Elgin Exh Exhibits Records and Global Notes
The Elgin exhibition highlights Lester Ainsworth and Elgin South Australia holding the best lower records of the colonies, with nearly 160,000 pounds produced in a year. Quebec asbestos mines supply nine tenths of global Bebestos. Moonlight allegedly harms complexion more than sun. Prince zu Loewenstein campaigns against duelling with 118 signatures. Captain Smiley recalls a visit to the sultan of Sulu with a diamond skullcap. Forest fires cause $60 million yearly losses. forestry and irrigation underpin future prosperity as Roosevelt calls it the era’s top internal issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Australia
Thelosa
French sugar company gains long term land concessions in Egypt
Cairo report says directors of the dominant French sugar and molasses company have arranged to become concessionaires for about 40 000 acres near their Won Hamadi works in Upper Egypt. The lands will grow sugar and the company already owns large cane fields, boosting Egypt’s self sufficiency and export prospects in Levant markets. Jewelry theft case reveals dentist thief Pesteur, a 26 year old Parisian, used dental cure to steal gems from ladies, later arrested after a victim identified him in a cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Wnag- Hamadi
Upper
Egypt
Egyptia
Levant
Pesteor
Hartford Judge Rules for Plaintiff in Bicycle Dog Attack
Judge Case of Hartford rules for the rider injured when a dog attacked him, finding the dog caused the accident though the rider was on the sidewalk. The memorandum cites a statute placing responsibility on dog owners while noting sympathy for dogs, but stating the dog’s actions went too far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Kievels
Gome
Mr. Hulburt
Japan Coal Exports Rise As Inland Mines Lead Output
Japan's annual coal production nears 4,000,000 tons with over three fourths from Kian-aiu inland mines. In 1899 exports reached 2,500,000 tons with home use for railways ships and factories. Exports from Kiau-aiu were about double four years earlier, mainly shipping to China and Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kian-aiu
Kiau-aiu
China
Washington Noten Resignations and Army Reorganization
Fred Squires resigns as confidential aide to the secretary of war to join National Asphalt company. Gen Chaffee advocates dividing army into brigades where assembled. Assistant Secretary Spalding to refund Porto Rico duties. warrants about $438,000. Army board to study posts and four permanent maneuvers posts. International exhibit committee forms in New York for Turin next year. Crimes, fires, and accidents flow through Elkins lynching, Milwaukee death, Indianapolis shooting, and Taunton fire. several injuries and losses. Various notable deaths and society notes follow, including Lacaze-Luthiers, Morley, Schermoerhorn, Eckman, King, Downer, Westcott, Sanderson, Kubelik, and Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred
Squires
National Asphalt Company
Gen. Alger
Chaitfee
Spalding
Porto Rico
Root
United States General Committee
Turin
Duke of Aotsa
New York
Henry Lacaze
Alston Elia
Hamilton
Ohio
Ohio University
Edward Morley
John Morley
House of Commone
Simon J. Schermoerhorn
Rotterdam
J. D. Eckman
Joint Rate Inspection Bureau
Indianapolis
Henry King Hiking
Chicago
Board of Trade
John Downer
Astor
Robert Folger Westcott
O. M. Carter
Westcott Express Company
Richfield Springs
Sybil Sanderson
Maurice Grau
United States
London
San Francisco
Kubelik
Daniel Frohman
Frohman
Kubelika Sara
Frederick S. Williams
The
Sunday Times
Indiana
Lafayette
Ind
United States Treasury
Cleveland
Paris Doctor Claims Electricity Can Heighten Person
A Paris doctor asserts that proper electricity application may increase a person height. In Rome a reported theft of a Raphael echoe Madonna of the Rosary painting from Santa Sabina causes sensational talk, with rumors of an American woman behind the plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prancia Joseph
Italy
Queen Victoria
Benjamin Constantis
Koch
Tuberculosis Congress
London
Duke of Cambridge
University of Berlin
Virlind
Berlin
Wiesbaden
Benjamin Baldwin
California
Rome
Raphael Echoe
Banta
Sabing
Sassoferrato
Wisconsin pension list and global trade data reported
A digest notes a rise in the Wisconsin pension list by about 200 from last year, a trade review records Cubs exports exceeding imports by 8.64 million dollars this year, and a New York bank consolidation proposes absorbing National Bank of the Republic. Other items mention relics of St Anne in New York with claimed cures, a birth of liberty painting sold for 1.60, and timber sales in Wisconsin.
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Dun'a
Trade Review
Wisconsin
New York
New Jersey
la Pointe Agency
First National Bank of
National Bank of the
Philippines
H. Phelps Whitmarsh
Benguet Province
Luzon
Hin Bg
Civil Commission
Shearer
Gov. Whitmarsh
Lovers Quarrel Ends in Double Tragedy Carbolic Acid
Milwaukee July 28 Two lovers Emmet Russell of St Paul and Laura McTaggert of Fergus Falls Minnesota ended years of passion with suicide after a quarrel. Miss McTaggert drank carbolic acid in her room on River Street and died within an hour. Russell then drank poison and leaped from an embankment on the lake shore. A premeditated note was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Emmet. Russell
St. Paul
Laura McTaggert
Fergus Falls
Minn
River Street
Miss McTaggert
Russell
Lake Shore
John Hoop challenges Dowie in Chicago debate
John Hoop of St. Cloud Minnesota who claims to be a rein carnation of John the Baptist has challenged John Alexander Dowie known as Dinah the Second to a joint debate. Hoop demands Dowie prove his Elijah title or leave Chicago in disgrace as a test of legitimacy. He spent a week in the city trying to sway Dowie followers but met limited success and believes Dowie cannot refuse without losing standing and resigning Zion leadership.
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John the Baptist
Chicago
John Hoop
St. Cloud
Minn
Hag
John Alexander Dowie
Dinah the Second
Dowie
Elijah
Hoop
Zion
Damage Very Small in Fargo Crops After Showers
In Fargo North Dakota July 28 brief rain cooled hot spell with showers yesterday and last night. Experts say crop damage from the earlier heat will not exceed one or two percent in the valley, though lighter soils in western and southern areas show more impact.
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Fargo
N. D
No Checkmate Stirs Ambitious Move by National Tube Works
Pittsburg July 28 The National Tube Works company of McSkeesport has moved to undermine the Amalgamated Association by forcing welders to sign individual contracts pledging not to join a union. About 600 welders were paid off and asked to sign for at least a year. Some agreed, others demurred as management signals possible layoffs. The plan targets keeping the plant running while strikers face a possible closure. The Amalgamated Association learned of the W Deweese wood mill in McKeeport planned as a union plant, prompting late day conferences and a firm push to block the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
National Tube Works Company
Ina
American Sheet Steal Company
W. Deweese Wood
McKeegport
Amalgamated Association
Jong
Foreign Commerce Detailed Year End Figures for 1901
Washington July 28 The treasury bureau of statistics completed the detailed foreign commerce figures for the year ended June 30 1901 showing total imports 822 673 016 exports 1 497 786 537 and exports of domestic products 1 450 453 809. Imports by class compare 1900 218 610 008 to 1901 222 227 898 for foods and animals. crude materials 392 426 748 to 260 168 404. manufactures 88 432 549 to 79 080 716. finished goods 128 900 597 to 120 662 903. luxuries 111 070 094 to 120 998 085. Reduction centered on raw hides skins wool and India rubber, largely from price drops rather than fewer quantities.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
T Hey
Not Guilty Verdict In Fosburg Murder Trial
In Preston Minnesota on July 28 the Fosburg murder trial of Robert Stewart Fosbury ended with a not guilty verdict by a jury of twelve. The court instructed the jurors to return a verdict of not guilty after four minutes of deliberation, and Fosbury was discharged two minutes later amid a quick demonstration that was subdued.
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Preston
Minn
Robert Stewart Fosbure
May
Young Fosbury
Treasury Fraud Erasures Found in St Paul County Books
Erasures and forgeries uncovered in county treasury ledgers, aimed at concealing Bourne auditor frauds. The extent is unclear and may involve thousands of dollars. Expert X Mossbrugger found the fraud while gathering evidence to be used against Walter Bourne.
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St. Paul
Bourne
Legi Mable
Rank X
Mossbrugger
Walter Bourne
Second Man Convicted in Deadwood Perjury Case
The jury in Deadwood finds David R. Summers guilty of perjury in the famous Caddy Russell robbery case. He is the second man convicted. three more defendants await trial. Sentences will follow after the remaining trials.
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Deadwood
David R. Summers
Peter
Carberry
Summers
Break in the Drought Reported Across Kansas
General rains swept Kansas yesterday ending the drought in effect though too late to help corn. Stock water improves and pastures renew as Topeka records an hour of rain. towns from Pittsburg to Lyndon report showers up to two and a half inches with additional rain expected.
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Hales
Kanes
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Pittsburg
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Eureka
Osage City
Burlingame
Emporia
Parsons
Iola
Lyndon
River death after marriage gap in Clinton Illinois
The body of James Kinkaide was found in the Mississippi River after he disappeared just before his planned marriage to Miss Alfredo Peelz. Davenport fire losses reached about 800000 with 200 residents homeless or destitute, while heat left ten five men prostrated. In Esaboo Wisconsin a new Catholic church at Lone Rock was dedicated by Rev. Fr. Dunn and other priests.
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James Kinkaide
Clinton
Iowa
Alfredo Peelz
Mississippi River
Davenport
Esraboo
Wis
Lone Rock
Dunn
Eau Claire
la Croase
Kennan Ordered to Leave Russia Over Exile Book
In St. Petersburg on July 28 a Russian police officer told American author and lecturer George Kennan to depart by 10 pm. He was confined to his hotel room briefly and treated courteously. The expulsion is attributed to his book about the Russian exile system.
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Kennan
St. Petersburg
George Kennan
Convents Burned and Homes Lost in Canada Fire
Montreal July 28 fire destroyed twenty nine houses and the Notre Dame convent at La Prairie. Loss estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. Also reports a cloudburst in Lawrence county Ohio damaging three houses and barns with logs valued at three hundred sixty five thousand dollars. A small tornado at Adams Minnesota July 28 overturned barns and blew down a residence near John Forson two miles west.
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Canada
Montreal
la Prairie
Congregation of Notre Dame
Huntington
W. Va
Upper Ice Creek
Lawrence County
Ohio
Adams
Minn
John Forson
Assault charge bound over in county poorhouse case
For Alleped Aasanti of Wabasha Minnesota on July 28 John Nolan, aged eighty two, a longtime inmate of the county poorhouse, was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of assault on a semi sane inmate at the same institution.
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Alleped Aasanti
Wabasha, Minn
John Nolan
Fe- Taala Omate
Farmer Killed by Lightning Near Cumberland Wisconsin
Cumberland Wis July 28 A farmer named Swan Quam was struck by lightning while shocking grain on his farm about seventeen miles southeast of town. He was forty seven years old and is survived by his wife and children.
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Cumberland
Wis
Here
Swan Quam
Leaves & Wife
Ammonia Tank Explosion Kills Two at Memphis Factory
A ammonia tank at the Memphis Ice Company's factory exploded, wrecking the works. Engineer John Smith was instantly killed and a stranger named Warrington fatally injured. The accident occurred in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 2.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Ice Company
John Smith
Warrington
Acts of Schley Court of Inquiry Detailed in Precept
Washington July 28 The precept to the Schley court of inquiry directs Admiral Dewey to investigate Admiral Schleys conduct in West Indian waters using his own words from a letter to Secretary Long It outlines specific acts for scrutiny including delays at Cienfuegos progress to Santiago retrograde move toward Key West bombardment ranges and a disputed Brooklyn maneuver The order seeks a report of facts plus opinions and recommendations Judge Advocate Lemly will prepare the case and witnesses may come from navy army civil life including possible Spanish officers Walente and Cervera if Schley requests it
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Washington
Schley
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
West Indian
Long
Schrey
Key West
Brooklyn
Santiago
Bomymander Hodgson
Senate
Lemly
Navy
Walate
Cer
Spanish Captain defends Brooklyn maneuvers in Santiago battle
Captain Enlard of Vizcaya praises the Brooklyn's actions on July 3 near Santiago. He notes the Teresa and Cervin's ram attempt, the Brooklyn turning away, and argues the maneuver was not cowardly given the positions of other American ships. He states he fell off twenty two degrees, a proper tactic under the circumstances.
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Brooklyn
New York
Enlard
Vizcaya
Santiago
Journal
Schley
Agen
Teresa
Cervin
Wao & Proper
Relic of Civil War Barge Found on Tennessee River
Government snag boat Lockout uncovered a Civil War ammunition barge near Shiloh battlefield while clearing the Tennessee river. The relic, once used by Federals, carried cannon balls and old rifles. portions of the old packet steamer Bung were raised with the barge and are selling at a high premium.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tuly
Tennessee
Shiloh
BAD BLOOD AMONG PRISONERS IN ST HELENA OVER OATH
Bad blood among Boer prisoners in St. Helena over allegiance to King Edward prompts removal to a separate enclosure. Several violent encounters occur as a vigilance committee subjects oath takers to indignation. Ring leaders confined in the fortress.
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Edward
Jamestown
St. Helena
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Prince Zu Loewenstein
German Catholic Union
Smiley
Fifteenth Regiment
J. C. Bates
Suluathia Island
Elkins
Joe Benish
Walker
Fannie Glersha
Selma Breser
John Breser
John
Louis
McDowell
Hanna
St Louie
St. Louis
J. B. Disman
Rabe Lubovic
Mary Schufhizer
Michael Schufhizer
Herbert Sickinger
Schushizer
Parmners
Sickinger
Clarence Davis
Cincinnati
William Weideburch
Davis
Famly
Oklahoma
AL BL Cumming
Lowe
Wilcox
Lebanon
Denver
Union Block
Taunton
Mass
Hoya
Frank Hanch
Wacanaba
Mr. Moslock
Jim Woodin
Doan Lake
Floodwood
Republic
Mich
London County Council
Boston
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company
Appleton
Milwaukee Trust Company
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Caleb Powers
William Gonbel
Carbotte
Aino
Delika Carbolla
Lenpa
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Treasuren
Drouth
Rusaia
Admiral Ceavera
Sehley
Jie
Marshalltown
Musgud
Horace Hilted
Larchwood
Will Parkingon
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