Hungry office seekers gather for 1900 county races
The county plans for 1900 include a crowded contest for prosecuting attorney with Edwin B. Pugh favored to seek renomination, opposed by deputy John C. Ruckelshaug who may challenge him. Other names mentioned include N. Fitzgerald and Dr. A. W. Brayton for various posts, while sheriff and clerk positions attract preliminary interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Pugh
John Co. Ruckelshaug
Pugh
Rucksshaus
Han
N. Fitzgerald
R. GW. Nash
A. W. Brayton
Frank M. Hay
Colombian Rebels Spark Santander Uprising Amid Turbulence
Martial has been declared in Colombia as rebels of the liberal faction try to seize war minister Gen. as thief but the plan failed. Bogota believes the government can control the situation while forces under Gen. Hugo advance toward Santander. Bolivar revolutionaries blow bridges destroy roads cut telegraph lines and block river passage as authorities pursue them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sbanama
Colombia
Santander
Liberal Party
Bogota
Hugar
Santander. Yqs
Bolivar
Local City Hints at Wage Rethink Amid Crisis
Fragmentary OCR shows mayoral controversy and wage talk amid a city crisis. The text references Mayor Jones and a debate over essential living costs with figures around increased percentages and public concern.
Admiral Dewey Receives Washington Home Deed
Admiral George Dewey officially receives the title deed to his Washington home. He thanks the donors and the Dewey home fund committee and asks Assistant Secretary Van derlip to convey his heartfelt gratitude for their efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Admiral Dewey
George Dewey
Morphine Habit Said Rising Among Physicians
Dr. G D Crothers of Hartford testifies before the State medical association that 6 to 10 percent of physicians use morphine. He describes the users as largely younger or middle aged delusional therapeutists who rely on personal experience and overestimate drugs' power to bring a physical millenium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Medical Association
GC. D. Crothers
Hartford
Conn
Armies at the Cape British 88 thousand vs Boers fifty thousand
Col S J Sumner reports to the war secretary on South Africa forces. British totals include 12 046 regulars and 14 000 volunteers with 10 000 reinforcements already ordered and 62 458 contemplated. Boers estimated by British at not exceeding 10 000 though Gen Joubert cites 50 394.
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Washington
Col. S
Sumner
Unitied
London
South Africa
Transvaal
Joubert
Manila to host Filipino commission for prisoner release
General Otis will receive a five member Filipino commission in Manila to negotiate the release of sick Spanish prisoners. The Spanish gunboat Arayat, sunk in the Pasig river a year ago, has been raised and towed to Cavite and is only lightly damaged.
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Manila
Otis
Arayat
Pasig
Cavite
Alkhart Telephone Company Increases Capital Stock
The Alkhart telephone company has increased its capital stock from $23,000 to $50,000.
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The
Alkhart Telephone Company
City Markets Report from Indianapolis Provisions and Groceries
Indianapolis market notes list a wide range of provisions and groceries with detailed prices for smoked meats, canned goods, dry goods, fruits and vegetables, dairy and eggs, fish and oysters, seeds, hides, and drugs. It records unit prices by item such as hams, bacon, sausage, lard, potatoes, onions, apples, oranges, cranberries, pears, canned tomatoes, beans, corn, fish varieties, oysters, seeds like blue grass and rye, and chemicals including alcohol and morphine.
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Indianapolis
California
Ilse
Cottage
C. Hamlets
Indiana
Tierces
Messina
Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire A
Windsor
Lion
Jersey
Marion
Johnson
Glencoe Battle Report Inconclusive Despite Victory Claim
London dispatch reports the Glencoe battle last Friday as inconclusive. Boer forces surrounded General Yule and exhausted his ability to hold the city while he failed to capture all Boer guns. Losses not listed but the outcome is disputed. COLUMBUS dispatch notes Prof. Mendenhall arguing Britain has no claim to Alaska BC and that the US should hold the territory. Will discharge Mary Zwissler from guardianship of Bertha Smith at the blind institute and return the girl to Virginia as supervision changes.
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London
Glencoe
Yule
Columbus, CO
T. C. Mendenhall
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alaska
British Columbia
Ohio State University
England
America
Walker
Mary J. Zwissler
Bertha Smith
Blind Institute
Virginia
Supt
Wilson
Blind Asylum
Smith
Widow of Stonewall Jackson in need of aid in Charlotte
Mrs Stone wall Jackson widow of the famed Confederate general is destitute near blindness and suffering from an incurable disease at her Charlotte home. The Daughters of the Confederacy and the Confederate veterans association have appealed for relief funds with one chapter already raising seven hundred dollars.
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Raleigh
N. C
Stonewall Jackson
Charlotte
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
American Newsman Easton Believed Prisoner Denied
U.S. consul MacCrum reports from Pretoria that Easton is not imprisoned by the Boers. The young American newspaper man is at the front with Boer forces and treated well, contrary to earlier reports.
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Eaton
Washington
U.S
MacCrum
Pretoria
State Department
Easton
Paris duel editor sparks 12 duels in 32 hours
Henri Rochefort, the Dreyfus editor, arranged to fight 12 duels in 32 hours provoking outrage from Vrenen duelists. He had already fought 21 on the field of honor and planned to begin at midnight with hourly clashes until noon, but the duel carnival was halted by his rivals' indignation.
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Paris
Henri Rotheford
Dreyfus
Vrenen
Rochefort
TATTLING WIRES AND GLOBAL EVENTS IN BRIEF
A collage of brief items reports Yellow jack dying out at Key West, the Rio Grande rampage, Bryan resuming Nebraska campaign, three central Pennsylvania forest fires, 500 German families to settle in Mexico, a $1,000,000 cement plant planned for Prospect Hill in St Louis, and Col Plumer defeating the Boers at Rhodes. Also notes train collision injuries in Undercliff Pennsylvania, nurse Miss Russell to join Canadian troops, 5,000 more troops to South Africa from London, Dando elected president of Bolivia, Moody revival thieves in New York, death of Geo Seaver near Buffalo, a Philadelphia man’s suicide to avoid arrest for wife beating, Lord Pauncetote seated in House of Lords, tarantula escape in Chicago, nurse Mrs Wiza Moore nearly dead in St Louis, and ship crew murders on the Drot. An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters and a laundry service.
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Yellow Jack
Key West
Rio Grande River
Bryan
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Prospect Hill
St. Louis
Col
Plumer
Rhodes
Undercliff
London
South Africa
Bridgman
Bolivia
Dando
New York
Geo. Seaver
Pueblo
Buffalo
N. Y
John Denhboskey
Philadelphia
Pauncetote
United States
House of Lords
Chicago
Wiza Moore
Maurice Anderson
Gudman Thomassen
Charleston
Max Hoffman
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Tapestry
Brussels
D. Sommers & Co
East Washington Street
Stevenson Building
Steel Range
Jones
Dri Wood
Dewey
Crothers
Cape
City Markets
Timothy
Kentucky
W. S
Perfection, Inc
New York State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Springs
Brazil
Island City
Paragon
Jackson
Pittsburg
Winifrede
Raymond
Blossb
Kanawhea
Pocahontas
Mullah
Bombay
Swat
Rajputana
Miss Russell
Hamilton
Enterprise Steam Laundry
Yspepsia
E. C. DeWitt &Co
Isasy
Columbia Phonograph Co
Reliable Furniture & Carpet Company
Tlinois Street
the Reliable Furniture) & Carpet Company
South Umnets St
Fae
Regan
Sige Earad
Sted
Lee Washington Beaver
Selig Dry Goods CO
South Illinois Street
Indianapolis Brewing Co
Nonnegut's
Vonnegut-Hardware CO
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