Extra allowances to Havana officials stir US press debate
Dispatches from New York and Chicago accuse Governor General Brooke Brigadier General Ludlow major officers and others in Havana of drawing extra Cuban revenues to fund lavish living. Critics note palace repairs cost about 100000 and harness purchases at 14000 while Alger authorized 18000 for dignity related expenses.
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Havana
United States
New York
Chicago
Brooke
Ludlow
Bliss
Davis
Gener Lee
Wood
Alger
Yellow fever reports show no new cases at Hampton
Hampton reports from the Soldiers' Home indicate no new yellow fever cases and only two deaths. officials expect immunity supplies to stem the epidemic. In Seattle, William Thomas of Columbia City denies introducing yellow fever at Hampton, stating he was never ill there and saw no fever on the transport he traveled on.
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Jack Howeve Thomas
Washmerton
Marine Hospital Service
Hampton
White
Vickery
Seattle
Wash
William Thomas
Columbia City
Marine Hospital
Santiago
Thomas
Anxiety in Washington and somoan commission delay
News briefs cover the delayed arrival of the Samoan commission and related diplomatic questions. Officials question how Consul Osborne became acting chief justice amid council leadership disputes in Samoa. The report notes awareness of possible new complications delaying return to San Francisco.
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Samoan Commission
Washington
Samoa
Apia
San Francisco
State Department
Consul Osborne
Herr Solen
Miniigz Jal
Astor Burned in Effigy by New York Doctor and Crowd
In Longacre Square New York Aug 5 William Waldorf Astor was burned in effigy by a crowd as Dr F W Crowe an elderly physician led 80 men to ignite a lay figure on an oil soaked chair. Crowe disappeared after the act and his driver was briefly detained.
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New York
William Waldorf Astor
Longacre Square
F. W. Crowe
Crows
Astor
Broadway
Sixth Street
Sixth Avenue
Longacre
Resting place planned for John Brown followers
Remains of seven Harper’s Ferry abolitionist followers, shot forty years ago, move toward Lake Placid New York. Dr Thomas J Featherston Haugh and Captain Hall directed recovery with Libby of Wisconsin in charge. Bodies to be buried beside John Brown in North Elba with funeral services anticipated and attendance by President McKinley expected.
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Lake Placid
Baranao Lane
N. Y
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Thomas J. Featherston Haugh
Washington
Captain Hall
North Elba
McKinley
Strikers May Persuade Under Court Ruling
Judge Windes of the appellate court ruled that striking workmen may use peaceful persuasion to influence others to quit for a firm under strike. They may visit factories to deter others from working for the company or to induce current workers to quit. The decision followed the suit by Frazer & Chalmers who had injunctions against the Iron Molders' union to stop approaching or influencing strikers’ replacements.
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Cmoaaco
Windes
Frazer & Chalmers
Iron Molders’ Union
Grasshoppers plague in five Nebraska counties
Nebraska reports a grasshopper outbreak confined mainly to Perkins Dunn Dy and Chase counties in the southwest with scattered swarms reaching Lincoln and Devel counties. Officials expect migratory movement and possible disappearance soon. Also noted are glanders actions in South Dakota and cyclone caves planned for Oklahoma schoolhouses. Five Beatrice youths, aged 13 to 16, fined $5 each for drunkenness as authorities investigate source of liquor.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Perkins
Dundy
Chase
Devel
Beatrice
Neb
Tired of His Crown The Death of the Czarowicz and Absence of Heir
London reports M de Blowitz cites a Paris Times source explaining M Delcasse’s urgent Russia mission as a reaction to Emperor Nicholas facing childless succession and superstition. He allegedly plans abdication during a Darmstadt visit after the Hague conference failure.
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M. de Blowitz
Paris
The
Times
M. Delcasse
Russia
Nicholas
Michael
Constantinople
Czarowitz
Hague
Darmstadt
Premier Declines Chicago Corner Stone Ceremony
Washington dispatch reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Canadian governor general likely to skip Chicago cornerstone ceremonies for the post office building next October. Treasury official F W Fitzpatrick says Laurier cites U S public sentiment and possible disturbances as reasons, though he favors Alaska boundary arbitration.
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Chiveago
Wasnington
F. W. Fitzpatrick
Treasury Department
Washington
Ottawa
Committee of Citizens of
Chicago
McK Uley
Governor General
Cabinet of Canada
Associated Press
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid
United States
Admiral Dewey Leaves Trieste After Reception Disappoints
A Berlin Standard report says Admiral Dewey departed Trieste earlier than planned due to a cooler reception than expected. Paris dispatch notes Austria asked him to explain a claimed US Germany war statement, with Dewey replying he would deny nothing from his remarks.
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Austria
London
Berlin
The
Standard
Admiral Dewey
Trieste
Komische Zeitung
Spain
Hazelton
Paris
Libre Parole
United States
Germany
England
Dewey
TRYING FOR RATES HOME NEBRASKANS FACE HIGH SPOTS
Congressman Stark and Adjutant General Barry visit Southern Pacific to seek cheaper chartered train rates. Officials quote 37.50 per man to the Missouri river and 10 per section for tourist sleeping cars, prompting a search for better terms. Nebraska guards earned laurels as guards of honor for the Tenth Pennsylvania, marching ten miles to the Presidio and facing fatigue from pavements after field service.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Stark
Barry
Missouri River
Nebraska
Guard of Honor
Pennsylvania
Transsport
Presidio
Canada to Keep the Cup in Dorval Race Protests Upset Finish
In a troubled Seawanhaka cup final at Dorval Quebec the Glencairn finished the 13 mile course as Constance skipper Duggan sailed alone after a protest over Constance centerboard maneuvering at the start. Officials later awarded the race to the Glencairn.
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Constance
Glencairn
Duggan
Mr. Craig
Point Claire
St. Lawrence
Dorval
Carrabelle Wiped From the Map by Gulf Storm
A gulf town near Carrabelle Florida was obliterated by a recent storm. The first post-storm train reached Talahassee with passengers moved from Carrabelle to relief cars. Docks and lumber interests were swept away. ships ashore on dry land. Surrounding towns were wrecked and relief efforts mobilized. No confirmed death toll yet at the time of reporting.
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Tananassan
Fla
Carrabelle
Gulf
Coal Creek
Oohlochee River
Tallahasses
McIntire
Curtis Mill
Resorta
Teresa
Lanark
Captain Burton of Iowa Regiment Suspended for Cowardice
Manila reports state Captain A. F. Burton of Company B, Fifty-first Iowa, from Villisca, is suspended for cowardice and awaits dishonorable discharge. Once a principal in Wymore Nebraska, he disappeared at war’s start, returned home, then joined the army. He allegedly deserted and hid in a ditch during action. Next, news from Leavenworth: Twentieth Kansas volunteers to leave Manila for home September 1. Senator Baker seeks swift muster out in San Francisco.
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Manila
Morris
Adjutant General
A. F. Burton
Fifty-first
Iowa
Villisca
Wymore
Neb
Leavenwworth
Kan
Senator Baker
Corbin
Kansas
War Department
Baker
San Francisco
Yellow fever at Hampton shows no new cases or deaths
Washington reports the Hampton yellow fever outbreak remaining favorable with no new cases or fatalities since yesterday. Surgeons expect confinement to the Soldiers' Home and Phoebus, while noting the four to five day window since the illness became known. A list of furloughed inmates was received from the home, and medical officers will monitor all ill inmates for at least ten days.
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Hampton Hone
Washington
Hampton
Wyman
Multiple world briefs frame idle men and dueling news
Telegraphic items report Daweon workers idle and Denver mayor vetoing a sparring ordinance. Fires devastate Grodno, a Brooklyn firm ships 48 anvils to Vladivostock, and Smiling John Kelly dies at 55. Fraternal societies meet in Chicago August 22, Rock Island net rises to 485604, Corcoran seeks new trial, and goats flood Kansas City mutton markets. Additional notes cover Australian gold output, Boilermakers and Ship Builders wins, NY Western coal roads merged, Lady Randolph Churchill engagement, and Chattanooga street railway labor issues.
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Johnson
Denver
Grodno
Russia
Brooklyn
Vladivostock
John Kelly
America
Chicago
Rock Island Road
Paul Corcoran
Wardner
Kansas City
United States Mint
Australia
New York
Pennsylvania
Randolph Churchill
G. E. M. Cornwallis-West
England
Chattanooga
Warner
Electric Street Railway Company
Theatrical Treasurer Jumps From Brooklyn Bridge
Henna Hauser treasurer of the Herald Square theater in New York leaped from the Brooklyn bridge after an incident aboard an electric car. He was rescued, taken to a hospital, and said to be recovering. A bystander quoted him saying he jumped as a drunken foolish act prompted by a bystander girl’s taunt.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Herald Square Theater
New York
Henna Hauser
Herald Square
Brooklyn
Hauser
Coney Island
Hanser
Mr. Hanser
Bicyclist Hansen Breaks 2000-Mile Record Margin
In Minneapolis on August 4, A A Hansen finished a 1000 mile ride in 92 hours 44 minutes, surpassing T A Edge of London whose time was 105 hours 19 minutes though questions linger over road type. Hansen rode 73 hours in the saddle and rode an extra 20 miles to verify distance amid rough bridges and bad sections.
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Hansen
Minneapolis
T. A. Edge
London
Eng
A. A. Hansen
Edge
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