Pointer Turf King Star Pointer Goes Mile In 1 59 ¼
Chicago stallion Star Pointer, backed by a runner, sped eight thousand spectators Readville Mass to a record breaking mile in 1 59 ¼. McClary’s pacer split quarters near 2:00 and 1:57 overall, with the Brand stand watches near equal to the event time. Rival owner C W W Marks noted the mile may have been faster, his watch reading about a fifth of a second over.
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Chicago
Star Pointer
Jon
Readville Mass
Mclory
Sevead
Ithe
Poitier
McClary
C. W W. Marks
Pointer
World Wheat Shortage Estimated by Hungarian Ministry
The Hungarian ministry of agriculture reports an exceptionally light world harvest. It puts total wheat yield at 578,780,000 metric hundredweight with annual needs at 655,150,000, forecasting a 60,800,000 hundredweight shortage for 1897 and 1898 and a large overall deficit across rye barley oats and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Agriculture
Turkey
Egypt
Ustralia
Austria-Hungary
India
Argentina
Canada
Storm at Chicago picnic kills one injures eleven
A severe storm struck a Woodlawn Chicago picnic ground Saturday, demolishing the dancing pavilion where hundreds of Oath Abstinence Union members sought shelter. One person died instantly and eleven were injured. officials fear more may die as rescue work continues.
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Wood “Parl
Chicago
Cand
Union
Brown
Irrigation Congress to Convene in Lincoln September
The sixth National Irrigation Association call announces the sixth annual Irrigation Congress to meet in Lincoln Nebraska on September 28 with representation from state commissions, five delegates at large per listed states, three delegates at large for others, and delegates from irrigation and agricultural societies. Honorary members include foreign representatives, U S senators and representatives, and state governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuinceln
Sixth
National Irrigation Association
Irrigation Congress
Lincoln
Neb
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Soull
Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Societies of Engineers
Boards of Trade
Commercial Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Texan to Demonstrate Will Power in 120 Day Fast
J. 8. Cannaday of Waco Texas is conducting a 120 day fasting experiment. He has not taken nourishment for ten days and will abstain from tobacco and water for sixty days before fasting completely for the remainder. He travels from Virginia and is described as emaciated and weak yet claiming no craving for food. Critics warn death by starvation may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannaday
Waco
Texas
Mr. Cannaday
Virginia
Spanish Army Plight in Havana Strains Island Economy
Hospitals overflow with 4000 Spanish soldiers in Havana and other cities. About 2000 men are returned monthly to Spain as incapacitated. For the week ending August 12 death rate reached 90 per 1000. War effort stalls, soldiers unpaid, fear and despair spread among Spanish, Cuban populations. Insurgents mostly inactive, small groups scavenging for provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyner
Banka
Havana
Spain
Founders in a Typhoon Japanese Steamer Foundered
A Shanghai dispatch reports the Japanese steamer Cheang Hy Etong, Captain Scott, from Penang to Japan, foundered in a typhoon off the Malay Peninsula. Twenty-one crew members perished, including Captain Scott who shot himself as the ship sank. Eleven survivors endured exposure in open boats for five days under the tropical sun with no water.
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Shanghai
Scott
Penang
Arrea Island
Strait of Malacca
Malay Peninsula
Japan
Cincinnati Chosen for Next Grand Army Encampment
The G A R selected Cincinnati as the site for the next national encampment by a vote of 526 to 214 over San Francisco. Separately, ships commenced Alaska service with the Rosalie sailing from Seattle to Skagway carrying passengers and supplies for miners, while Moonlight departed with lumber and sixty passengers. A large fire at Kansas City Car and Foundry Co caused extensive damage insured at 450000, and an Irish dynamite attack hit the Laneborough post office, destroying its front with no injuries.
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Grand Army
Ohio City
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cincinnat
San Francisco
Alaska
Rosalie
Seattle
Skagway
Moonlight
Kansee City
Kansas City Car and Foundry Company
Armour Finterests
Trade Weekly Review Notes Broad Upturn in Prices
Bradstreet's Weekly Review reports the general trade situation improving with price advances across staples led by front and steel. Lead soft coal and wheat rise despite minor reactions. Wheat's export strength is the strongest since US became a major exporter, with bread prices likely to climb beyond this week's gains. Further gains are noted for wheat four corn oats lard potatoes butter eggs beans cheese leaf tobacco wool and livestock. Leather hides lumber and linseed oil also higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
United States
Work of tramp steamers crowds St Michaels with destitute gold seekers
Complaints reach the treasury that many Klondike bound men land at St Michaels without provisions or funds. Regular steamers refuse nonpaying parties, while some tramp lines ship anyone who pays. A growing crowd near St Michaels grows dependent on charity for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michaela
Treasury Department
Klondike
St. Michaels
Sagasta on Cuba and Philppines Autonomy Hint
Spanish liberal leader Sagasta warns Cuba situation grows worse daily and says autonomy may be applied there. He believes liberals will gain power sooner and notes Carlists await a government misstep to rise, signaling potential upheaval in Spain and its colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagasta
Ile
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Don Carlos
Lost Rich Ore Shocks City of Mexico Shipments
Two thousand pounds of rich ore belonging to Gold Lake Mining Company disappeared after shipment to City of Mexico. Ex Governor Swineford of Wisconsin led the firm, with C M Archibald as the company representative. Efforts began to recover the ore value from the steamship line. A separate report states Lexington distillery assets sold to a New York syndicate to cap whisky output, a deal valued around sixteen million dollars impacting Kentucky’s distillery industry.
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Wlsnconsin Company
City of Mexico
Gold Lake Mining Company
Swineford
Wisconsin
City of
Mexico
C. M. Archibald
Stepa
William ‘Tarr
Lesington
New York Syndicate
Kentucky
War indemnity settlement proposals from Salisbury
Lord Salisbury proposes a joint guarantee by Great Britain France and Russia for the indemnity loan to Turkey with revenues earmarked for payment. Spain hints at Cuba end game. Premier Azcarraga says US demonstration would be avoided while Spain would do its duty. Justice Spitz rules slot machines not gambling devices and frees proprietors in Kansas City. Stillwater plaza loss tops 75000 after Florence flour mill and depot fire. flames started by spontaneous combustion. Shaw heads the Poreaters lodge in Denver. Joshua Ay Shay of New York elected supreme chief.
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Lord Salisbury
Turkey
Greece
Great Britain
France
Russia
Spain
Azcarraga
Cuba
United States
Justice Spitz
Kansas City
Stillwater
Florence
Omaha
Shaw
Supreme Lodge
Prestera of America
Iisession
Denver
Joshua Ay Shay
New, York
Chiek Tagan
Aeronauts fatally hurt in Toledo balloon accident
Walter Steele of Columbus and Leroy Northcott of St Johns perished in Toledo after a parachute failed during a 2000 foot descent from one of four balloon ascents. Steele broke bones on impact. Northcott suffered fatal burns as the balloon caught fire during inflation.
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Walter Steele
Leroy Northcott
Toledo
Ohio
Columbus
Che
Sleeto
Forey
Leroy Northath
St. Johns
Mich
Populist Call Postponed After St Louis Meeting
The Populist state center committee of Kansas delays issuing a national convention call for Populists Socialists and allied groups until after the St Louis meeting. The committee hopes the broader gathering will gain stronger support from miners and attract participants from all states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
St. Louis
State Centre Committee
King
Chicago Couple Shot by Dunker at Forty-Third Street
Arthur Storey and his wife were shot at their Chicago apartment by H. Dunker, a barber who had boarded with them. Dunker escorted Mrs. Storey to a theater, then returned with Storey for a quarrel during which two shots were fired. Storey was wounded in the groin and Mrs. Storey in the spine. both were taken to hospital with little hope for recovery.
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Storey
Fall from scaffold kills contractor and wounds crew at Reel Island UL
A fall from a third story scaffold on a new building at Reel Island UL sent C J W Schreiner contractor W J Willis bricklayer John Lowe and Joe Crudup hod carrier to the stone sidewalk. Willis died within ten minutes. Schreiner suffered severe injuries and bleeding. Lowe and Crudup were badly bruised. All believed to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reel Island
C.J. W. Schreiner
W. J. Willis
John Lowe
Joe Crudup
Willis
Selreiner
Lowe
Crudup
Tts
Suspected Murderer Arrested in Garden City
August Karker of Owosso Minh is held in Garden City Kansas awaiting sheriff’s order for Paso County Colorado. Photo taken. Suspect linked to death found on Pike’s Peak. Salvador adopts gold basis after silver slump prompts emergency session and congressional action.
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August Karker
Owosso
Minh
Garden City
Kan
Pike’s Peak
Salvador
Congress
Gutierrez
Freight Trains Collide on Southern Railway West of Eden
A heat end collision occurred on the Southern Railway fourcles west of Eden involving freight train No. 46 from Atlanta and an extra freight. Both engines suffered severe damage and ten cars were wrecked.
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Southern Railway
Fourcles
Eden
Ala
Atlanta
Chicago cattle and other market quotes from the era
The page lists assorted regional market prices for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grains and dairy. Cattle ranges reach from $2.50 to $8.00, hogs $3.00 to $5.50, and sheep $2.50 to $4.50, with wheat, corn, oats, rye, butter, and eggs given in No. 2 grades and regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cincinnati
Sic
Detroit
Harley
New York
Ready to Open Mines With Imported Labor
Plans approved to employ imported labor along the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Agreements with local companies aim to coordinate operations, consolidate assets, and begin shifting workers to mines in the district. Details on timing and exact sites remain undisclosed as protection and government factors influence coal production.
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Vpitisburge Diatelek Finge
Asdinon
Wheeling
Paltitene
Ohio Riilroad
Toneh
Harairome
Ottieils
Lus Eal Ponds
Witishbuesg
Theesto
Milton
Hise
Baltimore
Phese
New Grand Army of the Republic Commander-In-Chief Elected
Brevet Brigadier John T. S. Ceabin of Lebanon Pa is chosen as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army at Buffalo. A prominent Pennsylvania politician, ex-state senator and Senate president, he served in the Seventh Pennsylvania Infantry and the Nineteenth Army Corps in the Civil War era. Cincinnati was selected for the encampment. San Francisco and others trailed in voting.
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Senate
Ife
Seventh Pennsylvania Infantry
Nineteenth Army Corps
Ned Waver
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Cincinmag
Sime Myoneisen
Mie Vole
Cinulwiti
San Pranciaco
Farmers' Increased Receipts Spark Costly Bloom for Farm Sector
Secretary Brigham of the Agricultural Department predicts American farmers will total about 500,000,000 more in receipts this year than last. He argues higher farm prices will lift demand for labor as farmers pay debts, invest, and spend on supplies, creating jobs at fair wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aegister
Brigham
Agericulural Department
Ling
Col
Notable British Nobility and Relatives Mark Milestones
The Duke of Northumberland reaches eight decades in October and Prince Victor Napoleon just completed his 86th year in Brussels during a family gathering on Avenue Louise. A Nelson-era bullet survived in a crystal locket, and a park bourse porter who died left about $50,000 after thirty years at $240 yearly, implying gains from speculative ventures.
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Duke of Northumberland
England
Prince Victor Nipoleon
Brussels
Hia Boted
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Laneborough
Longford
Ireland
Benner
Aggault
Senchas
Belleville
Atoni Mont
Gays Willan
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Ally
Gobin
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