Veiled Soldier Logan Statue Unveiling At Chicago
Crowds along Michigan avenue gather for the Logan statue unveiling with Govs Tanner Schofield Mount Atkinson Holcomb and dignitaries present. Cannon salutes, prayers, and a formal program mark the ceremony as veterans and ex Confederates march in a large parade.
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Michigan Avenue
John A. Logan
Tanner
Illinois
Schofield
Wissonsin
Mount
Indiana
Atkinson
West Virginia
Holcomb
Nebraska
Alger
Circuit Courts
WH. Harper
George R. Peek
St. Gautens
Logan
William EF. Tucker
John A.logan
Gresham
Fessenden
Calumet
Arthur Edwards
Henry W. Blodgett
John A. Logan III
United States
John R. Tanner
George R. Peck
Kansas
Atlanta
Mlinois
Twelfth Street
Brooke
Department of Missouri
Thirty-first Illinois Volunteers
Ald
West
Ageanton
Leake Michigan
Yukon winter provisions warned by interior minister
Ottawa July 24 Clifford Sifton minister of the interior stated the government will not be responsible for delivering provisions into the Yukon during the coming winter. He warns many may travel there seeking food but notes supplies are scarce. The government plans shelters for parties crossing the country. Powder struck by lightning devastates Empire mize powder magazine at Wilkes-Barre. Twenty tons of powder ruined. Building shattered. explosion shakes most homes. John Higgins killed. Works employ 400 men, 15,000 barrels of corn daily. will rebuild promptly.
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Ont
Clifford Sifton
Interior
Yukon
Wilkesbarre
Empire Mize
John Higgins
Hawkins and Dixon Draw In San Francisco Bout
Ten thousand spectators watched Cal Hawkins of California and George Dixon world bantamweight champion fight a twenty round draw last night. The bout was fast from start to finish, yet neither fighter delivered a dangerous blow.
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Hawkins
Dixon
San Francisco
Cal Hawkins
California
George Dixon
May Ban Him for Senator Providence Rhode Island
The Democratic state central committee unanimously adopted a resolution stating that if President Andrews resigns from Brown University, he should be selected by the Rhode Island Democratic Party as its United States Senate candidate.
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Providence, & I
Democratic State Central Committee
Andrews
Brown University
Democratic Party of
Rhode Island
United States
Poisoned well sickens five in Smith Adamson family
Lincoln Center Kansas on July 26 reports five members of the Smith Adamson family dangerously ill from poisoned well water. An examination found pieces of meat coated with strychnine tossed into the water, prompting a criminal investigation.
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Lincoln Center
Kan
Smith Adamson
International conference seals Behring Sea talks
Lonxpoyn July 26 negotiations for an international conference to seal Behring Sea disputes proceed smoothly with prospects for an early agreement between the two governments. Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption is advertised as the best medicine for coughs colds and consumption with a guarantee and free trial bottles offered. Regular size 50 cents and 1.00.
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Lonxpoyn
Behring Sea
Dr King
Dr. King
Barber Broadreg
Whitman's Real Estate Agency Ad in Lawrence Kansas
Long established agency offers reliable loans money and collects rents along with general insurance services in Lawrence Kansas highlighting stable local real estate support and financial options for property owners and tenants.
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Whitman’s
Lawrence
General Insurance Agency
Prohibition status across Kansas towns tallied
Arthur Capper reports 110 cities surveyed on enforcement of the prohibitory law. Twenty five towns enforce, thirty show sporadic enforcement, fifty two run wide open. Listings include Leavenworth Wichita Atchison Pittsburg Girard Kansas City etc. And other groups note middling wet and arid cities with bootlegging confined to upstairs saloons or absent.
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Toreka
Kan
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Leavenworth
Witehita
Atchison
Pittsburg
Girard
Kansas City
Horton
Rosedale
Ellsworth
Arkansas City
Winfield
Salina
Wilson
Great Bend
Ellinwood
Galena
St. Marys
Newton
Junction City
Independence
Clay Center
Paola
Osawatomie
Gove City
Larned
Concordia
Lodge City
Coolidge
Beloit
Wakeeny
Wakefield
Carbondale
Valley Falls
Emporia
Clyde
Humboldt
Parsons
Anthony
Marysville
Florence
Wamego
Alma
Paxies
Downs
Maple Hill
Eskridge
Atwood
Liberal
Russell
Caldwell
Meade Center
Elgin
Coldwater
Weir City
Neodesha
Greenleaf
McPherson
Topeka
Lawrence
Osage City
Kirwin
Scranton
Washington
Kingman
Pleasanton
Mound City
Marion
LaCygne
Harper
Peabody
Moline
Oswego
Ottawa
Hoxie
Coffeyville
Columbus
Jewell City
Abilene
Fredonia
Belleville
Holton
Erie
Cherryvale
Norton
Chanute
Seneca
Pratt
Leroy
Sedan
Herington
Cedarvale
Hutchinson
Kingsley
Nickerson
Wellington
Manhattan
Hiawatha
Quenemo
Howard
Osborne
Lacrosse
Johnson City
Santa Fe
Smith Center
Colby, Olathe, Stafford, Halstead, Douglas and
Preston
Wrecked Chinese Steamer Cribengann Sinks Off Malacia
A Singapore dispatch reports the Chinese steam er Cribengann, en route from Singapore to Malacia with 150 passengers, was wrecked in a squall off Malacia on June 19. One hundred twenty people, including the captain, drowned. the remaining crew were rescued by a passing steamer.
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Lonpoy
Singapore
Cribengann
Malacia
Colorado Finds a Klondyke in Silver Carr
In Silver Carr Colorado a new gold find near the waterworks by Joseph Foulk lights hope of a Klondike style rush. Quartz rocks rich in sylvanite yielded coarse gold nuggets after roasting, suggesting a rich vein to be tested further by locals and prospectors.
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Colorado
Silver Carr
Colo
Custer County
Joseph Foulk
Foulk
Fatal Shooting at Shelbina Mo
In Shelbina Missouri July 24 retired farmer M L Chemront took his wife and a companion to an ice cream social. He followed two women to the Smock house after they claimed insult. Druggist A I Smock shot Chemront in a jealous confrontation. The final bullet proved fatal. Public sentiment runs against Smock.
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Shelbina
M. L. Chemront
A. I. Smock
Miss Hoover
Teachers’ Institute
Smock
Extra session ends as tariff bill becomes law nationwide
Washington July 25 The extra session adjourned after passage of the tariff bill by a 40 to 30 vote in the Senate. Speaker Reed and Vice President Hobart signed the bill, which President McKinley signed at 3 07 enabling full force and effect. Stone’s bill creating a cartney commission passed the House 124 to 60, then went to the Senate and was referred to finance. Committee appointments announced, with Missouri lacking a rivers and harbors member for the first time in years.
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Hobart
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Gray
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Stewart
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Butler
Kyle
Pettigrew
Hitt
Illinois
Dingley
Maine
Ways and Means
Henderson
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Hooker
New York
Cooney
Pacific
Benton
McNally completes English Channel crossing record
Lonnox July 23 Pat McNally the Toston swimmer telegraphed from Calais that he made the English channel crossing Saturday. He began from Dover at 1:30 p m Saturday and swam fifteen hours covering thirty five miles. He landed at 2:30 a m yesterday near Cape Griznez three miles from the finish point.
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Lonnox
Pat McNally
Toston
English Channel
Calais
Dover
Ouiock
Cape Griznez
Major Canby Dies by Suicide Jumping From Steamer Mascot
Vascouver Washington July 25 Major Samuel F Canby of this city commits suicide by leaping from the Steamer Mascot as it prepared to sail for Portland Oregon He served in the war as a lieutenant of the Fourth Kanal artillery and was breveted major for gallantry in action.
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Vascouver
Wash
Samuel F. Canby
Mascot
Portland
Ore
Fourth Kanal Artillery
Lewelling Will Not Resign From State Senate
Wichita Kansas July 26 Ex Governor L D Lewelling a member of the state railroad board will not resign from the state senate. The Populists are unwilling to risk a Republican's election to succeed him and the senator yields to their judgment.
Currency Reform Commission Urged by President
President McKinney urges Congress to create a nonpartisan monetary commission to study United States currency and banking laws. The commission would report by November first, proposing reforms to stabilize value, reduce government costs, and improve the financial system. The move follows a January Indianapolis conference where delegates urged action. Executive Mansion notes dated July 24, 1897.
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Congress
Indianapolis
Wintras McKinney
Executive
Klondyke Fever Grows in Seattle as City of Mexico Sails
The City of Mexico departed Seattle for Dyea with 233 passengers bound for the Klondyke while an estimated 8,000 people gathered on the wharves. The scene set a record crowd, signaling that the fever for the Klondyke is stronger than ever.
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Seattle
Wash
City of Mexico
Dyea
Mexico
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