Dem central committee rejects fusion invitation in Kansas
A digest of Brief items notes Kansas Democratic central committee declining to join a new fusion party under a distinct name. Others report 202 recruits and three officers leaving Columbus for Portland via Vancouver barracks, piracy in Singapore, a breach of promise suit in England, railroad station deals, and various obituaries and political moves across 1900 to 1901 era.
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Wee
Democratic State Central Committee of
Kansas
United States
Columbus
Portland
Ore
Vancouver
Hongong
Tong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Singapore
Portia Knight
Edward Clarke
Duke of Manchester
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad Company
Union Depot Company
Omaha
Union Station
Timothy Caulfield
Rockford
Mr. Caulfield
Ilinois
Charles 5. Bennett
Deadwood
S. D
Michael Reedy
Bennett
Heedy
Mamie
J. H. Wells
Alpha
Okl
Kingfisher
House of Montenegro
Italy
Ialian
Green
American Chamber of Commerce
France
London Times
Pekin
M. de Giers
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
A. J. Nixon
George H. Moeller
New York City
St. Peterbburg
Winfield
Kan
Covent Garden
London
de Marchi
Maurice Grau
Japan
Maximo Gomez
Havana
New York
Tampa
Fla
Wood
Charles W. Massey
Naional Bank of
Rutland, Vt
Spencer
Elwood
Neb
International Money Order
Peliniera Decker
General Chaffee Prepares Move to Manila Headquarters
General Chaffee orders transfer of Fifth Infantry from northern Luzon to Batangas as he plans moving day for the military HQ to the former Spanish residence outside the walled city. Adjutant general Tall and other staff appoints named. Civil government to occupy Taft residence. Taft to move to Malacanan palace.
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Grote Hutcheson
Sixth Cavalry
Chaffee
Judge Taft
Malacanan
Board of Health
Philippines
Pier is a Deathtrap Wrecks Structure
Crowded under a north shore pier in Chicago a fierce thunderstorm at 1 pm killed ten boys and young men and one old man. Twelve sought shelter. twelve-year-old Willie Anderson survived after being trapped under a heap of bodies. The victims were from poor families, fishermen, and youths who came to wade and swim.
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Chicago
North Shore
Willie Anderson
The Webater County Tragedy at Port Dong
July 3 report says C A Guild and Clarence Guild were shot to death in Beas Dayton. Authorities say the deaths resulted from wounds inflicted by a shotgun in the hands of Oliver Briker, with details from the coroner’s inquest.
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Webater County
Port Dong
C. A. Guild
Clarence Guild
Beas Dayton
Oliver Brieker
Body of Pingrey Arrives in New York on Zealandia
On July 3 in New York the body of the late governor Pingree of Michigan arrived with Hazen Pingree Jr accompanying his father to England. The body will be taken from the ship tomorrow. Frank Pingree, a brother of the late governor, and Mayor William G. Maybury of Detroit attended the dock with R G Solomon of Newark, representing the leather dealers' committee.
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Pingrey
New York
Hagen
Pingree
Michigan
Zealandia
Hazen @ Pingree
England
Frank Pingree
William G. Maybury
Detroit
R. G. Solomon
Newark
Leather Dealers’ Committee
He Dock
Gomez Talks With Palma Over Cuban Republic
General Maximo Gomez has spent time in conference with Tomas Estrada Palma at the Waldorf Astoria. They did not disclose details. Gomez may head a Cuban junta and back Palma for Cuba’s presidency, with Estrada Palma saying it is too early for decisions. Gomez plans to travel to Central Valley New York then Washington to meet President McKinley and may issue a statement on his trip and views on Cuban affairs.
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New York
Maximo Gomez
Tomas Estrada Palme
Waldorf-Astoria
Gomez
Cuba
Senor Palma
Estrada Palma
Central Valley
N.Y
Washington
McKinley
American capital invading Canada up the lakes
London dispatch quotes J Henry Bourassa, Dominion MP and former La Review Canadienne director, warning that American capital is spreading around the Great Lakes, up rivers, and along rail routes, breaking down Canada United States barriers. He predicts French Canadians may need to save Canada if anti Americanization persists.
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Dominion
London
J. Henry Bourassi
Dominion Parlianent
la Review Canadienne
The
Daily News
Canada
United States
Jenin
Spanish Claims Considered in D C Session
The Spanish treaty claims commission met in Washington on July 3 and debated whether to take testimony in Cuba or other foreign territories. Several attorneys argued but no decision was reached. A government motion to dismiss the Maine sinking case for want of jurisdiction was called but postponed in Mr Fuller’s absence.
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Washington, D. C
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Cuba
Maine
Fuller
Missouri Lead Fields Move Toward Title Acquisition
NEW YORK July 3 The Herald reports a nearly $1,000,000 transfer from Morton Trust of New York to Union Trust of St. Louis marks the first definite step by Union Lead and Oil to acquire titles to Missouri lead fields. Additional title changes for large sums are anticipated soon.
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Waying
Missouri Lead Plelda
New York
the Herald
Morton Trust Company
Union Trust Company of
St. Louis
Union Lead and
Ojl Company
Missouri
Windstorm Strikes Fort Crook Causing Depot Roof Loss
A windstorm swept Fort Crook Nebraska yesterday around 4 pm damaging the area. The depot building lost its roof with a section hurled about 300 feet and scattered across a full block. Lightning struck a telegraph pole near a soldier, splintering the pole. the soldier was unharmed.
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Damace
Fort Crook
Neb
Eastbound Atlantic express rear-ends freight at Rock Springs
A Union Pacific Eastbound Atlantic express No. 6 collided with a freight train at Rock Springs Wyoming. Fifteen to twenty passengers were slightly injured, all but two. Train traffic delayed nearly fourteen hours.
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Rock Apricer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cheyenne
Wyo
Atlantic Express
Union Pacific
Rock Springs
New Revenue District Established in Dakota Region
Washington July 8 announces a new revenue collection district embracing North and South Dakota with Herman Elermand named as collector. The office will be located at Aberdeen, SD.
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New Revenue District
Washington, D. C
North and
South Dakota
Herman Elermand
Aberdeen
Contested Lottery Plan Stirs Kiowa County Settlement Claimers
The proposed lottery plan for Kiowa and Comanche lands faces challenge by settlers who anticipate filing claims when the country opens. Leading plaintiff Lewis N. Hornbeck of Mineo LT, a former government surveyor, has retained counsel to pursue the case amid questions over the drawing scheme legality.
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Battlement
Cutarie
Overaumenut
Wilhe
Lewis N. Hornbeck
Mineo
South Carolina Tax Fight Over State Liquor Dispensary
South Carolina asks the U S Internal Revenue Service to refund 4516 paid as taxes on wholesale and retail liquor under the state dispensary system. The state argues federal tax laws cannot apply to instrumentalities of a sovereign state and urges that such taxes are unconstitutional. Commissioner Yerkes weighs whether the state dispensaries qualify as exempt, but no decision has been made.
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Washington, D. C
South Carolina
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Columbia
Board of State Commisioners
Internal Revenue
Cooley
Internal Revenue Laws
United ‘States
Yerkes
Giocomo Not to Peru Faces U S Protection Request
Washington July 2 The Italian charge d affaires asked the State Department to use its influence to protect Giocomo an Italian resident of Wyoming accused of an offense against a woman. He was arrested and before a local judge who intended to release him on bail prompting fears of lynching. The Italian authorities sought U S intervention.
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Washington, D. C
D’al Folres
State Department
Violenca
Giocomo
Wyoming
Glocomag
Washington
Mexico Money Tightens After Heavy Exports
A U S dispatch notes Mexico's money market stringency from heavy export of bullion. Before Monterey refinery opening, bullion shipped to the United States for refining returned to Mexico, but current needs reverse that costly process and seek efficiency amid financial strain.
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Mexico
Chinaha
Washington
State Department
Monterey
United States
Treasury Surplus Seen For Fiscal Year Ends This Day
Treasury reports for the year ending today show receipts exceeding expenditures by about 76 million dollars, with customs and internal revenue beating early estimates. Officials anticipate a possible higher surplus next year despite a revenue reduction bill, expecting increased customs receipts and internal sources near the 2401 level.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Treasury
Ti Ig
Definition of mixed flour by Internal Revenue in 1901 act
Washington July 2. Commissioner Yerkes defines mixed flour under the March 2 1901 act. A flour product is mixed flour if wheat or wheat flour is the principal constituent and over 60 percent or if sold as wheat flour though blended with other grains. Products intended for sale as wheat flour fall under the act.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska Crop Promising Amid Varied June Reports
June crop reports from the Corn Belt indicate bright harvest prospects across Nebraska Iowa northern Kansas Missouri and Colorado with over 900 correspondents contributing. The outlook shows heavy corn and good wheat yields though oats are only fair in places rye is expected to be heavy.
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Chicago
Middle West
Nebraska
Iowa
Ianeas
Missouri
Colorado
Soldiers Headed Home From Presidio Muster
San Francisco July 2 A military plan aims to muster out the remaining regiments at the Presidio in one action prompting a large rush of soldiers to destinations east south and north The Southern Pacific expects the largest overland ticket sale in its history as Maye reports on the anticipated exodus and ticket demand.
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Big Kueh
San Francisco
Presidio
Pha
Southern Pacific
Ita
Maye
Union Men to Walk Out in Big Steel Strike
Pittsburg July 1 President T A Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association orders a general strike of all union workers in the American Steel Hoop trusts mills. About 50 000 men expected affected as open and organized mills close in a move seen as a fight to the death. Shaffer says funds are ready and benefits will be paid to strikers from day one.
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Pittsburg
T. A. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Tin Workers
American Steel Hoon Company
Hoop Trust
American Sheeet Steel Company
Shaffer
American Sheet Steal Company
American Steel Hoop Company
Mollidaysburg
Tittsburg
Monessen
Youngstown
Pomeroy
Sharon
Girard
Warren
Greenville
Amalgamated Association
Cuban electoral law debate in Havana week
The upcoming constitutional convention will discuss the electoral law. The project favors electing congressmen governors state representatives mayors and councilmen while consent on presidential and senatorial elections remains unresolved. Conservatives oppose a federal system with many provincial offices and autonomy, favoring central appointment and veto powers. Universal suffrage is seen as popular but likely blocked by congress. Governor General Wood improves but should retire from public duties for now.
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Havana
Commission
Congress
Wood
Bryan in Washington D C spends quiet day after arrival
Hon. W J Bryan arrived in Washington this morning from Philadelphia and spent a quiet day with friends. Tonight he went by boat to Newport News Virginia where tomorrow he is to deliver an address before an educational institution.
Great Britain's Dearth Broken by Violent Thunderstorms
London reports a long continued drought broken by violent storms on Saturday night with torrential rains and lightning causing harm. Across the continent, many areas suffer from heat waves and damage, including Portugal where destruction was noted.
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London
Great’ Britain
Portugal
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