San Francisco Hails Returning Nebraska Utah Troops
The First Nebraska Infantry and Utah Light Artillery parade through San Francisco to the Presidio, greeted by cheers and flags. General Shafter attends the reviewing stand as Governor Poynter and officials salute. troops head to camp for muster out with dates unsettled.
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Silver State
San Francisco
Nebraska
Presidio
van Ness Avenue
Nebraska Regiment
Utah Light Artillery
Grant
Utah Boys
Utah Artillery
Sixth Cavalry
Third Artillery
General Shafter
Poynter
Wilson
Utah
Pardon Effort for Mrs Maybrick Question in Commons
In London, July 31, House of Commons members pressed the U S action on Mrs Maybrick who is serving a life term for poisoning her husband. The Home Secretary said representations came via Ambassador Choate and many private petitions, but papers on royal prerogatives would not be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Michael Pavitt
United States
Maybrick
America
Arbitration to End Strikes Organizing Mediation Council
Bishop Potter has advised the Social Reform Club leaders he is ready to organize a permanent council of mediation and conciliation to end strikes through arbitration. The move aims to create a structured process for dispute resolution and industrial peace in the era of labor activism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bishop Potter Ia
New York Council of Mediation and Conciliation
Nations sign arbitration treaties at The Hague
Secretary Hay reports Ambassador White says sixteen powers have signed the arbitration and mediation protocols at The Hague. France England and Russia are listed. The United States must wait for Senate ratification before the treaty takes effect, delaying use to settle the U S Canada boundary dispute even then without full consent of both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
Ambassador White
France
England
Russia
United States
Enate
United Sates
Canada
Partes
Plague Rages in Poonah and Bombay Cantonment
Reports from Bombay dated July 31 state fifty nine plague cases and fifty six deaths in Poonah over fifty eight hours while the city Cantonment records three hundred ten cases and two hundred sixty one deaths European communities report new infections. Weather signals monsoon withdrawal and ominous prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Poonah
Movement of German Ships Reported From Berlin
German third class cruiser Falke recalled from Samoa waters. Gunboat Jaguar to reach Matuple in the Bismarck archipelago by September 15 to deliver the Governor of Kaiser Wilhelm's Land who will assume command for Germany of the Caroline Pelewan and Mariana Islands recently sold by Spain to Germany.
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Berlin
Falke
Jaguar
Matuple
New Britain
Biamarck
Julana
Kaiser Wilhelm's Land
Behalt
Germany
Caroline
Pelewan
Mariana
Spain
Sampson Seeks Prize Money From Navy Engagement
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson filed a suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia seeking prize money for himself and the officers and enlisted men of the North Atlantic Station who participated in the naval engagement off Santiago and the subsequent capture. The case mirrors Admiral Dewey's suit recently entered in the same court.
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Buver
Washington
William ‘T. Sampson
Ted
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Cuit
North Atlantic
Santiago
Prise Money
Dewey
Strike at Schwarzehild Sulzberger Plant in Kansas City
Schwarzehild Sulzberger Packing Plant management refuses to take back fired tallow trimmers and butchers while a committee is formed to seek settlement. Plant operates today with reduced staff. Fatal threshing machine engine explosion near Big Prairie Michigan kills six men and injures two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Schwarzehild & Sulzberger
Boycott and unrest grip Hal Cleveland during post firework week
In Cleveland July 31 reports detail a city strike amid boycotts of Big Consolidated lines. Militias quell mobs, several ringleaders arrested, with officials predicting further action as unions push the boycott’s reach beyond city limits. Coroner confirms Hawley killed Cornewich without provocation. boxing carnival plans in Dubuque outlined with twenty round fights and notable matchups.
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Cleveland
Polleh
Axime
Ife
Bach
Cedar Avenue
i# sow
Bio Consolidated
Veaders
Celeviand
Henry Everett
Tribe Teaders
Radder
Aximne
Simon
Ralph P. Hawley
Henry Cornewich
Hawley
Miver Bigte
Dubuque
Dubuque Athletic Association
Lic
Lou M. Houseman
Jack Root
George Byers
America
Tommy White
Eddie Santry
Jack Lewis
Young Kenny
West
George Kerwin
Harry Sellers
Iowa
Joe Goddard
Australia
Klondike
Harry Lyons
Charles Mason
George Siler
Nutwood Driving Club
High Churchmen Receive Archbishops’ Ritual Ruling
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York announce that incense and carrying lights in services are not joined or permitted by Church of England law. They urge clergy to discontinue their use for church peace, stating not forbidden but discouraged.
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London
Canterbury
Frederick Temaptecon
York
William Dalrymple McLagnan
Jury Briber Fears Trial in Extradition Battle
The Silver State reports that William Armstrong, a bartender for Dan Coughlan, faces extradition from Seattle for alleged jury bribing. State’s Attorney reactions and defense indicate a hard fought week over constitutional grounds to block Armstrong’s extradition.
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Seattle
Washington
William Armstrong
Dan Coughlan
Armstrong
Rogers
Auve
Boston Messengers Demand Higher Pay Strike Begins
Boston messenger boys walk out to press a wage rise under the Boston District Company system. About seventy joined at first, swelling as more join, the movement spreading among the company’s couriers. Separate item notes divorce of Mabel Littell from Leed Littell in New York City on grounds of desertion.
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Hoston
Boston
Newengere
Chicago
Mra
Mabel R. Lattell
Green B. Dau
J.eed Littell
New York City
Sing Sing Executes Two Negro Men by Electricity
New York July 31 Louis Pullerson a 23 year old porter and Michael McDonald a beef carrier were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing. Pullerson received 1720 volts at 8:22 and died after 55 seconds while McDonald received 1710 volts at 8:42 and died after 65 seconds. McDonald’s body resisted the current longer and took ten seconds more to die. Pullerson had killed his common law wife Kate Smith by strangulation in March 1898 and claimed a right to correct her unfaithfulness. McDonald killed Stephen Titus, head timekeeper at Eastman’s slaughterhouse, after demanding overtime pay. He fired five shots at Titus following a dispute.
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New York
Louis Pullerson
Michael McDonald
Sing Sing
Pulterson
McDonald
Pullerson
J Louis Pullerson
Esther
Eastman Company
Stephen Titus
Strike at Chicago Averted Amid Labor Tension
Chicago delegates from about 50,000 building trades workers failed to reach a definite decision on striking in sympathy with incal makers. Labor leaders doubt the time ripe for trouble and a majority reportedly opposed a sympathy strike. Separately, Shamrock will not sail Thursday for the United States. In Montreal, Grand Chiefs Arthur and Sargent arrived to finalize an agreed grievance settlement with Grand Trunk Railway, with a new pay scale expected in a few days.
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Chicago
Ades
Greenoak
United States
Montreal
Quebec
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
F. P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Grand Trunk Railway
Kentuckians Shoot To Kill Duel Sparks Fatal Wounding
A fatal duel in Letcher county Kentucky left William Smallwood and Clelland Smallwood dead and a younger man wounded. The fight occurred on a mountain road during an old quarrel, with uncle and nephew exchanging fire at the same time. Also reported, a Texas cotton lot from Staton Patricia county sold publicly in New York for $2,000 to aid the curlers in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Letcher County
William Smallwood
Bie Dnele
Clelland Smatlwood
New York
Texas
Staton
Patricia County
Saynes
Cotton Exchange
Yellow fever outbreak at Soldiers' Home Hampton Virginia
Washington dispatch reports Fort Monroe authorities confirm yellow fever at the National Soldiers' Home in Hampton with thirty four cases and six deaths. officials implement quarantine and study origins while War Department plans troop guard measures and possible relocation.
Officials Fight Yellow Fever Spread at Soldiers' Home
Norfolk reports three deaths from yellow fever and thirty cases under treatment at the Soldiers' Home in Hampton. Expert surgeons and immune nurses are deployed as quarantine measures tighten. Governor Woodfin notes no spread beyond the home, suspecting germs arrived on transports from Santiago. No cases at Old Point or Newport News. Authorities keep strict precautions.
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Washington
Sternberg
DeWitt
Fort Monroe
Soldiers
Hampton
U. 8
Pottis
U. S. Marine Hospital Service
National Soldiers
Burggeon Pettis
Marine Hospital Service
Corbin
Johnson
Pettis
Old Point
Newport News
General Corbin
Santiago
War Department
Congress
Maine
Norfolk
Ben Franklin
Garrigan
Merritt
Wyman
Alger
Soldiers’ Home
Soldiers Home
Fortress Monroe
Sternbere
Cleteral Sternberg
Sur- Leon Seaton Norman
Woodfin
Preparing for the Sick at Fort Monroe Hospital
Secretary Algor directs Josiah Simpson Hospital at Fort Monroe be turned over to the Marine Hospital Service if needed. The 1000-bed facility served troops at Newport News last summer as surgeons rush to Hampton and nearby areas amid yellow fever concerns.
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Hampton
Hes
J. H. White
Washington
C. P .Wertenberger
Frank Degaldson
Parquhuar
McCtinde
Portsmouth
Phoebes
Berkeley
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Phoebus
Washington Health Office
Cid Point
Fort Monroe
Fourth Artillery
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Nebraska Infantry
Mrs. Maybrick
Sampson
Petroit
Mich
White Cloud
Gove
Big Prairie
Charles Waight
Alpha Maight
Charles Crabtree
George Overly
Cecil Priest
Raymond Howe
Oscar Evans
George Habbt
Hal Cleveland
Manila
Babalynes
Wir
Sixth Infantry
Simpson
Babalynos
Island of
Negros
Idaho
North Dakota
Wyoming
Otiw
Stamba
Tuepatehes
Calamba
Hall
Otis
Manta
North Dakotas
Wyomings
Idahos
Tomoorrow
General Otis
Henry Lehme
Third Infantry
Charles Jardinell
California
Frank J. Muray
Frank Boehmer
Twenty- Third Infantry
Wesley Lyttle
Wyoming Infantry
Peter Manse
John F. Walken
Fifty-first
James McGuire
Sixteenth Infantry
Christian Bosold
Seventeenth Infantry
John J. Bowen
Thomas Brother
Ninth Infantry
Esperius
William Beacane
William Nicholas
John M. Gamble
George Geller
Twelfth Infantry
Mia
Fred Suppin
Twenty-fest Infantry
Fourth Cavalry
Tames A. Tees
Washington Infantry
Fred L. Bal_ jau
Twenty-first Infantry
Peter Christies
Temple
Charles Grottendick
Godwin J. Lane
William HL. Phillip
San Fernando
Porter
Virginia
Josiah
Norfolk Yard
Navy Department
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