Thousands Flock to Register for Government Land in El Reno
Crowds fill El Reno Oklahoma as Governor Richards and 30 clerks arrive to run land registration. Hotels and churches convert to shelters. 12,000 pounds of blanks arrive from Washington. Indians deny possible injunction. officials push to extend registration to other towns to avoid overloading El Reno.
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Interior Department
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Oklahoma City
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Guthrie
Dennis T. Flynn
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Lawton
E! Reno
Cattle Ranches and Dairy Farms for Investment
A long list of cattle ranches and dairy farms offers varied properties likely to attract speculative and investment buyers seeking clear titles and unobscured ownership.
Thousands Rush to El Reno Register
Oklahoma City crowds depart for El Reno to register with almost 10 000 people traveling. A crowded train carried men women and families amid scramble for seats. Passengers brought blankets provisions and water jugs, with El Reno hotels already full and many to sleep outdoors.
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el Reno
Secretary Hitchcock Expects Peaceful Oklahoma Land Opening
Secretary Hitchcock predicted no serious trouble with so called sooners at the August 6 opening of the Oklahoma lands. He noted thousands may be on the lands but should be moved off easily and warned authorities have ample means to handle any unrest.
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Hitchcock
Sooners
Oklahoma Lands
Boer Leaders in Conference on Vaal River Report
Four Boer prisoners say Generals Botha Delarey and Dewet held a conference on the Vaal river. General Tegret expresses regret over the resignation of James E Stowe United States consul general in Bloemfontein.
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Bloemfontein
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Delarey
Dewet
Vaal
Tegret
James E. Stowe
United States
Lincoln Elector Will Cumback Weds Laura Wachstatter
Ex Lieutenant Governor Will Cumback aged 72 marries Laura Wachstatter in Lapel Indiana. Cumback, a founder of the Republican party, is noted for his fame as a Lincoln elector in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Will Cumback
Lapel
Ind
Laura Wachstatter
Cumback
Indiana
Maine wreck work must begin immediately
Havana July 11 Captain of the Port Young warns contractors to commence raising the wreck of the United States battleship Maine at once or the contract will be annulled.
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Port
Young
United States
Maine
Terrible collision kills and injures on line near Norton
Kansas City July 12. A westbound passenger train collided with a fast livestock train on the Chicago and Alton line near Norton Missouri. The wreck left locomotives demolished and cars piled up. Death toll rose to sixteen with many others severely burned and injured. Bodies were identified only after urgent efforts by hospitals and undertakers.
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Chicago and Alton
Norton
St. Joseph's
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Geneseo
N. Y
St. Joseph's Hospital
Slater
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Jones
Chicago
Cloudburst Damages Montana Railway and Towns
A July cloudburst near Wickes 25 miles from Helena caused extensive damage. The Montana Central Railway suffered heavy losses with 600 feet of track washed away and bridges destroyed, delaying permanent repairs by a week. Corbin and the nearby Hel ena and Livingston Smelter complex sustained several thousand dollars in damage, flooding commerce, ruining merchandise, and flooding ranchlands and roads for miles, with no deaths reported.
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Montana Central Railway
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Russia offers to drop extra duties if U S vacates sugar action
The Russian minister M de Witte proposes vacating all added duties on American goods since the sugar differential if the United States withdraws its sugar action. Secretary Gage says the sugar question is before the courts and cannot be acted on, so the offer cannot be accepted. The exchanges go through the Russian foreign office and state department, linking to Secretary Hay's earlier note.
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United States
M. de Witte
Russia
Gage
Foreign Office
State Department
Hay
Count Lamsdorf
M. de Wollant
Indemnity Claim Filed by Chinese for Butte Outrages
The Chinese government seeks 500000 in indemnity over alleged outrages in Butte dated back to 1886. They accuse city officials of supporting rioters and boycotters while state courts allegedly misstate the record. Several hundred claimants report killings, property loss, business ruin, and mass displacement. The case raises questions of international law and may go to the United States circuit court.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Butte
Man
State Department
United States Circuit Court
Early corn destroyed by drought in Kansas heat wave
Topeka Kansas reports extreme heat and intense drought across the state. Corn early varieties ruined while late corn shows potential if rain arrives. Fruit crops including berries apples peaches and pears suffer heavy losses. Wheat yields are strong and farmers remain optimistic about debt relief.
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Kan
Kansas
Washout halts North Coast Limited near Custer
The Westbound North Coast Limited No 3 on the Northern Pacific reportedly ran into a washout between Custer and Big Horn stations near Helena Montana. All cars left the track and many passengers were injured though no fatalities were reported. The heavy train normally consists of three day coaches a tourist sleeper two Pullmans and mail baggage and express cars.
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Mon
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Custer
Big Horn
Livingston
Record Heat Peaks at 103 in St Louis Heatwave
The government thermometer in St Louis hit 103 degrees at 3 p m as streets baked under sun. The weather bureau notes this is the season's highest mark here. In the last 24 hours eight individuals with heat related mental disturbances were admitted to the hospital.
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Weather Bureau
Smith elected president of New Mexico college
Santa Fe July 12 Clinton D. Smith director of Michigan agricultural experiment station has been elected president of the New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanical arts at Messina Park by the board of regents. Professor Smith is an international authority on sugar beet culture.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Clinton D. Smith
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Messina Park
Board of
Regents
Smith
Nebraska Heat Wave Continues with 103 Degree Peak
Lincoln Nebraska reports continued extreme heat across the state with temperatures reaching a maximum of 103 degrees. The heat wave extends through the week, stressing residents and prompting warnings to stay indoors and hydrated.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Missouri Corn Crop Killed By Heat Wave
In St Joseph Missouri on July 12 the city temperature reached 109 degrees the highest this summer. The northern Missouri corn crop has been killed for the first time in Platte Purchase history. Wells and springs are drying up and livestock losses loom unless rain arrives soon.
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Missouri
St. Joseph
Platte Purchase
Storms Hit San Domingo Crops In Southern Haiti
Port au Prince reports a French steamer confirms heavy storm damage in San Domingo with crops ruined in the southern region across the island.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Republic of
San Domingo
Davenport Records 105 Degree July Heat
Davenport weather notes set a new high for the year as the temperature reached 105 degrees on July 12, tied to the hottest day on record locally. The report notes the extreme heat surpasses previous measurements in the area.
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Davenport
Pierre Champau dies at 63 founder of Icarian Colony
Founded the Icarian Colony in Keokuk Iowa on July 12 Pierre Champau a surviving founder of the Nauvoo Illinois colony died in Keokuk at age 63 He was a prominent figure in the 1848 movement that led to French emigration to form socialist communities.
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Keokuk
Pierre Champeau
Nauvoo
Ills
Explosion injures thirteen at El Paso smelter
An explosion in the engine room of the Kansas City Consolidated Smelter company sparked a fire in the building. The blast caused about 150000 dollars in losses. Thirteen men were injured, one of them fatally.
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el Paso
Tex
Kansas City Consolidated Smelter Company
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