Colombia Faces Possible Withdrawal Amid Isthmus Tensions
The State department may authorize the American envoy in Caracas to shield Colombia’s interests if its minister leaves Venezuela. The Navy will use the battleship Iowa on the Pacific coast, replacing Wisconsin, with Admiral Silas Casey commanding. Machias sails to Colon as tensions rise along the Panama isthmus and the Venezuelan border.
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Washington
State Department
Caracas
Venezuela
Colombia
Russell
Panama
Gudger
Navy Department
Iowa
Wisconsin
Pacific
Silas Casey
San Francisco
Machias
Norfolk
Colon
Heron
Buena Ventura
Senor Rico
Grain Takes a Big Jump on Pessimistic Crop Report
In Chicago on August 13 the grain markets surged after a bleak crop report. Wheat rose to 73 cents a bushel for September, corn jumped to 61 cents, and oats climbed to 1 1 1/2 rents as trading intensified. In St. Louis, September corn opened at 57 to 61 1/2 cents and rose to 62 1/2 by 11 o'clock as shorts covered.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
ST. Louis
Shorts
Signor Crispi Dies at His Naples Home
Signor Crispi died at 7 46 PM at his Maples Naples residence surrounded by family and friends. The body likely to be sent to Palermo for a public funeral as Naples and Rome report on his declining condition and arrangements for his memoirs.
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Maples
Naples
Signor Crispi
Victor Emmanuel
Helen
Palermo
Rome
Signora Crispi
Villa Lina
Land allotment row heats Lynch Neb citizens
Residents of Lynch Nebraska fear a recent Interior Department ruling may cancel Ponca and Sioux allotments in Boyd and Knox counties. An official said complaints allege the allottees are children of a white man and an Indian woman, blocking homestead entries and sending papers to the General Land Office for possible hearings and cancellations.
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O'Neill
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Boyd
Knox
Nebraska
J. Weeks
Register of the United States Land Office
Boyd County
Feneral Land Office
Lynch
Dueling Till Done West Ends in Fatal Street Duel
In Lake City Utah a miner Jim Glendening killed Jim Hedge in a street duel after Hedge challenged him following a dispute over revolver merit. Hedge had a 20 year record of street encounters and had previously killed three men. Glendening was arrested and jailed after the shooting.
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Lake City
Uth
State Line
Utah
Jim Hedge
Jim Glendening
Hedge
Glendening
Railroad Tax Case Grants Injunction to Southern Pacific
Pay Taxes by Mlle. Reno Aug 13 United States Judge Hawley rendered his decision on the railroad tax case granting the injunction prayed for by the Southern Pacific company. The board named no classes proper into which railroads were divided for valuation but assessed the railroads by name at so much per mile.
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Reno
Nev
United States
Hawley
Southern Pacifi Company
Reducing Irish Membership Foreseen in London Plan
Aug 13 New York reports Chamberlain signaled a government bill to correct UK representation anomalies by reducing Irish members. A redistribution bill could be announced in 1902. Nationalists at Westminster have lost English sympathy, and Britons overall would favor trimming Irish seats.
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Down
New York
Westminster
Great Britain
Agreed on Final Protocol and Far East Tariff Plans
State Department reports from Pekin that the draft final protocol is agreed. A 6 percent ad valorem tariff will apply two months after signing, with exceptions for goods shipped within ten days and until specific rates are set. The Chinese free list includes rice, foreign cereals and flour, gold and silver bullion and corn. This flour inclusion is important for Pacific coast shippers. Also notes French success in Constantinople over concession rights. In Sioux City, Iowa priests circulate petition to appoint Father Cleary of Minneapolis as bishop for a proposed new see after DuBuque diocese division.
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Pekin
Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Expert Commission
Sioux City
Iowa
Father Cleary
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Wessel Not Shot Says Cable From London
London reports Lord Kitchener confirmed the release of envoy Andries Wessel, previously said to be shot. Wessel, a prisoner in General Cellier's laager near Kalfontein, was captured when the British forces recently surprised and seized the position.
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Wessel
London
Lord Kitchener
Andries Wessel
eWessel
Cellier
Laager
Kalfontein
Proclamation Near for 1903 World Fair in St Louis
In St Louis on August 12 a week of rapid progress in fair organization concluded with the executive committee approving classification reports from all departments. A sub committee reviewed the materials and the full committee endorsed them, meeting federal requirements for the president to issue a proclamation inviting governments worldwide to the 1903 international exposition in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
United States
War profitable to Kansas
Col Skinner, a British officer attached to the Boer war effort, reports heavy animal shipments from Kansas City area to New Orleans for South Africa. He notes British government has spent about $1,000,000 in Kansas City for horses and mules, with roughly 100,000 animals shipped via New Orleans over three years at an average $50 each, totaling around $5,000,000 in Missouri and Kansas.
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Kansas City
Col. Skinner
United States
Kanaug City
New Orleans
Canoetown
South Africa
Skinner
Missouri
Kansas
Missing gold brick valued at twenty thousand dollars
A telegram to Captain James Carroll from Apollo Mining of San Francisco reports a gold brick valued at $20,000, shipped from Unga Alaska via the Steamer Newport last July, has not arrived in San Francisco.
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Seattle
Wash
James Carroll
Apollo Mining Company of
San Francisco
Unga
Alaska
Newport
Navy Reprimands Admiral Evans Over Memoir Criticism
Washington August 12 The Navy Department reprimanded Rear Admiral Robley D Evans after a complaint by former Secretary Chandler over criticisms of Chandler in Evans book A Sailor s Log Evans faced censure for remarks deemed offensive to the secretary by the author and in the historical naval narrative
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Bob
Washington
Navy Department
Robley D. Evans
Open Lawton Reserves Prompt Homeseeker Plea
In Lawton Oklahoma Aug 10 homeseekers repelled by pastures say government should open three reserves in the land lottery area totaling about 532 500 acres near Kiowa Comanche country. They plan to petition the Interior Department to sell the land outright citing cattlemen with leases and fall roundups.
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Reseserve
Lawton
Okl
Interior Department
Texas
Warrant for Mint Clerk in San Francisco
United States Court Commissioner Heacock issued a warrant for the arrest of Walter N. Dimmick former chief clerk at the San Francisco Mint on charges of embezzling 30000 in gold coin. The loss was discovered early last month as per Secret Service Agent Hazen request.
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San Efranciscoo
United States Court
Heacock
Secret Service
George W. Hazen
Walter N. Dimmick
United States Mint
Railway to Tap Upper Michigan Iron Country
Owshby line to extend in Cumberland Wisconsin as of August 10. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway plans tapping the Upper Michigan iron country, expanding access to rich ore regions.
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Owshby
Cumberland
Wis
Chicago
Live Stock Quotes From South Omaha and Kansas City
South Omaha reports cattle mix steady to higher for prime beef, with western range cattle at up to 440. Hog prices hold near yesterday’s, with better grades favored. Cattle, hogs, and sheep bid ranges shown. Kansas City shows steady to higher cattle prices, with hogs at top around 6.02 and lambs weaker to steady. Prices vary by grade and stock type across regions.
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South Omaha
Kanaas City
Choice
Kansas City
Texas
Western Fed
Helfers
Colombians Active in Venezuela Invasion Claim
Willemstad reports a new Colombian invasion near Colon, Venezuela. Washington officials cannot confirm the dispatch, awaiting further action as the Wisconsin may move toward the Pacific coast while the Machias assignment remains undecided. The isthmus situation prompts readiness to protect American interests.
Prince Henry of Orleans Dies in Cochin China
Prince Henry of Orleans, eldest son of the duke of Chartreus and cousin to the duke of Orleans, died at 6:30 p.m. in French Cochin China. Born in 187, he remained unmarried after a lengthy illness. He was en route to the United States via San Francisco and Newport, with past rumors linking him to a American heiress and to the Infanta De La Mercedes.
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Prince Henry of Orleans
Cochin China
Saigon
Duke of Chartreus
Duke of Orleans
United States
San Francisco
Newport
Spain
Infanta de la Mercedes
Prince Charles of
Bourhup
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