Doings of the Week in This and Foreign Lands
A weekly wrap covers a wide range of items from railroads barred from Pueblo steel routes to a Panama ship reported lost with 800 lives but later reaching Havana. It notes France's Dreyfus revision stance, Philippine troop movements, Fashoda tensions, and Norfolk British notes on canal status. Also cited are fires in Divide Colorado and Sydney mills, mutiny in Virginia troops, And the Peru transport bringing Manila sick soldiers.
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Panama
Havana
Germany
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Peru
San Francisco
Manila
Philippines
Notable 1900s Headlines Span Wars Smallpox Fire Tragedies
David A Wells dies in Norwich while Cuba unrest grows with American policy shifts. Cuba block reports severe conditions in Havana. Manila troops face expected clashes. fires devastate Pitkin Colorado and a Sacramento slope. Several political and legal moves unfold as global tensions rise.
Maria Teresa Lost All Hands On Board Saved
The cruiser Maria Teresa wrecked in a furious storm off San Salvador Bahamas on November 3 after leaving Cuba for New York. 114 crew rescued by the Merritt and Vulcan. no lives lost, survivors ashore at Charleston. The Navy opens a court of inquiry to determine responsibility and salvage terms.
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Charleston
Merritt
Maria Teresa
San Salvador
Bahamas
Caimanera
Cuba
New York
Cape Maysi
Harris
Teresa
Walling Island
Vulcan
Cincinnati
Newark
Norfolk
Navy Department
Washington
Crowinshiekd
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Yard
Coal Mine Disaster at Exeter Colliery Kills Seven
Seven men died and three were fatally injured at the Exeter colliery in West Pittston when loaded cars ran into the shaft head after a disobedient engineer shifted cars from a wash shaft. The dead include Michael Smith Andrew Tinko Michael Podesabanny Michael Brazuke Joseph E B Culock Michael Waslokse and Joseph Andrewsky. A second item reports a drunken boatswain stabbing two men aboard the Peleus in San Francisco with one man gravely hurt.
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Wilkesbarre
Exeter
Lehigh Coal Company
West Pittston
David Price
Theeo
Michael Smith
Andrew Tinko
Michael Podesabanny
Michael Brazuke
Joseph EB. Culock
Michael Waslokse
Joseph Andrewsky
Price
Red Wash
Gas Explosion Wrecks Supreme Court Rooms at Capitol
Washington November 8 A large explosion and fire in a basement room beneath the capitol caused extensive damage. The blast shattered the marble wing, damaged the supreme court library and record rooms, and endangered precious judicial records and documents.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Capitol
Court
James
Supreme Court Room
Congress
Wonderland Theater Collapse Kills Fifteen Workers in Detroit
A five story Wonderland theater under construction in Detroit collapses at 2 pm as 85 workers toil. Fifteen men die and many more are injured when the roof and upper walls fall into the pit. Rescue efforts halt after a second collapse. officials suspend operations until morning. Names of the dead and missing are listed. fault blamed on faulty iron beams in the roof support.
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Detroit
Mich
Wonderland Theater
Ahorera
Maybury
Ares August Sallach
George W. White
Theoore Mertens
Martin Shafter
Cornelios McArron
James Meyeruchke
August Januschowski
John Greselaki
Ares
Peter Connors
Jacob Lewen
Frank Wolt
Botte
O. Mullim
Ofese It Fa
Edward Fieber
J. W. Wilson
Spanish opposition to US plan on Philippine demands
The Spanish commission rejects the American proposal to take the entire Philippine group and reimburse Spain for pacific expenditures. They claim the United States has no sovereign right to the Philippines without Spain's consent and demand return of nearly $1,000,000 from Manila tariff duties. They allege U S imprisonment of Spanish troops violated international law and oppose Cuban debt discussion before Philippines. The reading shifted to English as officials adjourn to Tuesday.
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Paris
Spain
United States
Philippines
Antilles
Orient
M. Cambon
Madrid
Senor Rios
Manila
Ferguson
Disaster at sea as Croatan burns off Atlantic coast
Five lives lost as the Clyde line steamer Croatan bound from New York to Wilmington and Georgetown burns near Cape Charles. Twenty three of 27 aboard survive after landing by the schooner Alice B. Clark at Vineyard Haven. Drowned include Jeremiah McCarty of Nova Scotia steward James Curtis of Jersey City and his wife, plus Frank an oiler and Jennie Willard of Wilmington.
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Pive
Vineyard Haven
Maas
Ife
Croatan
New York
Wilmington
N. C
Georgetown
8. C
Cape Charles
Alice B. Clark
Portland
Jeremiah McCarty
Nova Scotia
James Curtis
Jersey City
Frank
Jennie Willard
Eight men and engine fall from bridge in Des Chutes incident
A crew of eight men and a Thompson & Dutcher traction engine plunged about 15 feet when a county bridge near the Waddell settlement across the Des Chutes river gave way during repairs. Three men were seriously injured. The contractor had just finished work and notice restrictions were not removed. The engine and crew face possible indemnity claims for damage and repair. Names of injured: Dutcher, Ben Gibson, and Piper.
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Olympia
Wash
Des Chutes
Waddell
Thompson & Dutcher
Dutcher
Ben Gibson
Piper
Joseph McCarragher
City of
Fashoda Incident Closed After Cabinet Decision
Paris reports the government will not retain the Chand mission at Fashoda and recalls Major Chand. Dupuy, premier, disclaims responsibility for the mission as he withdraws support to ensure the 1890 exposition proceeds without interference.
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Paris
Marchand
Fashoda
London
Paria
M. Dupuy
England's War Preparation Rumors Stir Philippine Question
Berlin correspondent reports well informed circles claim British war prep linked to the Philippine question. The US may cede islands or grant coaling stations to England. Separate dispatch notes Dr. Murphy's consumptive treatment shows first cures in Chicago with patients Purcell and Edwardes after about three months.
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London
Berlin
The
Daily News
United States
England
Chicago
J. B. Murphy
William B. Purcell
J. ©. Edwardes
Murphy
American Medical Association
Denver
Fatal Miner Riot at Union Colliery in Nanaimo
In Nanaimo British Columbia on November 7 a riot broke out among hundreds of Japanese workers imported by Union Colliery Company. One worker had his head smashed and another suffered severe abdominal injuries with likely non recoverable prognosis. Later reports confirm serious injuries with no chance of recovery. Cleared for Action Wei-Hal-Weil November 7 reports British warships fully coaled and prepared after removing woodwork for emergencies.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Union Colliery Company
Wei-Hal-Weil
Pritieh
Two Fatal Accidents in Railroad Camps
In Brooklyn New York yesterday Ot Anderson was killed at a railroad camp when a premature dynamite blast blew him up. In a separate camp John Olsen died from a tamping rod struck through his head by another premature blast. Spain will permit three year veterans to stay in Cuba but with reduced pay.
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Brooklyn
B. C
Ot Anderson
John Olsen
Spain
Cuba
Movement to Cuba Gen Carpenter in Command
The War Department orders a brigade from the Seventh Army Corps to move to Neuvitas and Puerto Principe for initial occupation of two points in Cuba. Brigadier General L H Carpenter will command from Nuevitas with 60 days of rationing and equipment. The transfer includes reorganization of cavalry and infantry units and revocation of a prior deployment order.
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M. Fontaine
Minneapolis
Hootalinqua
England
France
Navy Department
Cristobal Colon
Viscaya
Almirante Oquendo
Santiago
War Department
Cuba
Carpenter
Seventh Army Corps
Nenvitas
Puerto Principe
Divide
Colo
Fie
Sydney
Australia
Sixth Virginia Regiment
Free Country
Oregon
Washington
Neuvitas
Nuevitas
L. H. Carpenter
Eighth
United States Cavalry
Georgia
Eighth United States Cavalry
Fifteenth Infantry
First Army Corps
Second Army
Fourth Army
Third Georgia Volunteers
Athens
United States of Central America Formed From Nicaragua Honduras and El Salvador
A new republic the United States of Central America emerges on November 1, incorporating Nicaragua Honduras and El Salvador as states. The capital sits temporarily at Amapala Tigre Island Gulf of Fonseca with a US style presidency and two chamber legislature mirroring US institutions.
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Washington
Central America
United States of Central America
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Senor Corea
Repubics
United States of
Atlantic
Pacific
Nicaragua Canal
General Assembly
Amapala
Tigre Island
Gulf of Fonston
Congress
Army
Navy
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Tlenduras
Sign of Mobilization Warns Guardsmen UK Wide
London reports guardsmen across the United Kingdom warned to mobilize, with many already joining ships as a menacing sign. In Washington a fierce coastal storm battered Port Townsend, driving the schooner Maria Smith off anchor but halting a grounding. Whidby Island saw the sloop Olaf Johnson wrecked. In Crete, international troops seized the fortress at o clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wansh
Heinrich
Watertown
N. Y
Port Townsend
Wash
John Hahn
Victoria
Veseela
Behring Sea
Pio Peer
London
United Kingdom
Maria Smith
Olaf Johnson
Whidby Island
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Western Railroads
Pueblo Steel
Pacific Coast
Visayas Islands
Worcester
Maso
Hoar
Massachusetts
Russia
China
Maritime Canal Company
Atlin
Railway Mall
Leonard Wood
Military Department
Santiago City
Dartmouth College
James A. Davis
Dorchester County
Lake Erie
John Hays
Lake Superior
Cleveland
Morrie Park
N. J
Meddler
William C. Whitney
David A. Wells
Norwich
Conn
Gibara
Otis
Wade
Southern Pacific
Sacramento
Pitkin
Philip Brogan, Jr
Antelope, Or
Antonio Sincki
Army Investigation Commission
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Puebla
California Heavy Artillery
Nevada
Twenty-third Infantry
Ilavana
Eald
America
McKinley
Chungking
Yu Man Tze
Long Chau
Fitzhugh Lee
Richmond
Santa Cruz
Islands
Solomon Islands
Hankow
Ellis H. Roberts
Redfield Proctor
Montpelier, Vt
Philippine Archipelago
Helburn
Camp Thomas
Chickamauga
Board of Control
Joint Traffic Association
Oil City
Richard McCloskey
John Frawley
B. J. Gidders
Denis McMahon
Klondike
American
Scandinavia
George Wilson Phillips
Springfield
Maya
Fort Worth
Tex
Hope Adams
Boatewain
Peleus
Boatawain
Charles Wilson
John Melntowh
Michael Beatt
Wilson
Melntowh
National Capitol
Swan
Ube
Tacoma
Olof Alberg
Lincoln, Neb
District Court of
Lancaster County
Charles F
David W
George K Brown
Lincoln Savings Bank
Holmes
Lowe
Des Chutes River
Gen. Carpenter
Central American Union
Canea
Crete
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