Tragic Reinhard Family Killed at Ohio Crossing
Seven members of the Reinhard family from CorsinsBous were killed or injured when a Big Four passenger train struck their surrey at the Wood ward avenue crossing near the state fair grounds. Wm Reinhard 41, Rachael 48, Wm 12, Arthur 9, Karl 7, Edward 5 died. Clarence 14 survived with a broken collar bone. The crossing, long deemed dangerous, lies near a high fence by the fair grounds. The train was moving fast. the family had just visited Mrs Huffman prior to the accident.
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Woodward Avenue
Big Four Railroad
Clarence
Spaniards Leaving Cuba for Investments Show Capital Flight
City of Mexico July 10 Spaniards formerly in Havana and other Cuban cities are arriving seeking investments. By October as much as 130 000 000 dollars of Spanish capital will be drawn from the island as wealthy Spaniards avoid political unrest. Wealth will be invested in Spain or some in Mexico. Spanish merchants note English investment boldness while Americans are described as timid, losing large Cuban business to English hands.
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City
Mexico
Havana
Spain
Cuba
Flood Strikes Angleton Texas Causes Wide Destruction
Floods devastate Angleton and Oyster Creek valley with two to three feet of water on streets. Cattle drown along Basrop and crops ruined, leaving many destitute. Brazos River expands 85 miles, leaving widespread ruin. Meanwhile in Curiaco wage talks continue with threat of a large strike affecting about 50,000 workers. Also, Mrs May Preston Slosson named Prison Chaplain in Laramie. American Whist League to meet in Chicago as delegates arrive.
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Angleton
Tex
Oyster Creek Valley
Brazos
Caney
Matagorda County
Chocolate
River Brazos Falling Amid Flood Relief Efforts
The Brazos valley flood situation improves as the river falls. Rumors of five deaths near Sartaria in Fort Bend lack confirmation. Brookshire relief committees issue rations, with selective distribution to tenants and homeowners. D. S. Cage plans cotton seed aid to sustain crops, urging planting. One drowning reported in Missouri City. an old Negro found lashed to a tree at Duke and drowned after rescue.
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Galveston
Tex
Brazs Valley
Sartaria
Fort Bend County
Brookshire
Waller County
Brazos River
D. S. Cage
Cage
Duke
Missouri City
Will Williams
Gov Brad ley orders troops in Clay county panic then withdraws
Frayxtorr Kentucky July 8 Gov Brad ley ordered 260 soldiers to Clay county to stop a supposed outbreak but learned the report was inflated. Deputy Sheriff Stubblefield was shot and wounded by Matt Smith during an arrest. News of further violence proved exaggerated and militia call was canceled.
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London
Judge Boyd
R. M. Jackson
Pewee Valley
Frankfort
Lexington
Jackson
Stubblefield
Matt Smith
Assassins of Gen Luna End Trial Acquitted on Self Defense
The trial at Cabatuan over Gen Luna's assassination ended with acquittal on self defense grounds. Testimony indicated a conspiracy by Luna and other officers to kill Aguinaldo and crown Luna dictator. Luna's death appears to bolster Aguinaldo's leadership and loyalists remain supportive.
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Aguinaldo
Manila
Cabanatuan
Luna
Prominent Filipino General Near Surrender in Cavite Province
Rain and floodbound Cavite province see negotiations inch toward a surrender by a senior Filipino general and hundreds of armed followers. In Manila, waterlogged streets hinder transport as American authorities seek defection incentives amid stalled supply lines and submerged camps.
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Cavite
American South
Bay I
Pasay
Second Reserve Hospital
Manila Bay
United States
Centennial
San Francisco
Pasig
Manila
Hong Kong
Etek
Peace Congress Work Sets Stage for Arbitration System
Hacvur July 8 report outlines proposed peace congress aims to prevent recourse to arms through pacific means. It details good offices and mediation by signatory powers, limits of mediation, and conditions for interrupting war preparation. Articles 14 to 19 describe arbitration court benefits and good faith submission to arbitral judgment.
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Hacvur
Peace Congress
Rei
Pacific
Caurel
Gree
Arbitration
New Gun Tested for Harbor Defense and Navy
A Briggs Seabury six pounder rapid fire gun tested at Derby Connecticut promises to defend harbors by delivering a heavy shower of shot and shell. The army version mounts on a parapet carriage and can be moved along beaches. A semi automatic navy gun achieved 60 shots per minute with a two man crew, halving the usual crew and streamlining ammunition handling.
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New York
Navy
Briggs-Seabury Gun & Ammunition Co
Derby
Army
Spain
Mrs Marguerite Dickens Killed in Naphtha Explosion
Mrs Marguerite Dickens wife of Capt Francis W Dickens assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation was killed Friday morning at her residence by an explosion of naphtha. She was cleaning with the fluid in the room. Dickens described as a brilliant social leader in Washington and a noted writer whose most popular book described a cruise around South America on a man of war commanded by her husband.
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Washtseton
Marguerite Dickens
Francis W. Dickens
Bureau of Navigation
Dickens
Washington
South America
Bank Failure in Niles Michigan Sparks Receiver Appointment
The Citizens National Bank of Niles Michigan failed due to poor loans. A temporary receiver was appointed by the comptroller after stockholders failed to meet an assessed levy on capital stock. The bank reported loans and discounts of 169,509 dollars and a surplus of 10,000 dollars with capital 50,000 dollars.
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Citizens National of
Niles, Mich
Citizens National Bank
Delegates Arrive as National Educational Association Opens
Nearly 2,000 delegates reached Los Angeles with 20 special trains set to arrive Saturday bringing several thousand attendees. The first session of the National Council of Education begins Saturday and will extend for three days.
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National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
National Council of Education
Confession of Martin Meier's Slayers
Emil Smith and Sigmund Brosche confessed to murdering Martin Meier in Curiaco on July 10. They admitted binding and gagging the victim and only later realized Meier was dead.
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Martin Meier
Curiaco
Emil Smith
Sigmund Brosche
Meier
Destructive fire hits Gallipolis meat market and saloons
Destructive fire at Gallipolis on July 10 destroyed James Billups meat market Charles Roseman s grocery Perry Coverston s repair shop and damaged William Short s saloon John Houk s saloon. Estimated loss seven thousand dollars.
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Galllipolis
James Billup
Charles Roseman
Perry Coverston
John Houk
William Short
War Dept Receives 10000 Applications For Philippine Volunteer Posts
Washington July 8 The War Department reports that nearly all Spain war veterans who were honorably mustered out have offered service again for the Philippines campaign. In total at least 10000 applications for commissions in the new volunteer army have been filed, with 480 applications recorded Friday alone. Oscar Ry del, 15, Louisville Ky, fatally shot his father four times early Friday morning to defend his mother. Carl Ry del, a 31 year old, returned home intoxicated and began berating his wife. The son, using a revolver, shot five times, four hitting the father including the arm breast and groin. he surrendered and is jailed claiming motive was to save his mother.
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Washington
War Department
Spain
Louisvintx
Oscar Rytel
Carl Rydel
Plans for large co operative colony on Lake Erie
Joseph A. Johnson of Washington promotes a sizable cooperative colony near Totepo Ohio on Lake Erie. 8000 acres will host farming and manufacturing with profits shared among members. Land owned by Hon H T Niles. options to be secured. $6000 pledged, $10000 total to fund independence.
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Lake Erie
Totepo
Joseph A. Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Hon
H. T. Niles
Schurman Reports Progress in Philippine Journey
President Schurman, head of the Philippine commission, dispatches from Washington describe favorable conditions in the southern islands. Most natives south of Luzon show willingness to accept American sovereignty, with arrival in San Francisco expected around August 15. The state department believes the commission has clarified U S aims and weakened the insurrection.
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Washington
State Department
Schurman
Philippine Commission
Luzon
San Francisco
United States
Boy fatally crushed near Natchez when wagon rolls on
In Natchez Indiana on July 10, a Salmon lumber team halted briefly. A young son of Jackson Ballard stepped in front of the wheels as the wagon moved, and the wheel passed over him, killing him almost instantly. The tragedy occurred in Martin county during loading.
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SxHoats
Ind
Natchez
Martin County
Jackson Ballard
Pressed Steel Car pays second 1 percent dividend
Checks totaling 218750 were mailed to preferred stockholders of the Pressed Steel Car Co. in payment of the second dividend of 1 percent on 12500000. The dividend is payable July 10 and the books will be reopened for transfer on that date.
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Pitttsburgh
Pressed Steel Car Co
Fatal boiler explosion kills McCray in Moran oil tract
Om Crry Pa July 10 By the explosion of a boiler on the Moran oil tract Saturday James McCray was killed and John Turk was seriously injured.
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Om Crry, Pa
Moran Oil Tract
James McCray
John Turk
Exports to World Rise as Europe Drops Breadstuffs Demand
Washington reports a Bureau of Statistics study showing U S exports increased in quantity and value worldwide for fiscal year 1899. Europe alone reduced purchases, mainly breadstuffs, while Asia Africa South America and Oceanica saw gains. UK France Belgium and Spain fell, driven by food product declines, notably wheat. Japan and China shifted with mixed results.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Mexico
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
British North America
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indies
China
Hong Kong
Japan
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Spain
United States
Death of Hon George W Julian in Indianapolis
George W Julian dies at his Irvington home after a long political career begun in 1840. Born 1817 in Wayne County Indiana, he supported free soil causes, served in the legislature, ran as an abolitionist, and was later surveyor general of New Mexico. His passing was witnessed by his daughter Mrs Grace Julian Clarke, his son Paul, and Dr. Thomas I Thompson.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George W. Julian
Irvington
Grace Julian Clarke
Paul
Thomas I. Thompson
Wayne County
Indiana
Centerville
Clay
Frelinghuysen
Taylor
Julian
Free Soil Party
Buffalo
Free Soil
Pittsburgh
Congress
New Mexico
Brereton to become colonel of volunteer regiment
WasumeTox July 8 Captain Brereton of the 24th Infantry is to be appointed colonel of a volunteer regiment for distinguished service in the Santiago campaign.
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WasumeTox
Hartwick 18 Found Dead After July Baseball Injury
Levent Hartwick of Sioux City South Dakota aged 18 was found dead Thursday night. He had been missing since July 4 after being struck on the head by a baseball and died from the injury.
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Levent Hartwick
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Huffman
Angleton, Tex
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Conference of
Tin Plate Manufacturers and Workers
Laramie
Wyo
May Preston Slosson
Vassar
State ‘University At
State Penitentiary At
Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
River Brazos
the Assassins OF
GEN. Luna
John
Philadelphia Bulletin
Bishop Newman
Gallipolis
Abs
Philippine
Santa, Ga
L. A. Rice
San Antonio
Baker and
Ivy Streets
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