Brother and sister to be reunited after twenty six years
Miss Jennie Smith of Baltimore and Dickinson B. Smith, long separated since 1871, will meet in Chicago with a reunion expected. President McKinley and Dr Mansfield helped reveal the lost kinship, sparked by letters from Dickinson in California and decades of mistaken deaths. The siblings travel from Atlantic and Pacific coasts to reunite, a story tied to the presidents, a Canton Ohio pastor, and a long gold fever era tale.
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CuicaGo
Atlantic
Pacific
Chicago
President McKinley
Mansfield
Canton
Ohio
Jennie Smith
Baltimore
Dickinson B. Smith
Smith
Miss Smith
Dr. Mansfield
McKinley
San Francisco
Great rush for Yukon brings ships to Puget Sound
In Seattle twenty-one steamers three sailing vessels and two scows will sail to Alaska from Puget Sound through September 1. The Alaska boats of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company form the core, with frequent new charters pressed to move gold hunters to the Klondike. The city is filled with travelers, crowded hotels, busy lodging houses, taxed restaurants, and merchants overwhelmed by booming demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
North Pacific Ocean
Puget Sound
Alaska
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
el Dorado
Klondike Placers
Women Drawn for Jury in Fort Scott Court
In Fort Scott Kansas three prominent local women appear on the September jury list. Mrs A Kaufman wife of Sigmund Kaufman grocer Mrs A M Douglass wife of Chas Douglass a ming operator and Mrs M E Ross wife of C F Ross real estate broker own property pay taxes and are electors, and may have to serve unless the court excuses them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Fort Scory
Kan
District Court
A. Kaufman
Sigmund Kaufman
A.M. Douglass
Chas. Douglass
M. E. Ross
C.F. Ross
Antarctic expeditions push toward the pole from London
News from London reports growing Antarctic interest with Belgian and British plans. Prof. Neumeyer of the German Antarctic Company organizes two ships to reach the meridian of Kerguelen Island, one for external communications and the other for exploration behind Wilkes and Victoria lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pole
London
Prof
Neumeyer
Antarctic Company
Kerguelan Island
Cop
Wilkes
Victoria Lands
Robbers Burn Feet of Four in Pa. Home Invasion
Four masked assailants enter the Munster Township house of brothers Phillip and John Devo and force them and a third man to the floor. The intruders bind, gag, and ransack the home, then burn the men’s feet with heated sticks when money is not found. All three victims do not reveal any hiding place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnatown
Phillip
John Devo
Batchelor
Munster Township
Nenlen
Fire ravages mill yards and structures in Horston
A blaze at Barnum in Pell County Texas destroyed a planing mill and dry kilns, lumber yards and several tenement houses owned by W. T. Courter & Co. Also damaged were cars and three small bridges of the Kansas and Texas Railroad. Loss estimated at 250 000 with limited insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horston
Texas
Barnum
Pell County
W. T. Courter & Co
Kansas and Texes Railroad
Ansurance
Work Accelerates at Brooklyn Yard on Major Battleships
York pressed with vigor at the Brooklyn navy yard as repairs race ahead on battleships Texas Cincinnati Annapolis and Detroit. Texas expected to leave this week then return for dry dock. Cincinnati in dry dock needs about three weeks of work. Annapolis fitted for sea in a couple of weeks. Detroit to redo battery with two 6 inch guns replacing two 3 inch guns and adjust overall armament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Texas
Cincinnati
Annapolis
Detroit
Torrid Weather Grips London and Cambridge
London endures a blistering spell with temperatures near 90. In Cambridge heat exceeds average by eighteen degrees. Over 2 prostrations in London hospitals. July rain scant and crops threatened. Due to heat, London death rate rises to 23.6 per 1000 with many sunstrokes. Court wigs and gowns discarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cambridge
Besieged by Cubans in Puerto Principe
Reports from Puerto Principe indicate insurgents are gathering in force and have attacked suburbs. Two blockhouses were seized, garrisons driven out, forts burned, and many convoy trains captured. Food supplies are reduced, pacificos face starvation, guards doubled at markets, residents fear famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Principe
Cuba
The Pension Roll Nearing One Million Mark
The United States pension roll approaches one million with 83 258 pensioners at the start of the fiscal year. An increase of 12 850 is noted for the past year along with 50 101 new grants and 5 971 restored to the rolls. Old age and disease cause deaths and losses from remarriage unrecorded causes and other reductions are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Evans
Pointer and Patchen Set for Chicago Pace Clash
Pointer and Joe V Patchen are slated to race in Chicago on August 21 for pacing supremacy. The purse is 4000 dollars with winner take all. The club imposes alternating heats and recent meets show Pointer winning all heats at Washington Park while Patchen won three straight at Columbus, where he posted a 2 01½ time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pointer
Patchen
Star Winter
Joe V
Tvain
Chicago
Washington Park
Columbus
Poisoned by a Mosquito Bite Causes Menace to Dorothy Dodworth
A mosquito bite has swollen Dorothy Dodworth of Greater New York to three times normal size and left her delirious in the Elmhurst home of Mrs. M. FE Lyon. The item also notes other brief notices about resignations, deaths, and miscellaneous happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirnty
Dorothy Dodworth
Greater New York
Champion Bigamist organizes wives gathering in Chicago
David E Bates, a Chicago bound bigamist with five wives and up to a dozen claimed, calls a convention of his spouses. An advertisement asks all Bates wives to meet at the stock yards police station at 9 am on Wednesday August 11 for a group interview. Bates seeks notice in Marquette Kalamazoo and Galena papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Bates
Chicago
NotTier
Gates
Stock Yards
South Halstead and
Mattson Streets
Bates
Marquette
Kalamazoo
Galena
Ban on an Irish Picnic by Bishop Fink
Bishop Fink of the Leavenworth and Kansas City diocese forbids Catholics from attending an Irish American picnic planned for next Sunday in Kansas City. He cites Sunday as a holy day and says a public picnic violates church law, warning participants commit offense in God’s eyes. Edmond Lynch, president of United Irish societies, says the event will proceed despite the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fink
Bishop Fink
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kan
Ekon
Finks
Edmond Lynch
The
United Irish Societies
Desperadoes Shot Down by Five Deputies on Alabama Road
In Coffee County Alabama Monday five deputy sheriffs clashed with two negro desperadoes Allen Lightfoot and his son on a Pea River road. The elder Lightfoot died from a heart shot while the son was wounded in the legs and shoulder and is not expected to live. None of the officers were seriously hurt. Lottie Temple Not Slain. Detectives traced the missing Rapids City girl to movements after Chicago disappearance and suspect she left with a former Burlington railroad engineer for a western city.
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Warren Windring
Springville
N.Y
Miss Ware
Alabama
Allen Lightfoot
Pea River
Coffee County
Lightfoot
Lottie Temple
Rapids City
Mich
Chicago
William Garrison
Corbus
Cudmore
Garrison
Burlington Road
Filled Full of Bullets and Fishery Law Enforcements
Nathaniel Mason, a young man described as a negro, attempted an assault on Mrs. Powell in Glenwood Georgia and was killed by her husband and neighbors who arrived armed with tins and pistols. British ships enforce lobster factory closures on French shore. Texas attorney general files eight suits against Houston and Texas Central Railroad for freight-rate discrimination as part of broad actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Mason
Powell
Glenwood
Dr. Powell
Texas
Attorney General of
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Treasury ruling on Alaska landings under customs supervision
A telegram from the treasury department states miners may land their effects and proceed to British Columbia from Dyea under customs supervision without paying duty or posting bonds. Also noted are reports of a record ocean journey by the Potomac tank steamer, a lynching in Edna Georgia, and the death of Oscar I. Price, Burlington general solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Alaska
Attle, Wash
Treasury Department
British Columbia Territory
Dyea
Secretary Sherman’s conciliatory note to Japan on Hawaii annexation
The forthcoming Japanese protest response will be brief and conciliatory. Secretary Sherman’s reply cites a 19th century Foster principle that treaties expire when a party loses independence, arguing Hawaiian treaties terminate upon annexation and Honolulu can maintain diplomatic ties. It argues the balance of power in the Pacific remains unchanged and Hawaii’s long US influence means policy will not shift post annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Japan
Shrman
Hawaii
Foster
Harrison
Annexation
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
United States
Republic
Florida Orange Crop Expected Between 150000 and 200000 Boxes
Florida Fruit Exchange officers in Jacksonville report the fall orange crop will total between 150000 and 200000 boxes, with Manatee and Lee counties producing the bulk and Volusia county contributing 15000 to 20000 boxes. The 1898 outlook, barring freezes and droughts, could reach 600000 boxes. Growers remain hopeful after recovering from the spring and early summer drought and freeze damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Fruit
Jacksonville
Manatee and
Lee
Volusia County
Original Package Defined by Charleston Judge in Liquor Case
Judge Simonton of the U S court in Charleston S C defines an original package as the liquor form delivered to the initial carrier at shipment. If a box of imported liquor is sold, the whole box must be sold not individual bottles. Dealers must import liquor in single packages as required by the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simonton
United States Court At
Charleston
S. C
World Gold Production Estimates Rise in 1897
Mr. Preston, director of the mint, estimates world gold production for 1896 at 205 million dollars with the United States contributing over 53 million. For 1897 the world’s gold product is believed to reach at least 240 million, an increase of 35 million over 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Mint
United States
Market quotations span multiple midwest and eastern cities
A compiled list shows price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo New York and more. It includes cattle at 2.50 to 8.25 per hundredweight hogs 3.00 to 5.25 sheep 2.50 to 5.25 wheat 77 cents to 90 cents per bushel corn 24 to 30 cents oats 16 to 28 cents rye 41 to 44 cents and related products like butter eggs and seeds.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
New York
Flood Devastates Hot Springs and Nearby Rail Lines
A massive August 6 flood overwhelmed Hot Springs with a 15 foot wall of water. Homes and camps were swept away, the Buffalo Gap Lumber yard, tracks for the Burlington and Elkhorn railroads damaged, and the plunge bath ruined. One child died, and widespread losses totaled thousands.
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Black Hills
Hot Springs
Cold Brook
Burlington
Elkhorn
K. C. Morehouse
Prof
Williams
Pine Ridge
Buffalo Gap Lumber Company
Regents Accounts Settle Demand For Book Return
Correspondence between Old Board of Regents and Mr Blair of Elk Point plus David Winns outlines settlement steps. Winns states books and money were sent to State Treasurer Phillips and are with the treasurer awaiting final settlement. Campbell notes the letters reveal the full facts of the regents matter.
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Williams
Herried
Eureka
Haire
Aberdeen
Blair
Dell Rapids
David Williams
Webster
Old
Board of Regents
Elk Point
Mt i
Yankton
Board of Regent
I Williams
Hugh J. Campbell
Vermillion
Faris
Phillips
Pierre
Mie
Regents of Education
David Winns
Campbell
Sioux Falls Judge Rules S Dak Railroad Schedules Illegal
Judge Carland of Sioux Falls rules that railroad schedules set by the South Dakota Railroad Commission before July 1 are void. Hearings in June were illegal and rates cannot be enforced until new notices and hearings are held. The Palmer plan is deemed illegal, delaying rate establishment by two to three months.
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South Dakota Railroad Commission
Carland
Sioux Falls
Railway Commission
Palmer
Null
Pierre
Land Valuations Steady With Minor County Shifts
The state board of equalization kept land valuations largely unchanged from last year with 33 counties identical to assessor returns. Stanley saw the largest cut of 40 percent from 4.25 per acre, while Grant rose 35 percent from 8.25. Lawrence holds the highest per acre at 18.47 due to mining land.
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State Board of Equalization
Stanley
Lawrence
Nowlin
Hyde
Bon Homme
Missouri Valley
Campbell and
Brule
James Valley
Beadle
Black Iills
Unique Entertainment In Rapid City Social Aides Creek Pan Gold
In Rapid City a society lady hosted friends at her country home west of town for a novelty outing. Guests washed dirt in a creek using gold pans and counted the gold found. One guest netted 1.45 dollars while another found eight colors in three pans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Klondike Fever in the Hills
Alaska gold excitement drives Black Hills exodus as twenty miners depart from Deadwood with plans for more to follow this fall and next spring. Nine Black Hills men left August 8 for Klondike. migrants carry up to five thousand dollars each while others exceed one thousand. Council submits to the mayor with the auditor appointment finally confirmed after a two month contest, ending saloon influence on city politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Alaska
Black Hills
Deadwood
Klon‘dike
Sioux Falls
C W Hill Dies in Florida After Health Trip
C W Hill, longtime settler and land locator in Jerauld County and former editor of the Dakota Sieve, died in Florida days after his son Ezra. He had gone south for health and was stricken by swamp fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hill
Florida
Jerauld County
Dakota Sieve
Ezra
Arrest of 18-Year-Old William Haas in July Shooting
William Haas, an 18-year-old, has been arrested for shooting Emma Schwelsow of Alvedria on July 25 and is jailed awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haas
Emma Schwelsow
Alveandria
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Wyo
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Anderson
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Edna
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Oscar I. Price
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Court of Criminal Correction
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Hawarden
Iowa
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Harvey White
Custer
Custer City
George Jackson
John Metcalfe
Dakota
State Insurance Department
North American Casualty Company of
Minneapolis
Thomas Rooney
Northville
Northern Pacific Railway
E. M. Williams
Congregational Church
Mitchell Land District
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