Doings Through the Week News of the World Is Brief
A recap of recent global events notes Billy Boyle's death in Montana, Wisconsin's battleship trials, Aguinaldo allegedly assassinated, Major John M. Logan assigned to the Thirty third, and the Alabama ship's trial pace. Also reported are rail and sea accidents, labor unrest, political visits, and violent crime incidents with varied outcomes.
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Billy Boyle
Montana
Wisconsin
Aguinaldo
Pilar
Spokane Robbery Involving Two Masked Holdups
A Spokane premier gambling hall holdup occurred at 3 45 am Sunday at Harry Greens hall above Alladios restaurant. Two masked gunmen escaped after stealing about 1700 in gold silver and bills. Officer Richard Gemming exchanged fire, was wounded in the groin, and hospitalized in serious condition. One robber was captured near First avenue and Bernard street after surrendering. a second suspect, Frank Fair, 23, machinist, arrested on Howard street.
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Spokane
le Roi
Harry Green
Alladio
Richard Gemming
Brown Street
Riverside
Sprague Avenues
Sprague
Brown
Bernard
Sprague Avenue
Gemming
First Avenue
Bernard Street
Freeman
Jack Williams
Frank Fair
Howard Street
Brusch
Fair
Dreyfusard mood shifts after Saturday sessions
Rennes reports a volatile mood among Dreyfusards as the trial progresses. They claim evidence sways toward acquittal while morning discussions and anxious reactions mark the daily shifts.
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Rennes
Dreyfusards
Dreyfus
Columbia Defeats Defender in Yacht Trial Race
Columbia wins by six minutes and four seconds on a 16 mile windward and leeward course in eight knot breeze. Defender trails as British sailors strike and news from unrelated events follows including a British seamen strike and a race war report from Atlanta.
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Columbia
Newport
R. L
Defender
Shamrock
Provisional Government Formed in Santo Domingo
Revolutionaries establish a provisional government with Horacio Vazquez as president and a full cabinet. Occupations reported at Puerto Plata and Santiago. Jimenes expected to assume presidency. New Orleans and French cruisers noted. Figueroa resigns to avert bloodshed as chaos ends and order returns.
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Santo Domingo
Horatio Vazquez
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Puerto Plata
Santiago
Santtiago
Jimenes
Mlalim
United States
New Orleans
Figueroa
Sham War in Germany Opens with Napoleonic Style Maneuvers
Berlin September 8 The army maneuvers run September 8 to 15 and imitate the 1806 Napoleonic campaigns. Half of the Fifteenth corps will march through the Black Forest to engage the Sixteenth corps. The decisive action is expected near Stuttgart Ludwigsburg with reviews at Karlsruhe Strasbourg and other cities. Distinguished foreign military leaders will attend.
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Berlin
Fifteenth Corps
Sixteenth Corps
Black Forest
Wurtemburg
Stuttgart
Ludwigsburg
Carlsruhe
Strasburg
William
Boiler Explosion at Republic Iron Works Kills Five
A boiler explosion at Republic Iron Works on South Twenty fourth street in Pittsburg just before daylight killed five men and seriously injured seven. The mill was partly wrecked and forced to close. The blast occurred as shifts changed, sparing many workers who would have been present minutes later.
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Pittsburg
Republic Iron Works
South Twenty-fourth Street
Yellow fever at Key West prompts troop moves
General Frank reports four yellow fever cases at Key West and seeks guidance. General Miles suggests relocating the Key West garrison to a safer post such as Fort McPherson. Batteries B and N, First Artillery, form the garrison with no bases among troops. Sampson to retire from service after the Dewey celebration, with Farquhar and Remey named as possible successors.
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Key West
Washington
Frank
Department of the Gulf
War Department
Miles
Auch
Fort McPherson
Sampson
Farquhar
Remey
Outbreak Reports Spark Transvaal Tense Expectation
Cape Town Sept 2 reports from outlying Transvaal districts describe a state of excitement as burghers watch developments keenly. Many hope for a peaceful settlement while a general exodus of British subjects from large towns continues.
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Cape Town
Transvaal
San Domingo Declares For Jim Ones In Unrest
San Domingo's chief town Puerto Plata reports Sept 3 that San Domingo City Wie capital has declared for Jim Ones. Telegraphic postal and railroad communication restored without censorship across the country. Provisional government members have left for Santiago to form the capital.
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Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Wie
Jimones
Santiago
Puget Sound Salmon Run and Regional Industry Notes
Industrial notes report a 510000 case Puget Sound sockeye pack, strong hop picker wages at $1 per box in Puyallup, and Lewiston flouring mill machinery en route. Spo kane forms an employers’ association with 7 to 9 million dollars local capital while oats suffer from heavy rains. Fraser river forecast, oyster trade, and canneries expand with significant labor shifts impacting construction and farming sectors.
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Puget Sound
Puyallup
Lewiston
Idaho
Spokane
White River
Straits of
San Juan de Fuca
Victoria District Farmers’ Institute
Puget Sound Oyster Company
Union City
Commencement Bay
Tacoma
Queen Charlotte Sound
Puyallup Valley
Ellensburg
Wash
Armour & Co
Chicago
Goldendale
Washington
Dalles
Linton Cannery
Portland
Morgan Oyster Company
San Francisco
Shoalwater Bay
Mount Vernon
Roseburg
Ore
C. A. Beaver
Jacksonville
Medford
Oregon
Beaver
British Columbia
Fraser River
Treasury Department
Puget
Point Roberts
Blaine
Kamloops Plateau
Fraser Valley
Fraser Fisheries
Train Struck the Slide Near Palmer East of Tacoma
A freight train on the Northern Pacific tracks east of Palmer crashed into a huge slide of rocks and mud in a narrow canyon. The engine was hurled into Green River below and injuring Engineer Wiley the fireman and head brakeman. Railroad officials could not determine the severity of the injuries. The scene lies between steep canyon walls with the Green River rushing below.
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Tacoma
Northern Pacific
Palmer
Green River
Wiley
Admiral Watson Ill After Manila Dispatch
A letter from an officer with Admiral Watson at Manila dated July 20 reports the admiral very ill with no improvement since July 11, the accident date blamed on an attack that threatened the launch. It is understood he will seek immediate release. A new London women’s club aims to admit no one under six feet in height.
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Boston
Watson
Manila
London
Adin
Another Battle in Manila and Hill Assault Recap
Details of a fresh engagement in Manila where Sixth Infantry under Lt. Col. Byrne scaled a thousand foot hill under fire to capture Argogula, a major rebel stronghold. About 400 insurgents were present. 21 were killed, many wounded or captured. American stores seized and fortifications destroyed. A shipping official in Manila, once respected, was arrested for salary misappropriation and blackmail linked to the insurgents. Insurgents tried to break Colonel Smith's Angeles garrison with Krupp artillery, but were repelled as Kenney's First Artillery opened fire.
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Manila
Argogula
Negros
Byrne
Smith
Angeles
Porac
Kenney
Idaho News Briefs: Militia, Rail Valuations and Local Accidents
The queen voting con test gains interest as Governor Steunenberg plans to join volunteers returning home. Idaho volunteers reach San Francisco from Manila on the Grant. Rain improves ranges, apples to eastern markets, and Nine Mile mining shows boom signals. Frost injures northern crops. Boise Gun Club vs De Lamar set for Sept 15. A Wardner youth, deaf and dumb, dies after being struck by a train. Ada County grain harvest nears completion and real estate rises with main line optimism. Merritt daughter dies from a colt kick near Nampa. Assessments total 46,248,412.32 with Ada County leading in value. Lewiston assessor reports 830,912.80 for taxable city property. School census shows 1031 children, up 231. Motorman George Flood injured in a mill yard coupling accident.
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Steunenberg
Idaho
Manila
San Francisco
Nine Mile Country
Boise Gun Club
de Lamar Club
Boise
Ralph Drought
Henry Drought
Wardner
Ada County
George Merritt
Nampa
Sam McFarland
R. McFarland
Lewiston
Kendrick
Ada
Latah
George Flood
Bunker Hill
Ship guns sail for Vermont salute from Montpelier
San Francisco reports two 10 ton gun crews leaving Mare Island for Vermont to boom a salute as Hogship is sighted near Bandy Hook. Hartford dispatch notes Star Pointer’s mile in two minutes flat at Charter Oak, breaking the track record.
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San Francisco
Mare
Vermont
Admiral Dewey
Montpelier
Bandy Hook
Star Pointer
Hartford
Conn
Charter Oak
Star Pointe
All Will Soon Return
Manila Sept 2 troops about to return to the United States will depart within the next week. Kansas will send 800 home aboard the Lar tur transport with 200 remaining, 160 re-enlisting. Washington regiment sails on the Pennsylvania and Nevada cavalry on the Ohio. 876 Washington men embark with eight officers and 200 staying, many re-enlisting. Casualties included several officers and men killed or wounded and many died from disease during a smallpox outbreak.
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Kansas
Washington
Thirteenth Infantry
Hailo
Cebu
Lindell Hotel
Hastings
Neb
W. L. Lee
Laura Lee French
Burlington
Caribee
New York
Barbadoes
Lamport
Holpe Wordsworth Reu Rio
Archibald Thomas
Vanguilder
Salt Lake City
Manila
United States
Lartur
Washington Regiment
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Ohio
Kansas Regiment
Washingtons
Transvaal Crisis Takes Pacifist Turn In British Talks
Sept 3 report notes a new phase in the Transvaal crisis with Joseph Chamberlain proposing further conferences. Negotiations appear pacific this week, yet aside from talks, all other signs point to war. It remains uncertain if higher powers influenced peace or if Chamberlain emulates Kruger’s procrastination.
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Tandon
Transvaal
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Kruger
Clergyman Refuses Poll Tax Claiming Church Property Exemption
An English clergyman argues he should not pay the poll tax on grounds that the church is property owned by the congregation as much as the rector’s residence is, and thus the clergy house is exempt, similar to parsonage tax relief.
Expansion chamber pipe idea fights freezing of water lines
A new invention adds an upper side expansion chamber in a pipe filled with air. The compressed air counteracts water expansion when freezing to widen the pipe interior. A separate note claims Alaska’s stamp mill with 540 stamps crushes daily gold worth $8,640, boosting plant output to $14,000. Germany’s university professor counts rise 19 percent from 1886-7 to 1896-7. Paris donors offer 30,000 to spur life-saving device discoveries. Electricity now melts glass batch in 15 minutes instead of 30 hours.
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Alaskan Islands
Germany
Paris
Bourgogne
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Thirty-third Infantry
Alabama
San Salvador
Rio de Janeiro
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James Jeffords
California
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Olympic Athletic Club
Keokuk Express
Rock
Elgin
Ill
Big Consolidated Railway
Cleveland
el Paso
Tex
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Juare
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Mex
Joe Choynski
Jimmy Ryan
Dubuque
Root
Barnard
Creston
China
Mether
W. L. Chambers
Calhoun County
Ark
McKinley
Cortelyou
Henry George
Pope Sophronius
Alexandria
Libya
Ethiopia
Egypt
G. A. BR
Maumee River
Ironville
Azores Islands
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Morgan City
Henry Emde
Emma
Han
Winslow
Sta
Fof
Wilder Guards
Engxy
Philippines
Jacob Cold
West Ninth Street
Kansas City
West Pittston
John Pollock
William Thayer
Tordon
Sept
Atlanta
The
Journal
North Carolina
Arequipa
Peru
Charchani
Nch
Pitt
Jim
Hoern
Admiral Watson
Idaho Notes
Big Guna
Dewey
Aslo & Slocan Railway
Sproule
McGuigan
Bailey
Cody
Bandon
Sandon
G. F. Copeland
Wn Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company
Kaslo & Slocan
International Nav, & Trading Co
Kaslo & Blocan RY
Way Atationa
Kaslo
Dally
International Nav, & Trad
Kootenay Lake
International
Nelson
Balfour
Pilot Bay
Ainsworth
All Way Points
Five Mile Point
Alberta
Bonners Ferry
Bonner's Ferry
Great Northern Railway
Canada
Robert Irving
Cannes
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