Territorial government honors mark Arizona capital dedication
The 38th anniversary of Arizona territorial government was celebrated with the dedication of Phoenix as the new capital, Governor Murphy presiding. Mention mentions enteric fever statistics for British troops in South Africa, zircon and opal densities, and a note on Pope Leo XIII reorganizing his bodyguard from eighty to 340.
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South Africa
Arizona
Phoenix
Murphy
Leo XIII
Vatican
Pata gonia islands offer timber and minerals
The Pata gonia archipelago is densely forested and could yield vast timber. Mountain ranges, similar to Chile and Peru, may harbor mineral resources. A Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste. Marie train was delayed an hour by Russian thistles blown onto the track, snagging on fences as snow drifts do in cuts.
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Patagonia
Chile
Peru
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Sault Ste. Marie
King of Italy Secures Monte Cristo Island for Hunting
The Italian king has acquired Monte Cristo, six miles across, as a hunting ground. Abundant fur and feather animals include wild boar, wild goat, moufflon, hare, and pheasant. As Prince of Naples he hunted there when the island belonged to Marquis de Ginori-Lesci.
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Italy
Monte Cristo
Dumas
Naples
Marquis de Ginori-Lesci
Milner dies in Milford after loss of Confederate bonds
Colonel James G. Milner once assistant secretary of the Confederate Navy died in Milford Ohio on Tuesday. He kept a trunk with a million dollars in Confederate bonds and money. His wife died three weeks earlier at age 80, and Milner, aged 83, died shortly after with friends covering burial costs.
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James G. Milner
Milford
Milner
Galveston Board Plans Oil Spread to Fight Mosquitos
The Galveston board of health will distribute Beaumont crude oil to combat mosquitos. Oil will be used in stagnant pools and gutters and provided free to cistern owners. Experiments show crude oil as a sanitary measure and petroleum water as healthful for drinking.
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Board of Health
Galveston
Beaumont
Arizona horses seized for German army use
German agents scour Arizona for horses to supply the army. They recently closed deals with northern and central ranchers for several hundred head and plan to buy more. The Arizona range horse is prized for hard campaigning with excellent blood, widely preferred by U S army buyers over other regions. Prices have risen as demand has drained ranges, with army buyers paying 25 to 55 dollars for horses aged three to five years.
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Arizona
Pennsylvania proposes birth of bachelor reform through $100 license
Pennsylvania lawmakers consider a bill by Representative Roth that would require a male citizen over forty seeking a marriage license to pay $100 to the clerk of courts. The money would fund homes for women over forty without marriage prospects or means. The law would be irrevocable, with repeal only by consent of the women housed in the establishments.
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Pennsylvania
Roth
Lehigh
Negro Population Grows Faster in the United States
The negro population increases since 1890 total 13.78 percent by the 1900 census, reaching 8,500,000 with a gain of 1,029,960. This marks the largest rise since 1790, second only to the 1880 increase of 1,700,784.
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United States
Bryan and third party movement in American politics
The piece argues Mr. Bryan should not be overestimated in relation to a Kansas City third party movement. It suggests his influence could reshape Southern Democratic splits and predicts he would join or lead a broader anti-Democratic coalition if the movement survives. It also notes Bryan’s potential to become a third party figure aligned with Populists and socialists, while southern Democrats weigh losing Populist allies.
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Kansas City
Mr. Bryan
South
North
Democratic Party
Tillman
Missouri
Champ Clark
Pike County
New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Vike Pitt
Clark
Joe Bailey
Gainesville
Constitution
Bailey
United States
Sense
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Clark
Pike
William Jennings Bryan
Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
Judge Taft Letter Praises Civil Service in Philippines
The article notes Judge Taft's letter to Mr. Foulke of Indianapolis praising the civil service system in the Philippines as explicit and gratifying, highlighting its clear stance and implications. It frames the civil service as a model of reform and efficiency in the colonial administration.
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Philippine Civil Service
Taft
Foulke
Indianapolis
Philippines
Telluride strike ends with written agreement and resumed mine work
Denver reports a settlement ending the Telluride strike at the Smuggler-Union mine. A written memorandum, signed by Smuggler-Union Mining Company, Local Union No. 63, and officials, set terms including non-discrimination, access to surface property, curbing illicit liquor sales, and contract practices with payments pegged to three dollars per shift. The accord, reached after a July 4 inquiry and July 6 signing at Telluride, ends days of tension and ensures return to operation at once.
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Telluride
Union
Orman
Pennsylvania Avenue
State House
D. C. Coates
Theron Stevens
Ouray
Colo
James KB. Orman
Colorado
Citizens’ Committee
T. J. Sullivan
O. M. Carpenter
Arthur L. Collins
A. D
Smuggler-Union Mining Company
Local Union No. 63
Western Federation of Miners
County of
San Miguel
Marshall Basin
J. H. Murphy
Jacob Fillius
No. 63
San Miguel County
State of
Opening Oklahoma Indian Reservations Proclaimed for Settlement
Washington, July 8. President McKinley proclaims the opening of lands ceded by Wichita and affiliated bands and by Comanche Kiowa and Apache to settlement in Oklahoma. Lands not reserved will open at 9 am August 6 under homestead laws. Registration starts July 26 at Reno and Lawton land offices. sample order by drawing to determine entry during first sixty days. Soldiers and sailors may use an agent. one agent per soldier.
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Washington
McKinley
Territory of
Oklahoma
United States
Reno
Lawton
el Reno
United States Land Office
Morrison Sentenced in Manslaughter Case at Eldorado
Jessie Morrison, convicted of second degree manslaughter in the murder of Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle on June 22, 1900, received a five year penitentiary sentence with hard labor. She faced immediate transfer to Lansing as Judge Aikman denied motions for a new trial, postponement, and arrest of judgment. The court adjourned to September for filing a bill of exceptions and an appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Sessile Morrison
New York Suffered Heat Crisis Driving Insanity and Death
New York endured a record heat week with over a thousand direct deaths and triple the prostrations. Insanity cases rose as people faced extreme heat. a mother in a deranged state threw her three children into the river and herself afterward, two children survived. Dead horses clogged streets, and tenements became intolerable with residents seeking relief on fire escapes and roofs while nights brought crowds to parks and piers to sleep outdoors.
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New York
Debarment of Gift Periodicals Hits Second-Class Mail
Washington July 8 Postmaster General Smith announces removal of many periodicals relying on gift schemes guessing contests or low subscriptions from second class mail. New rules set 8 cents a pound for such publications while prior 1 cent rate applied. Second-class items now nearly three quarters of mail weight, yielding under 4 million dollars yearly against total postal revenue over 110 million.
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Washington
Smith
Great Educator Le Conte Dies in Yosemite
Professor Le Conte of the University of California died in Yosemite valley from heart failure during a brief outing. He was among the university’s oldest instructors with a national reputation in philosophy history and the sciences.
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San Francisco
le Conte
University of California
Yosemite Valley
Colorado notes a busy year with rail and road growth
Dr Cherrie and associates plan a ten ton ice plant in Canon City. The Idalia hotel in Arapahoe county burns. Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs adopts European plan. A fifth Denver post office sub station opens on Capitol Hill with three new carriers. Moffat dies at Goshen aged eighty two. Westcliffe and Silver Cliff debut on D R G line. Pueblo hosts state fair horticulture chief Ms Shute. Mastodon tooth found during basement excavation in Denver. Electric railway franchise under consideration in El Paso county. Bundled reports from Columbus Ohio grant Colorado councils. death penalty law takes effect July 1. Fourth of July injuries flood in. heat records in Pueblo. Manzanoha safe robbed July 4. Carl Hahn invents liquid air powered machine. Diamond Peak ore rush near Colorado border. Armstrong declared insane. Parker lightning fatal. Castle Rock dispatch reports Hebrick killed by lightning. Hathaway quarry victim struck by lightning. county assessor’s horses killed by lightning.
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Westcliffe
Silver Cliff
M. A. Shute
State Board of Horticulture
Pueblo
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Fourteenth and
Lawrence Streets
Denver
el Paso County
Colorado City
Garde of the Gods
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Council
United Commercial Travelers
Trinidad and
Grand Council of Colorado
Ouray
Hupps and Lindquist
Gunnison
W. F. Bailey
Colorado Midland
Rand, McNally & Co
Chicago
American Microscopical Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
H. A. Buchtel
University of Denver
J. W. Mitchell
St. Mary’s Hospital
McKinley
Colorado
Perry Hobkirk
del Norte
David C. Fleming
Sterling
Charles B. Timberlake
Manzahola
Thomas F. Armstrong
Franktown
Douglas County
Armstrong
Castle Rock
Hackett
Parker
Here
Raymond
Hebrick
Hathaway
Mary Haley
Taylor
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Elgin
Islands
Kipling
Manila
Colorado Notes
Carl Hahn
Colorado Fuel and Ir Company
Diamond Peak
Cache la Poudre
Big Laramie
Wyoming
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