Week’s News Highlights From Around the World
Four men drown at the Cliff House San Francisco and Harry Flynn dies in Lake Michigan as 1500 spectators watch in shock. Revolutions end in Honduras as authorities order 64 Chinese travelers sent back. Rockhill set to replace Day as assistant secretary of state. the Rover flags American interests in Honduras.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Judge Day
Ohio
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Day
Harry Flynn
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Albert Mattari
Seven Devils
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Riparia
Pacific
Sitka
Alaska
Crete
Athens
Delyannis
Europe
Ethnike Hetairia
Through a trestle accident cripples Santa Fe train
A south bound Santa Fe Chicago and Galveston express plunged through a trestle 16 miles south of Ardmore Indian Territory near Marietta after sudden flood rise. Fifteen aboard were injured with several seriously hurt and two believed fatally. J M Grider Wells Fargo express messenger crushed and near death. E T Sparks Oakman I T mortally injured.
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L. T
Here
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J. M. Grider
Wells-Fargo Express
E. T. Sparks
Oakman
I. T
No More Sugar Beet Seed Distribution Ends
The sugar beet seed issued by the agricultural department is nearly exhausted with about 10 000 pounds sent to farmers in four fifths of the states for experimental planting. Beets grown from this seed will be analyzed to determine profitable sugar production regions. Surplus seed is being distributed to flooded Mississippi districts for post flood planting.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Mississippi
Washington Memorial Unveiling Draws Nation’s Leaders
In Philadelphia on May 18 a bronze tribute to George Washington was unveiled. The crowd included the president, vice president, cabinet officers, army and navy officers and privates, and direct descendants of the nation’s founders.
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Philadelppia
George Washington
Washington
Army
Navy
City cancels bullfights over inferior bulls
City of Mexico bans today’s bullfights citing poor quality bulls. Spanish matador Enrique Mercio visited Ateneo farms and deems the stock unworthy. Government orders a shipload of bulls from Spain to meet the shortage and avert future performances with inferior cattle.
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Enrique Mercio
Ateneo
Spain
War department declines action over New Mexico unrest
Acting Secretary Meikelsohn, after a report from Delegate Ferguson on lawlessness in western New Mexico, advised consulting judicial authorities rather than war department intervention. The note cites threats against respectable citizens and references Socorro officers. Portland, Me., reports a child saying papa and mamma.
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Washington
War Department
New Mexico
Meikelsohn
Ferguson
Socorro
State of Affaires
Spain stamps moved inside letters for Cuban aid
Mexico May 18 reports Spaniards using extra stamps beside regular postage to raise funds for Cuba. The post office orders that these stamps be placed inside letters rather than on envelopes. Hermetically sealed wine flasks were found in Pornedi.
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Mexico
Cuba
Post Office Department
Pornedi
Porte's Answer Powers Greatly Surprised In Istanbul Crisis
The Ottoman government rejects an armistice unless the powers concede to annex Thessaly plus a 10 million pound indemnity and abolition of capitulations. Plenipotentiaries may meet at Pharsala. failure to accept could trigger further Turkish advance. News of 3000 Greek troops near Palona worsens ministerial mood.
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Constantinople
Porte
Thessaly
Pharsala
Greece
Old Turk
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Balkans
Palona
Janina
May 18 Dispatch on Greek Turkey War Peace Terms
A London dispatch reports Constantinople's reply to the powers based on a mazabata charging Greece with provoking war and violating the Berlin treaty by unpaid indemnity and seizure of makoups. It notes proposed peace terms and signals a looming palace struggle, with Edhem Pasha under palace scrutiny.
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Standard
Constantinople
Porte
Greece
Turkey
Berlin
Europe
Edhem Pasha
Oriental bargaining seen in porte terms for peace
London May 18 notes that the porte’s proposed termes are viewed as a normal bargaining method. The text suggests they prolong fighting and that final peace terms are expected to be settled by an European conference.
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London
Greek premier urges Greek forces to stay defensive in Anatolia
London report says M. Ralli, Greece's premier, secured assurances from the powers to prevent Turkish offensive action if Greek troops keep a strictly defensive posture. He wired Greek division commanders at Domokon Scorpi and Arta ordering abstention from hostility unless attacked.
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Times
Athens
M. Ralli
Domokon
Scorpi
Arta
New coinage to start 20-cent pieces at all mints
The city of Mexico reports that new dies for coining dollars will be used at all mints and that the 20-cent piece will replace the quarter dollar as the standard coinage starting soon.
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City of Mexico
Peru Demands Cancellation of Consul Clark Exequatur
Lima papers call on the Peruvian government to cancel the exequatur of United States Consul Emilio Clark after he claims his office at Piura was sacked and valuables stolen, a charge the police prefect disputes noting only furniture was seized.
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Lima
Peru
Emilio Clark
United States
Piora
Callao
Clark
Urges Suspension of Sheepowners Case in Cascade Reserve
Commissioner Hermann of the General Land Office urges Secretary Bliss to stay all government lawsuits against sheepowners over pasturing rights in the Cascade Range forest reserve. He cites hardships to Oregon sheepmen and pending forest reserve legislation as reasons for a temporary halt. The attorney general would be asked to direct Oregon’s U S attorney to stay proceedings until further orders.
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Washington
Hermann
General Land Office
Secretary of Interior
Oregon
Cascade Range Forest Reserve
Bellinger
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District of Oregon
United States
Tygh Valley Land & Livestock Company
Fed
Pettigrew
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Cascade
Paxton execution rehearsal photographed before hanging
Frederick William Holman awaits execution for the December murder of Mrs Weib koon Geddes. He staged a dress rehearsal and posed on the gallows to sell pictures for burial costs in Grand Haven, Michigan. He is also suspected in other killings. Separately Washington reports universal postage stamp plan collapsed due to currency fluctuations and practical hurdles.
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Holman
Iroquois Club Seeks Bryan Stop in Sacramento
Sacramento civic group the Iroquois Club presses William J. Bryan to linger a day in the capital while en route to Oregon. A committee will contact the Nebraska orator to request an address to the public.
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Sacramento
Cal
Iroquois Club
William J. Bryan
Oregon
Nebraska
Cattle Train Wreck Near Enfala Kills Boy. Several Hurt
A cattle train derailed a mile north of Enfala as it ran at full speed. An unknown black boy died, engineer Peter McCardy and fireman C. Overd were badly hurt, and seven more people were injured or killed. Fifty cattle died in the wreck. In Florence Alabama the Pinkney mine tipple collapsed killing seven workers and wounding several others, cutting communications to Pinkney.
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Enfala
J. T
Here
Peter McCardy
Florence
Ala
Pinkney, Tenn
Pinkney
Oregon Short Line plans $15,000,000 Series B income bonds
The directors of the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern railroad authorize the issue of noncumulative income bonds, series B, totaling 15 million dollars, under the reorganization committee’s plan.
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New York
Oregon Short Line
Utah Northern Railroad
Fire destroys Flunderburg mine in New Carlisle
Springfield Ohio May 17 The Flunderburg mine at New Carlisle was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight. Loss estimated at 950000. Authorities say the cause was arson.
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Springfield
Flunderburg
New Carlisle
Spanish Capture Ternate in Philippines War Action
Official Manila dispatch reports Spanish troops capturing Ternate in the Philippines. Seventy casualties are listed with fifty-seven insurgents killed and Spanish losses at twenty-five killed and two hundred twenty six wounded.
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Philippines
Madrid
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Ternate
Deputation of Convict Goods Bill Passes Second Reading
In the commons today the bill to prevent the importation of goods manufactured in foreign prisons passed the second reading.
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London
Commons
Northwest Briefs Highlight Oregon Items Of Interest
Fourteen wagon loads of wool reached Moody’s warehouse in The Dalles from the interior. The Linn County Pioneers’ Association plans its annual reunion at Brownsville on June 9 to 11. Wall Marsh of Centerville is badly bruised after a bull attack. A Pfanner built Forest Grove to Hillsboro telephone line should be ready in about a week. Umatilla Indians visited Baker City seeking deer hides for moccasins and gloves. Cattle riding will begin at Poplar, Grant county, with May deliveries. Mrs. Val Stickel, a woman mail carrier from Eagle Point, will serve between Eagle Point and Big Butte this summer. Lower Binslaw crops and fruit look healthier than in nine years. A Medford clergyman released eight Chinese pheasants near Phoenix for protection by sportsmen. Warm weather lowers snowpack in Grant county, freeing many streams. Sixteen hundred sheep sheared in Lava, Crook county, with 1,100 more to come. The Walla Walla river bridge near Brown’s mill in Umatilla county has been repaired and is sturdy against floods. A Dalles horse pastured on the Washington side tried to swim back, reached the opposite shore near the landing, uninjured.
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Moody's Warehouse
Dalles
Linn County Pioneers’ Association
Brownaville
Forest Grove
Hillsboro
Anton Pfanner
Baker City
Poplar
Grant County
Washington State News Snippet Roundup
Widespread county notices reporting warrants low price in Kittitas. An agent scouts Port Townsend for a Ohio farmers colony site. Spokane treasurer reports April receipts 106653 and expenditures 140726. Washington voters choose June's second Saturday under a new school law. Fern dale Blaine road contract let at 12684. Clallam postal petition for daily Strait mail. Waterville seismic shock 11 to 20 seconds. A Japanese drummer tours North Yakima with trunks and stories. Spring Creek Creamery in Ellensburg starts up handling 6000 pounds milk daily. North Yakima forms road club to improve Natchez avenue for cycling. Company A and battery B N G W will sustain operations despite tight funds. St Joseph's Tacoma reports successful skin graft. Puyallup father funds replacement of burned infantile skin. Ostrander creek logged with five Campe, two started last week. Creek bank logs cleared first time in four years. Browne rules women must register for school elections at district expense.
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Spokane County
Washington
Ferndale-Blaine
Whiatcom County
Clapp
Gray's Harbor
Clallam County
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Tacoma
Puyallup
Ostrander Creek
Cowlits County
Browne
Mercy Plea for Theodore Durrant Before Governor Budd
In Sacramento on May 17 Governor Budd heard the appeal for clemency for Theodore Durrant, condemned murderer of Blanche Lamont. Eugene Deuprey argued for life, presenting a dubious Rosenburg confession, which the governor noted as invalid since Rosenburg arrived seven months after the crime. The governor remained quiet, signaling no decisive impression.
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Sacramento
Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Budd
Eugene Deuprey
Durrant
Deuprey
Dr. Gibson
John Rosenburg
California
Nashville Gunboat Speed Trial Sets World Class Benchmark
The Nashville gunboat achieved an average speed of 16.76 knots on a 30 mile test on Long Island Sound, near 3 knots over the required 18.07 knot pace, earning a large bonus for excess speed. Built for the 1898 act, along with Wilmington and Helena, the ships were constructed by Newport News Shipbuilding and already earned the contractors a sizable bonus for performance.
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Conn
Nashville
Long Island Sound
Buillera
Wilmington
Helena
Congress
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Newport News
Regulating Vivisection in District of Columbia
Senator Gal linger announced a senate bill to regulate vivisection in DC. The measure, approved by the senate committee, requires anaesthetics for painful experiments on living invertebrates and inoculation tests, licenses experimenters, bans vivisection in public schools and exhibitions, and appoints a presidential inspector to oversee facilities.
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Gallinger
Senate Today
District of Columbia
Senate Committee of
United States
Flagman Samuel Emmone Sacrifices Life Protecting Pedestrians
Samuel W. Emmon a Southern Pacific flagman aged 68 died at Oakland pier after warning four men about an approaching train. He stepped aside to save them but was struck by a backing local train, fracturing his skull. He was conveyed to receiving hospital but did not recover.
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Oakland
Samuel W. Emmona
Southern Pacific
Boumone
Emmione
Bever
Millionaire Bradbury Sentenced for Spitting in City Car
In San Francisco W B Bradbury was jailed for 24 hours for violating the civic rule against ex saluting on street cars. This second offense prompts him to vow a test case defending the act as an inalienable American privilege. In Philadelphia ex Postmaster General Wanamaker spoke at a Business Men's League banquet urging a new party amid disillusionment over McKinley era prosperity.
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W. B. Bradbury
Bradbury
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Business Men's League
McKinley
Wanamaker
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