Week's News Roundup of Global Events and Local Incidents
A busy weekly digest reports a Havre dock strike threat over wage refusals, record heat in Ohio Valley, and a strong Michigan wheat crop forecast. It notes the Angus Craven dispute in San Francisco, a Tokyo silk trade rise, a deadly Chinese arsenal blast near Shanghai, and a Denver turquoise find. Also in focus: Port Arthur tornado fatalities, a Kingston style political homicide in Monmouth, Afridis and Orakzais massing near Khan Khi, Sullivan's Boston mayor bid, Panvelas quarry gas fatalities, Rev. Howard's prison escape, and currency color changes for U S stamps to green.
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Chicago
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Secretary of State
San Francisco
Washington
New York
United States
Spain
Kiangnan
Shanghai
Denver
Mexico
Lincoln County
New Mexico
Madras
Champion Reef
Thomas Hawkins
Greenwood
Cal
Fraser River
Northwest
Japan Mail
Japan
Yokohama
Port Arthur
Tex
George F. Reginer
Democratic County Committee
Simon Fransdel
Monmouth
Fransdel
Reginer
Quarantine Tightened North of Mobile Amid Fever Outbreak
Reports from Mobile and New Orleans describe 18 yellow fever cases to date with three deaths and several recoveries. A quarantine trocha north of Mobile halts interior movement while residents flee city and guards monitor immigrant movement. In New Orleans the fever shows improvement with three new cases and two deaths, while one doctor remains in critical condition.
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Mobile
Ala
Board of Health
Frank Donaldson
C. L. Swayzle
Associated Press
Register Office
Chesabogue Creek
Mississippi
Alabama
Trocha
Farme
New Orleans
E. Harmon
Santa Grafato
Marie Dubois
Rafael Fourtien
C. G. Gormon
Melchior
Dr. Lovell
Marion Dowden
Ouachita Guards
Monroe
Henry McCormick
Yellow fever cases and suspicions raise alarm across cities
Secretary Egan reports Cairo yellow fever quarantine station conditions as suspicious. Alexander county sheriff imposes ground quarantine. Ocean Springs records three deaths including Miss Mamie Goodrich and Walter F. Bransford from yellow fever. Oscar Elder, long ill, not declared yellow fever. Vicksburg tallies Edwards area total 47 cases, 15 new today.
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Springfield
Egan
State Board of Health
Cairo
Alexander County
Ocean Springs
Miss
Walter F. Bransford
Mamie Goodrich
Oscar Elder
Michigan
Vicksburg
Edwards
Speaker cites Victoria de las Lunas capture as lesson for Spain
The Speaker calls the Cuban insurgents capture of Victoria de las Lunas a salutary lesson that may shock Spain from its drift toward bankruptcy and civil war. He warns Spain to recall Weyler and seek terms with Cuba via the United States intermediary or risk greater trouble after Congress convenes.
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London
Victoria de Las Lunas
Spain
United States
Weyler
United States Congress
Secretary Alger seeks Yukon relief via novel transport plan
Washington on September 21 reports Secretary Alger and his cabinet aides exploring ways to deliver supplies to the Klondike region to avert starvation. A Chicago inventor proposes a river locomotive adaptable to Yukon winter navigation to move food into the gold country. Meanwhile in Redding California a man was killed while attempting to board a freight train, decapitated with logs scattered nearby. Barbara Curran of Orrington Maine holds yeast tracing back to Ireland in 1846.
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Washington
Alger
Klondike
Chicago
Yukon
Redding
Cal
Portland
Skaguay Trail Improvised With Dynamite Help
Seattle dispatch reports Sylvester Scovel of the New York World supplied dynamite and tools to clear Skaguay and White Pass. About 800 men blasted rock, cutting long detours and saving miles of travel, enabling thousands to press toward the Yukon with gear toward Dawson City.
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Seattle
Skaguay
White Pass
Sylvester Scovel
New York World
Scovel
City
Rosalie
Yukon River
Dawson City
Chilkoot Pass
Skagway
Lake Bennett
Skaguay Pass
Larissa
New York
Gold nugget haul nets W A Ford big local sum
Ellensburg Washington Sept 21 W A Ford brought from Swank seven gold nuggets worth 20 dollars each totaling 120 dollars for the month from a single day's work on his claim.
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Ellensburg
Wash
W. A. Ford
Woman Seriously Burned In Oil Stove Explosion
In San Francisco on September 91 Mrs May Ann Calvert was severely burned at 24 Jessie Street when coal oil ignited in a kitchen stove. Neighbors found her with burning clothing and hair, her head in the sink, and she lies dying from the injuries.
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San Francisco
May Ann Calvert
Jessie Street
Denver Doctor Claims Cattle Fever Cure Through Tick Dip
Dr. V A Norgaard of Denver reports a cure for cattle fever using a tick extermination dip. Cattle swim through a petroleum-based solution, leaving a herd tick free after 11 hours in a pen. If validated, the method could unlock northbound cattle shipments and prompt legal changes at a Fort Worth convention.
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Denver
V. A. Norgaard
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Virgina
West Virginia
Louisiana
Goswell
Norgaard
Fort Worth
Wreck on Wisconsin Central Kills Five in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin Central wreck six miles west of Chippewa Falls results in five deaths and four serious injuries. Two through trains collided at speed on a curve due to orders mix up. Victims include engineers Warren and Smith, fireman Smiley, and brakeman Miller, all residents of Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Journal
Chippawa Falls
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Warren
Smith
Smiley
Miller
Daring Train Hold-Up Foiled Near Bond Station
A group of about eight men attempted to stop a south bound M K T passenger train at Bond a flag station south of Muskogee. They forced the section foreman to signal the stop but the engineer, wary after prior robberies, opened the throttle and escaped the trap. The robbers fled and remained at large.
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St. Louis
Spet
Republic
Muskogee
J. T
Bond
Here
Tragic Port Alma Fire Claims Three Daughters
In Chatham Ontario three Preston Howard daughters aged 18 10 and 8 perished in a morning fire at Port Alma while other family members escaped. One daughter who had escaped returned to rescue siblings and died. In Brockton Massachusetts a thousand factory workers joined a strike related to Churchill and Alden lasters causing labor unrest.
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Chatham
Ont
Preston Howard
Port Alma
Aesset
Sinters
Brockton
Mass
Brockton and
Churchill & Alden
Consul Advises Tactics on Santos Wharfage Charges
Washington dispatch reports United States Consul Hill in Santos Brazil urging shipowners to include the phrase free of wharfage and dock dues in vessel charters to Santos to avoid dock charges. Officials held free of wharfage alone failed to exempt ships, costing Virginia 800 in duties.
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Washington
United States
Hill
Santos
Brazil
State Department
Guatemala Revolt Led by Wealthy Presidental Hopefuls
A Panama telegraph reports Guatemala facing a rising rebellion led by influential generals Prospero Morales Fues Barrios and Feliciano Guitera. About 5 000 to 6 000 rebels attacked Quezaltenango as garrisons of under 1 000 fought back. The revolt stems from Barrios seeking a second term and opposition by Guatemala's upper classes amid economic distress.
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New York
Herald
Panama
Colombia
Guatemala
Quemltenango
Ciy
Prospero Morales
Fues Barrios
Barrios
Feliciano Guitera
San Marcos
Bikery
Morales
Wheat damage reports vary across Pacific Northwest
Spokane reports one third to half of the wheat crop ruined by rain north of the Snake River, while Palouse areas show minimal damage. A Tacoma buyer says rainfall damage over five percent is uncertain. Moscow Idaho and Nez Perces reserve areas report about three percent. Big Bend remains resilient with under two percent damaged.
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Spokane
Wash
Snake River
Tacoma
Palouse
Riparia
Moscow
Idaho
Nez Perces
Big Bend
Washington
J. P. Chamberlin
Central Washington Railroad
Miners Return to Work in Pittsburg District After Strike
About 15 000 to 15 000 coal miners resume work in Pittsburg district as the convention approves the 65 cent scale. The rest of the 24 000 miners are expected back by week’s end. The strike cost the district an estimated 5 to 7 million dollars with 2.25 million in wages lost. A 56 percent wage levy funds the continued effort until uniform rates are set. Odessa grain dealers face embarrassment as grain price rises disrupt contracts and payments in London.
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Pittsburg
London
Odessa
Spanish Steamer Taal Lost Off Manila
News from Manila says the Spanish coasting steamer Taal was lost at sea near the Philippines. Several passengers were drowned in the disaster.
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Laadrid
Manila
Philippines
Attempted Diaz Life In Mexico City Stirs Uproar
In St Louis a report says a supposed Italian named Arrayo tried to stab President Diaz during a public park review. Police arrested the would‑be assassin. Later in Mexico City Arnulfo Arroyo was killed by a mob at the municipal palace after an attempted assassination spiral. The death scene was described as violent with bullets and knives.
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Aroulfo Arrayo
St. Louis
Diaz
Arrayo
City of
Mexico
Arnulfo Arroyo
Arroyo
Fourth Ward
Indian strike ends as Brown breaches pass
Port Townsend Washington September 20 a letter reports David E Brown a former mail carrier crossed Chilkoot pass after leaving Juneau on the Queen Anquart 20. From Dyea he hired a boat from Lake Bennett to Daneon paying 450 for passage. He traveled with two Indians who carried freight for 8 cents a pound Brown overpowered them with a revolver to keep to the 45 cent rate at Sheep Camp.
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Wash
David E. Brown
Chilkoot Pass
Brown
Juneau
Queen
Anuart
Dyea
Lake Bennett
Daneon
Lake Benitet
Gold Strike Sparks Sumas Miner Rush Near Mount Baker
Seattle reports a new quartz district eight miles south of the international line near Mount Baker with free milling ore valued up to 10 000 dollars per ton. Word spreads fast as residents prepare to head to the mines, depopulating Sumas in anticipation of year round access and rich veins across the northern county districts.
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Seattle
Sumas
Seattle & International Railroad
Carmlian
Quarts
International Boundary Line
Mount Baker
Suame
Okanogan
Methow
Slate Creek
Ruby Creek
Miner Madeira Questions Value of Coffee Creek Finds
George Madeira, mining expert, reports to Secretary Durden that Coffee creek district finds in Trinity county are exaggerated. Surface dirt yields only 25 to 80 cents per pan, with large strikes needing substantial capital for machinery to profit.
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San Francisco
George Madeira
Coffee Creek
Trinity County
Durden
State Mining Bureau
Paris Grains Import Plan Signals Wheat Shortage
The Matin reports a wheat shortfall this season requiring imports of 20 million quintals. The import would incur a 140 million franc duty, reflecting crop failures and supply concerns.
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Paris
Matin
Counterfeit Postal Cards Reported in Denver Mails
Denver officers believe they uncovered a scheme defrauding the government with counterfeit postal cards found in the city mail. Cards are said to be sold to merchants and investment houses for large profits, with arrests likely and at least one operator believed to be in Denver.
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Denver
Post Office
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