Two-Headed Girl Born in Cairo and Other Victories
News in Brief covers a bizarre Cairo birth, a Santiago cashier missing 6800 dollars, a costly mine fire in Colorado, a royal operation at Windsor, and notable political, crime, and diplomatic items including Clemens funeral details, a Gordo lynching, and naval events abroad.
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Cairo
Shane
Tejada
Santiago
Cuba
Gladstone
Colo
Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Windsor Castle
T. C. Platt
Villa Eden
Highland Mills
N. Y
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Elmira
Charles J. Langdon
John C. Breckinridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Russian Volunteer Ships Probe After Mail Sack Seizure
Russian volunteer steamers Smolensk and St Petersburg search neutral ships for contraband in the Red Sea and weigh international response. Diplomats eye Dardanelles passage, classification of volunteers as warships, and Germany's stance after prior seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dardanelles
Russia
Paris
Far East
Germany
Bundesrath
Delagoa Bay
Great Britain
Smolensk
Packers Standing Firm On Meat Strike
Chicago reports little change in the meat packers strike as negotiations last week failed to yield results. In St Louis there is no move to restart peace talks while packers resist concessions and press for their last offer. South Omaha managers announce work to resume in all except hog killing, with adequate pork, beef and mutton supplies and no meat price hikes expected. Cudahy and Armour state help is improving and predict a strike end before week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael J. Donnelly
St. Louis
Packers
South Omaha
Cudahy and Armour
E. A. Cudahy
Populists Rule Out Parker Nomination Impact
At the chaotic St Louis convention the Populist executive committee met with Bryan Democrats unhappy over Parker. They plan a national conference within 30 days to decide lines of campaign action. George F Washburn says the move includes Missourians and Parker supporters and could revive Populist strength.
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Parker
ST. Louis
People’s Party
Associated Press
George F. Washburn
Boston
Mass
Washburn
Cleveland
St Louis Sub Treasury Receives Half Million Payment
A $500 000 payment was deposited in the St Louis sub treasury toward the $6 600 000 World’s fair loan to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company. President Francis said the payment was timely and two days early, with receipts for July to be totaled after books close. The two prior payments were partial semi monthly sums tied to gross receipts, and total refunds to the government reach $907 149.15.
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ST. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Exposition Company
Francis
Congress
Fall of Kin Chou Threatens New Chwang Occupation
In St Petersburg Colonel Nevit sky of the general staff says the loss of Kin Chou Kai Ping will likely force evacuation of New Chwang. He compares Kouropatkin’s supply woes to Roberts in South Africa and warns of prolonged rear guard actions and possible loss of key positions at New Chwang.
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Kai Ping
ST. Petersburg
Nevitsky
Kin Chou
New
Chwang
Kouropatkin
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Constantinople
Cairo
Central Africa
Davis Didn't Visit Gorman on Trip to New York
Henry G. Davis the Democratic vice presidential nominee arrived in Washington at noon and departed for New York at 1 PM. Only relatives met him at the station, and reports of a stop at Laurel Maryland to see Senator Gorman were denied. Davis went directly to New York.
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Davis
Gorman
Washington
Henry G. Davis
New York
Laurel
Mr. Davis
Japanese Losses Rise in Port Arthur Assault
The latest reports from July 10 put Japanese casualties at 25 000 and Russian losses at 5 500 after an aborted storming. As Japanese retire the Russians occupy the position and a new battle looms at the eastern defenses. A captured spy wore Chinese garb and claimed Korean birth. He said many Koreans in Japan favor victory and urged peace with Russia.
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Port Arthur
Japan
Manchuria Government Plan Reported by Japanese Troop Rule
Chinese minister in Tokio conveys Tokyo’s plan for Manchuria governance. The scheme would have Japan administer the province using the current Chinese troop presence in the region. The notice highlights a major proposal shaping regional control and military deployment.
Canada After Mexican Trade
MENXNICO reports a Canadian Commercial club formed to boost trade with Canada. The two governments back Canadian efforts to promote commerce with Mexico.
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Canada
Menxnico
Mexico
Incendiary Fire Destroys Alabama Plant
A Sunday blaze destroyed the Alabama Rift Roofing Company plant in Montgomery, a four acre site housing a planing mill, lumber shed, three kilns, a dust house and boiler house. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars, with 300000 feet dressed lumber and 150000 feet rough lumber burned. only partly insured. The plant had operated less than a year.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Rift Roofing Company
Russians Press Off Port Arthur as Japanese Suffer Losses
Shanghai and London dispatches report naval actions off Port Arthur and a Japanese setback after July 10. Russians claim an attack with bayonet at Port Arthur on July 15 and a retreating Japanese force. Chinese records cite 22 000 Japanese dead.
Miles Backs Parker in Esopus Letter from Gen Miles
General Nelson A. Miles writes to Alton B. Parker from Esopus N Y praising Parker as the best candidate to steer the nation during a crisis. Miles pledges confidence in Parker to uphold the constitution govern the laws faithfully and elevate the party and republic.
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Esopus
N. Y
Parker
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Alton B. Parker
Democratic Party
Council of Representative
Nelson A, Miles
Astor Daughter Engaged To Capt H F Spender Clay
London reports William Waldorf Astor’s Pall Mall Gazette announces Pauline Astor engaged to Captain H F Spender Clay formerly of the Second Life Guards. Spender Clay gained notoriety for causing Lord William Nev ill to receive five years penal servitude in February 1898 over fraud tied to a promissory note.
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Wilfred Astor
London
William Waldorf Astor
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Mr. Astor
Pauline
H. Spender-Clay
Second Life Guards
Lord William Nevill
Wyandotte County Sues Union Pacific Over Kaw River Bridge
Wyandotte County attorney in Kansas City Kansas files suit against Union Pacific asking the Kaw river bridge be declared a common nuisance. Court urged to restrain obstructions and require raising the bridge above flood line. Attorney plans action against other corporations.
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Union Pacific
Kansas City
Kas
Wyandotte
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kaw River
Nebraska boards race to bring counties to full valuations
Nebraska state board of equalization plans to raise county valuations to fair cash value with all counties represented. Douglas County expected to face the largest increase, while railroads fear higher taxes if valuations rise across the board. The plan aims to align county values with stocks and bonds, affecting railway assessments and city tax levels.
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Lincoln
State House
Board of Equalization
Suutt
Adams
Douglas County
Lincoln report notes minimal irrigation in western counties
Lincoln notes only Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne counties used irrigation this summer and in much smaller amounts. The state board of irrigation received its first water-right application in some time last week.
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Lincoln
Scotts Bliff
Cheyenne
State Board of Irrigation
Man Killed by Lightning While Shocking Wheat
Chester Churchill about nineteen was killed by lightning while shocking wheat. The bolt tore his clothing from his body and set him on fire, leaving his death reported in a brief local notice.
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Ord
Chester Churchill
Nebraska Exhibit Praised by U S District Attorney
United States District Attorney Baxter returned from a visit to St Louis and other eastern points praising the Nebraska state exhibit in the Agricultural Palace. He highlighted the moving picture theater and Nebraska literature, noting strong interest in the state’s resources and displays, with July 4 attracting over 5 500 visitors to the Nebraska headquarters.
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United States
Baxter
St. Louis
Nebraska
Agricultural Palace
Moving Picture Theater
Nebraska Wesleyan Professor Appointed Vocal Music Instructor
Prof. Wilber F. Starr, head of the Nebraska Wesleyan music department in Lincoln, has been named instructor of vocal music in the Teachers College and musical department of Missouri State University. Starr, a DePauw graduate, studied music with renowned teachers in Europe and America. The post of musical director is newly created at the university.
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Nebraska
Columbia
Wilber F. Star
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Neb
Teachers’ College
Missouri State University
Starr
Depauw University
Europe
America
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Admirel von Jedina
Watel McDonald
John McDonald
Pine Street
John O’brien
Joseph Furman
Day
Samuel Rossler
Seaman Place
Monsignor Falconi
Shanghai
London Morning Post
Cesbron
M. Gerault-Richard
Guadalupe
France
Desbron
W. HY
Emi
Abyssinia
Ellis
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Henry Tevis
Lloyd Tevis
West Shore Railroad
Zoltan Doeme
Supreme Court of New York
Louis Ames
Hersey
George S Sears
Caleago
Young People’s
Providence
London Times
Tanpier
Legaton
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Eisen
Standard Oil Company
Alfred Lovell
Santa
Charles A. Mielens
Fernand du Matheray
Dr de Claptrede
Austria-Hungary
Government OF
Manchuria
Hai Cheng
Morning Post
Chicago Daily News
Dispatch
Fawan
Rennenkampff
Dalny
Black Mountain
Ta Tche Kiao
Feng Wang Cheng
Kai Chau
Tokio
Fort Arthur
New Methodist
Beemer
Edith Hopkins
Omaha
Butte
Montana
Humboldt
Ravenna
Dtress
Levi Fry
Gage County
Board of Insanity Commissioners
Barneston
Kansas Ring
Pioneer and Ld Settlers’ Association
Dakota County
Clinton Park
Dakota City
Coffin
William Wilson
Bellwood
David City
Fred Rheinhemmer
McCook
Culver
National Guard
Loup County
Taylor
Britain
Messrs. Lyon, Brumage
Campbell, Dutton
Beatrice Creamery Company of
Bosworth Produce Company
Beatrice
C. G. Crittenden
Central Granaries Company
South Platte Country
Munden
Kan
Daniel Freeman
D. W. Carre
Mr. Freeman
Ferdinand Conrad
Spelser Township
Richardson County
Home Cemetery
Dan Meehan
Bessie Corcoran
Staplehurst
Seward County
Orphan Societies of
East
County Board of Equalization
Nemaha County
Bank of Fairfield
T M. Marsh
G. M. Prentice
Ira
Wirt Miling Company
Tecumseh
Mil
Mater
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