Yellow fever outbreak in Santiago dominates Washington dispatch
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports grave concern in Washington over Santiago yellow fever epidemic. Major General Miles warned of epidemic risk and urged removing camps. Secretary Alger feared scourge and sought strict precautions. Hospitals, drains, and immune nurses being organized as deaths rise.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Santiago
War Department
Miles
Alger
Cuba
General Wood
General Hospital
New York Harbor
Brooke
Joseph H. Heatwale
Gurdeesbiok
Robbers Bind Farmer In Chair In Van Wert Heist
Leonard Dull, an elderly Harrison Township farmer, was bound to a chair by four masked robbers who entered his home and demanded silence under threat of death. The thieves fled after finding $48 from recent hog sales. No clues or voices identified the suspects.
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Commercial Tribune
van Wert
Leonard Dull
Harrison Township
Dull
General Brugere Named Military Governor of Paris
Paris reports General Brugere former chief of President Carnot's military household has been appointed Military Governor of Paris replacing General Zurlinden. Zurlinden remains on the Supreme Council of War.
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General Zurlinden
Paris
General Brugere
Carnot
Zurlinden
Supreme Council of War
Fire Met Fumes Captain Dick’s Wife Killed in Explosion
A gasoline explosion caused by plumbers with a melting pot ignited deadly fumes. The wife of Captain Dick, of the Navy, was instantly killed in the incident.
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Dickins
Navy
Tragedy at Secretary Tracy’s Residence Feared Fatal Blaze
Fire and explosion at the three story Dickins residence on Nineteenth Street near Dupont Circle kills Mrs. Dickins and injures others. Plumber Vaughan, who aided in the rescue, suffers severe burns. Captain Dickins of the Navy is informed and joins the investigation as authorities note similarities to the Secretary Tracy incident years earlier.
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Washington
Dickins
United States Navy
Nineteenth Street
Dupont Circle
Joseph Vaughan
Vaughan
Navy
Navy Department
Admiral Crowinshield
Bureau of Navigation
Tracy
Maine
Havana
Sigsbee
Kind Hearted Heiress Sends $250 to New Richmond Relief
Madison Wis July 7 Amos E Wilder editor of the State Journal reports Helen Gould the young heiress sent a 250 dollar check for the New Richmond relief fund. The donation aims to aid western relief efforts and reflects her charitable concern for the region.
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Madison, Wis
Amos E. Wilder
The
State Journal
Helen Gould
New
German training ships Iphigenia and Gneisenau cadets invited
Bergen Norway July 7 Emperor William invited officers and sixty cadets of the training ship Iphigenia who he visited yesterday and inspected along with German cadets from the training ship Gneisenau to an entertainment tonight aboard the imperial yacht Hohenzoller.
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Bergen
Norway
William
Hohenzoller
Emperor William Sends Compliments to President Loubet
In telegraph messages from Bergen dated July 6 and July 7, Emperor William of Germany praises the French sailors aboard the schoolship Iphigenia for their bearing and conduct. President Loubet replies expressing gratitude for the honor and the warm reception of the German visit to the ship and French sailors.
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Loubet
Paris
R William
Germany
Bergen
Monsieur
William
Wiliam III
Prussia
Iphigenia
Ex Premier Meline Speech Sparks Paris Attention
Ex Premier Meline spoke in Paris on July 7 claiming friends founded the Republic and will defend it. He warned Collectivism brings ruin and urged a Ministry of Pacification and noninterference in the Dreyfus affair to unite the government. Colonel Picquart offers to Dreyfus the sword of honor from Budapest citizens.
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Commercial ‘Tribune
Paris
Meline
Rrepublic
Dreyfus
Picquart
Budapest
General Wheeler to Leave San Francisco on Tartar
General Joe Wheeler will depart San Francisco aboard the Tartar on July 2 as he continues the campaign. If he survives the fighting he aims for Alabama's governorship, but his stated ambition remains to die in battle.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Joe Wheeler
San Francisco
Alabama
TWO LINES UNITE GREAT RAILROAD DEAL
Practical consolidation of Pennsylvania and New York Central interests follows a friendly agreement with Cassatt and Van derbilt. The two systems avoid stock consolidation while setting new rate alignments to equalize Ohio to New England traffic.
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New York Central
Pennsylvania
Commercial Tribune
New York
Cassatt
William K. Vanderbilt
Ohio
New England
New Haven
Vanderbilt
Death From Scurry Scourge Reported From Wind River
Unconfirmed dispatch from Dawson City cites a Wind River scurvy outbreak with a score of miners dead and many ill. Among the sick named are Dr J B Mason and several Chicago men including W Cudi and Martin the dentist who ferried two exhausted companions seventy five miles toward Wind City before one died and Martin carried the other to safety.
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Seattle
Wash
Dawson City
Edmonton
Wind River
Peel River
J. B Mason
Chicago
W. c. Cudi
Brom Brothers
Martin
Fatal double shooting in Greenfield saloon alley
Carl Hirn a 22 year old bartender fatally shot Ike Strider about 11 PM in Greenfield Ohio. Strider died at 1 AM after being shot in the back and behind the left ear as he tried to flee. Hirn claims Strider sought to lure a younger Hirn son with disreputable company. Strider, 85 and unmarried, was buried this afternoon. Hirn is in custody with attorney Ulric Sloan defending.
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Commercial Tribune
Greenfield
Carl Hirn
Ike Strider
Himn
Strider
Hirn
Ulric Sloan
Rocke monolith moved to Lake View Cemetery
The Rocke monolith, described as the greatest monument of its kind, was transported from Euclid Avenue granite works to Lake View Cemetery. The 52 foot high shaft weighs 80 tons, with a 70 ton base and 16 by 3 feet base slab. second and third sections of 40 tons each to be set by Saturday night.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Lakeview Cemetery
Granite Works
Euclid Avenue
Tery
Official denies Penn Central consolidation amid stockholder clash
A Philadelphia official close to A J Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad called reports of a formal merger with the New York Central absurd. He said there is no plan to consolidate, noting the NY Central is Vanderbilt owned and the two rivals compete for Western traffic.
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Philadelphia
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Vanderbilts
Pennsylvania Road
Cassatt
Boston & Albany
President Calloway
Vandébilt
Petal Dent Cassatt
Vanderbilt
Storm Hit Lake Region Wrecks Catawba Island Winery
A cyclonic storm at Port Clinton Ohio caused heavy damage to Lake Erie area orchards and structures. Hundreds of peach trees toppled oil derricks barns and buildings were wrecked and the Catawba Island wine cellars roof was destroyed. No injuries reported. The storm lasted about fifteen minutes.
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Commercial Tribune
Port Clinton
Man killed by lightning while picking apples near Urbana
During a heavy storm in Urbana on July 7 Charles Brinnon was struck by lightning and killed while picking apples on the Hendrickson farm east of the city.
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Commercial Tribune
Urbana
Charles Brinnon
Hendrickson
Reverend Lin Cave Accepts Kentucky University Presidency
Rev. Lin Cave formally accepted the presidency of Kentucky University in Lexington Kentucky He had resigned last spring but was re elected by the Board of Curators in June and at an executive committee meeting this afternoon he accepted the post
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
R. Lin Cave
Kentucky University
Board of Curators
Gum Coupons and Cops. Fletcher Arrested in Gum Fraud Case
Dr. J. W. Fletcher was arrested in Owensboro Kentucky after selling to J. B. Howard of Fordyville a consignment of gum claiming to represent the Artist Gum Company of Cincinnati. Howard paid for coupon rights to silver cups that never arrived. Fletcher says he has territorial rights and denies wrongdoing and was taken to Fordville.
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Commercial Tribune
Owensboro
J. W. Fletcher
J. B. Howard
Fordyville
Artist Gum Company
Cincinnati
Howard
Fletcher
Fordsville
Meier Murder Suspects Named in Buchanan Identification
Chicago reports two men arrested in Buchanan Michigan as Frank Smith and Coffee Brower are positively identified as the alleged murderers of wealthy recluse Martin Meier. Meier was found June 27 in his pantry bound gagged with a potato forced down his throat causing death by strangulation.
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Chicago
Buchanan
Mich
Frank Smith
Brower
Martin Meier
Meier
Violet glass to reveal rifle flashes in warfare
War Department experts unveil a violet glass device fitted to field glasses that reveals rifle flashes by filtering colors around the flame. The method, tested by Colonel Charles Smart, aims to locate insurgents using smokeless powder, especially in the Philippines, by making bursts visible behind cover.
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Charles Smart
Army
Ordnance Department
Philippines
Ordnance and Medical Department
Standard Oil Quietly Denies Ohio Exit Rumor
Secretary F B Squire of Standard Oil denies rumors the company will leave Ohio. He notes changes include Martin Snyder leaving and F B Squire confirms no further changes. The firm plans to stay in Cleveland and operate all branches by August 1. The officer list remains J D Rockefeller president and F B Rockefeller vice president with Squire as secretary and M G Vilas as treasurer.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
F. B. Squire
Standard Oil Company
Beouia
Ohio
Martin Snyder
Squire
Mr. Squire
J. D. Rockefeller
F. Rockefeller
M. G. Vilas
Uitlanders to gain full franchise after secret session
London reports a Pretoria Volksraad secret session approved quick franchise for Uitlanders. Naturalized residents gain rights immediately, nine years' residence also qualifies, and future emigrants may gain franchise after seven years without naturalization or five years with. Kruger offered pre 1890 residents enfranchisement in two years, but Milner rejected.
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The
Commercial Tribune
London
New York Journal
Johannesburg
Volksraad
Pretoria
Rand
Great Britain
Transvaal
Bloemfontein
Kruger
Alfred Milmer
Uitlanders
Cassatt Approves Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg Route Access
Reports say Pennsylva nia Railroad President Cassatt visited New York Central President Calloway to resolve Beech Creek disputes. Central had resisted new interests but Cassatt waived objections, allowing the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg access to the Beech Creek line pending contract terms.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Calloway
New York Central Railroad
New York
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
New York Central Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Beech Creek Railroad
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad
Beech Creek
New York Central
Pennsylvania Rail
Daniel Huff dies. aided nearly three thousand slaves escape
Daniel Huff of Fountain City died at his home, last survivor of a famed Underground Railroad group with Levi Coffin. He personally helped almost 3,000 slaves reach Canada. He married Emily Nixon, sister of William Penn Nixon and Oliver Nixon. Dr. Huff of Chicago is his son.
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Commercial Tribune
Hagerstown
Ind
Daniel Huff
Fountain City
Levi Coffin
Huff
Canada
Emily Nixon
William Penn Nixon
Oliver Nixon
Chicago Inter Ocean
Chicago
Lisbon House of Peers Backs US Commercial Convention
The House of Peers in Lisbon on July 7 approved the commercial convention with the United States marking a pact of trade terms and mutual economic cooperation between the two nations.
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Lisbon
House of Peers
United States
Wheelman Impaled In Fifth Avenue Delivery Wagon Crash
A man on a bicycle was impaled by a delivery wagon shaft on Fifth Avenue near Forty second Street. The death appeared instantaneous with a likely neck fracture. Driver Thomas Farrell was held for the coroner and released on bail. Bystanders offered no witness to the fatal incident. The victim, about 30, unnamed in clothing, remains unidentified.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Thomas Farrell
Farrell
PRESIDENT TYLER'S NIECE DIES IN ATLANTA HEART FAILURE
Mrs. L. A. Rice of San Antonio Texas collapsed at noon at Baker and Ivy Streets in Atlanta. The death was caused by heart failure. She was the niece of President Tyler and a first cousin of General Robert E. Lee, and sister of Judge John A. James Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
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Atlanta
L. A. Rice
San Antonio
Tex
Baker and
Ivy Streets
Governor Bradley Calls Out Troops In Clay County Feud
News fakers sparked a clash between Bakers and Whites and Howards in Laurel County prompting Governor Bradley to mobilize 250 troops with a Gatling gun to Manchester. Later telegrams showed Deputy Sheriff Stubblefield was shot in Clay County and the feud threat receded as Judge Boyd confirmed the exaggeration. The expedition’s cost was cut back as orders were recalled.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Bradley
London
Laurel County
Clay County
Pewce Valley
Lexington
James Stubblefield
Joneses
A. R. Dysche
R. M. Jackson
Judge Boyd
Deputy Sheriff Wounded as Desperado Battles
Deputy James Stubblefield tried to arrest ex convict Smith for shooting at his wife. Smith fled, fired twice at Stubblefield wounding him in knee and arm. Smith escaped. In Manchester, Deputy Sy Davidson narrowly survived an attempted shooting by Tough Garrard’s son Dell Asher restrained the pistol and Davidson escaped.
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Commercial Tribune
Barboursville
James Stubblefield
Smith
Stubblefield
Lexington
Manchester
Sy Davidson
Tough Garrard
T. T. Garrard
Dell Asher
Davidson
Governor cancels troop transport to Manchester
A Louisville train of six coaches and a baggage car bound for Manchester was ordered at 9 30 pm but countermanded an hour later. No troops will be sent.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Manchester
Riot alarm order countermanded by telegram in Lexington
Colonel Williams rang the riot alarm as his men gathered at Lexington before a telegram arrived reversing the order. The brief dispatch halted the mobilization and left troops without action.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Williams
Bishop Turner at the Head Society for Negro Uplift
In Atlanta on July 7 a three day gathering of Southern Negro churchmen and Northern brethren formed The Scientific and Ethnological Academy of the United States. The society aims to perpetuate Negro scholarship with members required to have education and good character. Bishop Turner elected President with Vice Presidents including Prof. W. S. Scarborough Wilberforce C Bishop Alex Walters Jersey City and Rev. R. C. Ransom Chiсago
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Atlanta
South
Scientific and Ethnological Academy of the
United States
Turner
W. S. Scarborough
Wilberforce
Alex. Walters
Bettina Girard Returns to Bellevue with Acute Alcoholism
Bettina Girard, 29, reappeared at Bellevue Hospital on July 17 with her condition again diagnosed as acute alcoholism. She is described as continuing to decline and has lost her former beauty.
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Commercial Tribune
New, York
Bettina Girard
Bellevue Hospital
Twain and family depart London for Sweden cure
Samuel L. Clemens and his family left London today for Sweden where he will undergo the Swedish cure.
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London
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Sweden
Clemens
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