Notable Visits and Events Across Continents
Brigadier General Frederick J Grant and family pass through Berlin en route to St Petersburg. News spans a church seminary fund in St al, a Pekin boom, Minister Conger to China, deaths in San Francisco, a Kentucky murder suicide, the first Kansas wheat sale at Winfield, and Huntington's will with gifts to Princess Hasteldt. Cape Colony Boer invasion reports grow stronger with dates from Cape Town and Daily Mail.
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Frederick J.grant
Ulysses
Berlin
St. Petersburg
J. J. Hill
The
Great Northern
United A Church
St. al
John Harrett
United States
Siam
Conger
China
Louieville
Kentucky
Emily Stewart
Church
Kansas
Winfield
Colie P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Fame
H. KB. Huntington
Princess Hasteldt
Huntington
National Hospital For Consumptives
Denver
Cincinnati
CC. W. Gotheim
New York
Bradelder
Cape Colony
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Jane
Salem and Portland Girls Teams Triumph in Weekend Action
The Boston Bloomer girls defeated Salem at Salem on Saturday. A Portland girl will be elected zone queen for the Astoria regatta, as in past years Astoria girls have been chosen. Frederick Keborst, retired capitalist, was found dead in the Portland river, apparently by his own hand after a protracted illness. Washington wheat output is forecast at 25 million bushels by State Grain Inspector George P. Wright. The Salem Indian Training School at Chemawa opens its annual commencement on Wednesday June 20 with a full program. Articles of incorporation filed for the Washington and Great Northern railway intend to run through the Okanogan valley, linked to Hill and the Great Northern. Portland police seized a two year old white baby from Ubinaman and his wife, finding the child was sold to a Chinese family by the mother, named Bella Wood from Albany. Governor Geer granted full pardon to Charles A. Combs, convicted in Marion county in 1895 on forgery and assault charges, with two years on two indictments and 12 years for the assault while jailed.
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Boston
Salem
Portland
Astoria
Everufore
Frederick Keborst
Washington
George P. Wright
Salem Indian Training School
Chemawa
P. mm
Washington & Great Northern Railway
Okanogan Valley
Republic
Hill
Great Northern Road
Seattle
Ubinaman
Ihs
Bella Wood
Albany
Geer
Doctor Pierce’s Medicine Promises Blood Purity
A historical ad style note claims impurities in the flood cause skin blotches boils and eruptions and that bad blood leads to rheumatism and debility. It asserts Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery can cleanse poisons, improve blood quality, and aid the liver and stomach.
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Pierce
Golden Medical
Ohio Republicans Conclude Convention By Nomina tions
Columbiana June 25. The Republican state convention renominated Governor Nash and adopted a platform arguing prosperity requires the Republican party, denouncing gold standard and preferring the Dingley tariff. It endorses labor and capital rights, opposes monopolies, and backs McKinsey’s colonial policy and Foraker’s Porto Rican bill. Hanna’s slate faltered as Judge James Rice won the Supreme Court nomination over Drew.
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Columbina
Nash
McKinsey
Senator Foraker
Carl Nipper
Hanna
James Rice
Supreme Court
Drew
Alate
Trusts Arraigned as Congress Weighs Sherman Act Reform
Washington June 25 The industrial commission plans a monograph to Congress arguing the Sherman anti trust law is wholly inadequate to curb growing capitalist combinations. A commission report and individual member recommendations will push for constitutional amendments against trusts.
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Washington
Congress
Industrial Commission
Couisselonce
Bank Gets Into Trouble Rumors Hover in New York Exchange
The New York stock market dipped after rumors of trouble in banking circles. Clearing house presidents met but spoke little about the alleged troubled bank, though it was said to have raised the needed funds to avert failure.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Clearing House
Plague Again Reported in Honolulu Hospital
General Shafter wires from San Francisco that the surgeon in charge of the government hospital at Honolulu reports a plague outbreak with four deaths between May 20 and June. The board of health has imposed strict quarantine and disinfection measures.
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Government Hospital
Washington
General Shafter
War Department
San Francis
Honolulu
Board of Health
Chinese General Tang Fu Hiang Leads March Toward Talven
June 26 report says Gen. Tang Fu Hiang, long suspected Horner sympathizer, advances on Tal ven ud in Bhansali province as Shansi governor appeals to foreign troops for aid to thwart the attack.
Boers Resist Methuen Advance in Transvaal Skirmish
Report from Veornet Transvaal June indicates General Methuen’s march from Jacobadal toward thin lace met Boer resistance at Welgebloomaprult. Boers were driven off with 40 killed a number taken prisoner and stores captured.
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Veornet
Transvaal
Methuen
Jacobadal
Welgebloomaprult
Soa
Fire at National Storage dock at Black Tom threatens plant
The National Storage Company's dock at Black Tom in New York Bay is on fire. All Jersey City fire units have been summoned to the scene as the blaze endangers the vast storage facility.
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Jersey City
SN. J
National Storage Company
Black Tom
New York Bay
Piow Trust Files Papers in New Jersey Incorporation
Piow Trust reports filing incorporation papers for the American Viow company in Trenton New Jersey on June 26. The nominal capitalization of oil is with power to increase it.
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Piow Trust
Trenton
N. J
American Viow Company
Klondike Gold Shipment Reaches Seattle Harbor
Battered OCR notes a vast Klondike gold cargo valued at 1,600,000 arriving by steamer in Seattle. The article mentions a transfer to Saadlan Keon and hints at individual assignment, with garbled details about crews and processing.
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Seattle
Bkagnaeey
Morelog
Saadlan
Cape Colony advance advances stir British forces
A distorted English fragment notes an advance into Cape Colony by a Ge Town mayor mandant Fouches with two others. The text is unclear but implies British troops or forces mobilizing for the move into the cape region.
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Cape Colony
Mayer Mandant Fouches
Cape Colon
Cloudburst kills six on tug Gagandes in Kentucky bog
A cloudburst in Ashland Kentucky on Saturday night caused the tug Gagandes to capsize in a bog near the river. Six crew members are reported dead with rescue efforts continuing as weather worsens.
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Kentucky
Ashland
Re River
Frisee Sanpee Arrive As June Trane Sails In
Fragmentary notes report troops arriving in Frisee and Sanpee with June timing and references to a forty fourth snaiantey ad wey sue, suggesting military movement and coded updates amid unclear context.
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Frisee
Sanpeee
Trane
New York Wheat Market Steady Amid Mixed London and U S Roundup
The New York wheat market closed near yesterday's quotes with New York prices slipping to 71 7-8 for September before finishing around 72. Liverpool hit a one year low of 5.53 1/2, London markets cited. Atchison and Erie stocks listed with mixed figures. Lord Russell faces possible imprisonment as grand jury returns an indictment for Digamy.
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I. L. Ray & Co
Pendleton
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Yeaterday
Liverpool
Chicago
St. A
Atchison
Erie
Cambodian Crown Prince Vookanther condemned to death
Paris dispatch reports Liberte says Vookanther crown prince of Cambodia was condemned by a royal native tribunal for attempting to start a revolution. The verdict sets a fatal outcome for the royal figure amid regional tensions.
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Paris
Liberte
Vookanther
Cambodia
Flooded Districts Report Large Losses Yet Death Toll Low
Reports from West Virginia detail widespread ruin with 48 bodies recovered and property losses totalling millions. Authorities fear unrest among Negro workers and urge troops to prevent violence as relief efforts expand. Disturbing estimates place Keystone and North Fork deaths in the dozens and damages to rail lines and coal interests running into millions.
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Woefields
W. Va
Hood
Virginia
Keystone
North Fork
Vivian
Gayendotte
Bandy River
Ennis
Tlesage
Yeatertay
Falling Output: Last Year's Gold From War Impacts
Engineering and Mining Journal estimates show US output at $115,945,502 and world output at $126,500,400 for the year, with declines in Australia and China due to the Transvaal war. The Transvaal’s production collapsed, affecting total world gold production despite gains elsewhere.
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South Africa
Engineering and Mining Journal
United States
Obaetor
Grocery store offers free delivery and low prices
The store promotes free delivery and prompt service for all orders. It highlights a wide selection of seasonal delicacies and low prices on basic groceries.
Fire Sweeps Portland Causing 60000 Losses
A fire on the east side of Portland caused about 60 000 in damage to Wolf and Zwicker's Iron Works and the Standard Old Tanks. The blaze started in a livery stable and spread to nearby properties. Two horses burned. several businesses reported heavy losses including Shurman Harlen & Orendorff Albee Friedman and the French stable.
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Wolf & Zwicker's Iron Works
Portland
Elde
Tanks
Wolff & Awicker’s Iron Works
Id Wa
Jame Shurman
Harlen & Orendorff
Spreubere
Albee Company
Friedman
Missouri Pick Bird Sale in St Joseph Sparks Offer to First Lady
C T Donovan former owner of a canary bed bird named Yankee Choodkle in St Joseph sells the bird for 100 dollars to Mr Hedgen who had bought it from Donovan weeks earlier. Hedgen says Donovan offered to present the bird to Mrs. McKinley in Canton to brighten her sick room and accepted the offer on that condition.
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Missouri
St. Josph
Bia
C. T. Donovan
Chicago
Hedgen
Donovan
Orn
Sledges
McKinley
Canton
Helgen
Fraudulent cure scheme halted for C H Rowan Milwaukee
A fraud order blocks C H Rowan of Milwaukee for selling a deafness cure via mail. He charged 4 50 for initial assessments and claimed patients owed more for guaranteed care, then sent WOOD pills daily until completion, promising years of treatment. A related forgery case in Portland saw George Wilson, aka Simmonds, plead guilty and receive a three year sentence.
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C.H. Rowan
Milwaukee
Wike
Post Office Department
Rowan
Lew
Thoree
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Oorn
Umatilla County
GR. Demott
Alexander & Hexter
Pat Sanford
Les Toc
Hoods
Imperial Trout
Woom the Wessel Dy 000
Wersevssy Perewees
Roc
Ige
General News
Pacific Northwest News
Ohio
Wark Hanna
Republican Party
Lord Russell
London
Grand
Lordahips
Prince
Wae
Iacu
Canada
Mhadews
Broeil
Australia
Daur
Lai
Johannesburg
C. Rohrman
Cisorge Wilson
Simmonds
Main Street
Pendleton, Or
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