Port Arthur contracts boost Russo-American industry
The Bowen Chronicle notes Russians awarding contracts in Port Arthur to American firms for electric street railways lighting steam laundry and aerated water and ice factories. It also reports New England cotton spinners opposing southern cotton growers trusts while acknowledging a reverse sugarlike trend in industrial trust dynamics. England’s Transvaal stance shows growing demands with hopes for a peaceful settlement as Kruger’s grip weakens under bellicose talk.
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Port Arthur
Russia
England
Transvaal
Kruger
Woman President of Railway Co Sent to Jail for Contempt
Mrs. Annie Rikert, president of the Stockton and Tuolomne Railway Co., the only woman in a similar role in the country, has been jailed for contempt of court. Her remarks suggest she cannot understand why she is being summoned to court despite having a husband.
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Annie Rikert
Stockton & Tuolomne
Cal.) Railway Co
State Dept Deliberates Recognition of New San Domingo Government
The State Department will move with deliberation in recognizing any new government in San Domingo. Before recognition is extended, the department must be satisfied that the government is fully equipped for its proposed duties, both de facto and de jure.
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State Department
San Domingo
Post Office Profit Grows in Britain for Year Ended March
The postmaster general reports a profit of nearly 18.06 million dollars on the British post office for the year ending last March. Postal packages delivered totaled 3.496 billion. London received 28 percent of all letters posted. The report notes minimal fraudulent second class matter.
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Great Britain
London
France Faces Crisis Over Rennes Court Martial
It is reasonably certain that any attempt by President Loubet to right the Rennes court-martial wrong would imperil his administration and threaten the republic. The ideal of justice may require a fearless hand to act in this crisis.
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Loubet
Rennes
French Republic
France
Verdict in Dreyfus Trial Draws World Reaction
The piece notes global displeasure at the Dreyfus verdict while arguing the court martial bias was evident during the trial. It contends such a decision would surprise in other civilized nations and reflects on foreseen outcomes.
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Dreyfus
Sanitation contrasts in Key West and Cuban towns
The New York Press recalls that Key West barred wounded Cuban soldiers while remaining filthy, with yellow fever gaining a foothold. In contrast Cuban towns once blamed for outbreaks have improved through strict sanitation and are now free from the ravages of the disease.
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New York
Key West
Cuba
Those Cubans Urging Evacuation Seek to Control Pie
The piece argues that Cuban supporters of speedy evacuation ignore progress in Cuba including honest revenues, sanitation gains, a modern postal system, light taxes, and growing surplus. It contends agitators push for withdrawal to profit from Cuba’s situation.
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Cuba
General Otis Plans for Naval Support in Philippines Campaign
Gen Otis frames a dry season campaign to maximize naval participation in the Philippines. Orders will push cooperation with the army to an extent not previously contemplated. Naval officers have been willing but were restrained from interfering with military plans.
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Otis
Philippines
Illinois State News Highlights and Local Tragedies
A long list of Illinois deaths includes Captain James O Neal 70 of Salem and Hon Francis M Funk Bloomington with others across Galesburg Princeton and Bloomington. A Bloomington woman 22 kills herself at home after church preparations. Rest cure home for insomnia funded by Judge Prendergast will be named St Winfreds Rest. Frances Willard statue commission named for Wheat Senate. Great Western distillery Peoria to expand to 12000 bushels daily. President McKinley to visit Knox College Galesburg October 7 for Lincoln Douglas debate anniversary. Illinois College Jacksonville enters 71st year with 175 students. North Peoria votes down annexation as census looms.
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James O'Neal
Park Hotel
Salem
Francis M. Funk
Bloomington
Board of Education of
Geo. Churchill
Knox College
Galesburg
John Knight
Bureau County
Board of Supervisors
Princeton
William H. Wentz
Robert Beckwith
Elgin
Eliza Tobin
Beardstown
Charles Whitney
Sycamore
Gertrude Zapp
Andrew Zapp
Masceutah
Judge Penderrast
Chicago
Judge Prendergast
Wheaton
McKinley
Gales
Lincoln
Douglas
Great St Louis Fair Opens with Cowboy Contests
The Great St Louis Fair opens October 2 and closes October 7 in 1899 with enhanced exhibits. President Robert Aull adds top livestock and horse displays, a four day trotting meet, and world championship cowboy riding and roping contests with $2000 in prizes. Audiences from Texas to Old Mexico expected. railroads anticipate large turnout.
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St. Louis
St Louis
Robert Aull
St. Louis Fair
Aull
Canada
America
Old Mexico
W. H. Brodrick
Fort Worth
Tex
Cotton Oil Co
Texas
Zach Mulhall
Frisco Railroad
Ile
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Frisco
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Santa Fe
Great Southwest
Far West
Fair Grounds
Mourning Rings and 19th Century Customs
The New York Sun notes a Bowery pawn shop display of three old mourning rings likely owned by deceased Americans. It recalls how mourning rings rose in fashion early in the century and faded later, and mentions an Englishman's will ordering $160 for three men to buy such rings, a detail that puzzled surrogate clerks until an elder official explained the fashion.
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Bowery
N. Y
Lincoln Fire Ravages Masonic Temple and City Buildings
A destructive fire in Lincoln Nebraska started early and swept through the North block housing printing firms. The Masonic Temple St Pauls Methodist Church and Webster block were destroyed plus smaller buildings. Estimated losses reach about half a million with public library contents and multiple businesses destroyed. Firemen battled futilely to stop the blaze.
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Masonic Temple
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Webster Block
Lincoln
Neb
Methodist Church
Jacob North
Western Newspaper Union
Nebraska Independent Printing Co
Masonic Lodges
City Public Library
Woodtruff Printing Co
Evening Post
St. Pauls Church
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Webster
Thames
Herpolsheimer
Wilson reports Cuba provinces recovery and sugar trade needs
General James H. Wilson details conditions in Matanzas and Santa Clara Cuba. He cites social improvement under American occupation but widespread destitution and a critical need for roads and a bridge over the River Danuy. Sugar dominates exports. tobacco crops rise while draft animals and livestock have declined amid poor roads.
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Washington
War Department
James H. Wilson
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Cuba
Wilson
Sancti Spiritus
Placetas
Danuyi
Rodas
Bay of Cienfuegos
Distress in Porto Rico as Starvation Threatens Peons
In Ponce Porto Rico the two classes diverge after the storm with 5 percent educated landowners and 95 percent peons facing hunger. Starvation grows as relief lags and relief supplies are misdirected while crowding in city spaces increases.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Peons
Tragedy as House Collapses Killing Mora Family
In Las Vegas district an adobe home five miles from Mora collapsed after days of rain crushing Manuel Cordova his wife and six children. A ten year old boy survived by being outside the dwelling at the time of the incident.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Mora
Manuel Cordova
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