Turbulent Santo Domingo revolt spurs precautionary actions
Reports from Kingston and Havana describe a critical situation in Santo Domingo as revolutionaries threaten attacks and the government braces to protect property and finance. Assassination attempts on President Heureaux's body and calls for a stronger force in Puerto Plata accompany discussions of Gomez potentially stabilizing the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastro Piata
Goméz
Cu‘War Society
Uncéte Sdin
Puerto ‘Plata
Santo Domingo
Heureaux
Ramon Caceres
Manuel Caceres
Horatio Vasquez
Domingo’ Pichardo
Moca
Pepin
la Vega Real
Puerto Plata
Kingston
Jamaica
Cape Haytien
Santtiago
Santiago
Gomez
Ablegram
Jiminez Sand Jitones
Maximo Gomez
Cuba
Demonstration at Havana Urges Independent Cuba Unions
A Havana mass meeting under the Sociedad Democratico called for absolute independence and union of Cuba. A two hour parade featured banners reading Cuba is and by right ought to be free and Peace work. Speakers urged Cuban led governance and universal suffrage with unity among white and black, drawing about two thousand attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence’ Society
Havana
Sociedad Democratico
Cuban National Society of Independence
Cuba
America
Senor Barrian
Maximo Gomez
Witherto
Cuban National Party
Socialist Party
Senor Gonzales
Senores Gualberto Gomez
Aceo and
de la Torre
Samoan government report outlines new form of rule
The Call prints the tripartite commission report on Samoa, noting abolishment of the kingship as an evil and proposing a new government form. The official commissioners' report and draft amended treaty are en route to governments. The document suggests myths are hard to dispel, especially those of a second class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Tripartite Commission
Samoa
Filipinos Attack Calamba in Manila Dispatch
A Manila dispatch reports Filipinos attacked Calamba yesterday but were repulsed. An American was killed and six wounded. Filipino losses were heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manila
Calamba
Baseball Standings and Scores From Saturday and Sunday
Baseball standings and results from Chicago dated July 31 cover Saturday and Sunday games across the National and Western Leagues. Key results include New York beating Cincinnati 9 to 8, Brooklyn over St Louis 6 to 4, Chicago edging Philadelphia 7 to 6, and Louisville weather problems with rain stoppage. Western League reports Milwaukee, Buffalo and Detroit results, plus Grand Rapids vs Kansas City and Indianapolis vs Police. Standings list Brooklyn pace with 87 played, followed by Boston and Philadelphia in pursuit, with Chicago and Cincinnati mid-table and Louisville lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Washington
Philadelphia
Louisville
Cleveland
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Detroit
St.Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids
Kansas City
St. Paul
Police
Wea
P. C
Boston
Michigan Boy Kidnapped in Copper District
Joseph Ruelle, 10, vanished last Friday in Houghton Michigan. His father Charles Ruelle, an affluent widower, offers a $500 reward for his safe return or information. The boy has dark eyes and features, and was last seen wearing a blue striped calico waist, dark knee breeches, black stockings, shoes, and a dark cap. Local speculation ties the disappearance to ransom by suspects in the copper district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
Little Henry Dies in Chicago Saloonkeeper Dies
Funeral held for Henry Wercker known as Little Henry a trusted saloonkeeper at Wells and Kinzie streets opposite the Northwestern depot. He earned the nickname Safe Little Henry for his care of farmers visiting the city and his well known honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Henry
Chicago
Henry Wercker
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Wercker
Wells and
Kinzie
Northwestern Depot
Death of Chester A Wilcox Postmaster and Mason Leader
Chester Allen Wilcox of Quincy Illinois died yesterday morning at age 52 from Brights disease. He served as postmaster appointed by Harrison in 1889 and by McKinley in 1897. For two decades he co owned the Quincy Whig and largely managed it, and was a prominent Mason in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Allen Wilcox
Quincy
Ill
West
Bright
Harrison
McKinley
Quincy Whig
Officials and Madison Officers Tie in Benefit Ball
About 6,000 spectators watched Milwaukee city officials play a five inning charity ball against Madison state officers in Milwaukee on July 31 to aid New Richmond tornado victims. The umpires called the game a tie and the relief fund grew by about $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Madison
Foss in Europe seeks German naval insight after Trieste visit
Representative Foss and Captain Behler have returned from Trieste where they went to greet Admiral Dewey. Foss plans to study German naval questions during his European trip and will examine naval matters of interest to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foss
Europa
Berlin
W. 4H. Behler
Ilinois
Trieste
Admiral Dewey
Bay City Buyer Acquires 115 Million Feet Pine
W Wheeler of Bay City buys standing pine holdings in Luce and Chippewa counties totaling 115,063,000 feet for about 400,000 dollars. He plans to cut at 25,000,000 feet yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudela Big
Pine
Detroit
F. W. Wheeler
Bay City
Luce
Clippewa Counties
Carl Schurz Narrowly Escapes Poisoning Illness
New York reports Carl Schurz narrowly escaped death last Tuesday after ptomaine poisoning from bass. He became violently ill, is confined to his bed and weak, but expectations are he will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schurz
New York
Yellow fever outbreak at National Soldiers' Home near Hampton
Newport News July 31 reports thirty probable yellow fever cases at the National Soldiers' Home near Hampton with three deaths. Quarantine imposed at Newport News Old Point and Hampton. strangers barred entry. Surgeon General Sternberg doubts official outbreak but notes possible delays in reporting. Four thousand veterans reside there amid rising alarm and preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
National Soldiers
Hampton
Old Point
Hobson
Daya
Sternberg
Washington
Army
Associated Press
Board of Solders
Outbreak of suspected yellow fever at National Soldiers' Home
Officials report a suspected yellow fever outbreak at the National Soldiers' Home in Hampton. Dr Wyman orders swift investigation and preventive measures with surgeons sent from Wilmington Norfolk and Washington. Quarantines placed, patrols along the waterfront, and transport disruptions.
Ulinais University Scholarships Awarded in Illinois Counties
Springfield announces annual scholarships to the University of Illinois system with one recipient per county. Adams Otto Luther Cham paign Helen BB Booker Edgar Laura M Dayton Paris Kane Albert Salle Elgin McLean John Hall Downs Marshall Andrew Manson Henry Ogle John J Richey Pale Elizabeth Hall Oregon Ogle will shift to another county lacking a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulinais
Springfield
Ill
University of Maois
Adams
Otto Luther
Champaign
Helen BB
Booker
Edgar
Laura M. Dayton
Paris
Kane
Albert Salle
Elgin
McLean
John ©. Hall
Downs
Marshall
Andrew Manson
Henry
Ogle
John J. Richey
Pale
Elizabeth Hall
Oregon
Abducted Boy Returns Home
Jesse Castle an eight year old boy, believed dead for five days, is found to have returned home in Columbus Ohio. He was held prisoner by an unknown assailant near Gahanna and Delaware as authorities search for the kidnapper. Illinois State Mining Board to hold examinations for small mine operators at Peoria Streator East St Louis and Danville in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Jesse Castle
Gahanna
Delaware
Ilinois
Peace Conference Ends With Mixed Signatures
The Hague July 31 final sitting of the peace conference. Staal’s farewell address praised sincere and practical work while noting limited signing. Germany Austria Hungary China England Italy Luxembourg Serbia Switzerland Turkey did not sign three conventions. United States signed arbitration convention with reserve. Britain to sign later. Pope pledged support to conference conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiiloh
Hague
Bayonne
Baron de Staal
Germany
Austria-Hungary
China
England
Italy
Japan
Luxemburg
Servia
Switzerland
Turkey
United States
Great Britain
Wilhelmina
Train Wrecked and Burned Near Lackawaxen
A Lackawanna passenger train No 7 wrecked and burned after a freight train hit a fallen tree two miles east of Lackawaxen. Engineers Stephen Outwater and Fred Sells were killed. Eleven passengers and several crew members injured, total eighteen hurt. Freight engineer Bernard Shay and brakeman Fred Smith among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blmba
N. Y
Buffalo
Cleveland
New York
Lackawanna
Lackawaxon
Egineer
Stephen Outwater
Fred Sells
Port Jervis
Bernard Shay
Fred Smith
St Louis Mayor protests Chicago drainage canal
Mayor Zeigenhein writes to President McKinley urging revocation of the Chicago drainage canal permit. He warns of danger to St Louis and the lower Mississippi valley as Chicago sewage could taint drinking water drawn from Lake Michigan and flow into the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
McKinley
Zeigenhein
Chicago Drainage Canal
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Mississippi River
Secretary of War
Trustees of the Sanitary District of
Lake Michigan
Chicago River
Mayor Jones Enters Governor Race as Independent Candidate
Toledo July 31 Mayor Jones announces candidacy for governor as an independent. The move drew favorable responses from many regions and socialistic leaders nationwide. At Buffalo conference he received pledged support from prominent figures. further assurances arrived by telegrams yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Jones
Toledo
Buffalo
Attempt to wreck Wabash train near Taylorville
An attack to wreck the Wabash accommodation occurred Friday night near the coal company's shaft at Taylorville Illinois. A large iron pulley weighing seventy five pounds was hurled toward the locomotive but struck Carl Nyblem of Chicago on the left leg. He was later rescued by coal miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Coal Company
Taylorville
Carl Nyblem
Chicago
Hansen Opens 1000-Mile World Record Attempt
A. M. Hansen began a 1000 mile ride from Minneapolis on July 31 at 6:10 AM along the Minnetonka Fort Snelling course. By evening, signs pointed to success as he chased the 105 hour 19 minute world record held by T. A. Edge of England, aiming for under 100 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapoli
A. M. Hansen
Minnetonka-Fort Snelling
T. A. Edge
England
Hansen
Deserter Hayes Death Not At Oregon Troops’ Punishment
A San Francisco dispatch to The Oregonian states the Kansas City tale of Oregon troops punishing deserter Hayes is false. Hayes belonged to the California regiment and was found dead in the trenches captured by his unit on February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregonian
San Francisco
Kansas City
Oregon
Hayes
California
Trustees Visit For Location Of Western Normal Institute
Springfield July 31 trustees of a new western normal institute to be built will visit competing cities from Aug 1 to 21 and on Aug 31 will meet at Galesburg to hear arguments for Quincy Monmouth Aledo Rushville and Macomb as potential sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Western Normal Institute
Galesburg
Quincy
Monmouth
Aledo
Rushville
Macomb
Large Chicago boycott disrupts streetcar service and church support
Large crowds gathered on a sunny Saturday as the Big Consolidated boycott spread through Chicago. Merchants were warned against aiding riders, doctors and druggists faced pressure over patronage, and the police shifted to felony charges for rioters while Adjutant General Axline urged state law enforcement. At First Methodist, Rev. Banks condemned the tactics and a church audience publicly endorsed the stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Consolidated Company
Big Consolidated
Gem
Axline
Grand Jury
Farley
First
Methodist Episcopal Church
Louis Albert Banks
CHICAGO STRIKE NARROWS TO UNION VERSUS NON-UNION YARDS
In Chicago on July 31 a strike anomaly emerges as union brick makers face yard closures only at union employers while non-union yards continue production. Non-union plants plan to ship or store bricks, arguing wages match union scales and thus no grounds exist for strikes. A Saturday conference called by masons and builders failed to convene, delaying any quick settlement amid halted city building work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Side
Masons
NEXT MOVE AT EVANSVILLE PROPOSED
In Evansville Indiana union leaders plan a citywide strike within a week if coal operators do not meet miners demands and adopt the Chicago scale. Deputies at coal mines report no disturbances as National Committeeman Fred Dilcher travels to Indianapolis to seek governor Mount’s help to disarm non union miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansvile
Ind
Chicago
Fred Dilcher
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Governor Mount
Secretary Alger Relinquishes War Department Control
Washington on July 31 reports Secretary Alger and Mrs. Alger returned to the capital yesterday. The secretary will formally relinquish control of the war department today and his successor Elihu Root will take hold. Senator Burrows of Michigan also traveled on the same train, unaware of Alger's presence until far from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
aAlger
Alger
War Department
Elihu Root
Senator Burrows
Michigan
New York
Michigan Banks in Good Trim
Michigan banks report strong condition with ample deposits and profits improving. The only noted drawback is difficulty in loaning large sums profitably, as lenders balance rising reserves against cautious borrowing demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Valencia Arrives in Manila With Troop Reinforcements
The United States transport Valencia reaching Manila at 5 p.m. on July 30 after sailing from San Francisco on June 29 with reinforcements for American troops in the Philippines. All well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Manila
United States
San Francisco
Philippines
Wheelmen Excursion to Boston Round Trip Fare
Wheelmen announce a Boston excursion with return via Nickel Plate Road priced at 19 dollars. Date of sale August 11th and 12th, good for arrival at the starting point by August 3st. Tickets through agents Fitchburg R.R. Two daily vestibuled sleeping car trains to Boston depart from Van Buren Street and Pacific Ave. on the Loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Fitchburg R.R
Chicago
van Buren Street
Pacific Av
Northwestern line train service Freeport to Milwaukee
Train leaves Freeport at 7 15 a m and arrives Milwaukee 12 45 p m Returning departs Milwaukee 2 30 p m and reaches Freeport 7 35 p m The route passes Beloit and Janesville For full particulars apply to Chicago Northwestern Ry agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Milwaukee
Beloit
Janesville
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Round Trip to Boston by Nickel Plate Road This August
An advertised rail fare of 19 dollars for Boston round trip via Nickel Plate Road on August 11 and 12. Return must arrive at the starting point by August. General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago offers details and sleeping car accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Adams St
Chicago
Cheap Rail Rates For Homeseekers In South
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October the Southern Railway offers cheap one way and round trip tickets to most points in Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Florida Homeseekers tickets cost one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip and are valid twenty one days from sale dates The Southeastern territory advertises opportunities for prospectors and settlers with low rates to explore the South For illustrated matter rates and details write to W S Taylor A G P A Louisville Ky or J C Beau Jr N W P A Chicago Ill Adams St Chicago Ills 6 8dwtf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Southeastern
United States
Adams St
Chicago, Ills
Colorado Tourist Rates via Chicago to Colorado
Colorado Tourist Rates via Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry Tickets go on sale June 1 through Sept 15 good returning until Oct 31 at a very low rate. Stop overs allowed at certain points. Call at ticket office for information J B Sweatt Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
J. B. Sweatt
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
J.B. Swerr
L A W Excursion to Boston by Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road offers Chicago to Boston round trip excursion tickets for August 11 and 12 at 19 dollars. Tickets must be used for return by August 31 and deposited with Fitchburg R R agent in Boston. Sleeping car accommodations should be secured early. General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Fitchburg R. R
Adams St
Panoramas celebrate Spanish American War union and life
A promotional note describes a war book titled Spanish-American War Panoramas and Greater America. It portrays officers and soldiers, hospital layouts, Red Cross heroines, Havana and Santiago street scenes, and civilian life from recruitment to skirmish, with price, formats, and ordering details. Also mentions reduced rail fares to western points via C M and St P routes with agent contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Red Cross
Havana
Santiago
Uncle Sam
United States
Canada
Mexico
Warren J. Lynon
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cheap house offer in Lichtenberger's addition sales pitch
Advertisement urges buyers to acquire a lot in Lichtenberger's addition with easy payments low interest and long time terms. It instructs to apply to LICHTENBER or Eros for details and indicates a low cost opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichtenberger
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la Lucha
Senor Molasco
Senor Nolasco
Uberty
Manafa
Tanu
Government OF the Samoans
Bean
Wampton
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
National Soldiers’ Home
Wilmington
N. C
Norfolk
Wyman Himslf
Wasdin
Norfolk Board of Health
Woodfin
Siampton
New Ilinois Normal School
Marantha—Medicing
Evansville
Consolidated
Broadway
Newburg
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Stephenson St
Chicago, Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
NHEA
Galena St
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