Alawaian Islands ruling impacts navy pay scale
Comptroller Tracewell holds Alawaian Islands form part of the United States under a May 20, 1900 act, placing navy personnel under regular officer pay rather than the army uplift. Also reports no additional troops to China, with forces of about 7,000 to sail to Manila via Nangasaki unless China developments require otherwise.
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Tracewell
Treasury
Alawaian Islands
United States
China
Fiiday
Far East
Manila
Nangasaki
Germany Rejects China's Peace Proposal In Diplomatic Dispatch
Washington reports say Germany, like the United States, rejected China's peace proposal. Berlin delivered the reply to the Chinese minister. Li Hung Chang must show authority from China's rulers before negotiations. Kentucky postpones Goebel murder case. Judge Cantrell orders bail at $3,000 for Coombs Whitaker and Davis as other cases shift to October term due to counsel illness.
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Germany
Washington
United States
China
Berlin
Li Hung Chang
Kentucky
Georgetown
Cantrell
Henry Youtsey
Goebel
Coombs, Whitaker
Davis
Duels Increase Across Italy Reported by Rome Mail
Rome correspondent notes a surge in duels in Italy with four duelist deaths in separate towns. Over the past year about 2,400 duels occurred and 480 fatalities. most clashes involved army officers over trivial pretexts.
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Italy
Rome
London Daily Mail
Omaha Population Declines in Twelfth Census
Omaha City data from the twelfth census shows 102,555 residents in 1400 versus 14,? in 1800, marking a drop of 57,807 people or 26.08 percent. It notes this as the first population decrease ever shown in the city’s counts.
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Omaha
Neh
Government to aid indigent sick from Nome district
General Randall has authority to repatriate the poor from the Nome gold district at government expense. Over 3,000 applications for passage have been received, with thousands more penniless and likely to seek government assistance.
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Seatiire Wash
Randall
Nome
Murder and arrest loom in Evansville crime report
Fd Patton of Knoxville, Tennessee killed Walter Williams of Nashville at Evansville Indiana and attempted to kill Tatrolman Cooper who arrested him. Also noted: no new trial for Caleb Powers by Judge Cane trill in Georgetown Kentucky. A Cleveland suburb car wreck in Chagrin Falls Ohio injured twelve people.
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Evansville
Fd Patton
Knoxville, Tenn
Walter Williams
Nashville
Ind
Tatrolman Cooper
Powers
Georgetown
Cane Trill
Caleb Powers
Cleveland
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Woman Walks 700 Miles With Children In Tow
Elizabeth Burns of Grand Rapids Michigan and six children aged 2 to 11 trudged 700 miles to Poplar Bluff Missouri and Odin Missouri to seek help after the death of her husband left them destitute. She traveled with three youngest children in a pushcart while the others walked. Reaching Odin she learned her father had moved away to southeast Missouri and could not be found. The family is ill and under care of authorities. Burns is 38.
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Mia
Elizabeth Burns
Gresid Rapids
Mich
Poplar Bluff
Grand Rapids
Odin
Missouri
Poplar Bliff
Encouraging Features in Fall Demand and Growth in Confidence
Tradstreet reports favorable features in fall trade outlook with expansion at Western centers and improved distribution by East dry goods jobbers. Farmer tone and rising confidence noted, with heavy buying in steel and iron. Wheat shipments for the week total 6,461 bushels, and corn exports reach 6,001,080 bushels, up from last week.
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Tradstreet
Tragedy in Minnesota: Farmer Kills Family then Burns Barn
Theodore Wallart, a farmer near Arlington Minnesota, killed his wife a 19 year old son and a 1 year old daughter and set fire to his barns destroying nine horses a corn crib and a hay barn. He had married the widow Stambors three years earlier amid ongoing troubles including a divorce bid. He shot his wife as she left bed and the baby lay dead on a lounge. A second son was seriously wounded as Wallart fled into the woods.
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Theodore Wallart
Arlington
Minn
Wallart
Stambors
Desperate plot to derail Atlantic City train
A derailment attempt blocked Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Atlantic City New Jersey with railroad iron and ties. An express carrying over 210 passengers halted suddenly, narrowly avoiding disaster as the train stopped and safe passage resumed after a miraculous control of a broken switch and fallen cars.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Plot to Stay President Frustrated by Secret Service
An assassination plot against President McKinley was foiled by U S Secret Service. Two Italians described as anarchists, Natalie Moresca and Michael Guida, were arrested aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm near New York harbor as the liner neared port. A streetcar accident injured Blanche Skelle and others. coroner's jury absolved a father in a fatal home incident as self defense.
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McKinley
United States Secret Service Department
New York Harbor
Natalie Moresca
Michael Guida
Deaths at Paris Exposition and crowding tragedy
A second serious accident after the Paris exposition opened injuring thirty people and causing two fatalities. At a fete a bridge became overcrowded and its railing gave way during the crowd surge.
Riot at an Indiana Picnic Sparks Violent Confrontation
A riot erupted at a Doolittle Mills picnic in Indiana as fifty or more people clashed with clubs knives and stones. The mob from St Croix stirred the conflict over an old grudge. Structural iron and steel prices also fell due to competitive interests.
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Indiana
Doolittle Mills
Ind
St. Croix
Picniec
One Avenue Closed Agreement Aimed at Immigrant Flow
Assistant Secretary Taylor and Commissioner General Powderly reached an accord with major Canadian rail and steamship firms to curb European immigration by tightening screening at Quebec and Point Levis and by deporting those rejected by U S inspectors. An accord also covers medical examinations at foreign embarkation ports.
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Taylor
Powderly
Canada
Europe
United States
Dominion
Laslor
Quebec
Point Levis
State's railroad values fixed by Missouri board increases
Missouri's Board of Equalization fixed higher valuations for railroad, bridge and telegraph property for 1900 taxes. State Auditor Seibert completed the tabulation and apportionment to counties and subdivisions. The aggregate assessment rises $414,800 despite omitting last year's $448,196.75 miscellaneous property. Total valuation up about $3,000,000.
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Missouri
Board of Equalization
Seibert
State Board of Equalization
Wife of Ohio ex-attorney general shot by sparrow shooters
Mrs. F S Monnett, wife of Ohio’s former attorney general, was critically wounded in Columbus while standing in a doorway when a bullet from a rifle used by boys sparrow hunting struck her breast. The shooting was ruled accidental with no arrests made.
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Ohio
F. S. Monnett
Cumberland
Columbus
Fiobert
Missouri Sheriff Fight Ends in Double Tragedy
In Platte County Mo Dr Arrington shot and killed James Wallace a wealthy farmer after a fence dispute then killed Wallace widow and fled with his daughter. Sheriff Dillingham pursued him and a posse found Arrington in a road near Sarley where shots were exchanged fatally wounding Dillingham. Dillingham then killed Arrington in the heart.
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Mirdera
Arrington
Platte County
James Wallace
William Wallace
Dillingham
Sarley
Salmon Catch Short as Japan Orders Salmon in San Francisco
Japanese government places heavy orders in San Francisco for salmon to feed its army. Industry sources estimate a shortage of 500000 to 740000 cases this year compared with last year, equating to 82 million to 25 million fewer cans reaching the market.
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San Francisco
Prairie Lanu Sinks Ten Feet in New Mexico
In Agua Negra New Mexico residents woke to a rumbling like an earthquake. Hundreds of acres sank about ten feet and a cavity filled with water though no rain fell. Within days water seeped and a subterranean river was found 500 feet below the surface.
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New Mexico
Agua Negra
N. Mve
Big Four Train Kills Father and Son in Ohio Collision
Judson Fleming a wealthy farmer and his son Lawrence aged 20 were killed by a Big Four train at Ashley Ohio. They rode in a carriage when the son heard the whistle and tried to push the horses across the tracks ahead of the train.
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Judson Fleming
Lawrence
Ashley
Ohio
De Wet Captures 4000 British and Seven Guns
General De Wet reportedly captured 4,000 British troops and seven artillery pieces, crippling Kitchener and Buller’s forces. Hoe joined Delarey, then outmaneuvered pursuers, gaining the upper hand in the movements.
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de Wet
Kitchener
Buller
Hoe
Delarey
Powers Fahian Guilty Verdict Sentences Ex-Secretary Powers
Caleb Powers former Kentucky Secretary of State was found guilty at Georgetown of being an accessory before the fact to Gov. Goebel’s murder. The jury sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Powers Fahian
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Georgetown
Gov. Goebel
Kansas corn ruined by heat winds and heavy losses
Reports from rail hub headquarters indicate severe crop damage in Kansas with potential losses over 50 million bushels. Meanwhile, legations in Pekin are rescued as allied forces reportedly enter the city without resistance and foreigners are freed.
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Kansas
Pekin
Market quotations from Chicago and other cities
Market quotes cover cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Omaha Milwaukee Buffalo New York and minor centers. Prices include cattle 3.00 to 8.25, hogs 3.00 to 5.90, sheep 3.00 to 5.77, wheat No 2 red 59 to 79 cents, corn No 2 28 to 46 cents, oats 20 to 29 cents, rye 49 to 50 cents, butter 18 to 21 cents, eggs 10 to 17 cents, varying by city and grade.
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Chicago
Shime
Pontatoes
Bashel
Licilianapolis
Lee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Hogan
Akron Mob Seizes Prisons. Two Die In riot
A several thousand strong mob in Akron stormed the city prison, county jail, and old court house in a rampage over an assault on a girl. Shots wounded many. two men were killed and Columbia Hall burned as firemen faced hostility and blocked hoses.
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Akron
Obid
Sheodore
Louis Peck
Old Court House
Columbia Hall
Peck
Cleveland
County Court House
Treasury Department
W. E. Young
GONGER INDICTS CHINA AND ATTACK ON LEGATIONS
A Washington dispatch relays Mr. Conger's report on Pekin after the fall of the Taku forts. Imperial forces battered the legations for three weeks, aided by artillery, while marine guards held the line. The dispatch notes a desperate attempt to exterminate foreigners the night before relief arrived, signaling war and rejecting peace without surrender.
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Soye
Conger
State Department
Washington
Pekin
Taku
Tsani-li-Yaien
Mr. Conger
Legation
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