Bowen Chronicle Highlights From Lake Champlain To Hampton
The brief notes Vice-President Hobart left Long Branch for a ten day visit to President McKinley. An unusually active day saw 23 couples wed in St. Joseph Michigan. Chicago remains a divorce hub while the Patent Office issued 25 000 patents last year from new ideas. Gen Leonard Wood stamped yellow fever in Santiago and his measures improved conditions at Hampton Virginia.
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Lake Champlain
McKinley
St. Joe
Mich
Chicago
Patent Office
Leonard Wood
Santiago
Hampton
Questions Loom as Toral Trial Proceeds
A Spanish court martial is hearing Gen. Toral over the surrender of Santiago. If guilty verdicts prevail, the court is asked what alternative actions could have been taken with Santiago to avoid capitulation or reduce losses.
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Gen. Toral
Santiago
Hartford Rebuilt In San Francisco At $350000
Admiral Farragut's old flagship the Hartford has been rebuilt in San Francisco for 350000 dollars. Only ten percent of the original material was kept, yet the ship retains the famed American hearts of oak.
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Admiral Farragut
San Francisco
Canada and England in Alaska Clash Tone
A playful, clipped note suggests Canada might expect reciprocity from England for fighting Boers, while England possibly targets Uncle Sam on the Alaskan frontier. The passage hints at Canadian reluctance to participate directly while the war skirmish proceeds.
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Canada
England
Walloping
Uncle Sara
Alaskan
Havana Exports Reach Nearly Six Million Dollars
In May and June Havana exported merchandise valued at 5 975 023 dollars, with 3 529 817 dollars reaching the United States. Spain followed with 291 215 dollars, illustrating the close trade relations between the two nations.
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Havana
United States
Spain
Cuba
Switzerland Free From Industrial Troubles and Arrests
Switzerland stands as nearly the sole European nation without industrial unrest or political arrests. The cause may lie in mountain air or in the nation’s initiative and referendum, a question future students and debating societies will evaluate.
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Switzerland
Dewey Rejects Hearsay On International Affairs
A Trieste correspondent claims Admiral Dewey may intimate opinions to an unknown listener. The admiral keeps a large wastebasket for unread slanders and falsehoods, dismissing such rumors.
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Dewey
Trieste
New Secretary of War Faces Scrutiny Over Experience
The new secretary of war has no military background yet many across the country believe capable men can guide him. Any misstep will be blamed on him, and he will hear of it promptly.
World merchant fleet by Lloyd’s Register
Lloyds Register shows 28 180 ships in the world fleet with Great Britain owning 11 100, the United States 3 010, and Norway 2 528 in the top ranks. The note cites Americas long coast line and new islands as factors for rapid growth in American shipping.
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Lloyd's Register
Great Britain
United States
Norway
New Islands
The Farmer’s Fortunes Highlighted By Prosperous Years
In a sweeping appraisal the article notes farmers with abundant wheat and corn stocks and heavy livestock, while bankers owe them money and uncertainty lingers over agricultural wealth. The piece contrasts hardship rhetoric with a bustling, well supplied agrarian sector.
France a republic not military despotism says leaders
The article argues that the French government is no longer controlled by the military and that the heroic leaders now in charge prove France is a republic rather than a military dictatorship.
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France
First Nebraska volunteers report lower disease deaths than peers
The unit just back from the Philippines shows the regiment suffered fewer deaths from disease than the Second and Third regiments, which did not leave mobilization camp. The contrast highlights the unusually light toll on the First Nebraska volunteers.
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Philippines
Westward loan market growth shocks Wall Street
The article notes New York is no longer the sole loan market as western cities like Denver Kansas City Omaha and Seattle now offer funds for western lenders at discounts on Wall Street. This shift signals a dramatic expansion of national lending reach beyond traditional centers.
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New York
Denver
Kansas City
Omaha
Seattle
Wall Street
Smiling John Kelly Dies in New York at 55
John Kelly a Tammany leader and turfman known as Smiling John died in New York City aged 55. He was a close friend of Richard Crocker and well connected among horsemen and racing circles.
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John Kelly
John” Kelly
New York City
Richard Crocker
Tripp
United States
Commission
Chambers
W. T. Chambers
Colorado Spring
Col
J. C. Connor
Washington, D
F. W. Crowe
West Forty-ninth Street
New York
William Waldorf Astor
Longacre Square
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Lady Randolph Churchill
G. F. M. Cornwallis-West
Princess Henry of Press
M. Delcasse
St. Petersburg
Paris
Count Muravieff
France
Notable Drowning Incident Off Far Rockaway In Exhibition
Davis Dalton a famed swimming instructor disappeared during a water exhibition near Hog Island Far Rockaway New York after diving and failing to surface. No body found and incident reported as a possible underwater endurance stunt.
Immigration and rail concession shape Corea Cuba policy
Ti Dia of Caibarien Cuba says immigration and foreign capital influx will require ample labor for Cuba’s development. Meanwhile Corea grants a German syndicate a concession to build a railroad from Seoul to Gensan in Broughton Bay on Corea’s west coast.
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Ti Dia
Caibarien
Cuba
Corea
Seoul
Gensan
Broughton Bay
Minor News Items From Across the World
A collection of short notes: a 50 foot wide reaping machine in Redlands California. James Brooks walks 37 miles to see a circus from McPherson Kansas. the Chinese emperor’s year length. Britain’s Sudan costs since 1883 total about 40 million dollars. Maryland peach crop a failure. Erie canal tonnage shifts from 1.489 million in 1886 to 744 thousand in 1897. British smokeless powder uses 124000 gallons of corn whisky. southern timber lands bought by northern syndicates. Maine bicycle value 324,420 dollars versus street railways. Kansas girls clubs refuse marriage to men not serving with Twentieth Kansas. James W. Bradbury, Maine, aged 97, old U S senator. Camden house at Chislehurst to be golf course. Astoria divers find 50000 dollars in a sunken steamer. New Orleans inventor’s sugar cane planter wagon. Mexico sugar production 70k to 90k tons on 2200 farms. Cuba 500 plantations yield 1,000,000 tons. Jack Everhardt of New Orleans retires from boxing after facing many top pugilists.
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Cal
James Brooks
McPherson
Kan
Soudan
Maryland
Erie Canal
Tidewater
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Kansas
James W. Bradbury
United States Senate
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Calhoun
Clay
Napoleon III
Camden House
Chislehurst
Charles P. Jones
Charles Virgin
Astoria
Ore
Portland
New Orleans
Mexico
Cuba
Jack Everhardt
Recent Deaths and Rulings Highlight Illinois News
Mrs. M Shurtlifff of Grayville and Mrs Harriet Blankenship a Fayette county pioneer aged 70 and 84 in Galena are reported dead. Christina Cohlmeyer 73 near Rich View and Rebecca Jackson 84 early Galena settler noted. Atty Gen Akin opinions include taxation rules for banks and bonds, city council votes, and school finance. Goats sold as mutton appear in Chicago markets while Peoria county boosts personal assessment to 5 million dollars. Crickets invade Galesburg. tuberculosis cued stock yard cows examined.
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M. Shurtlifff
Grayville
Harriet Blankenship
Fayette County
Patrick Fox
Litchfield
Christina Cohlmeyer
Richview
Cohlmeyer
Washington County
Rebecca Jackson
Galena
Virginia
Edwardsville
Alexander Jackson
William Crotty
Rockford
Lockjaw
Akin
Building and Loan Association
Adjt
Bell
Illinois Central Railroad Co
Chicago
Deadly Shel ton streetcar wreck shocks Bridgeport area
Nearly 40 people died when a loaded trolley car plunged from a 440 foot iron trestle into Peck's mill pond near Oronoque, six miles north of Bridgeport. Conductor John Carroll perished. motor man Hamilton escaped. About 36 known dead with 23 bodies awaiting identification in Stratford town hall morgue.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Stratford
Peck’s Mill Pond
Oronoque
Shelton
John Carroll
Hamilton
Bridgeport General Hospital
Straford
Frances Peck
Frank Cramer
Bridgeport Traction Co
Train Collision Near Paris Kills Seventeen, Wounds Many
Paris reports an official inquiry into a Juvisy collision on the Paris Nantes line and the Paris Lyon Mediterranean line. Seventeen killed and seventy three injured as a thunderstorm likely caused signaling failure. A stationary first train was struck by a moving second at 50 mph, telescoping three passenger cars. Passengers were trapped by debris and rescued with difficulty.
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Venteen
Paris
Juvisy
Orleans
Nantes
Lyons
Thirty Die In Mount Desert Ferry Disaster
A slip from the Mount Desert ferry dock broke as excursionists boarded a ship. More than 100 fell into the water. twenty bodies were recovered and the death toll is expected to reach thirty or more. Identified victims include Mrs. William Murray of Brewer and several Bangor Ellsworth and Portland residents. Four more victims remain unidentified.
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Mount Desert Ferry
William Murray
Brewer
Irving Bridges
West Hancock
Albert Colson
Levant
Alonzo Oakes
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Joseph Murphy
Old Town
Hollis Estey
Ellsworth
Clifford Cushman
Corinth
Mell McCadd
Lizzie Wood
Louisa Bartlett
Grace Sumner
Charles W. Downes
F. F. Sweetser
Portland
Ora M. Lank
Danforth
G. R. Bennett
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