Pension reforms raise costs and new staff in Illinois era
Ill bills anticipate pension additions with estimates of 2.5 million dollars in expenses and more funding. Reports from Sevieithela near Schadt note regulatory provisions require officers to report financial reputations of properties. Victoria sees 16,000 forms issued for prospecting and a surge of hotel rates as visitors flock to exhibitions.
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Ifle Clus Movraint
Victoria
Jesizans
Jola
Hope for the Legations in China Crisis Dispatches
A flurry of cables from Washington to London and Shanghai reports mixed news on the legations and Boxer resistance. Consul Goodnews in Shanghai says the legations hold on July 3 as Boxers’ attack eases. Britain and other powers assess the situation while vessels mass on the Yangtze.
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D. C
State Department
Goodnew
Shanghai
London
Jardine, Natheson & Co
le‘Fellon
Pekin
Prince Tuan
Yuan Sh] Kai
Nankin
Lui
Yangtse Riang
Great Britain
Tac Sheng
Chefoo
Tsun Fiun
Tholesale
Chiang
Poputation Tas
Filipinos offer peace terms to end war with United States
Ottawa July 9 The Filipino agent outlines proposed terms to end the war. They pledge to repay 29,096,000 and grant access for coaling stations, promise no monopolies, protect American citizens, and welcome American terms as long as they respect Filipino sovereignty and rights. The document ends with APACIBLE.
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Ottawa
Oni
Philippines
Hongkong
United States
Petual Commersist Relations Hall
Bradstreet Review Notes 1891 Trade Trends and Wheat Output
Bradstreet's weekly trade review notes widespread business dullness in the season with some cautious optimism. It cites 6,862 commercial failures in the belt around 1900 values and 100 million plus in Nobilties, plus 25 million in bank failures, yet railways show 10 percent higher traffic and overall six-months data hint stabilizing conditions. Wheat shipments for the week total 3,015,622 bushels, down from a year ago, with southwest harvests large and Fall River mills facing closures amid industrial strain.
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New York
Fall River Committee
Chineré
Bradstreet
Troops Ready to Embark From Havana Regiments
Military Governor Wood orders the 2d 3d and 5th Infantry regiments to be prepared for embarkation as transports arrive. The 5th is nearly ready. the 2d and 3d split among districts. The 10th will relieve the 5th at Morro Castle and Trinidad, while the 6th Cavalry relieves stations at Guantánamo and Sagua de Tnamó. Bracoa will be abandoned as a post. The 5th hopes for China duty as cables stir army circles. L A Lucha of Rogheh prints sympathy for China and notes potential foreign restrictions.
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Havana
Wood
Sth
Morro Castle
Santiago
Guantapama
Sagua de Tanamo
Brracoa
Trinidad
Spo Ste
China
Far East
United States
L& Lucha
Rogheh
Fire at Sandusky reduces 250 jobs at wheel works
A spark from an adjoining foundry set fire to the Standard Wheel company's plot in Sandusky Ohio on July 8, destroying the plant. Loss is estimated at 200000 dollars with 40000 dollars covered by insurance. The blaze put 250 men out of work.
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New South Wretah
Thas
Frivy Caneil
Sandosks
Sandusky, O
Standard Wheel Company
Heat Death Toll Surges in Chicago Over Two Days
Chicago endures extreme heat with seventeen deaths and thirty nine prostrations reported over two days. In thewlura district residents slept on sidewalks and in alleys to seek relief from the heat.
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Chicago
Wlura
Chinese Atrocities In London Reported By Prince Tuan
Reports allege grave Chinese massacres in London sparked by Prince Tuan. Four thousand leading Chinese slain amid backlash over calls to curb bloodshed and protect loyalists.
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London
Prince Tuan
Death of a nation leads the silver Republicans platform
July 9 in Chicago a mass exodus of Missouri delegates marks the closing of the silver Republican convention. Adlai Stevenson is endorsed for vice president by the national committee after the platform condemns trusts and endorses direct senator elections, public ownership, anti tariff reforms, and expansionist policies.
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Missouri Valley
Charles A. Towne
Silver Republican Party
National Oak
W. J. Bry
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States Republican Institution
United
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Jefferson
Tincole
Democratic National Committee to stay in Chicago
Fryon Kansas City Missouri July reports the Democratic National Committee will keep Chicago as headquarters with the national campaign directed from there. The Unity Building offices may move. J G Johnson, long time chairman, likely to search for more space in Chicago. Delegates re elected J K Jones Arkansas chair, Walsh Iowa secretary, Stone Missouri vice chair.
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Fryon
Kansas City
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Unity
J. G. Johnson
Onesnilye
National Committee
J. K. Jones
Arkansas
Charlies A. Walsh
Iowa
W. J. Stone
Missouri
St. Louis
Com- Oe
Jones Coneme
M. F. Dunk
Jacksonville
Willis J. Abbot
W. H. Hinrichsen
Ways and Means
Jones
Northwestern President Resigns. Rogers Accepts Yale Post
Evanston July 9. Dr Bents Wade Rogers, whose resignation as Northwestern University president takes effect July 15, has accepted Yale University trustees call to be instructor in Yale Law Department succeeding the late E J Phelps.
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Ot. Rogers
Evanston
Bents Wade Rogers
Northwestern University
Yale University
E. J. Phelps
Exports from North Germany rise with Hamburg share
The northern half of Germany reported exports for the year totaling 57,184,363 dollars, up 8,200,461. Hamburg contributed nearly 6,000,009 dollars, and the Dresden consul general cited 1,150,101 dollars in exports, up 186,728.
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Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
Dresden
Fragmentary 11 Senators Resignation Reported
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a resignation by eleven senators amid a larger political shakeup involving the Russian government, with unclear names and dates. The garbled text references political figures and a senate prim, suggesting a historic parliamentary disruption.
Pekin Hope Rises as Shanghai Reports Legation Security
London July 9 reports push back gloom over Pekin as Shanghai furnishes evidence the legations remain secure after Wednesday. Foreign Office says 2000 Chinese killed and the assault suspected while an unconfirmed tale claims a Russo Japanese column defeated a large Chinese force en route to Pekin, possibly allowing a relief expedition to reach the legations.
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London
Pekin
Shanghai
Legations
Ofice
Plans of Gold Democrats to Decide National Ticket
The National Gold Democratic committee will meet in Indianapolis on July 25 to decide on placing a national ticket in the field. Gen Foster Peabody of New York chairs the committee with John as secretary. The group aims to act if the Democratic convention adopts a Gold program, with policy resembling 1896.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Gold Democratic Committee
Foster Peabody
New York
Jonn
Kansas City
Frenzel
Quarantine Closes London House Over Smallpox Fears
Smallpox spread prompts quarantine in Mon faou with London House hotel sealed by Dr Laberge medical health officer. About forty to fifty guests endure confinement and preclearation and fumigation orders. Royal Victoria Hospital also shut as authorities tighten disease controls.
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Noxtreal
Gite
Monfaou
London House
Laberge
Lake Champlain
Royal Victoria Hospital
Ada Arrington Kills Former Lover Near New St Louis
In West Superior Wisconsin in July Ada Arrington shot and killed her former lover John Resburg near New St Louis after he tried to break into her house. She carried him inside and placed nickels on his chest before surrendering to authorities. She claimed the man was intoxicated.
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Shool
West Superior
Wis
Ada Arrington
John Resburg
New St. Louis
Eyewear Rules Shocks Eastern Illinois Hospital Staff
Forty female attendants at the Eastern Illinois hospital were warned by Superintendent Corbus that eyeglasses must be dispensed with on ward duty or risk loss of service. Officials feared glare could injure them during struggles with violent patients and sought safety through this unusual policy.
Street Car Fatality Then Trotting Trainer Killed
Terrible accident in Terre Haute as Harry McGowan, first assistant to George Starr the trotting trainer, was struck and killed by a street car while riding his wheel from the race track toward the city. Also, lightning struck ships near New York harbor damaging a mizzen topmast and scattering splinters as crewed saved souvenirs.
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Elllea Lya
Terre Haute
Ind
Harry McGowan
George Starr
New York
Oceanic
North River
Quebec Line
Trinidad
Aufmins
Odd News Snippet From Early 1900s Europe and US
Fragmentary items mention Dod Lae and Sprogies with dialogue on fate and honesty, a note about Piso's Cure for Consumption as cough remedy, a four horned ram described with lengthier horns, a Boston Globe quote on the ram, Coo's Cough Balam promoted for colds, and Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. The Prince of Wales is noted for patching quarrels and delivering lectures to young men.
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N. W. Samcrly
X.J
Phitord -Me
Boston Globe
Unclear Patient Claim About Cobe Dandruit Cure
A confused.Health claim describes a product named Cobe Dandruit Cure and asserts it will cure or cause roundness to two eyes. The text lacks verifiable details or sources and does not specify a medical basis or approval.
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