Death in the Gale: scattered week in review
A digest of global and domestic incidents includes Alaska transportation calls for reindeer, Creek Dawes treaty rejection, dervish raids in Berber region, a San Francisco gas company employee suicide, Hawaii annexation hope, cholera rumors, a Russian census, Rio de Janeiro assassination attempt, Admiral Worden’s death, mint report highlights, a maritime explosion in Charleroi, a railroad caving fatality near Clifton, Madrid-Spain alliances talk, the Caspar schooner wreck off Point Arena with thirteen drowned and two survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Jackson
United States
Alaska
Kansas City Journal
Muskogee
Dawes and Creek
Okmulgee
Berber
Point Arena
Cal
Anfiidsen
Chris Larsen
Alcazar
Caspar
San Francisco
Caspar Lumber Company
Morris Peterson
Flest
Andrew Anderson
George Offerman
John Kuhn
N. C. Helverson
Louis Bruce
the Cook
Spain says it has done all in power to end the war in Cuba
Madrid reports Spain’s note to Minister Woodford asserts full effort to end the Cuban war, cites sacrifices and troop deployments, and reforms on the island. It declares Spain will not allow foreign interference and warns of potential actions if filibustering expeditions continue. El Tempo and El Liberal weigh possible rupture and call for moderation.
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Madrid
Woodford
Spain
Cuba
el Tempo
United States
el Liberal
Australia to join Klondike gold rush next year
From Sydney the Alameda reports miners flood Oceanic offices with inquiries about the Yukon voyage. A broad circular of general information has been dispatched, as officials expect the next steamer to San Francisco be crowded with gold hunters for the Klondike voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Charleroi
James Ryan
William Patterson
Patterson
San Francisco
Australia
Klondike
Alameda
Sydney
Oceanic Steamship Company
Fire on Broadway Claims Two Lives At Nine th Street
A blaze in a three story brick building on Broadway near Ninth killed two men. One body stood upright over a beam, the other lay at a front window showing a desperate escape effort. The Sailor's Snug Harbor estate owned the building, occupied by Gardner and Vail laundry. The loss is $25,000.
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New York
Broadway
Ninth
Sailor's Snug Harbor
Gardner & Vail
Uncle Charles Decker Dies in Portoco Age Sixty
Valparaiso Indiana reports the death of Uncle Charles Decker the oldest man in Portoco and likely the oldest veteran of the late war He was 60 years old at death He enlisted in company I Nineteenth Indiana cavalry during the war serving one year before discharge for disability Also noted a health tip that apples pears and plums without sugar can worsen stomach acidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
Charles Decker
Portoco
Nineteenth
Indiana Cavalry
DROWNED LIKE RATS TRAIN PLUNGES INTO THE HUDSON
A New York Central train plunged into the Hudson near Garrison on Oct 26, killing 28 passengers. The engine failed, the embankment wall gave way, and cars broke loose into the river. Ten dead confirmed, with 18 more feared dead. Names include Reilly, Green, Myers, Paduano, Becker, and McKay. Eight Chinese victims unidentified. Rescue efforts saved about 60 people.
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Garrison’s, N. Y
Hudson River
New York Central
Buffalo
Freman
Thomas Reilly
St. Louis
A. Green
Chicago
W. H. Myers
Tremont
N. J
Guiseppe Paduano
New York
Augustus Carr
Carr
Deneen to Retry Loetgert Next Week in Chicago
State's Attorney Deneen announced a second trial for Loetgert in Chicago as new defense witness testimony prompts the move. Bail arrangements were not decided.
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Chicago
Deneen
Loetgert
Luetgert Declares Innocence In Noted Chicago Trial
Adolph A. Luetgert takes an oath in jail declaring he did not kill his wife or boil her body in the sausage factory vat. The affidavit, written and notarized, disputes the verdict outcome as he awaits further outcome in the historic case.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Nameelf
Adolph A. Luetgert
Graystone Court
William A. Vincent
Luetzert
Letory
Vincent
M. F. Sullivan
Adolph Luetgert
Arnold
William Charles
British Firm Plans Stickeen Route For Dawson Travel
Frank Waterhouse chief of Fort Wrangel Grenora Teelin Lake Transportation travels to London to appoint agents and discuss a Dawson route via Paget Sound to the Stickeen river. Fare England to Dawson ranges from 750 to 1000 dollars for first and second class, with a year’s supplies and 1,000 horses planned. steamers will link Paget Sound to the river head and a portage to Teslin Lake.
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Winnipeg
Frank Waterhouse
Fort Wrangel, Grenora & Teelin Lake Transportation Company
Thie City
London
Europe
Dawson
England
Paget Sound
Stickeen River
Fort Wrangel
Teslin Lake
Defense of the Port Progress Made Upon the Work
Annual report by General Wilson details Columbia River defenses and Oregon Washington harbor plans. Emplacements for 10 and 8 inch guns on disappearing carriages and mining casemates advanced. wharf built for 6 inch emplacements and 12 inch mortars to be added. Puget Sound has no defense works. Indicates funds 1896 and 1897 projects, with several sites pending land acquisition and approvals.
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Washington
Wilson
Columbia
Puget Sound
Oregon
Oregon, CO
Coquille
Siuslaw River
Columbia Ely
Tongue
Columbia River
Willamette
Cascades
Columbia U Wo
Snake Rivers
Firmy's Harbor
Poget Sound
Everett Harbor
Swinomish
Cheatin
Cowlis
Yaquina
Dalles
Beattle Ditch
Judge Hanford rules wives and children need no Chinese certificates
In Seattle on October 25 Judge Hanford of the federal court held that the wives and children of Chinese merchants in the United States may enter without certificates from the Chinese government. If upheld, this undermines the exclusion act requirement for certificates and could be appealed to the Supreme Court. Treasury and justice officials anticipate action to seek review and potential broader immigration openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Hanford
Federal Court
United States
Brinker
Treasury Department
Lacombe
New York
Cyclone Devastates Leyte Islands Killing Hundreds
A Leyte dispatch reports a cyclone devastating Tagloban Hernani and nearby villages. Estimated deaths reach 400 with immense property loss. Advices add Carriga Burga wiped out and a huge wave sweeping the island. Damage pegged at 7 600 000 pesetas. In Canada Klondike duty on imported goods to start. Swords from Toledo noted as best.
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Madrid
Leyte
Philippine Islands
Tagloban
Hernani
Manila
Carriga
Burga
Arsa
Bammar
Victoria
Canada
Klondike
Stickeen
Tagieh Lake
Yukon
Starved to Death in Chascapeba Population Decline
A Havana Herald dispatch reports that in Chascapeba in Melana del Sur district 2,500 people were concentrated as reconcentrados and only five survived due to hunger and fever. Other Havana area updates note rebel activity, casualties, and a suspected armed expedition sailing from New York toward Cuba with arms aboard the Silver Heels.
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New York
Herald Dispatch
Havana
Chascapeba
San Julian
Melana del Sur
Havana City
Veragua
Rubi Hille
Pinar del Rio
Raoul Arango
Artemisa
Acoa
Neptune Estate
Mangas
The
Herald
HH. P. Brown
Norfolk
Charleston
Agrald
Silver Heels
Cuba
Tomas Extrada Palma
Highwaymen Rob Pitsch Near Steinman Take $48 Silver
D C Pitsch a gardener from four miles south of Ashland reported being stopped on Siskiyou mountain by two highwaymen while returning from Northern California. They rifled his pockets taking $48 in silver, left $30 gold, and ordered him to flee. He reached home by 8 pm and authorities investigate.
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William J. Lyons
Pacific Gas Improvement Company
San Francisco
Berkley
Senator Morgan
Hawaii
Tacoma
Earl Li Hung Chang
Austin
Dawson City
Dyea
Circle City
Daw- Bon
Ashland
D. C
Pitch
California
Siskiyou Mountain
Steinman
Pitzer
Full-blood Cherokees Arm Themselves Amid Dawes Roll Fear
A Fort Smith dispatch to the Gazette reports full-blood Cherokee leaders secretly arming and stockpiling ammunition for weeks. Opposition to the treaty runs strongest among the ignorant full-bloods who resist changes to tribal government. Outcomes hinge on the council action anticipated near Monday.
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Little Rock
Ark
the Gazette
Fort
Tragic Tacoma suicide tied to saloon owner’s wife
Mrs Frank Alwyn 26 shot herself in the breast at St Josephs hospital after planning to die wrapping in a rubber blanket. A note stating fatigue of life and a self made shroud with bury me in this pinned. Kingston Rosendale blast kills Arnold Johnson and injures three. Abyssinians devastating Romiiland Cairo reports.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank Alwyn
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kingston
Rosendale
Snyder
Arnold Johnson
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News OF the
Colma
Mary Beck
London Daily Mail
Shropshire Regiment
Sitapura
India
Nueste Nachrichten
Leipsic
Prince Bismarck
Russian Empire
Russia
New York Herad
Rio de Janeiro
William T. Townes
Rio Janeiro
Towne
John L. Worden
Monitor
Ihs
Merrimac
Hampton Road
John Falangos
Clifton
Portugal
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Ea m
Alfred T. Ware
Pista
Aptist Church
Sunnysati
G. F. Jerard
Resbyterian Church
J. E. Day
Cristian Church
Salvation Army
Har i Racks
Main Street
Society Notices
Newberg Camp
O. F
Bank of Newberg
Newberg Council
Masonic Hall
A. M
C. V. Bank
F. Hall
Shasta
Southern Pacific CO
Portland
Overland Express
Falem
Albany
Eugene
Roseb’g
Grants Vase
Medford
Sacramento
Ogden
Mu Ave
Los Angles
Pnno
New Orleans
East
iRosebur & Way
Vic Woodburn
Mt. Angel
Silverton
Westvule
Brownesville
Satrom
eSpringield
Corvallis & Way
McMinnville & Way
Grand Central Station
Fifth and
Irving Streets
Occidental and Oriental and Pacific Mall Steamship Lines
Japan
China
Honolulu
J.B. Kirkland
Third Street
Yamhaill Division
Jefferson Street
Airile Mainl
Reeky
Sted
Alriiery
P. m. oLy
British Columbia
Baker City
Spokane
H. Hurlburt
NM. Co
Portland, Or
Oliver & Colcord
Agents
Newsvunc
Onagos
New York Central Railroad
Hudson
Btockton
George Williame
Morano Station
Athena
Thessaly
Fahhem Pasha
Phourka Post
Monsenki Pass
Trikhala
Amiroud
Judge Hanford
Phillippines
Toledo
Romiiland
Cairo
Somali
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