Demands and criticisms of Cuban relief and trusts in a Democratic platform
The piece outlines Democratic House priorities criticizing Republican protection for sugar trusts and opposition to Cuban reciprocity. It cites calls to amend anti trust laws, attacks on the Grosvenor bill for shoddy cloth labeling, and notes Roosevelt era distrust of trusts plus tariff links to monopoly power and free trade effects.
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House of Representatives
Cuba
Congress
House
Democrats
Republican Congress
House Democrats
Syracuse Telegram
Roosevelt
Teddy
Johnstown
Day of Reckoning for Republicans Warns of Punishment
St. Louis Republic argues that the Republican party faces a costly settlement with the people for surrendering to trusts. It says voters know the treachery and that Congress has erred by obeying trust commands, foretelling deep party alarm and upheaval.
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Republican Party
Congress
Democracy Needs a Leader Says Reform Voices
The Pittsburgh Post warns the trusts control politics and the President cannot stop their leverage in the next campaign. The Cleveland Plain Dealer expects a national leader to unite Democrats free from factional feuds and explainable motives to gain loyal support. A. T. Pierson notes work as the true power behind success.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mackay dies in London ending era of Western bonanza kings
John W. Mackay, last of the Bonanza Kings and a California mining magnate, dies at his London residence after brief illness. Present at his bedside were Mrs. Mackay, her mother Mrs. Hungerford, and Countess Trefener. Burial planned beside son John W. Mackay Jr. in Greenwood cemetery New York.
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London
John W. Mackay
America
Mackay
Ai. Mackay
King Edward Moves in Bed With Trapeze After Surgery
A drawing based on cable descriptions shows King Edward using a ceiling trapeze to move in bed after a major abdominal operation. Ropes and rings allow him to shift position with minimal abdominal strain, enabling him to sit up with help from Queen Alexandra.
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Edward
Alexandra
Hurricane Rips Baltimore. Thirteen Dead and Millions in Damage
A Sunday afternoon hurricane devastated Baltimore with thirteen deaths and extensive property loss. Roofs flew, trees uprooted, and St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church collapsed. The Merchants and Miners' steamboat pier shed its roof, allowing water intrusion and about four hundred thousand dollars in goods damage.
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Baltimore
St. Mary’s Star of the Sea
The Mackays Prominent in Society After Loss of Heir
The text recalls John W Mackay Sr and his wife Mrs Mackay as longtime social leaders in London and Paris. It notes they had two children John W Mackay Jr and Clarence Hungerford Mackay, and that young John W Mackay Jr was killed by an accident on his private race track near Paris, a heart breaking blow to the parents.
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Knox
Congress
Cincinnati Enquirer
London
Paris
Chicago Bookmakers Report Theft From Safety Vault
Bookmakers accuse the Ma sonic Temple safety deposit vaults in Chicago of a theft exceeding 55000 dollars from 7 p.m. Friday to 9 30 a.m. Saturday. The loss includes 13369 dollars in cash and 8000 dollar certificates of deposit. Police lean toward a robbery by holders of vault keys amid a master key vulnerability.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Washington Park
George Rose
Carnegie gifts to Kansas total 285500 dollars
Andrew Carnegie has given Kansas 285500 dollars to fund libraries. The grants target institutions in Kansas City Lawrence Fort Scott and Emporia among others, with cities including Newton Ottawa Salina and Blue Rapids listed as benefitting.
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Kansas
Andrew Carnegie
Kansas City
Lawren + Mooreyworth
Newton
Ottawa
Salinanfield
Emporia
Fort Scott
Blue Rapide
Deadly July storm hits North Baltimore tents and boats
A violent wind gust of sixty four miles per hour toppled a tent in North Baltimore, burying worshipers and killing one man while injuring many. The storm damaged riverfront areas, halted fishing boats on Middle and Black rivers, and overwhelmed rescuers as moderate rainfall accompanied the whirl wind.
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Middle
Black River
Patapsco
Weather Bureau
Wildcat on Hutchinson Porch and Other June Briefs
Brief items note Cuba customs receipts for June at 1 232 252 dollars. A wildcat was killed on a Hutchinson Kansas back porch. The Pope’s coronation twenty fourth anniversary observed at the Vatican. Lightning near Hutchinson killed thirteen J W Griffin cows. Grant Williams arrested in Arkansas for an October murder in South McAlester I T of Edward Nolan. Mrs George Thomas attempted to burn self and baby at Fort Cabb Oklahoma Territory but elder daughter intervened. Socialist Labor party held a Denver convention naming T A Knight of Puchio for Governor. Germany’s exports to the United States for year ending June 30 total 101 714 064 up 1 827 050 from 1901. George Schallack son of Dr BK H Schallack drowned in Spring River near Lowell Kansas at 25. he was single.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Vatican
J. W. Griffin
Grant Williams
Arkansas
South McAlester
I. T
Edward Nolan
George Thomas
Baby
Fort Cabb
O. T
Socialist-Labor Party
Denver
T. A. Knight
Puchio
Germany
United States
George Schallack
BK. H. Schallack
Spring River
Lowell
Schallacks
Value of Our Farms and National Agriculture in 1900
The census bulletin details 5,739,657 U S. farms valued at 16.67 billion with 78 percent in lands and improvements. Farm products for 1899 total 4.739 billion including 1.719 billion in animal products. Missouri Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio New York Pennsylvania and others drive 44 percent of farm property and 38 percent of farm output. Texas has the most farms and acreage, but land value trails Pennsylvania and New York.
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Fraudulent Contractors Granted Two Weeks’ Respite
Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene, American contractors wanted in Savannah Georgia for alleged harbor work frauds, were granted a two week respite by Judge Caron in Quebec Superior Court. He heard habeas corpus arguments from US government counsel and the prisoners, then remanded them to sheriff custody with a decision due in about two weeks.
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Gaynor
Greene
Savannah
Caron
Quebec
United States
Death by starvation in Kentucky shack leaves family desolate
Mrs. Martha Kaiser of the Knobs near Danville Ky died after days without food or clothing. She had been kept as a servant and tied to a wagon as a work animal. Her lone son was too young to grasp the tragedy. Earlier, E J Bowden of Wikridge Kane drowned in a pond. In Lawton Oklahoma two men were killed by a Rock Island train, one named Thomas Daniel of Lawton.
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Knobs
Danville
E. J. Bowden
Wikridge
Kane
Rock Island
Lawton, O. T
Thomas Daniel
Lawton
Big state roundup notes deaths and events across Indiana
Scattered notices report a string of incidents from Kokomo to Wilmette including a fatal thrashing accident near Mt Vernon and a child scalding in Hammond. Other items note church fire damage in Honeytown, a land addition near Elwood, bridges planned at Cayuga, and a gas company winding up in Hagerstown. Crop woes and rain shortages affect Southern Indiana while a proposed electric line from Linton to Vincennes advances.
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Christian Church
Honeytown
John Gibson Wy
Mt. Vernon
Will Hoover
Tipton
Ruth Nelson
Elkhart
Elwood
Minds
Anderson
Ernest Bennet
Elmore
Wabash
Cayuga
Shelburn
White
Jasper
Fairmount
Milton Wolford
White River
New York
Kemp
Willow Lake
Linton
Vincennes
Indiana
James Young
Haggemann
Newcastle
Citizens’ Natural Gas Company
Hagerstown
Durbin
John Gibson
Brazil
Thomas Cumberland
Peru
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Line
Big Four Railroad
Mayor Young
Fair Grounds
Harley Pitkin
Frankton
Fred Huskins
Lutha Rivers
Rivers
Greencastle
Alfred Rolfe
Laporte
Lake Shore
Rolling Praiie
Clarence Ketring
Spartansburg
Henderson Ketring
Walter Ward
New Albany Manufacturing Company
Lon Holmes
Gas City
Decatur
Toledo
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