Prescott Fire Wipes Out Principal Business District
A July Prescott blaze in A T destroyed five blocks of the downtown mercantile core. Loss estimates range from 1.0 to 1.5 million dollars with insurance not exceeding 350 thousand. Five blocks housed banks, telegraph offices, newspapers, hotels, saloons and restaurants. only a few shops remain standing. Firefighters blew up buildings on Goodwin street to stop spread amid a high wind.
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Prescott
A. T
Goodwin Street
Express
Report on the New Orleans reveals dangerous conditions
Captain Ide and his officers told the Navy Department the vessel suffers from poor ventilation, overheated magazines, and defective engines. Magazine temps reach 95 to 98 degrees near cor ditte ammunition, air space per man is only 180 cubic feet against 1,000, crew sleep on deck, engines fail to balance at low speed and take four minutes to reverse.
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Ide
Washington
Navy Department
New Orleans
Boy stuns town by rifle accident kills child
In Renxvi Minn on July 17 a 15 year old boy firing at doves shot at neighbors children. The gun fatally struck Eddie Schmidt age 4 through the head as he warned others to move. Daniel Kotte age 11 and Christ Schmidt age 10 were wounded.
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Renxvi._e, Minn
Gustave Schmidt
Daniel Kotte
Christ Schmidt
Hawthorne
Crants
Indianapolis
Bridgeport
Gilliam
Excelsior Needle Co
Morgan & Wright
Shelby Cold Craw
Montgomery Ward & CO
Chicago
Idler Disaster Bodies Recovered Near Cleveland
Four victims recovered from the capsized yacht Idler near Cleveland. The infant daughter of Mrs. Charles Riley of New Brunswick was found in the cabin as divers retrieved the bodies of Mrs. James Corrigan, Mrs. Charles Riley, and Miss Etta Corrigan. Jane and Ida Corrigan remain missing.
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Cleveland
Idler
Charles Riley
New Brunswick
James Corrigan
Etta Corrigan
Jane
Ida Corrigan
Flooded Yankton Plunges With Record Rainfall
In 18 hours 7.28 inches of rain fell at Yankton South Dakota and 10 inches in 50 hours, flooding the city. Extensive damage to walks fences and cellars reported. Rhine creek bridges three collapsed within city limits and hail ruined nearby grain stocks.
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Yankton
8. D
Rhine Creek
First Cherokee ordained as Episcopal priest
Arpmore I T July 17 Rev Henry B Smith rector of St Pauls Church was ordained a priest of the Episcopal church in the presence of a large audience He is the first Cherokee Indian to enter the priest hood He will be assigned as an assistant at the cathedral in Milwaukee
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Arpmore
I. T
Henry B. Smith
St. Paul’s Church
Episcopal Church
Smith
Milwaukee
Train pushes freight into building in St Joseph
A Rock Island passenger train pushed a freight train off the tracks and through a 70 by 70 foot building owned by the St. Joseph Plow company in St Joseph Missouri, destroying the structure.
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St. Joseph
Rock Island
St. Joseph Plow Company
Imperial recruiting drive for mounted police in Transvaal
In Cape Town on July 17 the imperial authorities announced the recruitment of 40,000 mounted police to permanently police the annexed republics, signaling a long term military presence in the Transvaal.
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Cape Town
Transvaal
Destruction of Legations After July 6 Clash in Pekin
The Daily Mail Shanghai correspondent reports the two remaining legations British and Russian faced heavy artillery on July 6. By dawn both legations were destroyed and foreigners were killed while many Chinese died. Prince Ching and General Wang Wen Shao attempted relief but were defeated. Prince Tuan distributed large sums to boxing athletes afterward.
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Prince Tuan
Prince Tsayin
Yin Lin
Prince Tsin Yu
Prince Ching
Wang Wen Shao
Tuan
Europeans Directing Chinese Military Operations Reported
London reports a veil of silence over Pekin with rumors that Europeans are directing Chinese artillery near Tien Tsin. The Express cites Captain Bailey claiming a European in Chinese garb directed actions. Circulating claims accuse Russians of slaughtering non combatants. a Shanghai steamship manager escaped by cutting his queue and wearing European clothes. The Shanghai Tao Tai protested the Russian killings.
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London
Pekin
the Express
Bailey
H. M.S. Aurora
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Tao Tai
Hart's Goodbye Message From Pekin Dispatch
A Che Foo dispatch dated June 25 relays Sir Robert Hart's message near the end. A Shanghai report cites a Chinese merchant receiving Pekin letters claiming legations demolished and foreigners killed. Separate word says 39,000 Russians are marching on Pekin from the north.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Che Foo
Robert Hart
Pekin
Shanghai
Fifty thousand men to China to Japan dispatch force
Yokoyama reports that Japan will send nearly 50 000 troops to China though no final decision is announced. The press calls the move a duty in humanity while blaming Russia and Germany for their actions in China and the resulting crisis.
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Yokoyama
Japan
China
Russia
Germany
Republicans and Anti Goebel Democrats Plan Campaign
Republican leaders from Kentucky and anti Goebel Democrats met in Louisville on July 11 and agreed to a hurrah campaign starting July 17 with special trains to the city for the state convention. They tentatively invited anti Goebel Democrats to affiliate and favored a single platform plank labeled anti Goebelism.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Hill praises Democratic convention platform and ticket
AvBaAay New York July 11 David B Hill arrived from Kansas City and said he tried to shift the Democratic national convention toward a more conservative financial platform but failed. He expressed reasonable satisfaction with the convention's action and endorsed the ticket, noting strong West enthusiasm implying potential success.
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AvBaAay
N. Y
David B. Hill
Kansas City
West
Roosevelt to Attend National Republican League Convention
Governor Roosevelt at Oyster Bay will depart for St Paul next Sunday to join the National League of Republican Clubs meeting on July 17 and 18. He restricted daytime calls and spent time arranging for the convention visit.
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St. Paul
New Yorkt
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. L
National League of Republican Clubs
Indians Call on McKinley in Canton Visit
A delegation of full blooded Indians from the Pawnee Bill Wild West show waited on President McKinley in Canton Ohio and received cordial handshakes. They were accompanied by the show's namesake handler.
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McKinley
Canton
No Further Concessions From Prussia to American Insurers
Baron von Rhein baren Prussian interior minister declares no further concessions will be made to American insurance companies by Prussia. The remark underscores increasing protectionist stance amid ongoing commercial tensions.
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Benin
Baron von Rheinbaben
Prussia
Baby Teething Aid Promises Soothing Relief
An old remedy, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, is recommended for teething in infants. It claims to soothe, soften gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhea, priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
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