Tragic Death Of Frederick D White In Syracuse
Frederick D White, son of US ambassador to Germany Andrew D White, died at 5:30 PM in Syracuse from a self inflected gunshot amid long standing nervous illness and typhoid fever lasting years. He was alone at home with sergeants, later found by wife Mrs White. Born December 15 1859 in Ann Arbor, educated at Cornell Berlin and Columbia Law, he managed family property and estate in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Trederick D. White
Andrew DL. White
United States
Germany
White
Matthews
Mr. White
Ambassador White
Berlin
Frederick D. White
Ann Arbor
Mich
Cornell University
University of Berlin
Prussia
Columbia Law College
New York
Binghampton
Comptroller Allows Refund on Porto Rico Sugar Duties
Washington July 9 The comptroller of the treasury ruled that the secretary of the treasury may refund duties paid by Lascalles Co New York on sugar imported from Porto Rico between Paris treaty effective date and Foraker act approval. Duties paid exceed 470600. This follows recent insular Supreme Court decisions. Other claims total about 1500000.
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Tsotiionka Large Sam
Washington
Tracewell
Comptroller of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Lascalles & Co
New York
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
Glaciers Block Queen's Route in Alaska Bay Voyage
The excursion steamer Queen arrived from the north to Glacier Bay. Officers report the bay a mass of ice with no passage closer than fourteen miles to Muir Glacier. An ice dam rising thirty to forty feet spans the bay and ice floes in the channels are larger than ever before observed.
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Glicier
Anya
Townsend
Wash
Queen
Glacier Bay
Muir Glicier
Leipsig Councillor Badel Arrested After Bank Failure
Leipsig councilor Badel, head of the bank supervisors board, who was abroad in the United States when the Leipsiger bank failed, arrived from New York and was immediately arrested by the public prosecutor.
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Badel
Ptnched
Leipsig
Ladel
Leipsiger Bank
United States
New York
New Philippine Customs Tariff Approved for Translation
The insular division of the War Department has completed a new Philippine customs tariff after weeks of work. It will not be promulgated until copies reach Manila and will be printed in English and Spanish. The tariff will amend or modify the present rates.
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Wasitington, TD
Philippine Customs
Insular
War Department
Manila
European Crop Prospects In Rural Markets Report
The Mark Lana Express reviews European wheat and grain yields. England’s wheat may average 28 14 bushels per acre, while France shows high prices indicating government underestimates. Spain, Italy, Roumania and Russia show varied harvests. spring wheat weak in parts, winter wheat strong, rye good, and barley and oats below par.
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Mark Lana Express
London
England
The
Express
Paris
Spain
Russia
Plan to Settle Big Strike Agreed in New York
The World reports a plan to settle the great steel strike within five days. A final meeting to ratify the plan is expected on Wednesday or Thursday in New York or Pittsburgh. J. P. Morgan’s efforts are cited as pivotal, with meetings to occur at Morgan’s office or at the American Tin Plate company in Pittsburgh.
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New York
Pittsburg
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
American Tin Plate Company
United States Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Disqualification List for Wichita Kiowa Lands Homesteads
Washington July 9 Commissioner Hermann of the general land office issues a general order listing who cannot file homestead entries in the Wichita and Kiowa Comanche and Apache ceded lands. Exclusions include existing or abandoned entries after June 6 1900 married women unless deserted by husband non citizens or those who have not declared intention under 21 not head of family unless veteran over 160 acres held elsewhere persons who have perfected 160 acre titles by five years residence or cultivation or who hold titles under public land laws entering since August 30 1890 and whose total non mineral land would exceed 120 acres.
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Washington
Hermann
General Land Office
Army
Creek Indians Celebrate Proclamation Across Muskogee
The Proclamation of President McKinley putting the Creek treaty into effect was celebrated by Chief Porter and residents. The treaty allows Creek to sell lands to whites and gives title to town lots. Creeks control about 5,000,000 acres of fertile land and a rush of white settlers is anticipated. The Muskogee land site commission was re established and work resumed near the oil find at Red Fork.
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Muskogeer
I. T
McKinley
Porter
Red Fork
Muskogee Down Site
Congress Delays Lead To Armor Claims Against Government
The Navy Department reports the Cramps of Philadelphia claim 264000 dollars against the government for armor delays on the battleship Alabama due to congressional quarrels over armor quality. Additional claims may follow for delays in armor for other ships including Irony Iolny and Wisconaly.
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Congress
Washington
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Alabama
Inoly
Proclamation Opens Oklahoma Indian Lands to Settlement
McKinley opens ceded lands in Oklahoma to settlement under homestead and town site laws. Registration runs Aug 10 to 26 at Reno and Lawton land offices, with strict rules against impersonation and multiple registrations. Names and identities must be verified. soldiers may use an agent. Draw conducted to determine order of applications.
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Washington
McKinley
Territory
Oklahoma
United States
Reno
Lawton
Old Fetterman Canal Revival Proposed by Cheyenne Capitalists
Douglas Wyoming July 8 Governor De Forest Richards and Dr J M Wilson studied the old Fetterman canal and report that 10000 dollars will fund extension and repairs to bring the canal into operation. The project would serve over 5000 acres, enabling alfalfa and lamb feed and a profitable feeding business with local capital backing the effort.
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Douglas
Wyo
de Forest Richards
J. M. Wilson
Fetterman Canal
James E Yeatman Dead A St Louis Philanthropist Dies
James E Yeatman prominent St. Louis philanthropist and respected citizen died at 84 from uraemia after an operation nearly two years earlier. Born August 27, 1818, in Belford County Tennessee, he moved to St. Louis in 1842 and spent years in iron, later entering the commission business. In 1850 he founded Merchants Bank, which later became Merchants National Bank.
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ST. Louis
James E. Yeatman
James
Yeatman
Belford County
Tenn
Merchants Bank
Merchants National Bank
Coal Transporter Merger Shifts East Coal Control
North American reports a planned division of all eastern coal transport among railroads controlled by Pennsylvania Vanderbilt Morgan interests. Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt lines would handle bituminous coal while Morgan roads would control the entire anthracite output.
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Philadelphia
North American Today
Mississippi River
Pennsylvenia
Vanderbiltts
Morgan Interests
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt
Government to inspect and certify dairy exports
Washington July 8 The cultural appropriation act authorizes the agriculture secretary to apply branding and inspection to dairy products for export. Secretary Wilson will establish in Boston New York Chicago and San Francisco a dairy inspection system with experts gathering data to draft regulations. Beginning small, the plan aims for a practical honest system protecting all parties and permitting export goods to be marked and certified for purity and quality if above minimum grade.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Wilson
Boston
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Oxport
Cuban Constitutional Convention Debates Electoral Law
Havana July 8 The Cuban Constitutional Convention shows little public interest as meetings continue with many delegates absent Conservatives push for restricted universal suffrage favoring property owners and professionals while radicals oppose. A new objection delays drafting until US approval of the constitution.
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Pratt Ideng
Havana
United States
Washington
Buffalo Pan-American Exposition Attendance Stagnant
Buffalo July 8. Total attendance at the Pan-American exposition reached 1 719 768 to date. The event began May 20 with many features incomplete, keeping crowds away. June averages over 31 000 daily despite extreme heat. Officials expect July and August to push totals beyond 5 million and aim for 10 million by October.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
Boers Accused of Atrocity in Mail Report
London dispatch from Winkfontein cited by the Daily Mail describes Boers armed with martinis roaming among the dead and dying. Report states they turned over victims to confirm their deaths and shot others like cattle, including a youth pleading for mercy before a rifle blast.
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London
Daily Mail
Winkfontein
Cable
Injunction Sought to Halt Indian Lands Opening
A special dispatch from Oklahoma City reports that an injunction suit will be filed before Judge Irwin at El Reno within days to restrain the land office register the receiver surveyors and all others from proceeding with the opening of Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands as proclaimed by the president and supported by federal law.
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Indiang
Kanbas City
Times
Oklahoma City
Irwin
el Reno
Register of the Land Office Haere
Congress
No bubonic plague scare in Rio de Janeiro
July 8 Rio de Janeiro reports no foundation for a plague rumor in the city. Only a few poor cases are noted, all brought from Oporto, with no local outbreak confirmed.
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Vince
Rio Janeiro
United States
Oporto
George Kennan Arrives in Petersburg After Brief Finland Stop
George Kennan, the noted traveler and writer, has arrived in Petersburg after a short stay in Finland. The well known figure was reported to have landed in the city on July 8 and will rest before continuing travels.
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George KH
Keenan
Tinasine St, Petersburg
George Is. Kennan
Patersburg
Dawes resigns as comptroller to run for U S Senate
Charles G. Dawes, the comptroller of the currency since 1898, tendered resignation to take effect October 1 to seek the United States Senate seat from Illinois. He cites propriety of focusing on a campaign and notes his term would not expire until 1903.
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Wasilington
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
People of
Washington
William McKinley
Executive Mansion
United States Senate
Illinois
James H. Bekels
Chestnut Street National Bank of
Philadelphia
Seventh National Bank of New York
Pension Report Randy Soon
Commissioner H Clay Rvana of pensions visited the president to bid farewell before leaving for Canton He stated he was taking an inventory of pension claims and would present his annual report soon He asked if the president had any instructions The president offered no guidance and the report is expected in a few days
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Randy
Washington
H. Clay Rvana
Canton
Runaway Indian Arrested in Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs on July 6 Indian boy iddie Powells from the Oneida reservation at Green Bay Wisconsin was arrested in the Northwestern railroad yards and will be held until the reservation agent is notified.
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Council Bluffs
Iddie Powells
Green Bay
Wis
Mourning crowd packs Detroit for Pingree funeral viewing
Throng around the governor’s body in Detroit on July 6 lines stretched for blocks at the city hall. All day and until 11 pm a continuous procession of citizens, many workingmen, paid final respects as the line extended two blocks from the Michigan avenue entrance.
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Hia
Detroit
Pingree
City Hall
Michigan Avenue
Live Stock Market Reports From South Omaha and Kansas City
Cattle in Omaha yards steady to strong for prime steers as buyers chase better grades amid limited supply. Hogs run near 200 cars with prices slipping from yesterday due to large volume, while sheep and western cross wethers sell steady with moderate demand. In Kansas City, beef steers and feeders show steady to higher prices. hogs fall 10 cents, lambs and yearlings steady to higher amid mixed demand.
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South Mpl
Ant Kanga City
Soutit
Omaha
Erades
Western Cross Wethers
Isansas City
Texas
Santa Fe Cuts Deep On Freight Rates
Chicago July 6 A rate fight among trunk lines between Chicago and Missouri river centers escalates as the Santa Fe announces July 16 rate reductions of 30 to 40 percent and in some cases 50 percent below printed tariffs. Observers expect other lines to follow, breaking secret cuts and pressuring pools to reform.
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Chicago
Missouri River
Santa Fe
War department to aid mosquito control with mineral oil
Washington July 6 The War department issued an order stating that on request the quartermaster department will supply mineral oil or another cheap effective agent to destroy mosquitoes and their larvae.
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Osun
Washington
War Department
Quartermaster’ Department
Temporary Cuba command to be assigned if Wood falls ill
War department says if General Wood's illness prolongs, executive duties of commander of the Department of Cuba will be assumed temporarily by Colonel Samuel W. Whiteside of the Tenth Cavalry, stationed at Santiago.
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Cuba
Washington
War Department
Wood
Department of Cuba
Samuel W. Whiteside
Tenth Cavalry
Santiago
Saler Warrea Examination in Sharandoan Murder Case
SHONANDOAN Mo July J W Saler charged with the murder of Tom Richardson of Maryville Mo waived preliminary hearing and was sent to the county jail under one thousand dollar bonds.
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Saler Warrea
Shonandoan
J. W. Saler
Tom Richardson
Maryville
Roasts Wants More Time On Russia Tariff Note
The Russian chargé d affaires Mr. De Wollant called at the State Department to acknowledge Secretary Hay's note on Russia's retaliatory tariff duties. He said the note is indefinite in terms and aims to keep the issue between the two governments in its present position.
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Washington, D. G
de Wollant
State Department
Hay
Russia
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