Sugar trust loses Indian sugar contract bid in 1898
Secretary Bliss approves a contract award to Gustave A. Jahn of Wall Street for granulated sugar in 1898 after bids were reviewed by the Indian Affairs office. Five identical bids at 4.41 cents per pound plus freight formed a pattern, with a seventh bid at 4.25 cents per pound winning upon testing. The decision underscores import competition and government policy on home industry protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss
New York
Washington
Sugar Trust
Indian Office
Holland
Combine
William A. Jones
Wisconsin
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
Chicago
New Guardian of Indian Affairs
Gustave A. Jahn
Wall Street
Rejected Indian clothing bids to reissue 1898 contract
The Indian Affairs Commissioner William A. Jones will reject all bids on the 1898 Indian clothing contract worth 200000 dollars after finding only one firm met specifications. New specifications will be issued and bids reopened with a full inquiry to fix responsibility for the irregular outcome. Decoration day in Boston featured the unveiling of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw’s statue opposite the statehouse with Governor Wolcott presiding. Prof. William James of Harvard gave the oration and Prof. Booker T. Washington offered the veterans’ response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the World
Indian Affairs
William A. Jones
Jones
Bliss
Boston
Robert Gould Shaw
Statehouse
Wolcott
William James
Harvard
Booker Washington
Muskogee
Ala
Decoration Day Snowstorm Hits Michigan and Wisconsin
A Decoration day snowstorm affected many Michigan and Wisconsin points. Menominee saw intermittent heavy snow, Bayfield reported ground coverage and a 30 degree reading, Oshkosh recorded the lowest thermometer for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Michigan
Wisconsin
Menominee
Mich
Bayfield
Wis
Oshkosh
Grinnell Dominates Iowa Intercollegiate Meet
Rush of Grinnell sweeps sprint events at the eighth annual Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Association meet in Des Moines. Over 8,000 spectators watch seven colleges compete. Grinnell wins the state trophy with record-breaking marks and top points led by Rush in sprints. State University of Iowa takes second, Drake third, with others including Iowa State Ames Upper Iowa Cornell Mount Vernon and State Normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic
Cbriatian Association
Town College of Grinnell
State University of Iowa
Drake University of Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
State Normal School
Rush of Grinnell
Iowa College
Wilson
State Normal
Low
Drake
Armstrong
Grinnell
Northen Locating a New Agricultural Colony Near Albany
Ex Governor Northen of Atlanta with F C Vance and F F Burney and L E Welch plans a 40 000 acre colony near Albany Georgia. The land will be subdivided into 10 to 100 acre farms for fruit vegetables grain and stock with a 1000 acre central city and multiple villages offering education and social advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Northen
South
Messrs
F. C. Vance
Louisville
F.F. Burney
L. E. Welch
Albany
Yerkes Observatory to Close for Summer
Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin will close for the summer after the movable dome floor, 75 feet in diameter, fell five feet. The fall was caused by a torn iron cable which unbalanced the floor, sending it to the bottom of the dome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerkes Observatory
Onicaco
Williams Bar
Wis
Three Drowned In a Tank Near Abbott Home
Mrs Nannie L Barr, her 4 year old child, and her sister Miss Mattie L Alexander aged 14 were all drowned in a tank near the Abbott Texas home. The boy wandered into deep water and fell into a central hole, and the women perished while attempting to rescue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott, Tex
Nannie L. Barr
Mattie L. Alexander
Ex-Congressman Kein Returns for Daughter's Graduation
Kein leaves Nebraska to pack up his goods in Bow. He has been in Colorado since his term expired and plans to move there next week after attending his daughter's graduation in Broken Bow on May 31. His return marks a brief visit before relocation.
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Kein
Nebraska
Broken Bow
Neb
Colorado
Congress
Von Tausch Weeps In Court As Perjury Trial Continues
In Berlin on May 26 Herr von Tausch former chief of the secret political police faced four counts of perjury and treason. He wept during the examination. In Ottawa Canadian counsel completed a written reply to U S arguments on the Bering Sea claims and sent it to Washington ahead of hearings slated for mid next month in Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Tausch
Berlin
Herr von Tausch
Ottawa
Bering Sea
United States
Washington
Montreal
Murderers of Yussuf Sentenced in Turkey case
Washington dated report says Minister Terrill of Constantinople informed the state department that the two men who killed Yussuf while distributing relief funds near Bitlis have been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yussuf
Washington
Terrill
Constantinople
State Department
Bitlis
Turkey
Filibusterer Loaded and Departed From Wilminston
The Messenger prints a detailed account of the tug Alexander Jones and her departure with the schooner John D. Long on a Cuban filibustering expedition. Facts come from a crew member of the Alexander Jones who returned to port days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilminston
Tillman Seeks Special Senate Committee on Sugar Speculation
Washington May 29 Senator Tillman shocked the Senate by introducing a resolution to appoint a five member special committee to investigate alleged senatorial speculation in sugar while the tariff bill was before the finance committee. He cited charges, cited jail sentences and acquittals, and urged purge if proven true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tillman
Senate
Finance Committee
Frye
Congress
Pettus
Dem
Ala
Smith
N. J
Jones
Court Adjourns Till Tuesday In Sugar Refiner Case
Washington May 29 The trial of John E Searles secretary of the American Sugar Refining company followed the Havemeyer case in which the defendant was acquitted by Judge Bradley The defense moved for acquittal on three grounds claiming the questions were irrelevant to the inquiry were individual not official and that senate jurisdiction did not exist The judge adjourned until Tuesday for ruling and a strong impression held that the motion may be sustained and the case dismissed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John E. Searles
American Sugar Refining Company
President Havemeyer
Bradley
Havemeyer
Searles
Senate
Senate Confirms Postmasters and Naval Appointments
The senate confirmed postmasters James Edmund Boyd of North Carolina and Francis S. Jones of Louisiana. It also named Jones secretary of the legation at Buenos Ayres and Commander Charles O'Neil to be chief of the bureau of ordnance in the navy department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
James Edmund Boyd
North Carolina
Francis S. Jones
Louisiana
Legation of the United States
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Charles O'Neil
United States Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Rejected Amity College Transfer Proposal
The Reformed Presbyterian synod in Beaver Falls declined the offer from Amity College at College Springs to transfer its property on condition the endowment fund be increased by 50,000 dollars. No further action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Springs
Beaver Fauxs
Western College
Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Amity College At
Synod
National League Scores and Western League Results
National League games show Chicago seven Philadelphia eleven. New York eight St Louis two with Rusie Warner Kaper and McFarland contributing. Western League results include St Paul fourteen Detroit two Milwaukee eleven Indianapolis three Minneapolis two Columbus nine and Kansas City three Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philadelphia
Denver
Kittridge
Fifield
Boyle
New York
St. Louis
Rusie
Warner
Kaper
McFarland
St. Paul
Detroit
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Columbus
Kansas City
Grand Rapids
Double executions in Chicago end era since 1887
Two colored men, William T. Powers and John Lattimer, were hanged in the county jail at Chicago at noon, the first double execution since 1887 and the first double colored execution in the city. Powers, 23, killed lodger John J Murphy in a robbery for a saloon job. Lattimer, 25, helped murder Louis Marveo on the towpath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oxntcago
William T. Powers
John Lattimer
Powers
Lattimer
John J. Murphy
Henry Rucker
Louis Marveo
Summit
Rucker
State Employment Bureau Opens Free Job Office
Lincoly May 1929 The deputy commissioner Sidney J Kent reports the state opens a free employment department linked to the labor commissioner. Posters will be posted in post offices and county buildings to register applicants for work as domestics farm laborers teachers clerks artisans railroad workers and other labor. Employers will also register help wanted and receive lists of suitable applicants.
Collision on the Rio Grande at Cabeza siding
An extra westbound freight derailed the first section of No 4 Atlantic Express near Cabeza siding in Glenwood Springs Colo. The open switch caused the engine mail and baggage cars and one passenger coach to derail. Engineer John West and Fireman Denny Donahay were killed. Passengers were injured but not seriously. The second section took all survivors to Glenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Cabeza Siding
Atlantic Express
John West
Denny Donahay
Glenwood
New Treatment For Lockjaw At San Francisco Hospital
May 29 report from the German hospital under Dr Conrad Weil describes a new tetanus treatment using injections of antitoxine. Edward Rhein, about 23, injured his thumb a month ago, developed widespread symptoms, and within a week showed clear improvement and no symptoms except natural weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Conrad Weil
Edward Rhein
Rhein
Heavy Hog Cholera Losses Reported In Iowa
Des Moines May 29 J R Sage manager of the Iowa weather crop service compiles figures on hog cholera losses from last year About 20 counties report a loss of over 500 000 hogs Sage estimates the rest of the state will carry the same ratio making total losses about 2 430 000 hogs valued at roughly 28 800 000 This represents over half the state hog population and the stated valuation of losses across the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
J. R. Sage
Iowa Weather Crop Service
Mud Island Disappearing in Moro Bay
In Moro Bay San Luis Obispo May 29 the mud island is slowly vanishing as the earthquake’s work erodes it beneath bay waters. Constant gaseous forces from subterranean crevices push up the mud and are spent. In a few days observers may no longer sight the spot where the island rose on May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Luis Opispo
Moro Bay
More Bay
Railway Claim Agents Adjourned After 2-Day Session
The National Association of Railway Claim Agents finished a two day meeting in St Louis and elected officers. Indianapolis will host the next gathering with E B Hutchinson of Indianapolis named president Frank S Farnam of Boston L T Stewart of Marshalltown Ia secretary treasurer G L Price of Galesburg Ill chosen as officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Association of Railway Claim Agents
Indianapolis
E. B. Hutchinson
Frank S. Farnam
Boston
L. T. Stewart
Marshalltown
G. L. Price
Galesburg
Ils
Woman killed by Maple Leaf train identified as Harriet Higgins
Detroit May 29 inquiry over the identity of the lady killed by a Maple Leaf train at Kansas City receives a reply from Cassopolis Michigan. The woman is Harriet Higgins of Wakelee Michigan. She was en route to live with her son at Columbus Kansas and was sent by the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Kansas City
Cassopolis
Mich
Harriet Higgins
Wakelee
Columbus
Kan
Redmond suspended in Commons over Irish budget clash
London May 29 John E Redmond Parnellite leader was suspended from the house of commons for persisting in an irregular discussion on the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland. Colleagues Dublin North and West Clare members were removed for similar conduct during harbor maintenance votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
London
John E. Redmond
Hiim
Great Britain
Ireland
John J. Clancy
Dublin
William Redmond
West Clare
William Field
St. Patrick’s
Redmond
Board of Trade
Ritchie
Mr. Redmond
Yeas
House
Clancy
Paris delegates rally for bimetallic reform in 1896 era
Paris May 29 400 delegates attended the National Bimetallic league annual meeting with Deputy Fouguirol presiding. Secretary M Threy reported that the year’s leading event was McKinley’s election, which pleased bimetallists and urged a definite issue before his term ends. The Paris American presence could hasten a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
National Bimetallic League
Fouguirol
M. Threy
League
McKinley
France
America
England
Germany
Betrothal of Princess Clementine Reported in Brussels
Le Soir announces the betrothal of Princess Clementine, third daughter of King Leopold, to Prince Albert Leopold Clement, son of Count Phillipe of Flanders. The prince is heir presumptive to the Belgian throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
le Soir
Clementine
Leopold
Albert Leopold Clement
Phillipe
Flanders
Belgium
Japs Negotiate a Loan Prospectus Issued
Lonpoy May 29 The prospectus for a new Japanese loan of 44 million yen meets a 5 percent rate payable in gold. The issue price stands at 10124.
Trainmen Re Elect Morrissey to Top Post
The International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen elected P. H. Morrissey of Peoria Illinois as grand master and named W. G. Lee of Kansas City Missouri first vice grand master T R Dodge of Chicago second vice grand master Val Fitzpatrick of Columbus Colorado third vice grand master A E King of Binghamton New York grand secretary treasurer D L Case of Peoria Illinois editor of Trainmen's Journal announced at Toronto Ontario May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrissey
Toronto
Ont
International Brotherhood of Railway
P. H. Morrissey
Peoria
Ill
W. G. Lee
Kansas City
T. R. Dodge
Chicago
Val Fitzpatrick
Columbus, CO
A. E. King
Binghampton
N. Y
D. L. Case
Peoria, Ills
Trainmen’s Journal
Indian Uprising Feared in Wyoming and Montana
A Journal dispatch from Araba Wyoming reports rising unrest in northern Wyoming and southern Montana as Cheyenne on Tongue River allegedly prepare an uprising. A sheep herder was murdered recently and the sheriff pressed for surrender of the killer, which the Cheyenne reportedly refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Araba, Wy
Wyoming
Montana
Tongue River
Kansas Woman President Elected At Missionary Society Meet
The 10th annual convention of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church concluded in Dayton Ohio. Mrs. A. J. Bond of Salina Kansas was elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Dayton
The
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Evangelical Lutheran Church
A. J. Bond
Salina
Kan
Iowa Teacher Drowns In Storm Lake Incident
May 29 report from Sioux Orry states Miss Shirley Maxwell a Storm Lake Iowa teacher fell overboard while swapping boats and drowned. Her family resides at Lennox Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Shirley Maxwell
Storm Lake
Lennox
Cray Melton to Lecture Upon Return From Cuba
News wire reports Cray Melton, held prisoner by Spaniards in Cuba, will return to America to lecture. Mills at Great Falls Somersworth NH cut to 40 hours weekly to reduce surplus. William Pegues of Charleston Ohio parent of 43 children and 150 grandchildren notes. Kingston man James Myer seeks admission to asylum amid delusion of being homeliest man in world and threat of self harm. Congressman Mercer offers invitations to nations for Transmississippi and international exposition at Omaha.
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Cray Melton
Cuba
America
Great Falls
Somersworth
N. H
William Pegues
Charleston
James Myer
Kingston
Myer
Congressman Mercer
State Department
Omaha
President Adds Another Member to Special Embassy
Washington May 29 The president has added Ayden Mills of New York as secretary and attache to the special embassy bound for the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Queen Victoria
Ayden Mills
New York
Mr. Mills
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Shaw & Crombie
Senator Tillman
State Employment Bureau
Rio Grande
John Redmond
Eczema
E. D. Jenkins
Lithonia
Ida
S.S
S.S.S
Swift Specific Co
McElree's
Cardus
Worms
Husesniys
At. Limited
Audubon
Astave
Griswold
Ad. Sterling Remedy Co
DeWitt
Pilis
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