Old settlers meet and jail debate stir in Platte county
The Platte county old settlers plan an August 27 annual meeting and picnic. J. W. Miller, who forged checks under W. H. Long's name, fled after forgery was found. A fiftieth wedding anniversary for J. E. Cobbey Sr. and family festivities followed. Nebraska City reports O. C. Hesse’s army surgeon appointment and Klondike mining notes from Dawson.
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Platte County
Otoe County
District Court
J. W. Miller
Butler County
W. H. Long
J. E. Cobbey
Trice
Denver
Navy Orders Overhaul Battleships for Possible Resumption of Hostilities
Washington Aug 15. With peace proclaimed, US naval authorities plan a full overhauling of four battleships and two armored cruisers, keeping ships ready for any resumption of hostilities. The move reflects a cautious pace toward a permanent peace while Manila occupation may follow the armistice. Unacknowledged orders indicate movements are halted and await confirmation.
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Wasumaron
Pacific
Navy Department
West Indian
Manila
Dewey
Merritt
War
Navy
Sutro Bequest to Woman He Injured Named in Will
Adolph Sutro legs the eighteenth clause of his will to Miss Hattie Trundle of Washington DC, formerly Mrs George Allen, granting 30000 for the injury from a Nevada scandal in July 1879. Dispatches recount a Virginian hotel scene with Mrs Sutro accusing Sutro of infidelity and a divorce suit being prepared with attorney B G B Stonehill.
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San Francisco
Adolph Sutro
Hattie Trundle
Washington, D. C
George Allen
Virginia
Nevada
San Francisco Chronicle
Vinorima
Nev
Washington
Allen
Sutro
Virginian
Mrs. Allen
Food is Free in Santiago Amid Market Glut
Aug 15 report from SanTiago notes the Ward line steamer Philadelphia sailed to New York with most of its cargo as there is no market. Government and relief societies have flooded the city leaving nothing to buy. goods are sold for free.
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SanTiago
Ward Line
Philadelphia
New York
Red Cross
Relief Societies
Day to Take Day’s Place as Secretary of State
Washington Aug 15 Colonel John Day the American ambassador at the court of St James will succeed Judge William R Day as secretary of state Whitelaw Reid will take Colonel Iiy s place in London
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Washington
John Day
Court of St. James
William R. Day
Whitelaw Reid
Iiy
London
Albemarle to Return 45000 After Hooley Probe
In Hooley examination the Earl of Albemarle admitted receiving 45000 but said it came from a Hooley speculation and he is willing to repay the rightful party.
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Lennox
Hooley
Earl of
Epidemic of Death by Action Reported in Saxony Army
Berlin Aug 15 reports an epidemic of death by own action in the German army. The Frankfort Gazette notes Saxony records its fifth case. All incidents are attributed to brutality by officers.
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Berlin
Frankfort
Saxony
M Kinley Proclaims Peace With Spain End of War Soon
President McKinley issues a proclamation announcing the suspension of hostilities between the United States and Spain following the August 12 1898 protocol. The order directs military and naval commands to abstain from acts conflicting with the proclamation as Spain and the U S prepare for formal peace negotiations.
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Washington
William R. Day
United States
Jules Cambon
Republic of France
Spain
William McKinley
William McKinner
Five youths held after Burlington Exposition flyer heist
Five men aged 17 to 25 were arrested by secret service police in St. Joseph Missouri for involvement in the Roy's Branch robbery of a Burlington exhibition flyer. James Hathaway, a Western Union clerk, confessed and implicated the others. A memo book and handkerchief tied to Hathaway were found, two pistols recovered, and a getaway rig from a livery stable was used.
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St. Josefh
Secret Service
Roy
James Hathaway
Cook
Fire Department
Admiral Kirkland Dies at Mare Island Yard Leader
Rear Admiral Kirkland of the U S N died at 7 last night while serving as commandant of the Mare Island navy yard. He had twenty three years nine months at sea and sixteen years eight months ashore. A well known figure on the Pacific coast he was popular with officers and civilians.
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Yarra
Cal
Kirkland
Mare Island Navy Yard
Wue
Pacific Coast
Peace protocol publication eases Madrid tension
Aug 15 Maprip relief as official notice in Madrid and Washington delays McKinley approval. Cortes not summoned until autumn, easing government and court circles. Extremists' agitation expected to cool, paving acceptance of peace preliminaries.
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Maprip
Washington
McKinley
Cortes
Missouri Day Celebration Abandoned at Omaha Expo
Secretary Carroll reports on President Sterritt's notice that Missouri day at the Omaha exposition scheduled for August 30 is canceled. The decision cites lack of cooperation from Kansas City and St. Joseph and unsatisfactory railroad rate offers.
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Jefferson City
Carroll
The
Missouri Exposition Commission
Sterritt
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Leiter Mortgages $1 Million to Northwestern Mutual Life
Levi Z. Leiter mortgaged two parcels of real estate for 1,000,000 dollars to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. This brings Leiter's total borrowed from the insurer to 3,000,000 dollars.
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Cuoaco
Levi Z. Leiter
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Maakes
Leiter
Yellow Book Publisher Weds American Writer in Loxpoy
Johnane, publisher of the Yellow Book, married Anna Eichburg King, the American writer, today in Loxpoy. The couple announced their engagement a year ago.
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Loxpoy
Johnane
Anna Eichburg King
French crew of lost liner praised as innocent by France
Paris inquiry finds La Hourgogne crew not guilty of brutality. only steerage passenger Louis Possett blamed for savagery. Report states crew acted heroically, while authorities blame the disaster on the Cromartyshire and fault unaddressed anger at the steerage crash.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Paris
la Hourgogne
Legion of Honor
Presdent Faure
Havre
M. Lockroy
France
Victor Hugo
Faure
Louis Possett
United States
New York
Cromartyshire
M. Liebree
Laisne
The
Temps
Prisoners Ate Too Much How the Vadrones Governor Got Rid
A Tacoma report notes a Japanese paper claim that Americans at Guam found many unburied bodies. The governor allegedly sent prisoners from Manila, and as provisions ran short about 150 prisoners were ordered shot. Elsewhere an English visitor reports rebels mistreating Spanish prisoners near Cavite, with rice and water as rations and theft of donated food and cigarettes.
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Philippines
Tacoma
Wash
Guam
Manila
Cavite
Morocco’s Sultan Mulai Abdul Aziz Dead at 36th Dynasty Line
News from Agence STAR reports Mulai Abdul Aziz sultan of Morocco has died. Born in 1881 he succeeded his father Mulai Hassan on June 7, 1894 and was known as Emir Al Mumenin. He was the thirty-sixth lineal descendant of AH, the Prophet’s uncle.
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Mulai-Abdul-Aziz
Morocco
Mulai- Abdul- Aziz
Emir-Al-Mumenin
Mulai-Hassan
Abder
Mulai-Ahmet
Peace dispatch sails to Dewey to halt hostilities
United States consul reports Washington dispatches confirming Spain's signing of a peace breeze and ordering Admiral Dewey to cease hostilities. The Australian liner Australia was chartered to carry dispatches to Manila and departed yesterday afternoon.
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Hione Kona
Mr. Wildman
United States
Washington
Spain
Australia
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Armies and Navies Halt as President Proclaims Peace
Washington announces suspension of hostilities in line with the President's proclamation. Navy commands in the United States Cuba and the Philippines receive orders to cease operations and raise blockades. Admiral Dewey Merritt Miles and Shafter are instructed to notify Spanish forces and await further orders as negotiations continue.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Navy Department
Sampson
Santiago
Porto Rico
Howell
Key West
New York
Brooklyn
Indiana
Oregon
Iewa
Massachusetts
Tompkinsville
Watson
Newark
Guantanamo
Allen
Dewey
Manila
General Merritt
Miles
Shafter
Growing Indignation Over Chinese Affairs and Russia Pact
Anger spreads as papers report a secret China Russia alliance. Shanghai sources claim China backs Russia in trade and policy, with railways under Russian influence and military aid. Continental press mocks Anglo American alignment, predicting England avoids conflict with Russia and pursues compensation elsewhere.
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Lonpvox
China
The
Daily Graphic
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Russia
Li Hung Chang
Berlin
Vienna
England
United States
Great Britain
Yellow fever quarantines in Mississippi over Franklin La
An official report confirms a yellow fever death in Franklin Louisiana. Dr John E Hunter secretary of the state board of health quarantines Mississippi against Franklin and Stary's parish banning all passenger freight baggage and express from the parish.
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Jackson
Miss
Franklin
John E. Hunter
State Board of Health
Mississippi
Stary’s
Salve Maria Wreck Off Key West Totals Ship
The two masted Spanish prize schooner Salve Maria of about thirty tons was wrecked on western dry rocks nine miles southwest of Key West. It is a total loss. All ten crew members were rescued by the government tug Accomac and brought to port.
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Fla
Dry Rocks
Key West
Accomac
Will contest over Adolph Sutro by alleged wife and heirs
The Evening Post reports Mrs. King, claiming she married Sutro via contract, will challenge his will as alleged widow, alongside recognized legal heirs who will oppose the trust clause in the document.
Vesuvius Erupts From New Crater Alert Near Messina
Naprings August 15 Mount Vesuvius shows a eruption from a new crater linked to a seismic disturbance felt at Messina and across southern Italy.
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Vesuvius
Messina
Italy
London Papers Welcome End Of War
London papers express gratification that the war is ended. They note the protocol leaves unsolved the hardest problems now facing America and focus on postwar challenges for the United States.
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America
London
Dewey Thanks Livingston for Naval Victory Resolution
Arlants Georgia August 12 Congress man Livingston of Georgia receives a cordial letter from Admiral Dewey thanking him for introducing in the house of representatives a resolution extolling the American naval victory at Manila Bay on May 1. Dewey praises unity over sectionalism and notes his flag lieutenant Brumby is a Georgian by birth and appointment.
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Arlants
Georgia
A& Niral Dewey
Olympia
Javite
Philippine Islands
House of Representatives
Wngress
Aanila Bay
Tam
Chia
Brumby
Japanese offer arms to Aguinaldo via Manila visit
A Philippine delegation informed US consul Wildman that officers of Japanese cruisers Matauchimi and Askasaga met with the junta in Manila last Saturday and offered to supply General Aguinaldo with arms and ammunition gratis if the United States abandons the Philippines. The junta gave no reply and the offer will be repeated to Aguinaldo on the cruisers' arrival in Manila.
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London
Hong Kong
Daily
Mall Saga
United States
Wildman
Matauchimi
Askasaga
Manila
Junta
Aguinaldo
America
Philippines
Lawton to Command in Cuba
A new geographic department of the army was created as the department of Santiago. It will cover Cuba areas under U S control. Major General Henry W Lawton is named to command with Brigadier Generals Leonard W Wood and Ezra P Ewers as his top aides. General Wood remains military governor of Santiago city.
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Washington
Santiago
Cuba
Henry W. Lawton
Leonard W. Wood
Ezra P. Ewers
Wood
Santiago City
Catholics' religious protections in Spain-ceded lands eyed
The Tribuna reports ongoing Vatican diplomacy with Archbishop Ireland Mgr. Martinelli and Spanish Foreign Minister Duke de Rio to secure treaty clauses protecting Catholic residents in territories Spain cedes to the United States.
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Uns Rosiz
the Tribuna
Vatican
Ireland
Mgr. Martinelli
United States
Duke Almodovar Do Rio
Spain
Spanish envoy aide Carranga reappears after London trip
Lieutenant Ramon de Carranga, formerly naval aide at the Spanish embassy in Washington, who was ordered to leave Canada three weeks ago, reappeared yesterday. He will not disclose his whereabouts.
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Monragan
Ramon de Carranga
Washington
England
Tie
Nihilists Reassess Tactics After Assassination Debate
A shift in the Russian Nihilists is noted as they distance themselves from assassination as a path to reform. One member is quoted saying that killing all thirty czars would still have no effect, signaling a change in strategy and tone.
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