More Outrages At Cleveland Stir City Tension
The Silver State dispatch reports renewed violence in Cleveland amid a streetcar strike. Explosive damage injures no one seriously. eight passengers aboard the wrecked car escape with minor bruises. Militia deployment discussion continues as authorities face boycotts and threats to supply lines. Axl ine and Governor Bushnell assess the strike's strength and police response. The Cleveland freight and local leaders contend with disruptions and a delayed six hour train delay.
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Cleveland
Thin City
Bushnell
Axiine
Ohio National Guard
Axtine
General Axline
Springfield
Ohio
Axline
States That Have Signed The International Peace Conference
The International Peace Conference concluded with sixteen states signing the arbitration convention, fifteen signing the other two conventions, and seventeen agreeing to declarations banning projectiles from balloons and the use of chemical and expansive bullets. A letter from the Queen of Holland was read, and the Pope pledged cooperation and continued arbitration to advance civilization.
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Holland
Ignorance of Officials Plagues Apia Chief Justice Rumor
Washington July 28 The State Department has not yet been officially advised of Chief Justice Chambers arrival in the United States, nor that he has left his post in Apia. Rumors say he may not return to Apia as Chief Justice, amid expectations the Samoan Commission would purge officials of various nationalities involved in the troubles. The department has received no official advices from Apia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Justice Chambers
Apia
Justico
Chambers
Race for the French Cup on Solent in July race
The first of three international races for the Coupe de France was sailed on the Solent. Twenty four miles. The Temple Yacht Club holder defended the cup with the Laurea owned by Edward Hare. Other entries include Union Dispatch Yachts Frapcais and Anna built for Count Bonne de Saintellanes. The Laurea won by one minute and thirty nine seconds in a northwest breeze.
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Cowes
Solent
Temple Yacht Club
Edward Hare
Union Dispatch Yachts Frapcais
Count Bonne de Sastellanes
Anna
Tne
Lauren
Secretary Alger to General Otis in July Cable
Washington July 29. A Silver State leased wire reports Secretary Alger sent General Otis a cable note noting criticism in the U.S. press but affirming the secretary's full confidence in Otis and the army. Only McKinley messages to Otis known are praise of the General and troops in the field.
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Washington
Alger
Otis
War Department
McKinley
Ouls
Protestants and Molokan Women Honored by Czar
St Petersburg dispatch reports the Czarack recognizes Molokan Protestant women who aided the dying Czarowitz and notes imperial thanks from the Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevitch and recognition from the Dowager Empress for the Molokan community and their co-religionists.
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St. Petersburg
Czarowitz
Michael Nicolaevitch
Murder of a child rocks Canton area
A 11 year old girl in Fannin county Texas was found hanged near her home. An official investigation is underway as locals fear possible lynchings. Separately in Canton, brigandage and blackmail disrupt traffic and risk foreign silk contracts due to transportation insecurity.
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Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Fannin County
Mongo Newman
Woroner
Wreck on the Burlington Train Collision Near Murray
A Burlington passenger train No. 1 westbound was derailed by a switch engine pushing a freight at Murray Town at night. No further details on injuries or cause are provided in the readable text.
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Omama
Murray
Town
Sought pleasure and found death on Chequamegon Bay
A tow boat with W. C. Ott and Mrs and Miss Boynton was swept by a two hour gale on Chequamegon Bay. All three drowned and bodies not yet recovered. Ott, a Chicago resident, was visiting.
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Bilver State
China Japan alliance aids China and wary markets
London welcomes a potential China Japan alliance seen as a bolster to China against Russia, with observers predicting a joint commission on the Transvaal bill. In New York, a supposed bomb conspiracy linked to Noroff and a Count prompts police inquiry, with evidence found in a boarding house trunk including cylinders, wires, and diagrams of major buildings.
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New York
Jackson
West One Bund
Forty-Seventh Street
Eugene Noroff
Central Park
Noroff
Madison Avenue
College Men Coming Home From London Meet
A Harvard Yale athletic team that competed in Inter-university sports at Queen's Club London sailed home on the J Louis. London friends gathered at the Collegians' Hotel to bid them farewell with Auld Lang Syne and God Save the Queen. The party left by train from Waterloo to Southampton amid hearty handshakes and cheers from Guardsmen en route to Aldershot.
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Lensen
Southampton
Harvard-Yaie
Queen's Club
London
American Line
J. Louis
Ollegians
Elotel
Waterloo Station
Grenadier
Aldershot
Harvard-Yale
Trains Meet in Collision Near Walcott
A light engine from Cheyenne collided with the eastbound No 1 Overland west of Walcott. Engineer John Mack jumped and fled. Fireman Ronald Kosnold was killed. Engineer Walter Marsh of No 4 died shortly after. Two mail clerks injured. Engines and mail cars demolished. A wrecking train works at the scene. Walcott is the first station west of Port Steel.
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Denver
Times
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lght
Union Pacific
John Mack
Victor Kosnold
Overland
Walcott
Mack
Ronald
Walter Marsh
Laramie
Port Steel
Arrest of a dynamiter in New York
Francis J. Curran, former Second Avenue trolley motorman, was arrested in New York on July 22 and held on $1,000 bail on a charge of possessing dynamite. Detectives said he intended to explode the dynamite on Second Avenue trolley tracks. Inspector Murray testified the stick was ready to use and would have blown up the car and tracks if triggered.
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New York
Francis J. Curran
Second Avenue
Curran
Murray
No Advertising for Roosevelt in Dewey Parade
The Silver State reports Governor Roosevelt declined the Rough Riders’ participation in the land parade for Admiral Dewey upon his arrival, citing the risk of public advertising and a perception of advertisement. A cable across Laguna de Bay from Tausig to Calambe secures uninterrupted Manila communication as Major Maxfeld notes, marking the last insurgent-held town taken.
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New York
Roosevelt
Dewey
Washington
Reely
Iself
Thompson
Signal Corps
Philippines
Maxfeld
Laguna de Bay
Tausig
Calambe
Manila
Russians oppose Bear Island pivot in Franco Russian ties
In St Petersburg July 2 news wires report Russia irked by France drawing closer to Germany. Editorials warn against German entanglement, stressing Franco Russian aims clash with Berlin. Germany repudiates annexation of Bear Island and informs traveler Lerner it has no such plan. Michael Davitt faces potential royal clemency action in Commons.
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ST. Petersburg
France
Germany
Russia
Derlin
Pear Island
Temaoe
Lerner
London
Michael Davitt
Southmayo
Mra
Maybrick
Commons
Investigation of labor troubles sparks protest in Wallace
Wallace Idaho July 29 congressional Industrial Committee ends probe into labor troubles and plans immediate inspection of Wardner stockade where prisoners arrested for riots are held. The team departs for other fields that evening. Dewey movements involve Admiral with Olympia crew visiting Imperial stables at Lopizan before returning to ship.
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Wallace
Daho
Congressional —Industrial Committee
Wardner
Dewey
Silver State
Trieste
Admiral Dewey
B. P. Lamberton
Olympia
F. A. Brumy
Door
Lopizan
Disputed Fake Report Covers Porto Rico Customs
A July 29 dispatch outlines the Way Department’s first six months of 1899 Porto Rican customs, listing San Juan and Pence totals and overall receipts. The item blends multiple short items, including a Baltimore mill sale to Citizens Trust and Deposit, a new receiver for National Life Association in Hartford, and a Kansas death notice, plus Japan trade cargo notes and British steamer movements.
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Washington
Way Department
San Juan
New York
Frederick A. Betts
National Life Association of
Hartford
Conn
Justice Giegerich
Supreme Court
Albert Freeman
Connecticut
Mormon Missionaries Sail for England This Month
Twenty nine Mormon missionaries from Utah sailed aboard the Pennland from Philadelphia for Liverpool. The group, all young men, notes there are about three thousand Mormon missionaries globally with numbers growing. each funds his own journey driven by faith.
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Philadelphia
Utah
Stearmer Pennland
Liverpool
I G. Melbvarie
Prairie for Paris to be used in Navy exhibit plan
The Navy Department arranged to end the Prairie to Europe next winter to aid the American exhibit at the Paris Exposition. It may also convey naval portals of the Government display, and could remain in the European station as a nucleus of the squadron to be reestablished there.
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Washington
Navy Department
Europe
Paris
Connecting Two Lands Under Czar’s Railway Plan
On authority of a Finnish official the Czar seeks to connect Finnish and Russian railways, while dropping the proposed line to Jen and Norway. Finnish Railway to be linked with the Russian system by edging economies and policy changes.
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ST. Petersburg
Jen
Norway
Changes at Charlestown Naval Yard Named Baxter
Boston July 2 The Naval Construction Department at Charlestown Navy Yards sees Commander W J Baxter take command replacing Captain Josh Measter who retires at age 62 Baxter an Annapolis 1881 graduate comes from Mare Island California adding long experience to the yard and its operations
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Boston
W. J. Baxter
Naval Construction Department
Charlestown Navy Yards
Josh Measter
Naval
Baxter
Annapolis
Mare Island Yard
California
Trouble at Cape Nome Leads to Hall Cleared by Troops
Lieutenant Spaulding of the Third Artillery with twenty five men dispersed a miners meeting at Cape Nome to block relocation resolutions. He reported threats of lynching from agitators and noted many nonowners among the attendees. The camp largely supports him as a protector of miners' rights. Shipping near St Michaels thins as Yukon navigation faces low water and ice melt delays. A Pomfet July meeting saw Quick Change place second and Porto Belly third. Master Willie won the Alexandria handicap with jockeys Martin and Reiff.
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Silver State
Michaels
San Francisco
Spaul Aing
Third Artillery
Cape Nome
Craigie
Seventh Regiment
St. Paul
Spaulding
Clark
Alaska
Golid
Charles Nelson
St. Michaels
Rush
Nunivak
Camden
Yukon
Grant
Perry
Thetis
Dutch Harbor
Bear
Siberia
Pomfet
Quick Change
Porto Belly
W. H. Martin
Master Willie
J. Reiff
Marcelline
Alexandria
Moreland
Recommendations of Arbitrators End Eight Hour Day Plan
The Rocky Mountain News reports the State Board of Arbitration will likely recommend an eight hour day for laborers formerly on twelve hour shifts. A wage scale aimed to satisfy both the trust and workers will be adopted and sent to parties. Observers foretell the ruling will prompt immediate reopening of the trust smelters in Colndo, with employer and employee lines likely to accept the board's final decision.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain News Today
State Board of Arbitration
Status of Affairs
Coln~do
Automobile Makes Good Time Across State Lines
A gasoline car driven by Elkwood Haynes and Edgar Apperson, traveling from Kokomo Indiana to Brooklyn New York, arrived in Rochester last night and left for Syracuse this morning. The vehicle has covered about six hundred miles to date.
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Silver State
Rochester
N. Y
Elkwood Haynes
Edgar Apperson
Kokomo
Ind
Brooklyn
Syracuse
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Furnainder Havine AviAol Ayane A Mise
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John Erickson
Merve
BR. C. Alexander
Mr. Labouchere
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G. L. Fish
W. P
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Henley
Fresno
C. J. Judy
Gosport
Iilineis
F.C. Day
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Chamberlain
Kroger Canavals
A. J. Balfour
Treasury
House of Commons
Dawson
H. G. Dignin
Mohester
Amer
China
the Spectator
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Manchuria
India
Bear Island
Porto Rico
Manchester
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Citizens’ Trust and Deposit Company of
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Columbia Mills Company
Columbia
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Frank P. Carpenter
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