Blanco Held Accountable For Merrimac Heroes Lives
The Weekly Capital reports Captain General Blanco of Cuba faces punishment for the Merrimac heroes imprisonment at Morro Castle Santiago. Washington warns that if Mobson and his men are not removed or killed, the United States will treat Blanco and other high ranking Spanish officers as murderers and hang one for each American fatality.
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Blanco
Llobson
Washington
Merrimac
Morro Castle
Santiago
United States
Cuba
Mobson
Blanco Declares No Flag of Truce to Be Recognized
Editorial blasts Blanco for vows to ignore flags of truce and fire on any vessel within range, whether U S or Spanish. The writer calls such stance self destructive and compares it to savage behavior, predicting complications as war proceeds.
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Bianco
Blanco
Watson Confirms Report Spain Refuses Prisoner Exchange
Commodore Watson reports the captain general states Spain will not exchange Hobson and his men. British vessels report passing Shafter's expedition. steamers arrive Kingston with twenty four American ships sighted in the Windward Passage Sunday night heading south. Mills at King's Mills Ohio destroyed by two men, one badly burned. one captured, the other escaped. A New York post office employee donates 50 dollars per month to the U S war expenses for April and May. Central Railroad of New Jersey passenger train wreck near Mauch Chunk kills engineer Richard Mirthie and news agent, injuring two others. Senate committee advances Nicaragua canal project, with Eureka College marks jubilee and endowment growth. Australia reports good rains improving wheat crops by 13,000,000 pounds.
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Spain
Hobson
Washington
Watson
Nivana
Nobson
Shafter
Kingston
Jamaica
Windward Passage
King Powder Company
King’s Mills
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ife
Thether
New York
United States
Post Office
Northwest
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Hove Mauch Chunie
Richard Me Ihtie
Easton
Chas. Ebner
South Easton
Wilfred Yeomans
Charles Taylor
Ston
Senate Committee
Saint Maritime Canal Company
Rica
Nicaragua
Cos
Ial
Eureka College
Eureka
Ce of Christ
President calls for 100000 more troops in new draft
A senator close to the president says a third volunteer call for 100000 men will be issued within two weeks. The force would add about eighty regiments, twenty five brigades, nine divisions and three army corps, expanding the army to around 409000. The plan aims to pressure Spain in Cuba the Philippines and Porto Rico and to prepare for a Havana siege if needed.
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Spain
Pilippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Havana
Balloon Tested For Santiago Reconnaissance
Military balloon equipment led by Gen Greely and Capt Joseph Maxfield prepares for first trial in Cuba to scout enemy movements near Santiago. Balloons obtained in France are now at Tampa and slated for future Cuba and Puerto Rico operations.
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Santiago
Greely
Signal Office
Joseph Maxfield
Cuba
Gen. Greely
France
Tampa
Porto Rico
Disastrous Utah Fire Destroys Park City Business District
A Sunday morning blaze razed Park City Utah business areas along Main Street leaving only a few houses on the hill intact. Estimated losses near a million dollars. Firefighters ceased efforts by 9 30 after explosive demolition of several houses. Welch Driscoll Buck remains the sole surviving business as shops hotels and saloons burned with the opera houses city hall banks post office and telephone exchange all destroyed. Many residents left homeless with only the clothes on their backs.
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Park City
Utah
Main Street
Welch, Driscoll & Buck
Park Opera House
Grand Opera House
City Hall
Rumored Capitulation Report From Madrid
A Madrid correspondent reports Manila may have capitulated though ministers have not received confirmation. The source says Senor Romero Guion, minister of the colonies, states that if Gov Gen Augusti has handed power to Gen Sanderes, Sanderes will attempt a sortie. Consuls in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore are ordered to organize rapid communications with the remaining Spanish archipelago.
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Madrid
Manila
Senor Romero Guion
Gen. Augusti
Gen. Sanderes
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Singapore
Riot at Cleveland Convention Splits Hanna McKisson Factions
At the Republican County Convention in Cleveland Ohio Hanna and McKisson supporters clashed causing arrests and a split as Hannaites formed a separate gathering. Also reported is a fatal street accident in Newark New Jersey involving scorcher riders and a court divorce granting Mrs Hanna custody of three children. Eureka College marks semi centennial with $80,000 debt relief and $100,000 endowment boost.
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Hanna
McKisson
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Murphy
Thompson
Hunt
Newark
N. J
Tandent
Murphy
Broad Street
Tunt
D. R. Lanna
Dissett
Common Pleas Court
Dan R. Hanna
Senator Hanna
Eureka College
Eureka (Ill
Disciples of Christ
Plot to Kill the Czar Frustrated in Russia Plot
Advices from St. Petersburg report a thwarted plot to assassinate the czar. The incident followed the czar’s consecration at Tsarskoe Selo where a mined display spot triggered arrests, possibly a scare linked to abolishing lucrative posts. Officials hint Nihilist links amid conflicting accounts. Meanwhile Boston boy returns $28,000 in bank books of late waiter Patrick Fay to charity.
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St. Petersburg
Tsar Skoe Selo
Patrick Hfay
Boston Waller
John Kelly
Boston
Patrick Fay
Carney Hospital
Fay
Kelly
Worden's life saved under commuted sentence
Gov Budd commuted Worden's train wrecker sentence to life imprisonment after a medical board found he was insane at the time of the wreck that killed three soldiers and the engineer. The petition included signatures from President Cleveland and the Southern Pacific president.
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Gov. Budd
California
Worden
United States
Cleveland
Southern Pacific
Market Quotations Across Cities For Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market quotations from Chicago to New York show varied ranges for cattle hogs and sheep with prices for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes. Prices reflect regional differences with several cities listing No 2 grades and specific commodity spreads across markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Grand Lodge elects officers and sets Sioux Falls meeting
Louis G. Levery of Webster is named Most Worshipful Grand Master at the A F and A M session in Sioux Falls with William N. Roddle and John A. Cleaver among new officers. Yankton chosen as next year’s meeting site for the quadro-centennial grand lodge.
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Louis G. Levery
Webster
A. F
A. M
Sioux Falls
Yankton
A. M. Grand Lodge
Masonic Lodge
William N. Roddle
Brookings
John A. Cleaver
Huron
Charles Hill
Springfield
Fred L. Stevens
Plankinton
George A. Pettigrew
Flandreau
B. Tees
St. Lawrence
J. J. Nessin
E. S. Ames
Hot Springs
J. G. Gullen
Ashton
O. C. Berg
Redfield
O. F E. Vancamp
Neighmore
George T. Mitchell
Milbank
W. H. Cole
Clairmont
Grand Tyler
Frank Kunert
Grand Lodge
Nomination Shift for Consul Post in Bombay
Through Senator Kyle the nomination of Hans J. Smith of Water town for Madrillus will be withdrawn. He will be named consul at Bombay, India. Salary at both posts is $2,000 per year, but Bombay is the preferable position.
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Bombay
Kyle
Hans J. Smith
Watertown
Madrillus
India
Business Men Organize Mitchell League
Mitchell business men organize a league with O. L. Branson as president W. Downey as secretary and W. S. Helwig as treasurer.
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Mitchell
O. L. Branson
W. Downey
W.S Helwig
Firemen’s Meeting and State Tourney Held in Yankton
The fifteenth annual South Dakota volunteer firemen state tournament took place in Yankton June 15 to 17 with a large crowd and a parade including twelve departments. Prizes were awarded for parade formation, apparatus, and various races, with Yankton and Vermillion sharing top honors in the hose race and Parkston taking several prizes. Additional items cover Pioneer Dakotan Fret Dupree’s death, crime trials in Mitchell and Chamberlain, a US court jury deadlock, corner stone ceremonies at DeSmet, artesian well flow at Chamberlain, Brookings improvements, Aberdeen Grain Palace plans, and other notes on state institutions and events.
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Yankton
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Vermillion
Elk Point
Pierre
Parkston
Tyndall
Alexandria
Elkton
Armour
Mitchell
Plankinton
Brookings
English
Jerry Carleton
Iub
Centerville
Earl Rogers
Will Ginn
Phelps
Board of Control
Jose
Crane and Roberts
Fox
Walsh
Yank
House Debate on Hawaiian Statehood Sparks Major Party Split
The Hawaiian annexation debate stretched from Saturday to Wednesday in the House with 18 Democrats backing the island state and 3 Republicans opposing along party lines. Advocates argued commercial and strategic importance while opponents warned of abandoning the Monroe Doctrine and entanglement in international wrangles. The discussion drew broad participation, with more than fifty members weighing in as Republicans nearly unified in opposition.
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Washington
Congress Debates Hawaiian Annexation Resolution Vote Split
The House split on annexation with 18 Democrats for and 3 Republicans against while 209 total votes favored the measure. Notable speeches featured Berry and Hepburn for annexation and Johnson and Williams against. The plan would create a five member commission including two Hawaiians to guide legislation, assume a 4 million dollar public debt cap, prohibit Chinese immigration, nullify existing treaties, and grant the President provisional governing powers until Congress acts.
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Mays
Seac
Livingston
Ohio
Fader
Mid
Messrs
Berry
Dem
W. A. Smith
Rep
Mich
Hepburn
Messrs. Johnson
Ind
Williams
Miss
Hawaiian Republic
Congress
Hawaii
The
Islan
Islands
May Import Export Figures Show Shifts in Trade
The May comparative statement from the Bureau of Statistics shows domestic merchandise exports at 108,694,738 a gain of about 32.4 million from May 1897 while imports total 53,258,847 with roughly 48 percent free of duty, down about 26 million. Gold exports 109,157 and imports 13,119,383, with notable changes. Eleven month totals reveal rising domestic exports by 157,138,821 and falling domestic imports by 42,732,983, plus decreased gold exports and increased gold imports and silver trade shifts. Pauncefote to be retained in Washington for another year after British recall concerns. Knights of Honor vote against admitting women. McKinley hosts visiting Knights. Importers contend a 10 cent per pound tea tax should not lift retail prices.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
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Miller
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G. T. Salmer
South Dakota Nomeopathic Association
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William Love
Madison
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I. A. Clark
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Gov. Lee
J. C. Crawford
Kingsbury County
G. W. Lattin
South Dakota Volunteers
Firemen's Meeting
Fret Dupree
Sioux Range
Pierre National Bank
King and Kelley
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Snyder
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John Hultman
McClaren
Court House Corner
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Board of County Commissioners
Chamberlain Indian School
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Olivet
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