Resignation of Secretary Alger Shocks Washington
Washington reports Secretary Alger tendered his resignation from the War Department effective August 1. The move, sudden and unconfirmed officially, follows a Normanhurst conference with Vice President Hobart. Alger plans rest in the northwest and to visit his children while speculation swirls over his senate bid and possible successor names.
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Washington
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Ashington
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Roosevelt
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National Committee Leaders Gather for Chicago Meeting
Democrats of national importance began arriving in Chicago for a key meeting at the Sherman House. Among early arrivals were George Fred Williams of Massachusetts and John W. Tomlinson of Alabama, with many Kentucky and Georgia leaders also in town. Ex Governor William J. Stone of Missouri chaired in Senator Jones’s absence as discussions aimed to outline issues for next year’s campaign and potential actions at tonight’s Auditorium session.
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Sherman House
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John W. Tomlinson
Alabama
True Morris
New Hampshire
James P. Tarvin
Kentucky
McLean
Ohio
William J. Stone
Missouri
Jones
Arkansas
J. C
Blackburn
Goebel
Woodgop
Clark Howell
Georgia
Army seeks faster enlistments for volunteer regiments
Washington on July 20 reports the War Department offering extra inducements to speed recruitment of ten volunteer regiments. Many commissions issued, prompting applicants to enlist as privates to gain future commissions. General Corbin notes officials will fill vacancies from the ranks, with some recruits becoming non commissioned officers. Some applicants already enlist as privates and are promoted to NCOs as needed. Other methods include commissions to those who guarantee forty men who pass muster for service in the Philippines. Several such cases occurred in the past week.
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War Department
Washington
Corbin
Philippines
Civil War in Kentucky Sparks Two Gangs on Warpath
In Tondon Kentucky two rival gangs the Griffins Morris and the Philpots stand armed and camped near each other after recent killings. Funeral crowds for Ed Fisher may trigger a major assault as both sides amass within five miles, with tension high and no immediate clash expected before the funeral. Albany fraud probe clears Adams and Aldridge of criminal liability for canal project failures.
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Ed Fisher
Morris Gang
Railway Agents Ordered to Take Only Small Sums
Fort Worth Texas July 20 Superintendent C W Case of the Pacific Express issues instructions to agents not to receive more than $100 for shipments on the Thurber Junction to El Paso line. He says west Texas is raided by train robbers and calls the Black Jack gang the worst since the Dalton and James gangs were exterminated.
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James
Scores on the Ball Field in Chicago July 20
Baseball league results list late scores from yesterday across several cities. Cincinnati shutout by Baltimore 5 0 in Baltimore. Philadelphia outscored Louisville 5 3. New York defeated Chicago 3 0. Brooklyn beat Pittsburg 4 1. Boston routed St Louis 8 1. Washington swept Cleveland 7 4 and 6 2 in two games. Milwaukee beat Detroit 9 7. Kansas City lost to Indianapolis 11 3.
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Senator Fairbanks Seeks Alaska Boundary Pact Resumption
Senator Fairbanks, chairman of the joint American Canadian commission, met with Secretary Hay in Washington on July 19. He expressed optimism that negotiations on the Alaskan boundary could resume and briefed Hay on his observations in Alaska and the conclusions they guided.
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Woman Dies During Tooth Extraction in Wisconsin
Mrs Warren Gibbons of Scandinavia, Manawa area, died July 20 while under chloroform during several teeth extractions. The physician deemed the anesthesia safe, but after a few teeth were removed the patient grew pale and could not be revived despite resuscitation efforts.
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Scandinavia
Kaiser Visits Howard Gould Aboard Niagara Yacht
Emperor William of Germany spent an hour with Howard Gould aboard his yacht Niagara at Molde Norway. On leaving aboard the imperial yacht Hohenzollern the emperor waved his cap as the stars and stripes were raised at the foremast. The Niagara departed soon after the German emperor's departure.
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United Christian party call for Chicago convention
Des Moines July 20 a call issued by W R Benkert Davenport for a national United Christian party convention in Chicago on December 24 1899 to sit a week and nominate a national ticket by January 1 1900 seeking God fearing men and women to join the effort.
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United Christian Party
Des Moines
W. R. Benkert
Dvenport
Chicago
Saving Silver at the Mint Fails to Yield Metal Truth
The New Orleans Times-Democrat describes a clever but doomed scheme at a local mint to recover waste silver. Iron tools touched molten metal are sealed in buckets then attacked by sulfuric acid, dissolving the iron while leaving silver behind as hollow casts. The fragile replicas are remelted, continuing a cycle until coins are minted.
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Mint
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Wills of Some Women Provide Family Fortune Fun
A London lawyer recalls women who change their wills frequently to adjust inheritances. One client, nervous, wants to alter her will again after suspecting a rival of speaking ill of her late husband. The tale grows into six revisions in six months as names multiply like an old directory.
Dr Fowler's Extract of Old Strawberry remedy
An old advertisement for Dr. Fowler's Extract of Old Strawberry from Emmert & Burrell promises a universal remedy. It claims to soothe the weakest constitutions and cure summer complaints of all ages, asserting health benefits without harm.
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Emmert & Burrell
Riots on Second Avenue as Strikers Clash with Police
In New York on July 20 a massive Second Avenue riot erupted after workers returning home joined strikers. Bricks and missiles flew at cars. Officer Owen Donivan was injured, a sergeant and reserves dispersed the mob. Several suspects faced magistrate Brenner on conspiracy charges tied to a dynamite plot. John N. Parsons offered a $500 reward for proof that legitimate strikers engaged in violence.
New Strike Expands In New York City Streets
In New York City strikers organized on the Eighth Avenue line with 100 workers the strike spread to other lines, reducing trolley service to hourly on Second Avenue by midnight. Officials reported different conditions on Sixth Avenue. A heavy police guard protected the power house as detectives watched for violence. Brooklyn saw fewer cars and a dynamite outrage shadowed the strife. General Master Workman Parsons planned a meeting of union leaders to support the street car workers in their fight.
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Sixth Avenue
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Parsons
Greater New York
Grand Central Palace
Brooklyn Transit Company
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Manhattan Island
Dynamite Attempt on Elevated Railway Columns Fails
Two events of yesterday stood out including a dynamite attack aimed at destroying elevated railway columns and a strike on the Metropolitan. The blast damaged supports but failed to destroy the structure while about twenty one men were arrested.
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Police Chief Claims Strikers Lost Police Sympathy
Cleveland July 20. Police kept order along rail lines as labor unrest continues. Chief Corner says strikers have lost police sympathy since the last strike, aiding a calmer scene. Stones were thrown at noon near St Clair and Water streets, but no damage to cars. Workers at cloak and clothing factories heckled non union men, while factories near Central avenue and the Pennsylvania line drew hoots. Strikers remain reticent on plans. A mass meeting is set for tonight and a daily paper will publish to present their views.
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Water Strets
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Survivor from Bay City in Koyukuk river voyage incident
In Chicago on July 20 Mrs W R Bends of Bay City Michigan is brought to St Michaels from the Koyukuk headwaters as the sole survivor of a thirteen member party. Her husband and eleven others died attempting to reach Koyukuk from Kotzebue Sound. Also named among the dead are H V Bends an aged ship captain Frank Calder James Hutton Duncan McCall and J Reinhardt.
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Bends
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Great Lakes
Frank Calder
James Hutton
Duncan McCall
J. Reinhardt
Milwaukee
Shamrock Beats Britannia In Deep Race Tactful Halt
In a late phase of the second trial between Shamrock and Britannia the Shamrock led by twelve minutes as the race passed its halfway point. The Prince of Wales aboard Britannia ordered the race stopped to fulfill a shore engagement. A separate note from Racine Wisconsin reports the German Evangelical Young People’s Alliance state convention opening with about 150 delegates in attendance in this city.
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Prince of Wales
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Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn Visits Weynauwega Wisconsin
Assist ant Secretary of War George D. Meiklejohn arrived in Weynauwega on Saturday and departed yesterday for New London following a brief local stop.
Dated Telegram Bites and Banter Across Nations
Dr David Rosenthal dies in Chicago from paralysis after a fourteen day cough. Vancouver steamship Garonne brings 550 passengers and $3,000,000 in gold from St Michaels. Mrs Mary Steger dies in Chicago from a kissing bug bite on the lip. Coroner finds Mrs Ida Motts death due to starvation. A W Blades and family drown en route to Minnesota in Iowa near the Minnesota line. George M Valentine, New Jersey bank embezzler, sentenced to six years on $130,000 theft. Five year old James Haight killed by a hay load in Portage Wisconsin. Angus M Cannon pleads guilty to polygamy in Salt Lake City. sentence deferred. Bicycle manufacturers form a trust of 45 firms worth $40,000,000 total. Battle reported in Samoa July 4 with Malietoan chief mortally wounded and Mataafa and Suatele chiefs killed.
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Chicago
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Garonne
St. Michaels
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Iowa
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New Jersey Bank
Middlesex
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Lowville
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Panorama of Spanish War book on Yankee triumphs and scenes
An advertisement describes Spanish-American War Panorama and Greater America, a pocket war album with portraits of officers, soldiers, Red Cross heroines, hospital scenes, Havana and Santiago street views, and boots on the ground life from recruiting to skirmish line. Mailed in the US Canada or Mexico for 12 cents. Order via Warren J. Lyon Big Four Route Cincinnati Ohio.
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