Spain's Prime Minister Is Assassinated at Santa Agueda
Senor Canovas el Castillo, Spain's prime minister, was shot and killed on Sunday at Santa Agueda by an anarchist. The assassin a Neapolitan identified as Michelle Angoni Ani claimed motive as revenge and said he acted for a vast anarchist conspiracy. Detectives and civil guards pursued him but he narrowly escaped lynching as crowds surged.
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Senor Canovas
el Castillo
Santa Agueda
Santa Angueda
Florida Orange Crop Outlook Shows Big Fall Yield
Florida Fruit Exchange officers report the orange crop in the state will range from 950 000 to 200 000 boxes this fall with the bulk from Lee and surrounding counties. Volusia will follow with 153 000 to 200 000 boxes as growers recover from spring and early summer freezes reducing yields.
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Florida Fruit Exchange
Jacksonville
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Lee
Volusia County
Torrid London Heat Causes Hundreds of Deaths
London endures a phenomenal heat spell with a 9 degree reading and Cambridge two measures above average. Over 201 prostrations treated in London hospitals, 2023 deaths the previous week with 1,205 children, sunstroke and discomfort widespread. Wigs discarded by judges and councils in court due to heat.
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London
Lonon
Cambridge
Bix
Coun
Pension rolls near a million as 1896 ends
Commissioners report the U S pensioners reached 938 258 at year start an increase of 12 850 in the past year. 60 101 new pensions granted 3 97 T restored to rolls. Deaths 33 960 and widows remarry 1 70 £ orphans 1 585 losses from unrecorded causes 3 560.
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United States
Evans Hes
Weyler in the Field Again as Madrid Relocation Ordered
Rumor from Havana states Gen. Weyler left for Matanzas under direct Madrid orders to join the front. An officer at the palace claims he delayed to plan entrapping Gen. Castillo while insurgents swarm Matanzas and Havana. Weyler faces criticism for late field action and continuing reconcentrado decrees.
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Matanzas
Weyler
Madrid
Castillo
Gen. Weyler
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Fatal wedding frolic darkens Cincinnati tavern fire
Otto Adler of Cincinnati operated a lower story restaurant where four people died and thirteen were injured in a Thursday morning blaze. Twenty two others crowded a second floor room another wedding party. Smoke from adjacent rooms and a blocked exit by a bath tub contributed to the high fatality.
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Landfort Adler
Secretary Wilson to Inspect Sugar Beet Trials West
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson will travel to Utah Montana Oregon Idaho and other western states within a week to study beet culture conditions. He has sent sugar beet seeds to 20033 farmers and believes the western valleys suit beet raising, promising profits and challenging the sugar trust.
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James Wilson
Utah
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
Sugar Trust
Death reveals a secret romance in California will
In Calaveras County 1844 Irish miner Thomas Hogan and a woman said to be his wife settled there. Hogan died and the woman married John Scribner of San Andreas. After Scribner’s death she left a sizeable estate to nephews and nieces described as such in her will to conceal a past affair with Hogan. The estate valued at $00,000 was distributed in Judge Coffey’s court.
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Calaveras County
California
Hogan
John Scribner
San Andreas
Scribner
Elizabeth
George
James
Samuel Barnes
Clifton
Yorkshire
Euy
England
Hawaii bars the Chinese amid annexation era policy
Hawaii restricts Chinese immigration by halting six month residence permits and bonds for contract laborers as officials cite annexation era aims. Fort Crab auctioned on the Hudson for 4300 dollars, claimed as oldest U S building. Sultan seeks quick peace talks due to strained finances and regional pressures from Bulgaria Serbia and Montenegro.
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Australia
United States
Sultan
Bulgaria
Secyia
Montenegro
Week in Trade Brings Gains in Chicago and Gulf Ports
Bradstreet's Weekly Review notes general trade gains in Chicago, St. Louis, and Galveston with rising dry goods and apparel purchases. Heat cooled purchasing in Bauses City and Omaha early in the week, but drier weather revived demand. Pacific coast activity remains brisk with heavy wheat shipments to San Francisco and lumber exports from Seattle, plus supplies for Alaska and northwest territory. Population in the United States estimated at 77,000,068 with per capita money at 22.53.
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Galveston
Bauses City
Omaha
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Official US population estimate and per capita money holdings
A Treasury official reports the United States population at about 77,000,008 with $22.53 in money per person. The estimate uses census data from the prior decade and fixed rules for births immigration deaths and other factors.
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United States
Turkey backs down on Crete fleet proposal
Dispatches from Athens and Constantinople report no change in peace negotiations. King George met with the Russian minister and a three delegate panel was to oversee Greek revenues. Turkey abandoned sending the fleet to Crete signaling a united powers stance.
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Constantinople
George
M. Owen
Turkey
Chinese Ambassador Arrives in New York for Victoria Jubilee
Yen Boen ambassador of China to Queen Victoria arrives in New York with a sixteen attendant suite and servants. He will stay ten days at the Waldorf then proceed to Vancouver via Montreal. Mr George Gould in London denies mining deal ties in a dispatch. American tennis team wins. Interchangeable mileage tickets go on sale September 1.
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New York
Mr. Li
Li Hang Chang
The
Waldorf
Vancouver
Montreal
Gould
George Gould
London
Death of Virginia Attorney General Maj Taylor Scott
Major Taylor Scott attorney general of Virginia died in Warrenton Virginia on Saturday. The death is reported with sparse details and tributes are expected from state officials and legal circles.
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Taylor Scaut
Taylor Scott
Virginia
Warrentown
Rockefeller to Sell Summer Home Over Tax Grievance
Rockefeller to dispose of Farrytown estate valued at 2.59 million for 250 thousand as he fights a high tax assessment. The Standard Oil magnate argues the $1.2 million last year and $2.59 million this year assessments are excessive and aims to appeal.
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Win. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Farrytown
Tarrytown
Rockefellers
John D
William
Willian Rockefellers Place
Jovel Scheme Sprinkles Oil on New Jersey Railroads
Chief Engineer H Nichols of West Jersey and Seashore Railroad reports oil sprayed along six feet on both sides of the Camden to Atlantic City track at May’s Landing New Jersey to lay dust. An oil train sprayed over twenty miles of track with a sprinkler apparatus. One spray per year at about $80 per mile is claimed to be dust control. The Pennsylvania system is reportedly to follow with oil sprinkling as soon as possible.
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H. Nichols
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
May’s Landing
N. J
Camden
Atlantic City
Lynching in Kentucky as mob hangs suspect
Dispatches from Barboursville Kentucky report Jack Williams was lynched by a mob near Brush Creek after allegations of raping a deaf mute girl named Viney Bays. His brother Tom Williams faces threats of lynching while in jail. The girl, brought to court in rags, remains in a grave mental state.
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Jack Williams
Brush Creek
Tom
Viney Bays
Tom Williams
White Men Quit Jobs as New Georgia Revenue Chief Takes Office
Henry C. Rucker a negro recently appointed collector of internal revenue for the district of Georgia took the oath of office and assumed charge at Atlanta Thursday. Six white men in the department announced they would quit with the retiring collector, declining to serve unevansgro. They include deputy collectors at Atlanta and Blue Ridge, storekeepers and gaugers at Blue Ridge, Columbus, Canton and Jasper. The new collector selected A. J. Smith, a white man, now on Collector Trammel's staff, as chief deputy.
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Internal Revenue
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Atlanta
Blue Ridge
Columbus
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Jasper
A. J. Smith
Trammel
Big Swindler Caught In Chicago Court Arrest
Almond A Redheifer once a Philadelphia spice dealer was seized in Chicago on a reputational deal. He and his son had previous fraud convictions from 1896 involving mail scams. The father allegedly fled court and later rumored death by self-inflicted action. The son completed his prison term.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Redheifer
Market quotes for cattle hogs sheep and grains across cities
Regional price listings show cattle hogs and sheep ranges in Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Detroit Toledo and New York with grains including wheat corn oats rye and butter. Prices span No 2 red wheat 78¢ to 90¢ No 2 white corn 26¢ to 30¢ and butter 14¢ to 15¢ per pound.
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Indianapolis
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Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Judge Mitchell Denounces Chicago Judge in Bank Case
Ottumwa attorney for the Bradleys who own the Eldon bank burglary case blasts Judge Goggin in Chicago court. He claims Illinois officials manipulated papers to fix the case and mocks the bonds as worthless while Pinkerton men vow to pursue Menard.
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Mitchell
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Bradleys
Eldon
Joe Menard
Goggin
Menard
Illinois
Tyner
Pinkerton
Hamilton
Four Girls Drown in Skunk River Near Nugent
Four Nugent area girls Emma Pample 11 Myrtle Pample 15 Ethel Pample 15 and Bessia Adams drowned Wednesday afternoon in the Skunk River north of Nugent. They swam despite warnings and sank in deep water. bodies were recovered. The girls were daughters of local farmers. Ethel and Myrtle were twins.
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Emma Pample
Myrtle Pample
Ethel Pample
Bessia Adams
Ethel
Myrtle Pampies
Oskaloosa Tragedy Ends In Murders Attempted Suicide
Carl Yates of Oskaloosa fatally wounded his wife during a dispute over a mortgaged property set to finance a barber shop. He then shot himself in a failed revenge bid. The wife died, authorities fear lynching though it is unlikely.
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Oskaloosa
Yates
Pray Accepts Indian Agency Post after Alaska Mission
Hon G P Pray of Webster City, appointed surveyor general of Alaska by President McKinley, received word from Senator Gear that he will accept an Indian agency position. The Alaska mission faced family opposition and the news arrives as several Iowa events are reported, including a large Southwestern Iowa firemen tournament in Atlantic with about 6,000 spectators and a K of P picnic in Sac City drawing 2,500 attendees.
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McKinley
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Pray
Southwestern Lows
Iowa
Atlantic
Red Oak
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Clarinda
Atlanti
George Porter
Shanandoah
Presi?dent
Hail Storm Halts Rock Island Train Near Ottumwa
Terrific hail and severe storms reported near Ottumwa disrupt travel as a northbound passenger train on the Rock Island is halted by oversized hail. Windows shattered and crops damaged as storm strikes the region.
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Ottemwa
Rock Island
Decorah Assault Ends in Bridge Battle
Ole Christopherson attempted to rob Paul Larson on the West Decorah bridge when he reached from behind and forced Larson's mouth. Larson freed himself and threw Christopherson over the railing into the creek. Christopherson is expected to die.
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Paul Larson
Decorah
Larson
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Christopherson
Crops in Lucas County Face Severe Stress
The Lucas County crops endure precarious conditions with drought and heat. Chariton area faces potential famine as feed pastures burn, gardens fail, berry crops decline, and corn shows heat damage after a week of extreme heat.
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Lucas County
Chariton
Plymouth County Fair Dates Set for First Annual Event
Plymouth County Fair Association stockholders met in Le Mars on August 4 and fixed four days for the first annual fair September 28 to October 1. Articles of incorporation were adopted and work on the premium list will begin immediately.
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Plymouth County Fair
Plymouth County Fair Association
le Mars
Minister dead after train strike at Afton
Rev. Otto Noll a German Evangelical minister was killed instantly at Afton by the Barlington fast mail as it struck him near the tracks. The tragedy marks a fatal incident involving a passenger train and a clergyman on duty.
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Otto Noll
Afton Dunation
Barlington
Burglary at Cedar Falls Strikes Larson & Madsen's Market
Burglars broke into Larson and Madsen's meat market in Cedar Falls cracking the safe and stealing a large sum in money and checks. Authorities say there is no clue to the burglars at the time of the robbery.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Fall
Larson& Madsen
Lightning Fatalities Reported Near Wiota In Irregular Wreck
Clarence Temperly of Irvington Neu and Joseph Scanlan of Corning were killed by lightning while driving near Wiota. The two men sought shelter in a roadside shelter during a sudden storm when the strike occurred.
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Clarence Temperly
Irvington
Neu
Joseph Scanlan
Corning
Wiota
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