World Women’s Christian Temperance Union Meets in Edinburgh
The World’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union opens its annual meeting in Edinburgh with Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens of Maine as president. Notables attend. Rev. C. M. Sheldon of Topeka and Mrs. Annie W. Clark of Columbus are among Americans speaking and preaching.
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Edinburgh
World's Women’s Christian Temperance Union
L. M. N. Stevens
Maine
Henry Somerset
Mesdames Bailey
Rhode Island
Stevenson
Massachusetts
M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kan
Mary H. Hunt
Wilbur F. Crafts
Washington, D. C
Hannah J. Bailey
Anna Gordon
Frances J. Barnes
New York
Charles M. Sheldon
Free Assembly
Stevens
Preston
Palmer
Iowa
Bennett
Jennie Smith
Eyster
California
Lovell
Annabel
King’s County
W. C. T. U. Association
Newton
Boole
Annie W. Clark
Columbus
Sheriff vows to resist lynch mob at Union Parish jail
A mob demanding the lynching of John Collins, jailed for murder, encamped near Winfield as Sheriff Crawford and successor B W Bailey prepared to defend the jail. Deputies and ex Sheriff Crawford pledged to shoot if entry was attempted as the mob remained at the parish jail.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Winfield
Justice
Union Parish
John Collins
Charles Roach
Roach
Natchitoches
Collins
Winn Parish
I. H. Crawford
Crawford
B. W. Bailey
Bailey
Prof Neske Hart Injured In Runaway Collision
Prof Neske director of the Barracks Band at Columbus Ohio and his wife are in critical condition after a runaway near their Thompsonville summer home in Sullivan County New York. Their horse crashed into a stone wall as they avoided another conveyance, killing the horse and injuring the couple.
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Monticello
N. Y
Neske
Columbus
Thompsonville
Sullivan County
MacArthur Reports Casualties From Many Fronts
General MacArthur cabled a list of killed and wounded across the Pacific theater. Killed include Corporal Edward Larue and several others from Fortieth and Eighteenth Infantry units in Mindanao Panay Luzon campaigns. Wounded notices record multiple soldiers with injuries ranging from arm and leg wounds to facial injuries and serious conditions.
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Washington
MacArthur
War Department
Loculan
Mindanao
Fortieth Infantry
Edward Larue
Geo
F. Edwards
Thomas E. Bennett
James 8
Calhoun
Charles Hanson
John L. Litchford
Oliver G. Woodford
Dumengas
Panay
Eighteenth Infantry
John H. Glover
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Albert M. Dennehy
San Cruz
Eganay
Forty-fourth Infantry
George D. McClure
Hamptona
Luzon
Forty-fifth Infantry
Thomas G. Day
Orion
E. C. Haugh
Sixteenth Infantry
Baljoon
Cebu
Twenty-third Infantry
Axel W. Westratl
Baratoc
Twenty-sixth
Peter Durran
Charles K. Osgood
John Norton
Catarman
Samarinem
Fred Mey
Calambagas
Frank A. Welch
Sinetely
Cable linked St Ignace to Mackinac Island first time
A cable was laid between St Ignace and Mackinac Island by the Michigan Telephone Company, enabling speaking communication with the island for the first time. East and west cities joined in talks this afternoon, with company officials staying for a celebratory dinner.
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Ignace
Mich
Mackinac Island
Michigan Telephone Company
Morocco Demands Arbitration Over Tangier Dispute
The Times reports that on June 9 Morocco formally demanded European arbitration of Paris Tangier issues. It asserts Morocco holds correspondence with Algerian Deyes proving the Oasis of Tuat belonged to the Moorish Empire and was recognized by France’s predecessors in title.
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Morocco
London
the Times
Paris
Tangier
Deyes
Algiers
Tuat
Algeria
Tunis
Fezzan
France
Water Works case argued before Supreme Court in Cincinnati
Special Despatch reporting the Water Works injunction suit over contract letting for a major street improvement. The opposition cites overbid by Folz Willard Co. and questions engineer Bousearen's figures. additional syllabus notes uphold Cincinnati bond extensions and related legal standards. Other summaries cover Pretzinger Sunderland tax assessment, Odd Fellows sick benefits, Brayton vs Cleveland Police Company slander limits.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Water Works
Supreme Court
John C Healy
E. C. Coppin
Kinkead
Coppin
the Water Works
A. J. Henkel
Folz, Willard & Co
Bousearen
Brayton
Cleveland Special Police Company
Reception of National Exposition Commissioners at Elysee Palace
Paris June 22 President Loubet formally welcomed the National Exposition Commissioners at the Elysee Palace led by Ambassador Porter and Mrs Porter Palmer. Delegates and their spouses were presented, and Loubet praised the American exhibit and Franco American goodwill. A reception and banquet followed at the Pavilion d Armandville with an informal dance.
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Paris
Loubet
Elysee Palace
United States
Porter
Porter Palmer
Michael H. de Young
Daniel Manning
New York
M. Loubet
McKinley
France
Republic
the Elysee
Palmer
Manning
de Young
Wm. M. Thornton
Virginia
Charles A. Collier
Georgia
Census Order Shows Weeks of Work Before Figures
Washington dispatch explains the census is not yet complete with 53 000 enumerators and about one million daily report cards to copy by hand. Schedules are checked against accounts and punched on Hollerith cards before final counts can be published.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Southern
General Assembly
Boards of Equalization
Washington
Census
Merriam
Hollerith Electric
Berlin Victims and Moltke Memorial Visit In One Dispatch
A Berlin delegation from the New York Kriegerbund laid a laurel wreath at Field Marshal Von Moltke's tomb in Cressau, welcomed by a general’s aide. A Berlin mother, Heinrich Siklok's wife, threw her four children from a fourth story window and followed. all five deaths reported. Emperor William has retired twenty three generals this year at about fifty. A decree grants harvest furloughs to soldiers due to eastern labor shortages. The Vorwaerts calculates sugar price impact at 45 million marks yearly. National Zeitung notes Roosevelt’s probable VP nomination and McKinley’s renomination aiding US prosperity, with monometalism cited as favorable.
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Berlin
New York Kriegerbund
von Moltke
Cressau
William
Heinrich Siklok
Vorwaerts
National Zeitung
Roosevelt
McKinsey
United States
National Committee meeting discussed accounts and new Executive Committee
Richard C. Kerens of Missouri and General Grosvenor of Ohio attended the informal session of the National Committee. Officials talked over settling committee accounts and other matters before adjournment. Discussion also touched on the work of the newly named Executive Committee. Mayor Ashbridge met with Chairman Hanna and was praised for Philadelphia's role in the convention's success.
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Richard C. Kerens
Missouri
Grosvenor
Ohio
Hanna
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Utah Delegates Give 50000 Each To Campaign Fund
Governor Heber M Wells Thomas Kearns and Charles E Loose of Utah announced today that each of the six delegates sent fifty thousand dollar checks to Chairman Hanna for the campaign fund. Four years ago these three were Bryan leaders. Wells a silver Republican voted for Bryan. Kearns owns a Provo silver mine. Loose is vice president of a bank.
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Utah
Bryant
Philadelphia
Heber M. Wells
Thomas Kearns
Charles E. T.oose
Hanna
Bryan
Wells
Kearns
Provo
Loose
Missouri River Channel Clash Between Farmers and Sheriff's Posse
A mob of about fifty farmers near Reininger’s neck north of Sioux City fights a Dakota County Nebraska posse led by Sheriff Sides over cutting a Missouri River channel. If successful, 27000 acres would shift to South Dakota, altering flood risks and land boundaries. The clash pits agrarian interests against law enforcement amid high stakes and prior failed attempts.
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Commercial Tribune
Sioux City
Missouri
Jackson
Neb
Roosevelt to Rest at Oyster Bay Before Oklahoma Trip
Governor Roosevelt departed New York for Oyster Bay at 1 PM and will stay there through June 29 before heading to Oklahoma for the Rough Riders convention. He plans no public appearances during the stay.
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Roosevelt
New York
Oyster Bay
Oklahoma
Rough Riders
Censorship Declared On St Helena Telegraphs
The Commercial Cable Company reports that the British government has suspended code or cipher transmissions to and from St Helena under Article viii of the international convention. Plain language messages will face censorship and sender risk. The appendix notes governments may suspend international telegrams for indefinite periods and must notify others.
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St. Helena
Actor Kinney Dies in Morrison Hotel Fire
Robert Edward Kinney of Manchester England known as Edward Smith died in the Hotel Morrison blaze. His wife, a slack wire performer, is crippled for life. John R. Johnston remains in critical condition.
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Commercial Tribune
South Bend
Ind
Robert Edward Kinney
Manchester
England
Edward Smith
Kentucky Republicans Eye Taylor for Fall Campaign Stump
Kentucky Republican leaders consider bringing ex Governor Taylor to the state for about six speeches in the eastern region this fall. They expect no attempt would be made to arrest him, though the idea has not been raised with Mr Taylor.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Taylor
William Jennings Named for Governor in Florida
The Democratic convention in Jacksonville met at 8 p.m. on June 22. After many ballots Mays and Bebbs withdrew, with William Jennings securing the two thirds on the forty fourth ballot. He is a first cousin of William Jennings Bryan, native of Illinois, moved to Florida in 1886, and is 37 years old.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Mays
Milton
Bebbs
William
Jennings
William Jennings Bryan
Illinois
Florida
Midland Steel Works Resumes Operations After Shutdown
An order posted at Midland Steel Works in Muncie Indiana calls a thousand employees to report for duty Monday morning. All sections will run except open hearth furnaces which are being repaired. Officials say order books are heavily loaded as workers from Wakes town are being recalled.
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Midland Works
Muncie
Commercial Tribune
Ind
Midland Steel Works
Sheet Steel Trust
Maritime arrivals and sailings from world ports
Maritime notices list vessels arriving in Havre Glasgow Hamburg Liverpool and movements from New York Brisbane Moville Queenstown Southampton and London. Ships named include La Gas Cogny The Astoria Pr The Cymric Fue Bismarck Miowera Kapser Frederick and The Campania with sailings to New York Sydney Vancouver Montreal and New York via Cherbourg.
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Havre
la Gascogne
New York
Glasgow
Astoria
Moville
Hamburg
Liverpool
The
Montreal
Brisbane
Vancouver
Honolulu
Sydney
Queenstown
Campania
London
Marquett
Southampton
Kaiser Frederick
Cherbours
Steam railway workers featured in Sunday Commercial Tribune
The Commercial Tribune notes steam railway conductors and brakemen street car conductors mo tormen and gripmen police officers and letter carriers as the featured group for Sunday June 24.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Fire destroys Eichbaum Building and nearby blocks in Pittsburg
A June 22 downtown Pittsburg fire destroyed the Eichbaum Building and damaged adjacent structures, totaling about 250000 in losses. Fire spread rapidly through five buildings before private brigades contained the blaze. eight buildings were affected, with significant losses to Duff's College and the Hussey Building and extensive evacuation of Duff's Business College students. Insurance will cover most costs.
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Pittsburg
Aggregate
Eichbaum Company
Eichbaum
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
Duff's College
Holmes Electric Company
Exchange National Bank
Hussey
Jas. Pratt
A. M. Murdock
Wood, Diamond
Market Street
First National Bank
Hichbaum
Western Union Telegraph Office
Eichbaum’s
Duff's Business College
Husseyn
Piatt
Murdock
American Express Company
Paulson Brothers
A. M. Buhl
Jurtz
Langbein & Swartz
Whitney, Stephenson
Excange National Bank
AE Bpe
Reports On Peking Crisis As Naval and Diplomatic Moves Escalate
A multinational reporting thread describes alleged killings in Peking amid palace crisis. Rumors place Reginald Tower as British ambassador successor, with Sir Claude MacDonald recalled for health. Sheng in Shanghai reports Li Hung Chang acting intermediary and asks powers to halt troop dispatches.
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Peking
Shanghai
The
Daily Express
Reginald Thomas Tower
Washington
Claude MacDonald
Claude
Missionaries in China Reported Safe Amid Tien Tsin Bombardment
A cablegram from Che Foo dated June 15 states three American missionaries Hopkins Brown and King were saved after Tien Tsin was bombarded by force. The Rev. Dr. Leonard notes that others are presumed murdered by Boxers, with several families under gunboat protection in Peking and Tsun Hua.
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Tien Tsin
New York
Leonard
Methodist Foreign Missionary Society
Che Foo
Peking
Hopkins
Brown
King
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Haynor
Pike, Hopkins
F. Brown
M.D
H. E. King
I'sun Hua
Mr. King
Tsun Hua
The
Missionary Society
Are We At War? Unclear Dispatches Spark Apprehension
Washington dispatches report three Armstrong-built cruisers arriving at Shanghai. Officials say the incident does not provoke strong fears, noting limited details and cautious interpretation of the ships’ presence.
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Washington
Shanghai
Powers At Odds Over China Crisis In Berlin Dispatch
Berlin reports show no consensus among major powers on China action. The German Foreign Office cites three agreed goals relief for Tien Tsin and Peking, compensation for European injuries, and guarantees against future outrages while warning against war over old scores.
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Berlin
China
Associated Press
Tien Tsin
Peking
Count Osten- Sacken
Marquis de Noailles
Berliner Post
Rome
Vatican
Baron von Ketteler
Miles on China troops to be sent if needed
General Nelson A. Miles says the United States will act promptly on the Chinese question and send additional troops to protect Americans and interests if the situation requires. He stresses readiness to deploy decisive action and uphold government dignity and rights amid the serious uprising.
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Cleveland, CO
Nelson A. Miles
McClain Ordnance
China
United States
Destroyed U S Consulate at Tien Tsin Isolated On Meadows Road
Washington reported the U S Consulate in Tien Tsin was destroyed and lies up Meadows road away from other foreign buildings, explaining why it may have fallen first. Japanese and Russian consulates sit nearby on the Meadows road with British and French farther up the Pei Ho. A census shows about 1,000 foreigners in Tien Tsin, including 110 Americans, challenging claims of 1500.
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Washington
United States
Tien Tsin
Meadows Road
Pei Ho
MacArthur 18 Hurried Preparations for China Relief
Washington reports Cabinet views China situation as extremely critical and approves speedy troop movements. A telegram to General MacArthur requests possible force size from Manila, with Ninth Infantry orders accelerated and another regiment slated for dispatch to China to arrive soon.
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Washington
China
Secretary of the Navy
MacArthur
Manila
Pei Ho
Taku
Tien Tsin
Navy Department
Nashville
Admiral Kempft
War Department
Ninth Infantry
Luzon
Military College Burned in Tien Tsin Attacks
In Parliament Foreign Office officials reported no fresh news from Peking. City updates from June 18 to June 2 describe repeated Chinese attacks at Tien Tsin and Taku, the foreign settlement shelled on June 17, and the destruction of the Military College by a mixed force of 1750 Austrians British Germans and Italians. Russians provided heavy support with four field guns and casualties included one British man killed and five wounded.
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London
House of Commons
Brodrick
Foreign Office
Peking
Seymour
Runner
Tien Tsin
Taku
Prodrick
Chinese Assault Fails at Bridge of Boats
Reports say on the night of June 17 Chinese forces attempted to seize the bridge of boats but were repulsed with heavy losses, including the death of a Chinese General and multiple casualties among their troops.
Marines Rush to China From Richmond Train Load
The United States Government is rushing reinforcements to the Far East. A Chesapeake & Ohio train will carry 220 Marines and eight officers in nine cars from Jersey City to San Francisco. The units head to China to join the U.S. transport leaving Sunday week across the continent.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
United States
Far East
Chesapeake & Ohio
Jersey City
San Francisco
China
Missionaries in Tien Tsin Listed Amid Boxer Threat
A compiled roster from Indianapolis clergymen names American missionaries in the Tien Tsin area as Boxers threaten, detailing Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian and Congregational workers with home bases in Ohio Indiana New York Chicago and Boston. The list notes several unknown residences and confirms no Episcopal Baptist or Catholic missionaries known in the district.
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Indianapolis
Ind
China
Methodist Episcopal
Tien Tsin
Frederick Brown
Ohio
W. T. Hobart
Minnesota
George R. Davis
Detroit
J. H. Pike
Indiana
W. F. Walker
Tien ‘Tsin
Frank D. Gansewell
Newark
F. Haynes
New York
G. D. N. Lowry
Chit
Rachel Begn
Edinboro
Ida Stevenson
Chicago
Edna Terry
Boston
Miranda Croucher
Barrows
Chattanooga
Francis Wilson
Corning
Mary Shockley
Columbus
J. Victor Martin
H. E. King
Alice Terrill
N. S. Hopkins
W. K. Martin
George Wherry
J. L. Whiting
Alexander Cunningham
J. P. Roberts
Kaljan
Presbyterian Board Reports Quiet Mid-China Missions
The Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church received a dispatch from Frank Price dated Kasheng China June 21 stating that the mid China stations including Hang-Chow Kasheng Kingyin Sing Chang and Soochow are quiet. These stations lie south of the Yangtze River and mainly along the grand canal.
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Nashville
Tenn
Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church Today
Frank Price
Kasheng
China
mid-China
Hang-Chow
Kingyin
Sing Chang
Soochow
Yang Tse Kiang River
Grand Canal
Jealousy Fatal Razor Attack in Eldorado Bride Dies
In Eldorado Kansas neighbors find Mrs Olin Castle a bride of one week with throat cut. Miss Jessie Morrison also wounded with razor and self defense claim. Mrs Castle dying, Morrison to recover. Jealousy cited as motive.
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Eldorado
Kan
Olin Castle
Mrs. Castle
Jessie Morrison
Miss Morrison
Big Four Wreck Injures Four on Indianapolis Peoria Trip
A Big Four passenger train wrecked early this morning east of Forster Indiana after leaving Indianapolis for Peoria. The mail car ladies coach and sleeper tumbled down an embankment due to a cloudburst and heavy rain weakening the tracks. Injured are H H Gould and wife of Peoria Charles S Miller engineer maintenance of way Indianapolis.
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Peoria
Covington
Ind
Indianapolis
Forster
H. H.gould
Charles S. Miller
Glass factory strike threatens restart at higher wages
Pittsburg June 22. After a six hour talk with manufacturers the flatteners refused the 1 per cent reduction and left vowing to close all factories unless a 6 per cent wage advance on the present scale is granted.
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Pittsburg
Combine
Ruling Declares Sheriff Posse Arrests Illegal
In St. Louis on June 22 Judge Zimmerman ruled that arrests by sheriff's posse members are illegal except during riots or crowded situations. The decision cites authority of police court. The ruling narrows permissible posse action and impacts local law enforcement procedures.
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St. Louis
ST. Louis, Mo
Zimmerman
South St. Louis
Indians Moved to Fresno County Orchards
Interior officials approve about 3000 Pima and Papago Indians from the Gila reservation in Arizona to work in Fresno County vineyards and orchards. Labor scarcity in the San Joaquin Valley prompts railroads to offer reduced rates for transport. Fruit growers will cover costs.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Interior Department
Gila Reservation
Arizona
Fresno County
San Joaquin Valley
Jolliers Return to Work After Akron Strike
Akron Ohio June 22 workers in local stoneware plants resumed duties after a five week stoppage. All plants were shut, several hundred men idle. A settlement of differences was reached with manufacturers yesterday.
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Akron
May Be Made Bishop of Fort Wayne Diocese
Washington dispatch says Very Rev. John Guendling administrator of the vacant see is believed to be appointed bishop of the Fort Wayne Indiana diocese. Advices from Rome recently reached Washington confirming the possibility.
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Washington
John Guendling
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Rome
Bryan Goes Home From Neb to Wisconsin Stop
Bryan and his party depart Nebraska for Wisconsin and will stay until after the Democratic Convention. The group traveled from Minocqua Wisconsin area where they had campaigned before heading to the convention.
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Bryan
Minocqua
Wis
Cgol J. Bryan
Party
Ae Democratic Nvention
House and Lot Feature in Commercial Tribune Listing
The Commercial Tribune highlights a house and lot for sale in a Sunday feature dated June 24. The notice emphasizes property details and location context within the issue’s real estate section.
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the Commercial Tribune
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Temperance Union
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Sheldon
Mary Wood-Alien
Battle Creek
Mabel Conklin
Union Signal
C. M. Sheldon
Louisiana
Neske Hart
Columbus Band
Hood
Cincinnati Water Works
Pretzinger
Sunderland
Circuit Court
Common Pleas
Guy Portiode
Ambassador Porter
Mrs. Potter Palmer
MONEY
Nebraska
St. Melenda
Commercial Cable Company
William Jennings
Will Run
Remey
Vienna
Li Hung Chang
Europe
Sheng
Lord Roberts
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Kouropatkin
American Paint CO
West Second Street
Miles
Military College
Richmond, Va
Kas
Jolliers
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