Canovas Sees McKinley Reluctant to Back Yankee Jingo Demands
New York dispatch reports Premier Canovas believes President McKinley unlikely to heed the Yankee jingoes in Cuba policy. Spain will address indemnity demands in cases like Delgado and the widow Ruiz. Canovas confers with the Duke of Tetuan and Calderon Carlisle as memorials on filibustering expeditions are reviewed.
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New York
San Sebastian
Spain
United States
Canovas
McKinley
Weyler
Senor Canovas
Delgado
Ruiz
Cuba
Duke of Tetuan
Calderon Carlisle
Washington
Alabama
British papers view German political setback amid calls for restraint
London reports July 28 describe varied British responses to Emperor William II’s defeat in the Prussian diet over the associations bill. Observers warn against autocratic excess while noting the struggle between ruler and people and urging dignity and civil liberty.
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London
Germany
The
Globe
William
Pall Mall Gazette
European Arbitration Proposed to Resolve Greek Turkish Disputes
At the peace conference ambassadors presented preliminary terms for European arbitration of any differences between Greek and Turkish plenipotentiaries in drafting a definitive treaty. The plan requires the Porte to accept and the Sultan to receive the arbitration framework, a move deemed highly significant. Germanys push for European control of Greek finances continues to affect the indemnity issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Germany
No British Federation conference yields no change
London July 28 The Standard prints a long account of Chamberlain and colonial premiers conference confirming the dispatch and announcing the abandonment of the Pacific cable scheme. The St James Gazette says colonial officials leave matters as they were, a disappointing outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
London
The
Standard
Mr. Chamberlain
St. James
Clarification on Clayton Bulwer Treaty and Hawaii Claim
In the British house of commons under secretary George N. Curzon answered James France Hogan that the Clayton Bulwer treaty contains no provision recognized by Great Britain or the United States as binding on Hawaii.
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London
House of Commons
George N. Curzon
James France Hogan
Mid- Tipperary
Great Britain
United States
Sandwich Islands
Hawaii
Judge rules slot machines not gambling devices in Missouri
Springfield July 28 Judge McAfee told the grand jury slot machines are not gambling devices and signaled that indictments pursued by the ministers alliance pushing a crusade against the machines would be quashed.
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Springfield
McAfee
Grand
Ministers Alliance
Rainy River High Water Dangers Logs Jam Rainy River
Fort Francis reports the Rainy River water height reaches record levels in years. A log boom of 7,000,000 feet broke free and timber jams rise 20 feet high along the river.
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Winnipeg
Fort Francis
Rainy River
Not 80 Favorable Week in Northwest Wheat
The Pioneer Press reports a weak week for wheat in Minnesota and the Dakotas with extensive Red River valley flooding from heavy rains. Cold, breezy days reduced rust damage, while moisture aided other regions. Chinch bugs Hessian fly and blight are noted in southern North Dakota and nearby areas.
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Northwest
St. Pau
Minnesota
Dakotas
Pioneer Press
Two
Red River Valley
Red River Country
South Dakota
North Dakota
Red River
Blue River
Great glucose trust forms new national company
The New Corporation to Start in Business With a Capital of 840,000,000, New York, July 28 The business formed to unite glucose plants will have a capital of 40,000,000 and aims to control the vast majority of U S glucose output. Key financiers like Morgan and Havemeyer back the venture which will consume about 31,000,000 bushels of corn annually and produce 1,240,000,000 pounds of glucose. Levi Mayer and John P. Wilson of Chicago spearheaded the creation after meetings with several major trust firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Levi Mayer
John P. Wilson
Chicago
United States
Wall Street
Morgan and
Havemeyer
Tense Standby as Scottdale Iron Strike Edges Toward Clash
Crisis looms in Scottdale Pennsylvania as new workers arrive and signal intent to work. Deputies guard the mill property after arrests were ordered for trespass. Both sides brace for confrontation amid mounting tensions and fear of violence.
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Scottdale
Scottdale Iron and Steel
Man Killed in Saloon Fight Near Pittston
In Pittston Pennsylvania on July 28 a quarrel in a saloon left Charles Milisky dead after being shot by Andrew Jovarosky. The assailant was beaten by bystanders and fled to his home where he fired a shotgun at the crowd wounding Antony Narcoalich and Michael Solinsky.
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Pittston
Charles Milisky
Andrew Jovarosky
Antony Narcoalich
Michael Solinsky
Alpine Climber Sorrel Found Dead in French Alps
Grenoble dispatch reports 19 year old Alpine climber Sorrel perished on Mount Taillefer. He vanished in fog after starting July 18 and was found at the bottom of a deep crevasse with his neck broken.
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Paris
Grenoble
Sorrel
Taillefer
Wisconsin Central Track Washout Delays Excursion Train
A Glenwood Wisconsin report says a storm washed out a mile of Wisconsin Central track at Glenwood delaying an excursion train 12 hours. Wagon bridges in all directions were washed out.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Glenwood
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Murderer of Hillestad children moved to state prison
BisMarch July 28 August Nor mand the killer of the Hillestad children in Grand Forks county was brought to the state penitentiary during the day and turned over to authorities. He becomes the 12th lifer in the institution for murder.
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BisMarch
Normand
Hillestad
Grand Forks
State Penitentiary
Tremendous hailstorm causes vast crop loss near Eureka
A hailstorm swept a four mile by ten mile strip near Eureka causing total crop losses on about 28,000 acres. Window lights were broken and grain damaged across the area. The event occurred July 28 in Eureka, Kansas Territory.
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Eureka
8. D
Hail and hurricane described in Nebraska towns
Special from interior points reports terrific hail storms across Nebraska with Franklin hit by a hurricane. Several houses lost their roofs and a grain elevator was destroyed as the severe weather swept the state.
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Omana
Neb
Nebraska
Franklin
Wreck of Pewabic to be blown up to salvage cargo
ALPENA Mich July 28 All hope of raising the long lost steamer Pewabic is abandoned. The wreck will be blown up to better secure the cargo by divers.
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Alpena, Mich
Fatal Family Quarrel Ends in Murder in Keroxck
In Keroxck Iowa on July 28 Alphonse Robbins shot and killed his wife after a three week separation following a heated quarrel. Robbins acted alone in the Monday incident.
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Keroxck
Alphonse Robbins
Monday Robbins
California Slightly Shocked
A slight earthquake shock was felt in San Francisco at 5 00 p m. No damage was reported.
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California
San Francisco
Massive industrial trust merger eyed by Standard Oil
Report from CuicaGo notes stock exchange whispers of a near future consolidation. Potential union would involve Standard Oil United States Leather American Sugar Refining National Lead United States Lumber American Tobacco American Spirits Manufacturing American Cotton Oil and New York Chicago and Bay State Gas with total capital around 525 million, bonds and stock value lifting the total to about 1 billion. Standard Oil is identified as the guiding force behind the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuicaGo
the Post
Stock Exchange
Standard Oil Company
United States Leather Company
American Sugar Refining Company
National Lead Company
United States Lumber Company
American Tobacco Company
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
American Cotton Oil Company
New York
Chicago
Bay State Gas Companies
Standard Oil
Rev Malcolm Dana Dies In Brooklyn At 60
New York July 27 Rev Malcolm McGregor Dana died at his Brooklyn home aged about 60. Born in Brooklyn he graduated Amherst College in 1859 and Union Theological Seminary in 1866. He led churches in Connecticut before moving to St Paul to lead Plymouth Congregational Church. He served as vice president of Minnesota charities board in 1887 and was twice Minnesota legislature chaplain. He helped found the Congregational club of Minnesota and edited The Advance. He was a Carleton College trustee.
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New York
Malcolm McGregor Dana
Brooklyn
Amherst College
Union Theological Seminary
Connecticut
St. Paul
Plymouth Congregational Church
Minnesota State Board of Charities and Corrections
England
Minnesota
Minnesota Congregational Board of Missions
Congregational Club of Minnesota
The
Advance
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Fire destroys Badger Paper mill in Kaukauna Wisconsin
The Badger Paper company mill in Kaukauna is wiped out by a morning fire. The loss is about 250000 with 200000 insured. Built in 1884 the plant was a Northwest staple. Fire started near midnight and spread rapidly before the village fire department could restrain it.
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Kaukauna
Wis
Badger Paper Company
Fromback & Vilas
Begging for Passage to the New Eldorado
In Seattle crowds swarm steamship offices as Klondike fever drives gold seekers to Alaska. Vessels like Exelsior Umattilla City of Topeka and George W Elder race to fill berths with large bonuses offered. San Francisco reports hope of Dawson City trips via St Michaels before freeze up.
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San Francisco
Klondyke
California
Eldorado
Northwest
Yukon
Excelsior
Umatilla
Port Townsend
Topeka
Juneau
Seattle
George W. Elder
Cleveland
Northwestern Trading Company
Alaska
Dawson City
St. Michaels
Miraculous Escapes as Train Wreck Injures Fifteen
In Marietta Ohio on July 27 an excursion train from Zanesville derailed on a trestle near Marietta. Four coaches plunged into a cornfield, two fell, one caught fire. Fifteen passengers were badly hurt but none killed. All victims were brought to Marietta for treatment.
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Marietta
Zanesville
Convict Released and Foils Hotels with Forged Checks
BisMarck July 27 A W Thomas an ex convict released Saturday forged and passed checks totaling 25 dollars to three hotelkeepers for breakfast then left town on a freight train. He had previously served time for petty larceny and was not yet captured.
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Bismarck
A. W. Thomas
Three Detroit Youths Drowned When Boat Sinks Near Sugar Island
Three Detroit men William W. Shier Frank E Russell Jr and Edwin Stubenstay drowned when their row boat capsized off Sugar Island near the Detroit river mouth. Russell's father and brother in the boat swam ashore.
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Detroit
Sugar Island
Detroit River
William W. Shier
Frank E. Russell, Jr
Edwin Stubenstay
Young Russell
Boy Drowns After Failing College Exam in New York
Benjamin Simon a 14 year old New York schoolboy who hoped to be a labor agitator drowned himself in the Hudson on Saturday after failing to pass the exam at the College of the City of New York being deficient in drawing.
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New York
Benjamin Simon
Hudson
College of the City of New York
Boiler Explosion Kills Worker in Cortez Lumber Mill
In Punxsutawney on July 27 the Kipp & Kiser Cortez lumber mill boiler exploded killing Pete Duff and seriously injuring ten, wrecking the mill and leaving about two hundred workers facing unemployment.
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Punxsutawnety
Kipp & Kiser
Cortez
Pete Duff
Ex-Senator Doolittle Dies Soon of Illness
Providence R I July 27 Ex Senator James R Doolittle of Wisconsin is dangerously ill at his son in law’s Pawtucket home and is sinking rapidly not expected to survive the next 24 hours.
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Doolittle
Providence
R. L
James R. Doolittle
Wisconsin
Pawtucket
Behring Sea Conference Talks Proceed Smoothly
London reports negotiations for an international Behring sea sealing conference are progressing smoothly with favorable prospects for an early agreement between the two governments.
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London
Behring Sea
Colorado town near Silver Cliff finds gold rich sylvanite vein
James Foulke found quartz rock near Silver Cliff containing sylvanite or gold. Roasted sylvanite yielded large gold nuggets and sparked a rush as a dozen claims were staked. The camp lies between Zoo and Rattlesnake mountains, reviving local prospecting spirit.
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Colo
Colorado
Custer County
James Foulke
Foulke
Silver Cliff
Zoo
Rattlesnake Mountain
Crowds See City of Mexico Sail to Klondike From Seattle
Seattle on July 27 witnessed an immense scene as the steamer City of Mexico departed with 263 passengers bound for Dyea to seek Klondike fortunes. About 8,000 onlookers filled the wharves while the ship carried 1800 tons of outfitting freight and 48 horses for pack duties over the Chilcoot pass to Lake Linderman.
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Seattle
Wash
City of Mexico
Dyea
Mexico
Chilcoot Pass
Lake Linderman
Vessels for Alaska Trade Charters Set for July 31
Seattle reports two steamers, the Rosalie and Edith, chartered by Frank E Burns to sail to Dyea and Skagway on July 31 carrying 200 passengers with freight and 75 horses respectively. The ships plan to return in 12 days for another voyage.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Rosalie
Edith
Frank E. Burns
Dyea
Skagaway
Silver Prices Hit New Low as India and China Sell
New York July 27 bar silver reached a fresh low of 59 14 per ounce while Mexican dollars held at 46 1 4 cents. The ongoing drop is attributed to selling pressure from India and China.
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New York
India
China
Premier Del Castillo Denies Spain Japan Alliance Plans
In an interview Senor del Castillo, the premier, denied any proposal of an alliance of Spain with Japan had been made.
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America
Mapdraid
Senor del Castillo
Spain
Japan
Investigation Demanded by Centreville Journal
The state investigating commission halted by a ruling against its funding is accused of sensational improper conduct within the insurance department during ex Auditor Hipple’s term, with alleged support from Auditor Mayhew. The report claims insurance firms were overcharged under a state law, enriching individuals. The public good requires a thorough, honest probe regardless of party. If the state commission lacks funds, state committees should appoint party representatives to investigate.
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Insurance Department
Hipple
Mayhew
Notice to Contractors for Clyde Township Bridge
Board of Supervisors of Clyde Township Beadle County South Dakota will receive sealed bids for a wooden and stone bridge across the creek near sections 11 12 13 14 Plans and specifications are on file at the town clerk’s office Bids due by 1 o clock July 24 1897 The board may reject any bid By order of town board H A Palmer Town Clerk.
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Board of Supervisors
Clyde
Beadie County
South Dakota
H. A. Palmer
Mortgagee Notice by Hinckley and Sheriff
First publication dates run July 29 to September 9. Henry C Hinckley, attorney for Mortgagee, and D G Mepsery, sheriff, are identified in the notice for the mortgage action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Grading
Henry C. Hinckley
D. G. Mepsery
Settlement of Nathan T. Dwinell estate in Beadle SD
Beadle County South Dakota probate notices set the settlement date for the estate of Nathan T. Dwinell. Susan F. Dwinell executrix presents the final account in the September 1897 term. The court fixes Wednesday August 31, 1897, at 9 AM for settlement and distribution with notices posted in three public places.
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RDER
State of
South Dakota
Beadless
Nathan T. Dwinell
Susan F. Dwinell
E. Grant
Dle
City of
Huron
Mortgage Sale Forecloses Beadle County Property
Notice of foreclosure on a mortgage by Anna E. Lange and William F. Block to H. Hole trustee with Beadle County South Dakota description. Amount due seven hundred thirty and fourteen one hundredths dollars plus fifty dollars attorney fees. Sale set September 11, 1897 at 9:00 a.m. at the courthouse front door Huron. Attorney Joan L. Pyxie. First publication July 29, last September 9.
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Linander
A. Linander
Maria C. Linander
South Dakota
Beadle
Mort
Office
Register of Deeds
City of
Huron
County of
County of Beadle
S. D
Anna E. Lange
William F. Block
Mostgagors
H. Hole
Beadle County
Tang
Dakota
Sali
Tourand A. m
Court House
Campbell Gerryman
Sallie
Berryman
L. H. Hole
Office of the Register of Deeds
Territory of Dakota
Beadboom
State Printing Sealed Proposals Open August 3 1897
The Commissioner of Public Printing invites sealed proposals for state printing for the year starting July 1 1897. Bids must show discount from maximum prices, include a $100 certified check, and be sent to the Secretary of State in Pierre. Awards go to the highest discount with bonds and compliance. right to reject bids reserved.
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Commissioner of Public Printing
South Dakota
Secretary of State
Pierre
Uth Dakota
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Rainy River High
Great Glucose Trust
Futusa
Badger Company
Kaukauna, Wis
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Ness
Silver Cliff Camp
Gold Country
Porter Drve Agp Coem Cat. Corporation
Sxle Proprietors
Boston Agd
Ciriowis Sox
Centreville Journal
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Atlantic City
J. M. Greaves
H. R. Deering
South Clark Gt
Houronire
Wolsey
John Gund
Free City Delivery
John Cund Brewing Company
LaCrosse, Wis
Frank Gans
Dak
F. E. Grant
J. H. Alexander
Joan L. Pyxie
Mortgagee
William H. Roppie
L. H. Howe
Ws Tate
Nicholas Hotaling
Robert J. Hotaling
Bertha A
Robert J. Staling
Grant
Joan Woop
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