Root to Meet McKinley at Lake Champlain This Week
Special dispatch reports Elihu Root will not travel to Washington but will meet President McKinley at Lake Champlain within the week. The cabinet pick is praised, and he is not expected to oppose the administration’s Philippine war policy. The note also confirms plans to augment Manila with 100 trained nurses and convert the Missouri into a hospital ship. Overall, 3000 soldiers are listed as sick in the Philippines.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Elihu Root
Lake Champlain
Root
Philippines
Manila
General Otis
Otis
Bryan Likely to Announce Candidacy Soon for President
Washington report indicates William Jennings Bryan will likely declare his bid for renomination within months. He weighs the field, contemplates stepping down if a rival unifies the party, and eyes Ohio cautiously while signaling a silver plank and anti trust measures for 1900. General Calixto Garcia's son Carlos Garcia seeks audience with the President and General Miles to discuss Cuban affairs.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
United States
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Mr. Bryan
East
Ohio
John R. McLean
McLean
Carlos Garcia
Calixto Garcia
Miles
Cuba
Garcia
Ban Army
New York
General Brooke
Manana
Spain
Lyons Ky Workers Clash With Imported Labor
Trouble between Tyrone residents and workers brought in by the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Co flared when contractors were assaulted on arrival at the town. John Higgins sustained serious head injuries as a fight broke out, followed by gunfire directed at a nearby camp housing African American workers. no fatalities reported.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Tyrone
Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company
John Higgins
Through the Heart.
Prankfort Kentucky July 23 Phythian Saffell aged 28 son of Distiller J M Saf fell shot himself at his father's home near Frankfort. He had worked in the Postoffice under his father and was well known and popular. Temporary insanity is blamed for the act.
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Prankfort
Phythian Saffell
J. M. Saffell
Frankfort
Young Saffell
Mystery Bone Find Spotted Near Sycamore
A postal card to H W Hawkins reports bones found nearby with a skull wound and a revolver, a switchkey, and a letter from a young woman possibly named Mattie. The sender asks who the man was and notes nothing is known about him locally.
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Upper Sandusky
H. W. Hawkins
Sycamore
Ohio Central
Mattie
W. Bardin
Ruskin Socialistic Colony seeks new Virginia site
The Ruskin Socialistic Colony, after a failed venture in East Tennessee, seeks a new site about twenty miles from Norfolk Virginia. A suitable Chuckatuck Creek location in Isle of Wight County may host about 300 colonists if funds allow transportation. The group aims to supply major markets in New York Philadelphia and Boston.
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Ruskin Socialistic Colony
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Virginia
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Chuckatuck Creek
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Isle of Wight
One Armed Messenger Heads West With Company Escort
Albert V. Roe a one armed Postal Telegraph rider began a record bid from New York to San Francisco mounted on a gearless wheel with no handlebars. He rode with twelve messengers in uniform and planned seventy miles daily. Roe hoped to beat an automobile by racing to Omaha and visit his family in Grinnell Iowa.
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San Francisco
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Omaha
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Yonkers
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Madison Square
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Harlem
Lime Stone Ice Plant Fire Destroys Facility Near Maysville
Fire destroyed the Lime stone Ice Plant outside Maysville, Kentucky, owned by George Lingensfelser & Sons, around 2 am. Loss about 9 000 dollars, with 6 000 dollars insured. Two nearby powder magazines kept bystanders at a distance during the blaze.
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Maysville
George Lingenfelser & Sons
Explosion on torpedo boat Adler kills five sailors
A torpedo boat Adler explosion near Pola reports one officer and four sailors killed. The government awaits further advices as the incident is confirmed from Pola with Vienna dispatches.
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Commercial Tribune
Vienna
Adler
Pola
Troops to Spain Proposed by Cuban Captives
Captured Cuban forces reportedly proposed sending troops back to Spain. The plan was immediately presented to President McKinley as a formal proposition.
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Spain
Cuba
Arrival of General Alger Prompts City Reception and Meeting
Partly assembled crowds in the city will greet General Alger on his return. The reception committee will escort him to City Hall for a formal presentation by the Mayor and Governor. A public reception and a meeting at Light Guard Armory will follow, with discussion among prominent citizens. Governor Pingree supports a mass indignation meeting after the reception, while Mayor Maybury questions potential annoyance to the general.
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Maybury
Alger
Durkee's Men Return From Strike in Kansas
Four hundred coal miners at the J. B. Durkee Coal Company returned to work in Weir City Kansas after a Friday strike. Durkee says he has not sold coal to the company accused of breaking their contracts.
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Weir City
Kas
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Four Hurt In Cleveland Street Car Bombing
A Cleveland Euclid avenue streetcar was blown up near Kensington street causing four passengers to be injured. A man on horseback was seen near the scene and fled, as a mob of about 3000 tried to attack three policemen.
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Commercial Tribune
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Kensington Street
Albert BE. Fassett
F. A. Smith
Harris
E. C. Martin
William Dragger
Cincinnati
Frank Schroeder
St. Louis
Burton Street
Clark Avenue
Wennick
Wencelas A. Pannske
Easter disappearances and street riot turmoil across cities
In Camden the disappearances of Harry Kinsel and Florence Osborne after an Easter drive merge with violent street rail strikes. A wreck driver helped amid a fatal blast, while mobs clashed with police, thousands rioted, and arrests followed. Authorities prepared further troop deployments as arbitration talks stalled.
Motorman fatally shoots wife then wounds her husband
George Wright, a former Muscatine electric railway motorman, shot and killed Mrs. Joseph Crippen at the Crippen home and then attempted to kill her husband Crippen but was overpowered. He was captured and jailed amid fears of lynching after jealousy prompted the attack.
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Muscatine
Iowa
George Wright
Electric
Joseph Crippen
Crippen
Madison
Wis
Wright
Young diver survives dangerous fall from courthouse net
Master Harry Sells leaped from the southwest corner of the new Courthouse, 67 feet to a net. The posts gave way and he fell to the ground turning a double somersault in midair. He rose unhurt, though shaken, amid a crowd that rushed to aid him.
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Commercial Tribune
Upper
Sandusky
Harry Sells
Terrific Toledo Elevator Explosion Burns City Grain Elevator
A massive explosion at 7 pm rocked Toledo Ohio destroying Elevator 3 of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton company. The fire, set by unknown causes, wiped out a four to five year old structure worth 350000 with 150000 bushels of grain inside. Losses top a million with at least 750000 insured. Reports indicate one or two deaths and several missing workers. This follows six major grain elevator blazes in Toledo in recent years with fifteen lives lost.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Elevator Company
Elevator 3
M. D. Woodford
New York
C. A. King & Co
Southworth & Co
Reynolds & Co
Tost
Shooters fatally wound two nearby in Salem incident
In Salem Indiana at 1 30 this morning El Mallott followed his wife and a young man named Charlie Duncan out the road a mile from town and shot them both with a double barred shotgun seriously wounding them Duncan struck in the heart region and Mrs Mallett in the shoulder The incident caused great excitement though the wounded are expected to recover and Duncan comes from a good family
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Salem
Ind
el Mallott
Charlie Duncan
Duncan
Mallett
Dewey declines millionaire banquet while accepting New York city invite
Trieste July 23 Admiral Dewey visited his flagship Olympia and rode to Mossfeld with the American Consul. He accepted the invitation from New York City for a banquet but declined one from New York millionaires. He may decide on a Chicago banquet after returning to America depending on his health. He visited Miss Nina De Martini and officials returned to Vienna.
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New York Journal
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Olympia
Mossfeld
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New York
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Harris
Congressman Foss
Vienna
Governor Pingree's Indignation Meeting Suggestion
Detroit Mich July 23 Plans for the reception of Secretary Alger upon his arrival to discuss tariff and policy reforms are outlined by Governor Pingree. The proposed event aims to express public sentiment on federal actions and influence ongoing political debate.
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Alger
War Department
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Santiago
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Detroifit, Mich
Mascagni hymn in honor of Admiral Dewey performed
Rome Daily Mail correspondent reports Mascagni’s new hymn in honor of Admiral Dewey staged at Pesaro before 2000 people. It was generally appreciated and regarded as one of Mascagni’s finest works.
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Rooms for McKinley to Resume Lake Champlain Visit Suite
Preparations at the Champlain Hotel in Plattsburg New York for President McKinley and Mrs McKinley arrival likely Wednesday or Thursday Mrs McKinleys illness prompts a quiet visit plan The President requests no newspaper correspondents on the train He will reuse the lake facing suite occupied in 1897 with officials and dignitaries expected including Gage Griggs Hobart and Root
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Plattsburg
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Hotel Champlain
Dreyfus Victory Assures Silence From France Generals
Paris report says President Loubet and War Minister Gallifer have muzzled hostile generals and assure Dreyfus will be acquitted at Rennes. Royalist opposition crushed as Brittany greets the returning prisoner with loyal Republican sentiment.
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Commercial Tribune
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New York Journal
Loubet
Gallifer
France
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Rennes
Republc
Metropolis
Brittany
Deroulede
Brest
Ingersoll Sermons Stir Chicago Churches After Death
Chicago clergymen react to Robert G. Ingersoll's death with mixed praise and critique. Ministers praise his eloquence and warn against blind dogma while noting his influence on agnosticism and the danger of neglecting truthful discussion.
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J. H. O. Smith
Union Christian Church
Christ
G.d.cleworth
Ada Street Methodist Church
Colonel Ingersoll
Moses
Enlistments for Philippine Service Reach Twenty in Richmond
Richmond Indiana reports twenty men have enlisted for Philippine service. They will travel to Indianapolis this week for processing before being sent to Fort Thomas for further assignment.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Indianapolis
Ft. Thomas
Heat Wave Sweeps Nebraska With 99 Degree High
Omaha reports the day’s peak at 99 degrees in the shade by 2 PM. The state records high humidity, rendering the heat nearly unbearable across many locales.
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Omaha
Neb
Pretender Don Carlos Leaves Venice for Austria
Rome July 23 news reports that the Spanish claimant Don Carlos has departed Venice, bound reportedly for Austria, with officials noting the move appears outwardly to be for lawful refuge.
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Don Carlos
Venice
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