Washington News on Alger Resignation and War Department Shuffle
The President accepts Secretary Alger’s resignation effective soon. Navy orders include test issues for new rifle guns. Manila plant plans cost 230 and 400 for plant and machinery. Dewey cables from Trieste. congress discusses gold standard and Alaska boundary. Rumors fly about a new War Secretary with Horace Porter and Meiklejohn as likely candidates.
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Alger
Manila
Washington
Rocky Mountain News
Horace Porter
Paris
Porter
Elihna Root
War Department
New York
Root
Griggs
Department of Justice
Eruption of Mokuaweoweo Brightens Hawaii Volcano Scene
Report from Hille dated July 8 via San Francisco notes Mokuaweoweo on Mauna Loa erupting after years of dormancy. Two lava fountains reach hundreds of feet, creating three lava flows heading toward the sea, with Kilauea and other routes affected. George Paty, a long-time observer, calls this the most extensive outbreak yet and forecasts a long siege as crowds flood in and steamship traffic rises.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Mokuaweowee
Volcano House
Pele
Mauna Loa
Kilauea
George Paty
Chicago Platform Democrats Hold Silver Altgeld Anti-Trust Meeting
Over 4,000 people packed the Auditorium in Chicago for a Platform Democrats gathering. Speakers largely backed 16 to 1 policies and Philippine independence, with Bryan urging Luzon to follow Cuba in American principles. The event honored Altgeld era factions, drawing many local party adherents and national committee members.
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Chicago
Chicago Platform Democrats
Stone
Missouri
Philippine Islands
Bryan
Luzon
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Aitgeld
National Committee
Epworth League Opens International Convention in Indianapolis
In Tomlinson hall and the Epworth tent Indianapolis hosts the opening session of the Epworth League convention attended by about 10 000 people with 4000 delegates and 500 southern negro delegates mingling with brother leaguers. O P Fitzgerald of Nashville representing the M E Church South gives an address. Night sessions occur at the tent Tomlinson hall and the opera house drawing crowds as evening trains bring more delegates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tomlinson Hall
O. P. Fitzgerald
Nashville
Tennessee
M. *. Church
South
Opera House
Storms Easing Yet Floods Persist in Manila Area
War Department dispatch from Manila dated July 22 notes storms continue with barometer rising signaling improving weather. July rainfall averages are cited, with twenty days closed at 41 inches, causing widespread flooding. Outposts suffer, communications partially cut, but sickness unchanged and telegraph links to San Fernando Bacoor and other points remain. OTIS
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War Department
Manila
San Fernando
Bacor
Otis
German Cities Light Plants Embrace Municipal Ownership
Strasburg July 21 The empire official statistics show 13 percent of German cities operate municipal electric light plants. Among cities over 10 000 population 120 of 517 own plants, over 25 percent. In 2700 smaller cities 300 or 11 percent are municipally owned.
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Strasburg
Empire
Germany
Dewey Hosts Officials on Olympia Trip in Trieste
Admiral Dewey dines aboard the Olympia in Trieste with Minister Harris and officers. Harris to Vienna may follow. Dewey plans calls on Austrian officials, Emperor Francis Joseph, and a Tyrol rest phase. Brumby notes Dewey’s restraint. Dewey praises firing rate and ship speed in Manila engagement.
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Austria
Dewey
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Bruimaby
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Count Goss
Austria-Hungary
Addison C. Harris
Admiral Dewey
McKinley
Manila
Leutenant
Brumby
Dewer
O °Mpla
Bay of
Francis Joseph
Ingersoll Dies Suddenly at Country Home
Robert G. Ingersoll, famed lawyer and infidel, died at his country home in Dobbs Ferry at 1:30 PM. Born August 11, 1833 in Dresden, New York, his career spanned law, oratory, and notable public controversies including defending the Star Route case and supporting James G. Blaine in 1876.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
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New York
West
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Wisconsin
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Peoria
Ilinois
Eleventh Illinois Cavalry
James G. Blaine
Ingersoll
Longshore Strike Causes Major Freight Delays in New York
On July 22 the Longshoremen's strike halted nine miles of freight cars loaded with perishables around New York and Jersey City. Decayed vegetables and fruits were ordered not to be delivered, crippling commission merchants citywide. Strikers persist in demands while railroads hire replacements amid several assaults on non union workers.
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New York
Jersey City
Health Department
Big Tax Proposed on Texas Pistol Dealers
The Texas state tax commission drafted a bill to tax each dealer in pistols or concealed firearms $500 annually. The measure aims to curb carry and could be considered by the special session of the Legislature in November.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Tax Commission
The Complete Angler and Counterfeiting Shortfalls
The prose blends a playful verse about fishing in April June and a serious note on counterfeiting. The Secret Service uncovered a band of counterfeiters and seized bogus bills, while a claim highlights Hostetters Stomach Bitters as superior for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation with many imitators but none equal.
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Secret Service
Hostetter
Pneumatic Leg Offers Inflatable Artificial Limb
A hollow rubber chamber forms the leg with a wood framework and rubber-faced ankle joint allowing humanlike movement. The device can be inflated like a pneumatic tire and is now available.
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New York Journal
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