Indian Kaw chief Curtis Kansas congressman and friend at court
Charles Curtis of Kansas, Kaw tribe, Republican from Topeka district, has served three terms in Congress and holds a certificate for a fourth, a lawyer by trade and noted speaker. A defaulting bank cashier who evaded police for three years was spotted by accident aboard a seaside harbour cruiser when a telescope view revealed him to a passerby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cos.Roseman Charles Curtis
Kansas
Topeka
Heine Family Monuments and Alleged American Nephew
A member of the Heine family comments on a Frankfurter Zeitung report about a Heine monument unveiling in New York. Heine had two brothers and one sister. one brother had no children, the other had three with only one surviving, Baron Max Heine. The sister has one son, Baron Embden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heine
New York
Frankfurter Zeitung
America
Baron Max Heine
Baron Embden
Secretaries hunt for suitable Washington house on Con necticut Ave
Secretary of Walt Root and Mrs Root struggle to secure a Washington residence. They may move into the former De Lome mansion on Connecticut Avenue above Dupont Circle, owned by Ben Cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Root
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr Designs Fast Vessels and Leads NY Central Drafting
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. is praised as a genius in a family noted for clashes over marriage to Grace Wilson. He crafted a sailboat and an electric launch noted for speed and beauty and now heads the drafting room at the New York Central railroad after years in the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt, JR
Grace Wilson
Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
French commission for empress necklace to honor French women
A French government project commissions a gold necklace for the Russian empress. Twelve medallions depict notable French women from the first Christian queen of France to just before the revolution. The London women's congress praised the goldsmith's work as especially suitable for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
France
London
Dreyfus Arrested and Sentenced to Devil's Island
Dreyfus, noted for unusual military knowledge and as the first Hebrew on the general staff, was arrested on October 15, 1894. Gen Mercier claimed overwhelming evidence of high treason and that Dreyfus supplied army secrets to Germany. He was tried convicted and sentenced to solitary confinement on Devil's Island off French Guiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cart
Dreyfus
Gen. Mercier
Devil’s Island
French Guiana
Wartime Liabilities and Casualties Across Conflicts
A historical ledger lists costs and casualties by war. Revolutionary War costs 135 193 703 with 30 000 deaths. War of 1812 107 159 000 or 2 000 deaths. Mexican War 74 000 000 with 2 000 deaths. Indian and minor wars 1 000 000 000 and 46 000 lives. Civil War 8 500 000 000 and 544 000 lives. Spanish War 150 000 000 with 360 000 appropriated. Total killed or died from disease and wounds in these wars: 2 910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Woman pioneers grape packing in Southern Pines
Miss Jane L. Buchan of Southern Pines North Carolina discovers a new field of industry for women in grape packing. She contracts with vineyards during the brief season and trains a corps of experienced girl workers. She emphasizes careful fruit selection and basket preparation with paper lace, noting a record of 113 baskets packed in six hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane L. Buchan
Southern Pines
N. C
Wabash opens Belgian Hare breeding venture by Meyer group
Nathan Meyer and associates establish Wabash Belgian Hare Breeding and Importing Co. to import hares from Europe. The firm operates on an 80 acre farm south of Wabash with a 10 acre breeding ground and a sturdy rabbit house to shelter the hares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Nathan Meyer
Wabash Belgian Hare Breeding and Importing Co
Europe
France’s Court of Cassation A Pillar Amid Revolutions
The Court of Cassation of France stands as a highly respected judiciary pillar, its judgments trusted across civilized nations. It has endured repeated revolutions and changes of government, remaining steady and unprejudiced through upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Cassation of
France
Cuban Capital. American Woman Writes to Gen Gomez
Havana notes a Filipino's death raises estate issues under American sovereignty. British consul Lionel Carden oversees the estate until the deceased's son returns from Mexico. Collector Bliss fights smuggling, offering 25 percent bounty for confiscated goods. Masons strike with proposed wage rates. carpenters threatened to join next week. Gen Maximo Gomez receives a letter from Madame Teodora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
United States
Philippines
Lionel Carden
Carden
Mexico
Collector Bliss
Custom House
Maximo Gomez
Teodora
Idle Negroes and unrest trigger mob fears in city
In Little Rock the city locks up 50 Negroes for vagrancy amid a crackdown following assaults on white women. A bread and water diet is used for many held 60 days. Several suspects fled to dodge arrest. Three named assailants have been moved to a neighboring county to avoid lynching amid ongoing searches for the remaining two. Governor Jones received a National Anti-Mob Lynch Law Association letter urging restraint and due process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Escap
Anothe
Jones
National
Sfield, C
Humanity
Law and Order
Cordon at Oporto Sparks Government Controversy
Oporto August 26. Government plan to establish a sanitary cordon around the city to curb the spread of the vaga meets strong opposition. Governor Dr Pina Callado resigns in protest, claiming the measure will provoke famine more furious than the plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oporto
Pina Callado
Bosh
Gimin ezs Cause Revolu tionists Gain Strength in Santo Domingo
Puerto Plata August 25. Generals Caceres Nez and Brahe lead 500 insurgents before the capital where they demand surrender. Castillo yields and forts fall. Insurgents occupy surrounding country with little opposition. News from Puerto Plata to Dantingo says Sanchez Blanco and Morea favor revolution. Pepin, governor of Santiago, departed to join insurgents as Santiago plans to march on La Vega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Prnta
Santo Domingo
Ype Haytien
Caceres
Nez
Brache
Castillo
Jimpez
Monte Cristo
Ugh
Pepin
Care Haytiex
Fuerto Plata
Dantingo
Sanchez Blanco
Puerto Plata
Morea
Pue Plata
Santiago
Santi
la Vega
CANADA'S CUP. Genesee wins third title in light breeze
The Cana Bcup contest between Beaver Genesee and Chicago ended with Genesee taking the trophy in 4 hours 47 seconds. Wind was light to moderate at the start, blowing about miles per hour, then freshened around midday. Beaver’s Tiewin acknowledged Genesee was the better boat in the light breeze that prevailed during the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Chicago
Beaver Genesee
Kippe Tiewin
Genesee
Cuban gesture prompts wishful praise for Lanier letter
Lanier, after 30 years of watchful prayer, pleads for Cuban blessing and flowers for the man who sacrificed for Cuba. She hopes to see him become president and asks for a letter, signing as a devoted American friend. Gomez forwards the correspondence to local papers after her praise moves him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanier
Cuba
Gomez
Mercantile Club Adopts Resolutions on Isolation Methods
At a large meeting the Mercantile Club passed resolutions protesting against old fashioned and exaggerated isolation tactics. The cordon will not affect Lecca or Gaya, ensuring wine exports continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercantile Club
Lecca
Gaya
Olympia Battalion Parade at Villefranche Drills Draw Town Crowd
The Olympia battalion arrived by cruiser Friday morning for drill near here. The entire town watched the parade from heights. Adm. Dewey was visited by Edward Andre the Belgian consul at Manila and appeared in good health after a restful day aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Olympia
Villefranche
Adm
Dewey
Edward Andre
Manila
Union Veterans' Convention Closes in Des Moines
The Union Veterans' Union closed its annual convention in Des Moines on Friday. Final reports show the order prosperous financially and rapidly expanding in membership. The next meeting will be held in Washington in October 1900.
Maj Harrison Out of Danger After Illness
A war department cable reports Maj Russell B Harrison ill at Santiago with yellow fever appears out of danger. Ex President Harrison, in Paris, is kept daily informed of his son's condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
Harrison
Washington
War Department
Wood
Russell B. Harrison
Santiago
Paris
Springfield Runner Tom Booth Follows Nervous Affliction
Springfield reports that 60 year old Tom Booth cannot walk due to a nervous affliction but can sprint uncontrollably once started, running pell-mell until stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Tom Booth
Rough Rider Appointed Lieutenant in 11th Cavalry
Ex Paso Texas August 26 Geo Curry sheriff of Otero county New Mexico and former Rough Rider captain has been appointed lieutenant in the 11th cavalry now forming in the Philippines He has tendered his resignation as sheriff to pursue duty abroad
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rough Rider
Paso
Tex
Geo. Curry
Otero County
N. M
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
11Th Cavalry
Philippines
Gov Gen Brooke halts extra pay to troops in Cuba
Havana August 25 Gov Gen Brooke will not distribute remaining 8 000 000 in supplementary payments after initial payouts exposed widespread thievery and fraud He plans using funds to aid wounded and deserving officers who were to receive nothing Cuban officers echo Gen Gomez remarks that 3 000 000 could do more harm than good and the pay scheme revealed deeper depravity than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Brooke
Gomez
Cuba
Finland Emigration Surges as Settler Campaign Expands
London reports that emigration from Finland has reached immense proportions. Agents are dispatched to the United States, Canada, and Australia to locate settlements. Canada has tasked an expert to study the advisability of accepting Finns as agricultural settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Finland
United States
Canada
Australia
Miriam Carter dies from poison in Tennessee. wife held for murder
In Asion City Tennessee on August 25 Miriam Carter died after ingesting poison believed to be rough on rats. His wife is under arrest charged with murder for allegedly slipping poison into a meal used by Carter. The couple had placed his sister in their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asion City
Tenn
Miriam Carter
Elevator accident ends in likely fatal injuries for salesman
In Torino on Friday evening Ernest W. Burbank, a salesman for Walding Kinnen and Marvin Co., suffered likely fatal injuries when his head became caught between a descending elevator and the floor. The incident occurred as he worked near the Walding Kinnen and Marvin Co. premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torino
Ernest W. Burbank
Walding, Kinnen & Marvin Co
Plague at Astrahkan prompts frontier closure order
Despite reports that Astrahkan plague is milder pneumonic not bubonic the Roumanian government closes the Russo Roumanian frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Astrahkan
Russia
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Ravages Lucufiglp City
An epidemic of typhoid fever is raging in Lucufiglp. Three deaths occurred Friday and several patients are very ill. The disease is spreading with multiple new cases reported throughout the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucufiglp
Ill
Sadie Butler Arrested in Poisoning Case Near New Orteans
New Orteans Aug 25 Sadie Butler a white nurse girl was arrested Thursday night on the charge of poisoning Mrs W G Pullen sister of Dr J W Thomas one of the state quarantine physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orteans
Sadie Butler
W.G. Pullen
J. W. Thomas
Cable ship Hooker to be lost with supplies to Philippines
Washinetox Aug 25 Cable advices from the war department indicate it will be impossible to save the cable ship Hooker and her cargo of supplies for the extension of the cable service about the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinetox
War Department
Hooker
Philippines
Race War in Georgia Rips Darien and Delagell Swamp
Reports from Dantes and Darien Georgia describe a tense night as white mobs mobilize to confront armed African Americans after the killing of Deputy Sheriff Townsend. Governor Candler and Col. Lawton marshal militia and Liberty Rifles, with patrols, arrests, and preparations to move on Delagell’s swamp where armed Negroes mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2D Georgia Regiment
Savannah
Georgia
John Delagell
Joseph Townsend
Hopkins
Henry Delagell
Candler
Darieenn
1St Georgia
Delagell's
Brunswick
Darien
Lawton
Blount
Delagell’s
Col. Lawton
Liberty County
Hinesville
McIntosh Dragoons
Suicide attempt and amateur records reported in Union City and New York
Union City Indiana notes 87 year old Elizabeth Hindsley in Deerfield attempts suicide with a caseknife, third such act. remotely reported. In New York, the 15 miles amateur championship saw Bedell and Ryan set new marks as motor tandem pacing pushed times down, Bedell posting 27 minutes 19.15 seconds for 15 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Ind
Elizabeth Hindsley
Deerfield
New York
H. Y. Bedell
Everett Ryan
Waltham
Bedell
Ryan
Philosophical Philanthropist Plans Grand Bequest
A man in a linen duster and straw hat declares to a liceman his plan to get rich and invest, funding bequests for marble “me bigerians” in every town to cool anger during July and August, a quixotic bid noted by the Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theliceman
Washington Star
Dying Man Flings Bootjack At Brass Band
A bedridden man, near death, mishears angels as brass band music. His wife pleads, but in a burst of rage he hurls a boot jack at the band outside the room, striking the leader, then returns to bed and soon recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
John
Dina
To California via the Midland Route Tourist Car Service
A through Tourist Car for San Francisco departs Chicago at 10 35 p m via Omaha and Salt Lake City with stops at Salt Lake City for travel to Colorado Utah Nevada and California. Berth rates to San Francisco are modest and sleeping car berths may be reserved in advance from east agents or Chicago offices. Free illustrated California folders available from Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago Illinois.
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California
Midland
San Francisco
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pau
Union
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
East
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
H. Heafford
III
Obituary notice urged as reading matter for sidewalk tale
A reporter slipped on a slick pavement and, despite bruises, kept calm. He offered a wry remark that readers should seek the obituary notice of the man who ought to sweep the pavement for entertaining reading matter.
Five Year Old Seeks Dog After Sunday School Lesson
A five year old girl lost her pet spaniel and recovered it through an advertisement. Her Sunday school class discussed the lost sheep and she asked why the shepherd did not advertise in the paper. The Philadelphia Times records her remark to Miss May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Dewey Trusted to Sheot a New Admiral's Uniform
A playful exchange about trusting Dewey to tailor a new admiral's uniform, with a quip on his marital status. The fragment signals a light, humorous tone and a backstage glimpse into fashion and authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Puck
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Garbage
J. D. Dennis
Carthage
Indiana
Bliss
Gomes
LYCEE
Giminez
Vasquez
Macoris
Olympia Battalion
Ville Franche
Veterans’ Union Convention
Southern
Ayer
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