Renwick Pointer Turf King Star Pointer’s Readville Mile Blaze
Star Pointer pacing in Readville Mass. with runner at his side wins the mile in 1 59 3/4. Crowd around 8 000 watches the Chicago stallion break the T mark by a whisker and another watch confirms the fast time. McClary drives Pointer to a 1 57 third quarter with a late surge to the wire.
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Chicago
Star Pointer
Readville Mass
Mel Giary
Yor Ha
McClary
DC. W. Marks
Pointer
World Wheat Shortage Estimated By Havgazian Ministry
The Havgazian ministry of agriculture issues annual figures showing an extraordinarily light world harvest. Total wheat yield about 573,760,000 metric hundredweights with annual demand near 655,250,000. deficit about 50,800,000 hundredweights for 1897 and 1898. Other deficits listed include rye 67,000,000 litres and barley 8,000,000, with exports constrained for many nations while the United States and Canada are favored.
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Havgazian Ministry of Agriculture Ties
iThe
Mny
Turkey
Egypt
Australia
Austria-Hungary
India
Argentina
United States
Cenade
Chicago Picnic Stamped by Storm at Oak Wood Park
A storm hit a Chicago picnic grove at Oak Wood Park on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring eleven as hundreds sought shelter on the grounds. A rush to the railway followed the gust that ripped the pavilion roof and threw people into the crowd, hours after a large Catholic Total Abstinence Union gathering. Mrs. Brown died instantly, with others seriously hurt but not dying. Back from the Frozen North the Windward reported unwell passengers as it returned from Franz Josef Land with Jackson Farnsworth party.
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Urel Wood Park
Chicago
Ps. Wilson
Oxoman
Persens
Cathfolic Total
Wagland Jue
Franz Josefiand
Jackson-Farnsworth
Arctic
Aberdeen
Queen Victoria Sea
Jackson
Crete Council Seeks Mixed Commission Over Anarchy
A Constantinople dispatch reports a Friday ministers meeting resolved to send a note to powers complaining of Crete’s alleged anarchy. It asks fleets and troops be withdrawn and a Turkish-included mixed commission drafted to legislate for the stand. The sultan reportedly approves.
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Crete
Constantinople
Irrigation Congress Set for Lincoln in September
The sixth annual session of the National Irrigation Association will convene in Lincoln Nebraska September 28 29 and 30. Representation includes sectional executive committees state and territorial irrigation commissions five delegates at large per state and territory plus one delegate from various societies and boards of trade. Honorary members include U S senators representatives and state governors. The program will cover national and state legislative issues.
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Lincoln
Sixth
National Irrigation Association
Hrigation Congress
Neb
Setional Executive Oromintee
Gtulé
Territorial Irrigation Commissions
Teir
Arizona
California
Colorado
Iuabe
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dako
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Boards of Trade, Commercial Elubs
Chambers of Ecommerce
Dnly
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Mine owner shows pity declares operators cruel
Altoona coal mine owner Toward Paine, visiting Chicago, denounces suffering of striking miners. He says operators profit while workers starve, would sell mines for half value, and urges President McKinley to intervene to prevent civil war. He offers to supply food but claims power to aid is limited.
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Paine
Altoona
Chicago
Siberia
Preside
McKinley
Texan Aims 60 Day Fast to Prove Will Power
J S Cannaday, a Waco Texas professional Jecharer, undertakes a 60 day fast and has not eaten for ten days. He plans to endure without nourishment, after quitting tobacco and water in sixty days, to demonstrate will power over the flesh. He is from Virginia, appears emaciated, and is reportedly near death from starvation.
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J.S. Cannaday
Professionel Jecharer
Waco
Texas
Mr. Carnaday
Virginia
Disease Strikes Weyler's Forces Empty Havana Hospitals
Official reports record 4000 Spanish soldiers in Havana and other hubs ill or hospitalized, with about 2000 sent back to Spain monthly as incapacitated. For the week ending August 12 the death rate ran 90 per 1000. War production declines, army pay halts, and morale sinks across the island amid stalled insurgent activity and scarce provisions.
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Weyler
Havana
Spain
Founders in a Typhoon as Japanese Steamer Founders
A Shanghai dispatch reports the Japanese steamer Cheang Hy Evong, Capt. Scott, from Tenang near Arrea Island in the Strait of Malacca, foundered in a typhoon. Of 32 crew, 21 drowned, Capt. Scott killed himself as the ship sank. Eleven survivors endured five days of exposure under a scorching sun with no water.
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Shanghai
Scott
Tenang
Arrea Island
Strait of Malacca
Malay Peninsula
Japan
Moss
Cincinnati Wins Next Grand Army Encampment Site
Cincinnati selected as the next national encampment location by the G A R voting 546 to 184 with San Francisco. The dispatch notes ships departing for Alaska include the Rosalie with passengers horses and supplies while the schooner Moonlight unloads lumber. A lynching of a Negro named Bonner follows an alleged assault in Belleville Texas and Bolivia invades Peru with Col Panda leading about 600 troops into Sandia province.
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Ohio City
Buffalo
G. A.R
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Alaska
Rosalie
Sejatule
Skaguay
Little Pass
Moonlight
Bonner
Two Thousand Pounds of Gold Ore Belonging to Wisconsin Firm
Bradstreets Weekly Review reports improvement in general business conditions with no major shocks aside from the prolonged soft coal miners strike. Staples rise across iron and steel, lead, and wheat with optimism for export prices. wheat, bread, and related commodities climb while prices for flour, corn, oats, lard, potatoes, butter, eggs, beans, cheese, tobacco, wool, and livestock also ascend. Leather, hides, lumber, and linseed oil show gains as well.
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Bradstreet’s
United States
Work of Tramp Steamers Crowds St Michaels
Treasury reports show many destitute gold seekers bound for the Klondike arrive at St Michaels without provisions or funds. Regular lines require sufficient money and rations, while some tramp steamers accept payment for passage, leaving crowds dependent on charity as they await support.
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St Michaels
Treasury Department
Hlondike County
St. Michaels
Klondike
Stef ‘Michaels
Sagasta Calls For Autonomy As Cuban Situation Deteriorates
Spanish liberal leader Sagasta reports the Cuba crisis worsens daily and notes continuing trouble in the Philippine Islands. He says autonomy for Cuba is possible and liberals may assume power sooner than expected. He warns Carlists are ready to rise if the government errs.
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Sagasta
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Don Car Jos
Aris
Lost Rich Ore from Gold Lake Mining Company
Two thousand pounds of valuable gold ore belonging to the Gold Lake Mining Company disappeared aboard a steamship in the City of Mexico. The company, led by ex-Gov Swineford of Wisconsin, was alerted when its representative JQ M Avchibaié shipped the ore, and steps will be taken to recover the ore's value from the steamship line.
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Wisconsin Company
City of Mexico
City of
Mexico
Gold Lake Mining Company
Swineford
Wisconsin
Jq.m. Avchibaié
Jump in Chicago wheat prices on Thursday boom
Wheat in Chicago rose sharply Thursday morning after a volatile session. September grain opened near 96 1/2 cents, spiked to around 1.084 dollars, then slipped, before recovering to about 1.00 dollar as trading narrowed. The market cooled, with September finishing several cents higher than the session low.
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Chicago
HSM Gents
New York Syndicate Buys Kentucky Whisky Distilleries
A New York syndicate has purchased the Wilham Terr distillery property in Lexington and closed its Kentucky distillery combine deal worth about 19 million dollars. The syndicate plans to limit output across most Kentucky distilleries it controls.
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Wilham Terr
Lexington
New York Syndicate
Kentucky
Fresh proposals in indemnity settlement for Greece
Lord Salisbury proposes Joint guarantee by Great Britain France and Russia for the indemnity loan to Greece and control of revenues dedicated to the obligation. Spain hints at war as Aguirreaga warns U S action could trigger duty, Madrid cabinet meeting reports. Stillwater blaze costs exceed 75000 dollars including Florence mill and depot damage. Three Plat children die in Montana fire. Spontaneous ignition cited. Shaw elected as chief ranger by Foresters of America in Denver lodge session.
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Lord Salisbury
Greece
Great Britain
France
Russia
Stillwater
Florence
Omaha
M Midise Ab Stillwater Minn
Aeronauts Fatally Hurt In Saturday Parachute Accident
Walter Steele of Columbus and Leroy Northcott of St Johns sustained fatal injuries during a flying event at Yaledo City Saturday afternoon. Steele, in one of four simultaneous ascensions, cut loose at altitude and his parachute failed to open. he crashed, breaking his back. Northcott, inside a balloon basket, burned severely as he could not escape before the craft descended and caught fire. The report notes one death and serious injuries among the aeronauts.
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Walter Steele
Leroy Northcott
Yaledo
City
Avey
Columbus
Hiv
Steele
Imany
St. Johns
Mich
Chicago Couple Shot by Former Boarder in Apartment Quarrel
Arthur Storey and his wife were wounded at their Chicago apartment at 98 Forty-third Street Saturday night. B C Dunker, a barber who had boarded with the couple, shot them after a violent quarrel. Dunker accompanied Mrs Storey to the theater, then fired two shots upon returning home. Storey was hit in the groin and Mrs Storey in the spine. both were taken to hospital with poor prospects for recovery.
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Storey
H. G. Dunker
Arthur Storey
Forty-third Street
Chicago
B.C. Dunker
Danker
Four Fall Three Stories From Scaffold Collapse
A contractor and three bricklayers tumbled from a third story at a Rock Island building. W Willis died minutes later, Schreiner sustained severe injuries, Loewe and Crudup were badly bruised, with fears of multiple deaths. Several fires and accidents follow including Welland boarding house blaze with two grandchildren perishing, August Kerlet suspected in Colorado murder case, Salvador shifts to gold basis amid silver slump, and freight train collision near Eden Alabama leaving engines damaged and cars wrecked.
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Rock Island
C.J. W. Schreiner
W. H. Willis
John Lowé
Joe Cradup
Willis
Schreiner
Loewe
Crudup
Union Consolidated Mine
Welland
Cal
Southern Railway
Eden
Ala
Atllanta
Iowa Corn Crop Outlook In Grain Belt Bulletin
The Iowa weather and crop weekly bulletin reports corn doing as well as could be expected under current conditions. Severe drought in parts has left dry upland fields fired and stalks dwarfed, yet early planted corn shows good ear development. Harvest maturity expected by September, with a good chance of a substantial portion reaching normal yields if rain and warm ripening weather occur in September.
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Towa
Iowa
Paroled convict returned to prison after sixteen years
James Chenoweath, a Des Moines contractor, was pardoned after one year in 1880 for burglary and later started a business. He was accused of stealing a watch three months later, pardon revoked by Governor Drake, he was captured in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. The pardon was revoked for cause. he faced imprisonment again.
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James Chenoweath
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Buren H. Sherman
Des’ Moines
Drake
Redwood Tails
Minn
Trouble Over The Code Judge Shiras Refuses Injunction
Judge Shiras declined Callaghan and Cas application for restraint against Emlitt McClain annotating the new Iowa Code. He found no irreparable injury or trust-based copyright transfer proving joint rights. It remained unclear if McClain violated any no-work clause or if damage stemmed from the legislature’s move to issue a new code.
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Shiras
McClain
Callaghan & Cas
Dubuque
Emlitt McClain
Iowa
MccClain
Callaghan & Co
F McClain
Bank statistics reveal Iowa figures from Comptroller report
Acting Comptroller Coffin released an abstract of reports from 160 banks in Iowa excluding Des Moines. Total resources reach 47.8 million with deposits 23.4 million and reserves around 34.48 percent. Other items include discounts 27.3 million and capital stock 12 million.
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Thou
Towa
Des Chaines
Yota
Murder in Bremer County ends with burned victim
James Curran, 50, was shot in the back and his throat cut near his Cedar Rapids area farm. His body was placed on brush and burned in dense woods after a swarm of bees led him from home. A search party found the charred remains. no arrests yet.
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James Curran
Stste
Bremer County
Cedar Rapids
Jamos Curran
William Bingham
John Falls
Curran
The Walford Mystery in Alaska Capture
Frank Novak believed to be William Smith, captured aboard the Portland in Port Townsend after a cross continent pursuit. Novak, a Walford storekeeper, reportedly fled from a burned store where a body was found. He faced murder and arson suspicions tied to a $35,000 insurance claim. Pinkerton detectives tracked him across Alaska and Canada to Juneau and Klondike.
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Frank Novah
Cape Tured
Alaska
Portland
Port Townsend
Wash
Irons
Pinkerton
William Smith
Frank Novak
Juneau
Acrowa Chii
Over Five Thousand Gone At Osage Era
A sweeping county treasury theft surfaces at Osage with losses from Pelton era totaling at least 3470 dollars in two years and potential larger figures from older years. Deputy son Pelton nominated for treasurer denies complicity but admits knowledge. Bondsmen released. criminal proceedings possible.
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Osage
B. Pelton
Pelton
Bre
Limitation
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