Leakage of French War Office Secrets Reaches Germany
A report asserts that French war office documents, used to relay secrets to Germany, were obtained via United States vice consul letters and seals. A named informant, Charles E. Bentheim, claims long acquaintance with the matter but seeks obscurity after leaving service. The tale echoes prior Jewish Telegraphic Agency coverage and prompts questions about espionage and wartime transfers.
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Milania
War Office
Germany
Associated Press
United States
Naine
Charles E. Bentheim
York
Spain
Cuba
Hopeful Schurman Sees Quick Filipino Showdown
Washington report says Schurman is hopeful an intervening force can swiftly crush the insurgents led by Aguinaldo. The cabinet member notes Aguinaldo does not represent all natives and that anti imperialist talk dampens U S efforts while aiding the rebels. There is no clear plan for Philippines civil government yet, but cooperation with Congress is expected. Otis may be relieved of military duties and placed in civil administration role.
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Washington
Mikeislanus
Schurman
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Confess
Grand Army Men Meet At Philadelphia Encampment
The thirty third annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment opened in Philadelphia with a grand display. Decorations cover every street as the route from Walnut to Cherry Street glows with red white and blue. Camp Sexton near Germantown houses 1600 tents to accommodate veterans preferring to camp out.
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Philadelphia
Grand Army of the Republic
Iwi
Ashbridge
Avenue of Fame
Walnut
Cherry Street
Broad
City Hall
Broad Street
Camp Sexton
Germont
Fairmount Park
Grand Army
Michigan
Riot at Stevens colliery ends in deaths in Pennsylvania
Rioting at the Stevens colliery in West Pittston, Wilkes-Barre area, left Leopold Wakofski dead and Samuel Tracker and George Brande fatally injured. About fifty strikers clashed with coal and iron policemen after workers quit over concessions. Eleven strikers were arrested. casualties include one killed and two fatally wounded.
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Wilkesbarre
Stevens
Stevens Coal Company
West Pittston
Leopold Wakofski
Samuel Tracker
George Brande
Wokofski
Spaniards Escape Filipino Lines Describe Harsh Rations
Spanish prisoners report severe Filipino food shortages and use of home made black powder by many troops. Filipinos try to seize food and munitions from Manila amid daily contraband arrests. British subjects threaten bombardment, Dagupan harbor incidents involve the Lacson and Nero crews and a British consul statement. Edwards reports Americans fare better and are not forced to work.
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Manila
Dagupan
Edwards
WILL BOYCOTT FRANCE. Chicago Jews pledge action over Dreyfus case
Chicago Jewish leaders plan a mass meeting to protest the Rennes court martial for Captain Dreyfus. They argue it may trigger a boycott of the Paris Exposition of 1900 and French goods, with Jewish families avoiding European travel and trips to France.
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Chicago
Dreyfus
Rennes
France
Three instantly killed at Wisconsin crossing by train
A Chicago and Northwestern northbound limited train struck three men at a Cedar Grove Wisconsin crossing Sunday night, instantly killing them and leaving a fourth seriously injured. A second report from Garnet Kansas describes a gas tank explosion used with a kinetoscope killing Harry Winans and severely injuring his father H K Winans and lightly injuring his brother Don.
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Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Cedar Grove
Wis
Chicago and Northwestern
Garnet
Kan
Harry Winans
H. K. Winans
Don
Harry
Winans
Weekly Bank Statement Shows Key Reserve Drops
New York weekly bank statement reports a reserve decrease of 8.187 million dollars and a loans decrease of 3.127 million. Specie and legal tender fall by 4.287 million and 985 thousand dollars respectively, while deposits decline by 8.541 million. Banks now hold 9.191 million dollars in excess of legal requirements.
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New York
Eight Persons Injured in Lorain Elyria Line Crash
Dense fog shrouded a head on collision between two crowded motor cars on the Lorain and Elyria electric line Monday. Eight persons were injured, with injuries described as minor to serious though not fatal.
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Lorain
Ohio
Lorain and
Elyria
Sampson to quit sea command at own request
Admiral Sampson to be relieved of command of the North Atlantic Squadron after the Dewey celebration in New York. He will take a short leave then move to shore duty, likely commanding one of the navy yards. Commodore Farquhar or Remey to succeed him.
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Washington
New York
Sampson
Navy Yards
Farquhar Or
Remey
Mill Boiler Explodes at Republic Iron Works Fatal for Four
Pittsburg dispatch reports a boiler blast in the Republic Iron Works upright boiler in the 13inch guide mill exploded, instantly killing four workers and fatally injuring several others as bricks and machinery debris scattered through the mill amid flames. In Shanghai, Germans and Chinese clash with six Chinese killed and Germany delivering an ultimatum over security of life and property.
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Pittsburg
Republic Iron Works
China
London
Shanghai
Kian-Chou
Hinterland
Germany
Train Robber Killed In Lincoln Hold Up Report
Word received reports a Peoria Decatur Evansville train was robbed at Lincoln Illinois. The night passenger train was stopped for coal at a mine near the city and the crew resisted. One robber was killed amid the confrontation.
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Lincoln
Ill
Springfield
Peoria
Decatur
Evansville
Packing House Fire at Jacob Dold Plant Kansas City
Fire at the Jacob Dold Packing Company plant, spanning acres by the west river bottoms between Ninth Street and the Missouri River in Kansas City, causes extensive damage estimated at 250000 dollars and is fully insured. In other items, a Utah carpenter killed his wife and child before taking his own life. Yellow fever cases appear in Key West. a Chicago tragedy ends in wife and child deaths and suicide. a Bridgeport outing results in five drownings. a Dutch collision leaves nine dead. five rioters are convicted in Darien Georgia.
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Jacob Dold
Kansas City
Jacob Dold Packing Company
West River
Ninth Street
Missouri River
Market Quotations Across Cities Regulate Grain and Livestock Prices
Market quotes from Chicago to New York cover cattle hogs sheep and grain. Prices show bid ranges for live cattle hogs and sheep plus No 2 red wheat No 2 corn oats and rye across multiple cities including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detriot Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with butter eggs and clover seed also listed.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste. Cincinnati
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Committee to raise funds for first regiment home
A state-wide drive led by a sixteen member committee aims to raise thirty thousand dollars to pay for the First Regiment’s expenses. Counties are assigned shares, with methods including county funds, bank notes, or public subscriptions. F.A. Brown reports county pledges growing and expects full funds within two weeks to reach State Treasurer Schamber.
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F.A. Brown
Aberdeen
Hughes County
Brown
Schamber
South Dakota Officers Appointments in New Volunteer Regiments
A list of recent South Dakota officer appointments in the volunteer army is announced this week with ranks and regiments noted. The items include Charles A. Howard as captain First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry Forty-First Infantry, Paul D. McClellan as first lieutenant, and Charles L. Butler as second lieutenant in Company K Forty-Third Infantry.
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Charles A. Howard
South Dakota
Paul D. McClellan
Charles L. Butler
Eighty Dakotans Return Home From Philippines
Detachment of South Dakota soldiers discharged in the Philippines due to sickness arrives home. Eighteen men listed, most served through battles. Corporal Christ B. Mylore wounded at Calumpit. Typhoid and harsh conditions left 980 to 80 fit for duty upon departure.
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South Dakota
Brave Regiment
Philippine Islands
Little Band
Christ L. Myhre
Volga
H. A. Thompson
IH Company
Watertown
C. B. Palmer
Marshall, Minn
A.C. Cause
Vermillion
D. P. Ryan
Howard
E. O. Sloan
Clark
H. C. Brees
Meckling
Walter Jettis
Arthur Spawn
Dell Rapids
Corporal John W. Wilson
Pierre
Horace A. Chase
W. H. Hoover
Blunt
Clyde Butcher
Ellsworth
Minn
Isaac Johnson
John Christianee
Armour
A. Johnson
Webster
E. J. Parsons
Yankton
I. E. Babb
Mitchell
San Fernando
Christ B. Mylore
Calumpit
Philippines
Myhre
Governor Debates Extra Session For Soldier Aid
Attorney General Pyle says Governor Lee may call a special session to authorise funds to bring soldier boys home from San Francisco and, if the Legislature agrees, its action would be constitutional. The Pierre Populist predicts Lee will refuse a special session, urging private funding via subscriptions and supporting the Huron committee’s efforts.
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Gov. Lee
San Francisco
Pyle
Pierre
Huron
Romance of the War Ends in Lead Wedding
A Fort Meade soldier and Bellevue nurse wed in Lead on August 28 after his Cuba wounds and his recovery. Er nest Bender, first sergeant of Troop I, First Cavalry, returns to life with Miss Christina Nett of Brooklyn and the couple plan to live at Fort Meade.
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Lead
Fort Meade
Ernest Bender
First Cavalry
Cuba
Bellevue Hospital
Christina Nett
Brooklyn
Miss Neft
East
Tort Meade
Chicago Business Tone Tracks Demand Across Sectors
Chicago correspondence reports growing demand and rising production across industries. Mills are crowded with orders and railroads complain of car shortages. Grain and hog markets weaken on delivery timing, foreign demand, and yellow fever concerns, while corn holds steady on old stock and continued consumption.
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Chicago
Filipinos Fire Krupp Guns At Angeles In Morning Attack
Filipino insurgents attempt to drive Col Smiths command from Angeles using two Krupp guns from Porac firing eight shells at dawn. Little damage done as Leyte Kennys First artillery drives enemy from position. Elsewhere 399 monks held captive in the Philippines. Argogula taken by Sixth Infantry under Lieut Col Byrne after a perilous ascent. native force about 400. Officers and several men hit. twenty one insurgents killed. stores seized and fortifications destroyed.
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Angeles
Col. Smith
Porac
Lieut
Kenley
Philippine Islands
Argogula
Negros
Byrne
Can’t Corner Beef Says Secretary Wilson
Secretary Wilson argues beef can’t be cornered by slaughtering firms. He notes cattle are widely owned by many farmers and ranchers, with most in small holdings. Reasons for higher beef costs include rising prosperity and demand, slower cattle supply growth, and exhausted forage on western ranches due to poor management.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Stabbed by Assassins Kills Young Chicago Bookkeeper
Walter I Koeller a 20 year old bookkeeper and Northern Illinois Normal School student at Dixon was stabbed to death at his boarding house on Fulton Street Chicago Saturday night by two young men Richard Honeck 22 and Herman Hundhausen both of Missouri were arrested and confessed Honeck said he stabbed Koeller deliberately and in pursuance of a long formed design Hundhausen confession varied.
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Chicago
Fulton Street
Walter I. Koeller
Northern Illinois Normal School
Dixon
Richard Honeck
Herman Hundhausen
Missouri
Honeck
Koeller
Mundhausen
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