Troops to Manila as China reports halt to further fighting
Washington reports no more troops will be sent to China. About 4 000 sailors and soldiers at sea will sail to Manila via Nagasaki. Additional units on order for China total about 3 000, with 6 000 to 7 000 affected overall. General Chaffee cites improved conditions and focuses on transport and communications restoration.
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Washington
China
Far East
Manila
Root
Taku
Hancock
Chaffee
Department
War Department
Nagasaki
Fiteenth Infantry
Meade
Warren
Ninth Cavalry
Sherman
Logan
Pekin
Signal Corps
Tientsin
Iron price debate at Bar Iron Association meeting
At a Birmingham meeting Sir Benjamin Uinkley presided and attributed high iron prices to owners actions. He mocked American iron imports as insufficient to dominate world trade. Ibenezer Parks warned English values would fall from American iron at current prices. The group resolved to keep prices until raw material costs drop.
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London
Bar Iron Association
Birmingham
Benjamin Uinkley
Ibenezer Parks
Three Utah boys rescued as China mascot plan thwarted
Three Salt Lake City youths Lewis Edgar 13 Conrad Holland 12 and Lawrence Lewallan 12 were intercepted by police in San Francisco while traveling as mascots for the Second Infantry. Holland said soldiers planned to smuggle them to China but police intervened. The boys will be returned to their relatives.
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San Francisco
Utah
China
Second Infantry
Lewis Edgar
Conrad Holland
Lawrence Lewallan
Salt Lake City
Holland
Powers Fires Back at Trial as Political Case
Caleb Powers denounces his trial as a judicial farce in a public statement. He argues innocence lost to $100,000 and Campbellism, claims political motives by the Democratic party, and asserts his lifelong dedication to the rights and liberties of the people. He vows history will condemn those who disgraced the judiciary.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Taylor
Democratic Party
Merrit
Missing $25 000 Express Package Between Cities
A Chicago bank says an express package containing $25,000 vanished between Chicago and Burlington Iowa after passing through Burlington on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. The wrappered money was replaced with brown paper then sent back and found empty. Investigations seek the robber and location of the missing funds.
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Chicago
Burlington
Isa
Commercial National Bank
City
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Adams Inxpress Company
Railroad
Burnham Slays Father in Self Defense in Wymore
Lincoln Neb August 22 James N Burnham publisher of the Wymorean at Wymore Neb shot and killed his father Captain Collins A Burnham at their home. A coroner jury exonerated the son who surrendered to officers. Both men were prominent political workers in the county. The killing was in self defense.
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Lincoln, Neb
James N. Burnham
The
Wymorean
Wymore
Neb
Collins A. Burnham
Street Car Collision in Paris Injures 35
A street car collision last evening at the corner of Boulevard des Batignoles and Rue St Petersburg caused injuries to 35 persons. All injured expected to recover. No American hurt.
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Paris
Boulevard Des Batignoles
Petersburg
Army aids destitute miners at Cape Jiome
The United States army will aid destitute miners at Cape Jiome providing meals for those who cannot be sent home.
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United States Army
Cape Jiome
The Fight at Catubig in Samar Island Incidents
Manila reports the Catubig engagement in Samar where insurgents about 600 strong attacked the Forty third volunteers. American losses were 1 killed and five wounded out of 380. The fort held two days more before rescue, with heroism noted by Sergeant Hall, Corporal Carson, and others.
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Manila
United States
Catubiy
Samar
Forty-third Volunteer Infantry
Catubig
George
Ifull
Carson
Hall
Corporal Carson
Treaty with Spain signals full U S restore of ties
Washington reports Minister Storer in Madrid signed a amity commerce and navigation treaty with Spain, marking the final step in reestablishing relations. The accord modernizes terms and covers interchanges likely tied to territorial conditions after the war. Nurse found dead after disappearance on Blackwell’s Island. Miss Bertha Hunt, a hospital nurse from Chatham NY, had vanished following a patient’s death. Chicago plumbers strike orders general action to end delays and fight contractors. A wreck near Maxwell Virginia kills two trainmen and wounds seven. Pittsburgh plans 7 million dollar park investments.
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Washington
Storer
Madrid
State Department
Spain
United States
Florida
Mr. Olney
Dupuy de Lome
New York
Bertha M. Hunt
Blackwell’s Island
Miss Hunt
Chatham
N. Y
Flynn group of claims near Wallace to be worked again
Flynn group of 22 claims near Wallace Idaho to be worked at once. The group spans over two miles of the same lead between Helena Frisco and Morning mines with fourteen patented and eight to be patented this fall. Prospecting and tunneling have shown solid walls and ore in several sections, and Montana capital may soon develop the property.
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Wallace
Idaho
Flynn
Onc
Flynn Group
Helena- Frisco
Canyon Creek
Frisco
Coal Deposits Near Lewiston Idaho Could Shape Rail Road Plans
The Lewiston Tribune notes vast coal seams found about 18 miles from the Grand Ronde mouth. If developed, the deposits could influence Snake River country railroad construction. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co plans to study Columbia and Snake River basins for adequate coal supply, making the Grand tonde discovery potentially welcome for the road.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Grand Ronde River
Snake River
Geologic Survey reports Oregon coal fields and Western mining progress
The Geological Survey outlines Oregon coal regions west of the Cascade range including Nehalem Yaquina and Coos Bay fields with transport as main development barrier. Kimberley tunnel work near Kamloops reports new ore, and Red Mountain in British Columbia shows rich gold ledges with high assays. Seattle dispatch notes Mount Baker fields advancing and Red Mountain crews building winter quarters.
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Washington
Oregon
Geological Survey
Cascade Range
Rogue River
Coast Range
Columbia County
Clatsop County
Yaquin
Seattle
Mount Baker
Whatcom
H. G. Anderson
Red Mountain
Chilliwack
Vancouver
B.C
Anderson
Anderson-Schrimsher
Gold Basin
Charles D. Lane
San Francisco
J. O. Carlisle
Carlisle
Gold Basin Lodge
Lone Jack Lodge
English & Son
British Columbia
Dean
Box Canyon
West Silicia
New Westminster
Monte Cristo Mining Co Gears Up for Full Capacity
Monte Cristo Washington August 27 The Monte Cristo Mining Company employs about 60 men and operates a mill with one active side handling 70 tons every 24 hours. Repairs will allow 300 tons daily, the dynamo will start in a few days, Burleigh drills will resume, and after a raise there will be more air and work for 200 to 250 men. The firm claims ore in sight to sustain operations for ten years. A surveying party works on a line to bring more water to the mill.
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Monte Cristo, Wash
Monte Cristo Mining Company
Monte Criisto
BC Mines Payoffs and Yukon Freight Rush Reported
A partial list shows dividend totals for BC mines up to 1899 including Camp McKinley Fern Hall Mines Idaho Last Chance Le Roi Queen Bess Rambler Cariboo Reco War Eagle Ymir. Yukon river navigation ends early October prompting freight rush to Dawson. Four quartz claims located near Detroit Oregon and William Kerr, oldest miner, still works daily.
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British Columbia
Camp McKinley
Fern
Hall Mines, Limited
Idaho
Last Chance
le Roi
Queen Bess
Rambler-Cariboo
Reco
War Eagle
Ymir
Dawson
Yukon River
Dawson Country
Trade optimism shifts as prices peak and retreat
R. G. Dun & Co. notes a wave of price advances has topped out by mid March, with a general market reaction. Buyers from across the country reappear in New York seeking dry goods groceries jewelry and hardware while some fear further price shading. Iron and steel show slow recovery and demand strengthens, though sectors vary and the agriculture sector hints at dollar wheat by year end.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
New York
Secretary of Agriculture
Pacific Coast Trade Listing From Seattle Market
A Seattle market report lists fresh produce meats and grains with prices for onions lettuce potatoes beets turnips squash parsnips cauliflower cucumbers cabbage tomatoes butter eggs cheese poultry hay corn barley flour millstuffs and fresh meats including beef veal mutton pork hams and bacon. Prices shown per unit include crate sack barrel and per pound terms with several items noted as native or regional varieties.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Market Prices for Dairy and Crop Goods
San Francisco Market lists dairy and crop prices across regions. Wool-Spring-Nevada 11 18c, Eastern Oregon 10 14c, Valley 16 18c, Northern 9 10c. Butter-Fancy Creamery 22 40, Eggs-Store 117c, Fancy Ranch 22c. Millstuffs-Middlings $17.00 20.00, Bran $12.50 13.50.
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Nevada
Oregon
Valley
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