Italian sugar duties dispute awaiting Gage decision
Secretary Gage faces a lengthy Italian government communication via the State Department regarding his order to impose a differential duty on Treatian sugar due to alleged bounties. Rome asserts no bounty and no current export rebates, emphasizing the law and production conditions, with a final decision anticipated in days to close the matter.
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Washington
Gage
State Department
Italy
Rome
No Rebate For The Packers In Tariff Ruling
Chicago July 18 Pack ers nationwide face losses amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars annually after Judge Kohlsaat ruled that borax used in meat preservation is not a new manufactured article. The decision, if sustained, denies packers rebates on tariff duties under the 1897 act.
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Kohlsaat
Chicago
United States Circuit Court
Missouri River Dams Platte Waters Near Leavenworth
The Missouri River has cut its banks eight miles south of Leavenworth and is pouring water into the Platte. The Platte bed widens as the river potentially shifts its flow, forming a new broad flat island up to five miles long and nearly two miles wide in places.
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Platte
Kansagy City
Jule 18
Leavenworth
Platte River
Missouri
Flattern Island
Cremated Victims In Heat Fueled Family Tragedy
Coroner reports indicate Glenwood July 18 firing by a mentally unstable man driven by heat and jealousy. He decapitated his wife and her son, fatally cut his four year old, burned the house and barn, then injured himself before a hanging incident left his marriage certificate on the fence.
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Glenwood
Fred Fuerhelm
Fuerhelm
Hes
Holy City Scourged by Famine and Water Crisis
Jerusalem faces famine and thirst as water shortages from scant rains threaten the holy city. The Sultan orders a water supply project from Solomon’s pools using iron pipes along the aqueduct, financed by a royal contribution and set to finish in two months. In Metrowitza region, Turkish troops and Albanians murder and torture Serb villagers to force population displacement along the key road to Bourne.
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Jerusalem
London
Holy City
Standard
Solomon
Salomon
Constantinople
Metrowitza
Metrovitza
Bourne
Knox Visits McKinley in Canton for Judicial Appointments
Attorney General Knox arrived in Canton and met with the president for a day to discuss departmental business. He plans to travel to Pittsburgh for several days, focusing on appointments of U S judges, attorneys, and marshals, with emphasis on territorial judges.
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Knox
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Flittsburg
United States
Territories
Populists and Democrats Rally for Fusion Third Party
Cincinnati July 18 Joe A Parker calls Ohio populists and reform allies to meet in Columbus July 2 to field a state ticket for governor. He seeks a national populist conference in Kansas City September 17 to 19 to unite reform forces. A Columbus meeting July 31 aims to align disaffected Democrats opposed to the party platform.
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Cincinnati
Joe A. Parker
People’s Party National Committee
Ohio
Columbus
Kansas City
Free Silver
Strike Center Shifts To Wellsville In Great Labor Fight
Wellsville Ohio becomes the focus as the American Sheet Steel strike widens with plans to import workers from Vandergrift Pennsylvania. Amalgamated leader Shaffer urges restraint and vows to press on. Public meeting at City Hall draws thousands. officials warn of political and business responses. Mills report partial reopens with three fabrics running and more workers expected, while company maintains stance on union labor.
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Wellsville
Fittsburg
American Sheet Steel Company
Shane
Vandercrift
Sheffer
Amalgamated Association
Pittsburg
Amalgamated
Shaffer
Pittburg
National
John Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Stortort
Friends of Labor
Newapen
Brookman
Prayer Sparks Debate at Virginia Constitutional Convention
Richmond July 18 The short session of the constitutional convention drew sharp reaction after a prayer by Rev George H Spooner of Tri Methodist church praising a Christian state and invoking divine principles. Members voiced disapproval as other members introduced measures for direct county officer elections state primaries and property voting rights.
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Richmond
George H Spooner
Tri Methodist Church
Virginia
John Hanron
Union Station
Emen
Green
Danville
Quarles
Augusta
Wise
Charter Sought for Southern Oil Company in Alabama
Huntsville July 15 Special A charter application was filed for the Southern Oil Company with $100,000 paid-in capital. Incorporators include A J Dyas Luke Matthews W L Halsey James H Bone Milton Humes C B Patton B R Cruse and S L Whitten. The firm holds options on 10,000 acres in Madison County and plans to sink twelve wells at once. Also noted Richmond Va reporting that a prohibition state convention nominated a slate for governor O Rucker lieutenant governor W T Bonditk attorney general A B Lee with a platform opposing Aquor traffic and supporting honest elections and no division of the public school fund.
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Alabama
Huntsville
Ala
Southern of Company
A. J. Dyas
Luke Matthews
W. L. Halsey
James H. Bone
Milton Humes
C. B. Patton
8. R. Cruse
S. L. Whitten
Epworth League Opens in San Francisco With Welcoming Attendees
The fifth international Epworth League convention opened in San Francisco amid ideal weather and packed venues at the Mechanics pavilion. Delegates from across the nation arrived by rail, filling 15,000 seats as services were conducted in multiple churches and a large choir performed. Messages of congratulations from President McKinley and Vice President Roosevelt drew loud cheers, while California officials welcomed the guests and outlined the program for foreign mission discussions and devotional proceedings.
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San Francessaco
Epworth League
Mechanics Pavilion
Stanford
League
Alhambra
Metropolitan Temple
First Congregational
Central Methodist
Howard Street
Joyce
First Congregational Church
John J. Tigert
Nashville, Tenn
A. c. Crews
Toronto
Canada
Howard Street Church
United States
Robert Husband
J F. Berry
McKinley
San Francisco
Roosevelt
McMillin
Tennessee
Shaw
Iowa
Durbin
Indiana
Fates
Ilinois
Bliss
Michigan
Dockery
Missouri
Woodland
Cal
Methodist Episcopal Church
I. W. Joyce
D. D
Minneapolis
Minn
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
H. M. Dubose
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada
J. Henderson
Tragic Love Drive Ends in Murder Suicide at Exposition
Ernesto Z Zeezays, 24, a Mexican of affluent background and Cuban grandfather General Gomez, shot Concessionaire McGarvie grazing his arm at the Pan American exposition grounds in Buffalo after a failed plea for work. He then killed himself with a pistol, dying on the spot. He had courted Senorita Isa belle Gallardo, a singer with the Streets of Mexico company, and had traveled from City of Mexico three weeks earlier.
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Buffalo
Earnesto Z. Zeezays
Mexico
Senogita Isabelle Gallardo
Zeozaya
Mr. McGarvie
Andrews Shoots Himself in Memphis Freight Agent Passes
J Frank Andrews, Southern Railway freight agent, died by his own hand in Memphis, reportedly despondent over poor health. He originated from Flemingsburg and the tragedy is noted amid reflections on postwar North and South regeneration and reconciliation.
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Andrews
Memphis
Tenns
J. Frank Andrews
Southern Pailway
Flemingsburg
Methodist Young People Movement Leaders Gather
J J Watt and J J Morris led prayer as Rev Charles Bayard Mitchell opened with talks on the Young People's Advancement in the Nineteenth Century. Speakers included Rev G W Kirby of Montreal Rev Hutchinson Napa Calif Rev A G Crews Toronto and Rev P A Coul Spokane Wash with devotions by Rev Alonzo Monk and Rev M S Hughes. Morning afternoon and evening sessions are planned across four league meeting places tomorrow.
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A. G. Crews
Toronto
Canada
C. W. Stadfell
P. A Coul
Spokan
Wash
Alonzo Monk
Knoxville
Team
M. 8. Hughes
Kansas City
MN. EB. Scott
Vancouver
B. C
T. N. Ivy
Raleigh
N. C
Metropolitan Temple
I. E. Blake
G. Cobbledick
Bothwell
Deep Harbors on Gulf and Arid Lands Fund Urged
The trans Mississippi commercial congress at Cripple Creek adopts broad resolutions urging a $100,000,000 arid land fund via government bonds, creation of a mining department, a commerce department, and stronger river and harbor improvements. It backs deep gulf harbors, irrigation, and the Galveston Houston canal. St Paul chosen as next meeting site.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Trans- Misssissippi Commercial Congreas
St. Paul
International Irrigation Congress
Arid Land Fund
Pondy
Department of Mining
Department of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Galveston- Houston Ship Canal
Creat Lakes
Mississippi Levees
Southwest Pass
Mississippi Delta
Sabine Pass
Texas
Beaumont Oil District
Brazos River
Waco
Tex
Secretary of the Interior
Gulf
Coleman
Gulf Coast
Nicaragua Canal
R. W. Tansiel
Carlsbad
N. Mex
America
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Sidney
Story
R. C. Hoyt
St Paul
E. C. Lewis
EF. B. Thurber
New York
Congress
John C. Fremont
Galloway Coal Chief Denies Miner Strike
Memphis July 18 General Manager Cyrus Garnseyl Jr of the Galloway Coal Company denies that 610 miners have struck at the Charbon coal fields. The statement counters reports of labor action affecting operations and aims to reassure production continuity.
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Memphis Tenn
Cyrus Garnseyl, Jr
Galloway Coal Company
Charbon Coal Fields
Colonel Sawyer Near Death After Sudden Illness
At 2 30 this morning Colonel B Y F Sawyer was reported critically ill with little hope of surviving the next few hours. The veteran newspaper man and inventor, long anticipated to depart, lies surrounded by his family except one son detained in St Louis by business.
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Sawyer
St. Louis
Colonel Sawyer
County to repair Chattahoochee Avenue road damage
City engineers and water board officials investigated the exposed thirty inch main on Chattahoochee Avenue. County commissioners agreed to repair the road at once with convict labor, and the city may retain water service. The New York Yacht Club will allow Tom Lawson to guest on his own boat during trial races.
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Chattahoochee Avenue
Clayton
Dimmock
The
Water Board
Ed Peters
Clifford G&, Anderson
Board of County Commissioners
Anderson
Donaldson
Washington Post
New York Yacht Club
Tom Lawson
Ocean
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