Week in Review of Notable Happenings Across Nations
The piece surveys events from the Youngers pardons denial to political and economic shifts. It notes the Detroit Republican League gathering with delegates from many states, shipping and flood losses in France, Turkish military moves, and Rhodes in Transvaal affairs. It reports Oregon printer Waite's death, Alaska oil prospects, and various rail and boundary developments.
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National Republican League
Detroit
Portland
Glenelvan
Conferees Reach Tariff Accord After Long Sessions
Washington July 20 conferees announce that all tariff items are agreed and will be submitted to Democratic members. Senate amendments were mostly accepted to harmonize the bill with Western and beet sugar interests gaining stronger protection. A new sugar schedule is expected in the final bill.
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Jones
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Navy holds ships in readiness amid Hawaii-Harbor tension
The Bulletin reports the Navy Department plans to keep Pacific and Asiatic squadrons ready but not moved amid potential trouble with Japan over Hawaii. Orders to hold ships at ports, with some vessels prepared to depart on short notice, are under consideration. Monitors Monadnock and Monterey are not to Honolulu, according to officials. Mare Island asks about Baltimore to be commissioned if needed, though readiness may not come until September or later.
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Hawaiian Islands
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Pacific Coast Torpedo Boat Contracts To Be Considered
Washington reports indicate the next naval appropriation bill will include a contract provision for building torpedo boats on the Pacific coast. A past clause offering 56 percent more to Pacific shipyards was omitted in error or by design, provoking debate over regional shipbuilding interests. In Oregon two Finn fishermen drowned near Astoria while fishing for a cannery. In India the Northwest Province reports satisfactory rainfall and officials plan to scale back relief efforts.
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Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Pacific
Atlantic
Congress
Al Ki sails with 100 on overland Yukon run and Alaska rush
The steamer Al Ki carried about 100 men from Seattle and Juneau on the overland route to the Clondyke. Passengers and 40 horses plus 1,000 sheep headed for Dyea and the Yukon, with crowded decks and delays, as Alaska prospectors rush north amid shortages in Juneau.
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Alaska
Dyea
Yukon Valley
Washington
Yukon
New York Gold Fever Draws 2000 Argonauts to Alaska Call
In New York during the last day, about 2000 men joined the Alaska prospecting wave, eager to sail to the Klondike region within weeks. A trading company attracted 1200 applicants with 500 to 2000 dollars each, while 82 men enlisted to work for the firm and may receive advances to develop promising strikes.
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New York
Pacific
Alaska
Trading Company
Clondyke Reuyion
Gold shipment reaches San Francisco from Alaska
Washington July 20 Mr Preston director of the mint reports a telegram from the San Francisco mint superintendent announcing $500000 in gold arrived and an equal amount expected next week Meanwhile notes on skin color and a separate item from Antlers Oklahoma discuss a Choctaw Chickasaw union plan to sell land to the U.S. and form a self governed colony with strict racial rules.
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Preston
Mint
San Francico Mint
Alaska
Antlers
L T
Pole voyage begins as Andree launches Eagle balloon
Professor Andree ascends in the Eagle balloon at Tromsoe amid favorable wind, rising to 600 feet and then lifting again. The craft moves northeast at 29 mph. telegrams from Andree note readiness to ascend and hope for better winds as the expedition heads toward a northward polar aim.
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John Newman hanged for 1896 Blue Mountain murder
John Newman alias Frank Butler was hanged in Sydney after confessing to the 1896 murder of Captain Lee Weller in the Blue mountain district. He admitted his true name, born in England in 1858, and showed penitence as witnesses noted the case’s high colonial interest and detectives’ work.
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John Newman
Frank Butler
Lee Weller
Blue Mountain District
San Francisco
Staffordshire
England
Newman
Four Fort Worth boys killed by freight train in Austin yards
At 2 oclock this morning a freight train in Austin ran over four Fort Worth youths who slept on the tracks. Three were killed instantly and one injured. Names listed as John Bridges Charles Sweeney and K L Montgomery. Henry Estia the injured boy. A separate note says a black man from Waco fell under the cars while attempting to ride.
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Tex
International & Great Northern
Fort Worth
Jonh Bridges
Charles Sweeney
K. L. Montgomery
Henry Estia
L. F. Cox
Waco
Northwest Brevities Highlights From Oregon News
One hundred teachers attended Pendleton summer school while As toria’s salmon pack may top 550 000 Dones. deaths occur in Portland and Olalla with a fatal crush and a suicide by morphine. Umatilla county wheat may yield about 6 000 000 bushels worth 2 500 000 dollars. Hop growers pay 40 cents a box, Day ton pays 30 cents. Portland Horse Packing Co ships 5000 barrels of horse meat to Paris. Linn county lists 71 churches 45 buildings 1845 seats with 117 278 valuation and 8495 members. Prison report notes 450 convicts. court says whistle at crossings not required but trains should warn.
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Dallas Hopgrowers’ Association
Dayton Association
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Linnton
Paris
France
Everett school age population and local industry notes
The report lists Everett with 1,255 school children, a rise of 206 from last year, and notes Cheney mills increasing capacity from 80 to 150 barrels daily. It also mentions landholdings, harvest demand, local casualties, and various regional events including a potlatch, court rehearings, and crime.
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Tacoma
Alaska Development Company forms to exploit Alaskan coal and oil
Seattle July 19 The Alaska Development Company is organized to develop coal and oil fields recently discovered in Southeastern Alaska by RK C Johnson of Los Gatos California and T J Lauilton of Seattle The experts call the find the most wonderful in the world with oil near tidewater 350 miles west of Juneau and inexhaustible coal beds Thirty thousand feet of pipe have been ordered and a refinery will be built as needed An oil man guarantees all capital to commence operations
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In Havana Province Insurgents Advance Despite News Suppression
A Havana Herald despatch reports insurgents have advanced westward across Havana province. Colonel Armandoes with 70 men was routed near Jaguey Grande by General Carillo, with 20 killed and similar wounded. Six thousand rebels loom near Matanzas and Cardenas as Weyler shifts toward Cienfuego.
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Five Die As Scow Plunges Over Dam In New Hampshire
Five Baldwin bobbin shop workers set out in a dam over flooded Piscaquog river with no oars. The scow capsized and sank bottom up. Three escaped, two drowned. victims named Frank Simmard Joseph Lavoi and George Tirrien. Tirien and Lavoie were rescued.
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Frank Simmard
Joseph Lavoi
George Tirrien
Thomas Tirrien
William Lavoie
Congress Debates Pacific Harbor Issue and Paris Exposition
Senate notes intense discussion on San Pedro deep water harbor amid a Stewart White clash. Harris resolution on Union Pacific pendings tabled, while a joint resolution accepts France's Paris Exposition invitation. House records no business with a recess until Monday after journal approval.
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Forsythe Petition Demands Removal of Engar Schedule
General George A. Forsythe (retired) submits a remarkable petition to the House of Representatives via Mr Belknap of Illinois urging striking the engar schedule from the tariff bill. His statements level a scathing arraignment of the augal trust presented before Congress.
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George A. Forsythe
House of Representatives
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Congress
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