Telegraphic News of the World Highlights
Condensed items report a Tacona bear escape, a Marietta torpedo factory blast killing two, a New York garment strike, a Viola cloudburst, a Vancouver log fire loss of 70 000, and other global events. News cover uprisings, assassinations, naval movements, tax rulings, and disaster tolls with wide geographic scope.
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Marietta
New York
Viola
Wis
Vancouver
B. C
Indianapolis
T. G. Shaughnessy
Whites and
Howards
Kentucky
Lexington
Second Oregon Heroes Memorial Drive Initiatives
A Portland fund raises to build a $100000 monument in Portland honoring the Second Oregon volunteers and Dewey era naval deeds. News reports note various global and domestic events including accidents, political shifts, and industrial updates.
Notable 19th Century Officials Die. Locomotive Order Reported
General Bermudes Reina, once minister of war and Madrid military governor, is dead. The Great Central Railroad of England ordered 20 locomotives from Baldwin Works in Philadelphia. Captain James Slover, pilot of the Monitor in the Hampton Roads battle with the Merrimac, died at Easton Maryland.
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Bermudes Reina
Madrid
The
Great Central Railroad of
England
Baldwin Works
Philadelphia
James Slover
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Easton
Rebel Loss at Zapote and Aguinaldo’s Retreat
Manila reports General Lawton occupying Imus after a rebel withdrawal from Zapote. Rebels abandoned powder mills and arsenals, many killed or wounded, with 4,000 defenders, and fled toward Buena Vista and Perasdun Marinas. Otis orders supply relief as insurgents recoil and spread into the mountains.
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Manila
Imus
Lawton
Spantarndia
Imua
Buena Vista
Peres Dan Marinas
Zapote
Twenty-first
Ninth Infantry
Fourth Infantry
Thirteenth Infantry
First
Wyoming Infantry
Cavite Veijo
Aguinalda
Novellera
Bacoor
Otis
Luna
Aguinaldo
Calumpit
San Fernando
Independencia
Luzon
Hari
Ileia
End of Jamaica fruit war crowns Boston Fruit Company
Kingston Jamaica June 17 The end of the local fruit war and the collapse of the English monopoly leave the Boston Fruit Company master of the situation. The development brings gratification and is seen as a first fruit of Jamaica United States reciprocity. It is believed the company will attract further American enterprises once treaty relations ensure a permanent U.S. market.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
United States
Fruit
Albanian Bands and Turkish Troops Attack Servian Villages
Albanian bands aided by 2,000 Turkish regulars attack Servian villages in Javonitza district with heavy casualties on both sides. Turkish forces blockade three villages as Servian regulars move in to repel invaders amid ongoing fighting. Chicago note reports South Park commissioners ban electric vehicles on boulevards due to fears over horses frightened by autos.
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Belgrade
Javonitza
Chicago
South Park
Alaska settlement reaches temporary satisfaction
Ambassador Choate reports a satisfactory temporary arrangement on the Alaska question from the foreign office. Officials say the difficulties are practically smoothed over until the high commission meeting in August.
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High Commission
London
Choate
Foreign Office
Alaska
Italian Government Demands France Over Nice Arrest
London reports the Italian government has demanded satisfaction from France for the arrest in Nice of General Giletta on espionage charges. Portland notes the Oregon pioneers reunion with about 400 attendees, honoring early settlers. An electric street railway is completed in Kores and San Francisco seeks 16 veteran motormen.
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London
Eave
Daily Mail
France
Nice
Giletta
Portland
Oregon
Attedance
Kores
San Francisco
Queen of Spain Receives New American Minister Bellamy Storer
Bellamy Storer, newly appointed United States minister to Spain, was formally received by the queen regent without speeches. Premier Silvela introduced him, and the audience was unannounced to avoid incidents. The queen regent was amiable and asked about President McKinley’s health.
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Madrid
United States
Spain
Bellamy Storer
Storer
Hotel de Rome
Palaos
Silvela
McKinley
Escape From Devils Isle Prisoners Seek Safe Haven
Four men escape a Devil's Island penal settlement by stealing a boat and fleeing to Dutch Guiana. The group includes a Boulanger supporter exiled for politics and three other professionals. Police have not arrested them and they will not be returned to Cayenne.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Kingston
Jamaica
Essequibo River
British Guiana
San Jean
Maroni
Cayenne
Devil's Island
Dreyfus
New Amsterdam
Dutch Guiana
Boulanger
Carnot
Paris
Feu
Inerior
Rio Grande Flood Reaches Record High. Damages Laredo Area
Rio Grande hit its highest level since 1806 flooding water works ice plants and forcing shutdowns. Homes along the banks were flooded or washed away with bodies seen floating downstream. Above Laredo the flood caused extensive losses and property damage estimated near 900000 with Brackett barred by ruins. Fort Clark troops provide rations to homeless residents as Brackett’s town is reported wiped out.
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Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
Brackett
Fort Clark
Baker Howard Feud Turns Fatal in Kentucky Ambush
James Howard, tied to the Baker-Howard feud, was shot and killed near Manchester Kentucky after a period of escalating violence following the murder of Tom Baker. A Clay County informant said factions in the conflict had been brewing since the prior killing and that allied Philpots had joined Baker's side. In Washington the same day a reciprocity treaty with Great Britain and its colonies was slated for signing at the State Department, the first under the Dingley tariff clause.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
London
James Howard
Howard
Tom Baker
Clay County
Ile
Eines
Philpots
Baker
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Britieh Indies
Barbadoes
State Department
Warm reception as rebels attack San Fernando repulsed
At 4 50 am rebels estimated at 6000 assaulted American lines at San Fernando after cutting Apalit telegraph and railroad lines. 75 rebels killed, 30 captured, 14 Americans wounded. Aguinaldo reportedly led the attack. Luna slain after tensions with Aguinaldo erupted.
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Manila
Apalit
MacArthur
San Fernando
Iowa
Kansas
Twelve lifeless bodies found after Nova Scotia mine explosion
A Glace Bay coal mine incident left over forty workers inside the Caledonia mine of Dominion Coal Co. at least twelve bodies recovered. Gas buildup caused the blast. some escaped from the top while total casualties remain unknown.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
Glace Bay
Caledonia
Dominion Coal Co
Saya
Itia
Head On Collision Kills Man on Red Men Excursion Train
A special Red Men excursion train from Clatsop beach collided with NP freight No. 64 near Linnton at 8:55 PM. One man D. P. Bell was killed and six injured, including two women. Engineer Mallon and Fireman Hume escaped. relief crews treated the injured in Portland.
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Massachusetts
Atlantic
Linnton
Portland, Or
Clatsop Beach
Northern Pacific
D. P. Bell
East Davis Street
Homer Darling
North East Ninth Street
Mra
James Mallon
Vertie Pitman
West Chehalis
EB. R. Barnes
John Larsen
Mallon
James Hume
Bell
Darling
Misa Vertie
Jennings
Malim
Terminal
Rebels Not Beaten in Philippines War
Washington reports from war department officials indicate Otis dispatches show continued fighting before Filipino insurgents accept American terms. Rebels display persistence and tenacity, surprising administration and officials. Some expect a simultaneous Manila strike and attack on MacArthur near San Fernando, but no disastrous result is anticipated.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Department
Manila
MacArthur
San Fernando
Cleveland stove makers unite to form Standard Gas Stove Co
Cleveland stove manufacturers controlling about 80 percent of U S gas coal oil and gasoline stoves plan a major merger. The Standard Gas Stove & Manufacturing Company will be formed with a capitalization of 5 500 000 including 2 600 000 preferred and 3 000 000 common stock.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Cleveland
United States
Standard Gas Stove & Manufacturing Company
Troops Reach Manila and Express Car Robbery Reported
The Sherman with 1800 troops under Brigadier-General Frederick Grant arrived in Manila after sailing from San Francisco May 24. One private died after arrival. Troops will relieve California forces on Negros. In Kansas City a night train was held up near Shady Ark by three masked men, who looted express and mail cars. amount stolen not disclosed.
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Manila
Oregon
San Francisco
Wells Fargo
California Supreme Court
Luna
Pasco Ramon
Aguinaldo
Chicago
Louis Urick
White Pass
Henry Nichols
Monadnock
Artillerista
Coast Defense
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Washington
Philippines
Otis
Funston
Hale
Seventeenth Regiment
Iowa Regiment
Candaba
Dagupan
Kansas Regiment
Apalit
Ile
United States
Sherman
Frederick Grant
Negroa
California
Kansas City
Mena
Ark
Saga
Shady, N. T
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John D. Rockefeller
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Bacor
Cavite
Mexico
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Belgium
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Berlin
Alfred of
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Cottage Grove
FH. Phillips
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Miss Seara
Chia
Smokeless Powder Company
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Cal
Portland Oregonian
Henckle von Donnelsmarck
Austria
Russia
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Canada
United Kingdom
Wardner
Idaho
Richard P. Bland
Lebanon
Federal
Earl Hanchette
Los Angeles
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Dane Hollow
Sam L. Simpson
Anderson
Department of the Lakes
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Industrial Commission
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Presbyterian General Assembly
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Boone
Columbia
the Tribune Today
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Wallace
Idaho State Tribune
Coeur d'Alene
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Warier
Johnson
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Servia
Paria
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Loubet
M. Meline
Dreyfusa
German East Africa
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Cairo
Daily News
Mahomet
Mecca
Medina
Arbitration of
Venezuela
Houndary
Venezuela Arbitration Commission
Ame Rooma
Oregon Pioneers
Queen of Spain
Devils Isle
Rebela
Marion Clark
George FH. K. Barrow
Id Yoare
Carrie Jones
Barrow
Mrs. Barrow
Milwaukee
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British Columbia
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