Fresno Fire Ravages Raisin Plants In Massive California Blaze
A Fresno conflagration on a Saturday night destroyed the Forsyth Seed and Raisin Company packing plant and several neighboring facilities along the Southern Pacific Reservation. About 500 workers lose their jobs as flames tipped by a north wind swept three blocks, causing widespread property damage estimated at $530,000 and delaying this year’s raisin crop. Night watchman Harper is missing and three Chinese workers are badly injured.
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California
Fresno
Cal
Southern Pacific Railway
Mariposa Street
Mond Street
Forsyth Seed and Raisin Company
Mariposa
Tulare
Forsyth Packing House
Phoenix Packing Company
Phoenix
National Ice Company
Farmers
Einstein Grain
Robbs & Parson
Harper
Forsyth
Danilo
Cloudburst in Beach Creek Tennessee Claims Dozens of Lives
A devastating cloudburst near Beach Creek, Tennessee about one mile north of Rogersville, claims at least twenty lives. William Figan and his family perish except for Figan, while John Arnold Samuel Henry and wife die within a quarter mile of the home. The flood destroys homes and crops, washing away property worth several thousand dollars.
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Beach Creek
Rogersville
Tenn
Knoxville
William Figan
Figan
John Arnold
Samuel Henry
Choctaws in Trouble Over McCurtain Proclamation
agitation rises after Gov McCurtain disfavors 79 freedmen in the August 24 election. The Atoka agreement ratification vote on April 23, 1897 will decide the Choctaw and Chickasaw fate with potential clashes as freedmen, aided by Union Party members, pressure a judge to accept their ballots.
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Gov. McCurtain
Gov McCurtin
Atoka
United States
Union Party
Roosevelt and Rough Riders Arrive at Montauk Point
Four transports arrive off Camp Wikoff Montauk Point bringing troops home from San Juan de Cuba. Roosevelt and his Rough Riders are aboard the Mami. Separate notes report poison candy deaths, a U S water ship purchase, and a relief mission to Guatemala with the Ambatross carrying ammunition for American citizens.
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Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Montrack Point
St. Louis
Visilancis
Mattewas
Mismi
San Yiago de Cuba
Camp Wikoff
Montauk Point
L. I
Winth
Santiago
S. Col
Hudson
Cardenas
Uror Santiago
Ponce
Porto Rico
San Jt Wan
Alger
United States
Iron and Steel Trade Shows General Improvement
Bradstreet's Weekly Review reports broad improvements in trade and business this week with stronger demand and higher prices in iron and steel. Wheat and corn demand rises, with wheat holdings by farmers aiding price strength. railcar shipments fall as farmers store grain. Corn exports reach 3.52 million bushels, while business failures drop to 137. Oats, lard, beef, coffee, lead, rubber, copper, and cotton rise amid active western trade and swelling demand for dry goods, clothing, boots, groceries, hardware, lumber, and hats.
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Bradstreet
Turetza
Chicago Brewing Combine Forms United Brewers Company
Thirteen Chicago brewing concerns consolidate into a New Jersey corporation named United Brewers Company. The $5,510,000 capitalization lists Frederick Dwight, John T. Tracay, Philip Abreu, Sherman Evarts, and I. W. Thomas as nominal incorporators. The firm will brew lager beer solely in Chicago and has no plan to expand eastward.
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Windy City
Chicago
New Jersey
United Brewers Company
Continetal Trust Company
New York
Frederick Dwight
Brooklyn
John T. Tracay
Jersey City
Philip Abreu
Sherman Evarts
Plainfell
N. J
I. W. Thomas
Garcia Quits Fighting Report From Santiago
A Santiago dispatch reports Jack York of Pennsylvania who has been serving with Garcia arrives and says the Cuban general has suspended operations for thirty days. He granted his men permission to go home and told them to report back at the end of the period.
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Santiago
Jack York
Pennsylvania
Garcia
Ohio River Flood Damages Hit Two Hundred Thousand
Floods in the Scioto valley Ohio have inundated over 12 000 acres of corn land near Portsmouth causing losses over 520 000 and fearing another 100 000 more as rivers rose Saturday. California swelters report Sacramento Stockton Los Angeles and other inland points with temperatures breaking records. A young woman Jennie Allison 18 electrocuted in Slampkin Massachusetts from crossed live wires. Waverly Bank in Ohio suspends payments with liabilities estimated up to 209 000. Five Aynemeny mission board missionaries die in Yoionami harbor after steamer collision.
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Scioto Valley
Ohio
Scioto Bottoms
Portamouth
California
Sacramento
Stockton
Presto
Los Angeles
Farmingtom
San Joaquin Valley
Mox
Valley Knitting Works
Slampkin
Jennie Allison
British Ultimatum Ignored by China in Peking Deal
Pekin Times bureau reports Belgian minister Garon de Vinck informed the Li Yamen that Pavintl the Russian charge d affaires and M. Gerard the French minister joined urging the Tsungluaman to disregard Sir Claude MacDonald’s ultimatum on the Peking Han Kow contract. Imperial decree expected to ratify the contract despite British revisions efforts. In Commons A J Batfour acknowledged the dispatch as substantially correct amid government scrutiny.
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China
Pekin
London Times
Garon de Vinck
Tie Sung li Yamen
M. Pavintl
M. Rard
Joinat Bus
Tsung Luamen
Claude MacDonald
House of Commons
A. J. Batfour
Treasury
Gover
Carranza seen in Montreal amid travel confusion
Spanish spy Lieut Ramon de Carranza reappears in Montreal after a supposed departure for England. His lawyer says he visited St Pierre and Miquelon to supervise blockade runners to Cuba and has since returned to bid farewell before Europe trip.
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Carranza
Montreal
Ramon de Carranza
Washington
England
H. N. St
Cuba
Europe
Honolulu
Market Quotations for Cattle Hogs Wheat and More
Chicago cattle common to prime priced 3.00 to 5.73 with hogs in 3.06 to 4.25 range. Wheat No 2 grades and corn mixed across multiple cities. Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York all report varied cattle hogs wheat corn rye oats butter eggs and dairy prices.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Ténis—Cartio
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Steorg
Ness
Eunmuen
Ste. New York
San Sh
Montrose riot ends in police shot and mob beatings
Townspeople clash over Sunday closing laws as Mayor Craig and Marshal Lambert confront a crowd. Lambert fires seven times wounding Spain, who retreats after a window stumble. The mob beats Craig, Lambert and two aldermen, while other officials escape.
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Montrose
Marshal
Craighes
William Spain
Spain
Wercom
Lambert
Craig
J.W. Doughty
Atres
D. Wardlow
Keokuk Businessmen Plan September Street Fair
Keokuk merchants unite to stage a large street fair in September on Main Street and nearby areas. The aim is to attract visitors from a wide surrounding region with an attractive event and lively activities.
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Keokuk
T and Son
Ourrounding
Newsboys Strike Settled in Des Moines
Newsboys’ strike against the Des Moines News ends August 10 with pay set at half a cent for extras, two-thirds of a cent for regular editions. All boys resume selling in the afternoon.
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Des Moines News
Farm Property Destroyed Near Everland Post Office
A large barn, several outbuildings, and four grain stacks owned by E Mites near Everland post office Mabaska County were destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 32000 with insurance for 1100.
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E. Mites
Everland
Murder and accidents haunt Iowa towns in late July reports
Killed in a Runaway. Jobo Miller a wealthy farmer of Independence was killed when a wheel crushed his skull. Kosina’s Murderer Captured. Shersian Wilcox who killed John Kosina at the farmer’s home near Chelsea has been captured and held for murder in the first degree. A man who shot Daniel Rea gan in Ovlin was arrested. The Kremen’s tournament of southwestern Town will be held in Shenandoah on Tuesday August 1 with prizes. A young son of Ben Coffeen of Riverton was badly burned by a cracking bottle of powder.
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H.A. Adams
Iowa Falls
Kidora
Adams
Gifford
Liberty
Jobo Miller
Darmun
Kosina
Shersian Wilcox
John Kosina
Chelsea
Iowa
Shenandoah
Ben Coffeen
Riverton
Cornell College
Burlington
Emmet County
Board of Supervisors
Effie Clark
Des Moines
Presbyterians
Boone
Dr. Brown
Philadelphia
Iowa State Agricultural College
Jack Reynolds
Fort Dodge
Fruitland
Muscatine County
Eldore
Hardin County
Fred Kilborn
Geneva
North Star Shoe Company
Minneapolis
Clint Algood
Sioux City
National “Bank
Jim McCourt
Atlantic
Chicago, Reel Island and Pacific
Maine
William Stevens
William Logan
Sherif Hill
C.F. Curtiss
Ames College
Slontana
Montana
F.M. Morris
T. C. Beard
Colorado Springs
Calo
Robert Morris
St. Joseph’s
Independence
Hamilton County
Milter
Ike
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company
Sioux Ciy
John Carroll
Alan
Erre
Fred Lyxeb
Santiago
Clearfield
League of American Municipalities
Detroit
Mich
Municipal League
Marshalltown
Knights Officers Elected at Grand Lodge Session
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias chose officers for the year during its annual session in Council Bluffs. Appointments include Grand Chancellor F. Blake of Fort Dodge and Grand Vice Chancellor E. Armknecher of Donelson, with several other posts filled across Iowa.
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Grand Lodge of Pythians and
Rathbone Sisters
Grand Lodge of
Lone Knights of Pythias
Blake
Fort Dodge
E. P. Armknecher
Donelson
W. L. Douglas Carson
Exchequer
W. T
Nath, Ackley
I. D. Walker
Mn. Pleasant
J. L. Leefers
Tipton
F. A. Welch
Oro
B. F Franks
Belle Plying
Grand Lodge
J. C. Langan
Chuten
W. NM. Clark
Marshalltown
Davenport
Rathbona Sisters
Pyshian Knights
Sadie Williams
Viterlo
Petit
Sioux City
H. Laubenfield
Mt. Pleasant
H. Lansing
Washington
Grace Long
Waverly Grant
Prince
Ida Marvis
Muscatine
Temple
Hazen Walker
Grundy Center
Outer Temple
Appleby
Strawberry Point
H. W. Dodd
Fort Madison
War History of a Week Across Caribbean Fronts
A weekly war chronicle recounts Captain Edgar Hobart’s death in Porto Rico, the capture of Cape San Juan, and prizes taken by American forces. It notes tariff shifts in eastern Cuba, shifts in Cuban and Philippine theaters, naval dispatches, hospital and transport movements, and ongoing peace negotiations between the United States and Spain. It mentions U.S. troop movements toward San Juan, the burning of Camp McHalia, and the occupation of Guarema by Illinois and Ohio regiments.
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Edgar Hobart
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cape San Juan
Segasta
San Juan
Cuba
Lanz
America
McCalia
Santiago
Guarema
Illiois
Ohio
Haines
Newport News
Pew
Garcia
Gibara
Holguin
Japan
Merriam
San Francisco
Manila
United States
War Department
M. Carbon
Spain
Ersident McKinley
Madrid
Dewey
Livingston
Georgia
Congress
Gen. Milks
Aibonito
Ident McKiner
Prest
M. Camborsunin
Glittering fragments from a noisy year in coin and war
July coinage in the United States totaled 5930744 dollars with 5853900 dollars sold. The U S requested Buctani to persuade Italy against bombarding Cartagena Colombia. Daw son City rumor mentions one gold daint in ten. Klondike wages rise while large sums lag. F million bushels of cag near Pittsburg and Tailwater float downstream. Hugh McDateleom ite praised for bravery. Semmtu Ts mine fire kills several. Warner Miller eyes a Navy canal operated by the United. Chicago Commercial Association plans a 200000 dollar trade carnival. Brig Harriet G sails from New York to St Michael Alaska with prospectors. Ten thousand men along Stewart River await open gold season. Yokohama report claims Ma pay 200000 to settle Hawaii Japanese emigrant dispute.
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United States
Buctani
Italy
Cartegena
Colombia
Aly
Dawson City
Klondike
Pitsburg
Harriet G
New York
St. Michael
Stewart River
Alaska
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The
Renwick Times
Renwick
Raisin
Southern Pacific
Tennessee
Dover, DL
Deane
Dunning
Pennington
League Island
Guatemala
Ambatross
Chicago Brewing Combine
Linois Bank
Waverly
Albert Boehrer
Wits
Victoria
Yoionami Harbor
Aynemeny Mission Board
Asses Simmons
Atal
Magnata
Russia
Tiss
St Petersbore
Luba
Porta Rico
Gen
Greely
Mies
Shary Gee
Porta Inco
Te United
Table
Tyne
Panam Canal
Panama Canal Company
Cail
Qard
Davies
T Nwyer
Lane Won
Mratio David Davies
Partiamerne
Chatham
Simeret
Lion
First
New York Volunteers
Bradford County
Towanda
Company M
Ninth Régiment
Chickamanga
Clayton
Dawes Commission
Muskogee
I. T
Williams
Brussels
Oficer
Williams? Loigings
Cue
Wirkland
Kirkland
Mare Island
Vallejo
W A. Birkland
North Carolina
Australia
Lake Gwynne
Kanowna
Hawkeye State
Rock Island Road
Colfax
Denver Limited
David Davidson
Davidson
Dubuque
R. D. Kirmse
Kirmse
Noone
Biftse
C. Brown
Daniel Raegan
Ovlwein
Albis
Knights OF
Pythias
Cherokee County
Marcus
Maria Teresa Frontea
Sampson
Shafter
Gen. Shafter
Shatter
Washingon
Concho
Seneca
Long
Navy
Artiral Sampson
Monterey
Brutus
Guantanamo
Grig
Eowers
McRizlers
Ernst
Coame
His
Yokohama
Mafi
Jnjain
Hawaii
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