Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company Sail Between Cities
The advertisement promotes travel between Cleveland and Buffalo via a fleet of steamers operated by the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company. It urges readers to take the voyage for rest and merriment, highlighting the nightly steamer service and daily Cleveland to Toledo connections. It also lists local businesses including Iron Bridge Co and East Main Street jewelers.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
Toledo
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company
Cleveland, O
Marquette Promoted as Charming Lake Superior Summer Resort
Marquette Mich offers healthful location scenery and comfortable hotels via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. The resort promises immunity from hay fever inviting a healthful rest and comfort. For details contact a nearby ticket agent or Geo H Healre General Passenger Agent Chicago IL.
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Marquette
Lake Superior
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Mich
H. Healre
Chicago
Tau New York Stag Offers Daily Forty Dollar Bicycle
Captain William Astor Chanler of New York leads Tau New York Stag as president. The ad promises a daily forty dollar bicycle prize. Board members include Amos J. Cummings Asa Bird Gardner district attorney ex governor Hogg and Fred Feigl among other recognizable names.
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William Astor Chanler
New York
Tau New York Stag
Amos J. Cummings
Asa Bird Gardner
Hogg
Texas
Fred Feigl
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Advertisement
A period ad promoting Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifying tonic to strengthen nerves and relieve nervousness. It claims the blood feeds the nervous system and promises improved health, with Hood’s Pills advertised to cure constipation and a price listed as 25e for subscription to The Independent.
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Hood
Greatest shelf clearing event in store history
The store reports the largest surplus reduction with sixty four departments participating. An across the board clearance of summer merchandise including silks wash goods dress goods suits skirts and shirt waists is underway with earnest pricing designed to astonish. Readers are urged to visit soon or risk missing the most remarkable dry goods sale in experience.
Bennington to sail. Schurman visits Asia then US
At Marsina on July 5 the Bennington will depart with Prof. Schurman to Hong Kong and Japan before returning to the United States. The United States commission plans autumn meetings in Washington to issue a report on its Philippines work including currency and Chinese exclusion debates.
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Marsina
Bennington
Schurman
United States Advisory Commission
Philippines
Hongkong
Japan
United States
Admiral Dewey
Denby
Worcester
Washington
Aguinaldo
Tarlec
Tarlac
Aparri
Manila
Pratt sues publishers over false Philippine interview libel
San Francisco reports that United States consul Spencer Pratt has sued publishers in Singapore over a libelous account of an Aguinaldo Pratt interview promising Philippine independence. The Straits Settlements Supreme Court issued an injunction against further publication, valid regionwide. Pratt plans to pursue action in the United States, alleging anti American sources in Hong Kong influenced telegrams.
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San Francisco
Singapore
Spencer Pratt
United States
Spain
John Foreman
Philippines
Pratt
Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements
Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Limited
Straits Settlements
Hongkong
Orient
Return of Volunteers Won’t Change General Ranks in Philippines
Wasuiicon July 6 report from the War Department states that volunteer return from the Philippines will not alter general officer ranks. Total force, not specific units, sets the quota, with one major general per 12,000 men and an estimated 78,000 in the joint establishment. Current regulars Mues Merritt Brooke and volunteers Shafter Otis Lawton MacArthur form the senior general lineup, with eight brigadiers Bates Young Schwan Hall Wheaton Grant Hughes Ovenshine likely to retain commands. No new brigadier slots anticipated. Also noted is the sailing of transport Wyerfield from San Francisco to Manila carrying one officer, 23 enlisted men, 140 horses, and 7,000 tons of stores.
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Philippines
War Department
Mues
Merritt
Brooke
Shafter
Otis
Lawton
MacaArthur
Bates
Young
Schwan
Hall
Wheaton
Grant
Hughes
Ovenshine
Cuba
Manila
Wasa Hinaton
Quartermaster General
Wyerfield
San Francisco
Americans Abroad Celebrate Fourth of July in Europe
The Fourth of July was marked with enthusiasm across Europe. In Berlin the American colony held a picnic on the Spree with dancing and fireworks. Embassies in Berlin Paris and Rome hosted receptions while London businesses closed for holidays and displayed flags for their employees.
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London
Europe
Berlin
United States
Paris
Rome
Wild Cheers for Bryan at Tammany Fourth of July
A New York Tammany Hall Fourth of July celebration featured Joseph J. Willett of the Alabama Bar Association delivering the oration. His remarks about Judge Van Wyck and trusts drew loud cheers, with applause for William J. Bryan when mentioned. Ex-Governor James S. Hogg spoke on free silver, anti‑trusts, Cuban independence, and the Nicaragua canal, pledging Dems to fight imperialism under Bryan’s leadership. The event included several regional speakers and a cable dispatch from Richard Croker congratulating the day.
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Mr. Willett
Augustus van Wyck
William J. Bryan
Alger
Asher G. Caruth
Kentucky
Joseph Wheeler
Richard Croker
London
James 8. Hogg
Texas
Hogg
Nicaraugua Canal
Tammany
Wiliam J. Bryan
Bryan
van Wyck
Jas. D. Richardson
Tennessee
Norman EK. Mack
Buffalo
Thomas F. Grady
This City
James W. Ridgway
Brooklyn
William E. Gourley
New Jersey
A. Gaston
Pennsylvania
C. Vey Holman
Maine
Bryan speaks in Barnesville Georgia at Chautauqua
Hon William J Bryan addressed a large Barnesville crowd with Clark Howell introducing him. Bryan defended Jeffersonian plans and opposed the administrations Philippines policy while calling Republicans trustees of trusts amid a strong Fourth of July celebration in Georgia. General Nelson A Miles spoke at Sherman Heineman park Mansfield Ohio with a warm reception despite health limits.
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Barnesvillee
William J. Bryan
Barnesville
Thomas Jefferson
Siryan
Republican Party
Murder in Pittsburg as man shot saving boy
William Barry of 30 Chatham Street was killed while attempting to rescue a boy from a beating in front of St. Peter's Italian Catholic church at Webster Avenue and Tunnel Street. The suspect Michael Bauffeni was captured after a citywide chase through the dense neighborhood.
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Pittsbure
William Barry
Chatham Street
St. Peter’s
Webster Avenue
Tunnel Street
Michael Bauffeni
Odessa Mine Blast Kills Forty-Four and Wounds Twenty
A dispatch from Odessa reports a dynamite cartridge exploded near the coal mine under excavation, killing 44 and wounding 20. In Washington, Mrs. McKinley’s condition remained favorable with doctors reporting improvement.
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Breruix
Odessa
Fourth of July Festivities in Havana Unite Many Nations
A grand Fourth of July celebration in Maxsina Havana featured fireworks, parades, and concerts with Americans, Filipinos, Spaniards, and Chinese participating. The Baltimore fired a salute, Chaplain Knudsden read the Declaration, and Bandmaster Carl Ovidt led a large concert by the Sixth artillery band. Foreign consuls attended receptions with military officers, and multiple regimental gatherings hosted dances, though a late-night street-curfew law hindered a final public celebration.
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Maxsina
Baltimore
North America
Luneta
Carl Ovidt
Sixth Artillery Band
America
Knudsden
Washington Regiment
United States
Army and Navy Circle
Denby
Soldiers’ Club
A. F. Williams
Colorado Regiment
Dutch honor Hugo Grotius at Nieuwe Kerk ceremony
At Nieuwe Kerk Deft Holland July 5 delegates diplomats and officials gathered to honor Hugo Grotius on the Dutch national day. A. P. C. Van Karnebeck presided and Andrew D. White head of the American delegation laid a wreath on Grotius’s tomb bearing a grateful inscription. The event included speeches by W. A. De Beautort and Seth Low and closed with The Star Spangled Banner as King Oscar’s telegram of homage arrived.
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Detft
Holland
Nieuwe Kirck
Hugo Grotius
Tue Hague
United States
Netherlands
W. 4. de Beautort
Seth Low
Noisy Fourth of July Celebrations in Havana
Havana marked the Fourth with boisterous street scenes as Cuban youths bought firecrackers and annexationists hired a band to lead a two hour parade. Flags were distributed to participants while a 45 gun salute rang from Cabanas fortress. U S forces paraded at Camp Quemados with regimental bands, followed by a sports program and a large banquet in the afternoon with many officials present. Bishop John P. Newman was reported sinking in Saratoga.
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Havana
Prado
Cabanas Fortress
Eighth United States Infantry
Camp Quemados
Lee
Seventh United Tates Cavalry
Ncon
Brooke
Ludlow
Chaffee
Wilson
Gomez
Senor Perfecto Lacotte
Dreyfus Reunites With Brother at Prison Visit
Dreyfus received his brother Matthew for a first visit at the prison. The brothers embraced. Dreyfus appears aged but mentally sharp, recovering from dysentery and insomnia. He spoke of Devil’s Island memories, the ongoing legal maneuvers, and gratitude toward Demauge, Labori, and Colonel Picquart.
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Reunes
France
Dreyfus
Madame Dreyfus
Matthew Dreyfus
Matthew
Devil's Island
Maures Demauge
Labori
Picquart
Maitres de Manage
Fever Restricts Fourth of July Celebrations in Santiago
Quarantine against yellow fever kept the town from any Fourth of July events though the fever status improved. Five new cases appeared among troops, all mild. A solemn cathedral mass honored sailors lost with Admiral Cervera, amid initial fears of unrest over the Spanish flag that did not materialize.
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Santiago DE Craa
Cervera
No Deaths From Yellow Fever Reported
The War Department released a Havana dispatch noting no deaths from yellow fever. It lists June 30 brain meningitis death of Private Ellwood H. Beers of Eighth Infantry in Pinar del Rio, and the July 3 drowning of Private Frank A. Duffy of First Infantry in Pinar del Rio. The report calls this a favorable sign that medical officers have the fever well in hand.
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Havana
Havana Hospital
Ellwood H. Beers
Eighth Infantry
Cerebra
Pinar del Rin
Frank A. Duffy
First Infantry
Volunteers Mobilizing Amid Pacific Typhoon Disruptions
Washindoy July 5 The War Department quotes General Otis reporting units ready in California, Colorado, Idaho, North Dakota and Wyoming. One thousand four hundred infantry and artillery, plus discharged men, are loading at Negros aboard Sherman. Grant will unload and load 65 officers and 1,500 men in four days as preparatory papers proceed.
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Wana
Washington
California
Sherman
Negros
Warren
Colorado
Grant
Idaho
North Dakota
Wyoming
Otis
Negro Shooter Feared a Lynching
Harry Walker of Hagerstown Md was shot and probably fatally wounded in Harrisburg by James Washington of Steelton who fled through the streets with a mob pursuing him. Washington escaped but was captured by a colored man and hustled to jail. Washington cried Dont kill me Dont lynch me as he ran.
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Hansgiscare
Harry Walker
Solored
Hagerstown
Hartisburg
James Washington
Steelton
Washington
Dr James L Brownson Dead in Wasnixeton Pa
Dr James L Brownson longtime pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington and a noted educator in the United States has died in Wasnixeton Pa on July 3.
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Wasnixeton
James L. Brownson
First Presbyterian Church of
Windsor Hotel Fire Victim Dies in Saratoga
Miss Dorothy L. F. Wheeler of New York City, who was seriously burned in the Windsor hotel fire in March, died in Saratoga on July 5. She was the daughter of Mrs. L. A. Wheeler of New York City.
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Saratoga
Dorothy L. F. Wheeler
New York City
Windsor Hotel
Elliott Pardoned and Exiled After Murder Affray
Willem J. Elliott, former Sunday Capitol editor, pardoned by Governor Bushnell on the condition he leave Ohio. The pardon follows a February 3, 1891 shooting in which Albert C. Osburn was killed, an incident tied to the Sunday World. The case sparked a major local uproar and a public council review in Cleveland.
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William Ebighex
Capitol
Cattmers
Jly
Willem J. Eliott
The
Sunday Capital
Ufe
Albert C. Osburn
Sunday World
Bushnell
Wil
Bysidader
Otis Praises Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers in Vos
In Wasniscroy July 5 Brigadier General H G Otis extols the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers as finest soldiers, commending their charge, capture of a church and hospital, and campaign near Malolos. He notes honors expected for officers and discusses promotions and rumored plans for the volunteer unit’s future.
Arbitration Choice Interpreted by German Delegate
At a July 5 meeting the arbitration committee debated obligatory versus optional arbitration. The German Delegate stated formal instructions reject obligatory arbitration except by special conventions. Article 10 of the Russian proposal was struck and replaced to make arbitration optional except where powers sign conventions. All delegates concurred, with M Bourgeois of France calling it a compromise.
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Hacve
Arbitration Committee
M. Bourgeois
Dowager Queen Kapiolani Dies in Honolulu
The steamship Coptic arrived from Hongkong and Yokohama via Honolulu with news that Dowager Queen Kapiolani, widow of late King Kalakaua, died at Honolulu on June 24.
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San Francisco
Hongkong
Yokohama
Honolulu
Kapiolani
Kalakaua
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