Col Robert G Ingersoll Dead Famous Agnostic Dies
Col Robert G Ingersoll famed agnostic dies at his Debts Ferry New York summer home from heart disease. Born Dresden New York August 1 1833 he began law practice in Illinois in 1857 and served as Eleventh Illinois Cavalry Colonel in the Civil War. He rose to national fame for Blaine eulogy at Cincinnati 1876 and Dec Day oration in New York 1932. He was known for writings criticizing the Bible.
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Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
Debt’s Ferry
New York
Dresden
N. Y
Illinois
Eleventh
Illinois Cavalry
Germany
James G. Blaine
Cincinnati
Vigorous Protest Over Manila Hospital Shortcomings
A Manila dispatch reports Chief Surgeon Woodhall protesting to the War Department through General Otis over hospital service inadequacies in Manila. He will not assume health duties without his recommended improvements, while Otis blocks alterations. Twenty percent of the army is sick and doctors and nurses are exhausted by extra duty. dysentery prevails due to heavy rations.
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Manila
Hong Kong
Woodhall
War Department
Olis
Alaska
Texas
Cuba
Jamaica
Washington
Dewey Seeks Humble Image Amid Manila Battle Report
Trieste telegrams quote Admiral Dewey saying he has little claim to hero status due to nervousness and coffee illness before Manila engagement. He plans to return to America soon by mail steamship. Manila rainstorm continues with heavy floods, Otis reports. troops suffer minor sickness rise. Dewey accepts invitation for a Capitol steps reception to receive Congress voted sword.
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Trieste
London Daily Mail
Admiral Dewey
Manila
America
Remen
Dewey
Secretary Long
Capitol Steps
Congress
Fire and incidents ripple across cities in 1897 report
A Brooklyn waterfront fire destroys property valued near 250000 dollars while authorities recount drownings in New York and Connecticut. Horatio Alger dies at his sister’s home in Natick Massachusetts as other incidents include a Waverly boat capsize and a Boston area poisoning case development.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Horatio Alger
Amos Cheney
Natick
Mase
Waverly
N. Y
Daniel Casterline
Verne Dildino
Chemung River
Metropolitan Electric Street Railway System
New York
Brooklyn Trolley
Sheriff Crow
Philadelphia
Augusta
Ikknn
Charley Ross
Pittsburg
Annie
Mary Swinney
Ella
Lower Derby
Conn
Congress Street
Broadway
Saratoga
Charles Leggett
Frank Anmond
Charles D. van Dressen
Pleasant Jake
X.Y
Edward White
Copenhagen
Walter &. Swayne
New Eaven
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Provision and Clothing Department
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Drexel & Co
Jessup & Moore Paper Company
Drexel Company
Drexels
Middlesex County
N. J
William Darting
Thompson Township
Ralph E. J. Dalton
Miss Gordon
Darling
Henry Dunham
Vast 19th century fires and political shakeups ripple across towns
Western Wagner Illinois city nearly wiped out by fire with losses around 100,000. Germania Bank in St Paul closed by State Examiner Pope. Minneapolis directory lists 67,800 names with population claimed at 220,000. Multiple cr ime events and civic actions unfold from Ohio to California, including drownings, stabbings, arsons, and political removals.
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Wagner
I. T
Germania Bank
St. Paul
Pope
Minneapolis
Ephraim Meliiley
United States
Ogden
Iil
Addyston Pipe and Steel Foundry
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Ohio
Joseph Riley
John Miller
William C. Penmock
Logansport
Hudson Lake
C. AM. Foote
Grand Lodge
Order of Elks
Columbus
Joseph W. Dusenbury
Twin City Electric Railway
St. Vatul
Lenzberg
Salt Lake City
Angus M. Cannon
Salt Lake
San Francisco
David Lavi
Grace
Milwaukee
Sommers Bros
St. Louis
Andrew Carnegie
East Liverpool
Supreme Court
Multiple Fatalities Reported in Feuds and Murders Across States
Southern Li Smith, who killed William Bell of Atlanta, died in Gainesville jail. Col. William Preston Johnson of New Orleans, former Tulane president, died in Lexington. Feud between Hayes and Fricks in New Boston left one dead on scene, two fatally wounded, three seriously hurt. Clay County Kentucky feud near Manchester claimed five lives. Dr. F. M. Endlich, mining engineer, shot self in Tucson. Two Georgia- imported laborers killed in Ishkeda Alabama clash. Black Springs Arkansas resident James Irwin beaten and shaved in brutal assault. Several arrests reported.
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Li Smith
William Bell
Atlanta
Gainesville
William Preston Johnson
New Orleans
Lexington
Johnson
Tulane University
Hayes and Fricks
New Boston
Texas
Clay County
Little Goose Creek
Manchester
F. M. Endlich
Tucson
Ariz
Saginaw
Martinique
Ile
Los Angeles
Ishkeda
Ala
Georgia
Secretary Alger resigns as War Secretary effective Aug 1
Secretary of War Russell A. Alger has offered his resignation to President McKinley. The resignation will take effect at the president’s pleasure, with a date set for August 1. Secretary Hitchcock orders suspension of removal of white settlers from Leech Lake agency lands until August 22. Assistant Comptroller Mitchell rules a deceased soldier’s family does not receive extra pay for furlough period.
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Russell A. Alger
Michigan
McKinley
Hitchcock
Mercer
Leech Lake Indian Agency
Mitchell
Great Britain to build vast fleet at St John s for fisheries row
World news reports Britain assembling a large warship fleet at St John s to address French Newfoundland fisheries tension. Japan is now treated as an equal power as new treaties take effect. Samoa sees another battle with Malictoan, Mataafa, and Saatele leaders killed or wounded. Captain William A Andrews, the lone navigator, was rescued at sea near the British coast. A Russian tornado devastates Pensa, Nikolajewskoje, with near 200 deaths expected in the province.
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Great Britain
St. John's
Japan
Samoa
William A. Andrews
Tvish
Liverpool
Pensa
Russia
Nikolajewskoje
Diverse 19th Century News Briefs Across Continents
Upper-leather firms pool capital totaling seventy million dollars and a September reunion for the Society of the Army of the Cumberland is planned in Detroit. Peter Dunne may collaborate with Rudyard Kipling on a new play. Secretary Hay orders Mrs. Rich surrendered to Mexican authorities for murder. A Quebec suburb fire destroys sixty five houses with a hundred thousand dollars in losses. over a hundred families homeless. The Genoa Siglin reports seven drownings at Turnagain Arm after a small boat overturns. J L Fowler of the South United States Cavalry dies aboard the Ella from Baracoa. Maj. Fowler aged 52. Five hundred fifty passengers and three million dollars in gold dust reach Vancouver aboard the Garonne from St Michael, and the Portland lands with about a million dollars and 150 passengers from the same. Twelve Elk expedition members perish at various points along a trail from the Selhwick to the Koyakuk rivers due to scurvy, starvation, and frost. Brindstreet notes crop troubles with Russia yields and France’s crop estimates. Europe may buy wheat from America similar to last year.
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Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Detroit
Peter Dunne
Chicago
Rudyard Kipling
Hay
Genoa Siglin
Cook's Inlet
Alaska
Turnagain Arm
J. L. Fowler
South United States Cavalry
Munson Line
Ella
Baracoa
Gastrilla
New York
Maj. Fowler
Vancouver
Garonne
St. Michael
Portland
San Francisco
Wotzebue Sound
Roanoke
Selhwick
Koyakuk
Lbrindstreet's
Russia
Europe
America
Market Report Summary for U S Grain and Livestock Prices
Regional price quotes across Chicago Seattle Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Notable ranges include hogs 2.75 to 8.50, cattle 2.50 to 6.00, wheat No 2 red 60 to 77 cents, corn No 2 32 to 38 cents, oats 20 to 31 cents, rye 50 to 64 cents, butter creamer y 15 to 19 cents, eggs Western 14 to 16 cents.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Resignation of Gen. Alger as Secretary of War
Washington special reports Gen. Russell A. Alger handed his resignation to President McKinley on Wednesday morning. Cabinet pressure and political friction with Alger prompted the move, with Vice President Hobart acting to persuade Alger to retire. Alger agreed to resign after disclosure of the President’s wishes and returned the document to McKinley.
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Hobart
Washington
Russell A. Alger
AcKinley
Long Branch
McKinley
Alger
Pingree
McMillan and
Burrows
Lincoln
Chase
United States
Michigan
Griggs
Gen
Hig Long Branch Cottage
Gen. Alger
Alaskan dispute deepens as joint high commission delayed
A Washington dispatch says hopes for settling the Alaska boundary have faded and the joint high commission meeting may be indefinitely postponed until after Senator Fairbanks arrives. A conference with Fairbanks, Hay, Foster and Kasson will discuss the boundary, with no clash expected in the mining season. The situation is grave with American miners irate and Canadian authorities aggressive, but the government has taken steps to prevent bloodshed.
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Washington
Joint High Commission
Fairbanks
Hay
John Foster
John A. Kasson
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