportation tickets.
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Kansas City
Burlington
St. Joseph
Glasgow Firm Claims Pneumatic Milking Machine
A Glasgow firm announces a pneumatic milking machine that could milk cows mechanically. They plan to exhibit the device at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo next summer, featuring valves suction rubbers and other components.
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Shees
Glasgow
Scotland
Buffalo
American Engineer Released After Mexico Railway Death Arrest
A Juarez consul dispatch reports T. W. Lewis, an American engineer on the Mexican Central railway, released after being arrested when a train killed a Mexican man named Jesus Calderon who had tried to couple cars.
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Washington
Charles W. Kindick
United States
Juarez
Mexico
T. W. Lewis
Mexican Central Railway
Jesus Calderon
Chinese Burned to Death in Nampa Wash House Fire
Boise Jan 11. In a morning fire at a Nampa wash house two Chinese men were burned to death. Seven Chinese were inside. others were rescued with difficulty and one badly burned. One body was recovered while the other was incinerated leaving only bone fragments. Authorities say the deceased had substantial money in the building, with one man having 5,000 buried and expected to be recovered.
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Chicago
Ample
Lillooet
B. C
John Oleson
Beaumont
Texas
Chehalis
South Bend
Wash
Boise
Nampa
Paris firm Touts 500 Carriages Yearly for Five Years
A Paris company reports an average production of five hundred motor carriages annually over the last five years. Elsewhere the Eskkmos of Alaska craft waterproof boots from salmon skin. In Boston high schools girls outnumber boys by about one thousand, while in primary and grammar schools boys exceed girls by nearly eight thousand six hundred.
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Paris
Alaska
Boston
Livingston Bank Dividend Declared by Currency Official
The comptroller of the currency declared a dividend of 2.7 in favor of the creditors of Livingston National Bank of Livingston Montana.
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Livingston Bank
Washington
Livingston National Bank
Livingston, Mont
German Pipe Trust Formed by All Foundries
Jerlio January 12 report states all German pipe foundries have joined the pipe trust under formation, according to a Cologne dispatch.
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Jerlio
Cologne
Russia Demands Manchurian Annexation in Beijing Accord
Stated by a St. Petersburg Daily Mail correspondent Prince Uchtomski's Pekin mission seeks a convention. Russia would renounce war indemnity but demand indefinite lease of Lin Tung peninsula and Port Arthur, plus annexation and complete possession of the Manchurian Railway, previously set to revert to China after 90 years.
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London
Prince Uchtomsky
Pekin
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Russia
Lin Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Manchurian
China
Similarities in Vienna and London Dispatches Alarm US Policy
A London dispatch notes suspicious alignment between Vienna official views and English correspondents in the United States. The Daily Telegraph Vienna report says the State Department plan to refer Chinese negotiations to a commission provokes hostility to the United States. Austrian diplomats may be angry over the suggestion.
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New York
Herald
London
Vienna
United States
State Department
Washington
Daily Telegraph
Indiana Farmer Blocks Railyard by Removing Tracks
In Crawfordsville Indiana Wesley Grantham tore up Chicago and Southeastern Railway tracks from his farm after a writ of ejectment. Sheriff Cain seized the land and injunctions were filed but a circuit court refused a temporary restraining order. Bridges were later blown up and rails carted to a nearby schoolhouse as armed men guarded the site. The road seeks possession or damages while Grantham vows to hold out for 3000 dollars.
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Ind
Chicago & Southeastern Railway
Wesley Grantham
Sheriff Canine
Grantham
West
Ladoga
Seattle raises 100000 bonus for Moran ships launch
Seattle citizens completed a $100,000 bonus raise to be paid to Moran Fire Company upon the launching of the new sun-sheathed battleship awarded to the city.
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Seattle
Moran Fires, Company
Uncertain concert of powers quoted amid China debate
The piece argues that unity among powers on China is breaking down. It suggests the Kaiser drives the anti US stance, England blocks US entry, and Ruesta retreats to make a China treaty, with Daily Telegraph noting possible US exclusion and France wavering in alliances and cordiality.
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England
Transvaal
United States
Ruesta
Daily Telegraph
France
Rosia
America
Triple Alliance
Iota
Moran Brothers Win Navy Battleship Contract Adjusted Bid
The Morans bid $4,873,900 for the contract but reduce by $100,000 per congressional limit. Businessmen raise the entire sum in a week, oversubscribed by $3,885. The deal implies $2.1 million in wages on Puget Sound over three years and Moran Brothers will start building new machine shops and a power house costing $400,000.
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Morans
Congress
Puget Sound
Moran Broa
Navy Commander Quackenbush Dies at 54
Washington report states Commander John W. Quackenbush United States Navy retired died at his home in the city at age 54. He served with distinction during his career and is mourned by family and colleagues.
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Washington
John W. Quackenbush
United States Navy
President commutes sentence of streetcar killer to life
Washington on January 14 reports the president altered the planned hanging of Charles L McVin, a street railway motorman, to life imprisonment. The 1899 killing stemmed from jealousy between motormen and led to the substitution of the death penalty with imprisonment for life.
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Washington
Chas. L. McUvin
McVin
Lawshe Heads to Philippines as Army Land Auditor
Auditor Lawshe received final instructions from the secretary of war and will depart Washington tonight to assume duties as auditor for the Philippine archipelago. He will re-examine accounts of army officers handling government lands in the islands.
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Washington
Lawshe
Secretary of War
Philippines
Philippine Archipelago
Keith Convicted in Indiana Murder Case
Princeton Indiana January 14 J D Keith was convicted this afternoon of murdering Nora Keifer and sentenced to death under state law as the courtroom heard the verdict and sentence in the high profile case.
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Princeton
Ind
J. D. Keith
Nora Keifer
Danish West Indies Sale Nears Settlement
Copenhagen January 14 negotiations for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States are nearing settlement. The finance committee handles the price difference while the king and ministry favor the sale despite strong opposition to the islands and the deal delaying final action.
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Copenhagen
Danish West Indies
United States
Rigedag
Idaho News Briefs Mixed with Early Closing Movements
Thurston Hutchins dies at Boise and John Harley, Idaho City pioneer, passes aged 70. Caldwell moves to shorten store hours while Callender becomes a new post office in Idaho county with Edward W. Taylor as postmaster. A Dewey to Swan Falls line connects Falls to Boise. Fire at Homer's Ferry destroys a two story home. Ada county pursues property valuation ruling. Pioneer association forming in Lewiston. King county seeks special election on reservation annexation. Oil prospects surface near Spangle with McMichael and McCoy negotiating leases.
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Idaho County
Edward W.taylor
Dewey
Swan Falls
Falls
Boise
B. Wright
Homer's Ferry
Ballard
FP. S. Stillman
William Haines
Northport
North Carolina
Virginia City
Nevada
Northern Lumber Company
Everett
Sedro-Wooley
Northwest
Moore
Seattle
King County Board of Commissioners
King County
Pierce County
Spangle
A. D. McMichael
J. B. Butler
F. K. McCoy
California
Palouse
Mr. McMichael
Hoquiam to Get a Basket Factory and Local Projects
Hoquiam may gain a basket factory while the Aberdeen Order of Eagles plans a $3000 building. Spokane approves a $4500 crematory project. Old Hartford hotel demolished and shipped to Jackman in Skagit county. New Whatcom seeks to raise waterway funds from $15000 to $50000. Whitman county boasts a 1 year old bailiff. Dr. L R Markley named quarantine officer for Bellingham Bay. Vessels once wire Port Townsend for instructions. Tacoma as state capital proposed by constitutional amendment. Admiral Dewey mining area reports four cougar kills with giant and small measured lengths. Lewin county awards $1404 bridge contract across Chehalis at Black's Station. Oro Grande mine reports valuable strike near Marcus. Thurston Bicycle Path Association shows $1901 from tags and $456 other. Petrified jaw of prehistoric mastodon weighs 60 pounds and measures 87 inches with two nine inch teeth.
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Aberdeen Order of Eagles
Spokane
Hartford
Jackman
Skagit County
New Whatcom
Whitman County
United States
Willie
McDonald
Superior Court
L. R. Markley
Bellingham Bay
Port Townsend
Local Industry and Mining News Across Oregon Then
The organ factory at Dallas expands its plant while the Bybee bridge on Rogue River undergoes repairs and closes to traffic. In Pendleton, Cheape mill property sells for 5 500 dollars. the Sumpter telegraph office closes, sending messages by telephone to Baker City. A mining front reports 75 40 average assays at Bald Mountain and a 40 foot shaft. Quebec and High Ore claims change hands for about 40 000 dollars. A Gilam county mass meeting plans a Condon to Columbia railroad to aid wheat farmers under wagon transport.
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Rogue River
Liverpool
Benton County
F. K E. Dunn
Eugene
San Francisco
Fred Walters
Farmers’ Custom Mill
Pendleton
Sumpter
Baker City
Lebanon
Sodaville
Tootating Point
George Newsome
Marquam
Warren, Jr
George Day
Crown Point
Gheenhorn
Oregon
Quebec
Gilliam County
Condon
Columbia
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