Rebels Press Havana as Weyler Faces Insurgent Surge
Reports from Havana describe intensified insurgent activity across Matanzas and Havana provinces. General Weyler shifts from defense to offensive measures amid raids on Esperanza Bolondron and Santiago de las Vegas, with casualties reported on both sides and a brutal incident involving a local family executed by Spanish troops.
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York
Fieratd
Havana
Weyler
Madrid
Palace
Castillo
Gen- Weyler
Esper
Bolondron
Matanzas
Santiago de Las Vegas
Genjal Castillo
la Chora
Morales
Jes
Claims to Be Schlatter in Canton Foretold
A man claiming to be the original Schlatter excites Canton Ohio as T C E once a state senator wanders the streets with crutches. He now walks without aid, drawing city excitement and aid from Snyder. A similar claimed cure involves John Ge who reportedly stood and walked after treatment.
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Canton
Schlatter
Mr. der
Snyder
Thas
John Ge
Seven Wives Claim Him Polygamist Bates Faces Bigamy Charge
Chicago authorities allege David Ellsworth Bates has married at least seven women and serves a police cell warrant for bigamy. Claims span Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin ties with several wives named by initials and addresses. Police link Bates to Austin Craven and the abduction case of Olive Vosburg, with her photo found in his coat.
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Chicago
David Ellsworth Bates
James L. McCarthy
Bates
Julia McCarthy
West Sixty-first Street
Nettie Swaim
Bishop Street
Anna E. Herbert
Plainwell
Mich
Michigan
Nellie Howard
Kalamazoo
Ida Caderwood
Galena
Dearborn Street
Forty-third
Wallace Streets
Wisconsin
Austin O. Craven
Waupauca
Wis
Olive Vosburg
Confusion Over Alaska Commission Posts Creates Duplicate Appointments
Washington reports a strange mix up over United States commissioners for Alaska where two men, William J. Jones of Port Townsend and L. B. Shepard of Nebraska, hold commissions for the same St. Michaels post. The last sundry civil bill created four posts and the department is unsure how to resolve the overlap.
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Washington
United States
District of Alaska
St. Michaels
Alaska
Circle City
Dyea
Unga
Sitka
Juneau
Wrangel
Kodiak
Unalaska
William J. Jones
Swauk District Miner Reaches Seattle With $1000 in Nuggets
G B Henton arrived in Seattle with over 1000 dollars in gold nuggets from ten days on Williams creek placers in the Swauk district Kittitas county He has mined since January and totals about 5000 dollars from the claims One owner there has earned about 50000 in six years Henton sunk 108 feet to bedrock before his find He prefers local mining to the Klondike.
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Seattle
G. B. Shlenton
Williams Creek
Swauk
Kittitas
Henton
Fishing season ends as profits vary across Oregon docks
In Astoria on Aug 9 fishermen face a closing season with an estimated pack around 500,000 cases. The union cannery shipped 30,000 cases while other packers vary, upper river crews netting little and lower river crews reporting good wages. High earners on the lower river tally 19 tons worth about 1500 dollars. Sein ers report light catches though traps fare better as fish remain plentiful.
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Astoria
Canada Enforces Alien Labor Law On Americans
Toronto reports that Canada begins enforcing the alien labor law against Americans on Crow's Nest Pass railway work. Commissioner McCreary, in Canada on related duties, warns authorities that American workers will be deported if hired. The move comes under direct government instruction to enforce the new law.
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Toronto
Ontario
Canada
McCreary
Crow’s Nest Pass
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Clondyke Gold Rush Impacts California Mines
Reports from San Francisco describe Alaska mining activity and a growing rush to Dawson City. Claimants, capital needs, and perilous overland costs threaten California mines as 200 Amador workers join the exodus, while Alaskan output remains below 2.8 million in value.
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San Francisco
J. C. Butler
Pullman Car Company
R. P Taylor
Seattle
Taylor
Clondyke
Dawson City
Niebaum
Alaska Commercial Company
Hart Humber
Dawson
Chilkoot Pass
Mother Lode
Sonora
Jackson
Sutter Creek
Calaveras
Amador
Tuolumne
Amador County
Alaska
Strikers consolidate at Turtle Creek amid clashes and relocations
About 2,000 strikers camped at Turtle Creek last Saturday. roughly 800 remain at Camp Determination as many are moved to Plum Creek. At Turtle Creek No 4 mine is shut, while Plum Creek sees conflicting reports of men at work. Deputies face constant strain, with private lines, constant watches, and limited feeding and lodging.
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Pittsburg
Turtle Creek
Camp Determination
Plum Creek
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Turtle and
Sandy Creeks
Sandy Creek
DeAmitt
Ambitious Brooklynites plan Alaska gold expedition
About six Brooklynites organized by David P. Watsons, Brooklyn clerk of the Republican general committee, will form a party to depart in February for the Alaska Clondyke fields. In Tacoma enthusiasm grows to rush to Alaska with fifteen steamers set to sail from the Wahgeeen by September.
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New York
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Oil Sprinkling Dust Control Trial in New Jersey
May's Landing dispatch reports Chief Engineer Nicholas of the West Jersey and Seashore railway confirms crude oil laid along tracks effectively dusts the roads. Tracks from Camden to Atlantic City saturated six feet each side. an oil train sprayed over 20 miles. One yearly application at eighty dollars per mile claimed to suffice, with two possible. Pennsylvania system plans similar sprinkling.
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New York
the Herald
S Landing
N. J
Nicholas
West Jersey & Seashore Railway
Camden
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
Jealous husband shoots wife then dies after drinking poison
A. H. Dailey of Jennison shot his wife Hattie M. Newton after she refused to return following a separation. He was arrested and, while being taken to jail, entered a saloon, drank strychnine laced beer and died. the wife is reported to recover.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
A. H. Dailey
Jennison
Swift
Dailey
Hattie M. Newton
Chicago
Quarrel over cattle ends in fatal shooting at Mc Swain Ranch
In Crane valley at Mc Swain ranch Patsy Reardon and L A Woodford fought over cattle. Woodford was shot and killed. Reardon surrendered to authorities.
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Madera
Cal
Crane Valley
McSwain Ranch
Patsy Reardon
L. A. Woodford
Reardon
Tesla Announces World Wide Wireless Message Transmission
New York report states Nicola Tesla unveiled the simultaneous transmission of messages via the earths electrical currents to numerous global points. He demonstrated devices to arrest and control natural earth substances and predicted an immense electrical disturbance felt worldwide without wires.
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New York
Nicola Tesla
Tam
Calcutta Riot Report Sparks Official Questioning
London reports a Calcutta rioting incident linked to plague measures. A volunteer letter claims artillery fired on 5,000 mill hands marching with rioters, killing 1,500 natives, while the India secretary in the commons says about seven were killed and 20 wounded.
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London
London News
Calcutta
Secretary of State For India
House of Commons
Hudson River tunnel revived to complete link
The Hudson river tunnel project to connect New York and New Jersey has been revived with plans to resume construction where paused five years ago. Engineers estimate 1 500 000 dollars will finish the work, adding to the 4 000 000 already spent and 8 916 feet completed east from the Jersey City shaft.
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Hudson River
New York
New Jersey
Jersey City
Wheat Market Trends Boosted By Bullish News and Crop Prospects
The Weekly Market Letter notes a larger U S wheat crop this year and a European shortage estimate of 224 million bushels, with strong cash demand and export sales supporting prices. It cautions against short selling as values rise with abundant corn and growing crops, outlining current prices for wheat, oats, barley, hay, eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, potatoes, onions, hops, wool, and meats.
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Beerbohm
America
Walla Walla
Graham
California
Oregon
Oregon Burbanks
Washington
San Joaquin
Mountain
Two Dennison sisters spark chaos at a ballroom
Charlie Dacre mistakes Isabel and Lucy Dennison all night at a house party, pursuing the wrong cousin in a comic tangle. In the library he declares love to Isabel, only to confront the other Isabel. A light reveals the right bride, and the couple wed as Ballantyne jokes about fate.
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Charlie Dacre
Dennison
Ballantyne
Charlie
Dacre
Lancers
Miss Dennison
Isabel
Miss Dennis
Ife
Dennisons
Lucy
Isabels
Mr. Dacre
The Quarrelsome Scorpion Tale
A proverb-like note describes the scorpion as the most quarrelsome creature. It claims two scorpions in a box will kill each other. It also suggests a man encounters more talk of love than acts of it daily.
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G. ‘'B. Henton
Daily News
Tabriz
Persia
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Key West
Fla
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Wheeling
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Brazil
Bureau of American Republics
Rio Janeiro
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Cherry Creek
Patrick Murray
Weekly Market Letter
Downing, Hopkins & Company
Portland Markets
England
Isabel Dennison
London Star
Uncle Sam
Fannie Mack Lothrop
Ladies’ Home Journal
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