Portugal Crowned Heads Assassinated In Lisbon Carriage Attack
King Carlos and Crown Prince Louis Philippi were assassinated while riding in a royal carriage. Three attackers were shot dead by police, one Spaniard killed himself in custody. Emmanuel II proclaimed king as Portugal declares day of mourning.
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Portugal
Emanuel Iiw
Lisbon
Carlos
Louis Philippi
Emanuel II
Madrid
Spain
Alphonso
Phillippi
Alaska Bill to East in Grip Be Considered of Cold Wave
Cable report from Washington notes the house committee on territories will hear the Alaska bill within ten days. The committee chair expresses strong support and Congressman Sulzer advocates for Alaska. Separate dispatch in Chicago reports a severe eastern storm and deep cold extending to the Dakotas, with reflections on trust, credit, and public accountability from Leslie's Weekly.
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Alaska
Washington, D.C
House Committee On Territories
Sulzer
Daily Gateway
Chicago
Boston
Dakotas
George B. Cortelyou
Leslie's Weekly
Fortunes in Philippine Trees Hold Rich Timber Promise
Ninety percent of Philippine forests yield 1.4 billion cubic feet of timber, triple the US yearly cut, with ebony, mahogany, ironwood and narra awaiting modern methods and machinery to turn them into fortunes for American buyers.
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Philippine
United States
Monte Cristos
Sunrise Mail Runs With Late Post by Nate White
The Sunrise mail was delivered late yesterday by Nate White. He departed Seward on January 31 morning and, upon return, dropped Hope at 9 a.m. February 3. Mail for Seward on this trip was very light.
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Nate White
Seward
Hope
Steamer St Cuthbert Catches Fire in Severe Halifax Storm
Halifax reports the steamer St Cuthbert burned to the water during a fierce storm. Lifeboats lowered as passengers fled waves toppled one boat and fifteen lives were lost. The Cymrie rescued thirty seven survivors nearby.
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Halifax
St. Cuthbert
Cymrie
England Pays Ransom and Thaw Marriage Battle Reported
Raisuli reportedly pays $100000 ransom to Free Morocco. Rumor says Harry K Thaw’s relatives seek annulment of his marriage to Evelyn on insanity grounds. Thaw confined at Mattewan asylum in observatory ward with fifty four inmates. Evelyn visited him as authorities note the institution’s custody of the criminally insane.
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Morocco
Raisuli
McLean
England
Daily Gateway
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn
Thaw
Mettewan
N. Y
Harry Thaw
Observatory
Evelyn Thaw
Mattewan
State of
A Y P Exposition Seen As Likely Go in 1909
Washington senator Samuel Es endorses Congress funding for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. Editorials brief that world expositions may wane after Jamestown failure and praise the A Y P venture as a major Pacific coast event with strong state support and minimal federal cost. Public interest in Alaska grows as a land of opportunity and profit.
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The
Herald
United States
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Washington
Alaska
Would Blow Up Battleship Ohio and Harbor Forts Listed
An attempted sabotage of the battleship Ohio was thwarted when crew members found a large dynamite stick hidden in a loading area while at Port of Spain. A petition seeks a Resurrection Bay lighthouse near Seward at the terminus of the Alaska railroad. Oregon Washington and Alaska coasts lead the Thirteenth district with 45 lighthouses and coastwise fortification plans in Seward Ketchikan Dutch Harbor and Unalaska. The Hawaiian sugar industry faces Japanese displacement as 30 000 Japanese workers are replaced by Spanish Americans amid warning of possible U S Japan tension.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Tleship
Ohio
Port of Spain
Congress
Resurrection Bay
Hinchinbrook
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Portland
United States
Seward
Portland Telegram
Japan
Hawaiian Islands
Los Angeles
Islands
Honolulu
Fleet Safe in Patig onia and Copper Market Outlook
The Pacific fleet under Adm van s received a royal welcome in Punta Arenas as foggy conditions tested the voyage. City officials prepared receptions for the officers. Separately, copper prices fluctuated with 13.8 cents cited as the current level. analysts argued only mines with costs above this mark would pause, while those with high grades or previous high prices readjust to normal conditions.
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Punta Arenas
Pacific Fleet
Avera
Engineering and Mining Journal
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Bosef Committee
Ton
Fairbanks
Cecil H. Clegg
FE. A. Henderson
Valdes
Fairbanks Times
Sunrise Mail
McLean Thaw
Great Britain
Mettewan Asylum
Washington, D. C
Samueles
Kahn
California
Ketchikan
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska
Patigonia
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