Week's History of Important Happenings Across the Nation
A week’s history reviews major events from Washington and the regions. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson receives a 20 day leave. Negotiations are reported with Cuban army officers to move forces to the Philippines under Maj. Gen. Otis. Shafter is urged to speed transports. Censorship of news is in place. Treasury expects a deficit near 89 to 90 million dollars, revised from 120 million.
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William T. Sampson
North Atlantic
Washington
Philippine Islands
Otis
War Department
Adjt
Corbin
Shafter
Philippines
China Faces Population Size and Global Woes
The article notes China holds about a quarter of the world population and bears roughly three quarters of the world’s troubles. It reports the bicycle industry split, with independent manufacturers totaling 1,170,000 bikes for the year versus 668,000 bikes by the bicycle trust.
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China
Bicycle Trust
Judge Hanford Rules On Deportation After Landing
Judge Hanford of the U S court in Tacoma states that once a Japanese lands on American soil no law allows deportation He says we can keep him out but cannot put him out reflecting wartime immigration stance and legal doubt.
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Hanford
United States Court At
Tacoma
Models of three ships chosen for Paris exposition
The Maine the Olympia and the Oregon will be part of the American exhibit at the Paris exposition next year. Spanish visitors can halt at the American quarters, look upon the models and realize what did it.
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Maine
Olympia
Oregon
Editor laments dull manuscripts in Iowa paper
The Iowa editor complains about a poor collection of manuscripts and poems and jokes that Mark Twain writes a book not to be published for a century while others produce work that will never see print.
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Iowa
Mark Twain
Kentucky feud feudry end in sight after 40 years
A Cincinnati paper notes a remarkable coincidence in the Baker Howard feud in Kentucky. On June 2, 1859 Governor Owsley sent state troops to quell the dispute, and on the same date this year Governor Bradley did the same. The column argues forty years is long enough for a family row and hopes the end is near.
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Cincinnati
Baker-Howard
Kentucky
Britons and Americans Plan Joint Samoa Monument
A shared monument will honor dead American and British sailors and Marines at Samoa with two name panels and a scroll of intertwined flags. Meanwhile a New York financier offers to back a movement to buy Ireland from England, claiming hundreds of millions could be raised.
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Samoa
America
England
The
Central News of London
New York
Ireland
New Yorker
Anglo American fuss over Kipling echoes Twain reception
The piece notes renewed uproar in Britain over Kipling and compares it to America reacting to Mark Twain. It suggests this cross culture attention is favorable for visiting writers. The tone mocks reaction and praises notable figures like Clemens in the literary scene.
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America
Kipling
Great Britain
Mark Twain
Clemens
Arthur
Round Table
Tragedies from Russian famine and Jewish expulsions noted
The piece recalls a wheat crop failure in Russia causing widespread hunger affecting 20,000,000 people and deaths from starvation. It also references the earlier expulsion of Jews and compares hardships in Russia to other nations in recent years.
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Russia
China
Unprecedented Cuban Finance Surplus Stuns Havana Officials
Havana province reports a surplus of 584966 after expenses marking a stark contrast to the long Spanish regime era of deficits. The finance department’s gain sparks astonishment among locals and offers a pointed comparison of American versus Spanish governance practices.
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Havana
Cuba
Iron production growth across the United States Britain and Germany
The article notes a dramatic rise in iron output over 15 to 20 years. US pig iron climbs from 3,835,491 tons in 1880 to 11,773,934 in 1898, up 207 percent, while Britain grows from 7,721,833 to 9,631,151 tons, up 11.7 percent, and Germany from 2,729,083 to 9,215,927 tons, up 264.4 percent, making them the world's top three producers.
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United States
Great Britain
Germany
Salem man crafts wooden portrait of President McKinley
E C Larrabee of Salem Mass has completed a 20 wood inlaid portrait of President McKinley. Woods from Cuba Porto Rico the Philippines Hawaii and other areas linked to the administration form the likeness. The piece will be presented to the president through Congressman Moody. The work is praised for its clever execution though some pieces are noted as especially tiny such as the coat button.
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E. C. Larrabee
Salem
Mass
McKinley
Cuba
Porto Nico
Philippines
Ha- Swaiian Islands
Congressman Moody
S Thanen
Plurality in Maine vote and various 1899 items
Charles Littlefield wins a U S House seat in the Second Maine district by 8888 votes to succeed the late Nelson Dingley. New London Connecticut witnesses Warward sweep three Yale boat races in three hours. Pastor Joseph B Thompson of Camden New Jersey dies in his pulpit. Hollinger hanged in Dauphin County jail for wife murder. U S clearing houses report weekly totals near 1.636 billion dollars, up from prior week. Fourteenth annual world students conference opens in Northfield Massachusetts. Maj Gen Miles addresses Pittsburgh labor meetings. Murphy of Kings County wheelmen rides a mile in 57 45 seconds at Maywood. Novelist Emma Neville Southworth dies in Georgetown District of Columbia at 79.
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Charles Littlefield
Congress
Maine
Nelson Dingley
New London
Conn
Warward
Yale
Joseph 8. Thompson
D. D
Macedonia A. M.E
Camden
N. J
Joseph
Hollinger
Dauphin County
United States
Northfield
Mass
Pittsburgh
Miles
Maywood
L. J
Charles M. Murphy
Kings County
Emma D. Elizabeth Neville Southworth
Georgetown, D. C
Overturned skiff drowned laborers and storm tolls amid spring floods
The article lists maritime disasters and deaths including five drowned after a skiff overturned on the Mississippi above Clarksville Missouri and five fatally scorched when a steamfire collapsed on the St Paul near Elsah Alabama. Floods cripple Texas and damage cotton while other tragedies and notable events unfold nationwide.
Heavy rains cause millions in damage in southern Texas
Four days of record rainfall in southern Texas inflicted millions in damage. In Omaha the Greater American exposition opened its gates for a four month run as the republic hosts its first colonial exposition.
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Texas
Omaha
Foreign Intelligence Roundup of Global Events
Russia orders twenty million dollars worth of guns in the United States as Admiral Dewey sails from Colombo to Port Said aboard the Olympia. Belgium faces revolutionary pressure over a suffrage bill while Dreyfus is imprisoned in Rennes.
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Russia
United States
Admiral Dewey
Olympia
Colombo
Port Said
Belgium
Eien C. Johnson
Massachusetts Women’s Reformatory
London
International Council of Women
Toronto
Capt
Dreyfus
Rennes
France
Brutz
Vienna
Leopold von Plumencron
Fremdenblatt
Brunn
Chamber of Deputies
Westminster
B. C
Donald Perrier
Jennie Anderson
Manila
San Fernando
Filipinos' Demonstration at San Fernando Proves Ineffective
Reports say Filipino demonstrators in San Fernando aimed to annoy Americans but failed to push an attack as casualties were recorded on the American side. Other items note major floods in Texas and several violent incidents across the United States.
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San Fernando
Manila
The
Philippines
Carterville
Ill
Elizabeth Ann Ingersoll
John C. Collins
Gerald Lapiner
Chicago
War Department
Texas
University of Chicago
Treasury
Summit
N. 7
William Cody
Hinsdale
Cady
Bert
John Hoover
Roy Harbaugh
Waterloo
Cedar River
Clarence Mills
Bloomfield
Gautry
Quebec
Democratic National Committee
National League
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Washington
Cleveland
Notable Briefs From The Era Of Quieter News
Admiral Dewey’s cabin holds remembrances from admirers while two Wilhite sisters start a law firm in Grant City Kansas. Others include the aging ex mayor Tiemann of New York, Missouri Senator West as last Confederate senate survivor, and young inventor Edwin Donnell in Horace Greeley’s family.
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Admiral Dewey
Wilhite
Grant City
Kaw
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
France
Daniel Fawcett Tiemann
New York City
Senator West
Missouri
Senate
Confederate Congress
Ketcham
New York
Celestina Nigro
Philadelphia
Edwin C. Donnell
Horsee Greeley
Dreyfus Interwaves With Wife After Imprisonment
In Rennes on July 3 Mme Dreyfus gained permission to visit Capt. Dreyfus in cell No 30 where their reunion was deeply emotional. He appears aged and weakened yet remains convinced of acquittal. The cap reveals his quiet resolve amid calls for a July 31 trial and possible hospital exam if needed.
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Rennes
France
Dreyfus
Mince
Mme. Ihavet
Deyvuil
Prince of
Paris
Mme. Dreyfus
Sfax
London
Daily Telegraph
Brest
Gen. de Boisdeffre
Col. Piequart
Reporter killed in Willow Grove streetcar collision
A Union Traction electric car crash near Branchtown in Philadelphia leaves Carr a Evening Bulletin reporter dead and several others badly hurt. Another fatal streetcar collision on the Monongahela Traction line in Pittsburgh Virginia results in two deaths and multiple serious injuries.
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Philadelphia
Willow Grove
Union Traction Company
Branchtown
Carr
Evening Bulletin
Pittsburgh
Monongahela Traction Company
Pingree Denies Fabricated Interview On War Policy
Detroit July 3 Gov Pingree rejects a newspaper interview as a fabrication. He states he supported McKinley and denied alliance with Alger about the Senate race. He criticizes press tactics and says newspapers should be fair, urging disbelief of hostile reports while defending his public record.
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Detroit
Mich
Pingree
Alger
United States
Philippines
McKinley
War Department
New York
McMillan
Burrows
Michigan
Hazen §S
Artist and gambler Otto Naegele leaps to death from Brooklyn Bridge
New York reports Otto Naegele a versatile figure in America died after jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge at 5 30 am Saturday. He sought fame and wealth and tested a personal theory on how to jump safely into water, claiming to maintain a head controlled position like a rudder but struck the water horizontally.
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New York
Otto Naegele
Brooklyn Bridge
Gustav Myers
Naegele
Myers
Quarreled Over Cards Ends In Fatal Shootings
Elmwood Nebraska July 3 George Jones a street fakir from St Joseph Missouri was shot and killed by John Harris in a card game dispute Harris says self defense while Jones and others were wounded four killed in a series of shootings during a district grand army reunion Also noted are Barcelona riots over a belfry and other criminal cases from Paris Ottumwa and Chicago with executions and murders.
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Elmwood
Neb
George Jones
St. Joseph
John Harris
William Malone
Joe Hurt
Harris
Grand Army
Jones
Barcelona
Troops Patrolling Carterville Amid Miner Labor Strife
Centerville reports militia from Carbondale and Mount Vernon arrived to quell tensions between union miners and nonunion workers. Colonel Bennett and Col. Culver assumed command. patrols around Brush mine and town outskirts deterred violence. Governor Warder defended the move as upholding the law amid protests from Carterville officials and the United Mine Workers.
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St. Louis
Republic
Centerville
Warder
Adjt
Reece
Carbondale
Barton
Mount Vernon
Pavey
Col
Bennett
Greenville
Carterville
Col. Culver
Sixth Tlinois Regiment
Springfield
Sheriff Gray
Ill
W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Zimmerman
Brush
Father Disapproves Suitor in Detroit Tale
In Detroit a father dismisses a hopeful young man lacking prospects as he guards his daughter's fortune. The daughter counters that the suitor named Blank already sees a path to wealth and is pursuing a future valued at about $100,000, with friends noting he may become a leading business figure.
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Detroit
Papa
Young Blank
Detroit Free Press
L. A. W. Bulletin
Civility as a Smart Investment Says Gobbleby
Mr Gobbleby argues civility yields returns beyond dollars. He cites personal profit and the lasting pleasure of treating others well, calling civility a good investment that costs nothing and pays in social goodwill.
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Rey
Sun
Wise Hen Lesson On Advertising By Goose
A duck laments lack of praise for laying many eggs while a wiser fowl points out the power of publicity. The rooster notes the hen loudly announces her eggs, implying the value of self promotion and recognition in the community.
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Boyce
Texas Flood Claims Dozens of Lives and Vast Losses
A Houston dispatch reports about 50 deaths and over a million dollars in property damage from a four day Texas storm. Rivers including the Brazos Colorado and Trinity overflowed towns people fled to upper stories and trees. Brenham notes at least 300 horses and cattle drownings along the Brazos.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Big Brazos
Little Brazos
Colorado
Trinity
Guadaloupe
Leon
Neuces
Fort Worth
Calvert
Brenham
Jnc
Emil Steinman
Vegua
Clay
Independence
Briggs Seabury kept contract for 80 artillery guns
Secretary Al gev on Saturday revoked the part of the order canceling Briggs Seabury Gun and Ammunition uses bids. The 40 six pounders and 40 15 pounder rapid fire guns with mounts and ammunition will stay with Briggs Seabury. The penalty clause for delays on the $700 000 contract was approved.
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Washington
Alger
Briggs-Seabury Gun and Amunition Company
Briggs-Seabury Company
Admiral Kautz Submits Final Report on Apia and Philadelphia
Admiral Kautz has sent to the navy department his final report detailing actions at Apia and Philadelphia. He offers a routine account with little on the political troubles, referencing events already widely described in press reports. Three Perished. Sacco Me July 3 Three lives lost when a boat swamped in Saco bay Sunday. Victims are Philip Picard his wife and Mrs Joseph Thompson aged 50.
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Kautz
Washington
Navy Department
Apia
Philadelphia
Sacco
Saco Bay
Philip Picard
Joseph Thompson
Logic and fooling logic in modern science joyride
A Detroit Journal reader quotes a citizen and a policeman debating logic with a witty exchange. The man insists he is now found so cannot be wanted, while the officer laughs. the snippet underscores a critique of formal logic in contemporary science.
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Detroit Journal
Salt cod and salt water fables across papers
A collage of old newspaper quips spans Salt codfish origin saltiness to Hoaks’ odd fortune. Jokes touch on block apartments and robbery fears, with stray lines about railway wrecks and recovery.
What a Little Faith Did for Mrs Rockwell
A letter from Mrs. Rocxwell of Grand Rapids Michigan praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female weakness after doctors failed. She reports improved strength and relief from womb trouble ulcers and bladder issues after use. A second testimonial from L G of Newages New Jersey credits the product and its Sanative Wash.
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Lydia EF. Pinkham
L. G
AN St
Newages, N. J
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