Post Office Plans for Chinese Theater Troops
Washington reports the postal service will supply regular mail to American soldiers in China similar to Spanish war operations. Customs collectors on the Pacific coast are ordered to stop exporting arms to China. The U S will acquire Cibitu and Cagayen from Spain after the Paris treaty, part of the Philippine archipelago. A national quarantine is ordered for Cape Nome and Dutch Flatbor in Alaska due to an epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
China
Pacific Coast
Secretary of the Treasury
Spain
United States
Cibitu
Cagayen
Philippine Archipelago
McKinley
Marine Hospital Service
Cape Nome
Dutch Flatbor
Alaska
Hartford Sanity ruling on Hoyt and transit wage boosts announced
Charles H. Hoyt declared sane and sent to a Hartford retreat. Railroad officials and union leaders reached wage gains for firemen on New York Central with ten cent daily raises to 2.20. Engineers gain 25 cents daily, raising first and second-year pay to 2.75 and 2.25. May also notes floods, Chinatown migrations to Cuba, artillery orders at Frankford arsenal, and six-month NY trust company profits near 800 million with 13?0 million cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Charles H. Hoyt
New York Central Railroad
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
New York City
China
Cuba
Chinatown
Heath
Frankford
United States
Canada
New York
Pittsburg
Denver
Red Boy
J P Morgan
John Waramiaker
Philadelphia
Governors Island
New York Harbor
Stamford, Conn
Daniel O
Northern Pacific Railway annual report details earnings and losses
The Northern Pacific Railway Co report from St Vand Minn shows year end June 10 gross earnings of 29,983,000 with main system net 16,654,600. Taxes 850,500 and nonoperating income 53,745 yield gross income 15,141.54. additions and improvements 9,767. surplus 1,500,245. A separate fire at 25 and 227 South Water Street Chicago caused $50,000 to $73,000 in damage and a chicken casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railway Co
St Vand
Minn
South Water Street
Chicago
Atlantic City
Vast Northwest Forest Fire Threatens Swan Lake Region
Reports describe one of the area's largest forest fires in northwestern Montana with Indians accused of setting timber blazes and mass game slaughter. Other items note troop concentration in San Francisco for Orient duty, exceptional potato harvests in Kansas Valley, race tension in Doniphan Missouri, Mare Island orders for the Mohican, a California Supreme Court ruling on primary election registration, Arizona bandit raids plans, beef price spikes, and government demand driving meat prices upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Swan Lake
San Francisco
United States
Orient
Kansas Valley
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
Doniphan
Sherif Merrill
Mare Island
Cal
Mohican
Supreme Court of California
Southern
Arizona
Eagle Creek
Black River
Chicago
Western
International News Briefs From Hamburg Kiel and Santiago
In Hamburg the shoremen strike expands to 25 percent of workers totaling 8 000 with imperial yards at Kiel aiding employers. A plot to assassinate the Santo Domingo governor is uncovered with 25 conspirators jailed and several officers implicated. The monetary reform in Peru adopts a gold standard issuing the libra to align with the English pound while the silver sol is valued equally by banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Imperial Navy
Kiel
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Tiera
Multiple Industrial and Maritime Disasters Across Regions
The Lackawanna Iron and Steel south mill in Scranton Pa. shut down for an indefinite period affecting hundreds. The Russian cruiser Waring completed a fast trial to meet a 12 hour contract speed. Ambassador to Italy Roger Wolcott was offered by the president. Italy’s acceptance is a formality. Cotton mills in Biddeford and Pepperell Manufacturing Co. suspend operations August 8 to September 4 due to China demand decline, impacting about 1,000 workers. General Pier son sank after striking an obstruction near Hopefield. ship cost 65 060 dollars. Jermyn Co resumed No 1 nine at Old Forge with under 50 workers. four returned. Sutherlandshire wrecked off Sumatra. 13 crew drowned. Rains near Santiago flooded margins. 12 dead, 3,000 homeless. Internal Revenue circular bans cigars and tobacco labels promising rewards, effective September 1, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackawanna’ Tron and Steel Co
Scranton
Waring
Cramp’s
Philadelphia
Boston
Nantucket
Shoals
Italy
Gox
Roger Wolcott
Massachusetts
China
General Pierson
Memphis
Hopefield
Fenn
Pierson
Chicago, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Old Forge
Jermyn & Co
Sutherlandshire
Rotterdam
Kino Chau
Portland
Ore
Sumatra
Santiago
Chili
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Bold Riverside tunnel rescue plan thwarted by gas
Pittsburg July 27 authorities traced a daring abortive escape at Riverside penitentiary aimed at freeing real estate swindler J. C. Boyd. A 200 foot zigzag tunnel from Sterling Street cellar encountered deadly gases, suggesting a sewer tap. An elaborate electric alarm and air pump system cost at least $2,000.
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Pittsburg
Riverside “Penitentiary
Alex Berkman
H. C. Frick
Thomestead
Muth
Allegheny Police Department
J. C. Boyd
Boyd
Union
Riverside
Berkman
Sterling Street
Thomas Brown
Chicago
John C. Langenfitt
Brown
Letitia
Jennie McCarthy
Langenfitt
New York
Hunter's Command Engaged in Hills South of Bethlehem
London reports Lord Roberts informing the war office that Gen. Hunter's force bore heavy action on July 24 and 25 in the hills south of Bethlehem. Boers entrenched and fought hard, forcing British withdrawals with about 40 casualties. Hunter moved into Brandwater basin rear of the Boers while Macdonald and Hamilton blocked fronts.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Hunter
Bethlehem
Brandwater Basin
Macdonald
Bruce Hamilton
Witnek
Miners Strike at Scranton Sparks Wider Coal Idle
Miners and drivers at Delaware and Hudson mines in Scranton and Olyphant struck for higher wages. Four mines idle with three at Olyphant, and 3 000 workers in Scranton and Olyphant plus 17 000 in 28 collieries may follow if demands are not met. If no progress is seen, workers plan to strike all 28 collieries in Lackawanna and Wyoming districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Delaware & Hudson
Olyphant
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Ohio Cullings First Rally Set in Republican Drive
Columbus July 31 the Republican state executive committee meets to decide the campaign opening venue Youngstown leads as the most active city Findlay also backs opening meeting National figures are expected to speak on the opening gun and the Ohio campaign will run about two months starting early September Governor Roosevelt will visit in October after a Pacific trip to headline state tours.
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Columbus
Republican State Executive Committee
Youngstown
Findlay
Ohio
Roosevelt
Pacific
Lord Derby Wins Slow Columbus 2:22 Trot Despite Start
The grand circuit meeting opened in Columbus as rain slowed the track. Lord Derby nearly a prohibitive favorite won the 2:22 trot after a bad first heat start. Georgiana took the 2:12 trot as expected. The 2:16 pace offered the day’s real excitement with four heats, Annie Thornton leading but not finishing all. The Admiral emerged as the sensational performer, taking the first heat almost in a walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Derby
Georgiana
Annie Thornton
Admiral
Governor ends holiday pardons under legal review
Gov Nash rules that traditional Fourth of July and Christmas holiday pardons are illegal since applications must first pass a pardons board. He has chosen individuals to grant clemency, but beneficiaries are unlikely to be released. The old custom will cease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilieral
Columbus
Nash
Board of Pardons
Coal and iron firms seek bankruptcy for Continental Iron Co
Rogers Bros and partners file in U S district court asking Continental Iron Co of Niles to be declared bankrupt claiming creditors totaling 30 500 and liabilities of 225 000. Continental owns wind land at Niles Pennsylvania and coal lands in Pennsylvania including Wheat Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Rogers Bros. & Co
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Co
United States District Court
Continental Iron Co
Niles
Continental Co
Wind
Wheatland
Pennsylvania
Fairbanks to Speak in Campaign Opening in Maine
Canton notes Senator and Mrs Fairbanks and Judge and Mrs Day visiting with President and Mrs McKinley. The senator will open his speaking campaign in Maine on August 25 and says the McKinley administration will be the campaign’s most conspicuous feature. The people will be asked to approve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Fairbanks
Day
McKinley
Maine
Two youths in speeding horses strike pedestrians near Austin town
Youngstown July 31 report says two young men driving fast horses hit Tenee Smith and Miss Mary Lautenbacher as they crossed the road. Lautenbacher is badly injured and likely fatally hurt. The victims were found abandoned in the road by thieves. officers search for the fleeing riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Austintown
Tenee Smith
Mary Lautenbacher
Gas Discovery At Peninsula Farm Prompts Local Excitement
Akron July 31 gas found in large quantity on I. A. Garvey’s Peninsula farm. Garvey sunk the well at his own expense. Excitement grows as preparations are made to drill more wells. Villagers hope to replace coal with gas as fuel.
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Akron
I. A. Garvey
Peninsula
Garvey
Engineer Nagel Ordered to Report for Duty in China
John Nagel a prominent Cincinnati engineer was ordered to report for duty in China on Gen Wood's recommendation. He previously served as assistant superintendent of the sanitary department at Santiago under Gen Wood and has been assigned to the sanitary corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John Nagel
Wood
Chin
Sanitary Department
Santiago
Sanitary Corps
Youngstown Iron Worker Drowns in River Tragedy
Andrew Claus, a young iron worker, was stricken by cramps while in the river and died before help arrived. The body has not been recovered. Claus had no local relatives but has an aunt and sister in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Andrew Claus
Claus
New Castle
Second Dividend Declared for Lisbon National Bank Creditors
Washington July 3 The comptroller of the currency has declared a second dividend of 10 percent for the creditors of the First National Bank of Lisbon Delaware on claims totaling 131 983 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
First National Bank of Lisbon
Mysterious double murder at Kingsbury home
In Waco Texas on July 31 Duncan G. McLennan and Myron C. Kingsbury, brothers in law, were found dead in M C Kingsbury's bedroom with throats cut ear to ear. Mrs Kingsbury awoke to a disturbance, found her brother dying, and did not see anyone flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
M. C Kingsbury
Duncan G. McLennan
Myron C. Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Not Growling at Bill for Board Says Summer Boarder
A city guest disputes a two week board bill of ninety six dollars and thirty cents with farmer Hooks. The exchange covers charges for apples, fishing, scenery, and a funeral while denying responsibility for any services or events. The party jokes about wealth and pays little regard to the bill as tension peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Hooks
Hiram Tinker
Tinker
United States
Rescue at Sea A Political Orator Saves Drowning Passengers
Passengers aboard a ship in distress crowd the rail as lifeboats fail. A famed political speaker aboard rallying the people with a speech to buoy morale, and the drowning passengers cling to his words until rescue boats are lowered.
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Harper's Bazar
What's in a Name and Wit from Puck and Plumbers
A compilation of quips and remarks on names and vocations. Booker T. Washington is cited praising self improvement and career guidance for black youths in Omaha. A joke contrasts old trades with modern labels such as interior decorator. A humor item from Puck closes the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Booker T. Washington
Chicago Times Herald
Omaha
Like the Deadly Under Current Seizing a Body
A historical medical note describes a hidden danger in the mucous membranes that line the body. It warns that weakness can appear suddenly in any organ such as the lungs head throat stomach or bowels and that all cases stem from a common underlying cause.
Pe-ru-na Promoted as Catarrh Cure for Winter Ills
An ad claims catarrh inflames the nasal membrane and weakens the system leading to pneumonia grip colds and fevers. It asserts Pe-ru-na as the only true cure reaching the right place and promises lasting relief if used.
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