Spain May Get Decision Today Amid Peace Terms Debates
Dispatches from Madrid and Washington detail Spain's cabinet weighing modified peace terms with the United States. President and Cambon questioned on authority as a French envoy operates at the White House conference. commissioners will decide Cuba Porto Rico and Philippines futures while Congress may convene later.
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Washington
Madrid
Spain
White House
M. Cambon
Wiseacres
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Ladrone Islands
Philippines
Manila
Bay
McKinley to Call Extra Session Over War Army Needs
Washington Aug 2 The Post reports President McKinley will call an extra session of both houses as peace terms are accepted. The piece notes that after the war the volunteer army disbands yet 60 000 to Cuba 80 000 to the Philippines and 20 000 to Porto Rico will be needed, leaving only 27 000 in service. Congress is asked to frame laws to sustain an adequate garrison.
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Philippines
Porto Rico
Congress
Senate
Washington
McKinley
Spain
United States
Cuba
Terms Worse Than Expected Over Philippines Crisis
London reports warn terms from the United States are harsher, risking interference by Aguinaldo and natives in the final settlement. Dispatches describe serious Manila complications, Aguinaldo’s defiance, and General Anderson’s firm stance to secure transport and disarmament, with a favored US administration of the islands as best outcome.
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Philippines
Aguinaldo
Wis Oats
Tao Atueh
Gen. Anderson
Uncle Sam
Islands
London
Madrid
The
Standard
United States
America
Spain
Spanish West Indies
Manila
Times
Cavite
Anderson
Filippinos
Iowa regiment to Manila after San Francisco deployment
Governor Shaw received a letter from Secretary Alger noting Spain sued for peace. The Fifty-first Iowa regiment volunteer infantry based in San Francisco will be sent to Manila as transports become available.
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Des Moines
Shaw
Alger
Spain
Fifty-first Iowa Regiment Volunteer Infantry
San Francisco
Manila
Hobson Visits Mother in Georgia on Arrival
Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, recently back from Santiago, is with his mother at Lithia Springs near Atlanta after arriving in the United States. He had been eagerly awaited in Georgia since his return.
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Hobson
Atlanta
Richmond Pearson Hobson
United States
Santiago
Lithia Springs
Private C Auer of First Illinois Dies in Action
Chattanooga Park Georgia August 2 Private C Auer troop C First Illinois died yesterday at division hospital. The remains will be interred at the National cemetery here.
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Chattanooga Park
C. Auer
First Illinois
Division Hospital
National Cemetery
Bankruptcy law in effect delayed until November
Washington August 2 Aug 1 was the date set for the new bankruptcy law to go into effect but an oversight means there will be little business before November. The Supreme Court must frame rules but will reconvene in October. District courts may issue forms if needed before October but are unlikely to do so widely.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Fatal Chicago Day Brings Eleven Deaths and Seventeen Injured
On August 2 Chicago reports eleven dead and seventeen injured from a Sunday spree of accidents and drownings. Five picnic victims drowned after a Des Plaines River rowboat accident at the Cloakmakers picnic in Columbia Park. Other fatalities include a tent pole collapse, a buggy fall, and two boys shot. Drowned victims listed by address and street corners reflect a broad urban toll. Nearby reports from Pana, Illinois note miner lockout settlements debated, while Cleveland warns of a mill strike as wage cuts spark labor tension among 600 wire drawers.
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Chicago
Desplaines
Columbia Park
Jacob Harris
Kramer and
Jefferson Streets
Annie Pogratzki
Union Street
Alex M
Schleissenberg
Jefferson Street
Annie Slominsky
Wilson Street
Samuel Roth
West Harrison Street
Fire devastates Eskanaba. 15 buildings lost in big blaze
Escanaba Mich Aug 2 The Evening Wisconsin reports total losses from Sunday night’s fire up to about 150000 dollars. Fifteen buildings were destroyed with top losers I Kratze 55000 L D McKenna 37000 Duncan McMillan 5000 Pat Fogarty 9000 John K Stack 5000 James Moran 2500 William Ramm 2500 H M Stevenson 1500.
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Escanaba
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Mich
I. Kratze
L. D. McKenna
Duncan McMillan
Pat Fogarty
John K. Stack
James Moran
William Ramm
H. M. Stevenson
Fatal Berwyn Hotel Fire Kills Three in Chicago
A morning blaze at the Berwyn hotel on 148-150 North State street killed three people H A Tiedeman Anna Paulin and an unidentified man possibly BR H Durkee who is missing Geo B Kemp is also missing Fourteen others are injured but likely to recover.
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Chicago
Berwyn
North State Street
H. A. Tiedeman
Anna Paulin
BR. H. Durkee
Geo
B. Kemp
Attempted dynamite attack on Banker Clark in Paris Illinois
Dynamite found on the porch of banker Torrence L. Clark in Paris Illinois. Nine sticks with a four foot fuse were lit but the cap failed to ignite. A four foot trail of ashes indicated the planned explosion was narrowly averted. Police say a crew will lead to the arrest of the guilty party.
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Paris
Ills
Torrence L. Clark
Veteran walker from Marinette ends bid for Cincinnati journey
James A. Rappe, a Marinette veteran, passed through Oshkosh en route to Cincinnati in forty five days but appeared unable to continue. He refused further encouragement and could not travel many miles. He had been offered $500 to finish at the encampment week in September.
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Oshkosh
Wis
James A. Rappe
Marinette
Cincinnati
Rappe
Genuine Syrup of Figs Ad Claims Factory Originality
The advertisement stresses originality and careful manufacturing by the California Fig Syrup Co and Caniforra Fig Syrup Co, claiming the genuine Syrup of Figs improves kidneys liver and bowels without irritation or nausea. It warns against imitations and cites the company's high medical standing and wide family use. It lists San Francisco Louisville and New York as locations.
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Catufornia Fio Syrup Co
Caniforra Fig Syrup Co
Cartforna Fig Syrup Co
Old Gib Wright’s Night Raid in South Carolina
In the late Civil War, Colonel Gib Wright led a small Confederate rescue party into a sleeping Federal camp. Mistaken for friendly troops, they were nearly overwhelmed by gunfire after a prisoner recognized Wright. Despite casualties, Wright and most of his men escaped. Atlanta Constitution.
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Tom Williams
Gib Wright
South Carolina
Kilpatrick
Wright
Atlanta Constitution
The Most Fatal Disease Kidney Trouble Warning
An alarming health note claims kidney disease is the leading adult killer and urges immediate use of Foley's Kidney Cure with a guarantee or money back. Advertises H. J. Moogk Swarts and Fleck as distributors.
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Foley
H. J. ‘Moogk, Swarts & Fleck
J. Moogk
Poley
H. J. Moogk
Swarts & Fleck
Farragut and Dewey recall a Civil War scuffle tale
The reminiscence recounts an episode aboard Farragut's dispatch gunboat where Dewey dodged a near shot and the admiral quipped about human nature. The piece also promotes Foley's Kidney Cure and Poley's colic remedy, with ads citing H. J. Moogk and Swarts Fleck. A Vienna archive note reports Schubert and Beethoven manuscripts found in Peterskirche offering new music material.
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Pana Company
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Wire Trust
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J. B. O'Brien
Edward Clenet
J. B. Donohue
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Methodist Episcopal College
India
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Conover
W. G. Parsons
Toronto
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California Fig Syrup CO
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Admiral
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Monarch
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