Big Volume of Trade and Farm Hesitation in 1897 Market
New York reports heavy buying of American bonds and stocks with high overall trade. wheat and cotton markets show mixed shifts while iron and steel pricing holds steady. Porto Rico sees rising troop illness and medical aid arrivals as the U S Army restructures command. Iowa volunteers to remain in service per federal decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dune & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Atlantic
Pacific
Financial Chronicle
United States
Canada
Ponca
Porto Rico
Ponce
Chester
Gay V. Henry
Brooke
President plans October trip to Omaha via Washington
In a last night interview the president said he intends to depart about noon on October 10 for Omaha arriving there late on Passday the 11th. He plans to stay in Omaha over and continue engagements there. General Manderson relayed the president’s travel desire and timetable.
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Omaha
Washington
Manderson
Budd Wins Trophy Again at Schmelzer Shooting Meet
Des Moines shooter Charles Budd wins the inanimate target championship trophy for the second year running with 87 of 100 targets. Competitors include J A B Elliott of Kansas City and J R Halliwell of New York. Also in Des Moines the Iowa crop service reports gains in corn wheat and oats for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budd
Kansas City
Charles Budd
Des Moines
J. A. B., Elliott
J. R. Halliwell
New York
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Iowa
Alger Reaches Pittsburg and Homeward Stay
Secretary of War Russell A Alger and party reached Pittsburg en route to Detroit for about a 10 day stay. He said he sought a light on army mismanagement amid publicity. Navy to discharge officers appointed during the war with Spain. About 25 discharged today. 726 temporary officers to be discharged soon. Storms on Trial for Murder. Storms stands trial at Wapello after mob threats. Deputy wardens enforce game laws as prairie chicken season resumes. Snow in the Black Hills with severe cold and a 50 degree drop in three days.
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Alger
Pittsberg
Prriszure
Russell A. Alger
Pittsburg
Detroit
McKinley
Navy Department
Navy
Spain
Storms
BourinaTon
Black Hills
Pari
Denver
National Editorial Association
William S. Eaton
Illinois
Paria
Portland
Colorado
Fire destroys Blanchard opera house in Ia losses tallied
Fire at Blanchard Iowa this morning gutted the three story brick opera house causing a reported loss of twelve thousand dollars. Also damaged were J D Frank general merchandise five thousand W H Morrow drugstore five thousand State Line Herald twelve hundred with insurance coverage amounts listed.
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Blanchard
BuaxcHanp
Opera House
J. D. Frank
W.H. Morrow
State Line Herald
Commission to Probe War Department Conduct in Hispano American War
President McKinley offered seats on a proposed commission to examine the war department during the recent war with Spain. General John B. Gordon and Major General Schofield were named as members. The panel aims to visit camps, report conditions, and advise on improvements, with further scope to be determined.
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Washington
McKinley
War Department
Schofield
Army
John B. Gorgon
Georgia
Gordon
Toventigaute
Atlanta
John B. Gordon
Spain
Gray Is Fifth Member of Peace Commission
The president named Senator George Gray of Delaware as the fifth member of the peace commission completing the group with Secretary Day Senators Davis Frye and Gray and Hon Reid. The appointment gives Democratic representation and the panel meets for Paris talks after mid September.
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Peace Commission
Wasurveron
George Gray
Delaware
Secretary Day
Davis
Frye
Gray
Whitelaw. Reid
Anglo- American Commission
Iowa Volunteers Paid and Oakland Red Cross Hospital Opens
San Francisco reports the Oakland Red Cross convalescent hospital near Piedmont as the first of its kind on the coast, housing 28 patients chiefly from the Fifty‑first Iowa regiment under Corporal Jefferson. Iowa volunteers have just been paid for July and August, 982 dollars per enlisted man, totaling about 655,000 for the regiment.
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Iowa
San Francisco
Oakland Red Cross Society
Ti Ia
Piedmont
Fifty-first
Iowa Regiment
Jefferson
Iowa Volunteers
Italian Cruiser Ordered To Candia Amid Candia Bombardment
News from Rome and Candia report the Italian cruiser Lomberdes with 800 men ordered to Candia as fighting and bombardment intensify. Crete’s garrison holds while Turkish commander Djevad Pasha promises order. Four hundred more Christian bodies found. atrocities alleged by refugees and calls for disarmament of Muslims. Martial law proclaimed. fires rage and casualties rise. Editors to Paris plan advances for 1899 50-day tour with many applications. Burial with full honors for Nebraska City soldier.
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Candia
Rome
Messagero
Lomberdes
Danza
Djevadlik Djevad Pasha
Mussulmans
Nominations in Silver party and rail mileage rise
Francis G. Newlands nominated for NGS and R. Sadler for governor of Nevada’s Silver party. Poor’s 1898 railroad manual records 1897 mileage up 2,094 to 184,603 miles. Milwaukee IRS receipts for August surge 491,822.64 mainly from beer tax. Kansas license for Phoenix Insurance agent revoked. Webb C Hayes heirs sue to reverse bequest. Ensign Powell sick, to return to duty. Bertha Osterhout linked to Hobson crew in ongoing Navy story.
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Francis G. Newlands
Ngs
R. Sadler
Silver Party
Nevada
Poor
United States
Milwaukee Office
Internal Revenue Department
Webb McNall
Kansas
Phenix Tnsurance Company
Brooklyn
Clarkson
Presbyterian Board of Publication
Presbyterian Church
Webb C. Hayes
Rutherford P. Hayes
Hirchard A. Hayes
Scott R. Hayes
Fannie Hayes Smith
President Hayes
Ohio Supreme Court
Charles Birchard
Sardis Birchard
R. B. Hayes
Joseph W. Powell
Hobson
Merrimac
Osen
Oswego
N. Y
Mies Bertha Osterhout
Osterhout
Mary
An Old Man's Last Hope
An aged resident of Middlefield Centre recounts severe illness and paralysis, detailing a decline in health from 1892 to a turning point in June. He credits Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring strength, aided by doctors and prescribed remedies, and notes his eventual recovery and public testimony.
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Sagia
Middlefield Centre
Tripp
Dn Williams
Willan
Williams
Collection Under Duress In East St Louis
William R. McFarlane of McFarlane & Evans seized a cashier at Louis Newgass & Son with a revolver at the stock yards and forced a check for 10416 drawn on National Live Stock bank. He was disarmed by detectives and jailed. Also notes Missouri volunteers being mustered out at Fairmount park, a Dover Channel swim attempt, General Miles planning duties, Alger’s tour, First Illinois sleepers, and a St Louis cold snap.
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R. Edward Hardy
Sheppard Co's
Braceville
Ius
Juliet
Dr. Miles
Ae DE. Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Tod
East St. Louis
Onteano
William R. McFarlane
Horse Commission
McFarlane & Evans
Louis, Newgass & Son
Louis N. Newgasa
Frank Moseley
Moseley
McFarlane
National Live Stock Bank
du Four & Co
Stock Yards Commission
Missouri Volunteers
Kansas Orry
Feirmount Park
Independence
Fairmount Parkway
St. Louis
Dover
Eng
Trank Holmes
Birmingham
Matthew Webb
Calais
France
Webb
Niagara Rapids
Worth Its Weight in Gold Dr Kay's Renovator Ad
An old Omaha reader praises Dr Kay's Renovator for relief from years of constipation indigestion and sleepless nights claiming it is worth its weight in gold. The ad offers free advice samples and a 68 page home treatment book with recipes and prescriptions. Also promotes a Klondike region map folder with gold mine info routes wages and costs sent free by Joan Sesastin G P A Chicago.
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D. A. McCay
St. ‘Omaha
Neb
Great Rock Island
Alaska
Klondike
Joan Sesastin
Chicago
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Dun
Foreign Investors
Oatoe Cue
Don Sage
Mrs. McKinley
Mr. Williams
Adams
CoLoRavo Springs
Colo
Teller
Teller Towne
Shafroth
Adama
Shaw
Allison
Cousins
Secretary of War
Miles’ Nerving. LE
Wester City
Sagasta
Maprin
Bagasta
Morgan
Dane Mrann
Guy Morgan
Twenty-second
South
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cincinngati
Columbus
St. Joseph
Schofield and
Campa
War Department Officigia
Paris
Senator Gray
Senate
Newcastle
Del
Princeton
Thomas F. Bayard
Cleveland
Hawaii
London
Athens
The
Daily Mail
Candiagaya
Jaw Haa
Neblaska City
B. Cadwallader
Wyuka Cemetery
Hayward
Fifty-second
Des Moras
Webster City
Camp McKinley
Tyner
Lawton
Santiago
Berwin
Prince August Wilhelm
William
Men
Miles
President McKinley
WashinaTon
Sept
Tlinois
Dlinois
Camp Wiloff
Turner
Mer—Cury
W. H. Kine & Co
White
Bradfield Regulator Co
Audubon
Griswold
Laava
Eveste Ee
TOL Arriva
Astecree
Nie
Ore
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