Week's notable events in politics and world affairs
The 17th meeting of the farmers national congress convened in St Paul. Oregon Supreme Court rules a jury cannot be discharged on Sunday. Actress Mrs John Drew dies in Larchmont after three years illness. Gloversville glove workers strike for higher wages. Pennsylvania Democratic committee votes to vacant Harrity seat. Spanish cabinet to mobilize 50 000 reserves 27000 to Cuba 13000 to Philippines. Northern Pacific tunnel 4 landslide disrupts trains. A flying machine sight reported near Sterling Colorado. Navy board devises plans for a government armor plate plant. Kansas City arrests raise 5500 in liquor fines. Santa Fe wheat crop near 10000 tons. Finck Seattle jewelers robbed of 10000. Five orphans sent from Honolulu to San Francisco require 2500 dollars each backing. Manyon volcano eruption devastates villages Libog bodies recovered. Rio de Janeiro says fanatics attack supply convoys. Brazilian troops wounded. Tariff section 22 interpretation debated by attorney general. Attempt on President Faure in Paris ends with bomb near Madeline church. no injuries.
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Supreme Court of Oregon
John Drew
Larchmont
N. Y
Gloversville
Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee
William Harrity
National Democratic Committee
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Tunnel No. 4
Northern Pacific
Cascades
Sterling
Colo
G. A. Newstein
Long
Navy Department
United States
Kansas City
Kan
Buenos Ayres
Santa Fe
W. H. Finck
Seattle
Gold Field Reports From Michipicotan
The Sault Ste. Marie party aboard the Mary Bell returned from Michipicotan after three days. 14 men, all local businessmen, secured claims on promising gold quartz. They plan to file for 4,000 acres as rich veins of free gold were found in Lake Wawa and River Wawa regions. The camp near Lake Wawa grew rapidly with tents and prospectors, forecasting a Klondike like rush.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Mary Bell
Michipicotan
Lake Wawa
Michipicotan River
Two Soos
Klondike, Jr
Wealth prospect in Mexico's Eldorado drawn by syndicate
Sedalia capitalists J W Corkins and Leo Cloud along with St Louis and Cincinnati investors plan a trip to Hermosillo and Yaqui country to verify rich gold placer and quartz mines recently secured by their syndicate. If reports hold, inland Mexican ranges may rival Alaska's Klondike.
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Kansas City
Sedalia
J. W. Corkins
Leo Cloud
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Mexico
Corbina
Cloud
Hermosillo
New Eldorado
Klondike
Alaska
Eldorado
Train wreck on Pacific coast road near Duncan's Mills
A southbound mixed freight and passenger train on the Pacific coast road narrowly escaped disaster when a bridge pier failed due to a defective bolt at the third span near Duncan's Mills. Most of the train passed safely but a freight car plunged through a gap, fatally injuring crewman John Blaney.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Duncan's Mills
Pacific Coast Road
Russian River
John Blaney
Oregon Delegation Names Federal Office Appointees
The Oregon congressional delegation agreed on recommendations for federal offices in Oregon. United States district attorney John H. Hall of Portland. United States marshal Zoeth Tou ewer of Umatilla County. Appraiser of customs Willamette district Colonel Owen Summers of Portland. Register of United States land office Oregon City T. T. Geer of Marion County.
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Portland
Oregon
United States District Attorney
John H. Hall
United States
Explosion Kills Two Men and a Horse in Monongahela
In Monongahela Pennsylvania an early morning nitroglycerin blast killed two men and a horse, damaged a boggy area and a bridge over the Monongahela River, shattered nearby windows and woke residents for miles. One man is believed to be Charles P Rankin former Watson Company superintendent. The nitroglycerin was likely in a buggy and a sudden jolt caused the explosion.
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Monongahela
Monongahela River
Charles P. Rankin
Watson Company
Amber Loyalist Hints at Afghan Frontier Tensions
Dispatch from Simla reports the ameer of Afghanistan pressuring loyal subjects not to join border fighting while claiming coercion by mullahs. Nepaul prime minister bans seditious native papers as tribesmen mass on the Sa mana range near Peshawar. Deserters and local skirmishes mark the unsettled frontier.
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The
Times
Simla
Ameer
Afghanistan
Cabul
Maharajah Sir
Ber Shamaher Jang Rana Bahadur
Nepaul
Yellow fever scare prompts quarantines at Ocean Springs
Reports from Ocean Springs Miss outline a fever outbreak with several hundred cases and rising mortality. Health boards from Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana investigate with Professor Metz joining to test virus samples. Quarantine lines are set and oysters are suspected as a transmission risk.
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New Orleans
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana Boards of Health
Ocean Springs
A. L. Metz
Louisiana Board
Miss
Louisiana State Board of Health
Metz
Evangelina Cisneros Visited in Havana Prison After Arrest
A World special from Havana reports Evangelina Cisneros meeting visitors at the women's jail. The article describes visiting days, other inmates, and Cisneros's poised demeanor and hopes to address General Weyler. She cites letters from Colonel Berrin and hints at a potential transfer or release depending on Madrid and court proceedings.
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Havana
Evangelina Cisneros
Polios
Evangelina
Berrin
Isle of Pines
Austria
Spain
Berris
Weyler
Madrid
Yukon Border Clash Looms Over Alaska Claim
Port Townsend reports a U S claim to a Yukon district including Dawson City arguing the boundary was never fixed and surveys place the area in Alaska. Officials fear serious international friction with Britain as the dispute unfolds. In Santa Rosa deserters from the gunboat Concord are jailed, and Leo Stevens tests a gun generator for a dirigible with Klondike plans.
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United States
Yukon
British Territory
Alaska
Dawson City
Toronto
Leo Stevens
Klondike
Andree
Alaska's Silent City Seen From Glaciers Over 100 Miles Away
Five members of Prince Luigi's party on Mount St. Elias witnessed Alaska's Silent City appear in the morning haze on July 18 as they returned from the ocean with supplies. C. W. Thornton noted the image in his notebook describing it as distinctly citylike, visible for 80 minutes before fading to yield a rocky ridge.
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Seattle
Alaska
Prince Luigi
Mount St. Elias
C. W. Thornton
Minor W. Bruce
Muir Glacier
Eight Succumbed to Fever in South American Mines
George W. Adams of Cripple Creek arrived in Denver recounting how his party of nine Amercans in the South American mines faced a deadly fever. He was among two attacks, saw eight companions die, and fled after witnessing the last burial as he alone survived.
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Denver
George W. Adama
Cripple Creek
South America
Adams
Georgetown
Brooklyn Bridge Jumping Incident Leaves Man in Critical Condition
William Orton leaped from the Brooklyn bridge while atop a rail as crowds watched from a nearby truck. He was pulled from the East River by a tug crew, exhausted and in a coma, after declaring I did it I did it before sinking.
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New York
William Orton
Brooklyn Bridge
Marine Hospital
Brooklyn
Orton
Gratitude
Tragic Fire Claims 4 Year Old in Moscow
In Moscow Idaho on September 6 a lamp topple caused Mary Hildebrant four to suffer severe burns and die after three hours of agony. Her mother Mrs Hildebrant was badly burned while trying to rescue her child.
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Moscow
Idaho
Mary Hildebrant
Steamers sail with 1600 sick soldiers to Spain Cuba war funds received
Havana reports 1600 ill soldiers ferried by the last two steamers to Spain. Captain General Weyler received 2 million dollars in silver from Spain for Cuba war expenses. In Poland Count Skor newski shows four cameras acclimated on his estate in Posen, despite earlier damage.
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Spain
Weyler
Cuba
Poland
Count Skornewski
Posen
Burgess steel mill fly wheel bursts causing fire and injuries
A 40 ton fly wheel at Burgess steel and iron works burst when a 4800 pound ingot halted a roll. Workman John Murphy was hurled forty feet and injured. Roof and furnace damaged. two by two feet pieces torn. mill set ablaze but flames died out and damage value unknown. mill to close until a new wheel arrives.
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Porstmouth
Burgess Steel and Iron Works
John Murphy
Beama
Japan Public Schools Mandate English Language Education
A government policy requires English language instruction in public schools across Japan. The law enforces English as a compulsory subject for students, shaping national education standards and classroom curricula nationwide.
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Japan
End of great miners strike seen as talks advance
In Columbus the United Mineworkers board favors a 65 cent per ton rate to end the strike this year with a December meeting to set future mining rates. A delegate convention is set for September 8 to ratify. In McDonald many miners refuse 69 cents, threatening a broader stoppage.
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United Mineworkers’ Association
Pittsburg
Batchford
Marchers Enjoined Near Worthington Coal Property
Wheeling West Virginia September 6 An injunction was served on J Rea James Wood and 73 named plus unknown persons prohibiting meetings or marches near Worthington Coal and Coke Company property issued by Judge J H Hagans Marion County Court. The San Francisco labor council urged unions to donate one day’s wages to East striking miners via Secretary Pearce Columbus Ohio.
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W. Va
J. Rea
James Wood
Worthington Coal & Coke Company
J. H. Hagans
Marion County Court
San Francisco
San Francisco Labor Council
East
Pearce
Columbus
Mine Disaster Kills Twelve at Sunshine Coal Mine
A coal dust explosion at the Sunrise Coal Company mine near Sunshine Colorado killed eleven Italians and one American just before 6 PM. A powder barrel ignited and intensified the blast, with the single damaged chamber releasing all victims as crews recovered the bodies two hours later.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Spet
Sunrise Coal Company
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Sunshine
Guatemalan Political Shakeup Reaches Sea Route
The Acapulco brought word of a political upheaval in Guatemala as General Vasque, ex president of Honduras, arrived under guard at Acatzuta and was deported from San Jose de Guatemala after Barrosa ordered his removal. The refugee allegedly funded a revolution against Barrosa.
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Acapulco
Guatemala
Acajutla
Barrois
Vasque
Honduras
Vaseques
San Jose de Guatemala
Barrosa
Lead market booms as Missouri mines reopen
Prosperity returns to the lead industry in St. Louis with prices rising to 4.05 to 4.10 per 100 pounds. Missouri mines that had shut down have restarted, aiming for record production and a potential peak in the metal’s history.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Bicycle Declared Personal Property in Oakland Ruling
Judge Eli Worth in Oakland on September 6 ruled bicycles are personal property exempt from execution if needed in the owner’s daily business.
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Oakland
Cal
Eli Worth
French Monumenta sets up 300 monuments for distinguished Frenchmen
France has installed about 300 monuments to notable Frenchmen over the past 26 years and 127 committees are now raising funds for additional monuments.
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France
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