Boundary Question Nearing Settlement Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Dispatches from Washington report Senor Calvo minister of Costa Rica states calm in the country and indicate an early determination on the Costa Rica Nicaragua boundary. A U S engineer will oversee delination as Costa Rica’s free import decree unsettles no one. Senate actions include Pacific railroad debates and several confirmations for diplomatic and postal posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senor Calvo
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
boundary commission
United States
Cleveland
San Juan
Colorado
Greytown
Managua
Nicara
Calvo
Wiesragua
To Start on a Scientific Tour
Washington July 13 Two scientists from this city Messrs D W W White and Charles Schubert travel under orders from the National Museum to Boston to join the Peary expedition. They will land at Disco Island off Greenland near the seventieth parallel and pursue investigations until about late September when they expect to return with the Peary ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Messrs
D W W. White
Charles Schubert
National museum
Boston
Disco island
Greenland
Important Pension Decision Clarifies Duty Claims
Washington July 13 Assistant Secretary Webster Davis issued a key ruling in Henry Miller's line of duty pension case. Miller a private in company K 101st Ohio Infantry was wounded while helping a teamster water mules after relief from guard duty. Davis reverses prior bureau denial stating Miller did not disobey orders and aided a comrade to protect government interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Webster Davis
Henry Miller
One Hundred and First Ohio infantry
Miller
Davis
pension bureau
Fire destroys Paris autocar works and carriages
A fire at Paris autocar and ordinary carriage works destroyed 20 autocars and 650 carriages along with tools, causing about 300,000 francs in losses. Two men, including a works employee, were arrested on suspicion of arson but claim the fire was accidental and the alarm was raised promptly. No evidence ties Paris cabmen to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
James
prn Dicion
Paria cabmen
srefre
Lightning Strikes New York State Camp Kills Guard
Conster nation swept Peekskill New York as a bolt of lightning struck a B C A tent at the state camp. Corporal McDonnell of the Twenty second regiment was killed instantly. Eleven others were knocked unconscious and removed to hospital. Colonel Bartlett and hospital corps assisted as grief struck the camp. The dead man had planned to marry his sweetheart after returning to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Peekskill
N. Y
Highlands
B.C. A
McDonnell
Twenty-second regiment
Franklin Bartlett
New York
National League Results and Standings Snapshot
National League results compiled from games in Cincinnati Chicago Cleveland Louisville and Pittsburgh show mixed outcomes with hits and errors tallied for each matchup. Standings list Boston Cincinnati Baltimore New York Cleveland Pittsburgh Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago Louisville and St Louis with win totals and percentages.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati -oo
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Hirs
Cleveland
Borton
Boston
St. Louis
Baltimore
Louisville
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
itsburg
Washington
P. c
Bt. Louis
Condensed Dispatches From This Evening
Forty persons were killed and 60 injured in a railway collision to Denmark. Oct 13 is New York city day at the Tennessee centennial with Oct 11 Brooklyn day and Oct 12 New York state day. The queen at WindsorCastle received Senator Wolcott ex Vice President Stevenson and General Paine, members of the United States bimetallic commission. Louis W Hall Pennsylvnia road attorney and West Point board member died suddenly at Harrisburg of heart disease. Reports from Sancti Spiritus Cuba confirm General Quintin Bandera, who commanded insurgents at Papaya heights on the 5th, was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
New York city
Tennessee
Brooklyn
New York state
Windsor castle
Wolcott
Stevenson
Sancti Spiritus
Cuba
Quintin Bandera
Papaya heights
Revelations by a Prisoner in Panama Scandals
Paris July 13 Emile Arton convicted of bribery in Panama canal scandals says successive governments connived at his silence The Boulangists offered him 1 000 000 frames for a document that could topple the Loubet ministry Loubet allegedly sought the same documents from him.
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Paris
Emile Arton
Panama canal commission
Loubet
M. Loubet
Accident In Boat Accident Shoots Friend In Philadelphia Gun Mishap
In Trenton on July 13 William Schindle was shot in the breast by Charles F. Mink of Philadelphia. The two were in a boat gunning when Mink touched the trigger and discharged the gun. Schindle was taken to St. Francis hospital and Mink was arrested. Both said the shooting was accidental.
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Trenton
William Schindle
Charles F. Mink
Philadelphia
Mink
Schindle
St. Francis’ hospital
Body Found In Barrel In Brooks County Swamp
A Quitman special reports a woman’s body found hacked and packed in a barrel buried in a swamp by farmer Jacob Wooten near Mule Creek. The body remained remarkably preserved, with flesh color near natural. No local missing person matches the scene, suggesting burial years ago or transport from distant place.
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Atlanta
Quitman
Brooks county
Jacob Wooten
Mule creek
Sailor Edward Carrigan Dies Aboard Preyson
The American fishing schooner Preyson arrived at St Johns Newfoundland with the body of Edward Carrigan a crew member who died from heart disease while attending his traw on the banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seltor
St. Johns
N. F
Preyson
Edward Carrigan
Core Carrying Case Vacates Antitrust Orders In Albany
Albany July 13 Judge Alden Chester vacated orders compelling presidents of Delaware and Hudson Delaware Lackawanna and Western New York Ontario and Western and Jersey Central railroads to appear before a referee. The action, under the new antitrust law, challenges constitutional powers and urges federal appellate review. The case mirrors a soldier hurt off duty in pursuing lawful employment.
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Albany
Trustice Alden
Walter E. Ward
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
New York, Ontario and Western
Jersey Central
supreme court
Chester
spreme court
Chesters
Samuel Sloans
Distinguished California Judge N Green Curtis Dies
Sacramento July 18 Judge N Green Curtis a longtime California lawyer and three term state senator has died A North Carolina native he was 87 years old and among the state's veteran jurists in public life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sacramento
N. Green Curtis
state senate
North Carolina
Doings of Strikers Signal Possible Wider Coal Outbreak
The Pittsburg strike broadens as mines idle across Monongahela valley and Fayette City. Only Equitable at Webster is operating. Arbiters from Ohio Indiana West Virginia Illinois prepare to meet in Pittsburg with coal operators and labor officials to settle the dispute.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela valley
Chamouni
Apollo
Jack Jones
O'Néeil
Fayette City
Equitable
twebster
Blyth Coalany
Red Bird
Washington Coal company
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company
Dearmill
Agricultural Moneys Apportioned to Societies
Albany July 13 The state agricultural department apportioned funds from state racing association taxes totaling 50000 with 35000 to county societies and 15000 to town societies. There are 50 county societies and 31 town societies. The year’s total distributed by the state to these societies amounts to 94678 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
state agricultural department
Liquor License Refused for Hanover Hotel Philadelphia
The Hotel Hanover at Twelfth and Arch Streets, among the city’s largest hostelries, was denied a liquor license by Judges Michael and Sulzberger. Although Charles F. Leland held a license last year, a transfer was requested amid stockholder disputes, and the court refused. No more liquor will be sold at the Hanover this year.
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Philadelphia
Hotel
Hanover
Twelfth and Arch Streets
MsMichael and
Sulzberger
Charles F. Leland
Dr Tinker Arrested for Alienating Mrs Colwell Affections
Dr Charles A Tinker was arrested in New York and bail set at 101,308 supplied by City Trust and Safe Deposit Co of Philadelphia. The arrest followed a judgment for 50,633 by broker Frederick C Colwell for alienating Mrs Colwell. Colwell’s divorce had been set aside on appeal, and a jury awarded the full sum plus costs.
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Vifers Affections
New York
Charles aA. Tinker
City Trust and Safe Deposit company
Philadelphia
Frederick C. Colwell
Colwell
Tinker
Death of a Prominent Troy Citizen in Albany County
James Barclay Jermain renowned philanthropist and wealthiest man in Albany county dies at Hedge Lawn on the Albany road. Amherst graduate, class of 1831, endowed Williams College with 50000 in 1883, funded the Jermain Memorial Church in Watervliet costing 120000, funded Albany Y M C A building and aged men home. Survived by three daughters.
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Troy
James Barclay Jermain
Albany county
Hedge Lawn
General Worth
Albany road
Amherst
Williams college
Jermain
Watervliet
Albany Y. M.Co
Plague of Caterpillars Strips Delaware Forests
Kingston July 13 reports a fast spreading tree tent caterpillar invasion in Delaware county. Maple forests near Arigille Were Gret attacked three weeks ago, now hundreds of acres are leafless and dying. Cocoons abound as green fruit drops. caterpillars march in battalions and arsenical insecticides have failed to stop them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Delaware county
Arigille
Salvation Army Leader Booth Tucker Visits White House
Commander Booth Tucker, head of the Salvation Army in the United States, called at the White House with a note from Vice President Hobart after a pleasant interview. President McKinley welcomed him warmly and praised the Salvation Army, which Tucker represents with broad support from Salvationists nationwide.
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Tucker
Washington
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
United States
White House
Hobart
McKinley
Establishing a Signal Line Along the North Shore
Gloucester reports a 25 man naval brigade under Lt James P Parker and Lt G R H Buffinton to set signal stations from the Merrimac river to Boston. The line would relay telegrams or telephone messages to the statehouse as wartime base operations for coastal defense.
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Gloucester
Mass
naval brigade
James P. Parker
G. R. H. Buffinton
Sixth division
Fall River
north shore
Merrimac river
Boston
statehouse
Trouble For New Haven Line Counts On Steamer
Surveyor of the Port Maguire assigned Inspector A. Du Moulin Jr to count passengers on the steamboat Richard Peck of the New Haven line. Du Moulin says he was ordered off by Superintendent Geraty and forcibly hustled ashore by a crewman labeled Ticket Seller. If true, the New Haven Steamboat Company may face a $500 fine.
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New Haven Line
New York
Port Maguire
A. Du Moulin, Jr
Richard Peck
New Haven
Du Moulin
Geraty
Du Mousin
New Haven Steamboat company
Drowned Boy in Canal Near Trenton
In Trenton on July 13 John Bidlangmaster aged 12 drowned in the Delaware and Raritan Canal while swimming with friends. He pulled down companion William Anderson and almost drowned him before another boy freed him. The body has not been recovered.
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Trenton
John Bidlangmaster
Delaware and Raritan
Willam Anderson
Anderson
Bidtanemaier
New Club Incorporated in Albany with State Secretary Approval
The Police and Fire club of New York City has been incorporated with the secretary of state. Directors are James M. Kerley, J. L. Bridgeford, Walter G Phillips, Francis J. P. Smith and William N. Search. The club aims to unite male citizens of good character for social and benevolent purposes under its constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Club Incorporated
Albany
cclub
New York city
James M. Kerley
J. L. Bridgeford
Walter G Phillips
Francis J. P. Smith
William N. Search
Buffalo shipment and lithographers meet in Cincinnati
A July dispatch reports a shipment of 13 buffaloes, 20 black-tailed deer, and 20 antelope from Moose Head ranch in Jackson Hole to ex Secretary William Whitney in Lenoxdale Mass. Whitney reportedly owns the east's largest buffalo herd. Separately in Cincinnati a biannual Lithographers' convention opened with 40 delegates, led by Joseph R. Keogh, August Zimmerman, and John B. Muir. The gathering will be held in secret session all week.
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Albany
Moose Head ranch
Jackson Hole country
Wyoming
A. B. Adams
William €. Whitney
Lenoxdale
Mass
Whitney
Cincinnati
International Protective and Beneficial association
Joseph R. Keogh
New York
August Zimmerman
Boston
John B. Muir
Armenian report details systematic Armenian persecutions
Paris reports a 30 page Armenian notables and Gregorian bishops account on Turkish violence in Armenia. It cites clandestine exterminations, torture of women, beatings, and killings as Turks and Kurds raid homes and enslave and assault Armenians, with a plea for European aid.
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Paris
Pere Charmeiant
Levant
Caucasus
Tiflis
Armenia
Europe
Death of a Former Mill President in Belmont
Samuel R. Payson aged 85 a retired business man and former Manchester New Hampshire mill president died at his Belmont home after a year of failing health. He earlier built a career as a Woolen commission merchant in Boston. His firm closed in 1873 he then bought the Manchester mills and organized a new company which enjoyed a prosperous run under his leadership.
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Boston
Samuel R. Payson
Manchester
N. H
Belmont
Manchester mills
Rain Saves the Corn Crop in Nebraska and Adjacent States
Lincoln July 13 reports from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad indicate general rainfall across Nebraska Iowa and Missouri since Saturday. The moisture is expected to practically insure crop success despite high temperatures and no damage from hot winds reported.
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Lincoln
Neb
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Coal Train Wrecked In New Straitsville
A coal train at mine No 6 in New Straitsville Ohio was wrecked after eight cars of coal were set loose by unknown persons. The runaway wreckage rolled half a mile, damaging a switch. Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Co offers a 3000 dollar reward for the arrest of the guilty parties. First act of violence tied to the great coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron company
Lightning Strikes Morristown House Burns Occupants
On Mount Kemble avenue in Morristown New Jersey a dwelling was struck by lightning and burned. Henry Benbrook and his wife were knocked insensible and neighbors dragged them from the blaze. Both were resuscitated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
N. J
Henry Benbrook
Mount Kemble avenue
Benbrook
Sale of a Race Course in Lexington Ky
The Kentucky association course the oldest race track in the country has been sold at court sale to Charles Green agent for St. Louis bondholders for 23395. The property was assessed ten years ago at 00000. The Kentucky association will try to have the sale set aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Kentucky association
Charles Green
St. Louis
Death of an Episcopal Clergyman in Saratoga
Rev. Dr. James Mulcahey, 75, D.D., retired Episcopal clergyman of 94 Decatur Street Brooklyn, died here of edema of the lungs after arriving two weeks ago and living only three days. The remains were taken to Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
James Mulcahey
Dacatur street
Brooklyn
Drowned man dies in surf at Atlantic City
Drowned at Atlantic City on July 18, J Barry of Philadelphia went out into the surf at St Charles avenue and failed to reach shore. He expired before help could reach him, marking the season's first drowning.
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Atlantic City
J. Barry
Philadelphia
St. Charles avenue
Barry
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Columbus
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Kenia
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Indianapolis
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