Long Arkansas River Length and Timber Shipping Rule
The Arkansas river spans 2 170 miles but narrows at points along its course. A British port restriction bars timber deckloads from October 31 to April 16. Emile Zola rejects a 100 000 offer for three books amid reflections on past hardship. Bermuda’s receiving ship Terror, an 1856 Crimean war iron floating battery, sees a quiet career off Bermuda for forty four years.
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Arkansas
Emile Zola
Paris
Bermuda
Naval Club
Master financier heir to rise like his father
George Gould, a silent, secretive heir likened to his father, is described as having wealth and a practical education to execute grand plans. He is predicted to gain fame as a master financier and amass a larger fortune. Roosevelt cites a Cherokee half breed in his regiment in Cuba, noting bravery and Indigenous soldiers. American Horse replies on the regiment’s valor.
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George Gould
Roosevelt
Buffalo
Cuba
Guasimas
Russians Offer Philadelphia Firm Siberian Plant Plan
Accredited Russian officials propose establishing a steel and locomotive plant along the Trans Siberian line with a free site and government guarantees to buy cars and locomotives. A $10,000,000 capital is to be raised in the United States, with the original plant shipped duty free from American ports. The move signals a broad willingness by Russia to concede to developers of Siberian industries.
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Philadelphia
United States
Siberian
November 14 storm wrecks 21 vessels at Balaclava Bay
A fierce November storm wrecked twenty one ships in Balaclava Bay while Britain faced shortages and disease. Cholera, dysentery, and fever ravaged British lines as land transport failed, tents and rags replaced shelter, and food ran low. Between early November and late February eight thousand six hundred eighty nine troops died in hospital, with over thirteen thousand still ill.
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Balaclava Bay
Britain
Balaclava
Varna
Bees swarm blocks Waterbury business district
A Waterbury Connecticut business district was disrupted when a swarm of bees descended on South Main Street. The crowd fled as doors closed. bees stung about 50 people and gathered around saloons and stables before being coaxed into a chimney and moved to a hive. The piece ends with unrelated notes on coal storage and heating efficiency.
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Waterbury
Conn
South Main Street
The New Protection and the Tariff Debate Ahead
The piece argues the tariff will dominate the next presidential campaign with debates inside the Democratic Party over free trade, trusts, and protection. It discusses Republican and Democratic strategies, the Blaine reciprocity plan, and John I. Platt’s definition of the new protection, arguing the future tariff should favor all American interests and commerce.
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Democratic Party
McKinley
Republican Party
Steel Trust
John I. Platt
Poughkeepsie Eagle
James G. Blaine
Great Britain
Cuban Suffrage and the Cubans’ Education Gate
The Cuban constitutional convention forms a committee to draft an electoral law. Members include Diego Tamayo De Quesada Maru De Castro Monteagudo, mostly conservatives likely to push educational or property qualifications. The piece argues universal suffrage implies manhood suffrage, notes Hawaii’s experience, and contrasts with the United States’ general public education and citizenship readiness.
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Diego
Tamayo
de Quesada
Maru
de Castro
Monteagudo
Cuba
Hawaii
Island
United States
Proclamation of Free Trade With Porto Rico Sparks Bipartisan Praise
The article lauds renewed free trade with Porto Rico, noting Democrats opposed tariffs as oppressive while Republicans praise the policy shift. It highlights Porto Rico's move toward self government following recovery from the hurricane and tariff impacts, seeing rapid gains in prosperity and readiness for self governance.
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Porto Rico
United Stat
Drought Broken by Heavy Showers Across Corn Belt
Washington reports weather forecasters say a general rain has broken the drought in the corn belt with cooler temperatures. Rainfall varying by state boosts prospects for late crops, especially corn, though effects on hay are limited. Local reports from Topeka Kansas City Dubuque and Lincoln note substantial rains and improved corn conditions with replanting and fodder production prospects.
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Washington
Corn Belt
Mississippi River
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ohio
Mississippi
New England
Dakotas
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
West Gulf Coast
Tope Kan
Kansas
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kansas City
Dubuque
Bedford
Lincoln
Judge Lindsay reverses Palmer ruling on women liquor sales
Denver July 20. County Judge Ben B. Lindsay reverses Judge Palmer in the Cronin liquor case, upholding city ordinances restricting sale to women in wine rooms. The $50 fine is doubled. Lindsay asserts the county court is the proper forum for such trials and that the ordinances serve public morals and safety. Attorneys given time to file exceptions.
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Denver
Ben B. Lindsay
Dan Cronin
Palmer
Lindsay
California
Supreme Court of the United States
City of
Supreme Court
Legislative Department
Chinese Settlement Nearly Completed
Washington reports confirmation of the Pekin settlement progress on China’s financial crisis with a protocol ready to sign within two weeks. Indemnity converted to gold. duties to cape. foreign troops to withdraw except guard posts. Shanghai and Tien Tsun water-works compensation possible. Trinidad tragedy follows long feud as Phil McWilliams kills Salvador and Charles Parece after Pareces shoot his horse.
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Washington
Pekin
Rockhill
China
Imperial Maritime Customs
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Trinidad
Colo
Denver News
Phil McWilliams
Salvador Parece
Charles Parece
Pareees
McWilliams
Pareces
Crescen World Trotting Record Shatters Previous Mark
In Cleveland 10,000 fans cheered Crescen the world’s champion trotting stallion as he trotted a mile in 24 to set a new world record for both sexes at Glenview track, displacing The Abbott’s 2,0214 record.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Crescen
Glenvide
Abbott
Colorado Notes Show Scenes Across the State
The Glenwood Springs horse show opened July 23. W H Ogle named postmaster at Lake City. The Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs adopts European plan. Denver newsboys plan a August 12 to 17 fundraising fair for uniforms. Golden Pressed Brick plant to be rebuilt after fire. Rio Grande Western accounting to move to Denver Oct 1. Hail wind damage near Rocky Ford. protected crops. Transmississippi prize goes to fire boys of station No 1. Grand Junction depots hit by safe blowers. small losses. El Paso Milling Florence chlorination plant destroyed by fire. $200,000 loss. Auto service eyed for Colorado Springs and Manitou for Garden of the Gods tourists. Victor dam brea k July 4 causes 5,000,000 gallons water loss. Glenwood races Aug 21-24 offer $3,000 in prizes plus cowboy tournament. Fires threaten Parks and Jefferson counties forests. Mount Evans blaze, Evergreen to Vine Grove fires. W E Moses claims four islands near Maumee river mouth. Pueblo Single Tax Club organized with Reed president. Denver Rio Grande earnings up over last year. Skeleton remains found near Loveland dam site. Afro American Pythian grand lodge founded in Colorado. Leadville miners head to Rossland for strike replacements. Fremont County apple crop to be record high. county fruit heavy. Pueblo Press Club to host editors August 1–3 in Colorado Springs. Hirano’s Denver restaurant faces union boycott. injunction denied. Victor council buys reservoir site near town to serve 400 million gallons. Colorado Springs wife gives birth to a 17-pound boy. six older children, all fine.
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Glenwood Springs
W. H. Ogle
Lake City
Antlers
Colorado Springs
Newsboys
Denver
Golden Pressed Brick Company
Golden
Nnll
Salt Lake Tribune
Rio Grande Western Railroad
Salt Lake
Rocky Ford
Transmississippi Congress
Cripple Creek
Grand Junction
Book Cliff
J. W. Osborn
el Paso Milling Company
Florence
Manitou
Garden of the Gods
Victor City
Pike's Peak
Park
Jefferson
Mount Evans
Toledo
Ohio
W. E. Moses
Maumee River
Pueblo
B. D. W. Reed
J. W. Printlinger
J. S. Herman
Denver & Rio Rnde
J. E. Carney
Loveland
Knights of Pythias
Leadville
Pythian Grand Lodge
Colorado
Rossland
British Columbia
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Lamar
Long
Colorado Notes
Denver Republican
Fremont County
Pueblo Press Club
Joseph D. Glass
Press Club
Antlers Hotel
Hirano
Waiters’ Union
Carpenter
San Francisco
Victor
Bison Kk
Frank Leaf
East Cimarron Street
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