Newberg Graphic Condensed Happenings Review
Review of major events. Tonquin cyclone deaths. Oliver named assistant secretary of war. Denver tent collapse injures many Christian Endeavorers. lynching condemned by Justice Brewer. British firms in Philippines face new law. Laflin powder works explosion fatalities. naturalization fraud cases. St Louis fair prospects. Parker visit impact on candidacy. prune crop forecast. Korea-China war tensions. Kentucky governor candidate. congress urged for national art gallery funds. Judge Gray presidential candidate. UMW stance on Manchurian issue. dynamite attempt on Iron Mountain judge. Servian king’s assassin rises in war department. pension collection drive in Oregon. Alaskan boundary work. Pope odds and anti-Jewish issues. Ames jailed. Lewis and Clark fair funding. Bancroft to Venezuela. anti-American sentiment in Europe. Pope operation risk. Texas race war. Cape Town earthquake.
Train wreck ends excursion trip in Kansas City
A Pacific fast mail train from St Louis crashed into an excursion train near Little Knob, Missouri, killing three people and injuring about 50. Investigators cite the fast mail engineer for not stopping promptly. the excursion engine and several cars derailed but remained upright.
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Kansas City
Missoori Pacific Fast Mail
St. Louis
Kanesmoot
Little Knob
Fast Mail
Idaho Lands Withdrawn For Reserve Study
The interior department authorizes temporary withdrawal from entry of three Idaho tracts in Blackfoot district to study reserve desirability. Henry Lake reserve site in Fremont County, Island Lake reservoir site south of it, and Flat Rock reservoir site. Geological Survey will assess reclamation feasibility to store water in natural reservoirs. Studies continue through summer.
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Washington
the of the Interior
Blackfoot Land District
Idaho
Henry Lake
Fremont County
Lake Henry
Island Lake
Flat Rock Reservoir
Geological Survey
Ride for Life on Car Ends in Subways Excavation
Fifteen people hurt after jumping from a burning trolley car on Lexon avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. The car carried about 80 passengers, mainly women and children, and plunged into a subway excavation when planking collapsed. Three on the bottom were severely bruised. one in serious condition.
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New York
Lexon Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Prince of Wales Arrives for Kearsarge Inspection at Portemouth
The Prince of Wales visits Portemouth England for the Read-Admiral Cotton flagship Kearsarge inspection. Ambassador Choate and Secretary White travel with him from London. Admiral Hotham receives the party at the station before they go to the Admiralty house for guests.
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Kearsarge
Portemouth
Eng
Prince of Wales
Cotton
Ambassador Choate
White
London
Charles F. Hotham
Admiralty House
H. O. Arnold-Foster
The
Admiralty
Palma proposes loan body to negotiate 35 million dollar loan
President Palma sends to Congress a message urging each house to appoint a member to co act with an executive commissioner to travel to the United States and finalize the 35 million dollar loan. The Senate spent a long session without deciding the ratification of the naval station treaty.
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Havana
Palma
Congress
United States
Senate
Pope Leo XIII Relapses into Grave Condition in Rome
In Rome on July 14 the Pope suffered another relapse and now lies in a more critical state. Doctors warn of imminent dissolution as semi coma returns and mind grows confused amid heavy stimulants and fatigue from visitors and liturgical duties. Cardinals Satolli and Martenelli were admitted to the sick room.
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Rome
Lapponi
Pope Leo
Massroni
Satolli
Martenelli
King Edward's Foreign Policy and Atlantic Friendship
A Berlin Times dispatch notes King Edward's role in refining British diplomacy with Portugal Italy and France and confirms broad support for Britain America and Italy among governments and publics. The piece argues the Atlantic friendship forms a Gulf Stream of liberty, guided by allied powers and strong naval cooperation.
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New York
King Edward
Portugal
Italy
France
Loubet
London
Berlin
Times
Edward
America
Japan
Atlantic
Fall for Kidds Gold Treasure Search Ends in Hole
In New York on July 15 a renewed hunt for Captain Kidds treasure ended without prize, leaving only a large hole in a Brooklyn storehouse cellar linked to a coffee mill. The plant manager halted the search despite Henry Endums claim that spirits conveyed Kidds 50 million loot is buried there.
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New York
Captain Kidd
Brooklyn
Slenry Endum
Russia Bars Foreigners From Manchuria Ports
Port Arthur newspaper Novikrat says Russia orders exclusion of foreigners from Manchuria and delays opening ports due to hidden English and American espionage. The paper claims ports will reopen six years later after regional tranquility and settlement.
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Czat
St. Petersburg
Novikrat
Port Arthur
Russia
China
Manchuria
Payne Hints at Retirement From Cabinet
Washington July 14 Postmaster General Payne said the investigation in his department is near completion and he hopes to retire during the coming winter if postal affairs are cleaned up. He cites ill health severe indigestion and fatigue from the inquiry as reasons. Roosevelt approves his efforts to reform postal methods and he intends to keep up the drive.
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Washington
Payne
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Smugglers in Silk Seized by San Francisco Officers
United States Army engineer Captain William Harts returning from the Philippines faced a customs check. Officers found about a dozen trunks wrapped silk embroidery and Japanese ware valued at 500. He faces confiscation and a fine up to three times the value, costing him thousands.
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San Francisco
United States Engineer Curve
William H. Harts
Philippines
Engineer
Army
Thomas
Harta
Heat Wave Hits New York City With Dozens Prostrated
The July heat set a daily record with 94 degrees in New York and Brooklyn. Thirty eight deaths and 88 prostrations reported in and around the city as offices and tenements struggled to cool. People slept on park benches and in grass as humidity rose and a late thunderstorm offered partial relief. Prostrations occurred across the state including Albany and Middletown. one child died.
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New York
Brooklyn
Albany
Middleton
Pope Leo In Critical yet Stabilizing State
Rome July 18 doctors report Pope Leo XIII remains tranquil at midnight but then shows agitated intervals. Thorax exam shows no new change. kidneys slightly diminished and spirits low. Pulse 82 respiration 32 temperature 36. Signed Mazzoni and Lapponi.
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Rome
Mazzoni
Lapponi
Pope's Condition Steady Overnight in Rome
The pope remained stationary through the night in Rome with intermittent sleep and no one reporting marked improvement or decline.
Troops Withdraw From Evanaville Riot Scene
Evanaville Indiana July 11 Brigadier General McKee ordered all troops removed after talks with Governor Durbin. Police take charge with armed cat. Seven funerals held today all quiet as ministers urged sympathy for the dead and restraint.
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Evanaville
Ind
Durbin
McKee
Wireless telegraphy in Hawaii under new subsidy plan
Wireless telegraphy between Hawaiian islands has failed to produce satisfactory results. A trust company now operates the system with plans for financial and operational improvements. The government will grant a subsidy of 1000 dollars per month starting August 1 to support the new owners.
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Honolulu
Pope Leo XIII Improves After Latest Operation
Rome reports another operation on Pope Leo XIII yesterday increased hope for a longer life though recovery remains uncertain. The pope is described as restless after a good sleep, with a quiet day and normal temperature for his age, while doctors monitor for serum in the pleural cavity which could require another procedure soon.
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Rome
Leo
Vatican
Train Hits Wagon Near Redcomb Junction Fatal for Five
A west bound Pennsylvania train from Columbus struck a wagon carrying nine people at a crossing near Redcomb Junction eight miles from Cincinnati. Five people were killed and four injured. J Copenhaven and five children along with neighbors Great Lemmick Wilima Booth and Charles Johnson were headed to Madisonville to buy supplies for a boarding house. The wagon stalled on the track after frightened mules, and despite the engineer’s whistle the collision killed four outright and another died two hours later.
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Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
Redcoomb’Junction
J.C. Copenhaven
Great Lemmick
Willima “Booth
Charles Johnson
Coonehaven
Madisonville
Redcomb Junction
Board of engineers weighs canal plan for The Dalles
Open River Washington July 18 special board of engineers to report on the improvement needed at The Dalles will urge a continuous ship canal and seek an appropriation of 8 000 000 to 12 000 000 Ex Representative Moody impressed on the board the overcoming of the Columbia River obstacle and that removing it involves the future of a great empire It is likely the board will prepare two estimates one for current traffic and one for traffic after the river is opened
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Washinon
Special Board of Engineers
Dalles
Moody
Columbia
Fire From Spontaneous Combustion Hits Milwaukee Mail House
Spontaneous combustion in grain sparked a blaze at the American Mailing Company's mail house in Milwaukee early today. The five to seven story building suffered a loss estimated between $60,000 and $75,000.
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Milwaukee
American Mailing Company
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Tonquin
R. 8. Oliver
Albany, N. Y
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Christian
Brewer
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Lafin Powder Works
Laflin
St. Louis Fail
Tion
Islands
Judge Parker
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Pacific Northwest
Corea
Kentucky
Morris B. Belknap
George Gray
Delaware
Western Federation of Miners
Raseia
R. T. Miller
Iron Mountain, Mich
King of
Servia
War Department
Ware
Terry
Oregon
H. D. Watson
Pittsburg
Ocracow
Galicia
Kishinef
Fred Ames
Minneapolis
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Bancroft
Venezuela
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Basaia
Czar
Sour Lake
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Cape Town
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Pamil
Britain
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Kidd
Harris
Pope
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