Hull Predicts Large Army and War Ready Regulars
Hull chairs the House Military Committee predicting a complete reorganization of the regular army to a war footing. He envisions a force of about 190000 men, more businesslike and ready for emergency expansion, contrasting with the current 61090 strong force and criticizing the current system's defects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Military Committee
Hull
House
Butt
War Department
War Office
Prediction of A Massive Coal Strike By Hanna Manager
Manager Young of the M A Hanna Coal Company Cleveland predicts a major national strike early next year with miners ready to fight wage cuts. He expects the Chicago contract to expire soon and a 13 to 11 cent per ton reduction resisted by miners. He notes West Virginia miners underbidding prior efforts to organize them and sees little hope of bringing them into line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Coal Company
Young
M.A. Hanna Coal Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
Victims of Disease Among War Volunteers
A Chicago paper reports 859 officers and men killed in battle or by wounds while 1,200 to 2,000 volunteers and regulars died of disease in camps during the war with Spain. It lists 2,284 who died in camp or on transports, notes many more unnamed due to poor records and officers’ reluctance to provide lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Spain
Talady
Embezzlement Rumors Hit St Cloud Loan Board
An expert accountant’s report to the St. Cloud Mutual Building and Loan Association directors alleges a total funds shortage exceeding 30000 dollars, with secretary L T Troutman accused of embezzling nearly 19000 and the rest tied to book falsification. Troutman was highly regarded in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cloud Loan Association
L. T. Troutman
St. Cloud (Minn.) Mutual Building and Loan Association
Goetz
Troutman
Illinois Strike Threatens Mines With Imported Labor
Six hundred striking miners at Pana Illinois battled efforts to seize non union black workers from Alabama. Two mine operators Overholtz and staff escaped hanging by deputies. Gov. Tanner warned troops not to be used, while authorities contended imported labor would be protected in peaceable work.
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Pana
Sgn
L.S. Overholtz
Springdale
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Overholtz
Alabama
Kirebell
Tanner
National Guard
Holland's Girl Queen Wilhelmina Reaches Majority Proclamation
Queen Wilhelmina attains her majority and issues a proclamation to the Netherlands. She thanks the people for their loyalty after the death of her father and pledges to govern as her mother did, seeking support in official and social life across the kingdom. She expresses faith and requests strength from God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina
Elena Pantine Mari
Netherlands
Grange
Wlihelmina
Severe Gale Sweeps Georgia Coast Slams Savannah
A heavy storm battered the Georgia coast on Wednesday with winds reaching seventy to seventy five miles per hour. Tybee Island lost telephone contact, quarantine and shipping faced danger as floods damaged rice and cotton regions and rail lines were washed out. Debris filled streets as crews reported the signal station staff evacuating toward safety.
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Atlantic
Georgia
Savannah
Tybee Island
Tybee
West Indies Steam Ship Company forms trade link
Baltimore capitalists organize the West Indies Steam ship Company to develop Baltimore Porto Rico and Cuba trade with a $52,000 capital stock at $300 per share. Local businessmen plan a Porto Rico Cuba survey trip next month to pursue reciprocal relations. P B Ware of Seattle estimates Roanoke gold dust and drafts at 4 million. Portland was set to sail to San Francisco soon after the Roanoke. Colombo Bank of Commerce ships over 1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
West Indies Steamship Company
Porto Rico
Cuba
Deld
P. B. Ware
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
St. Michaels
Coumbas Bank of Commerce
Hospital ship Olivette sinks near Fernandina Florida
The hospital ship Olivette sank Wednesday morning near the quarantine station at Fernandina Florida after a mysterious incident. The Hospital Corps of thirty five and the crew of forty five escaped in seventy attire. The vessel went down in thirty feet of water with no clear explanation for the loss.
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Olivette
Fernandina
Fla
Ospital Corps
Welsh Miners Ratify Employers Terms After Delegates Meeting
Welsh miners meet in Cardiff and formally approve employers terms by a 24030 vote. The agreement includes a 5 percent wage increase for witers. In a separate accident aris Howalt and James Osiwall were buried under tons of rock after a collapse near Peter Eliott's mine, west of Bregil. Both workers were mangled and rescued after a long entanglement.
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Cardiff
Waites
Mey
Witers
Aries Howalt
James Osiwall
Peter Eheliott
Snine
Bregil
Alea
Japan Annexes an Island Shrouded in Mystery
A small island south of Japan is reported to have been annexed amid unclear debate. An American captain is linked to the island’s chart history, with the locality described as St. Marius island in some accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Shy Mailsay
Jeteruins
St. Marius Island
Army Officers Warn Disease Big Factor in War Suffering
Army officers compare Civil War disease deaths to combat fatalities and cite a high病 toll in hospitals. They note 6 million treated cases, with tens of thousands dying from wounds and disease, and argue illness is an inherent risk of war, though Cuba conflict could have been calmer with delay.
Montejo’s account of Cavite defeat at Manila
Admiral Montejo reports his fleet faced American ships with superior firepower. He cites lack of gun crews, faulty machinery, and scarce rapid firing guns. The Christina was crippled, magazines flooded, and steering lost, forcing abandonment. Guloa and Castilla also surrendered after intense damage.
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Telis
Dewes
Manila
Montejo
Navy Department
Washington
Cavite
Cuba
Lazon
Guloa
Castilla
US and Cuban war updates from the isle of Pines to Santiago
Gen Blanco orders release of 144 Cuban political prisoners. Isle of Pines camp to house nearly 40,000 troops. US garrison at Santiago to include two brigades under Gen Lawton. About 500 Cubans killed or wounded since peace protocol. Helen Geld, daughter of Jay Gondt, celebrated. Spain protests troops near coast towns citing disease fears. Admiral Sampson to keep fleet ready during peace talks. Nashville reports peace protocol news arriving from Infania Isabel near Gibara in Santiago province.
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Blanco
Isle of Pines
Flintsville
Als
Santiago
Lawton
Mias
Helen Geld
Jay Gondt
Tony
Santiste
Spain
Admiral Sampson
United States
Iamant
Infania Isabel
Gibara
Santiago Provinee
Cuba
Nashville
Bridge accident near Fort Dodge kills child injures mother
A double seated wagon with Mrs J Newsom and infants aboard was hit by fleeing horses at a bridge near Fort Dodge. John Clarke Hively, age 4, died and his mother Mrs A E Aively was badly injured with multiple broken ribs. Residents of Evanston, a wealthy town nearby, are named among the victims.
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Fort Daudze
Fort Dudze
John Clarke Hively
A. E. Aively
J. €. Newson
A. HL. ‘Ety
John C. Hively
Willie Hively
Ifer
Evanston
Fort Dodge
Double Tragedy at Greeley Murder Suicide
In Greeley last Saturday John G Cooksley shot and killed Glover a man living with Grover then killed himself as neighbors surrounded the home. Also reported is the annual priest retreat in Dubuque where ArchBishop Hennessey announced plans to complete a Catholic college costing 290002 pounds to serve seventy current residents and hundreds more.
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Greeley
Greely
John G. Cooksley
Grover
Glover
Cooksley
Dubuque
Hennéssy
Hardware Dealers Form Iowa Association in Connell Blais
Dealers from across Iowa organize the Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers' Association at Connell Blais. P. C. Devel of Council Bluffs serves as president with H. A. Cole as secretary. Officers and a seven member executive committee will be named later. Next meeting set for the second Wednesday in February at a central city yet to be chosen.
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Connell Blais
Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
P. C. Devel
H. A. Cole
Council Blutts
Parlor City Welcome Committee formed at Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids group named the Parlor City Welcome Committee is formed to minister to sick and wounded soldiers passing through the city on their way home from the southern battlefields. Railroad companies will notify members who will visit trains and provide care as needed. The effort will continue while soldiers pass through.
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Parlor
Cedar Rapids
Five Escape from Jail in Cedar Rapids Case
Five escape from jail last week including George Shermen held for pocket picking. A crook famed nationwide and four local men escaped by sawing the corridor window bar. Fort Dodge court sentenced two holdup men to three years each in Anamosa. Widespread crime notes, farming, and local notices follow in a rapid round of Iowa items.
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George Shermen
Cedar Rapids
District Court
Fort Dodge
Charles Jaeger
Murray
Ed Delawyer
Anamose
William Wiemer
Green County
Soldier Boys Return from Iowa Regiment Muster Soon
Fifty second Iowa and eight hundred and fifty strong under Colonel Humphrey arrived in Des Moines August aboard a train with sleeping cars. One hundred sick, thirty five seriously, were sent to Cottage Hospital and Camp McKinley hospitals. After three days travel in heat, crowds greeted the returning regiment. The city board of health quarantined the camp. furloughs to follow once pay and property receipts are settled.
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Iowa
Bifey Strang
Humphrey
Des Moines
Siel
Cottage Hospital
Camp McKintep
City Board of Health
Iowa Items Show Bright Heat and Local Turmoil
In western Iowa towns shirt waist socials yield to ice cream socials and pink teas as merchants protest Exkirs business and taxation. Sioux thermometer hits 101 while Kerrville notices record heat. Spinney to replace Robinson as pension agent in Des Moines district. Le Mars votes 196 to grant a telephone franchise to W H Bent. Sioux City lawyer Tredway indicted for assault on a constable. State printer abolition drive gains momentum. Dr L E Garfield dies at Algona from paralysis. Lightning rod debate sweeps Tipton farms after storms. Storm Lake grand jury fails to indict Leuter in a murder self defense case. Laffin Read Powder buys land near Kenosha to move plant from Platville. Welsh Christmas plans in Oskaloosa. Wife of L P Christopher of Parkeae dies by hanging. German musician Bruckner arrested for attempted murder by poison. Regan in Gelwein dying from gunshot refuses to name shooter. Iowa City death of Mrs Shillato. Horace Manatt dies from playground injury. Shroeder shoots overheated steer on Crawford County drive. Great Western engine derails south of Des Moines. $20,000 loss. Freight wrecks near Fredericksburg. engine wreck victim dies. Webster City store safe robbed of $128 plus $60. Halmar post office burgled. safe drilled, thieves flee. Chicken thefts prompt vigilance committees. Great Western withdraws from Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau over rate concerns.
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Iowa
Sioux
E. F. Spinney
Knoxville
Charles Robinson
Nebraska
Des Moines
le Mars
W. H. Bent
O. G. Tredway
Sioux City
Tredway
L. E. Garfield
Kossuth County
Algona
Tipton
Storm Lake
John
W. Leuter
Lincoln Township
Laffini & Read Powder Company
Kenosha
Wis
Platville
Masonic Opera House
Oskaloosa
L. P. Christopher
Park~eae
Troi
Herman Bruckner
John Regan
Gelwebn
Catherine Shillato
A. T. Calkins
Iowa City
Shroeder
Great Western
Fredericksburg
Drayman
Fred Gettings
Sibley J
Hittia van Horn
Gettings
Pearl
Halmar
Webster City
Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau
Western Freight Association
Express Companies Accused of Trust Violations
A U S attorney reviews claims that several express firms operate as a trust to restrain trade and limit competition. Testimony outlines alleged practices including denial of railway access, consolidation of offices at common boings, and sharing earnings to force customers toward designated carriers. Named lines include Winuna and Western, Ann Arbor Railroad and steamship, and Southern Indiana routes.
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Express
Mabuffetmers’ Association
United States
Glean
Trent
Smail
He's
Winuna and Western
Ann Cirbor ‘Railroad
Wreck on New York Ontario and Western Trains Kills Three
A New York based NYO&W passenger train derailed near Fulton New York and caused multiple deaths. Engineer B C Dowd Fireman William Hall and Brakeman L Osborne are reported dead. An express messenger baggage man and many passengers were injured. Cause cited as vandalized switch lock.
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New York
Oatario
Western
Coroner Finds No Charge Against Dr Kennedy
Misa Reynolt's killer unnamed as coroner's jury returns verdict. Dolly Reynold's death at the Grand Hotel in New York blamed on blows by unknown person or persons. Dr Kennedy approved verdict then remanded to the Tombs for grand jury action.
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Misa Reynolt
Nam
Dolly Reynold
Grand Hotel
New York
Kennedy
Shafter Lands at Montauk Point Aboard Transport Mexico
Gen. Shafter arrives at Montauk Point aboard the transport Mexico and anchors in Fort Pond Bay. Upon notification, Gen. Wheeler orders fifteen guns fired and assigns five troops from the Second Cavalry to escort him into camp after landing.
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Montauk Point
Mexico
Shafter
Nontank Point
Fort Pond Bay
Wheeler
Annexation Effort in Jamaica Faces Opposition
The Jamaica annexation movement has stalled due to ENE opposition from the colored population and lack of newspaper support. Hon. Samuel Constantin D. Burke of Jamaica, a Barbados conference member, cannot propose annexations as an alternative to the West Indies demand for fair treatment. Botsh Guiana or Barbadoes may step forward if the conference adopts a decisive ultimatum stance.
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Jamaica
Samuel Constantin D. Burke
West Indies
Guiana
Barbadoes
Vapor Bath Explosion Kills H T Higgins of Chicago
The vapor bathing apparatus exploded while H T Higgins sought relief from bay fever, covering him with scalding steam and leaving most of his body burned. The incident occurred during the attempt to use the machine.
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H. T. Higgins
Chicago
Higsing
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Tventy
New Lodge
Waterloo
The
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Sarah McMillan
Marshalltown
Michael Burns
Delaware
Conath
Lamont
Hiap
Ory Kennedy
Matthews
Claude Matthews
Clinton
Ind
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Wikof
Wikoff
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Gen. Wheeler
Adelbert Ames
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North Carolina Railroad Commission
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