Outlanders Claim Transvaal Calm Amid War Talk
Washington reports 9000 outlanders deny tyrannical rule in the Transvaal and urge cautious action. British officials deem the petition discredited as signees allegedly secured by officials and railway workers. Downgraded alarm measures indicate no war danger, while Admiral Howison’s cruise continues with no force deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Washington
United States
Transvaal
Great Britain
State Department
Alfred Milner
Chamberlain
Howison
Capetown
Pretoria
Chicago
Delagoa Bay
Outlook for Trade Brightens Amid Strong Rail and Crop Signs
Bradstreets reports encouraging trade indicators last week with strong railroad earnings for June and H1 totals, and a large export trade near the boom year. The July crop report points to corn acreage growth and a potential two billion bushel crop excess if trends hold. Europe may buy close to last year's wheat export levels as coal and tin plate settlements promise resumed jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreets
Agricultural Department
Europe
America
Pennsylvania
Tin Plate
Internal Revenue Collections Reported for Year
J. F. Houtz of Internal Revenue completes the annual summary for the year ending June 30. Total collections reach 3,248,079.38 with a cost of 14 percent, the lowest in the nation. Stamp collections total 607,111.51, and Nebraska plus the Dakotas form the largest district by geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Omaha
Nebraska
Two
Dakotas
United States
Filipino Junta to Move to La Buan Island
Reports say the Filipino junta will relocate from Hong Kong to La Buan Island off Borneo as U S officials restrain arms supply. The transport Warren nails Sunday sails with the Colorado regiment and officers on board. Prof Schurman is due in San Francisco aboard the China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Hong Kong
Labuan
Borneo
Warren
Colorado Regiment
Bradley Strong
Major Young
Supreme Court
Utah
Schurman
San Francisco
China
Editors Endorse McKinley and Policies at Indiana Meet
The Indiana association of editors met in Warsaw on July 17 with many prominent editors present. They passed resolutions fully endorsing President McKinleys administration on the Philippines rebellion and backing the Republican Congress on the Dingley tariff and the St Louis platform financial policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Indiana Association of Editors
McKinley
Philippines
Republican Congress
St. Louis
Jail Mob Slays Smith in Habersham Sheriff Quits
In Gainesville Georgia July 17 Si Smith Habersham county farmer killed William Bell Atlanta businessman months earlier. A midnight mob stormed the jail shooting six times, killing Smith as Sheriff Munday faced the raid and released no one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Si Smith
Habersham County
William Bell
Atlanta
Munday
Gilmer County
Sheriff Munday
Smith
Woman Claims Millions in Bigamy Case Linked to Stetson Estate
Katherine Hitchcock, claiming to be Louis Hitchcock's wife, swears warrants for bigamy as part of a complex battle over the 2 million dollar John Stetson estate and related deaths. She alleges Hitchcock forged her signature to gain quit claims, tying the case to her kinship to Katie Stokes. Previously Katherine Shirley in Kansas City, she met Hitchcock there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louis A. Hitchcock
Orient Insurance Company
Katherine Hitchcock
Hitchcock
John Stetson
Boston
Katie Stokes
Stetson
Kansas City
Katherine Shirley
Quarantine Tightened as Yellow Fever Presses Havana Outbreak
In Santiago de Cuba on July 17 General Wood's strict quarantine policy curbs yellow fever. One death and three new cases are reported, no new cases among U S troops. American and Jamaican vagrants arrested and sent to detention camp. Dr Childs detained for concealing a fever case at his home. the patient, an English employee of the North American Trust company, dies.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Aguinaldo Plot to Murder Revealed in Manila
Officers of the Second Oregon regiment report a captured letter from Manila to Aguinaldo's emissary detailing plans to open Manila gates, sack the city, and murder guards to let insurgents surge into American camps. Otis saw the letter and the attack was thwarted. only a partial burning of Manila occurred.
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Aguinaldo
San Francisco
Second
Oregon Regiment
Manila
United States
Otis
Self Defense Shooting In Chicago Millionaire Family
Louis W. Holladay, son of Chicago millionaire Jesse W. Holladay, was fatally wounded by his wife at their home. Mrs. Holladay, nee Annie Brewster, a trick bicycle rider, claims self defense and has been arrested. The incident occurred after a meeting in Houston in 1897.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
St. Louis
Louis W. Holladay
Jesse W. Holladay
Baptist Sanitarium
Plan a Silver Meeting
The Chicago platform democrats endorsed a big silver meeting to be held in New York on Labor Day either in the city or a nearby summer resort. If realized, speakers would include William J. Bryan, Governor John P. Altgeld, George Fred Williams, and Judge Tarvin of Kentucky. Williams has agreed to attend.
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New York
Chicago Platform Democrats
William J. Bryan
John P. Altgeld
George Fred Williams
Judge Tarvin
Kentucky
Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Strike Disrupts City Transport
Nearly all Brooklyn Rapid Transit conductors and motormen quit at 5 AM. Nonunion crews ran some lines while others were idle. Wires cut and rails torn up. police faced a 3000-strong crowd at Mercy Avenue stables. By afternoon over half the old workforce resumed on key routes, but overall service remained crippled and cars halted to ten-minute intervals on the Nassau and Third Avenue lines.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Mercy Avenue
Workman
Parsons
Pines
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn Traction Company
Putnam Avenue
Flatbush
Bergen Beach
Norstrand Avenue
Gates
Ralph
Myrtle Avenue
Third Avenue
Nassau
Fifth
Seventh
Park and
Vanderbilt Avenues
Douglas and
Butler Streets
Nassau Road
Gales
Broadway
Flushing
Experiments With High Explosives At Sandy Hook
Washington reports a War Department study of a new three inch caliber field gun tested at Sandy Hook. The board proposes arming troops in the Philippines with this light gun capable of fifteen aimed shots per minute and disassembly in thirteen seconds for muleback transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Sandy Hook
Board of Ordnance of Fortification
Army
Secretary of War
Philippines
Recrudescence of anxiety over Alaskan dispute in London
In London on July 17 the Alaska dispute sparks renewed anxiety in political circles though the public pays little mind. The Saturday Review rouses anti American sentiment urging McKinley to resist a Cleveland style Alaska message to England, contrasting it with the Venezuelan issue.
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Alaska
London
Saturday Review
Review
McKlnley
Cleveland
England
Bees Danger Ahead
Paris July 17 The French newspaper La Republique Francaise warns of dangers to national products from a proposed Franco American commercial convention. It notes Ain department arcticulturists have protested and expects others to follow as the whole country could be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
la Republique Francaise
Ain Department
Kipling Bitten by Dog in London Injury
Rudyard Kipling suffered a dog bite on his right thumb in London. The thumb is inflamed and he wears a sling, though doctors do not expect serious consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
London
Rudyard Kipling
Reservoirs for Livestock Regulated Under New Rules
Interior department reports on proposed reservoir lands for watering livestock. New code blocks monopolies, enforces shared public use, and caps land at 160 acres per person unless a reservoir of 500000 gallons is built. Land cannot be fenced and must remain open to all water users. violations cancel rights.
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Washington
Interior Department
Doubt Casts Matanzas Proclamation Authorship
The Havana proclamation urging Cubans to expel the United States is now thought likely to be the work or at least approved by Matanzas civil governor Betancourt. American officers recall his similar language and suspect his involvement or awareness. General Wilson will seek explanation if Betancourt does not deny.
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Uncle Sam
Havana
Matanzas
Betancourt
Senor Batancourt
Senor Betancourt
Wilson
Matanzas-Santa Clara
Chicago conference probes trusts as 625 firms mailed questions
The Civic federation of Chicago sent circulars to 625 trusts and combinations nationwide asking 26 questions. It seeks data on consolidation scope, original and current capital, price effects, labor impact, and wage changes including job displacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
General Committee
Civic Federation of Chicago
Wyoming and Southern Begin Grade Work at Fort Steele
Men and teams arrive in Fort Steele Wyoming for the Wyoming and Southern railroad grade from the city to Saratoga. John Flick of Denver wins the contract and oversees construction. The old Union Pacific grade is in good condition. about eight miles of new grade are needed plus the twenty mile existing line.
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Wyoming and Southern
Fort Steele
Wyo
Wyoming & Southern
Saratoga
John Flick
Denver
Union Pacific
Soldier Violated Orders In Pursuit Of Family
Frank M. Girard of Company I Oregon volunteers arrived in Albany from San Francisco after obtaining a telegram that his mother near Monmouth was dying. He asked for furlough, was refused, and, with help from comrades, descended by rope into a boat and traveled home by train. He plans to return to his regiment in a few days.
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Albany
Ore
Frank M. Girard
Company I
Oregon Volunteers
San Francisco
Monmouth
They Are Not Crow Indians In Deadwood Note
A Pine Ridge agency message clarifies the Indians in question are not Crows. They may belong to Pine Ridge or Rogebud agencies. A posse from Edgemont arrives for investigation with arrests possible if tied to the reservation. Major Claf, agent, says the case is with the government.
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Deadwood
Pine Ridge
Rogebud
Edgemont
Clafp
Madrid defends its rail accounts retraction apology
El Liberal admitted the previous report of a 2,760,000 peseta deficit in the Northern Railway company accounts was false. The paper published a retraction and apologized for the embezzlement claim yesterday and again today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
el Liberal
Northern
Toda
New Japan US Treaty ushering a new era in diplomacy
Washington reports a sweeping treaty between the United States and Japan goes into effect along with similar pacts with European powers and Brazil. It ends extraterritorial rights, abolishes multiple foreign jurisdictions, and places aliens under equal Japanese and national laws. The July 17 date marks a turning point in East Asia diplomacy.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Europe
Gresham
Kureno
Jutaro Komura
America
East
England
Germany
France
Russia
Austria
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Peru
No Foreign Action Suggested in Transvaal Crisis
Washington reports no foreign powers have urged U S action on the Transvaal and a Pretoria cable rumor of representations was denied. Germany was not involved and the British embassy has received no instructions on the Transvaal issue.
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United States
Washington, D. C
Transvaal
Pretoria
Washington
Germany
Prominent Elks Leader Foote Dies in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS Mich July 17 0 M Foot grand exalted leading knight of the grand lodge Order of Elks died today from heart failure aggravated by various illnesses He was a leading citizen and a former postmaster candidate He was 50 and was among those injured in the Atlantic City Coliseum collapse of 1895.
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Kirk
Minneapolis
Mich
M. Foot
Grand Loge
Order of Elks
Foote
Atlantic City
N. J
Tin plate workers to resume work after two weeks idle
About sixty thousand tin plate workers nationwide are set to return to work tomorrow after a two week idle period. Chicago scale sets minimum wage up about 15 percent over last year, applying through June 20, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chicago
A Free Exposition at Hayden Bros The Big Store
Fabrics and products from world markets are shown in Omaha at Hayden Bros. Visitors can enjoy free baggage check and waiting rooms. The exposition features new styles and fashions with price quotes from manufacturers. The piece also notes a large number of women teaching in the United Kingdom.
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Hayden Bros
Omaha
West
United Kingdom
Patent Office Notices From Des Moines 1899
U S Patent Office notices: an application filed June 27 1899 for Kidney Bean a Maine Chemical Co Des Moines medicine allowed June 30. Mrs E Marple Des Moines invented a belt clasp design. W H Gray Eddyville Ind patent for corn harvester improvements allowed July 1 1899. Consultation free. Thos G Orwig Co patent solicitors Des Moines Iowa July 8 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Uts
Maine Chemical Co
Des Moines
E. Marple
W. H. Gray
Eddyville
Thos. G. Orwig & CO
Patenta
National City Bank of New York Becomes Largest U.S. Bank
The National City Bank of New York now tops U.S. banks with deposits of 120 million dollars after purchasing the old custom house in New York. Its shares trade well above par at around 2 thousand dollars, while the bank pays 3.265 million dollars for the banking house with government occupancy until the new custom house opens, renting at four percent annually. The board includes prominent families such as the Rockefellers Vanderbilt Havemeyers and Morgans.
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The
National City Bank of
New York
Custom House
United States
Rockefellers
Vanderbilts
Havemeyers
Morgans
Andrew S Draper A Leading Republican Educator
President Andrew S Draper of the University of Illinois emerges as a prominent educator. He previously served two years as New York state superintendent of schools and later led Cleveland schools to attain a national reputation for excellence.
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Andrew S. Draper
University of Illinois
New York State
Cleveland
America
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promises Foot Relief
Vintage ad proclaims Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free sample. Ends with a moral quip about bicycle tires cutting God’s law.
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Allen
Rample
Addreas
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. C
Laundry Tip for Dresses and Skirts with Faultless Starch
A homemaking snippet explains mixing Faultless Starch in cold water then adding boiling water for a clear finish. It notes grocers sell Faultless Starch in a large 10c package. Also mentions an upright plane advertised at Schmol ler & Mueller, 1313 Farnam St., Omaha, and a quip on vacation prep time.
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Schmoller & Mueller
Farnam St
Omaha
Are You Coming to Omaha and Other Notices
An assortment of street notices and advertisements lists Hardy's The 99 Cent Store at 1519 and 1521 Douglas in Omaha. Includes a sermonlike quote on cake, medical cures Piso's Cure for Consumption, Mrs. Winston's Soothing Syrup, and a biographical note about William Moore and Dr. Martin Luther Brooks with abolition and Underground Railroad links.
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Omaha
Hardy's
Douglas Street
Martin Luther Brooks
Cleveland
Oberlin
Ohio
Underground Railway
Gallopolis
Lincoln
Sleep’s role in fending off heat prostration emphasized
Medical authority links heat prostration to exhaustion from successive hot nights rather than the heat intensity. Adequate sleep is presented as the first essential to endure hot spells and prevent collapse.
Oldest Penn graduate Thomas Dunn English 80 at home
Thomas Dunn English celebrated his 80th birthday at his New Jersey home. He remains the university’s oldest living graduate, though his enduring fame rests on the immortal poem Ben Bolt.
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Thomas Dunn English
New Jersey
University of Pennsylvania
Ben Bolt
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