Cuban Bond Issue Vote Powers Security Duties on Goods
Havana Aug 5 The Senate passed a bill to empower the executive to raise a 4 million loan at 90 minimum price and 5 percent interest for 30 years to aid sugar cane growers. A second loan of 35 million is planned within six months to fund the revolution debts. Duties on coal soap meat and many items are raised to secure the loans. Estimated revenue from increases is 520000 yearly. The House did not discuss the bond plan.
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Sugar Beet Acreage Grows Shifting Industry Role
Washington reports from The Crop Reporter show 259,513 acres sown in beet roots this year, up from 137,925 last year, with Michigan leading at 98,000 acres and California second at 71,234. Increases occur in eight of eleven states. Minnesota declines. The piece notes limited labor impact, with much of the work done by women and children at low wages, and hints at forthcoming statistics on wages to be published by The Crop Reporter.
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Costa Rican Denies Coco Island Cession Talks to Chile
Washington dispatch reports Costa Rica’s Foreign Relations Secretary authorizing an official denial of rumors that negotiations are underway to cede Coco Island to Chile. Minister Calvo received the cable and reaffirmed Costa Rica’s stance.
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Washington
Sefior Calvo
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Chili
Coco
Lake level at record low in Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake Utah Aug 5 Great Salt Lake has reached its lowest level since records began Director Murdock of the Weather Bureau notes a four inch drop since Aug 1 and a total fall of about six feet since 1894 The lake’s recession along the eastern shore amounts to roughly three quarters of a mile in that period He cites Utah’s dry cycle lasting seventeen to eighteen years with well below average precipitation and cautions a lengthy wet spell is needed to restore water levels.
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Blind Newsstand Keeper Dies by Carbolic Acid
August Thomas a blind newsstand operator on Third Avenue killed himself yesterday by drinking carbolic acid at home. Once an engineer on the steamer Mission he lost sight five years ago and opened the stand. During a family dinner a quarrel over a daughter’s unemployment led to violent outbursts. after hours of threats and dish throwing he remained inside, the water-sodden kitchen revealed him unconscious, and he died en route to the hospital.
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FINE CORN CROP PROMISED BY WEATHER BUREAU
The Weather Bureau reports drought relief across Virginia to Arkansas with heavy rains in the west, but drought persists in the lower Ohio Valley, Carolinas, Northern Georgia, and parts of Kansas and Nebraska. Overall corn progress is excellent and a fine crop is promised, though some regions in Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia still suffer. Cotton improves in central and eastern districts after rainfall. Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas see ample rainfall with some shedding and boll worm concerns. Rains aid tobacco in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland, while apples remain generally unfavorable except in Kansas, Michigan, New England, and parts of the Middle Atlantic.
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Tennessee
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Middle Atlantic States
Holzendorf seeks $40 million against Germany in asylum case
Ferdinand Holzendorf petitions the District Supreme Court for a mandamus to force Secretary Hay to pursue actions against Germany or Prussia for alleged unjust detention in a German insane asylum. Judge Hagner declines, deeming the matter political and not proving a legal writ right. Holzendorf, a German native and U.S. naturalized citizen, cites 1898 to 1899 detention near Berlin. MAJOR WALLER TO BE HIS COUNSEL. Paymaster Penrose, to be tried for embezzlement, requests Major L. W. T. Waller of the Marine Corps as counsel. assignment to Norfolk barracks requested and to be completed.
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Ferdinand Holzendorf
District Supreme Court
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Hagner
Holzendorf
Germany
Penrose
Erie
Penn
Navy Department
L. W. T. Waller
Marine Corps
Ee Waller
Marine Barracks
Norfolk
City Defrauded In Brooklyn Street Cleaning Contracts
Alfred W. Booraem audits city payments from 1900 to 1902 for ash and street sweeping dumps in Brooklyn. He finds about $1.58 million paid to a contractor clique with a near monopoly, noting inspectors failed to prove fraud despite vigilant probing. Pay dumps favored over free dumps, and releases from owners could backstop claims. The Corporation Counsel and finance department disagree on liability, with payments expected unless fraud is shown.
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Controller
Brooklyn
Booraem
Department of Street Cleaning
Finance Department
Controller Grout
Woodbury
City of
New York
Department of Finance
Pushing the New Pacific Cable lands in Waikiki
S S Dickinson, superintendent of the Commercial Cable Company, arrived aboard the Sierra after arranging for the Pacific cable's Hawaii landing. The Waikiki site includes a $5.00 purchased strip and Sans Souci land once home to poet Robert Louis Stevenson. Territorial Government approves an underground conduit from Waikiki to Honolulu office. Everything is ready.
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S. S. Dickinson
Commercial Cable Company
Nova Scotia
Hawaii
Waikiki
Sans Souci
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Pat Cavanaugh challenges world six day walkers for race
In Trenton on August 5 Pat Cavanaugh a celebrated six day walker issued a global challenge. He will stake his own money and race any and all challengers, aiming to prove his title as the world champion watcher.
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N. J
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The New Peruvian Cabinet Formed in Conciliation Plan
President Romana summoned a Democratic party leader to the palace and proposed a Ministry of conciliation. It would combine civil and Democratic leaders and be seen as a remedy to current ministerial difficulties, creating a strong cabinet amid ongoing negotiations.
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Lima
Peru
Romana
Democratic Party
Czar to Meet Kaiser in Russian Naval Review
Czar arrives at Reval on Aug 5 to join German Emperor for naval reviews. Cronstadt reports the U S cruisers Chicago and Albany also arrived today, Aug 5.
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Russia
Cronstadt
United States
Chicago
Albany
McPherson Nominated for Congress in Old District
Harrison Arkansas August 5 W L McPherson of Newton County has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Old District.
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Ark
W. L. McPherson
Newton County
Kansas City Set To Lead Global Co operative Drive
The Times reports a plan to merge the People's Trust Company of New England led by George F. Washburn and the Western Co operative Association led by Walter Vrooman. Washburn becomes general manager and Vrooman oversees a special business line. Several million dollars are behind the project.
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Walter Vrooman
Western Cooperative Association
Washburn
Vrooman
Escape from Elizabethtown Jail Detains Lake Placid Burglary Suspects
Bowen and Colby, held on burglary charges for cottages at Lake Placid, escaped from the Elizabethtown jail. They were housed in new steel cages recently installed in the jail.
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Bowen
Colby
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Elizabethtown
California Supreme Court ruling on post divorce marriage in Reno
Justice Garoutte leads a California Supreme Court opinion joined by McFarland and Henshaw that a divorcees may remarry in Reno or elsewhere within one year of decree. The court finds the prior law forbidding such marriages within a year was not properly drafted and treats the decree as not creating a yearlong delay.
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President appoints J B Richardson and Hunter Sharp
The President names John B Richardson of Kansas as United States Consul at Atilla Honduras after declining Port Limon Costa Rica due to climate. Hunter Sharp of North Carolina is commissioned as interpreter at the U S consulate in Kebe Japan.
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John B. Richardson
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North Carolina
Kebe
Japan
Erie Buoyant on Odell Vote After Buffalo Steel Plant News
William Warren of the Buffalo Commercial predicts Erie County will vote Republican in the fall. He cites Governor Odell's popularity and says eight Assembly districts will lean Republican, with five or six won. Warren notes Buffalo’s Lackawanna Iron and Steel project near West Seneca, $40 million capital, 4000 workers, rail orders, and plans to be the world’s finest plant, potentially shaping county politics.
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United States Steel Corporation
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Scranton
Haffen Not Tired Of His Job In Tammany Hall Copy
Borough President Haffen denies leaving his post or losing enthusiasm for leadership in the Tammany triumvirate. He cites missed calendar notes and prior engagements as the cause for rumored plans to resign. Murphy and McMahon aim to meet next Tuesday at 11, with Plunkitt noting factional settlement in Colored Democracy talks.
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Frank J. Goodwin
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Oldest U S postmaster office robbed in Ithaca
The office of the nation’s oldest postmaster in the United States was robbed in Ithaca on August 5. A preliminary report notes missing valuables and no injuries. Police investigate the break in and review nearby security footage for leads.
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Ithaca
United States
Car strikes wagon injuring three as one dies at scene
A northbound streetcar struck a laundry wagon at Eighth Ave and Fifteenth St, sending the wagon into pedestrians. James Hopcroft died at New York Hospital. Dr. J H Becker treated others and a bystander escaped injury. The crash left two men hurt and the driver slightly harmed. Meanwhile, Anna W Low, niece of Senator John R McPherson, inherits most of his estate totaling about 150000 plus investments, with Yale University as the major beneficiary of the remainder.
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