Various 19th Century World Happenings and Figures
Enterlo fever deaths in South Africa are set against Boar bullet victims. Gem weights compare heavy er and light stones. Arizona marks 88th territorial government anniversary with Phoenix capital dedication. Pope Leo XIII expands guard corps. Patagonia forests and minerals noted. Italian king acquires Monte Cristo hunting ground. Confederate bond wealth of Col James G Milner revealed. Galveston health board plans oil use against mosquitoes for sanitation. Crude oil tested for sanitary and drinking uses.
Arizona Range Horses Targeted by German Agents
German government agents scour Arizona for army horses. Recent deals with northern and central ranchers cover several hundred head with plans to buy more. Arizona horses are prized for hard campaigning and bloodlines, with U S army buyers preferring them over other regions. Prices range from 26 to 65 dollars for three to five year olds.
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Arizona
Arizona Horns
Pennsylvania proposals to regulate marriage with fines
Pennsylvania introduces a bill where any man over forty applying for a marriage license pays 100 dollars to the state treasury. Funds fund homes for women over forty without means or marriage prospects. The act cannot be repealed without the consent of senior women admitted to such homes.
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Pennsylvania
Roth
Lehigh
Negro Population Grows in United States Since 1890
The Negro population in the United States continues to rise not diminish, with a 1878 percent increase since 1890 per the 1900 census. Coloured population listed as 8,500,000 with an increase of 1,026,960, marking the largest rise since 1790 except 1880.
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United States
Immigration chief appointed as Porto Rico gains jurisdiction
The resume notes a new commissioner of immigration with full jurisdiction over Porto Rico. It cites broader state and federal concerns, including pension rolls, counterfeiting trends, and various international and domestic political developments in the era.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Wilkie
Secret Service Department
Wilson
State Department
Rockhill Ot Pekst
Prince Chuan
Germany
Baron von Ketteler
America
Ellery P. Ingham
Pennsylvania
Jacobs
Notable Deaths and Births Loosen Public Grief Across Cities
Mrs. W. H. Burnett of Dunlay Tenn greeted four new souls with none surviving. Retired Cmdr Frederick R. Smith U S N died at home in Binghamton NC aged 61. Billiards pro William Harrigan died in Chicago aged 30 leaving a widow. Millionaire Floods Nevada bank loss involved. accomplice William Dresbach died in San Francisco. Oliver B Carter NY National Bank of the Republic president died at Saratoga NY of heart disease. Victorien Sardou unfounded illness rumors denied. Felix Varìa bankruptcy closes Italian fashion house. Jacob Rogers ex-owner of Rogers locomotive works found dead at Union League New York. Augustus A Parker Chicago board of trade veteran died of paralysis with agencies in NY and Boston. Samuel Gompers Federation of Labor president recovering after brain concussion.
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W. H. Burnett
Dunlay
Tenn
Frederick R. Smith
Binghamton
N. C
Wiliam D. Harrigan
Chicago
Jeaves
Wiliam Dresbach
Nevada Bank
San Francisco
Oliver
Carter
National Bank of the Republic of the City of
Jacob
Rogers
Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
Union League Club
New York City
Augustus A. Parker
Chicago Board of Trade
Parker
New York
Boston
Gompers
The
Federation of Labor
Crimes and trials cross the nation in swift judicial actions
Reports from Chicago to Virginia to Colorado detail shooting accidents, mob lynchings, murder indictments, bribery charges, and legal holds. William Ryan dies after police confrontation in Chicago. A Brunswick County lynching is noted. Prince pleads not guilty to murder. Wells arrested on bribery counts. Fournelle death prompts coroner inquiry. Irving Smith suicide cited. George OBrien found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang. Parker's writ of error delays prison term.
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Chicago
William Ryan
Queer J. W. Ryan
Bruna+wick county
Lawrenceville
Will Prince
Kansas City
Philip H. Kennedy
Slater
Charles Wells
Beanl
Cripple Creek
Colo
Brulsea
Peter Fournelle
Dunning
Irving S. Smith
New York
Wall Street
Wn Electric Motor
Seattle
Wash
George O'Brien
Lynn Rolt
Fred Clayson
Lawrence Oleson
Yukon River
Dawson
Aus
Thomas Parker
Mr. Keller
Arlington
Trenton
N. J
Court of Errors and Appeals
Parker
Topeka society formed to refuse streetcar fare
A fragmentary 1900s item notes a new society named Inde pendent Order of Men Who Refuse to Pay the Other Fellow's Street Car Fare to be organized at Topeka. Other items report four baby lions born in Marinette Wisconsin for the Bostock-Fernori animal show, Andrew Carnegie giving Detroit 760000 for a central library and four branches, Gov. Gen. Wood's malarial fever improving, Easton carpenters and tradespeople striking, the torpedo boat Biddie trial at Bath with 28 knot speed, Reading railway shop hands ratifying a fault line agreement to return July 5, and the Niagara bank of Buffalo closing due to City National failure.
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Independent Order of Men
Topeks
Marinalte
Wis
Noness Queenie
Bostock-Fernori
Andrew Carnewie
Detroit
Mich
Wood
Easton
Bath
Reading Railway
Reading
Boscher
Baer
Niagara Bann
Flan
Buffalo
City National
Men Who Held Up Great Northern Train Evade Prowling Posse
Anaconda Montana dispatches report that deputies fail to close on the Wag ner Montana robbers. The outlaws, better mounted, may have crossed the Missouri toward Hole in the Wall Wyoming. Officers reckon the chase shifts to Yellowstone, Custer or Dawson Counties as the robbers seek a crossing.
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Anaconda
Mont
Anaconda Standard
Great Northern
Wagner
Hax
Missouri
Wyoming
United States
Rockies
Yellowstone
Custer
Dawson Counties
Lorillard Dead a Notable Tobacco Merchant Dies
Pierre Lorillard dies at 2:10 PM after arriving on the Deutschland from Europe. Funeral set for Grace Church with interment at Greenwood. he left a fortune around $26 million and his family includes his wife, a son, and two daughters. He built a Fifth Avenue estate, backed turf racing, and founded the Tuxedo resort.
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Wnonatre
Passeea
New York
Pierre Lorillard
Mr. Lorillard
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Deutschland
Europe
T, Suftern Tatler
William Kent
Pierre
Eclock
Grace Church
Greenwood
Peter Lorillard
Fifth Avenue
Atlantic
Tuxedo
Child Killed by Bomb at Curtis Street Porch
A bomb or torpedo exploded in the yard of 2021 Curtis Street in Denver, killing Esther Oliver, five, who sat on the porch. She was the daughter of M. O. Oliver, a surveyor. The attacker escaped shortly after the blast.
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Denver
Curtis Street
Esther Oliver
M. O. Oliver
Miners Attack De Soto Band in Dewmaine Assault
Non union miners attacked the De Soto band traveling from De Soto to West Frankfort for a Dewmaine celebration. Arthur Henry was shot in the head and another man injured in the leg. Henry’s wounds are not fatal.
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Dewmmaine
Ill
Union Mastolann
Carbondale
de Soto
West Frankfort
Dewmaine
Arthur Henry
Henry
Proclamation sets Indian land open for settlement in Oklahoma
July 1 Washington reports President McKinley proclaims open settlement of land ceded by Indiana Wichita and allied bands, Comanche Kiowa Apache lands in Oklahoma Territory. Registration for homestead entries runs Aug 6 to start, with offices in Reno and Lawton. An injunction to halt the opening will be sought in El Reno by C Porter Johnson on behalf of affected Indians.
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United States
Reno
Lawtor
Oklahoma City
Okla
Irwin
el Reno
Register of the Land Office
Congress
C. Porter Johnson
William M. Springer
Hohenlone Dies at Ragatz in Switzerland
Berlin reports the death of July-Prince Hohenlone former chancellor of Germany who had resided at Ragatz for health treatment. Born March 21, 1819 at Rothenburg he was the second son of Francis Joseph from the Hohenlohe line.
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Berlin
Prince Hohenlone
Germany
Ragatz
Chlong Carl Victor
Hohenlohe
Chil- Ungsfurst
Rothenburg
Francis Joseph
Bavarian noble succeeds in line after 1846 death
In 1846 Chlewig, after his brother Philip Ernest’s death, assumed the family seat at Schillingsfürst with his elder brother’s consent and left Prussian service for permanent residence in Bavaria. Prince von Hohenlohe’s death surprised many as he had arrived in Ragate in poor health, with officials reporting old age as the cause.
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Venburg
Philip Ernest
Chlewig
Schillingsfurst
Bavaria
Prince von Hohenlohe
Berlin
Ragate
Policeman Charged After Race Track Dispute in Clinton
In Clinton Iowa on July 9 river captain Al Duncan struck down ex mayor J A Hughes during a Fourth of July race dispute. Hughes staffers attacked Duncan as officer John Hagberg protected him and Hagberg shot and wounded Henry Williams. Hagberg was arrested on charges of assault with intent to commit murder.
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Aananit
Clinton
Iowa
al Duncan
J. A. Hughes
Hughes
Duncan
John Hagberg
Henry Williams
Indiana Wheat Crop Expected At Thirty Million Bushels
Indiana state department statistics forecast a wheat crop of 30 million bushels with good quality despite reduced acreage. Some areas were damaged by fly but other previously hit regions are free this year. Southern Indiana shows strong yields and two carloads of new wheat arrived from that region on the Fourth.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Department
Indiana
Prominent Oakland Broker Attacked In Roadside Ambush
Col. L. D. Carter, a leading broom corn broker, was attacked by Logs Bailey near his farm west of Oakland. Bailey seized the team, stabbed Carter with a dirk, and fled to a city residence before being pursued into a north cornfield where he was captured. Carter lay seriously wounded. Bailey had earlier fought in a billiard hall and fired at the proprietor Charles Moore. A warrant was issued for Bailey's arrest.
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China
London
Huntieh
Darrell's
Tucker’s
France
United States
South America
Berlin
Attilo Piere
Facino
Gigli
Elmforopol
Crimea
Sebastopol
Salghir
Viterals
Paris
Prince Viterals
la Lafarge
Kitchener
South Africa
Chamber of Deputies
Enor Silvela
Oakland
Col
L. D. Carter
Col. Carter
Logs Bailey
Carter
Bailey
Bailey Yee
Afl
Charles Moore
Constitution defeats Columbia in first of three corner races
The Constitution, defending the America’s Cup, crushed Columbia by nearly thirty minutes on a thirty mile course near Narragansett Bay, leaving Independence over an hour behind. The Bristol sloop set a record in light winds, signaling a historic performance that experts hail as a peak for this generation.
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Constitution
Newport
R. L
Columbia
Narragansett Bay
Boston
Herreshoff
Independence
Crowninshield
Bristol
Bighland
Tota
Market Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Latest tabulations from St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South St Paul detailing grain prices for wheat corn oats and flax and live cattle prices including prime butcher steers cows bulls veals and feeders with ranges for different grades and deliveries across July 10 19th or 20th century market reporting style.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Cure
Duluth
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Oata
Sioux City
Lows
Iowa
Reeves
South St. Paul
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Leo XIII
Vatican
Patagonia
Chile
Peru
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Sault Ste. Maria
Italy
Monte Cristo
Ageng of Dumas
Naples
Marquis de Gtnort-Lesci
James G. Milner
Confederate Navy
Milford
Board of Health
Galveston
Beaumont
Appleton
Siebold
Lvery
Alton
Armenia
St. Johns
N. B
Nolves
Cleveland
Michael Budz
Tony
John W. Blunt
Manchester
William B. Pollock, & Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Dhaurance
Tsaraltain
Russia
Volga
William
Clarke
Mary B
Frances L
George B. Bryan
Newbern
N. GC
Metropolitan Coal Company
South Boston
Tore Lin Hope
Phu
Orlamagta
Bad Landy
Lorilland
SY Toriedo
de JoTo Band
Prince von Hohenlahe
Constitution Columsia
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