Admiral Sampson Wins Prize Money Ruling in Court
The Court of Claims holds Admiral Sampson the commander in chief with Schley under him at Santiago. A bounty of 100 per officer under Cervera is approved, totaling 166700. Sampson to receive 8335 and Schley about 8000. Judge Townsend also declares the Paris treaty valid and Porto Rico inhabitants for tariff purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Claims
Admiral Sampson
United States Court of Claims
W. T. Sampson
Santiago
Schley
Admiral Cervera
Sampson
William K. Townsend
United States District Court For
Southern District of New York
John H. Goetze & Co
United States
Paris
Porto Rico
Multiple Fatal Rail Collisions and Mine Blast Reported
A northbound passenger train and an incoming accommodation train collided ten miles from Atlanta, killing engineer Reuben P Mayfield and flagman William Davis. Eight trainmen injured. no passengers harmed. Diamond smugglers arrested at Niagara Falls with 75000 worth of diamonds. Three women killed in a Santa Fe freight car crash at Hutchinson Kansas. Five men killed by dynamite explosion at Hale mine near Biwabik Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Reuben P. Mayfield
William Davis
Max Lasar
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Santa Fe
Hutchinson
Kan
Patten
Geo. Koon
Burteh
Hale Mine
Biwabik
Minn
McKinley Speech Set at Philadelphia Convention
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana will deliver the renominating speech for William McKinley at the Philadelphia convention. Mrs. Gladstone, widow of William E. Gladstone, has died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Philadelphia
William McKinley
Mrs. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone
Illinois Pure Food Law to Reveal Truth in Labels
Illinois begins a strict pure food law on July 1 requiring all grocery labels to disclose truthfully the quality and contents of foods. Adulterated products such as currant jelly and honey must be properly named and described as coffee compound and lemon extract with limits stated. Baking powder tins must declare if alum or cream of tartar based.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ilinois
Cost of the Spanish War Reach 388 Million dollars
The treasury memo shows 388 million dollars withdrawn to cover Spanish and Philippine war costs and related measures since the Maine incident. Navy expenditures rose from 27.1 million in 1896 to 63.9 million in 1899, with growing deficits prior to 1899, while the May 31 Treasury report notes a year-to-date excess of receipts over expenditures at 63.36 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
W. F. MacLennan
Treasury Department
National Defense Fund
Paris Peace Commission
Spain
Philippines
Navy Department
The Census Man and His Troubles
The piece details rough and comic experiences of census takers in Chicago and other cities as they collect data. It recalls a tense tenement scene where a girl explains her father is drunk and her mother has died, and describes secretive family living in crowded housing and the enumerators' challenges gathering information. It also notes a San Francisco tally of ninety names found in a hay loft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Blackstone Street
Children’s Society
Chicago
San Francisco
Origin of the Boxers. Two Centuries of Secret Society Power
The Boxers are a 250 year old Chinese secret society formed by radicals seeking to overturn the Manchu rule and restore the Ming dynasty. The movement grew from disputes between the emperor’s reformers and the empress dowager’s conservatives, with anti foreign sentiment and suppression paving the path to rebellion. Boxers, Yee Ho Chuan, aimed to discourage reformers and check foreign influence, including missionaries, and imperial and foreign powers now act in self defense as violence escalates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxers Society
China
Progressive
Yee Ho Chuan
Quiet Aguinaldo as Death Looms over Philippines
The piece notes Aguinaldo’s silence amid threats as Philippine tensions rise. It also mentions a string of observations on weather, housing, Boer actions, and international politics, weaving a broad, speculative commentary about power dynamics and routine life.
War's New Aspect in South Africa Confuses British Strategy
The Chicago News reviews the Transvaal war, noting Lord Roberts’s Pretoria advance and a Boer shift to mobile detachments. British setbacks at Roodegal and Heilbron signal a perplexing stage, with guerilla-like tactics but not true guerrilla warfare, suggesting a protracted conflict and renewed Boer hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Chicago News
Europe
America
Roodegal
Derbyshire Regiment
Lord Methuen
Heilbron
Bloemfontein
Johannesburg
Dewet
Kelly-Kenny
Roodeval
Washington
Buller
Drakensberg
Orange Free State
Laing
Nek
Botha
Roberts
Kitchener
China
Decrease in Winter Wheat Acreage Across States Reported
Government statistician reports a further 1 676 000 acre reduction in winter wheat area remaining under cultivation by June 1 to 27 908 000 acres after losses in Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois California. Spring wheat shows a 567 000 acre drop. oats exceed last year’s harvest by 8.9 percent with state gains in Ohio Indiana New York Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
California
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Oregon
North Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Washington
Minnesota Falls
New York
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orland Zenith
Orland, Indiana
Vernicen, Briner, Publisher
G Pain
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Kempf
Tien-Tsin
Port Arthur
Conger
Thomas Lewis
Catalina
Lewis
Southwest
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Beauvoir
Newport
Artoons
Orve
Oneill
Ireland
Aguinaldo
Kansas City
Wall of China
New York Ice Trust
Tammany
Dom Paul
Kruger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!