The 17 Year Locust Warnings From Agriculturists
Warnings spread by state agriculture officials about the 17 year cicada, a long underground insect that emerges after 17 years. The insect spends most of its life subterranean, later swarming in trees and emitting a shrill chorus. Though not seriously harming forests, fruit trees and nurseries suffer noticeable damage from eggs and activity. Adults emerge in massive numbers for four to five weeks, with males singing in mating season.
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State Commissioners of Agriculture
United States
Rene Bache
Philadelphia Times
Cicada Ag
Horses for Britain's Army Supplied from New Orleans
American Commission bases in New Orleans coordinate vast remount operations for the British army in South Africa. Corrals, stables, and a large veterinary hospital support 7,000 plus pasture, with about 600 to 2,000 head shipped monthly. Over 10,000 animals supplied by the United States and $95 million spent on mounting and remounting British cavalry and pack trains.
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New Orleans
South Africa
United States
Transvaal
St. Charles
American Commission
Texas
Crescent City
Remarkable Cicada Cycle and Mules in 19th Century Trade
The account describes 17 year cicadas emerging in vast numbers every seventeen years since 1715 with males courting and females placing offspring. It notes insects over six inches wingspan and harmlessness. It also recalls historical mule prices around 1809, declining to about half in pounds sterling, and details Mississippi transports loading fleets with funnel shaped ramps.
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Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oregon
Mississippi
Wade Hampton Dead at Columbia General Passes Away
Wade Hampton died Friday morning in Columbia at age 84 after a general breakdown. A Confederate general, he led the Hampton Legion and served as brigadier, major, and lieutenant general. He later became Governor of South Carolina and U.S. Senator. Also noted: M Santos-Dumont to discuss World's Fair balloon prizes. Co M Campbell named U.S. clerk for southern Indian Territory.
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Columbia
Wade Hampton
Hampton
South Carolina
Hampton Legion
Northern
Virginia
Tt. E. Lee
Joseph E. Johnson
Sherman
Carolinas
United States
M . Santos-Dumont
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
Lee
Joe Wheeler
Santiago
Fim
Palmetto
Micah Jenkins
Philippines
Luke Wright
Tennessee
Tolopotomy
Cold Harbor
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Respite Came Too Late in Fletcher Slaying at St Louis
Neary Fletcher colored was hanged at St Louis at 6:06 Friday morning. Twenty minutes later a gubernatorial reprieve arrived after detectives reported new testimony possibly showing self defense. Fletcher shot and killed Louis Roth 14 white on Aug 17, 1900, following a quarrel with Roth's brother.
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Received
Neary Fletcher
St Louis
Folk
Flutcher
Louis Roth
Fletcher
Roth
Manila editors aroused by sedition arrest appeal to president
In Manila excitement surrounds the arrest of the editor and proprietor of Freedom for sedition over an article from an American periodical. He criticized the United States commission's rule and faces formal charges. The Volcano editors were also arrested on a government suit over demanding removal of a judge. A Filipino editor was fined after libel claims. Frank Golden, a 30 year old barber, was found dead in Halleyville Iowa Territory with a bay rum bottle nearby, suspected suicide.
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Manila
Freedom
United States Commission
Senor Valdez
Frank Golden
Halleyville
I. T
Golden
Ioan
President Roosevelt Speaks at Charleston Exposition
President Theodore Roosevelt visits Charleston for a grand procession and speeches at the exposition. He honors Maj. Micah Jenkins with a sword, notes wartime unity, and outlines policy on Cuba and national prosperity amid industrial growth.
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President Roosevelt
Charleston Exposition
Charleston
Exposition Auditorium
Maj
Micah Jenkins
United States
United States Warines
F. W. Wagener
The
Exposition Company
McSweeney
South Carolina
Aycock
North Carolina
Mayor Smith
Belgium on Verge of Universal Suffrage Test in Uproar
Paris dispatch reports Brussels witness to a socialist led protest wave after Spanish deputies visit. Riots greet King Leopold as strikes sweep coal mines and factories in Liege Mons and Charleroi with 2.1 million voters cast by 1.4 million. Army mobilizes to bolster police as Belgium faces a crisis testing universal suffrage and cabinet endurance.
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Brussels
Leopold
Biarritz
Belgium
Europe
Liberal Party
la Longiere
Hainaut
Mariemont
Bascoup
Liege
Seraing
Kettin
Solessin
Ambleve
Mons
Borinage
Cuesmes
Ghent
Charleroi
Treaty extends US Great Britain industrial property pact
Secretary Hay and Mr Raikes sign a treaty extending the US UK agreement on industrial property protection to British colonies. Edward Lyttle home in Uniontown PA destroyed by fire, two children ages 2 and 3 cremated. Gov. Montague vetoes Senate pension measure for Confederate veterans on constitutional grounds. Canada blocks Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen insurance for members.
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Hay
Raikes
United States
Great Britain
Edward Lyttle
Uniontown
Lyttle
Gov. Montague
Virginia
Joint Assembly
Canada
Brotherhood of Railway
Notable deaths and crimes in early news notes
J. T. Fitzpatrick ex police inspector Chicago is dead. Four men killed by trains in Baltimore within 24 hours. Highwaymen report in St. Louis with seven holds ups in one night. The revolver used by Czolgosz in the McKinley killing is with the Buffalo History Society. John Cookwood a Negro barber in Oklahoma City was shot in the neck and jaw by an unknown assailant. Gas shows a truck at 780 feet in Blackwell Oklahoma Territory fourth well. pressure rising. In February Kansas reports 421 smallpox cases with no deaths.
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J. T. Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Baltimore
St. Louis
Czolgosz
President McKinley
Buffalo
N. Y
John Cookwood
Oklahoma City
O. T
Blackwell
Kansas State Board of Health
Marriage of Miss Talmage To Wyckoff In Washington
Miss Maude Talmage youngest daughter of Rev T DeWitt Talmage D D and Clarence F Wyckoff of Ithaca New York were married at the bride’s father home in Washington A small party of relatives and intimate friends attended The ceremony was conducted by the bride’s brother Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage of Chicago
Bride’s Marriage By Brother in Law and Paris Honeymoon Abandoned
The bride was given in marriage by her brother in law Daniel Delvan Morgan of Brooklyn. The Wyckoffs planned a Japan honeymoon but canceled due to Dr. Talmage’s illness and death. Mammoth space is planned for the St. Louis Fair with 4 million square feet in main buildings and a large agriculture hall.
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Daniel Delvan Morgan
Brooklyn
Chicago
King Leopold of Belgium Known as The Royal Reprobate
Leopold II of Belgium near mobbing by enraged subjects. He rose to the throne in 1865 and was once popular for democratic aims but later mocked for personal wickedness. A cousin of Queen Victoria, he fathered Princess Stephanie and was connected to Prince Rudolph of Austria. He backed reform before later yielding to constitutional limits.
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Leopold II
Belgium
Europe
Victoria
Stephanie
Rudolph
Austria
Will Retire Gen Miles and Brooke Slated for Chief Command
Gen Miles to retire soon and Gen Brooke, commanding the Department of the East, is named to succeed him. President Roosevelt and close officials reportedly approved the plan. Brooke would reach the age limit July 21, 1902 and be followed by Gen Young, with Gen Chaffee later placed for the top post.
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Brooke
Miles
Gen. Brooke
Department of the East
Roosevelt
Segpetae Root
Maj
Rooke
Young
Chaffee
Pennsylvania
Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry
Fiftythird Pennsylvania
Pricey food and mining notes from distant Idaho camp
Reports detail high food prices in Thunder Mountain Idaho camps where flour sugar and salt sell for 3 a pound while 800 to 1 000 men labor in snowbound conditions. Seven horses arrive on snowshoes bearing 250 pounds of provisions as excitement grows over rich country prospects.
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Idaho
Thunder Mountain
Dewey Mill
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Co. M. Campbell
Ardmore
Southern District of Indian Territory
Townsend
West Indies
Isthmus
Sutton Ne
Anis Ands
Acqu Rico
Cuba
Miss Talmage
C. F. Wycoff
Miss Maud Talmage
Gen. Miles
Peter Allen
John Brown
Eckman
W Va
Samuel van Stavern
Camden
N. J
St. Thomas
Jerome
New York
Alfred Reynolds
London
Edward
Sir Dighton Probyn
Coutts
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