Editors on a Minnesota association outing to Milwaukee and Detroit
St Paul August 2 The Minnesota Editors and Publishers association with about 130 members including wives left by Wisconsin Central for an annual trip. They will tour Milwaukee and Detroit with a lake crossing to Manitowoc and a return to St Paul. London August 2 John W Foster heads to New York aboard the St Louis after farewell at Waterloo. Ambassador Hay and the US embassy crowd at Waterloo bid him farewell. China envoy Chang Wen Hoon also travels aboard.
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Detroit
Manitowoc
London
John W. Foster
New York
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Southampton
Hay
United States
Waterloo Station
Chang Wen Hoon
China
Hastings to Run for U S Senate Seat
Philadelphia August 2 Governor Hastings will soon announce his candidacy to succeed Senator Quay in the United States Senate. Senator Quay says he has heard of the move but feels no alarm.
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Quay
Philadelphia
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Senator Quay
President learns of Jubilee arrival in New York
Aug 2 The news from Whitelaw Reid McKinley’s desk notes the president’s awareness of the Jubilee arrival in New York and the keen interest in the forthcoming events.
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C Uest
New York
Jubilee
Indians Revolt Expands As Reinforcements Move To Camps
Reports from SiuLa August 2 indicate 12 000 to 15 000 natives under arms driving British moves. The reserve brigade gathers under Colonel Woodhouse while regiments stay at Rawal Pindi and Mardan. Reinforcements with ammo arrive at Dargai as Sikhs succumb to sun stroke on the march to Camp Malakand.
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Rawal Pindi
Mardan
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Dargai
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Malakand
Ambassador Reid Invites Mr and Mrs McKinley to Lake Champlain Visit
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid telegraphed an invitation to himself and his wife to visit Mr and Mrs McKinley at their country retreat on Lake Champlain starting next Saturday.
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Whitelaw Reid
Mrs. McKinley
Lake Champlain
Ex-Assistant Treasurer Hillhouse Dead in New York
Thomas Hillhouse, 51, former president of the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, died in New York. He was appointed assistant treasurer of the United States by President Grant and served 12 years under Secretaries Boutwell Morrill Bristow and Sherman.
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Metropolitan Trust Company of
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Morrill
Bristow
Sherman
Open Court Over 500000 Acres In Michigan Dispute
Land Commissioner Binger Hermann sent back the Marquette land office case between the Michigan Land and Iron company and settlers. An open court contest may affect 50000 acres of land and threaten titles to about 465000 acres on the old Marquette Houghton Ontonagon grant. Settlers have squatted on prime homesteads while the company seeks patents for swap timber and mineral lands.
Rebels Driven Back After Fight in Langeborg District
Capri Town Aug 2 British forces repelled a clash in the Langeborg district with only trifling losses. The enemy position in the Gamaslep valley was captured and rebels retreated in confusion toward Twaiskloff.
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Langeborg
Gamaslep
Twaiskloff
Servians Protest Attacks on Frontier from Albanians
Servia protests to the powers over Albanian incursions that struck seven Servian block houses along the Madriza Rashka frontier. Ambassadors confer to seek explanation from Tevfik Pasha while word arrives of Armenian revolutionists preparing to cross the Persian frontier from Van Armenia.
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Madriza
Rashka
Tevfik Pasha
Van
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Armenia
St Marys River Channel to See 560000 Dollar Project
Plans for further improvements to the St Marys river channel received War Department approval. Proposals will be advertised soon for about 560000 dollars to widen the Round Island shoals area and Middle Neebish channel and deepen depths, with an estimated 600000 cubic yards of rock and earth to be removed.
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Sac
Ste. Mariz
Mich
War Department
Round Island Shoals
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Peace talks delay signing of preliminaries at Constantinople
The peace conference in Constantinople held three hours of sessions and postponed the actual signature of the peace preliminaries. Ambassadors submitted the remaining draft sections on Greek finances and Thessaly evacuation. Tewfik Pasha proposed amendments to prior articles, signaling further discussion and delays.
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Annual L A W Meet Opens in Philadelphia
The 18th League of American Wheelmen meet will be held in Philadelphia over Friday and Saturday with a record turnout of riders. The event is organized by the Associated Cycling Clubs of Philadelphia, comprising 20 leading local clubs.
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League of American Wheelmen
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Dervishes Defeat Jaalons Near Metemneh in July Fight
Egyptian intelligence reports heavy fighting along the Nile between the Dervishes under a Khalifa general and the Jaalons. The Dervishes won a pitched battle and took Metemneh on July 1 with very heavy losses on both sides, including about 2,000 Jaalon deaths.
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Egyptian Intelligence Department
Nile
Khalifa
Metemneh
Shipments of Grain by Lake Soar to 93 600 000 Bushels
Burra Lo New York Aug 2 lake shipments show coal westward down 225000 tons versus last year to date. Grain receipts including flour reach 94483136 bushels since navigation opened increasing 15000000 from last year. Last year lake grain receipts already topped all prior years.
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Burra Lo
N. Y
Foreign admirals oppose Turkish troop landing in Crete
Foreign admirals met in CaNEA Crete and vowed to use force to block any further Turkish troops landing. Ismail Bey rejected the decision, signaling brewing trouble.
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Crete
Canea
Ismail Bey
Minneapolis Ex Alderman James H Bradish Dies by Suicide
James H. Bradish former Ninth ward alderman and noted lawyer died by hanging in his Central police station cell. He was jailed on drunkenness charges and despondent over his disgrace, ending his career.
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Inneapolis
James H. Bradish
Ninth Ward
Central
Doolittle laid to rest in Racine cemetery service crowd
In Racine Wisconsin ex Senator Doolittle was buried at Mound cemetery after services at First Baptist Church Rev David B Cheney preached the sermon. Between three thousand and four thousand people attended to pay tribute.
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David B. Cheney
Portuguese Rout Rumor Nods in Bileni District
Cape Town dispatch to The Times reports no confirmation of a heavy Portuguese defeat in Bileni north of Delagoa Bay. Locals claim all Portuguese were killed, but no report has reached London yet.
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Times
Cape Town
Bileni
Delagoa Bay
Mayor appoints Moore Smuth police commissioner
New York dated August 2 reports Mayor Strong naming Colonel George Moore Smuth of the Sixty-ninth regiment to replace Colonel Fred D. Grant as police commissioner.
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Strong
George Moore Smuth
Sixty-ninth Regiment
Fred D. Grant
France Honors Laurier in Legion of Honor Award
Paris reports Sir Wilfred Laurier the Canadian premier has been appointed a grand officer of the Legion of Honor the prestigious French decoration confirming his high standing in international circles.
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Wilfred Laurier
Legion of Honor
Bank chief acquitted in embezzlement trial
St Paul Aug 2 Colonel Albert Scheffer president of the failed Alle mannia bank has been acquitted after a trial that dragged on for several days charging him with embezzlement.
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Albert Scheffer
Allemannia Bank
Spaulding Convicted in Embezzlement Case
Spaulding ex-president of Globe Savings bank Charles W Spalding was found guilty of embezzling bonds valued at 28000 belonging to the state of Macoupin County Illinois. This marked his third trial and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Charles W. Spalding
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Spalding
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Four Boys Drown While Swimming in Kansas City Waterways
Four boys lost their lives in separate water incidents in Kansas City today. Willie Young, 16, and George Young, 18, drowned in Brush Creek. Henry Hall, 11, died in the Kaw River, and Fred Bridgeford, 14, drowned in a small creek feeding the Missouri.
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Katahdin Delivers Wheat Damaged by Rough Voyage
The steamer Katahdin arrives at Prescott with about two thirds of its wheat cargo damaged after a rough voyage from Duluth. The grain is consigned to the Montreal Transportation Company and insured.
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Duluth
Montreal Transportation Company
Heat and drought hit Kansas corn crop hard
Kansas City reports three days over 100 degrees as hot winds and drought gloom the corn crop. Across Kansas the condition is poor with some farmers cutting corn for fodder to preserve what remains. Topeka headquarters note reports from Kansas Oklahoma and the Cherokee Strip on the drought impact.
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Topeka
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Coal shipments drop in Fairmont region rail traffic
Coal output from the Fairmont area on the Baltimore and Ohio shows a sharp weekly drop. Bellaire averages fall from about 290 cars to under 100 daily, Wheeling and Lake Erie slips from 75–100 to under 50, and similar declines hit the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling line. In the Wheeling district uncertainty grows as workers push for a district wide suspension this week.
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W. Va
Fairmont
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Cleveland
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Fireproof Plant Fire Roars Through Ottawa Plant
Incendiary fire partially destroyed the Pioneer Fireproof Construction plant in Ottawa Illinois, causing about 100000 dollars in losses. The adjacent J N Shuler grain elevator burned to the ground and is believed set ablaze. Both buildings stood near the business district and a breeze could have worsened the disaster.
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Iils
Pioneer Fireproof Construction Company
J. N. Shuler
Prominent Wisconsin Politician Dies in Rainy Street Tragedy
William J. Malman a well known business man and chairman of the Republican county committee was found dead in the street in Sheboygan after a day trip to Milwaukee. He returned in good health then suffered apoplexy while walking home. his body lay in rain all night and was barely recognizable. He served as presidential elector from his district in the recent campaign.
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Sheboygan
Wis
William J. Malman
Republican County Committee
Milwaukee
Pantsmakers' Union General Strike Hits New York Shops
The Pantsmakers' union in Greater New York began a general strike affecting 250 shops. About 3,000 operators and 5,000 finishers are out or idle as strikers aim to end sweating and restore old wage rates.
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Pantsmakers' Union of
Greater New York
New York
Idla
Revival Predicted in New York Diamond Trade
A great revival in the diamond trade is predicted in New York with reports that in recent days orders in European markets amount to between one and two million dollars.
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New York
Chicago Great Western Extension to Wesster City Line
It is announced that work will start within two weeks on the Chicago Great Western branch from New Hampton to Wesster City and on to Sioux. The extension aims to improve regional rail service and connect with the main line.
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Wesster City
Sap
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