Allen Promised Help in Porto Rico Political Move
A mass meeting in San Juan elected Francisco Acuna as federal party leader to succeed Minos Rivera. A three member committee—Acuna, Santiago Palmer, and Dias Navarro—conferred with Governor Allen, offering cooperation to advance Porto Rico’s interests, signaling hopes for political harmony and potential free trade with the United States.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Federal Party
Francisco Acuna
Minos Rivera
Acuna
Santiago Palmer
Dias Navarro
Allen
United States
Committee of Three
Boer Children Dying in Concentration Camps
London dispatch reports 40,22 residents in Concentration camps in the Transvaal and Orange River colony. May death toll tallies 98 adults and 818 children. Authorities plan to release women and children with rescuers for placement, but cannot feed them in isolation.
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London
House of Commons
Broderick
Transveal
Orange River Colony
Nnety
Islands Export Trade Up in Philippine Commerce
A Washington report from June 18 shows a 21 percent rise in imports and 49 percent rise in exports for the Philippines in the first ten months of 1900 versus 1899. From January to November 1900 imports totaled 20,143,152 dollars, up from 16,644,568 dollars. Exports reached 19,372,830 dollars, compared with 12,978,605 dollars in 1899.
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Washington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Philippines
Thurston Takes Beach Cottage for Summer in Atlantic City
Ex Senator Thurston has rented a cottage at Atlantic City for the summer and plans to move his family there by the latter part of the week. He will spend varying time in Washington as duties tied to the Louisiana Purchase exposition require.
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Thurston
Beach Cottage
Washington
Atlantic City
Julian Phelps Resigns as U S Consul in Crefeld Germany
Washington reports Julian Phelps United States consul at Crefeld Germany has resigned. He was appointed from Iowa in 1887.
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Julian Phelps
Jaws
Washington
United States
Crefeld
Germany
Iowa
Morrison Jury Secured for Second Murder Trial
El Dorado Kansas June 18. A jury was secured to try Jessie Morrison a second time for the murder of Mrs Olin Castle. The trial began as prosecutors plan to exclude much of the first trial's testimony. It took four days and a half to assemble the jury, which includes nine farmers and three laborers.
Diplomatic reshuffle shifts Loomis to Portugal
Washington reports announced today a series of embassy changes. Francis B. Loomis moves from Venezuela to Portugal, replacing John N. Irwin of Iowa. Herbert W. Bowen shifts from Persia to Caracas. Lloyd Griscom becomes minister to Persia, Spencer F. Eddy advances to first secretary at Constantinople, and Arthur Blanchard rises to second secretary in Paris. Loomis loses 2500 dollars yearly and stays on leave in England with rank unchanged as minister extraordinary and envoy senipotentiary.
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Loonsie
Venezuela
Portugal
Washington
Francis B. Loomis
John N. Irwin
Iowa
Herbert W. Bowen
New York
Persia
Caracas
Mr. Loomis
Lloyd ©. Griscom
Pennsylvania
Legation
Constantinople
Emperor Dead Plot Reported by Telegraph
London June 18 A Globe correspondent reports Chinese quarters say the dowager empress plans to announce the emperor's death by brigands at Kai Fong Fu Ho Nang and crown Prince Tuan's son. A new capital will be established at Kai Fong Fu tied to a Nankin railway to be built by John Ferguson Boston then sold to Russians. Ferguson acts for Li Hung Chang and Taotai Shang to avert blame.
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London
The
Globe
Kai Fong Fu
Ho Nang
Prince Tuan
Nankin
John ©. Ferguson
Boston
Ferguson
Li Hung Chang
Taotai Shang
Jobs for Expert Farmers Indian Service Vacancies
The Civil Service Commission announces an exam on July 23 for the position of farmer in the Indian service. Pay starts at 600 to 720 a year with promotion potential to 900 and furnished quarters. Twenty-two vacancies are listed at Lapointe Wisconsin Fort Belknap Montana Lemhi Idaho Yankton South Dakota Ouray Utah Carson Nebraska Colville Washington Yanix Oregon Crow Agency Montana Blackfoot Montana Fort Peck Montana Pierre South Dakota Klamath Oregon Standing Rock North Dakota Tongue River Montana.
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Indian Services
Washington
Jume
The
Civili Service Commission
Indian Service
Indian Office
Lapointe
Wis
Fort Belknap
Mont
Lemhi
Idaho
Yankton
Ouray
Utah
Carson, Ney
Colvile
Wash
Yanix
Ore
Crow Agency
Blackfoot
Fort Peck
Pierre
5. D
Klamath
Standing Rock
N. G
Tongue River
CLEAR THE LAND OF SOONERS BY FORT SILL COMMAND
Captain Farrand Sayres with forty cavalrymen began a patrol to clear Wichita mountain land of unlawful intruders ahead of opening Kiowa and Comanche reservation. Government aims to end all so called sooners whether for mining or other methods. William A. Richards heads to Washington after arranging county seats and boundaries for reservations to be opened. London court hears case of Lily White suspected as Arthur Blatch charged with murder robbery and arson in Colchester in 1893.
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Sayers
Guthrie
Farrand Sayres
Fort Sill
Okt
War Department
Wichita Mountain
William A. Richards
General Land Office
Washington
London
Charles Lily White
United States
New Zealand
Arthur Blatch
Colchester
Cesex
England
Leeds
Pingree's Condition Serious
London reports Governor Fingree's physician notes a serious condition with dysentery unrelieved by strong drugs. The only hopeful signs are appetite returning and potential restoration of rationality, while Mrs. Pingree arrived in London and doctors remain cautiously optimistic.
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Pingree
London
Fingree
Iowa Takes Leases On Northern Lakes To Test Ownership
Iowa state authorities issue leases for several lakes in Wright and Hamilton counties to assert possession and test riparian claims. Rentals are nominal, with tests likely to lead to court battles over lake bed ownership amid prior drainage and grazing use. Reports also note a Manning area mad dog case prompting dog tying or muzzling for five weeks, with livestock losses around two hundred dollars.
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DHS Moiies
Iowa
Executive Council
Wright
Hamilton
Hamilton County
Iowa Lake
J. H. Moore
Des. Moines
Carroll County
Manning
William Merritt
Board of Health
Bellstedt Band Concerts Attract Growing Public Interest
The Pellstedt band of Cincinnati draws increasing attention as the month's music contract nears its close. Hear this popular group soon before engagements end on the 28th, with two performances daily, afternoon and evening, at reduced prices for the day concerts before they depart for Kansas City in July.
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Bellstedt Band
Pellstedt
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Local man committed to Clarinda asylum in 1900s council bluffs
John Short, 71, a familiar street character in Council Bluffs, was ordered committed to the state asylum at Clarinda by the commissioners for the insane. Police Chief Albro filed the information charging mental derangement, at the urging of Broadway business men troubled by his public preaching.
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Council Bluffs
Tung
John Short
Clarinda
Commissioners For
Short
Albro
Broadway
Petrified Head Found in Back Yard in Bonnier Indiana
Local banker Bonnier found a petrified human head while clearing wood in his back yard. The head resembled an Indian but no tribal member has been in the area for years, as far as is known.
Barn and Cribs Are Burned In Harlan Iowa Field
A fire at Daniel Loesbe’s barn south of Harlan destroyed the barn hay farm machinery horses and hogs and damaged the residence. In Des Moines George Downs a known thief was captured at Keokuk and will be taken to Clinton for trial after confessing membership in a regional gang active in Iowa and Illinois. The gang is linked to thefts of horses in several towns including Burlington Fort Madison Galesburg and others.
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Harlan
Daniel Loesbe
Bard
Des Moines
George Downs
Keokuk
Clinton
Iowa
Illinois
Ann Drewe
Burlington
Fort Madison
Galesburg
Pension Ends in the Pen in Hua Transgressions
At Fort Dodge Iowa on June 17 the U S court convicted John Boogs of drawing a pension under the false name John M Brown, fined 1590 and jailed six months from November 1 1900 Wealthy Pocahontas county farmer Boogs reportedly worth 10000 Also John Hanson convicted of stealing a registered letter with 2000 from a mail car in Hampton fined 1000 and four years in prison suspended on good behavior Ralph Spayde Garner pleaded guilty to taking mail not his own sentence suspended on good behavior
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Geta
Limbo
Fort Dodgh
United States
John Boogs
John M. Brown
Boogs
Pocahontas County
John Hanson
Hampton
Ralph Spayde
Garner
Love Pledges Reawakened and His Old Flame Made a Bride
Leadville reports a wedding upheaval as Miss Trene Wood eloped with C A Peterson. Miss Wood, a Leadville teacher, had planned to wed Jesse Tons in Aspen and Thomasville. Peterson, returning from Mount Etna, Ia, rushed to Leadville and pursued the match, prompting Wood to marry Peterson in Denver.
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Leadville
Colo
Trene Wood
Seventh Street
Jesse Tons
Aspen
Thomasville
Miss Wood
Iowa
Miss
Munle Day and Night to Hear Bellstedt Band in Omaha
The celebrated Bellstedt band plays a limited Omaha engagement as part of a month long contract with the Omaha Musical union nearing completion. Matinees offer reduced admission while the Cincinnati group tours Kansas City after Omaha. The act famously drew crowds at the 1898 Omaha expositions.
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Kansas City
Missionary Couple Appointed to India by Baptist Board
In Cedar Falls Iowa on June 17 the Baptist Board of Mission of the United States appointed Prof and Mrs A Loughridge of Marshall Texas as missionaries to India. They formerly resided here.
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Cedar Falls
Baptist Board of Mission of the United States
A. Loughridge
Marshall, Tex
India
Death by lemon extract tragedy shocks Seymour town
In Seymour near Ottumwa, Thomas and Lon Wade, brothers, drank 100 bottles of lemon extract and died within an hour in terrible agony highlighting a deadly perchance with illicit liquor.
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Ottumwa
Seymour
Thomas and
Lon Wade
Fremont Grain Elevator Tragedy Leaves One Dead
Frank Gunn, son of a prominent Fremont merchant, died after a blaze tore through the grain elevator owned by John Kennel. Firefighters battled flames for hours in the early hours of June 17.
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Fremont
Oskaloosa
Frank Gunn
John Kennele
Iowa plan to care for epileptics proposes new institution
State Board of Control weighs a dedicated facility for epileptics in Iowa. About 200 epileptic residents at Glenwood's institution for the feebleminded and nearly 306 others in insane hospitals would benefit from specialized treatment, separating epilepsy care from insanity care.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Glenwood
Counterfeit Shillings Grow in England’s Circulation
Full Weight Counterfeiters in England produce spurious silver shillings. Each coin uses genuine silver, yielding about half its nominal value in material. Previous fakes were cast in a mold. experts warn that with an engraver and die-sinker, detection would be hard and the fix would be larger coins with more weight.
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England
Pun on Caine Wins Hospital Fund Challenge
Reverend John Watson known as Ian Maclaren among Congregationalists dined with MP W. S. Caine who offered fifty pounds to the best pun on his name within five minutes. Watson seized the moment with Dont be in such a hurry Caine, highlighting alert stupidity in good humor.
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Maclaren
John Watson
Ian Maclaren
W. 5
Caine
Mr. Caine
Miracle cure for kidney trouble in Pike County farmer
Wm C B Sullivan of Velpen Indiana 49 a Pike County farmer and brother of ex Representative Sullivan suffered kidney trouble rheumatism and heart distress for two years He says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him in one month transforming him from crippled to able to work daily Also promotes Allen's Foot Basis for swollen feet and bunions with free samples and retailer ads
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Pike County
Velpen
Ind
Wm. C. B. Sullivan
Sullivan
Pike
Dubois Counties
Dodd
Indiana
Mr. Sullivan
Wonderful Geysers of Yellowstone Park Revel in Scenic Power
A descriptive travel piece extols Yellowstone National Park as unmatched in geysers and scenery. It notes Old Faithful and Giant geysers with their eruption schedules, praises the park's 33 geysers, and describes travel via Oregon Short Line from Monida to the park with stage coaches and nearby hotels offering affordable, extended stays.
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Yellowstone National Park
Alps
Himalayas
Yellowstone
Upper Basin
Oregon
Monida
Montana
East Lake City
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