Indemnity Bonds for China Plan Adopted
The U S state department reports Commissioner Rockhill has convinced Pekin that a plan for payment of the Chinese indemnity is adopted. Bond amortization begins in 1902 with liquidation by 1940. China to pay 23 million taels yearly from salt tax customs and likin. Interest and sinking fund allocations evolve toward normality by 1940.
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Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Pekin
China
Nebraska's Day of Prayer Proclaimed by Governor Savage
Governor EZRA SAVAGE designates Friday July 26 1901 as a day of prayer for divine aid against destructive winds and drought following a request from ministers. The proclamation urges citizens to gather in their houses of worship across the commonwealth to seek relief.
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Lincoln
Savage
The
Commonwealth
Executive Department
Neb
Ezra Savage
Secretary Long Replies On Sampson Schley Rift
Secretary Long told reporters he would not discuss reviving the Sampson Schley controversy further. He noted receipt of a letter from Mr. Maclay agreeing that only the third chapter of his Naval History of America, on mobilization, had been placed in the secretary’s hands for publication.
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Washington, D. G
Long
Sampson-Schley
Maclay
Registration totals surge at Iateno and Lawton
Registration at Iateno RLNO Lt July 28 breaks records with 14 550 registrants raising Wb Reno total to 98 048 Lawton adds 4 245 for 26 282 grand total 119 330 Reflects continued high turnout across locations and sums new regional totals for the period.
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Lh Rlno
Springfield Heat Record Shatters as Thermometer Rises
Springfield officials report a 107 degree government thermometer reading and street levels up to 110 during a three hour heat spell. Prostrations occurred and local weather director Guthrie notes widespread stress but corn crops withstood the heat well across the state.
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Tibueta
Tixtory
Springfield
Guthrie
Weather Bureau
Shooting of Mayor Triggers Turmoil in Santa Paula
Mayor Hugh O Hara of Santa Paula California was shot Sunday by Charles Waxsmith an employee of Union Oil Well Supply. The town rose in fury with 300 residents gathering as arrests were made for four machinists Chas Waxsmith George Gregg H A Wokley and John Bottoms. Waxsmith shot the mayor as he sat before his home after efforts to stop street fighting.
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California
Santa Paula
Cal
Hugh O'Hara
Charles Waxsmith
Union Oil] Well Supply Company
Chas, Waxsmith
George Gregg
H. A. Wokley
John Bottoms
Waxsmith
Bandits Trouble Central Chi Li Province Dispatch
A Pekin dispatch reports banditti disaffection across thirty districts in Chi Li. Local officials are unable or unwilling to suppress it with available forces. Li Hung Chang is occupied. Yuan Shih Kai’s troops are the only reliable force. Complete pacification seems unlikely despite official appeals.
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London
Pekin
Bandetti
Chi Li
Li Hung Chang
Yuan Shih Kai
Shan Tung
Heat Wave Passes Toll in Southwest Kansas City
The weather bureau logged 92.5 degrees at 10 am, tying yesterday as record heat across Missouri Kansas and the territories. A coastal Galveston shower brought quarter inch rain. In Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas thirty hours ending 10 am yielded fifteen prostrations with nine deaths in Missouri and four in Kansas.
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Southwest
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Missouri
Kansas
Territories
Kan
Missouri City
Pickett Sues Railroad For Forty Thousand Dollars
Miss Lutta S. Pickett an insurance agent of Fort Dodge sues the Sioux City and Pacific for forty thousand dollars claiming injuries from stepping off a poorly lighted platform. Depositions are being taken and prominent legal talent has been secured for what may become an interesting case.
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Fort Dodge
Lutlla S. Pickett
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad
Carrie Nation fined and jailed for Sunday raid
Carrie Nation was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Judge Hazen in Topeka district court for disturbing the peace during a Sunday joint raid last March. No appeal. Nation must serve time in prison.
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Carrie Nation
Topeka
Kay
Carrie Nationa
Hazen
Nation
Woman Burned in Gasoline Cleaning Fire
Clinton July 23 Mrs. William Titus was badly burned by ignition and explosion of gasoline used to clean furniture. Her clothing burned from her body and she suffered serious burns on the side and back.
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Wowan
Clinton
William Titus
Early Wheat Yields Well in Pierce County Nebraska
Pierce Neb July 23 Farmers in Pierce County began harvesting wheat finding early grain yields strong while late planted fields show poorer results. Local growers report favorable conditions for early varieties and expect overall good output this season.
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Pierce, Neb
Pierce County
Death of a Soldier from Sioux City in Philippines
News has arrived of the death of James P. Scheeley of Sioux City a member of Battery A Fifth artillery in the Philippines Scheeley served with the Fifty second Iowa in the Spanish war.
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Sioux City
James P. Scheeley
Fifth Artillery
Philippines
Scheeley
Iowa
Secretary of Treasury buys 4 per cent bonds in short term
Washington July 24. The secretary of the treasury today purchased 31,590 short term 4 per cent bonds at 118.0463. The action reflects active debt management and a move to secure funding ahead of upcoming fiscal needs.
Troubles of Settlers at Kiowa Comanche Lottery Opening
Thousands of campers face scarce rations as 160000 people register for 13000 lottery claims for the Kiowa Comanche reservation opening August 6. Many settlers fear discontent and possible unrest if they fail to draw. Heat and water shortages persist as hopefuls endure days without sufficient supplies while awaiting results.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Kansas City Sees No Hope For Heat Wave Rescue
Kansas City Kansas endures record heat with 104-degree daytime peak and 98 at night. Four heat deaths are reported as prayer services seek rain amid a relentless drought belt. Normal rainfall between July 21 and August 15 would not revive parched fields.
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Pardheil Fielda
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Ministerialists Show Gains in French Council Elections
Conservatives and Radicalists lose in the French councils general election held across provinces. Voters chose 1,455 councilors in cantons, with results seen as a weathercock on central government policy. Local issues frame the strict party line, and many councilors also sit in the senate or chamber of deputies, making re-election a reflection of parliamentary deeds.
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Councila
Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
POWERS MUST BE FIRM TO STOP CHINESE OUTBURST
Report from Tien Tsin on July 23 says Europeans and Americans must display firmness to prevent a new surge of trouble in China. Li Hung Chang allegedly spoke confidently about toppling the provisional government, while Chinese leaders reportedly advised cutting telegraph wires.
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China
Europe
United States
Tien ‘Isin
Li Hung Chang
Unenkiners at Tien Tsin
Tien Tsin residents grow uneasy as Chinese resume partial city control. Telegraph lines outside the city are being cut and fears of further violence are entertained.
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Tien Tsin
Forest Fires Ravage Colorado Grass and Timber
Forest and prairie fires sweep across Colorado counties due to a prolonged dry spell. Destruction reported near Mount Evans Longs Peak and the Kenosha ranges. Destructive prairie fires also threaten Boca and Prowers counties, the stock raising district, as timber fires burn for several days.
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Denver
Colo
Mount Evans
Long's Peak
Kenosha Rangs
Boca
Prowers Counties
Death of Kruger's Wife in Pretoria
Mrs. Kruger, former president Kruger's wife, died of pneumonia at 67 after a three day illness. Family at her bedside included Mrs Eloff. Mr Kruger learned of the death in Hilversum and wept, saying she was a good wife. Flags above the villa were half-masted as mourners gathered.
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South Africa
Lades
Pretoria
Kruger
South African Republic
Smith
Eloff
London
Sunday Telegraph
Holland
Daily Mail
Hilversum
Heymans
Soerstary Boeschoten
Record Heat Wave Engulfs Most of Nation with 100 Degree+ Readings
The Weather Bureau bulletin reports a nationwide hot spell with the Pacific coast spared and Iowa Missouri Illinois seeing record highs. Davenport Dubuque Chicago and others reach or equate century marks while heat persists for weeks with no rain in the corn belt and little relief foreseen.
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Weather Bureauc
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Great
Corn Belt
Davenport
Dubuque
Springfield
Chicago
Kansas
Kansas City
H. C. Frankenfield
Prayers Rise as Missouri Fasts amid Heat Record
Missouri marks a day of fasting declared by Governor Dockery to seek relief from drought while St Louis endures record heat. The thermometer hits 106 degrees in shade, matching the all time high set in the 1880s as sun blazes from a cloudless sky from morning until late afternoon.
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Missouri
ST. Louis
Dockery
Weather Bureau
Custom House
General Cushing Dead in Washington
Washington July 22 Brigadier General Samuel J Cushing U S A Yellxwed formerly commissary general of subsistence died here in the capital His loss is reported from official sources reflecting a retirement from service and recognition of his long tenure in the subsistence department.
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Cushing
Washington
Samuel J. Cushing
Senator Clark to Russia in copper venture
From Petersburg dated July 22 United States Senator W A Clark announced by Novoce Vremya to have joined with Kiev capitalists to form a copper company with 15,000,000 roubles capital Clark supplying 12,000,000 roubles. With director M Qargelin Clark plans to visit Semipalatining to inspect mines there.
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Senator Clark
Russia
Petersburg
United States
W. A. Clark
Novoce Vremya
Kieff
Clark
M. Qargelin
Nebrask e man found dead in Los Angeles street
R G Lines of Winside Nebraska was found dead on a Los Angeles street. The body lay face down in a pool of blood with a broken neck. Authorities suspect he was the victim of a footpad attack amid the July 23 report from San Bernardino California.
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Nebraske
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Cal
R. G. Lines
Winside
Neb
Navy Bars Third Maclay Volume From Cadet Textbook
The secretary of the navy bans the third volume of Maclay's Spanish American War history from use at the naval academy unless offensive language about Rear Admiral Schley is removed. He found only the mobilization chapter proofs had been submitted and approved, while battle accounts were unseen until after publication. Felix Agnus accuses a navy clique of conspiring against Schley.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Maclay
Naval Academy
Schley
Wainwright
Navy
Naval Clique
Baltimore
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
McKinley
William McKinley
Canton
Ohio
the Navy
American
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Long
Admiral Sanmson
Admiral Schley
Admiral Dewey
Santiago
South America
Graders in Bloody Bittle Clash in Sidney
A Sidney dispatch reports a deadly Greek and Austrian graders clash. Six Greeks were wounded and one Austrian killed in a drunken street fight that ended with autos weapons and clubs used by the Austrians to rout the Greeks.
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Denver
Colo
Sidney
Neb
Rade
Luboyie
Robbed and Props Dead on Choctaw Train
An elderly Bonham Texas man, Tf. R. Smith, returning from El Reno, collapsed and died in a crowded Wichita coach after a robbery on a Choctaw train. His wife and daughter were present as the body was moved to Oklahoma City.
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Wichita
Kan
el Reno
Tf. R. Smith
Bonham
Texas
Talon
Oklahoma City
Mrs Hany Is Safely New Queenstown Passenger Says Trip One of Pleasure
Mrs D Hanna aboard the Cunard liner Campania from New York to Liverpool told Associated Press in Queenstown harbor that her transatlantic trip was entirely for pleasure and its duration would depend on circumstances. She stated she was not aware of leaving New York City under sensational conditions.
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Hany
New
Queenstown
D. Hanna
Cunard
Campania
New York
Liverpool
Associated Press
Europe
New York City
Live Stock Market Slips, South Omaha and Kansas City Markets
Latest quotations from South Omaha and Kansas City report brisk cattle demand with higher prices for beef steers and good stocker activity. Hogs show generous but thinning supply with most sales near 5.60 to 5.67, while sheep demand remains weak and lambs scarce. Prices compared with last week mostly steady to higher for cattle and hogs, with lamb markets in poor shape across the region.
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South Omats
Kansae City
South
Omaha
Cattie
Flor
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle prices show varied results with steer and heifer ranges from $1.75 to $5.40 and Texas grass steers near 3.25 to 9.90. Hogs gain about ten cents with top around 35.97 and typical sales between 4.76 and 8.90. Sheep and lambs hold steady with lambs near 4.50 to 5.00 and ewes around 1.0 to 3.25.
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Kansas City
Western Fed
Texas
REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS the Admiral
NEW YORK July 20 Edgar 5s Maclay replies to critics of his Spanish war history focusing on Admiral Schley and the San tiago battle He says he will revise the portion on San tiago but will not alter verified facts and notes that officers and Secretary Long approved the relevant passages He adds he holds no animus against Admiral Schley.
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New York
Edgar 5S
Maclay
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Battle of
Secretary Long
Schley
Plot to restore empire aims at overthrow of the French republic
The Pall Mall Gazette cites a Paris telegram claiming a conspiracy to crown Prince Louis Napoleon emperor. It notes a September 214 date for his promotion to full general in Russia and a planned demonstration aiding his claim. Names tied to the movement include M. des Rouledis, Marquis de Lur Salace, and M. Marcel Habert, with funds allegedly provided by government officials.
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London
Pall Ma! Gazette
Paris
Louis Napoleon
Ezir
Louis
M. Des Rouledis
Marquis de Lur Salace
M. Marcel Habert
West National Bank Votes to Raise Capital to 10 Million
In New York on July 20, stockholders of the West National Bank voted to increase the bank’s capital to 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fient Bank
New York
The
West National Bank i T
Swedish Cabinet Reorganization Announced in Copenhagen
King Christian entrusts Dr Deuntser with forming a liberal ministry to succeed the De Sohested cabinet which resigned on Wednesday. Selections include President of the council Dr Deuntser, minister of justice Alberti, interior Count Holstein, foreign affairs Alf Fred Hage, finance Christen synen of agriculture Hansen.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Deuntser
de Sohested
Dr. Deuntser
Justice
Alberti
Count Holstein
Alffred Hage
Christeensen
Hansen
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Govrnor Savage
Iateno
Oklahoma
Annapolis Academy
Agalin
Admiral
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