Armistice Declared in Cuba Amid Civil Conflict
Havana reports a ten day armistice between revolutionistas and Palma factions to foster peace talks. Insurgents agree to withdraw if demands are addressed, including new elections and reforms to election laws and municipal councils. Colonel Asbart was attacked by government troops. one rebel killed, three wounded. War powers dispute over Rurales and officers desertion referenced.
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Scripps News Association
Havana
Revolutionista
Palma
Liberal Party
Asbart
Bosea
Witness Puter testifies in Mays land fraud trial at Spokane
Portland dispatch reports S A D Puter, jailed for a separate sentence, took the stand as a government witness. He said Mays acted as his attorney locating fifty seven Linn county claims and later partnered to locate seventeen cascade reservation claims. Puter said he paid Senator Mitchell $2000 in Washington to secure patents Marty Bingar Hermann had blocked.
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Scripps News Association
Portland
S. A
D. Puter
Mays
Linn County
Cascade Reservation
Mitchell
Washington
General Land Office
Bingar Hermann
Fire destroys Santa Fe depot. two killed in San Bernardino
Fire at a Santa Fe depot in San Bernardino kills a conductor named F M Er, a waitress Pricilla, and Harvey Houss. The blaze also destroys the depot and much mail.
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Scripps News Association
San Bernardino
Cal
F. M. Er
Santa Fe
Pricilla
Harvey Houss
Engines for Panama bids opened for locomotives and rails
Bids opened by the canal commissioner for forty Mogul locomotives and five thousand tons of steel rails for the Isthmus. Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia submitted the lowest bid at 457,600 dollars for engines delivered at Colon. Rails bid came from a steal trust subsidiary, the bid being high but possibly accepted.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Isthmus
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Colon
Steal Trust
Fairbanks Starts Chicago Visit En Route to Irrigation Talks
Vice President Fairbanks arrives in Chicago after Boise Idaho's irrigation congress and will spend the day with his son before heading to Indianapolis for two weeks. He then returns to Colorado to advance government irrigation plans.
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Scripps News Association
Chicago
Fairbanks
National Irrigation Congress
Boise Idaho
Indianapolis
Colorado
Kennel Show Opens in Honolulu Under Hawaiian Kennel Club
The annual beach kennel show opens in Honolulu under the Hawaiian Kennel Club with a large American colony turnout. American Kennel Club official Mr Vredenburgh attends as secretary treasurer and plans to sail back September 12 after a special Hawaii visit.
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Scripps News Association
Honolulu
Hawaiian Kennel Club
A Private Soldier Now a Governor
Captain Comelius Smith of the 14th Cavalry promoted to governor of Dacas Mindano after the death of Vice Lieutenant Bolton. Smith rose from trooper in sixteen years. Moros killed Bolton and triggered the transfer.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Comelius Smith
Calvary
Dacas Mindano
Bolton
Moros
Walthall's Brigade Reunion Held in Oxford
Survivors of Walthall's brigade gather in Oxford Mississippi for the annual reunion. City hosts a barbecue and Brunswick stew at the Public Park with expected attendance around three thousand visitors from surrounding districts.
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Serigra
Oxford
Miss
Walthall
Brunswick
Complete destruction of family at Bell mining camp
Mrs J R Bell was cooking breakfast when an oil stove caught fire. Water added caused an explosion that detonated five cans of dynamite, killing Mrs Bell her husband a son and two daughters. Six neighbors were badly hurt.
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Scripps News Association
Birmingham
Ala
Bell
J. R. Bell
Stevens 10 Drive Graft at Panama Exposé Sparks Resignations
Chief Engineer Stev F. B. Thomas ordered a stocktake and bar to rehabs without full accounting. Expenditures tied to grafts prompt layoffs as twenty-one workers quit, demanding higher wages and better conditions while replacements at low pay fail to satisfy.
Reports Say Battling Nelson Dead Causes Market Stir
In New York on September 6 private dispatches claimed Battling Nelson had died from injuries from the Gans Nelson fight. The stock exchange halted trading briefly. Later Goldfield dispatches said Nelson left for Chicago with his father Nolan. his face swollen but no serious injuries.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Battling Nelson
Stock Exchange
Goldfield
Nelson
Chicago
Nolan
Sacramento Picked For Fifteenth National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento California has been selected as the meeting place for the fifteenth national irrigation congress. Boise Idaho was noted in the announcement as a prior consideration.
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Scripps News Association
Boise
Idaho
Sacramento
Calfornia
National Irrigation Congress
Bryan to Tour Panama and South America After Election
W J Bryan plans a post election tour to Panama and South America. He also visited the State fair grounds where his stock was on display.
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Scripps News Association
Lincoln Neb
W. J. Bryan
Panama
South America
State Fair
Outcry Over Slayings and Slavery of Filipino Christians
Washington reports a massacre where sixteen so called Christan Filipinos were slain by relatives and their women and children sold into slavery. The incident raises national alarm over violence and human trafficking in the region.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
College Men Ready Putney Eng Sept 9 Boat Race Interest
Harvard crews finish hard training at Putney England as September 9 approaches. Conditions deemed perfect with boat race drawing unusual interest and even batting among competitors.
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Scripps News Association
Putney
Eng
Harvard
Frisco Car Wheels In Motion
San Francisco resumes streetcar service after ten days as nearly all cars run and riders crowd streets. An arbitration committee is expected to be announced today and workers agree to arbitrate all disputes. United Railway Co says it will employ all imported strike breakers, with many already hired as trackmen.
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Scripps News Association
San Francisco
United Railway Company
Interstate Cotton Committee To Rule On Inquiry Report
Hot Springs Arkansas September 6 The Interstate Executive Committee of the Southern Cotton Association gathers for a three day session with all members present. The group will review the Gorton Inquiry report and discuss recommending a minimum cotton price for the next season. Philadelphia September 6 Sagar North of Collingwood is arraigned for alleged involvement in the Real Estate and Trust Company collapse. District attorney seeks evidence as he cites over five million dollars stolen.
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Scripps News Association
Hot Springs
Ark
The
Southern Cotton Association
Gorton
Philadelphia
Sagar
Collingwood
Wall Street Shocks Surge on Shaw Gold Order
On September 6 stocks jumped amid Secretary Shaw's order advancing gold against imports. The surprise move saved speculators from losses as insiders booked solid gains. In Spokane photographers gather for the Pacific Northwest convention with major exhibits and equipment on view. Memphis Realty Trust closes with reported liabilities and assets, amid alleged past mismanagement. Washington comptroller demands bank condition reports due by Sept. 14.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Memphis, Tenn
the Realty Trust Company
W. J. Smith
Republican platform supports law excluding Japanese
The Republican state convention platform and resolutions urge passage of a law excluding Japanese. It endorses the administration of both state and national affairs.
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Scripps News Association
Santa Cruz, Gal
Gillett Defeats Pardee for Governor Nomination in First Ballot
In California politics, James N. Gillatt defeats Governor George Pardee for the Republican renomination on the first ballot by 519 to 253 as part of a contested state convention. Gillatt, a two term Congressman, is long tied to the party and GOP interests. Santa Cruz reports Mayor Schmitz will not seek governor, citing intent to block further conventions. Jefferson City notes Governor Folk’s illness worsens as doctors report fever and limited improvement.
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George Pardee
James N. Gillatt
Gillett
California
Scripps News Association
Santa Cruz
Schmitz
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Spokane
Scripps Mews Association
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Northwest
Photographers’ Association of the
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