French General De Negrier Dismissal Tests Government Discipline
Amid a volatile controversy in France over General de Negrier s removal from the council of war the government defends harsh discipline as a test of state strength. Nationalist papers denounce the act as an affront while supporters warn it may push the army toward desperation. Col Bertrand told officers that generals would resist attacks on leadership and that the government would act if pressure continued.
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de Necrier
de Nexrier
French Council of War
Naionalist
Mary Persons
Aren
de Negher
Drerigs
de Negricr
Col
Bertrand
Anxonne
Negrier
Bertrané
Dreyfus
Gol Bertrand
Fragmentary text on San Domingo government and creditors
The readable lines refer to assassination and American creditors shaping San Domingo politics. Mentions Gen Jiminez and Gen Maxime amid discussions of protection, annexation, and leadership under a San Domingo government.
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Jiminez
Army hobo fronts as Spanish War veteran in smart towns
An apparent Spanish War veteran roams Smart Towns displaying simulated wounds to beg alms, while two police officers and other local elites monitor the scene. The man claims veteran status and travels for charitable solicitations.
Aeronaut Thayer Falls In Streator Parachute Accident
A kilted aeronaut Thayer of Nites Bd dies instantly during a balloon ascent at Streator annual Modern Woodmen picnic. The balloon overturned at detachment and the parachute failed, breaking his arms legs and spine. Another fatality, Prof Bert Kimball, drowns at Hillsdale Knights of Columbus event in Bawheese Park after a separate balloon ascent. Kimball's home is North Adams Michigan.
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Streator
Willsdale
Thurer
Nites
Alf
Thayer
Prof
Bert Kimball
Knights of Prthias
Bawheese ‘Park
Hiilsdale
Mich
Bawheese Lake
North Adams
Had Awful Punishment Investigated at New Jersey Industrial School
Gov. Voorhees orders inquiry into the firish industrial school near Trenton N J where Kate Barlow a 17 year old pupil describes severe punishment. She claims a 24 hour dungeon exposure with bread and water endured stairs repeated 25 times and two days with windows nailed shut before hospital transfer. The girl’s condition risks death.
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New Jersey
Gov. Voorhees
Firish
Trenton
N. J
Kate Barlow
City Hospital
Miners Claim Ring Gobbled Up Yukon Claims
In Yukon district, miners say a clique is buying up all good claims and hiring Laplanders to stake titles. About 1,000 miners met but were dispersed by soldiers. A protest was prepared to be sent to Washington regarding the matter.
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Gameron
Anvil City
Yukon
United States
Shepherd
Iris
Washington
Death of Luetgert in Joliet Prison Cell
Adolph Luetgert, serving life for the murder of his wife Louisa, died suddenly in his Joliet prison cell. Officials ruled heart disease as the cause after a prison physician found no signs of poisoning and noted the prisoner had been in good health aside from rheumatism. The prison chaplain cited several talks with Luetgert prior to his death.
Ludgert’s Final Reflections End in Murder Mystery
The text notes Ludgert’s belief in eventual vindication by the Supreme Court and his hope that his lawyers and deputies would see him as a well-behaved prisoner. It mentions a solitary confinement punishment and the jury’s life sentence, marking the crime’s enduring notoriety.
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Supreme Court
Den
Ludgert
Luetgert
Evansville Miners Riot Over Parade Forbidd en
Rioting erupted as Evansville coal miners from First Avenue mines clashed with a crowd of boys throwing cans and stones. Non unionists opened fire with revolvers but no injuries were reported. Police dispersed the crowd and escorted miners home after Mayor Akin forbade the parade. Nearly 1000 strikers and families gathered at John Ingle mine when the stoppage began.
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Evansville
First Avenue
Mtiers
John Ingle
Akin
Illinois River Valley demands dam removal before canal
At Whitehall a large meeting of five thousand people adopted resolutions urging the removal of all dams on the Illinois River and dredging the river. The group pledged to withdraw opposition to the Chicago drainage district if these actions are taken, with the resolutions to be presented to Governor Tanner and President McKinley.
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Dlinois Valley
Chicago
Ilinois
Illinois River Valley Association
Whitehall
Tanner
McKinley
Indemnity for Lynching Targeted in Tallulah Case
Italy will receive an indemnity for the lynching of three of five Italians at Tallulah Louisiana. The State Department will establish the principle that an alien does not become a U S citizen until naturalization papers are formally issued. The department will pursue the regular legal process to determine the facts of the lynching.
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Tallulah
Italy
State Department
United States
Provisional Negros Government Proclaimed by Otis
Gen Otis proclaims a provisional government for the Island of Negros with a military governor and an advisory civil council to be elected later. Bacolor named capital. A cabinet and attorney general will exercise executive power. Franchise limited to males 21 who can read and write, with at least 500 realty, residents for one year. The military governor dictates elections and judges. a free school system and English instruction are planned. The civil governor presides over an advisory tax system. the governor collects customs and controls postal service. OTIS faces possible relief from command. Washington notes.
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Senatebushes
Island of
Negros
Otis
Ifonot
Congress
Bacolor
Treasury
Agriculture
Pouwer
Sostal
Witran
Syl
Washington
Gen. Otis
Philippines
Remains of Col Ingersoll Cremated at Fresh Pond
The body of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll was cremated Thursday at Fresh Pond. A plain black coin with no handles or plate conveyed the remains from the house at Dobbs Ferry to the crematory. A special train waited at the station for readiness.
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Col. Ingersoll
Fresh Pond
Robert G. Ingersolls
Dobbs Y
Dobbs Ferry Sta
Special train on the Long Island Railroad for funeral rites
The mourners waited at Fresh Pond until the cremation was completed and the widow transported the ashes home in a cinerary urn chosen by sculptor George Gray Barnard, who cast Col. Ingersoll’s head after death.
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Long Island
Fresh Pond
George Gray Barnard
Col. Ingersoll
Hall Routes Rebels Captures Calamba Town
Manila dispatch reports Brig Gen Ali with 2000 men captured Calamba on Laguna de Bay, incurring four killed and twelve wounded for US forces. Calamba, about thirty miles southeast of Manila, has 11 476 residents and lies on the der eastern shore. The capture is not strategically vital, but part of a plan to harass insurgents.
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Celamba
Manila
A.ali
Calamba
Laguna de Bay
Kled
Laguna de Bar
United States
Wall
Laguna
Santa Cruz
Unclear fragmentary items mix across cities and events
Fragmentary notes report deaths and incidents from Akron Pittsburg Kentucky and Dawson City with references to a telegraph pole ambush teacher Saylor and a proposed fertilizer trust and a government official returning from Hawaii. Distinct named entities include Akron Pittsburg Kentucky Dawson City Nome and Eagan.
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Pittsburg
W. €. Saylor
Pickett’s Creek
Kentucky
Dawson City
Nome
SAN DOMINGO RULER SLAIN IN ASSASSINATION
Emperor-like ruler Ulises Heureaux of the Dominican Republic is assassinated at the Santo Domingo palace on a Wednesday afternoon. General Wenceslao Figueroa takes command as Vice President while public calm is sought after past assassination attempts. Heureaux, born in Puerto Plata in 1846, rose to power amid foreign capital interest and served multiple terms, facing removal of guards and a dramatic return to leadership before his death.
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Heureaux Finelly
Ges
Clises Heureaux
Dominica Republic
Moci
Santo Domingo
Ruuoun Cueres
Ulises Bheereaux
Vicw
Wenceslao Figuerenut
Hexneaux
Heureaux
Porto Plata
Spain
Republic
Heurpaux
Alaskan Boundary Question Seen Near Settlement
Secretary Hay and Reginald Tower anticipate a near temporary settlement of the Alaskan boundary with Britain. Canada is excluded from the dispute, boosting hopes for an agreement between the United States and Great Britain. A Dawson map and US survey inform the boundary lines.
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England
Hay
Reginald Tower
Canada
Alaska
Boun
Disputed Arctic Boundary Proposals Between U S and Canada
Text discusses competing claims over a Arctic coastal boundary, placing Dyes Bay, Be sney and Pyramid harbor in British territory while the U S claims areas north and west of the Iran canal and Pyramid harbor. The U S proposes giving Canada a free harbor at Lynn Canal head.
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Canada
Besney
Pyramid Harbor
British Territory
United States
Dawson
Lynn Canal
Looters, Mob Violence Hit Georgia and Alabama
A wave of mob violence sweeps Georgia and Alabama with lynchings and killings. A Bainbridge case halted by leading citizens prevented a lynching, while armed crowds battered at prisons before militia units arrived to disperse the mob. The violence is blamed by physicians on the July heat and spreads across multiple towns.
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Georgia
Alabama
Ogietree
Safford
Bainbridge
John Williams
Aldosta and
Thomesville
Gow Candler
Mrs Styles Is Not Guilty Freed in Chicago Murder Trial
Chicago jurors find Mrs. Styles not guilty of murdering her mother Mrs. Catherine Schultz. Verdict read by Judge Waterman after a one hour and few minutes deliberation amid courtroom emotion. The case revolves around a dispute over a birth story and related pension matters involving a Chinese pensioner. In Union, Missouri, Philip Heger dies after inhaling poison sprayed on potato vines amid efforts to kill pests.
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Chicago
Augusta Styles
Waterman
Styles
Catherine Schultz
Schultz
Philip Heger
Union, Mo
FlatStemmed Blee Grass Inquiries From Ohio Barmer
A correspondent asks about a grass sample. the farmer identifies it as flat-stemmed olive grass Poa compressa L. It forms dense rafts, spreads by underground stems, invades meadows, and is less productive than Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis L. Its name refers to flattened stems, aiding recognition.
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Ohio
Apple Trees Growth From Cultivated Ground In Study
A Nebraska station study divided a small orchard into three areas to test cultivation effects on tree growth fruit size and soil moisture. Cultivated ground yielded 14 percent larger apples than pasture and over 11 percent larger than mowed ground with darker foliage and less drought damage. Salt topdressing shown to aid soil fertility by accelerating organic matter decomposition and releasing carbonic acid. used sparingly per acre. A brake block for mountain teams is described, locking weight via a self acting check hitch to the brake beam.
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Nebraska Station
Effective brake block and farming cultivation guidance
The text explains starting loads without effort against a brake, and warns farmers that there are no fixed cultivation periods for crops. It emphasizes cultivating crops at their growth stage and land conditions, warns against overusing harrow and cultivator, and notes that fields are not well cultivated while any weed remains.
Small Celery Fest Highlights Growth and Soil Tips
The article notes three differences in celery quality and explains how size matters less as dwarf varieties gain favor for their crisp nutty flavor. It stresses soil moisture and richness as key to fuller stalks and suggests moist soil yields better growth than dry, with soil quality greatly impacting flavor and yield.
Art of training vines and stable ventilation discussed
The article explains pinching grapevine apexes to balance growth and yield, compares trellis techniques to grapes under glass, and notes that strong shoots at the base gain strength when upper shoots are topped. It also urges improving stable ventilation for horses, warning about ammonia from underground stalls and summer heat. It mentions a Welsh heifer shown as Col. H. Platt's property.
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Prudisg Vrees
Mechan
Welles Belper and Poultry Advice in Welsh Show Context
Reports a Welsh winner Gorddinog Llanfairfechan at the Royal Agricultural Society of England Birmingham show. Includes Practical Poultryman tips on preventing gapes with sour whey, cautions on clover as winter feed, and notes on gipsies pests and growing potatoes under straw.
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Gorddinog
Llanfairfechan
Wales
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Birmingham
Practical Poultryman
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Mrs. Styles
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Olympia
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Hue
Col. H. Platt
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